Crank That Saja Boy 👹🎶
@stewartcoles.bsky.social
Asst Prof @ Illinois Dept of Communication studying media, politics, & identity, not necessarily in that order. UMich Comm & Media / SDSU Journalism & Media Studies / Drexel Digital Media alumnus / USMC veteran. Views = my own. http://www.stewartcoles.com
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🚨New pub alert! 🚨 Out now in Communication Theory, I introduce a model for how media users evaluate media texts as politically relevant, leading to cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes bearing a variety of consequences. A 🧵... (1/10)
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
If the FBI wants to investigate these lawmakers, they should also investigate every military lawyer that briefs service members, from recruit to flag officer, that they are indeed obligated to disobey unlawful orders.
The FBI has requested interviews with Democrats who appeared in a controversial video reminding U.S. service members of their duty to disobey unlawful orders, deepening the Trump administration’s campaign to punish some of its fiercest critics.
FBI seeks interviews with Democrats whom Trump called ‘traitors’
The Trump administration has aggressively sought to punish lawmakers who encouraged service members to disobey unlawful orders.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
If the FBI wants to investigate these lawmakers, they should also investigate every military lawyer that briefs service members, from recruit to flag officer, that they are indeed obligated to disobey unlawful orders.
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My piece has been published in PNAS today!!! "The importance of local racial demographic changes in democratic erosion in the mass American public" www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
A few takeaways...
A few takeaways...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My piece has been published in PNAS today!!! "The importance of local racial demographic changes in democratic erosion in the mass American public" www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
A few takeaways...
A few takeaways...
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
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Postdoctoral Researcher Positions!
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Postdoctoral Researcher Positions!
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Big news from the Media MOSAIC Lab! #COMMSky 🎉
Congratulations to @len-s.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! We’re honored to be celebrating this achievement with you! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see her abstract + business mtg ⬇️
Congratulations to @len-s.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! We’re honored to be celebrating this achievement with you! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see her abstract + business mtg ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Big news from the Media MOSAIC Lab! #COMMSky 🎉
Congratulations to @len-s.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! We’re honored to be celebrating this achievement with you! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see her abstract + business mtg ⬇️
Congratulations to @len-s.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! We’re honored to be celebrating this achievement with you! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see her abstract + business mtg ⬇️
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
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Indeed, some of the earliest petitions and what we’d now call letters to the editors that circulated in print media in the early americas were manifestos, and other political writings from enslaved and free Black people arguing for abolition and/or return to Africa.
On my drive back to New York from giving a book talk at Bowdoin College, I stopped briefly at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,where I stumbled on this remarkable history. A sharp reminder that slavery permeated the American experience,even where least expected. www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Indeed, some of the earliest petitions and what we’d now call letters to the editors that circulated in print media in the early americas were manifestos, and other political writings from enslaved and free Black people arguing for abolition and/or return to Africa.
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I lived life as an autistic person for 41 years, and frankly it's wild to see someone who views your existence as a blight elevated to a position of such consequence. I generally see no reason to discuss being on the spectrum publicly, but I'll make an exception for this vile eugenicist. 1/x
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I lived life as an autistic person for 41 years, and frankly it's wild to see someone who views your existence as a blight elevated to a position of such consequence. I generally see no reason to discuss being on the spectrum publicly, but I'll make an exception for this vile eugenicist. 1/x
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Seriously, and I cannot emphasize this enough, fuck this guy. He's a modern day Josef Mengele. Neurodiversity is part of human biodiversity. Autistic traits were evolutionarily selected for. They exist in every population, which means they existed when our ancestors left Africa millennia ago 7/x
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Seriously, and I cannot emphasize this enough, fuck this guy. He's a modern day Josef Mengele. Neurodiversity is part of human biodiversity. Autistic traits were evolutionarily selected for. They exist in every population, which means they existed when our ancestors left Africa millennia ago 7/x
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Say GOOD MORNING to our baristas in Aurora, IL who joined our national ULP strike this morning!
And remember: don't buy Starbucks while baristas are on strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
And remember: don't buy Starbucks while baristas are on strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Say GOOD MORNING to our baristas in Aurora, IL who joined our national ULP strike this morning!
And remember: don't buy Starbucks while baristas are on strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
And remember: don't buy Starbucks while baristas are on strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
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Day 1 of #NCA2025 is here! 🎉
The Media MOSAIC Lab is ready for a full day of presentations, mentorship, and networking! 🗣️📄🤝
We’re excited to share our work and cheer on colleagues! Come say hi at #NCA25 if you see us around! 👋🏽
#COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
See our Thursday lab schedule ⬇️
The Media MOSAIC Lab is ready for a full day of presentations, mentorship, and networking! 🗣️📄🤝
We’re excited to share our work and cheer on colleagues! Come say hi at #NCA25 if you see us around! 👋🏽
#COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
See our Thursday lab schedule ⬇️
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
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This is an important paper at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. It's not exactly surprising that racism undermines effective representation, but it is well and carefully done. Congrats to @markarianga.bsky.social, @jacobhacker.bsky.social, @maclockhart.bsky.social, and Hajnal
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is an important paper at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. It's not exactly surprising that racism undermines effective representation, but it is well and carefully done. Congrats to @markarianga.bsky.social, @jacobhacker.bsky.social, @maclockhart.bsky.social, and Hajnal
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
"The best social science takes what folks already sense about the world and treats it with the theoretical and empirical seriousness it deserves." INDEED!
And it's also why diversity within the scholarly community is so important. Some of us sense very different things about the world.
And it's also why diversity within the scholarly community is so important. Some of us sense very different things about the world.
So, my pal @jinxungoh.bsky.social sent me a vid earlier abt the quarter-zip trend taking hold among young Black men on TikTok & across Gen Z more generally.
Of course, I have a few quick thoughts (for whatever they're worth).
A brief thread. First, here's the TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@whois.jason...
Of course, I have a few quick thoughts (for whatever they're worth).
A brief thread. First, here's the TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@whois.jason...
@Richdafifth life different when u gotta quarter zip #matcha #quarterzip #performative #niketech
TikTok video by Jason Gyamfi
www.tiktok.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"The best social science takes what folks already sense about the world and treats it with the theoretical and empirical seriousness it deserves." INDEED!
And it's also why diversity within the scholarly community is so important. Some of us sense very different things about the world.
And it's also why diversity within the scholarly community is so important. Some of us sense very different things about the world.
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It's really cool that some of the original sit-inners were present for the unveiling of this memorial.
www.oklahoman.com/picture-gall...
www.oklahoman.com/picture-gall...
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It's really cool that some of the original sit-inners were present for the unveiling of this memorial.
www.oklahoman.com/picture-gall...
www.oklahoman.com/picture-gall...
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I once listed on my annual activities report the time I spent on things like
strategizing with a fellow junior prof about how to avoid her harasser at a conference while still getting to network,
etc
just to make a point
strategizing with a fellow junior prof about how to avoid her harasser at a conference while still getting to network,
etc
just to make a point
Imagine the things we could do with our time if we didn’t have to do this bsky.app/profile/chan...
I did my job. And then I did a job that never should have been my responsibility afterwards, sending emails and having meetings about how this was allowed to happen in the first place. Other women scholars had to spend their time explaining to Aspen leadership why this was not ok.
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I once listed on my annual activities report the time I spent on things like
strategizing with a fellow junior prof about how to avoid her harasser at a conference while still getting to network,
etc
just to make a point
strategizing with a fellow junior prof about how to avoid her harasser at a conference while still getting to network,
etc
just to make a point
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Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
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If your big tent is large enough to accommodate Nazis, then it’s a Nazi tent.
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If your big tent is large enough to accommodate Nazis, then it’s a Nazi tent.
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Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
Been saying this since the 2012 Israel-Hamas war. State violence is violence. A state using social media to communicate a threat of violence is a violation of most social media platforms' policies, yet the platforms do no such enforcement. This calls into question platforms' definitions of violence.
this is a far more explicit death threat from people with the actual means to carry it out
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Been saying this since the 2012 Israel-Hamas war. State violence is violence. A state using social media to communicate a threat of violence is a violation of most social media platforms' policies, yet the platforms do no such enforcement. This calls into question platforms' definitions of violence.
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That mean homeless teenager, upending the career of Matt Gaetz.
What on EARTH is @nytimes.com doing?!
She did not “have sex.” She was raped. Because she was a child below the age of consent.
SHE did not “set off a chain of events.” MATT GAETZ set off that train.
What on EARTH is @nytimes.com doing?!
She did not “have sex.” She was raped. Because she was a child below the age of consent.
SHE did not “set off a chain of events.” MATT GAETZ set off that train.
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
That mean homeless teenager, upending the career of Matt Gaetz.
What on EARTH is @nytimes.com doing?!
She did not “have sex.” She was raped. Because she was a child below the age of consent.
SHE did not “set off a chain of events.” MATT GAETZ set off that train.
What on EARTH is @nytimes.com doing?!
She did not “have sex.” She was raped. Because she was a child below the age of consent.
SHE did not “set off a chain of events.” MATT GAETZ set off that train.
Me peer reviewing a paper and making the same comment a reviewer just left about my own paper
And now you too can shame other people that don't know this! 😜
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Me peer reviewing a paper and making the same comment a reviewer just left about my own paper
Texas A&M is doing academic freedom the right way
By Ezra Klein
By Ezra Klein
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Texas A&M is doing academic freedom the right way
By Ezra Klein
By Ezra Klein
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You will understand a lot about the Epstein files and the bipartisan coverup by considering the fact that literal child rape - the monetized sexual exploitation of Black girls by white men - was the bedrock of the plantation economy. It was COMMON and very few people who are not Black women care!
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
You will understand a lot about the Epstein files and the bipartisan coverup by considering the fact that literal child rape - the monetized sexual exploitation of Black girls by white men - was the bedrock of the plantation economy. It was COMMON and very few people who are not Black women care!