Alex J. Parton
@alexjparton.bsky.social
Social science researcher. Literature lover and sometimes author.
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The modern paradox: “while capitalism affords us the science to decode nature’s laws, its momentum denies us the ability to abide them in any rational way.”
Read here: thereclamationmag.substack.com/p/ecology
#philosophy #environment #capitalism #PhilSky
Read here: thereclamationmag.substack.com/p/ecology
#philosophy #environment #capitalism #PhilSky
May 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The modern paradox: “while capitalism affords us the science to decode nature’s laws, its momentum denies us the ability to abide them in any rational way.”
Read here: thereclamationmag.substack.com/p/ecology
#philosophy #environment #capitalism #PhilSky
Read here: thereclamationmag.substack.com/p/ecology
#philosophy #environment #capitalism #PhilSky
DEI programs for the American Dream have been cancelled. It's gonna save trillions.
FREE TO READ
Jason Torkelson and colleagues find that faith in the "American Dream" is racialized.
Read the article for free now through the end of March at bit.ly/3A2jFuf
Jason Torkelson and colleagues find that faith in the "American Dream" is racialized.
Read the article for free now through the end of March at bit.ly/3A2jFuf
February 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
DEI programs for the American Dream have been cancelled. It's gonna save trillions.
Snow is cute at first, but after the first few times, everyone is ready for spring.
February 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Snow is cute at first, but after the first few times, everyone is ready for spring.
"The self-made myth conceals the multitude of barriers to wealth accumulation and reinforces the notion that if you’re poor, it’s because you’re lazy or made bad choices."
@teenvogue.bsky.social with the facts.
www.teenvogue.com/story/billio...
@teenvogue.bsky.social with the facts.
www.teenvogue.com/story/billio...
Billionaires Should Not Exist
Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
www.teenvogue.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"The self-made myth conceals the multitude of barriers to wealth accumulation and reinforces the notion that if you’re poor, it’s because you’re lazy or made bad choices."
@teenvogue.bsky.social with the facts.
www.teenvogue.com/story/billio...
@teenvogue.bsky.social with the facts.
www.teenvogue.com/story/billio...
I was in a cafe sitting next to two friends - a young man and young women - setting up Hinge dating app accounts, when the man went on a rant about the possible pronouns one could choose. Don't worry, he qualified it with, "Look, I'm a progressive, I'm an ally, but..."
January 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I was in a cafe sitting next to two friends - a young man and young women - setting up Hinge dating app accounts, when the man went on a rant about the possible pronouns one could choose. Don't worry, he qualified it with, "Look, I'm a progressive, I'm an ally, but..."
I'm glad to hear some people are enjoying this gloomy, joyless adaptation. Dorfman's criticisms ring true, I think, if you have ever read the book and been enchanted by it. The adaptation has its merits - cinematically - but does not come close to capturing the essence of Gabo's masterpiece.
Ariel Dorfman reflects on his friend Gabriel García Márquez’s legacy and the Netflix adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
What Would Gabriel García Márquez Have Thought of the Netflix Version of His Novel?
It was in a trattoria on the Piazza Navona in early April of 1974 that for the first but not the last time I heard Gabriel García Márquez refuse to even contemplate turning his masterpiece, Cien Aň…
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January 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I'm glad to hear some people are enjoying this gloomy, joyless adaptation. Dorfman's criticisms ring true, I think, if you have ever read the book and been enchanted by it. The adaptation has its merits - cinematically - but does not come close to capturing the essence of Gabo's masterpiece.
Can we stop with the life hacks?
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Can we stop with the life hacks?
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Breaking news: David Lynch, the surrealist filmmaker who bridged the mainstream and avant-garde, exploring the sinister recesses of the human psyche with an unsettling blend of melodrama, whimsy and nightmarish horror, has died. He was 78.
David Lynch, who brought surrealism into the cineplex, dies at 78
The renowned director mixed melodrama and horror in movies such as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He helped trigger a TV revolution with “Twin Peaks.”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Breaking news: David Lynch, the surrealist filmmaker who bridged the mainstream and avant-garde, exploring the sinister recesses of the human psyche with an unsettling blend of melodrama, whimsy and nightmarish horror, has died. He was 78.
"When it comes to prestige, the literary man appears to be thriving — he’s just, crucially, less likely to also be straight and white than he used to be."
www.vox.com/culture/3929...
www.vox.com/culture/3929...
Are men’s reading habits truly a national crisis?
The questionable statistic at the heart of the “men don’t read fiction” discourse.
www.vox.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"When it comes to prestige, the literary man appears to be thriving — he’s just, crucially, less likely to also be straight and white than he used to be."
www.vox.com/culture/3929...
www.vox.com/culture/3929...
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I am begging computer scientists to read more broadly and deeply. It's great that you've discovered image-based sexual abuse, but sociologists, gender-based violence scholars, psychology, comms studies, etc. have been doing this work for at least a decade now. READ US.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
January 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I am begging computer scientists to read more broadly and deeply. It's great that you've discovered image-based sexual abuse, but sociologists, gender-based violence scholars, psychology, comms studies, etc. have been doing this work for at least a decade now. READ US.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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"I am using my moratorium powers to prevent insurance companies from canceling or non-renewing policies in wildfire-impacted areas, so people don’t face the added stress of finding new insurance during this horrific event,” the state’s Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a statement.."
thehill.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"I am using my moratorium powers to prevent insurance companies from canceling or non-renewing policies in wildfire-impacted areas, so people don’t face the added stress of finding new insurance during this horrific event,” the state’s Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a statement.."
Nerd Alert: I made my first data dashboard with R using Shiny and Flexdashboard. It shows K-5 chronic absenteeism in NYC public schools for the last ten year by demographics. Check it out: alexjparton.shinyapps.io/NYC_chronic_...
#datascience #education
#datascience #education
Please wait...
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January 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Nerd Alert: I made my first data dashboard with R using Shiny and Flexdashboard. It shows K-5 chronic absenteeism in NYC public schools for the last ten year by demographics. Check it out: alexjparton.shinyapps.io/NYC_chronic_...
#datascience #education
#datascience #education
Check out this amazing @theonion.com article. Oh...wait..
Soldier who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas used ChatGPT to plan attack
Soldier who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas used ChatGPT to plan attack
Deployed twice to Afghanistan, the Green Beret searched the AI platform for information on explosives and ammo
The soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack,…
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Check out this amazing @theonion.com article. Oh...wait..
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The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
"The massive wage disparities aren’t explained by differences in types of work. Hickel says it’s often assumed that the Global South provides low-skilled labor...in return for high-skilled work in the Global North from scientists, engineers, lawyers, and others with advanced degrees."
"The Global South’s workforce provides a staggering 90% of the labor to power the world economy, yet gets only 21% of global income."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Rich countries drain ‘shocking’ amount of labor from the Global South
Workers in the Global South—from farm workers to scientists—power the world economy but face a yawning wage gap
www.science.org
December 25, 2024 at 10:12 AM
"The massive wage disparities aren’t explained by differences in types of work. Hickel says it’s often assumed that the Global South provides low-skilled labor...in return for high-skilled work in the Global North from scientists, engineers, lawyers, and others with advanced degrees."
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BREAKING: Amazon warehouse workers in Garner, NC have filed for a union election after three years of organizing.
If they win, RDU1 would be the second unionized warehouse in the U.S.
If they win, RDU1 would be the second unionized warehouse in the U.S.
December 23, 2024 at 3:57 PM
BREAKING: Amazon warehouse workers in Garner, NC have filed for a union election after three years of organizing.
If they win, RDU1 would be the second unionized warehouse in the U.S.
If they win, RDU1 would be the second unionized warehouse in the U.S.
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Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
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This post from @alexnpress.bsky.social is just too on the nose of how law enforcement is used and implemented to protect the capital of the obscenely rich.
December 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM
This post from @alexnpress.bsky.social is just too on the nose of how law enforcement is used and implemented to protect the capital of the obscenely rich.
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We desperately need more men in caregiving roles, as @jessgrose.bsky.social argues. And I'd add--to get there, we have to start early, encouraging boys to fill caregiving roles that too often default to girls. Take, for example, a story from my kids' school... 1/ 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/o...
Opinion | Men in Caring Jobs Will Make Society More Equal
Less stigma against male caregivers is all to the good.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:37 AM
We desperately need more men in caregiving roles, as @jessgrose.bsky.social argues. And I'd add--to get there, we have to start early, encouraging boys to fill caregiving roles that too often default to girls. Take, for example, a story from my kids' school... 1/ 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/o...
When I was early on writing fiction, I used to submit to lit journals in Courier New. Definitely all rejections.
#litsky #booksky #fonts
#litsky #booksky #fonts
Technology has changed so much since I was in college. But amazingly, when I assign a paper in "any standard font," everyone still submits in Times New Roman.
December 17, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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BREAKING: Starbucks Workers United has authorized a strike.
The corporate giant hasn't moved on economic issues in negotiations, and now 98% of @SBWorkersUnited has voted to call a work stoppage “if necessary.”
The union has 10,000 workers at 500 stores.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The corporate giant hasn't moved on economic issues in negotiations, and now 98% of @SBWorkersUnited has voted to call a work stoppage “if necessary.”
The union has 10,000 workers at 500 stores.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Starbucks Union Authorizes Strike Ahead of Final Bargaining
The union representing Starbucks Corp. baristas voted to authorize a strike ahead of the final stages of bargaining over contract terms.
www.bloomberg.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks Workers United has authorized a strike.
The corporate giant hasn't moved on economic issues in negotiations, and now 98% of @SBWorkersUnited has voted to call a work stoppage “if necessary.”
The union has 10,000 workers at 500 stores.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The corporate giant hasn't moved on economic issues in negotiations, and now 98% of @SBWorkersUnited has voted to call a work stoppage “if necessary.”
The union has 10,000 workers at 500 stores.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
'It found that despite Amazon's claims of safe working conditions, company data showed that its warehouses have "significantly higher" injury rates than both the industry average and non-Amazon warehouses.'
#news #labor #unions
www.npr.org/2024/12/16/n...
#news #labor #unions
www.npr.org/2024/12/16/n...
Amazon manipulated injury data to make warehouses appear safer, a Senate probe finds
A Senate committee investigation, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, accused Amazon of risking worker safety for speed while manipulating injury data to make its warehouses seem safer than they are.
www.npr.org
December 17, 2024 at 12:54 PM
'It found that despite Amazon's claims of safe working conditions, company data showed that its warehouses have "significantly higher" injury rates than both the industry average and non-Amazon warehouses.'
#news #labor #unions
www.npr.org/2024/12/16/n...
#news #labor #unions
www.npr.org/2024/12/16/n...