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The UCP argues recall is being weaponized against policy, not misconduct. By that logic, the Gondek recall was also weaponized, as it was explicitly against her policies. The UCP's reaction to the weaponized recall on Gondek? To make recall easier.

I am not criticizing anything, as I've read nothing but the titles and abstracts, but yeah.... Theory & Society is different these days. link.springer.com/journal/1118...

I continue to be shocked how many of my students in Alberta don't know what the Notwithstanding Clause is.

Showed up in my memories today. One of my better OC memes.

Dark thread is dark

Whenever anybody tries to derive lessons from stuff like this, I'm like, "There is no formula here. Trump just loves celebrities."

In Edmonton for a conference. Should be fun.

There is something deeply (but in all likelihood dysfunctionally) pleasurable about downloading a number of journal articles related to your current research interests that is far too massive for you to actually read in the near future. #Sociology #AcademicSky

1. They tried to bring down YYC Mayor Gondek, but couldn’t get the sig’s. 2. They lowered the # of sig’s req’d & increased the time req’d & winked to the separatists. 3. Lukaszuk got more sig’s on his pro-Cdn petition than anyone dare dream. They’re realizing ppl are super-pissed with THEM.

QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal." JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"

Someone stole a chunk of the Homeless Jesus statue at my university. What the Hell. Someone suggested it was done for scrap metal, which I guess makes as much sense as anything, but still. Wtf. calgary.citynews.ca/2025/11/12/c...

Sociology. The discipline that lets Reed Richards be his worst self. (I'd argue that sociology is much closer to "psychohistory" as it appears in Asimov and Marvel Comics than the actual discipline of history. Especially in its more ambitious and functionalist forms)

Well Best example of hyper reality I can use in class just dropped.

This seems.... not ideal? kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/o...

bro are you fucking kidding me

I am becoming a Canadian citizen today. As I wait for the ceremony to start They have a screen with rotating Canadian factoids.

This looks like an interesting book, especially as it appears the author has gone to pains to say he's not saying we shouldn't care about inequality. Feels like the sort of book that should be debated carefully.

Doing a quick literature search on the relationship between postsecondary and democracy for reasons. It's rather painful how antiquated academic work from 3 years ago feels. 3 years ago, I probably would have read the same abstracts and called them "optimistic" ...sigh

Beware the scholastic fallacy.

I really wish my university had a sociology of social movements course.

I'm going to have to read the report. I'm assuming there will be parts that worry me.

*sighs* I'm going to regret this, but I really want to figure out the viability of Bourdieu's normative claims regarding the relative autonomy of fields. Wish me luck. #sociology #socialtheory #bourdieu

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

Jesus Chuck...I GUESS WE ARE NOW! So what the fuck are you going to do about it??

We are definitely through some kinda looking glass.

I am not sure how many people realize the huge array of field affected by these cut to science agencies. For example, the NSF quietly stopped hosting the public available USAP photo library last month, a resource of thousands of historic United States Antarctic photos dating to the 1940s. #histsci

Just got a weird email to my gmail, from the mailer daemon saying that an email I sent could not be delivered. It claims the email address I tried to send stuff to was my own, and the content of the email was a T-mobile spam link. I did not click the link and I changed my gmail password. ???

“Promising young man” justice discourse but for companies, love it

It’s posts like this that make me feel soc of media courses are extremely important, but they also make me painfully aware of my inadequacies to teach it.

If I could pick one image to send back to 2003 to try and change the timeline

replace the manosphere with this

#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Sociology #Adjuncts

There was an error in my initial link, so here it is a second time: I'm very happy to share my new article, "When Is a Job Not a Job: Justifications of Part-Time Faculty Work in English and Math Departments at Three Colleges and Universities" in the journal Higher Education Politics & Economics.

The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived). We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!

#sociology #socialtheory #socialcaptial #civilsociety #robertputnam #polisci

#sociology #socialtheory #socialcaptial #civilsociety #robertputnam #polisci

Does anyone have suggestions for book critical reviews of Putnam’s Bowling Alone & its arguments regarding voluntary associations, trust, social capital, democracy, etc? I’m less interested in hit pieces or hagiography than how the arguments have been engaged empirically or theoretically. Thanks!

Next up to read: Very curious #sociology #socialtheory

Here's a fun Canada-US comparison. Total public expenditure on universities and colleges, indexed to 2011. In case there was some doubt about the extent to which our governments have been complacent over the past decade and a half.

Re-reading stuff, I always love this quote from Timmermans & Tavory (2022: 14)

Grading to the Hadestown soundtrack. What could go wrong.

#CdnPSE #AcademicSky #HigherEd #CAUT

Societal upheaval, violence, & war are not helping me finish my manuscript revisions.

I was ok with this post until the last line. I'm not completely sure what is the best course of action for the Democrats to take, but needing answers isn't it. It is far too passive, and makes this sound like a confusing issue for congressional oversight.

Does anyone have recommendations on where to start if I wanted to find research on Christian nationalism in Canada? #AcademicSky #CanPoli #Sociology #ChristianNationalism

I'd go to this if I could

Is Academia. edu worthwhile these days? Research Gate? I'm _leaning_ toward no,but this is a vibe. If someone could tell me how to use them for a good purpose, I'd be all ears.