Nicholas A. Christakis
@NAChristakis
Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale. Physician. Author of Apollo's Arrow; Blueprint; and Connected. ::: More active at azure skies.
I think my experience on twitter has become so overfull of unreason, so focused on uncivilized acts by individuals and our government, even, and so devoid of science, truth, and goodness that I have to stop contributing to, and partaking of, this platform. Perhaps I’ll be back.
Who Are the Snowflakes Now? quillette.com/2025/06/06/who…
For a detailed thread about this new #HNL work on how people cognize the broad social networks around them, involving painstaking collection of data from 10,072 adults across 82 Honduras villages, see @NAChristakis on BlueSky.
New study by @EricFeltham @NAChristakis et al. reveals how people in Honduran villages cognitively map their social networks. #socialnetwork nature.com/articles/s4156…
Texas v Johnson: “We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so we dilute the freedom that this cherished emblem represents.” This is the beauty of the 1st Amendment—the idea that symbols of freedom are meaningful only when honoring them is voluntary
President Trump: "People that burn the American flag should go to jail for one year. We're going to try and get that done."
Trump Says Protesters at Military Parade Will Be Met With ‘Very Big Force’ “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech… or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/…
US Forest Service chief asks wildfire employees who took voluntary resignation to ‘come back’ More re-hiring. 🤡 denverpost.com/2025/06/10/for…
Spying on students for their political expression sounds like East Germany. But that’s exactly what @UMich did. As @Guardian revealed, the university hired private, undercover investigators to surveil pro-Palestinian campus groups and students for nearly a year.
It is completely unlawful for ICE to turn away members of Congress like this. The law could not be more clear; no member of Congress may be denied access to a facility where ICE is detaining someone, and they cannot be required to schedule in advance. nytimes.com/2025/06/08/nyr…
YES! "If America’s universities truly wish to reclaim the public trust, they must do more than simply paying lip service to “academic freedom.” They need transparent admissions and hiring practices, genuine engagement with dissenting viewpoints, and regular, public reporting on…
Super cool new series via @stevenstrogatz: Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, uncovers the math behind it, and follows it to places you wouldn’t expect. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Opposing BOTH of these things is the correct position.
On Trump's selective use of the National Guard via @amyklobuchar "On Jan. 6," Trump "didn't bring in the National Guard when over 100 police officers were injured or worse." cbsnews.com/news/amy-klobu…
The President of the United States is lying. It’s incredible and incredibly dangerous.
American college administrators in cahoots with helicopter parents are now handing out restraining orders on campus to keep their delicate flowers “safe”
Trump pardoned all the Jan 6ers who assaulted cops.
Hit a cop, you’re going to jail… doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, or what movement speaks to you. If the local police force won’t back our men and women on the thin blue line, we @FBI will.
Artists are not like you and me. How stylish and grand and romantic. Via @EleniChristakis
Surrealist artist Edward James was so deeply in love with his wife that when he saw her wet footprints ascending the stairs, he had them woven into the carpet 👣💚
“For as long as our country has a regime that is repressive towards its own people, it will always be aggressive towards its neighbours. The only way to ensure long-lasting peace, security, and stability in Europe is through a democratic Russia”. Full video of the European…
Meteora, a stunning complex of monsteries perching atop towering rock pillars in Greece. Meteora means 'suspended into the air' and for centuries, monks had to use rope ladders to reach the monasteries.