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@chrishanretty
Sep 8, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Seven levels of recursion on politics Twitter (0/7)
Step 1: Oh, the government has said it will break the law. That's bad, I should tweet about that. (1/7)
Step 2: Oh, they said they'd break the law in a "specific and limited way". That's funny, I should tweet about that.
Step 3: Oh, lots of people are making funny tweets like that. I shouldn't tweet that.
Step 4: Instead, I should tweet about the disconnect between things that happen on Twitter and "the real world"
Step 5: Oh, but that implies that if it doesn't move public opinion it doesn't matter. I should tweet to say it does matter, regardless of whether people have strong reactions
Step 6: Huh, maybe that will come across as a bit po-faced. This is Twitter, after all...
Step 7: [delete draft tweet]

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In response to UCU's Marking and Assessment Boycott (MAB), my employer @RoyalHolloway has decided to implement emergency regulations which in my view seriously call into question the rigour of degrees awarded (1/7)
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Nov 20, 2022
Everyone knows the most fun way to watch the World Cup is to support the more democratic nation in each game. So here, thanks to @vdeminstitute data, is your group-by-group rundown! (1/n)
We start in Group A, where the Netherlands is clearly in pole position, and Qatar clearly in last place (2/n) Image
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Jul 16, 2022
This use of MRP makes me incredibly anxious. There are considerable technical difficulties here. Begin nerdgasm... (1/15)
MRP works by modelling responses as a function of different demographic and political characteristics, and then making predictions for different voter types (2/15)
It works well when responses can be accurately predicted by these characteristics, or when you have a stupidly large sample size (3/15)
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Sep 24, 2020
Towns are sexy in UK polisci, aren't they? Let's talk a little bit about the super-sexy Towns Fund gov.uk/government/pub… (1/n)
As @estwebber and @georgegrylls reported this morning, the Perm. Sec at MHCLG gave evidence to the Public Accounts Committee this week thetimes.co.uk/article/robert… (2/n)
Jeremy Pocklington said that ministers had ignored civil service advice concerning the £3.9bn Towns Fund, and had instead applied [ahem!] "their own qualitative assessment" (3/n)
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Sep 12, 2020
Strong, strong political reasons to support Osaka in this match #USOpen
Azarenka and Lukashenko have a "friendly" relationship nytimes.com/2020/09/09/spo…
But god-damn, she's started well 😖
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Sep 11, 2020
I have some reservations about the claim that Covid-19 divisions now run deeper than Brexit (1/n)
The basis for the claim is that the proportion of mask-wearers who hate, resent or think badly of non-mask wearers (58%) is greater than the proportion of Remainers who think badly of Leavers (33%) (p. 11 of report) (2/n)
First problem with this: in order for something to be divisive, it's got to divide society, and the more evenly it divides society, the more divisive it is. But the (short) report doesn't show what % of the population wear a mask. (3/n)
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