Matthew Borus
@matthewborus.bsky.social
Sociologist, social work faculty
Posting topics include community, disability, social welfare, Chicago, social movements, organizing, policy, the state, labor, coffee, and various nerdy side trips. Personal account
Posting topics include community, disability, social welfare, Chicago, social movements, organizing, policy, the state, labor, coffee, and various nerdy side trips. Personal account
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Matthew Borus
@matthewborus.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Cutting Medicaid and federal programs are among 4 key Trump administration policy changes that could make life harder for disabled people
Tracking disability policies has long been challenging − this will become a harder task under the Trump administration.
theconversation.com
New from me: A look at four (of many) areas where Trump and his GOP allies threaten to roll back disability policy:
-Disability rights at work
-Cuts to the federal workforce
-Education
-Health care, both in terms of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid
Please check it out!
-Disability rights at work
-Cuts to the federal workforce
-Education
-Health care, both in terms of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid
Please check it out!
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Months later, another nursing home magnate who stole public funds gets a pardon. This guy pled guilty to using $38 MILLION in payroll taxes for personal gain and corporate expenses.
Pardoning those who exploit care workers and elderly & disabled people seems like a pattern.
Pardoning those who exploit care workers and elderly & disabled people seems like a pattern.
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Months later, another nursing home magnate who stole public funds gets a pardon. This guy pled guilty to using $38 MILLION in payroll taxes for personal gain and corporate expenses.
Pardoning those who exploit care workers and elderly & disabled people seems like a pattern.
Pardoning those who exploit care workers and elderly & disabled people seems like a pattern.
When people say we should look at AI as a “solution to social isolation,” I hear “I care so little about lonely people that I’ll tell them to talk to a Magic 8 Ball.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
When people say we should look at AI as a “solution to social isolation,” I hear “I care so little about lonely people that I’ll tell them to talk to a Magic 8 Ball.”
O llama tree
O llama tree
Branches packed with alpacas
O llama tree
O llama tree
With vigorous vicuñas
O llama tree
Branches packed with alpacas
O llama tree
O llama tree
With vigorous vicuñas
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
O llama tree
O llama tree
Branches packed with alpacas
O llama tree
O llama tree
With vigorous vicuñas
O llama tree
Branches packed with alpacas
O llama tree
O llama tree
With vigorous vicuñas
I disagree with Mark Kelly on a lot, but threatening to court martial a retired veteran and sitting US Senator for political speech...that's the kind of buffoonery that's even surprising from a clown like Pete Hegseth.
And Kelly was right about the obligation to refuse illegal orders.
And Kelly was right about the obligation to refuse illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I disagree with Mark Kelly on a lot, but threatening to court martial a retired veteran and sitting US Senator for political speech...that's the kind of buffoonery that's even surprising from a clown like Pete Hegseth.
And Kelly was right about the obligation to refuse illegal orders.
And Kelly was right about the obligation to refuse illegal orders.
First of all how dare you?
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
First of all how dare you?
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One day I will bring a mass of genderqueer people from all across Spain, Portugal, and Andorra to perform winter holiday music with classical European instruments
the Trans Iberian Orchestra
the Trans Iberian Orchestra
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
One day I will bring a mass of genderqueer people from all across Spain, Portugal, and Andorra to perform winter holiday music with classical European instruments
the Trans Iberian Orchestra
the Trans Iberian Orchestra
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The U.S. State Department is repeating a white nationalist conspiracy theory.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The U.S. State Department is repeating a white nationalist conspiracy theory.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
Close, but not quite.
Ahem…
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. The Last Jedi
3. Rogue One
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Star Wars
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Solo
8. The Force Awakens
9. The Rise of Skywalker
10. Attack of the Clones
11. The Phantom Menace
Ahem…
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. The Last Jedi
3. Rogue One
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Star Wars
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Solo
8. The Force Awakens
9. The Rise of Skywalker
10. Attack of the Clones
11. The Phantom Menace
Close, but not quite.
1. Rogue One
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. The Last Jedi
7. Attack of the Clones
8. The Force Awakens
9. The Rise of Skywalker
10. The Phantom Menace
11. Solo
1. Rogue One
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. The Last Jedi
7. Attack of the Clones
8. The Force Awakens
9. The Rise of Skywalker
10. The Phantom Menace
11. Solo
Close, but not quite.
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Rogue One
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. The Force Awakens
7. Attack of the Clones
8. Solo
9. The Phantom Menace
10. The Last Jedi
11. The Rise of Skywalker
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Rogue One
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. The Force Awakens
7. Attack of the Clones
8. Solo
9. The Phantom Menace
10. The Last Jedi
11. The Rise of Skywalker
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Close, but not quite.
Ahem…
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. The Last Jedi
3. Rogue One
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Star Wars
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Solo
8. The Force Awakens
9. The Rise of Skywalker
10. Attack of the Clones
11. The Phantom Menace
Ahem…
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. The Last Jedi
3. Rogue One
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Star Wars
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Solo
8. The Force Awakens
9. The Rise of Skywalker
10. Attack of the Clones
11. The Phantom Menace
Anyone tracking this for sociology this year?
Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
Economics Job Market Update: November 2025 - A Historic Low
paulgp.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Anyone tracking this for sociology this year?
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What's the matter guys, don't like it when people recognize you for your work?
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What's the matter guys, don't like it when people recognize you for your work?
Adobe: This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using AI Assistant.
Me: It’s a six-page credit card bill, you shambolic excuse for software. Stop trying to shove LLMs at us nonstop.
Me: It’s a six-page credit card bill, you shambolic excuse for software. Stop trying to shove LLMs at us nonstop.
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Adobe: This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using AI Assistant.
Me: It’s a six-page credit card bill, you shambolic excuse for software. Stop trying to shove LLMs at us nonstop.
Me: It’s a six-page credit card bill, you shambolic excuse for software. Stop trying to shove LLMs at us nonstop.
Flu shot: in my arm!
I get vaxxed for my own protection, out of love for the higher-risk folks in my community, and in hearty defiance of RFK Jr and his band of eugenicist quacks.
Got your vaccine yet this year?
(Covid shot to come—I generally get that once the semester’s done.)
I get vaxxed for my own protection, out of love for the higher-risk folks in my community, and in hearty defiance of RFK Jr and his band of eugenicist quacks.
Got your vaccine yet this year?
(Covid shot to come—I generally get that once the semester’s done.)
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Flu shot: in my arm!
I get vaxxed for my own protection, out of love for the higher-risk folks in my community, and in hearty defiance of RFK Jr and his band of eugenicist quacks.
Got your vaccine yet this year?
(Covid shot to come—I generally get that once the semester’s done.)
I get vaxxed for my own protection, out of love for the higher-risk folks in my community, and in hearty defiance of RFK Jr and his band of eugenicist quacks.
Got your vaccine yet this year?
(Covid shot to come—I generally get that once the semester’s done.)
Months later, another nursing home magnate who stole public funds gets a pardon. This guy pled guilty to using $38 MILLION in payroll taxes for personal gain and corporate expenses.
Pardoning those who exploit care workers and elderly & disabled people seems like a pattern.
Pardoning those who exploit care workers and elderly & disabled people seems like a pattern.
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Months later, another nursing home magnate who stole public funds gets a pardon. This guy pled guilty to using $38 MILLION in payroll taxes for personal gain and corporate expenses.
Pardoning those who exploit care workers and elderly & disabled people seems like a pattern.
Pardoning those who exploit care workers and elderly & disabled people seems like a pattern.
Love to have a random guy almost bump into me on the sidewalk, and then threaten to beat me up for it.
Male socialization in the US is great. Well done, society.
Male socialization in the US is great. Well done, society.
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Love to have a random guy almost bump into me on the sidewalk, and then threaten to beat me up for it.
Male socialization in the US is great. Well done, society.
Male socialization in the US is great. Well done, society.
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"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
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No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
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No thumbs up from Zohran.
Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there.
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
No thumbs up from Zohran.
Dead labor, they call it. Capital is dead labor. Before I was elected, the labor was dead, and there were these vampires. I’m going to have my people look into it. Nobody wants vampire labor sucking their surplus value.
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Dead labor, they call it. Capital is dead labor. Before I was elected, the labor was dead, and there were these vampires. I’m going to have my people look into it. Nobody wants vampire labor sucking their surplus value.
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Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
So the CPD's Haymarket statue was subjected to some pushback from the people of Chicago over the years. It was hit by a streetcar, blown up, blown up again a year later...and then they moved it inside of police headquarters.
Is it still there? On display to police? Can the public see it?
Is it still there? On display to police? Can the public see it?
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
So the CPD's Haymarket statue was subjected to some pushback from the people of Chicago over the years. It was hit by a streetcar, blown up, blown up again a year later...and then they moved it inside of police headquarters.
Is it still there? On display to police? Can the public see it?
Is it still there? On display to police? Can the public see it?
26 years
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
It hit me today that it's been 25 years since the first Trans Day of Remembrance. I lived in Boston, and I remember learning about Rita Hester's murder and subsequent misgendering in the press.
The violence has been going on for far too long. Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
The violence has been going on for far too long. Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
26 years
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
So apparently a proposed rule is coming from ED that would define "professional degrees" to exclude social work and certain health fields for student loan purposes.
I haven't seen WHICH loans this would impact. Many statements reference Grad PLUS loans, which the OBBB eliminated.
Who knows more?
I haven't seen WHICH loans this would impact. Many statements reference Grad PLUS loans, which the OBBB eliminated.
Who knows more?
CSWE: Education Department Definition Limits Access to Social Work Education
www.cswe.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
So apparently a proposed rule is coming from ED that would define "professional degrees" to exclude social work and certain health fields for student loan purposes.
I haven't seen WHICH loans this would impact. Many statements reference Grad PLUS loans, which the OBBB eliminated.
Who knows more?
I haven't seen WHICH loans this would impact. Many statements reference Grad PLUS loans, which the OBBB eliminated.
Who knows more?
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For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
Is Trump dismantling the Education Department? Not yet. But changes are coming.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so f...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
There’s something freeing about deciding that I don’t need to keep up with new tech platforms.
My students talk on GroupMe? Okay. I assume it’s some kind of chat platform. But really, I don’t need to know.
My students talk on GroupMe? Okay. I assume it’s some kind of chat platform. But really, I don’t need to know.
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
There’s something freeing about deciding that I don’t need to keep up with new tech platforms.
My students talk on GroupMe? Okay. I assume it’s some kind of chat platform. But really, I don’t need to know.
My students talk on GroupMe? Okay. I assume it’s some kind of chat platform. But really, I don’t need to know.
The fact that this wasn’t a given from the moment anyone at the university learned about his emails to Epstein about trying to take advantage of a mentee…
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The fact that this wasn’t a given from the moment anyone at the university learned about his emails to Epstein about trying to take advantage of a mentee…