How did President’s Trump language influence the El Paso shooter’s manifesto?
This is post 18 of 18 in the series “Trump Watch” Presenting the Trump Watch (tick…tick…tick..) New Dataset – @realDonaldTrump Tweet corpus Just how oddball...More
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Small town America does not have higher voter turnout than cities do.…except in the Northeast
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanWhich is just weird. “Middle America.” “Small town values.” “Main Street.” These reified terms have been embodied in the political theatre of...More
Want more Stanley Cup OT? Start cheering for more defense
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanSudden-death, multi-overtime hockey games are the best viewing in sports. We’re going to take that as a prior because it is incontrovertible...More
Trump’s Twitter pulpit is slowly losing its effectiveness
This is post 17 of 18 in the series “Trump Watch” Presenting the Trump Watch (tick…tick…tick..) New Dataset – @realDonaldTrump Tweet corpus Just how oddball...More
Which MLB team’s fanbase is the most optimistic (or pessimistic) a month before opening day 2019?
By: Patrick W. Zimmerman“Just wait ‘til next year!” —Seemingly every baseball fan ever It’s a month out from opening day (March 28th), and the really...More
The shrinking California snowpack is the lurking climate change issue that people aren’t talking about
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanSea level rise is the sexy aqueous climate change issue that’s grabbing all the headlines, periodically interrupted by disaster sensationalism every time...More
Trump’s Twitter account charts a history of his presidency
This is post 15 of 18 in the series “Trump Watch” Presenting the Trump Watch (tick…tick…tick..) New Dataset – @realDonaldTrump Tweet corpus Just how oddball...More
The Beer Gazetteer: What beer style do Americans love (and hate)?
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanIn order to properly rate beer, we first need to calibrate our ratings. Not all 4-star beer ratings are the same! For...More
Congressional cosponsorship community detection: Which Senators actually work together?
This is post 4 of 4 in the series “Congress, the Social Network” News flash: the House of Representatives is not great at passing laws...More
Congressional cliques: Community detection in bill cosponsorships
This is post 2 of 4 in the series “Congress, the Social Network” News flash: the House of Representatives is not great at passing laws...More