Jeffrey Swindle
@jeffreyswindle.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of California, Irvine. I research how ideas spread around the world and their consequences. jeffreyswindle.com
A challenging but ultimately very rewarding essay. Amia Srinivasan on developing a political imagination creative enough to resist oppression and patient enough to explore the psychological development of the oppressed and the oppressors. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan · The Impossible Patient: Return of the Unconscious
What has returned of late is not the unconscious itself, but the felt need, in some quarters, for the unconscious and...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:31 AM
A challenging but ultimately very rewarding essay. Amia Srinivasan on developing a political imagination creative enough to resist oppression and patient enough to explore the psychological development of the oppressed and the oppressors. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
I reached out to AVP and David Grusky was enthusiastic about sharing transcripts for PhD students to work on. But there did appear to be hurdles before they could share the data, at least for now. I ran out of time this fall, but I hope to try this.
January 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I reached out to AVP and David Grusky was enthusiastic about sharing transcripts for PhD students to work on. But there did appear to be hurdles before they could share the data, at least for now. I ran out of time this fall, but I hope to try this.
I love their work. Some of the bravest folks around.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I love their work. Some of the bravest folks around.
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It’s becoming increasingly clear that the best thing a parent can do for their son is to enroll him in co-ed activities and facilitate friendships with girls from the youngest age possible.
Patriarchy hurts boys. And nothing runs counter to patriarchy like teaching boys to genuinely value girls.
Patriarchy hurts boys. And nothing runs counter to patriarchy like teaching boys to genuinely value girls.
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the best thing a parent can do for their son is to enroll him in co-ed activities and facilitate friendships with girls from the youngest age possible.
Patriarchy hurts boys. And nothing runs counter to patriarchy like teaching boys to genuinely value girls.
Patriarchy hurts boys. And nothing runs counter to patriarchy like teaching boys to genuinely value girls.
Thank you for sharing this link to provide monthly support to @elfaro.net / @elfaroenglish.bsky.social. I just joined the cause.
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Thank you for sharing this link to provide monthly support to @elfaro.net / @elfaroenglish.bsky.social. I just joined the cause.
I had not seen their 2026 conference announcement. Thanks for posting this. In case you are interested, here is version 1 of our dataset (w/ @kvelasco.bsky.social) of speakers at World congress of Families events since they started in 1997: osf.io/tj68h/files/...
OSF
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November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I had not seen their 2026 conference announcement. Thanks for posting this. In case you are interested, here is version 1 of our dataset (w/ @kvelasco.bsky.social) of speakers at World congress of Families events since they started in 1997: osf.io/tj68h/files/...
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BREAKING NEWS: Charis Kubrin, UC Irvine professor of criminology, law & society, wins criminology’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize —
the prestigious Stockholm Prize —for her groundbreaking research on immigration and crime. Congratulations Dr. Kubrin! https://ow.ly/UJ1W50Xqh5u
the prestigious Stockholm Prize —for her groundbreaking research on immigration and crime. Congratulations Dr. Kubrin! https://ow.ly/UJ1W50Xqh5u
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Charis Kubrin, UC Irvine professor of criminology, law & society, wins criminology’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize —
the prestigious Stockholm Prize —for her groundbreaking research on immigration and crime. Congratulations Dr. Kubrin! https://ow.ly/UJ1W50Xqh5u
the prestigious Stockholm Prize —for her groundbreaking research on immigration and crime. Congratulations Dr. Kubrin! https://ow.ly/UJ1W50Xqh5u
This might help... talk.tidbits.com/t/spotlight-...
Spotlight in OS 26 not indexing all files
Since upgrading (??) to OS26 Spotlight is not finding files on the disk, only web locations. According to Perplexity this is a known problem: ”The issue with Spotlight in macOS 26 (Tahoe) not finding...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This might help... talk.tidbits.com/t/spotlight-...
I was lucky to overlap with Brian at the University of Michigan through a mutual friend when he was a law student. It was clear then he was really devoted to making the country a better place for all. He needs our support! I am not surprised in the least to see him leading the way in Chicago.
Some of you have asked how you can support our family. The biggest thing you can do right now is to contribute to Brian’s legal defense fund. secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
Brian Straw Legal Defense Fund
Together, we can show our neighbors, friends, and children that we have the courage to do what is right.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I was lucky to overlap with Brian at the University of Michigan through a mutual friend when he was a law student. It was clear then he was really devoted to making the country a better place for all. He needs our support! I am not surprised in the least to see him leading the way in Chicago.
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This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
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Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Sociological Theorizing from the Global South
Full details here:
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@asanews.bsky.social
Full details here:
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@asanews.bsky.social
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February 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Sociological Theorizing from the Global South
Full details here:
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@asanews.bsky.social
Full details here:
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@asanews.bsky.social
Signe - congratulations!!! You are going to produce some very important research with this opportunity. :) I am thrilled for you!
September 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Signe - congratulations!!! You are going to produce some very important research with this opportunity. :) I am thrilled for you!
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Or maybe you could teach your kids to treat all people as deserving of respect and dignity. And maybe you could talk to your kids about homelessness, the unaffordability of housing and healthcare, the stigma around mental illness, and why it's not okay to call people crazy.
JD Vance on homelessness: "I don't know why we accepted that it was reasonable to have crazy people yelling at our kids. You should not have to cross the street in downtown Atlanta to avoid a crazy person yelling at your family. Those are your streets."
August 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Or maybe you could teach your kids to treat all people as deserving of respect and dignity. And maybe you could talk to your kids about homelessness, the unaffordability of housing and healthcare, the stigma around mental illness, and why it's not okay to call people crazy.
Really cool, Cassandra. I have been wondering about trying something like this so it is encouraging to hear it is working well for you.
August 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Really cool, Cassandra. I have been wondering about trying something like this so it is encouraging to hear it is working well for you.
Just emailed you.
July 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just emailed you.
Where did you find this list of speakers? Thank you in advance! The youtube video list is pretty good. I want to make sure I am not missing a lot more though... www.youtube.com/@Inter-Parli...
Inter-Parliamentary Network
The Inter-Parliamentary network on Family, Sovereignty and Values affirms and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, encourages legislators to respect, protect and promote the Family, Sover...
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July 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Where did you find this list of speakers? Thank you in advance! The youtube video list is pretty good. I want to make sure I am not missing a lot more though... www.youtube.com/@Inter-Parli...
Dr. Titeca, thanks for posting this poster. I see C-FAM and Family Watch Africa sponsored. Did you see any additional conference programs, websites, or posters? I am tracking the speakers and sponsors. I just see this: interparliamentaryforum.org/index.php?pa...
Home- Inter Parliamentary Forum
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July 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Dr. Titeca, thanks for posting this poster. I see C-FAM and Family Watch Africa sponsored. Did you see any additional conference programs, websites, or posters? I am tracking the speakers and sponsors. I just see this: interparliamentaryforum.org/index.php?pa...
Scholars of political and cultural diffusion take note...this preprint and thread are important. Congrats to the authors on their massive amounts of data & analyses!
Across policy domains:
📚 Some lean more on scholarly research, others on policy sources (think of lit on 'cultures of evidence').
Yet across all domains, 🌍 governments mainly cite knowledge from high-income countries.
Bottom line: origins of references stay stable despite domain differences.
📚 Some lean more on scholarly research, others on policy sources (think of lit on 'cultures of evidence').
Yet across all domains, 🌍 governments mainly cite knowledge from high-income countries.
Bottom line: origins of references stay stable despite domain differences.
June 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Scholars of political and cultural diffusion take note...this preprint and thread are important. Congrats to the authors on their massive amounts of data & analyses!
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Who's cited most across borders?
🇺🇸 The U.S. leads gov-to-gov refs by a wide margin. 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪, 🇨🇦, 🇦🇺 follow. Also, 30 countries—mostly Least Developed—were never cited.
📚 Same for academic refs: 17 of top 20 gov-cited countries also top in academia.
🤯 43% of scholarly works include a U.S.-based author.
🇺🇸 The U.S. leads gov-to-gov refs by a wide margin. 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪, 🇨🇦, 🇦🇺 follow. Also, 30 countries—mostly Least Developed—were never cited.
📚 Same for academic refs: 17 of top 20 gov-cited countries also top in academia.
🤯 43% of scholarly works include a U.S.-based author.
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Who's cited most across borders?
🇺🇸 The U.S. leads gov-to-gov refs by a wide margin. 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪, 🇨🇦, 🇦🇺 follow. Also, 30 countries—mostly Least Developed—were never cited.
📚 Same for academic refs: 17 of top 20 gov-cited countries also top in academia.
🤯 43% of scholarly works include a U.S.-based author.
🇺🇸 The U.S. leads gov-to-gov refs by a wide margin. 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪, 🇨🇦, 🇦🇺 follow. Also, 30 countries—mostly Least Developed—were never cited.
📚 Same for academic refs: 17 of top 20 gov-cited countries also top in academia.
🤯 43% of scholarly works include a U.S.-based author.
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We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
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📊 Over 9,000+ studies rely on DHS data.
🗺️ The figure below shows decades of global data use. That’s what’s at risk if we don’t act.
🗺️ The figure below shows decades of global data use. That’s what’s at risk if we don’t act.
May 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📊 Over 9,000+ studies rely on DHS data.
🗺️ The figure below shows decades of global data use. That’s what’s at risk if we don’t act.
🗺️ The figure below shows decades of global data use. That’s what’s at risk if we don’t act.
With graduation this week, there are hundreds of Harvard students in their graduation regalia with their proud parents from all around the world. Taking photos on the library steps, getting a special dessert in town... I love seeing those parents every year, but especially this year. It's beautiful.
May 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
With graduation this week, there are hundreds of Harvard students in their graduation regalia with their proud parents from all around the world. Taking photos on the library steps, getting a special dessert in town... I love seeing those parents every year, but especially this year. It's beautiful.