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Joseph Roso

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Assistant professor of sociology at Ambrose University in Calgary, AB. I study religion, politics, and organizations. http://josephroso.com/

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Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Jun 13

Check out my new article on xenophobic and Islamophobic rhetoric among US evangelical leaders that just got published (open access) in @sociusjournal.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 18h

starting to doubt the Jay's ability to win a postseason game in which they score fewer than 8+ runs

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 20h

If I had a nickle every time the Yankees gave up an infield single on a routine groundball to first in a playoff elimination game...

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 20h

Each Vladito playoff homer against the Yankees feels worth $500m

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 7d

Look, I'm the last one to gas up freaking Sportsnet. But I do enjoy dropping 30 CAD and getting to watch all the playoff baseball while the suckers in the States have to piece together nonsense cable subscriptions for double the price.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 12d

I resent the implication of this skeet but do not dispute it.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 20d

Don't let Nate ruin Poker metaphors for the rest of us.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 24d

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 24d

Yeah, he's back

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 28d

Looking for an easy way to follow other members of ASA Religion? Look no further than this Starter Pack!

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Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 29d

Great stuff from a wonderful group of scholars. I'm really forward to digging in!

Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 29d

Our special issue of Sociological Focus on Religion and Politics in American Congregations is now published and all articles are open access (at least for now). This is the highest concentration of such work ever published together and it's very good. I put the details and links in a blogpost.

New Special Issue: Religion and Politics in American Congregations

By Paul A. Djupe and Jacob R. Neiheisel We’re delighted to have edited a special issue of Sociological Focus about Religion and Politics in American Congregations that has just been published…

religioninpublic.blog

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Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Sep 5

Literally what I was taught in grad school.

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Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is plausible, but given the significant polling miss in 2020 it's also plausible that polls were overstating opposition to DJT45 and have since been corrected for DJT47.

Likely it's some combination of the two...but hard to say what the mix is when the analysis and data are proprietary.

Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · Aug 26

Trump's net-approval is sitting at -8%

That's a lot better than the -17% he was at during August 2017

Americans have become normalized to Trump's radical and extremist rhetoric and actions, and this is proof of such

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 14

The phrase isn't "it's the economy, smart person" for a reason.

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · Aug 14

how much money has been wasted and ink spilled over Trump’s ostensible political coalition, which disintegrated in a few months?

Dj @djsoke.bsky.social · Aug 14

Feb vs Aug approval breakdown by Pew

Overall: -4 —> -22
some of the larger shifts
Hispanic: -26 —> -43
Asian: -4 —> -35
18-29: -16 —> -33
30-49: -10 —> -31
No College: +8 —> -15

www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is great stuff! Time to start using the f-word again.

Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · Aug 14

NEW Andrés Castro Araújo, Nicolás Restrepo Ochoa, "How to Make a Functionalist Argument." sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

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Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 9

Update: Sox lost and, upon reflection, it was presumptuous of me to make such a banal petition to the Holy Father.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 8

Update: two runs for Cleveland off a couple of bloop doubles later...I think the pope might be asleep.

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Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 8

In my happy place...asking Papa Leone for something edition.

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Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 8

Tried this with Canada and the model actually produced a highly accurate rendition of how I presume folks from Ontario view the country.

A map of Canada with the provinces labelled as generated by ChatGPT. It appears that Nova Scotia has merged with New Brunswick and both are labelled "New Brunsvick." Newfound and Labrador are labelled "Newfoundladn Labrador." Quebec and Ontario are roughly correct, though Saskatchewan and and Manitoba have merged into an unholy conglomerate called "Sacharxchewa." Alberta looks normal, though BC is labelled "British colanbia" Yukon looks basically fine, though NWT and Nunavut have merged and are called "Northweat Ternilories."

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 7

I think this problem stems from understanding sociological theory as a bunch of "concepts" that can "apply" in various scenarios rather than as proper falsifiable scientific theories that make predictions and propose mechanisms.