Rachel Frost 🏳️🌈 🌹
@comraderachel.bsky.social
Queer 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Healthcare statistical analyst for Colorado.
FOSS copyleft advocate.
Board member of the @openSUSE.org project.
Sociology grad student at CU Denver.
Trotskyist Marxist @reformandrevolution.org
https://frostarray.net/
Healthcare statistical analyst for Colorado.
FOSS copyleft advocate.
Board member of the @openSUSE.org project.
Sociology grad student at CU Denver.
Trotskyist Marxist @reformandrevolution.org
https://frostarray.net/
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🗳️ The #openSUSE Board election process is underway! Nominations are open until Feb 28 for two seats. Help shape the #opensource community. news.opensuse.org/2026/02/16/c...
Calls for Board Candidates Moves Forward
The openSUSE Project has opened nominations and candidacy for its regular Board Election and voting is scheduled to begin March 1. After a delay to clean up ...
news.opensuse.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:13 AM
🗳️ The #openSUSE Board election process is underway! Nominations are open until Feb 28 for two seats. Help shape the #opensource community. news.opensuse.org/2026/02/16/c...
Happy Valentine's Day
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Happy Valentine's Day
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Featured Speaker!
Christina J. Cross is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard whose work examines how family structure shapes life chances and how those effects differ by race and class.
Join us as she shares her research and rethinks long-standing narratives about family and inequality.
Christina J. Cross is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard whose work examines how family structure shapes life chances and how those effects differ by race and class.
Join us as she shares her research and rethinks long-standing narratives about family and inequality.
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Featured Speaker!
Christina J. Cross is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard whose work examines how family structure shapes life chances and how those effects differ by race and class.
Join us as she shares her research and rethinks long-standing narratives about family and inequality.
Christina J. Cross is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard whose work examines how family structure shapes life chances and how those effects differ by race and class.
Join us as she shares her research and rethinks long-standing narratives about family and inequality.
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From door-knocking in the smallest chapters to electing a mayor in NYC, everyone in DSA worked hard to build for this moment! We are proud of this organization and the roles played by R&R’s NPC member Sarah and NCC members Daniel, Sofia, and Eli in DSA and YDSA’s recruitment drives this year!
Democratic Socialists of America — We are at 100,000 members!
🌹 dsausa.org/join
🌹 dsausa.org/join
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
From door-knocking in the smallest chapters to electing a mayor in NYC, everyone in DSA worked hard to build for this moment! We are proud of this organization and the roles played by R&R’s NPC member Sarah and NCC members Daniel, Sofia, and Eli in DSA and YDSA’s recruitment drives this year!
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Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
February 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
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A restaurant will open in Civic Center park next year, city says trib.al/5IdliWH
A restaurant will open in Civic Center park next year, city says
Denver Arts & Venues is seeking bidders for the first floor of the historic McNichols Building.
trib.al
February 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
A restaurant will open in Civic Center park next year, city says trib.al/5IdliWH
That "Melania" documentary isn't a movie - it's a bribe
YouTube video by Council of Geeks
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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A Beacon in the Dark
In Seattle
In Seattle
February 5, 2026 at 1:19 AM
A Beacon in the Dark
In Seattle
In Seattle
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Elizabeth, a 10-year-old Minnesota girl, spent a month detained at the ICE facility in Dilley, TX before her release last night w/ her mom.
Dilley now has a measles outbreak and hundreds of other kids remain detained. Elizabeth has flu-like symptoms and her mom has hives, a school official told me
Dilley now has a measles outbreak and hundreds of other kids remain detained. Elizabeth has flu-like symptoms and her mom has hives, a school official told me
Minnesota girl, 10, released from ICE custody after a month in detention
Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano and her mother released from Texas facility to head back to Minnesota to reunite with her father
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Elizabeth, a 10-year-old Minnesota girl, spent a month detained at the ICE facility in Dilley, TX before her release last night w/ her mom.
Dilley now has a measles outbreak and hundreds of other kids remain detained. Elizabeth has flu-like symptoms and her mom has hives, a school official told me
Dilley now has a measles outbreak and hundreds of other kids remain detained. Elizabeth has flu-like symptoms and her mom has hives, a school official told me
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Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Welcome to our social media team!
🎉 Welcome our Social Media Team!
Dr. Mudasir Mustafa (UWF), Social Media Coordinator
Zheng (Noah) Lian (Vanderbilt)
Momna Rani (UNT)
Follow us on BlueSky for section news & updates!
#ASA #MedicalSociology
🎉 Welcome our Social Media Team!
Dr. Mudasir Mustafa (UWF), Social Media Coordinator
Zheng (Noah) Lian (Vanderbilt)
Momna Rani (UNT)
Follow us on BlueSky for section news & updates!
#ASA #MedicalSociology
February 2, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Welcome to our social media team!
🎉 Welcome our Social Media Team!
Dr. Mudasir Mustafa (UWF), Social Media Coordinator
Zheng (Noah) Lian (Vanderbilt)
Momna Rani (UNT)
Follow us on BlueSky for section news & updates!
#ASA #MedicalSociology
🎉 Welcome our Social Media Team!
Dr. Mudasir Mustafa (UWF), Social Media Coordinator
Zheng (Noah) Lian (Vanderbilt)
Momna Rani (UNT)
Follow us on BlueSky for section news & updates!
#ASA #MedicalSociology
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My colleague Kevin Munger asked me and a bunch of editors to sit and think through AI and peer review. Our take:
osf.io/9sxnc/files/...
We envision an increased (!) involvement of humans in the evaluation of social science.
osf.io/9sxnc/files/...
We envision an increased (!) involvement of humans in the evaluation of social science.
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
My colleague Kevin Munger asked me and a bunch of editors to sit and think through AI and peer review. Our take:
osf.io/9sxnc/files/...
We envision an increased (!) involvement of humans in the evaluation of social science.
osf.io/9sxnc/files/...
We envision an increased (!) involvement of humans in the evaluation of social science.
The new textbook “now makes only cursory mentions of important sociological concepts regarding race, gender, sexuality and other topics that have drawn Republican ire.”
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Florida Introduces “Sanitized” Sociology Textbook
The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two univ...
www.insidehighered.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The new textbook “now makes only cursory mentions of important sociological concepts regarding race, gender, sexuality and other topics that have drawn Republican ire.”
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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It is important to know that despite its prominence TikTok loses billions of dollars and tweaking algorithms lays havoc to your ad sales. Oracle is gonna destroy this thing and it’s going to combine with the data center debt and consume it whole
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
It is important to know that despite its prominence TikTok loses billions of dollars and tweaking algorithms lays havoc to your ad sales. Oracle is gonna destroy this thing and it’s going to combine with the data center debt and consume it whole
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
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Here’s the first episode of Better Offline’s Dot Com Bubble Week. I’m joined by @mattrosoff.bsky.social to talk about what it was like to be in tech during the last time the markets got drunk on a major digital hype cycle.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
Working In The Dot Com Bubble ft. Matt Rosoff
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/26/2026 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Here’s the first episode of Better Offline’s Dot Com Bubble Week. I’m joined by @mattrosoff.bsky.social to talk about what it was like to be in tech during the last time the markets got drunk on a major digital hype cycle.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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The University of Minnesota has confirmed that Mr. Pretti was a 2011 graduate of our CLA Geography Department's Biology, Society, and the Environment program -- a few floors down from my sociology office.
He will *not* be forgotten. apnews.com/article/immi...
He will *not* be forgotten. apnews.com/article/immi...
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 AM
The University of Minnesota has confirmed that Mr. Pretti was a 2011 graduate of our CLA Geography Department's Biology, Society, and the Environment program -- a few floors down from my sociology office.
He will *not* be forgotten. apnews.com/article/immi...
He will *not* be forgotten. apnews.com/article/immi...
In case you missed it we recently sat down with Dr. Jennifer Reich, a sociologist and researcher at the University of Colorado Denver, on our podcast to discuss vaccine hesitancy and recent changes to the U.S. vaccine schedule. You can watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/0QAtjUlxz_s
January 24, 2026 at 10:13 PM
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 AM
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🧠 Call for Submissions!
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
Call for Extended Abstracts.pdf
drive.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
🧠 Call for Submissions!
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
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“ I have a dream”
January 19, 2026 at 7:49 PM
“ I have a dream”