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Philip N Cohen

@philipncohen.com

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Sociologist and demographer, University of Maryland; SocArXiv director.

New book: Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418

Website: philipncohen.com
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Philip N. Cohen is an American sociologist. He is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and director of SocArXiv, an open archive of the social sciences. .. more

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Nov 26

I'm about 18 months and 20,000 words into the "pronatalism" tag on Family Inequality. Surely this means my book is almost done.
familyinequality.wordpress.com/tag/pronatal...

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 2h

I think the punishment for a cop who uses violence without justification should be worse than if a civilian does the same crime. Maybe I'm just inventing rules.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 2h

Reactionaries always say cops can kill people because they take risks for the public. This is the road to fascism. (It's the same for grift among state officials. You sacrifice profit opportunity for the privilege of serving the public. If you don't like that, select out of the job. Democracy!)
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 2h

Common inversion is the idea cops should be held to lesser ethical standards because the job is dangerous. It's the opposite: it's a higher standard because they are entrusted with the power to use force. This is also the selection mechanism - if you can't stomach that, the job isn't for you.
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 15h

That was when we got "polarization" or whatever this is down to the molecular level and never came back.

Scatter plot showing lower covid vaccination rates in trump counties

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 15h

The smallest thing to have the biggest impact on earth in quite a while was the first human covid-19 infection. I don't think we would be in this mess without that. A different mess, yes, but not this one.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 16h

*very* misleading...

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 18h

Not to get ahead of myself for winning the election - they could start promising this now: not just ending mass deportation but welcoming people back

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 18h

And an amnesty for people who "self-deported" under duress so they come back. Just don't talk about "comprehensive immigration reform" while leaving this families broken up.

A Mexican Couple in California Plans to Self-Deport—and Leave Their Kids Behind

Can undocumented parents elude ICE capture for one more year, until their youngest turns eighteen?

www.newyorker.com

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 20h

Well, thanks

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 20h

The way they are doing the deportations, it's a pretty good screening mechanism for identifying people who should be allowed to stay.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 20h

Short of open borders, I would vote for a candidate who offered special dispensation for anyone deported by Trump to return permanently.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 21h

Wait @trumpreposter.bsky.social is someone who likes trump? Wtf

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 22h

That's funny because he is turning Venezuela into Venezuela on steroids

TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · 22h

“Our Country would be Venezuela on steroids if it weren’t for President Donald J. Trump! ”

“The strongest Economic Growth since 1990! ” — Mark Penn

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 22h

Boo! I hate that

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TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · 22h

“Our Country would be Venezuela on steroids if it weren’t for President Donald J. Trump! ”

“The strongest Economic Growth since 1990! ” — Mark Penn

Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org

religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...

Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening

On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that: If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...

religiondispatches.org

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

"Vance knows that lying and killing are sins. Vance knows. He doesn't care. ... The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith."
--John Grosso, National Catholic Reporter digital editor

Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good

After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.

www.ncronline.org

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

Thank you!

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, I couldn't stop thinking about this. Apologies to the literally dozens of people I've lifted from... I want to do a fully credited version, but I'm sitting here sobbing and, well, maybe you'll feel some release, too.

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Nina Bandelj @ninabandelj.bsky.social · 1d

New year, new book! Thrilled to launch OVERINVESTED in conversation with the brilliant Viviana Zelizer, moderated by Fred Wherry
“From Priceless…to Overinvested”
January 22, 4pm ET, register at: lnkd.in/g-ewbpyX

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1d

Why is Trump fixated on Greenland? @sbg1.bsky.social recalls what he told us in 2021: "I said, 'Why don’t we have that?' You take a look at a map...I love maps. And I always said 'Look at the size of this, it’s massive and that should be part of the United States.'" www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Why Donald Trump Wants Greenland (and Everything Else)

There’s no Trump Doctrine, just a map of the world that the President wants to write his name on in big gold letters.

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