SelfCare and Wellness, presidential edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/war-a...

Men will do ANYTHING to avoid couples counseling.

It would be cool if scientists and science communicators — who don't really have expertise on how expertise works — engaged more with philosophers of science, sociologists of science, and other folks who do have expertise on expertise, rather than broadcasting their oversimplified takes

Buddy. Do this nationally as a strategy. How about frame it as: "Our neighbors have shown us we can fight against fascism. Now we fight with them. Every step." -- XOXOXO, with love, a Constituent

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 16 Fingerlakes: Calling Parks Dept removal of Pride Flag from Stonewall Natl Park an "eff-ing disgrace," Sen Schumer announces law that calls for it to fly permanently there & making it a Congressionally authorized flag along with military & POW flags, etc.

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To have a reasonable conversation about "AI" in which people are not just dunking or repeating truisms or (best case) muddying the waters, one must do two things: 1. Disentangle the signifier "AI" from actual material technologies. 2. *Entangle* actual material technologies w/ a sociology of use.

Some More News: Do You Get It Now, Ben? #blogpost

This article immediately labels @emilymbender.bsky.social and I as "curmudgeons" because we don't think that the spicy auto complete has a concept of the self.

A rant that only academics will understand: Can we PLEASE create something like editorial manager, but with JUST ONE LOGIN FOR EVERY JOURNAL rather than A DIFFERENT LOGIN FOR EACH JOURNAL?! For fuck's sake!! (Yes I had to spend 20 minutes today fighting to submit a referee report)

This will so insanely cool. Where were you when kill was dead?

You could open up a salt mine from all these posts. Stay mad.

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/

Come work here! (This is a *great* postdoc-rolling-to-TT job.) apply.interfolio.com/180630

If you need a good example of “sampling on the dependent variable” for your stats class, look no further.

Don’t expect any further rewards or handclaps. This is how normal people are all the time.

Enjoyed mixing tonight's ditty. Trying to get better and stops and little connective tissue. soundcloud.com/nicholas-wil...

How is this exculpatory?!

This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association. Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust. yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...

Hi all, I rarely do this, but I'm posting that I'm back on the academic job market. As a Californian, my partner and I are trying to stay on the West Coast. Any leads for jobs in History, American Studies, Cultural Studies, etc. in the Western U.S. are greatly appreciated! Sincerely, Nathan

Better yet, don’t collect any data: let ChatGPT make it up!

A human writer uses a dash to set off a relatively abrupt jump in thought. But the machines are constantly calculating the most predictable next thing to say, plodding around the same area. So the machine dash looks like it's gesturing toward something new, only to always land on something obvious.

It's happening!! Pub date of Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine is just 2 weeks away. Order now with code NR26 & get 30% off @psupress.bsky.social! #GraphicMedicine www.psupress.org/books/titles...

First inklings of this book were in 2019. Initial plans were delayed by the lockdown in 2020. The cfp went out in 2021. We have been working with our 41 amazing contributors for over 5 years, editing, securing permissions & high-res images. Could not have done it with anyone but @briwok.bsky.social!

Gotta love the HVAC in a 1970s, un-renovated building. (No, I can't open my windows. No, I can't turn it off.)

I’m not sure how Dems are going to overcome this tidal wave of new Republican voters.

Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution

Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.

If only computers had built in clocks in order to tell time using some sort of deterministic machine-readable format. But alas, the only way to know whether it's daytime is to pay nearly a dollar every 30 minutes to ask a fancy autocomplete bot.

Can I taskrabbit someone to march for me?

“the state-approved version doesn’t include chapters on media and technology, global inequality, race and ethnicity, social stratification, or gender, sex and sexuality.” State. Approved. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Florida launches statewide book burning, with Intro to Sociology textbook as kindling. Their state education system is a farce, a system for destroying knowledge and ideas in order to prevent critical thinking.

It's easy to get inured to this. But it's genuinely shocking. These are just untrained, hyped up hooligans terrorizing people.

Incisive take

“I enjoy thinking about truly fundamental concepts, like the alphabet for instance.”

Some incredible scholars with a new edited volume on corruption. Check it out!

It’s always worth hearing what @nickhwilson.bsky.social has to say about corruption and comparative historical sociology, and this new volume edited with Marco Garrido and Marina Zaloznaya looks great!

I'm so excited that this volume is finally coming out!! Many years in the making, it was truly a collective effort. Kudos to the stellar team of editors and colleagues!

Check out Simmons's student journalist Mattea Ortiz's fabulous piece in the Simmons Voice on Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine. @briwok.bsky.social & I are thrilled for this to be the first piece about the book out in the world. simmonsvoice.com/14867/showca...

Proud to contribute to this important volume that re-embeds corruption in social structures, rethinking it through emergence, institutionalization, and mobilization. Edited by nickhwilson.bsky.social, Marco Garrido, and Marina Zaloznaya, and published by universitypress.cambridge.org.

@eidlin.bsky.social even more internet-famous now! www.youtube.com/shorts/V3Z2e...

Like a world-famous band (which we are), *A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption* "drops" simultaneously and worldwide TODAY. Thanks to my partners-in-crime, Marco Garrido and Marina Zaloznaya, and to all the contributors! tinyurl.com/muyeezka

What’s that? She doesn’t want us to say JONATHAN ROSS? Why does she want us to stop saying JONATHAN ROSS? Is there something wrong with saying JONATHAN ROSS? JONATHAN ROSS

Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019. Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

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A blog about corruption and our new edited volume from Cambridge UP! (As always, couldn't have done this without my co-editors, Marina Zaloznaya and Marco Garrido!) cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/seei...

BREAKING: I will be entering the NFL Hall of Fame by conducting a daring raid on Devin Hester’s house and stealing his gold jacket. Sportswriters of America, please adjust your stats accordingly.