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Betting on social media

Online sports betting hits social feeds, but not evenly

Mar 31 • Soubhik Barari

Surprising discoveries (#8)

Russia's failed war, public service attracts dishonesty, and horrifying underestimates of sea levels

Mar 24 • Soubhik Barari

Surprising discoveries (#7)

AI metaphors, data center costs, the vacuum of USAID, and what LLMs think are obvious

Mar 17 • Soubhik Barari

Surprising discoveries (#6)

Trump regret syndrome, Grok is good, AI bias, and cancer trutherism.

Mar 12 • Soubhik Barari

Surprising discoveries (#5)

On ADHD TikTok, AI dialing 9-1-1, the world's most concentrated religion (can you guess?), and rankings.

Mar 4 • Soubhik Barari

Surprising discoveries (#4)

Counterintuitive new findings about mass media and public health, Republican support for science, and AI.

Feb 25 • Soubhik Barari

On system justification

Legitimizing myths, mass media, and elite power

Feb 23 • Soubhik Barari

Surprising discoveries (#3)

AI distorting humans (and vice versa), partisan oddities, online dating, and the most psychedelic music in the world.

Feb 20 • Soubhik Barari

Surprising discoveries (#2)

Religious revivals, Gen Alpha, hospital fantasies, and a personal note on profilicity

Feb 6 • Soubhik Barari

Somewhat Unlikely

Somewhat Unlikely

Understanding society better. Writings on public opinion, politics, AI, media, and statistics. Sometimes with pretty charts.

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