Dr. Mikaila
@mmlarthur.bsky.social
Sociologist of Higher Education. Union president. Teacher. Failed repairer of broken worlds. Fresserin. RIer.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3180-4058
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3180-4058
Tzvetan Todorov, "Facing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps," on ordinary versus extraordinary virtue and vice and the importance of care for the real people around you.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tzvetan Todorov, "Facing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps," on ordinary versus extraordinary virtue and vice and the importance of care for the real people around you.
Today's farmer's market find:
August 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today's farmer's market find:
Finally got my hands on @drkevinrmcclure.com's new book, thanks to Books on the Square braving a crazy thunderstorm to deliver!
July 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Finally got my hands on @drkevinrmcclure.com's new book, thanks to Books on the Square braving a crazy thunderstorm to deliver!
Last week, some creature left part of piece of pizza in our bush. Today, it is part of a sandwich on our stoop. What is going on here?!?
January 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Last week, some creature left part of piece of pizza in our bush. Today, it is part of a sandwich on our stoop. What is going on here?!?
2025 reading wrapup. Best books: Bardugo, The Familiar; Hart, Weyward; @jessicacalarco.bsky.social, "Holding It Together. Full collage:
January 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
2025 reading wrapup. Best books: Bardugo, The Familiar; Hart, Weyward; @jessicacalarco.bsky.social, "Holding It Together. Full collage:
On decline in average age of menarche: www.nature.com/articles/550...
December 13, 2024 at 5:40 PM
On decline in average age of menarche: www.nature.com/articles/550...
We harvested this tonight in advance of the first below-freezing day. It took over 18 months to grow.
December 6, 2024 at 5:31 AM
We harvested this tonight in advance of the first below-freezing day. It took over 18 months to grow.
We didn't take a picture of dinner, but here's the vegan chocolate pecan pie my mother made
November 29, 2024 at 1:28 AM
We didn't take a picture of dinner, but here's the vegan chocolate pecan pie my mother made
Accomishment: reading nook
November 23, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Accomishment: reading nook
Ooh, let's share our different states' voting stickers! Here's RI:
October 22, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Ooh, let's share our different states' voting stickers! Here's RI:
If you see this quote post with a picture of a beach from your gallery.
September 1, 2024 at 1:25 AM
If you see this quote post with a picture of a beach from your gallery.
It's hard to really call any of RI rural since all of it is in the Providence-Fall River MSA, & only Block Island counts as a rural zipcode. However, some of the blue areas on our 2020 map are rural in the sense of being farmland & low population density, & definitely White. For example,
August 4, 2024 at 6:43 PM
It's hard to really call any of RI rural since all of it is in the Providence-Fall River MSA, & only Block Island counts as a rural zipcode. However, some of the blue areas on our 2020 map are rural in the sense of being farmland & low population density, & definitely White. For example,
RIC/AFT marching with the RI AFL-CIO tonight at Providence Pride.
June 16, 2024 at 1:44 AM
RIC/AFT marching with the RI AFL-CIO tonight at Providence Pride.
If you see this, post a picture from your device without any explanation.
March 11, 2024 at 10:35 PM
If you see this, post a picture from your device without any explanation.
Make a word cloud of your google scholar profile. scholargoggler.com
February 8, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Make a word cloud of your google scholar profile. scholargoggler.com
Sociologist here repping my purple parka.
November 27, 2023 at 2:53 AM
Sociologist here repping my purple parka.
The white car in this photo is stopping traffic for two blocks because she doesn't think busses should be allowed to drive on Ives St. Literally--she said so.
October 8, 2023 at 8:35 PM
The white car in this photo is stopping traffic for two blocks because she doesn't think busses should be allowed to drive on Ives St. Literally--she said so.
Keep Masks in Healthcare! @LifespanHlthSys @BrownMedPhys "Do No Harm" means not asking folks to risk their health or lives to access health care. Waiting rooms full of sick people are not safe places.
#MaskWeekofAction #KeepMasksInHealthcare @MandateMasksUS @COVIDSafeCampus
#MaskWeekofAction #KeepMasksInHealthcare @MandateMasksUS @COVIDSafeCampus
November 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Keep Masks in Healthcare! @LifespanHlthSys @BrownMedPhys "Do No Harm" means not asking folks to risk their health or lives to access health care. Waiting rooms full of sick people are not safe places.
#MaskWeekofAction #KeepMasksInHealthcare @MandateMasksUS @COVIDSafeCampus
#MaskWeekofAction #KeepMasksInHealthcare @MandateMasksUS @COVIDSafeCampus
#PassTheEACA today!
November 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
#PassTheEACA today!
@AnderBois @CityofProv scooters blocking sidewalks are becoming an epidemic. Folks using wheelchairs & walkers can't get around when sidewalks are blocked. Here's today's example at 9th & Highland. Accessibility matters.
November 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
@AnderBois @CityofProv scooters blocking sidewalks are becoming an epidemic. Folks using wheelchairs & walkers can't get around when sidewalks are blocked. Here's today's example at 9th & Highland. Accessibility matters.
Have you lived/studied in RI? Are you a PIBOC woman between 18 & 35? Have you taken at least 1 college course? If so, my amazing MA student would love to hear about your experiences for a study on education aspirations & attainment. Sign up here:...
November 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Have you lived/studied in RI? Are you a PIBOC woman between 18 & 35? Have you taken at least 1 college course? If so, my amazing MA student would love to hear about your experiences for a study on education aspirations & attainment. Sign up here:...
RI: it's time for a collective New Year's resolution to #PasstheEACA without delay. State employees like me & Medicaid recipients deserve & need access to insurance that covers abortion care. We cannot afford to wait. @SenatorRuggerio @RISpeaker @GovDanMcKee @WomanProjectHQ
November 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
RI: it's time for a collective New Year's resolution to #PasstheEACA without delay. State employees like me & Medicaid recipients deserve & need access to insurance that covers abortion care. We cannot afford to wait. @SenatorRuggerio @RISpeaker @GovDanMcKee @WomanProjectHQ