I am disillusioned with Mastadon but definitely NOT going to support the birdsite. You can find me on LinkedIn. I would love to recreate my old birdsite network. So, please connect on LinkedIn if we haven't already.

@efarris It isn't. I wanted to like it but I don't.

@andrew definitely but because we have kids we both get the "not covid".

@andrew Not Covid? Yep, had it a couple times.

#RomanSiteSaturday: Every time I see a photo of Timgad/#Algeria one word comes to my mind: perfection.
The Colonia Marciana Traiana Thamugadi was founded in 100 AD. Its plan, laid out with great precision, is #Roman urban planning at its best.

📷 Georg Steinmetz

#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

#RomanArchaeology

@efarris SPSA paper, maybe even makes it through peer review

@SteveBHolt
We often don't govern. That is the point though: Argue government doesn't work. Do everything you can to make it less effective. Repeat.

Do you engage less with #mastodon accounts when they use #twitter links?

Please boost - as I wish to gauge if my narrow observations, thus far are right.

RT @RepCardenas@twitter.com

This baby was born on the first round of votes. He’s now 4 months old 👶🏻

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RepCardenas/status/1610393942196981761

President Biden just signed the Electoral Count Reform Act into law — the first reform aimed at preventing another January 6. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/much-needed-reform-electoral-count-act

I'm dead inside like a Tuesday afternoon Mastadon timeline.

@JohnMullahy my guess is 3 but even that feels high

@MattHodges thanks! I needed this.

@Sheril The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It by Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague - infuriating and important

I'm not keen on Robert Caro's research focus, and sometimes not his writing style either, but this is a fabulous short book about research, writing, and the scholarly life. PhD students should read it.

https://www.amazon.com/Working-Robert-Caro/dp/0525656340/

👀 Well. Well. Well. Mozilla's joining the #Fediverse 👀

I'm absolutely positive this is why Elon's still warning people about #Twitter bankruptcy. #Mozilla will be the final nail in Twitter's coffin. Love to see if and how they integrate this into #Firefox

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/

New publication out in Policy & Internet!
I used computational text analysis tools to compare tweets before and after a new rule was announced to see how users used Twitter to share information and mobilize participation in the e-rulemaking process.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/poi3.332

I printed out this snippet of Ariel Aberg-Riger's budget explainer when I started as an analyst [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-25/how-to-understand-your-city-budget].

Today it's got me thinking about creative ways to grow the accessibility & engagement of our budget story.

I’m inspired by Kenneth Mejia's LA campaign graphics, the #SolidarityBudget in Seattle, and Mural Arts Philadelphia's “A People’s Budget” project.

What #ParticipatoryBudgeting examples should I read up on? Particularly interested in #PublicAdmin implementations.

The #federal Office of #Evaluation Sciences at GSA is accepting applications for their annual #fellowship, which involves #PhD-level #SocialScientists working with federal partners to design/implement/analyze large-scale interventions.

The deadline is January 11, and the positions are #remote.

See https://oes.gsa.gov/opps/ for more details.

#SocialScience #PublicPolicy #PoliSci #EconTwitter #Psychology #Sociology #Sociodon #SocialPolicy #Eval #Hiring #AppliedEcon #PublicAdmin

#Introduction I study #hybrid #organizations and hybrid #governance arrangements, such as #SocialEnterprises and other forms of #SocialInnovation at the border area between state, market and community. I do this at the Department of #PublicAdministration and Sociology of #ErasmusUniversity #Rotterdam

I combine insights from the fields of #PublicPolicy and #PublicManagement and aim to bridge the divide between theory and practice.

See www.hybridorganizations.com for more.