FYI, this also happened today while Mamdani and Trump had their heart to heart meeting at the same time

Trump and Mamdani today, and basically all of politics

Ok WTF happened between Mamdani and Trump today. This is wild

When Alex Jones is supporting a “gen z protest” in Mexico, the people he’s cheering to be kidnapped/deported here by masked ICE goons, you know this is actually a right-wing coup attempt backed by the right in the US and Mexico. That and Vicente Fox sporting a One Piece T-shirt at the “protest.”

Symposium today on humor and the Right. We will highlight the intersection of humor/comedy/memes etc. with issues of nationalism, race, gender, sexuality, fascism, and more, past and present and around the world. Free event, program and registration info below. drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...

If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university. You’re working at a state propaganda factory.

Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.

Cool, so this means that the average first-time home buyer in the US can now expect to pay off their first home by age 90, which is only about 12 years after the average life expectancy of 78 years old in the USA 🇺🇸

Woke 2.0 > Trump 2.0

A brown, Muslim, socialist was just elected as mayor of New York City, the largest and one of the most diverse cities in the US. This was a “woke-lash” to white nationalism and Trump 2.0 Amazing

#Alt4You [Originally posted by: @raulperez.bsky.social#Alt4You

With recent headlines and op-eps stunned by the pervasive usage of racist jokes by young republicans, I think it’s worth mentioning a recent book I wrote that might be useful for better understanding the historical and systemic roots of such humor

With recent headlines and op-eps stunned by the pervasive usage of racist jokes by young republicans, I think it’s worth mentioning a recent book I wrote that might be useful for better understanding the historical and systemic roots of such humor

This, from the lawyers who sued the organizers of the neo-Nazi Unite the Right rally, is good. They come to the same conclusion as @raulperez.bsky.social's book on using humor to mainstream racism. Apparently, it works.

Thanks for sharing @victorerikray.bsky.social It’s good to see more people are finally talking about this, but so often they frame it as something new or novel and can’t seem to make the historical or systemic connections. Would have been helpful if they’d read my book prior

MSM normalized the rise of fascism in the US, to the point that politics has literally become shitposting

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Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

HAPPENING NOW: A MASSIVE crowd of protesters flood the streets of San Diego for a “No Kings Day” rally showing their love for America and standing up against the corrupt fascist Trump administration. look how huge it is

Today's official crowd count estimate from #NoKings coalition: 7 million people turned out nationwide That's 2 million more than the #NoKings peaceful protests in June

Los Angeles came out in droves. #NoKings

No kings, no ice, no kkk!! No racist, fascist, usa!!

Really enjoyed the opportunity to share and discuss my work today with various students and faculty at the University of Glasgow. Really appreciate the invite/ hospitality from colleagues in @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social and @identitiesjournal.bsky.social

Very much looking forward to this talk tomorrow at @uofgsociology.bsky.social to discuss issues and ideas that are increasingly being prohibited back home

A reminder about our first Sociological & Cultural Studies seminar of the year, taking place tomorrow, with @raulperez.bsky.social - hosted jointly with colleagues in Politics & IR, and with the journal @identitiesjournal.bsky.social

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

Ok I thought this was cool. So the African Studies department and philosophy faculty at the University of Cologne Germany highlight a new book every month on their university website. For September 2025 guess which book they recommended reading? afrikanistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/en/news-teas...

Turns out it might have something to do with your relation to the “means of production” after all

Humor has increasingly become a prominent tool in right-wing politics and media ecosystems in the US and globally. Check out this upcoming virtual symposium, and please share with those who might be interested in participating or attending

Comedians are defaulting to their historic and subservient role of being mouthpieces and court jesters for the powerful, both at home and abroad

US comedians and the mythology of being “champions of free speech” and “speaking truth to power” has evaporated www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Comedians are defaulting to their historic and subservient role of being mouthpieces and court jesters for the powerful, both at home and abroad

US comedians and the mythology of being “champions of free speech” and “speaking truth to power” has evaporated www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Wonder if the journalist covering this story was lmfao when they drafted this part of the article, or if they only wrote it matter of factly

Humor has increasingly become a prominent tool in right-wing politics and media ecosystems in the US and globally. Check out this upcoming virtual symposium, and please share with those who might be interested in participating or attending

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A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

This is exactly the kind of behavior we are trying to better analyze and understand. If you or your colleagues are currently studying, or looking to study the intersection of humor, violence, and the right please consider taking part in this upcoming virtual symposium

I’d argue the patterned use of careless jokes/comments against marginalized groups certainly indicates one’s fascist proclivities and alignment with its ends. Great essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Reframing “PC” as holding the right accountable to their ostensible value and desire for “civility”

For those currently studying or interested in studying the relationship between humor and the right, I highly recommend taking part in this timely virtual symposium we recently put together. See our call 👇

This just in, Trump now also canceling Fox News

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We thought Jimmy Kimmel getting fired yesterday was fucked? Check out his new replacement

Only took 2 years

Recent coverage in msm on the use of coded memes and humor by the far-right looks at this phenomenon as a new problem or development, a product of genZ or social media. But the far right has been weaponizing violent humor over the last 5 decades. And it has gone from the fringes to the White House

I’ve also already texted it to like 5 people 😹

How am I just learning this book exists?! I, an ostensible sociologist, have been wanting to dissect the racist humor of my elementary school playground forever! Unlike most white people, though, my school was diverse, so Black, white, and Latino kids were all telling OUR jokes to each other!

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