@markigra@sciences.social

· 8mo ago

You probably already knew this but immigrants in the U.S. pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits. Every year. https://bsky.app/profile/cato.org/post/3mdxv2ckdx62p https://www.cato.org/white-paper/immigrants-recent-effects-government-budgets-1994-2023

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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

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Mark Igra @markigra@sciences.social

· 48mo ago

I set up sciences.social as a place where social scientists can engaging and productive conversations online.

It’ll be supported as long as folks find it useful. Let me know if you have ideas how this space should be run.

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Mark Igra @markigra@sciences.social

· 7mo ago

https://bsky.app/profile/pardoguerra.bsky.social/post/3mgbf7jzx6k26 #sociology

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This skeet will self destruct (@pardoguerra.bsky.social)

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Mark Igra @markigra@sciences.social

· 4mo ago

1. The president is immune from prosecution for crimes.
2. The president may pardon thousands of co-conspirators
3. The president may pay his co-conspirators with billions in taxpayer dollars.

1 & 2 already required Court reform and constitutional amendment. #3 shows why those things are urgent. https://federate.social/@mattblaze/116602970458563283

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Mark Igra @markigra@sciences.social

· 7mo ago

This is so incredibly bleak. A must read about the great expertise extraction from highly competent precarious professionals. A giant sucking sound as brains get extracted by malevolent billionaires (Gift link) https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/877388/white-collar-workers-training-ai-mercor?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6ImJ0T01rdG1DaFUiLCJwIjoiL2NzL2ZlYXR1cmVzLzg3NzM4OC93aGl0ZS1jb2xsYXItd29ya2Vycy10cmFpbmluZy1haS1tZXJjb3IiLCJleHAiOjE3NzM2MzIxNTUsImlhdCI6MTc3MzIwMDE1NX0.vo709ev4WinvSTJgiZRbPRLstvVze8WKhCkA5jHfT5g&utm_medium=gift-link

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Mark Igra @markigra@sciences.social

· 7mo ago

Replying to

TIL: It was banned from some radio stations cause Horse = Heroin. I guess theory was that people would want to use heroin after hearing about the "plants and birds and rocks and things" heroin allowed you to really appreciate.

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Mark Igra @markigra@sciences.social

· 5mo ago

Really good piece by Shay O'Brien in ASR on persistence of kin networks. If I were teaching networks, Econ soc or theory (I'm not) it'd be on my syllabus. What pieces from the last 5-10 years would you put on a general grad soc curriculum? #sociology #sociology

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00031224261425688

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Mark Igra @markigra@sciences.social

· 19mo ago

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@kenshirriff Fascinating. Thanks.

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Mark Igra @markigra@sciences.social

· 47mo ago

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@simonlindgren@sciences.social Assuming you are in the "advanced" web mode, you can search for the hash tag, then hit the settings icon in the column that shows up. You can then "pin" the column to your view. That doesn't integrate the hashtag with your timeline, but works reasonably well for me. A related thing is "groups" where people tag a group like @sociology@a.gup.pe in posts and if you follow that group all the posts that tag it will show up in your timeline.

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Mark Igra @markigra@sciences.social

· 47mo ago

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@ralf@r2.do Yes, and they wouldn't even have to be "mastodon" - it would be easy for them to build tools that are integrated with their existing systems. One question: How important is the ability for anyone to be able to *reply* to those news posts directly. I think that it's an important part of twitter, but also what turns it into a shouting match with bad actors. At least there's no "quote tweet" here.

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Mark Igra @markigra@sciences.social

· 7mo ago

37 (yikes) years ago I joined Microsoft with the goal of putting APIs into apps so you could control them without doing SendKeys. Now there are AI’s literally scrolling browser windows to achieve tasks. Progress!

https://www.theverge.com/tech/893820/gemini-task-automation-samsung-s26-google-pixel-10?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6ImRpSE5tSDJuZksiLCJwIjoiL3RlY2gvODkzODIwL2dlbWluaS10YXNrLWF1dG9tYXRpb24tc2Ftc3VuZy1zMjYtZ29vZ2xlLXBpeGVsLTEwIiwiZXhwIjoxNzczNzY5MDU3LCJpYXQiOjE3NzMzMzcwNTd9.iSbHhjbNvf0B_fkk3jNzJu_p5vU4ZXau3_JPQXgPQhE&utm_medium=gift-link