Conrad Hackett
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Financial Times 26h 1 tweets
“The situation in northeast Nigeria is deteriorating after years of conflict”
ReliefWeb 58h 1 tweets
Situation in northeast Nigeria deteriorating after years of conflict - MSF News and Press Release from Médecins Sans Frontières, published 18 Jul 2018
Taking Sides on Facebook: How Congressional Outreach Changed Under President Trump
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press 3d 2 tweets
Democratic legislators’ opposition to political adversaries on Facebook spiked after Trump’s election, while "angry" reactions to posts by members of Congress increased among followers.
What is the future for religion in Britain?
Theos think tank - Theos Think Tank 4d 1 tweets
This is the fourth in a series of blogs looking at the future of religion in Britain. To read the others click here
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Session: Social Behavior, Network Dynamics and Collective Outcomes in Complex Societies (XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 15-21, 2018))
Isaconf.confex.com 5d 1 tweets
Conrad Hackett 50+ topical streams of sessions at #isa18wcs. Planning to begin outside my normal areas in a session devoted to agent based modeling. I'm skeptical about whether this method generates much new knowledge so let’s see if experts in the area change my mind. 5d
Around the World in 80-ish Days*
Around the World in 80-ish Days* 43d 1 tweets
*takes a bit longer with kids
DUNDEE: Extended Trailer (2018)
YouTube 6d 1 tweets
Here is the official Trailer for the fake Movie "Dundee"
Conrad Hackett Australians at #isa18wcs rolled their eyes when I admitted my interest in the fake Crocodile Dundee sequel. I guess the original movie brought lots of tourists (hence the recent fake ads) but it also perpetuated a distorted image of Australia. 6d
The Moscow Midterms
Clare Malone - FiveThirtyEight 103d 22 tweets
How Russia could steal our next election.
Income Inequality in the U.S. Is Rising Most Rapidly Among Asians
Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends Project 9d 17 tweets
The gap in the standard of living between Asians near the top and the bottom of the income ladder nearly doubled from 1970 to 2016. Amid rising inequality overall, Asians displaced blacks as the most economically divided major U.S. racial or...
Conrad Hackett Median income in US Asian $51,288 White $47,958 Black $31,082 Hispanic $30,400 (adjusted for household size) 9d
Appendix A: Income distributions of whites, blacks, Hispanics and Asians in the U.S., 1970 and 2016
Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends Project 9d 1 tweets
The charts in this appendix show the distributions of white, black, Hispanic and Asian adults in the U.S. by their incomes in 1970 and 2016. The first set of charts shows the income distribution for a given racial and ethnic group, say Hispanics, in...
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Conrad Hackett This chart shows how the distribution of inflation-adjusted income has changed for white Americans between 1970 & 2016 9d
Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter to Slash Millions of Followers
Nytimes.com 10d 42 tweets
Twitter will begin removing tens of millions of suspicious accounts on Thursday, signaling a major new effort to fight fraud and restore trust on the platform.
In Western Europe, Populist Parties Tap Anti-Establishment Frustration but Have Little Appeal Across Ideological Divide
Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project 9d 5 tweets
Regardless of populist sentiments, anti-establishment frustration and the rise of populism in Western Europe, people tend to favor parties that reflect their own ideological orientation.
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Dataverse.harvard.edu 10d 3 tweets
The Dataverse Project is an open source software application to share, cite and archive data. Dataverse provides a robust infrastructure for data stewards to host and archive data, while offering researchers an easy way to share and get credit for...
Obama Tops Public’s List of Best President in Their Lifetime, Followed by Clinton, Reagan
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press 10d 14 tweets
Survey Report When asked which president has done the best job in their lifetimes, more Americans name Barack Obama than any other president. More than four-in-ten (44%) say Obama is the best or second best president of their lifetimes, compared...
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Conrad Hackett We asked Americans which president has done the best job in their lifetimes. They chose: Obama 31% Reagan 21% Clinton 13% Trump 10% Kennedy 7% 10d
Which 7 countries hold half the world’s population?
Pew Research Center 10d 4 tweets
As of July 2018, the world’s population is 7.63 billion. More than half of all people around the globe live in just seven countries.
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Conrad Hackett These 7 countries are home to half the world's population #WorldPopulationDay #WorldPopulationDay2018 10d
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Conrad Hackett Number of people around the world age 100+ in the year 2000: 150,000 2100: 21,000,000 (UN projection) #WorldPopulationDay 10d
Former Apple Employee Charged With Theft of Trade Secrets Related to Autonomous Car Project
Juli Clover - Macrumors.com 11d 6 tweets
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation this week charged former Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang with theft of trade secrets, according to...
Big Racial Divide over Zimmerman Verdict
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press 11d 1 tweets
Overview The public is divided over the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial and over the conversation about race that has surrounded it. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted July 17-21 among 1,480 adults...
What I've Learned: Pew Hispanic Research Director Mark Hugo Lopez
NBC News 11d 1 tweets
Mark Hugo Lopez, director of Hispanic research at Pew Research Center, studies the attitudes and opinions of Latinos and Hispanic views of identity.
Conrad Hackett Nice profile of “King of the Crosstab” 11d
Lithuanian couple win world wife-carrying championship title in...
U.S. 14d 3 tweets
Fifty-three men slung their wives or partners over their shoulders and hurtled off on an hour-long race in the small Finnish town of Sonkajarvi on Saturday, as thousands of fans cheered from the stands.
God, sex, and money among the ultra-Orthodox in Israel: An integrated sociocultural and evolutionary perspective
Evolution and Human Behavior 16d 1 tweets
The origin of the tendency for men to value wealth more than women can be explained by both social role theory and evolutionary theory. We integrate these two perspectives to provide insight into a unique cultural context, the Jewish ultra-Orthodox...