Kyle Siler (@kylesiler.bsky.social)

📑New article in @SPQuarterly! The article uses the trivia game show #Jeopardy as a case study to show how certain properties of information (frequency, value, difficulty) underpin evaluative inequalities. (link below bcuz Elon is the worst)

We are approaching Turkmenistan levels of idolatry.

I swear America only has the one map

Let me share the *years* long battle I had with Boaler and @SFUnified to access the data behind their grandeois claims of success in delaying Algebra I. I was that lonely nut on the corner with my repent sign. Education reporters are to blame too. They it all at face value (1/)

@ashleytrubin Thanks again for visiting today. Great talk! Look forward to seeing what you do in the future!

I continue to believe that GW Bush set the Republican party on an anti-intellectual path that lead to (a) losing academics for a generation and (b) set up the educational polarization that Trump accelerated.

Kinda fascinating: @DallasWings draft the girlfriend of their star player. Hard to think of another sports team led by a power couple. Now I hope they never break up!

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@ashleytrubin Can you please add me as a signatory? Thanks!

I also stand by what I said in my candidate statement last year. Glad that others are making public statements with similar sentiments.

Happy to be one of the original signatories supporting ASA leadership in refusing to entertain boycotts and other efforts that speak on behalf of the whole organization on political matters. scatter.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/asa…

@ashleytrubin Don't apologize for being back in Hawaii! I'll mention this to Dylan and we'll get back to you! Maybe we could delay the workshop until the Hawaii sunrise?

@KyleSiler (And yes, sorry, I am back in Hawaii.)

So very grateful for this weeklong visiting fellowship at the Chicago Forum. I got so much work done, got to hear several interesting talks, and had so many lovely conversations!

@sarkonakj I hope your dog gets free admission, at the very least.

I’m making a point of actually seeing some national parks this year now that my dog is fully grown, so I’m trying to decide if a pass is worth it. Adult passes are $84. PRs and new citizens get free access. Insulting; feels like this country is meant for everyone but its people.

you do the theory / i'll do the praxis

@nenshi Leave the federal party, officially. It will be nothing but an albatross in Alberta.

Today, the federal New Democratic Party selected its new leader. It is clear that the direction of the federal party under this new leader, someone who openly cheered for the defeat of the Alberta NDP government, is not in the interests of Alberta. Last year, Alberta’s New Democrats voted overwhelmingly to make membership in the federal party optional. Many thousands of our provincial members, including myself, are not members of the federal party. We are a big tent and welcome the support of people who vote for every federal party. We believe in Alberta and we believe in Canadian energy and the good jobs it creates. We believe in more pipelines and in reducing emissions. We believe in strong public services and a strong jobs-driven economy to help pay for them. This is what we are fighting for every day. Albertans deserve federal leaders who understand the importance of Alberta and our essential role in the federation. Our focus is not on what the federal NDP says or does. Our fight is with Danielle Smith and the separatist UCP. Albertans deserve a better government, and we are here to be that better government.

and he didn't move to the center, just mobilized the base.

Stick it to the man by reserving your 4-star suite on hotels.com. #asa2026

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

Higher ed may be living through its own version of @tylercowen's "Average Is Over" experience. Enrollment isn't collapsing everywhere--it's sorting. Strong institutions are stable and growing; weaker ones have lost nearly half their students in just 15 years. The real question isn't college vs no college. It's good college vs bad college. (Chart via @prestoncooper93)

Brilliant analogy.

"You don't need to add conservatives to fix a field, you just need to excise the bullshit." +1

@ashleytrubin There's a bunch of SJW-types on BlueSky that are irate about this. Part of me thinks sociology would be better off with a "serious" professional association, and another for the SJWs.

I *never* say this, but good for ASA! (My read of this is: we have a policy we have to stick to that lets people make these silly resolutions, but we think this is a silly and harmful resolution. I can and do respect that.)