Patrick Chester

Postdoctoral Researcher at UC San Diego's China Data Lab with PhD from NYU.

Research interests include Chinese politics, propaganda, media, and text methods.

[Patrick Chester @patrickjchester]

@jordansour @MeghUpdates The pilot fell out of the window.

[Patrick Chester @patrickjchester]

@audryewong Awe.. Thanks for the shout out Audrye!

[Patrick Chester @patrickjchester]

@stan_okl I've been staring at this graph for about 20 minutes now, trying to see if I can intuit any pattern linking states to the voting errors.. and I'm coming up blank. How would NJ and NY find themselves on the opposite tails of this or any distribution?

[John Kastellec @JKastellec]

Given the effective (as opposed to theoretical) capacity of the U.S. government, every plan I have seen for re-opening successfully has the feel of this classic cartoon, but with less math on either side.

https://t.co/I1KqcxhJl8

[Arthur Spirling @arthur_spirling]

don’t want to give air to this nonsense, but it fundamentally misunderstands the nature of academia: students from anywhere doing a graduate degree in the US strengthen *American* knowledge of that subject via their collaborative research.

[Patrick Chester @patrickjchester]

@LC_Sanford @ShaneXuan94 @mollyeroberts Interesting! How far along did you get with that project?

[Patrick Chester @patrickjchester]

Apparently, the CCP now uses Twitter to disseminate propaganda. Pretty fascinating, considering the fact that Twitter is banned in China. I wonder what the endgame is?
https://t.co/wDiiQWHVTH

[Patrick Chester @patrickjchester]

@stan_okl I'm pretty sure we are all living in a disaster movie now.

[NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @CSMAP_NYU]

We are beyond thrilled to have been selected as one of the @knightfdn recipients for their new program examining the impact of technology on democracy to support the work of the SMaPP Lab (https://t.co/2ilcmgbAPO) & establish the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics.

[Arthur Spirling @arthur_spirling]

🚨New ppr alert, EMBEDDINGS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE edition🚨
V encouraging results w @prodriguezsosa on technical + (near) "human" performance of embeddings for various tasks, in multiple languages. Pre-trained works great and is p robust!
Ppr: https://t.co/tNpQl7KTEj

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[Matt Blackwell @matt_blackwell]

Do you like to code in STATA?

I would not, could not with my data.

Would you use it with IV?
Could you use it for a robust SE?

I could not, would not with IV
Would not, could not for a robust SE,
Now, economist, you let me be.

[Barry Naughton @bnaughton]

China exports up 9.9% for all of 2018, but down 4.4% YoY in Dec. China imports up 15.8% for all 2018, but down 7.6% YoY in Dec. Prob shows exports were pre-shipped before tariffs hit, now dropping, & that domestic demand in China is now decelerating rapidly. Ominous omens.

[Patrick Chester @patrickjchester]

@AdamOlsonMN On the R side, I'd made sure whatever the process is finishes before the next cycle begins. If they do not you can crash your computer with too many active processes. (Been there, done that)

[Ian Fraser @Ian_Fraser]

I could watch this for hours

[Patrick Chester @patrickjchester]

@RepGraceMeng Thank you for your words, but what actions are you taking to protect these children?

[Zack Labe @ZLabe]

A look at the loss of thicker (usually older) #Arctic sea ice in Octobers from 1979-2016 (PIOMAS, ice < 1.5 meters masked black)

[Patrick Chester @patrickjchester]

Interesting, but where are the academic sources? https://t.co/AtRrLeKUgg

[Vox @voxdotcom]

Campaign promises matter https://t.co/rMTDvJ6iwh

[Vox @voxdotcom]

There are way more gifted kids from disadvantaged backgrounds than we usually find https://t.co/Y2TEZ8yGtg

[Vox @voxdotcom]

Refusing Syrian refugees isn't just wrong — it helps ISIS https://t.co/apGshTpzMJ