We're hiring! @pewresearch is looking for an International Research Methodologist to join our team. Explore the position further: https://t.co/kRAUDIEW6I
In a year of growth and reflection, the best jazz music stretched and relocated in often unpredictable ways. Here are @GioRussonello's top picks for best jazz albums of 2022. https://t.co/fCAIwAPbKA
"As a recent paper for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace puts it, ‘the United States poses a particularly troubling case, as it is the only advanced Western democracy that has suffered such high levels of polarisation for such an extended period.’"
‘Fetterman looks like a Maga guy, and talks like one, mocking his opponent as an elitist for using the word “crudité”. Democratic leaders must be wondering where they can find fifty more Fettermans.’
@adamshatz, online now from the next issue:
https://t.co/zb2ia3vk8j
NEW: @pewresearch just published a methodological study assessing the accuracy of its polling across 26 topics, ranging from Americans’ employment and vaccine status to whether they’ve served in the military or experienced financial hardship. https://t.co/41gyhOFSfM
Keep in mind, to borrow a quote from the article: “It’s not pure science at this stage.”
Did My Cat Just Hit On Me? An Adventure in Pet Translation https://t.co/0u1SRhed2i
Among the piercing comments that resonate well beyond the "death trade": "Iredale is mystified by her own lack of squeamishness. She has nightmares about her corpses coming back to life — but only because of the paperwork it would entail." https://t.co/UjMyt5ncIz
In the new @LRB, I wrote about thermonuclear weapons, the balance of forces between the US and China, and false alarms caused by migrating geese. https://t.co/KakQxl9JLq
"In reality people are more than able to think for themselves. It is time that this was accepted and used … in a way that helps citizens to distinguish fact from fiction, propaganda from truth, myth from history."
Short Cuts @LRB https://t.co/iaq6WbmPCg
I have never seen a songwriter break down — note by note — the process by which he wrote a tune like @PaulSimonMusic does here with “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. (1970)
What a joyful exchange. 🙏🏼
(via @jfreewright@PaulEWalsh) @openculture
I love listening to people passionate about their field. @UWMadison Prof Jonathan Martin talks about his new biography of a founder of weather science, Reginald Sutcliffe. No, I hadn’t heard of him either. But Martin makes weather science & bio come alive
https://t.co/2AmcmyZn2n
"At the same time, Kaplan begs us to be aware of the fact that beyond present bullshit lies future bullshit. Beyond the island of utopia lies another one, yours or theirs."
"Why do these people all of a sudden strike back? What are the causes behind the crimes?" writes @frantzen_mikkel in discussion of Leslie Kaplan's 'Disorder.'
https://t.co/by3Qbztgim
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: When disaster struck a school bus, it was more than just a human tragedy. @NathanThrall on how one man’s quest to find his son lays bare the reality of Palestinian life under Israeli rule: https://t.co/87Y9fUrW9L
"It's not about hesitancy. It's about access. And then, in addition to access, it's about having clear and credible messaging about the vaccine's safety. Just talk to us."
Politics over public health?
41 percent of Republicans don't plan to get COVID vaccine, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Here’s why: https://t.co/Y0CAU25G4T