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Mark Igra

@markigra.bsky.social

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Started sciences.social. Sociology PhD candidate at the University of Washington, studying altruism and morality. Former software guy.

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 19h

FYI, if you try to measure the strength of civil society (what Hahrie, Milan, and I call civic opportunity in our 2023 Nature Human Behaviour paper), you may want to consider using our org-, county-, and ZIP code-level datasets published in Scientific Data: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · 1d

NPR rolling over at least required some financial coercion. NYT just wants a belly-scratch from the Trumpists, I guess. bsky.app/profile/mark...

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · 1d

The @nytimes.com minimizing the unconstitutional assault on US cities so much that it didn't appear on the "front page" even on my big screen monitor. Had to export a pdf to capture the tiny headline. Truly atrocious. Does any major US news org care at all?

Screen shot of NYTimes online front page with tiny headline about Emergency powers circled in red. Red text on yellow saying "Unconstitutional invasion of us cities way down here!!! WTF NY Times." Another text saying "But at least I know where to find a tree house with rustic vibe" referring to NYT headline near top saying "6 Tree Houses You can Rent for Glamour With a Rustic Vibe"

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · 1d

It’s all of them. bsky.app/profile/mark...

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · 1d

The @nytimes.com minimizing the unconstitutional assault on US cities so much that it didn't appear on the "front page" even on my big screen monitor. Had to export a pdf to capture the tiny headline. Truly atrocious. Does any major US news org care at all?

Screen shot of NYTimes online front page with tiny headline about Emergency powers circled in red. Red text on yellow saying "Unconstitutional invasion of us cities way down here!!! WTF NY Times." Another text saying "But at least I know where to find a tree house with rustic vibe" referring to NYT headline near top saying "6 Tree Houses You can Rent for Glamour With a Rustic Vibe"

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · 1d

The @nytimes.com minimizing the unconstitutional assault on US cities so much that it didn't appear on the "front page" even on my big screen monitor. Had to export a pdf to capture the tiny headline. Truly atrocious. Does any major US news org care at all?

Screen shot of NYTimes online front page with tiny headline about Emergency powers circled in red. Red text on yellow saying "Unconstitutional invasion of us cities way down here!!! WTF NY Times." Another text saying "But at least I know where to find a tree house with rustic vibe" referring to NYT headline near top saying "6 Tree Houses You can Rent for Glamour With a Rustic Vibe"

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 8d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 11d

"Infrequent voters are voting. It's a very low-trust environment. So the traditional left-right spectrum and going moderate on issues, it's not as clear. Anybody saying, 'I can win the election by tweaking positions" slightly is selling you something," says @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social.

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · 10d

Was at an event with Jamie Raskin last night. He suggested one justice for each of the 13 circuit courts. Like Fed having regional governors.

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Neal Caren @haphazardsoc.bsky.social · 12d

Carolina Sociology is hiring!

• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Assistant Professor

This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 13d

You can cast almost all blame directly on John Roberts and the Supreme Court if Cal Raleigh wins MVP. Their brazen politicization and willingness to defend Trump’s illegal acts at every turn means the American public’s respect for Judges has never been lower.

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · 15d

FYI KOMO in #seattle is a Sinclair station.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15d

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.

List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · 15d

Having just been in New York, the Rosh Hashanah display at my local #seattle grocery featuring *Matzah* made me feel out of place. Do they get points for trying? Shanah Tovah all.

Shelves with kosher wine, grape juice, and matzo in the store display. I think there’s some honey on the top shelf.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25d

they think liberalism is a set of rules for a discourse game, and not a fighting faith and a vision of the good

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 29d

Typepad is closing down, making 10+ years of my blog entries here rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks... no longer accessible. Does anyone know a way I can move the stuff easily online somewhere else? (The export option only produces a huge, unwieldy text file.)

Dani Rodrik's weblog

Unconventional thoughts on economic development and globalization

rodrik.typepad.com

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · 29d

And if anyone at your university explains that this is structural racism, you will get your funding cut.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 29d

The Supreme Court's ruling brushed aside, with no reasoning from the court, the district court's 52-page order and the circuit court's 61-page order affirming it.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING: The Supreme Court — over the objection of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson — allows the Trump administration’s racial profiling of people working certain types of jobs in its immigration raids during litigation.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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No. 25A169
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KRISTI NOEM, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. U. PEDRO
VASQUEZ PERDOMO, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[September 8, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted. The July 11, 2025 order entered by the United States District Court for the Central District of California, case No. 2:25-cv-5605, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
In early June, the Government launched immigration enforcement raids across Los Angeles and its surrounding counties. During the raids, teams of armed and masked agents pulled up to car washes, tow yards, farms, and parks and began seizing individuals on sight, often before asking a single question.
A Federal District Court found that these raids were part of a pattern of conduct by the Government that likely violated the Fourth Amendment. Based on the evidence before it, the court held that the Government was stopping individuals based solely on four factors: (1) their apparent race or ethnicity; (2) whether they spoke Spanish or English with an accent; (3) the type of location at which they were found (such as a car wash or bus stop); and (4) the type of job they appeared to work. Concluding that stops based on these four factors alone, even when taken together, could not satisfy the Fourth Amendment's requirement of reasonable suspicion, the District Court temporarily enjoined the Government from continuing its pattern of unlawful mass arrests while it considered whether longer-term relief was appropriate.

Instead of allowing the District Court to consider these troubling allegations in the normal course, a majority of
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NOEM v. VASQUEZ PERDOMO
SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting
this Court decides to take the once-extraordinary step of staying the District Court's order. That decision is yet another grave misuse of our emergency docket. We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.

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The Fourth Amendment protects every individual's constitutional right to be "free from arbitrary interference by law officers." Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S., at 878. After to-day, that may no longer be true for those who happen to look a certain way, speak a certain way, and appear to work a certain type of legitimate job that pays very little. Because this is unconscionably irreconcilable with our Nation's constitutional guarantees, I dissent.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29d

To put this into context, the judicial warrant for the search at the Hyundai plant named just four people.

Relying on that warrant, ICE detained nearly 500 people. DHS admitted that included U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and people lawfully here on visas.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:

Moreover, as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States.

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · 29d

John Roberts: “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating racial discrimination.” But um, that’s only if you might help people of color, fine to harass and detain on the basis of race.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26085894-25a169-order/

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ashland OR has free EV chargers in city owned parking lot - just plug in. 4hr limit. 9 x 9 kw chargers. Power ~8¢/kwh here so probably < $10/hr cost to city. People seem to love it. Seattle has some neighborhood chargers, but still have to pay via ChargePoint app.

Photo of sidewalk & trees & parking lot with 9 cars plugged into chargers.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Sep 3

Asking for a friend: What's the deal with dissertation papers (in 3-paper model) being co-authored by the advisor? Are you supposed to keep the advisor's name off till after the defense and then put it on the publication? Or earlier, or never? Sociology Q, but also curious about other disciplines

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Sep 4

America, 2025

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · Aug 29

I realize that I’m late to the discourse, but I just realized that a certain logo looks a lot like the cover of Steve Goodman’s album Somebody elses Troubles, featuring the classic 1940’s song “I’m my own Grandpa” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tozz...

I'm My Own Grandpa

YouTube video by Steve Goodman - Topic

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The Needling @theneedling.com · Aug 28

The largest wildfire burning in the state of Washington is still alive today thanks to brave federal U.S. Border Patrol and ICE agents who arrested firefighters caught in the act of attempting to kill it.

The Needling @theneedling.com · Aug 28

ICE Arrests Firefighters Caught Attempting to Murder Wildfire: tinyurl.com/255zs4c5

Real photo a firefighter took of federal agent staring down fire crew who had to stop fighting the largest wildfire in the state to be interrogated, which led to some being arrested

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 24

If the Trump administration cared about addressing crime, it would tell ICE agents to stop kidnapping and torturing people. But it's encouraging and rewarding them for doing so because it is a criminal enterprise. www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...

ICE released this Mass. mom with no phone, 30 miles from home in the rain after detainment for a sealed marijuana conviction

Federal authorities refused to tell the Canton woman's husband or lawyer on what grounds she was being detained until shortly before her release.

www.masslive.com

Mark Igra @markigra.bsky.social · Aug 21

I know what “tough on crime” really means, but when all GOP Supreme Court members grant immunity to a President who mass pardons people who commit felonies to support him (many of whom re-offend), and party apparatchiks applaud, that party is (shouting like @governor.ca.gov ) SOFT ON CRIME

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Aug 21

Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?