So tired of AI slop, half-baked papers that should have been desk rejected instead of sent out, and fearing students looking to go viral for a gothca TikTok clip. All the best things about being a professor are eroding and soon all that will be left is empty lecture halls playing Canvas recordings

A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.

It would be wildly foolish it is to rely on any sort of AI to make decisions in tense international situations. But using an LLM to do so is terrifyingly stupid. It's a category error to think that a machine designed to generate plausible text would be good at reasoning about existential risk.

If sex tech becomes mainstream, we might see a society where intimacy is redefined, blending physical and virtual experiences. We must tread carefully to preserve genuine connections. #futurism

What might the future of sex look like? Futurologists and sexologists are quick to embrace sex tech as the final frontier of pleasure, but sociologist @kenhanson.bsky.social argues we need to examine our past first to figure out where we're going. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to be part of this landmark issue in @asanews.bsky.social 's new journal! Check it out today!

The website for the new @asanews.bsky.social journal, Sex & Sexualities is live!! It publishes cutting-edge sociological research on sexualities by fostering space for rigorous intersectional, interdisciplinary, transnational, feminist, and critical research. journals.sagepub.com/home/SNS

Who are the inaugural co-editors of Sex & Sexualities, the new @ASAnews journal? Check out this announcement from the American Sociological Association about co-editors Dr. Krystale Littlejohn and Amy L. Stone www.asanet.org/footnotes-ex...

The juxtaposition between "AI is going to make work obsolete" and "we need to roll back child labor laws to get these crops harvested " is real fucking bleak.

The laws limiting classroom discussions and content on "DEI" topics will destroy American education. Universities are already seeing a massive decline in numbers. Why would anyone go into massive debt to learn what is clearly propagandized and restricted speech? Some might think this will reverse

The thing about LinkedIn is that it's objectively terrible and people keep using it.

I know the world is terrible right now but I'm re-reading The Protestant Ethic for my soc of religion class and all I can think about is how much Weber would have hated people like Gary V and grind culture more generally.

If say, 1.5 million or so LA residents were feeling desperate about the future and wanted to move to WY, SD, and AK we could seriously turn this ship around politically next election cycle and do something before it's too late.

I've done it, some students asked for MORE assigned readings in my Self & Society class. I can confidently say that some, although certainly not all, students do in fact enjoy reading for class.

IDK if anyone else feels this way but the Marriott Bonvoy app has more security features than my BANK. FFS

2 = the numbers of students this week who have come to tell me they are changing their education plans in light of "gestures broadly." One is ceasing education at my institution (grad student so not as huge of a deal), the other is now applying abroad for grad school instead of US PhD programs.

Since this seems to be the thing to do, putting together a sex tech group. Let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/CiRAxPB

Since this seems to be the thing to do, putting together a sex tech group. Let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/CiRAxPB

We're getting familiar with Bluesky while also off attending a number of conferences over the next couple of weeks! If you're a scholar in #AmericanStudies, #Criminology, #Musicology, or #WomenStudies, we’d love to hear from you. Are there any great starter packs you’d recommend?

People who say they care about women’s and girls’ sports are noticeably quiet about how eliminating the Department of Education would end federal oversight of Title IX enforcement of the equal existence of women’s and girls’ sports

I'll make my first post here be about our tt faculty opening in socially informed AI - uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/175.... I'm chairing the search committee, so reach out with any questions. Please share far and wide.

New article for my fellow sextech scholars! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My latest article! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Any Replika or other chatbot users out there? A good friend of ours is doing a study on it! Contact Dr. Ken Hanson to inquire! 😊💜

Hi! Recruiting for a study, eligible interviewees can get a gift card! I don't have a big following on here so I appreciate the boost even if you aren't a Replika user. But if you are, reach out.