Leontina Hormel
@lthormel.bsky.social
Sociologist who researches communities in Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and Idaho to explore environmental justice, gender, class, nation, and ableism. Personally loves being outside and away from computers.
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The U.S. government wants to ban TikTok out of concern that user data is going to China.
They demand TikTok be sold to a U.S. owner. This would mean instead of data possibly going to China, it would be in U.S. hands.
How about making sure user data is private, period?
They demand TikTok be sold to a U.S. owner. This would mean instead of data possibly going to China, it would be in U.S. hands.
How about making sure user data is private, period?
December 7, 2024 at 3:57 PM
The U.S. government wants to ban TikTok out of concern that user data is going to China.
They demand TikTok be sold to a U.S. owner. This would mean instead of data possibly going to China, it would be in U.S. hands.
How about making sure user data is private, period?
They demand TikTok be sold to a U.S. owner. This would mean instead of data possibly going to China, it would be in U.S. hands.
How about making sure user data is private, period?
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If you want to smell of anus, and armpits:
December 7, 2024 at 2:08 PM
If you want to smell of anus, and armpits:
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How does one get a Fulbright fellowship to conduct research about Ukraine when a war means no such funding is possible? You apply to teach and research in Moldova, instead - just a three-hour road trip to Odesa. Made it through Round 1 and now it heads to Chisinau for further review.
December 6, 2024 at 8:28 PM
How does one get a Fulbright fellowship to conduct research about Ukraine when a war means no such funding is possible? You apply to teach and research in Moldova, instead - just a three-hour road trip to Odesa. Made it through Round 1 and now it heads to Chisinau for further review.
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In my sociology classes, I use Santa as an example of a cultural ritual that is creepy out of context.
An old man obsessed with children sitting on his lap, who laughs strangely, asks if they've been naughty, and then breaks into their houses is cause for legal action, not treats. The kid knows.
An old man obsessed with children sitting on his lap, who laughs strangely, asks if they've been naughty, and then breaks into their houses is cause for legal action, not treats. The kid knows.
we taught our baby sign language and this was how he signed help
December 1, 2024 at 5:12 PM
In my sociology classes, I use Santa as an example of a cultural ritual that is creepy out of context.
An old man obsessed with children sitting on his lap, who laughs strangely, asks if they've been naughty, and then breaks into their houses is cause for legal action, not treats. The kid knows.
An old man obsessed with children sitting on his lap, who laughs strangely, asks if they've been naughty, and then breaks into their houses is cause for legal action, not treats. The kid knows.
UI students are raising their voices, pushing back on state board and legislative proposals to close UI Black Cultural Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs, LGBTQ+ support services, and UI Women’s Center. More below:
www.spokesman.com/stories/2024...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2024...
‘Come see for yourself’: University of Idaho student voices want to be forefront of discussion surrounding potential diversity office closure
A group of University of Idaho students who use diversity offices that are threatened under a proposed statewide policy said in a survey that the services have boosted their college experience and, in...
www.spokesman.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:39 PM
UI students are raising their voices, pushing back on state board and legislative proposals to close UI Black Cultural Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs, LGBTQ+ support services, and UI Women’s Center. More below:
www.spokesman.com/stories/2024...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2024...
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I'm a social scientist, so I get it.
But it still strikes me as depraved when I see a survey question gambling on the rights of the most vulnerable.
But it still strikes me as depraved when I see a survey question gambling on the rights of the most vulnerable.
CBS Poll:
Would you approve/disapprove of Trump starting program to deport all immigrants in the US illegally?
Approve: 57%
Disapprove: 43%
—
M: 63-37 (+26)
F: 53-47 (+6)
—
White: 62-38 (+24)
Black: 46-54 (-8)
Hispanic: 48-52 (-4)
—
Dem: 27-73 (-46)
GOP: 90-10 (+80)
www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...
Would you approve/disapprove of Trump starting program to deport all immigrants in the US illegally?
Approve: 57%
Disapprove: 43%
—
M: 63-37 (+26)
F: 53-47 (+6)
—
White: 62-38 (+24)
Black: 46-54 (-8)
Hispanic: 48-52 (-4)
—
Dem: 27-73 (-46)
GOP: 90-10 (+80)
www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...
November 24, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I'm a social scientist, so I get it.
But it still strikes me as depraved when I see a survey question gambling on the rights of the most vulnerable.
But it still strikes me as depraved when I see a survey question gambling on the rights of the most vulnerable.
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All 6 of Edward W. Said's recorded Reith lectures on Representations of the Intellectual can be heard here:
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Edward Said - Representation of the Intellectual - Available now
Available episodes of Edward Said - Representation of the Intellectual
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2024 at 1:12 PM
All 6 of Edward W. Said's recorded Reith lectures on Representations of the Intellectual can be heard here:
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
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Who woulda thought? Let's hug Republicans and the "center" more. Fire all these high paid out of touch consultants. Just useless.
November 22, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Who woulda thought? Let's hug Republicans and the "center" more. Fire all these high paid out of touch consultants. Just useless.
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Florida is coming after sociology, as GOP across the country tries to control (higher) education within constraints of First Ammendment.
Some (non-)expert thoughts on this piece 🧵
Some (non-)expert thoughts on this piece 🧵
Florida Tries a Subtler Way to Curb Progressive Ideology: Cut Sociology
Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing subjects like sociology from core requirements.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Florida is coming after sociology, as GOP across the country tries to control (higher) education within constraints of First Ammendment.
Some (non-)expert thoughts on this piece 🧵
Some (non-)expert thoughts on this piece 🧵
Ironically, posting on social media. Do we return to face-to-face communications to strategize and organize? New documentary reinforces my sense we should:
Ronan Farrow discusses his new HBO documentary 'Surveilled'
NPR's Scott Simon asks Ronan Farrow about his new HBO documentary, "Surveilled," which looks at the increasing use of spyware.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Ironically, posting on social media. Do we return to face-to-face communications to strategize and organize? New documentary reinforces my sense we should:
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Rep Jasmine Crockett bringing the fire.
November 19, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Rep Jasmine Crockett bringing the fire.
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The UN has now formally found Israel's genocide "consistent with genocide", including the use of weaponized starvation.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
NEW YORK (14 November 2024) – Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palest...
www.ohchr.org
November 16, 2024 at 12:18 PM
The UN has now formally found Israel's genocide "consistent with genocide", including the use of weaponized starvation.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Cascade PBS is airing a documentary tonight that details the abuses of Hurst and Son, LLC a corporation owning over 70 mobile home communities in WA state & 6 mobile home communities where I live and teach in Moscow, Idaho. I am quoted in the accompanying article.
www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...
www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...
Priced Out: Fear and resistance in WA mobile home parks
The Cascade PBS documentary explores how one ownership group has bought up communities statewide and raised rents, straining low-income residents.
www.cascadepbs.org
November 18, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Cascade PBS is airing a documentary tonight that details the abuses of Hurst and Son, LLC a corporation owning over 70 mobile home communities in WA state & 6 mobile home communities where I live and teach in Moscow, Idaho. I am quoted in the accompanying article.
www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...
www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...
As an introduction, thought I would let folks know that my book Trailer Park America: Reimagining Working-class Communities has been out for close to a year. It is an environmental, community action story about slow violence in a mobile home park that eventually closed.
November 16, 2024 at 11:54 PM
As an introduction, thought I would let folks know that my book Trailer Park America: Reimagining Working-class Communities has been out for close to a year. It is an environmental, community action story about slow violence in a mobile home park that eventually closed.
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A lot of people responsible for poor decisions are on a press tour right now because if they didn’t, people would rightfully be questioning THEIR leadership and they know it.
It’s weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually.
It’s weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually.
First quote in this new @politico.com story is from RI's Dem committeeman Joe Paolino: "The progressive wing of the party has to recognize — we all have to recognize — the country’s not progressive, and not to the far left or the far right. They’re in the middle” www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
Centrist Dems seize opening at the DNC: ‘I don’t want to be the freak show party’
Recriminations over Kamala Harris’ defeat are shaping the early stages of the race for DNC chair.
www.politico.com
November 16, 2024 at 1:59 AM
A lot of people responsible for poor decisions are on a press tour right now because if they didn’t, people would rightfully be questioning THEIR leadership and they know it.
It’s weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually.
It’s weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually.
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This skeet is for the Sociology folks!
Sociology has officially arrived. In an effort to re-live the early days of academic twixxer we now have a 3 volume starter pack(s) posted below. Feel free to add any areas of interest starter packs to this feed too and reqs to be added! Here We Go!
Sociology has officially arrived. In an effort to re-live the early days of academic twixxer we now have a 3 volume starter pack(s) posted below. Feel free to add any areas of interest starter packs to this feed too and reqs to be added! Here We Go!
November 14, 2024 at 5:29 PM
This skeet is for the Sociology folks!
Sociology has officially arrived. In an effort to re-live the early days of academic twixxer we now have a 3 volume starter pack(s) posted below. Feel free to add any areas of interest starter packs to this feed too and reqs to be added! Here We Go!
Sociology has officially arrived. In an effort to re-live the early days of academic twixxer we now have a 3 volume starter pack(s) posted below. Feel free to add any areas of interest starter packs to this feed too and reqs to be added! Here We Go!
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The Trump admin is shaping up to be the biggest dumpster fire in history. If this was being done by the Dems, the Republicans would be hysterical on Fox and clutching pearls.
BTW reps; enjoy, power will change hands someday. Better hope they are bigger men than you.
BTW reps; enjoy, power will change hands someday. Better hope they are bigger men than you.
If the Boss can't pass a background check, his employees won't have to either.
From @cnn.com
New: Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some Cabinet picks while using private companies to vet potential candidates for admin jobs, sources tell us.
From @cnn.com
New: Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some Cabinet picks while using private companies to vet potential candidates for admin jobs, sources tell us.
November 15, 2024 at 1:42 PM
The Trump admin is shaping up to be the biggest dumpster fire in history. If this was being done by the Dems, the Republicans would be hysterical on Fox and clutching pearls.
BTW reps; enjoy, power will change hands someday. Better hope they are bigger men than you.
BTW reps; enjoy, power will change hands someday. Better hope they are bigger men than you.
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I know we live in a corporate Oligarchy, but I've never seen it so transparently so.
November 15, 2024 at 2:28 AM
I know we live in a corporate Oligarchy, but I've never seen it so transparently so.