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Jason Radford

@jsradford

Sociologist. Dad. CEO @VolunteerSci. Director of the @SocDesignLab at @Northeastern. Out touching grass.

Joined April 2009
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Is mis, dis, and malinformation making its way onto Wikipedia? I use monkeypox as a case study. disinfomonitor.substack.com/p/mdm-beyond-s…


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Our new paper explains why some life outcomes are hard to predict. We combined machine learning, a mathematical decomposition, and in-depth qualitative interviews to understand the origins of unpredictability: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

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Very happy to share that "Curation Bubbles" is conditionally accepted at @apsrjournal

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Don't miss @socdesignlab's "From Science to Social Entrepreneurship" 5/14 event, a training on social entrepreneurship for social scientists! The event is open to grad students/faculty around Boston - eventbrite.com/e/from-science… @jsradford @NUnetsi @Northeastern @BU_CAS @InnovateBU

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Our new @Nature paper about how unmapped "ghost roads" are having a huge environmental impact, which is missed by many human impact metrics. Led by #ECR superstar @jaydengert

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Gwyneth Philips for President!

NU has now killed off almost seven consecutive minutes of power-play action for UConn. Even strength.



Beat the whole team by herself to win the game 00:30 into overtime


Future @GoNUwhockey husky in the making

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🚨New preprint!🤖w/ @helenmargetts: In a pre-registered experiment (n=8,587), we find little evidence that use of 1:1 personalized messages — aka political microtargeting — enhances the persuasive influence of GPT-4. osf.io/wnt8b  1/9🧵👇🏼

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I do hope my city becomes known for its man-eating slides


"Slaves were given three free meals a day and could be heard singing songs while they worked" - textbooks in Florida apparently #FloridaHistory


Continuing his streak of rehashing old ideas like public transit, space shuttles, and wire services; the snake eats his tail and reinvents the internet.

X is the future state of unlimited interactivity – centered in audio, video, messaging, payments/banking – creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities. Powered by AI, X will connect us all in ways we’re just beginning to imagine.



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“We might assume that legacy admissions help privileged students at the expense of underprivileged ones,” writes @shamuskhan But legacy students “are part of the reason less advantaged students get so much out of elite schools.” nyti.ms/3D3Zudk


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Our newsletter is out! Two new ways to detect bots in your study 🤖🔍 #AcademicChatter #psychtwitter We understand the importance of reliable data in our studies. Today, we want to share two new methods to detect robot participants. Let's dive in! 👇🧵 open.substack.com/pub/volunteers…


This man has $8. Obviously we should trust him.


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