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Ryan Hagen @alltheshapes.bsky.social · 13h

“theorists of late modernity were preoccupied with how … social actors became ‘paralyzed by increasingly uncertain futures.’ Quite to the contrary, we find that people actively develop cultural tools to adapt to ‘new species of trouble.’ We refer to these tools as repertoires of repair.” /1

Repertoires of repair: managing ontological insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract. This article examines the practices used by people who, while in a state of crisis, attempt to restore the sense of continuity and dependability

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Glen Malley @glen-malley.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 8d

I did not think I would ever see a serious metafilter post about gooners gooning, but I guess eventually all subcultures get the sociology treatment.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

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mona 🐋 @wheresthatwhale.bsky.social · 5d

i love talking about marx ❤️ i love sociology ❤️

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 5d

Sociology Professor Blues, by Ethan B. Emerson.
"They say I'm a radical, but I really just need a sabbatical."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r12...

Sociology Professor Blues

YouTube video by Ethan B Emerson - Topic

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 7d

It was a delight to chat with Goutham Yegappan for the podcast Re-Educated. We re-educated ourselves about hookup cultures, sexual scripts, the nature of liberation, and other good stuff. You can find links to listen here: www.reeducated.org/guests/lisa-...

Lisa Wade | Re-Educated

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Pat Thomson @patthomson.bsky.social · 9d

Doing a PhD can feel like wandering through a forest with no map. You’re constantly questioning whether you’re smart enough, working hard enough or heading in the right direction. If you’re feeling this way, you’re not alone. More importantly, you’re not broken. patthomson.net/2025/10/25/b...

Building confidence during your PhD

Doing a PhD can feel like wandering through a forest with no map. You’re constantly questioning whether you’re smart enough, working hard enough or heading in the right direction. If yo…

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12d

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 14d

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 15d

“If they are so dangerous that you have a license to kill them, how could it make sense to just send them home?” David Smilde told the Times. “Deportation is the logic of civilian law enforcement, not war, which is supposedly what they are engaged in.” www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...

Trump calls Colombian president a ‘drug leader’ and suspends US aid

The US president widens his rancour from Venezuela’s President Maduro to Colombia’s Gustavo Petro, labelling both ‘narco-terrorists’ as the US strikes ‘drug boats’

www.thetimes.com

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 18d

The harm is real: Black workers pushed out of jobs, HBCUs stripped of resources, Black mothers and fathers denied healthcare, and neighborhoods left without protection from floods, asthma, or poisoned water.

📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact

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Prof Caroline Mala Corbin @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social · 18d

Good news! Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment buff.ly/2PpOPL3

University of Penn follows in the footsteps in MIT & Brown to reject pernicious "compact."

Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment

With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

www.thedp.com

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 19d

Brown rejects the Compact! www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...

Brown University president declines invitation for Brown to join federal Compact

In a letter to the White House, President Christina H. Paxson wrote that Compact provisions restricting academic freedom and undermining autonomy would impede the University’s ability to fulfill its m...

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 21d

Coolness is associated with the same six traits around the world: cool people tend to be extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful, and autonomous. Being kind, calm, traditional, secure and conscientious were more associated with being good than cool. theconversation.com/what-makes-a...

What makes a person cool? Global study has some answers

Coolness has changed. Today it’s about being extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful and autonomous.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 22d

Very excited to start reading Patriarchy Inc. by
@cordeliafine.bsky.social! She brings humor and a keen critique to everything she writes!

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Nicholas Pagnucco @nicholaspagnucco.bsky.social · 23d

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

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jonas @jh1791.bsky.social · 26d

Sociology and Simpsons nerds: Matt Groening has revealed (for the first time) that Homer is based on one of the subjects in the Middletown studies.
Listen to it here:
pca.st/episode/9959...

Episode 1684 - Matt Groening

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Kerry O’Malley Cerra: author 🤟🏼 @kerryomalleycerra.bsky.social · 28d

For those who can’t afford Taylor Swift’s new album, be sure to check your local library. My county library has The Life of a Showgirl up on the Hoopla app, and it’s free for me to stream with my library card. Libraries for the win! #taylorswift

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · Sep 30

New Orleans has had the fewest murders this year since 1970. Carjackings are down 80% relative to 2022, vehicle burglaries are down 70%, shootings are down 63%. This is a wholly unnecessary stunt that will hurt local businesses.

news_fuentes @andresfuentes.bsky.social · Sep 30

#BREAKING
Governor Jeff Landry submits request to send in 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops to cities like New Orleans.

The governor cites a rise in crime despite New Orleans reporting a massive declines in crime since 2023.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · Sep 28

Coates: "All I can go to is my role as a writer, and my role as a writer is to state things as clearly as I possibly can, to make them in such a way that they haunt, to state truths and to reinforce the animating notion of my politics—which is that all humanity is equal and is worthy of that."

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · Sep 28

I told @apnews.com that between Hugo Chavez’s and Donald Trump’s assaults on democracy “The only difference is the speed with which it is happening,” apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump’s moves to tighten power and punish enemies draw comparisons to places where democracy faded

President Donald Trump’s consolidation of power and targeting of his political opponents bring back unnerving memories for those who have watched elected leaders undermine democracies elsewhere in the world.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-democracy-turkey-hungary-venezuela-d7b0fac7c5e135bf75b3c125e8335a5d?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Trump’s

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · Sep 27

But I suppose it's easier than getting into the morass of biology where they would have to choose between genes, gonads, hormones, or primary or secondary sex characteristics (because these things don't always line up). 🤷 In other words, they're telling on themselves.

Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · Sep 27

It's funny that they're using "assigned at birth" language because we use it to indicate that gender ISN'T biological. For exactly this reason, I have a book about the social construction of gender titled ASSIGNED. 🙄

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · Sep 27

Texas Tech Chancellor “said that when faculty are acting as employees and instructors, they must follow Pres. Donald Trump’s executive order recognizing only male and female genders as assigned at birth,” an “anti-woke” letter from Gov. Abbott and a TX law on collection of vital statistics. Whaa?

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · Sep 27

It's funny that they're using "assigned at birth" language because we use it to indicate that gender ISN'T biological. For exactly this reason, I have a book about the social construction of gender titled ASSIGNED. 🙄

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · Sep 27

Texas Tech Chancellor “said that when faculty are acting as employees and instructors, they must follow Pres. Donald Trump’s executive order recognizing only male and female genders as assigned at birth,” an “anti-woke” letter from Gov. Abbott and a TX law on collection of vital statistics. Whaa?

Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · Sep 26

Breaking: Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities.

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Marc A. Milne @forthespiders.bsky.social · Sep 22

It's hard to express to you how beautiful this creature is. It's like a living galaxy. #arthropod #beetle

A beautiful green and blue tiger beetle from Fort Wayne, IN.

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · Aug 2

Keep sciencing. We are living through a time when looking at a rock and wondering how old it is qualifies as an act of resistance.

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