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Jeff Roberts
@reliablyjeff.bsky.social
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Sociologist primarily interested in organizations. Fan of archives and cities. American in London. Working on the applied side. It’s all garbage cans.
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Jeff Roberts @reliablyjeff.bsky.social · 7h
Looked it up and yikes!
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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 13h
I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.
Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur
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Jeff Roberts @reliablyjeff.bsky.social · 10h
Shout out to the two guys hanging out by the station every day drinking a single serve bottle of red and having a smoke.

A lesson for us all.
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Jeff Roberts @reliablyjeff.bsky.social · 11h
Honestly thought this was some weird variation on a Chicago hotdog!
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Jeff Roberts @reliablyjeff.bsky.social · 15h
It’s wild to me how low-stakes syllabus decisions can have such large, long-term impacts.

Read Lee Clarke’s “Acceptable Risk in an undergrad sociology of orgs class. It basically shaped what I’ve done and how I’ve understood the world for the next 30-ish years.
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Jeff Roberts @reliablyjeff.bsky.social · 1d
Absolutely love reading papers on stuff I was obsessed with during my PhD (some 25 years ago). Maybe I was ahead of my time (chokes laughing)

journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d
Nobel Prize In Medicine Awarded To Tums https://theonion.com/nobel-prize-in-medicine-awarded-to-tums/
Nobel Prize In Medicine Awarded To Tums
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2d
If it doesn’t survive the washing machine or the dish washer, maybe it was never meant to be part of your household in the first place.
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essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 2d
Tron gives an inaccurate impression of how many guys live in your computer. It makes it seem like thousands of guys are in there. In reality only about 10 guys live in your computer and less than half of them ride motorcycles
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 2d
A must-read ftom economist Servaas Storm... www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
The AI Bubble and the U.S. Economy: How Long Do “Hallucinations” Last?
This paper argues that (i) we have reached “peak GenAI” in terms of current Large Language Models (LLMs); scaling (building more data centers and using more chips) will not take us further to the goal...
www.ineteconomics.org
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2d
Bonus for all you Bsky haters
NOBEL PRIZES TO BE AWARDED THIS MONTH Physiology OR Medicine Physiology AND Medicine Physiology XOR Medicine Physiology NOR Medicine Physiology NAND Medicine Physiology XNAND Medicine Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2d
Putting in my annual vote for Granovetter for the Econ Nobel as it maximizes the size of the set of annoying people it would annoy.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d
the best answer i got for this:
awaitsync on Threads writes: "Metrognome"
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 3d
THE RADICAL LEFTISTS HAVE KILLED OUR BUSINESS
[also we got bought out by private equity who shuttered the store and fired everyone]
BUT IT WAS MOSTLY THE RADICAL LEFTISTS
also can we have a federal bailout 🥹
time CultS -d 8 claire's NOTICE OF STORE CLOSURE To Our Valued Customers, This Claire's location has been permanently closed. The decision reflects both external pressures & internal restructuring. In recent months, repeated attacks of ridicule by radical left agitators have gone beyond mere criticism, escalating into a deliberate effort to destabilize our company - conduct we recognize as Domestic Economic Terrorism. At the same time, our transition under new private equity ownership required difficult financial choices. Protecting the stability of shareholders was prioritized, & this store - along with its local workforce - was deemed expendable in service of that obligation. Despite these challenges, Claire's remains committed to our identity as a traditional American company rooted in values of family & community. We will not be silenced by those who attempt to undermine that mission, & we continue to move forward with confidence in our future. Here at Claire's, we look forward to working with the current administration to reinvigorate our brand presence across the United States, ensuring that we remain a part of American life for generations to come. We invite you to continue supporting Claire's by shopping online at www.claires.com Thank you for your attention to this matter. Claire's Stores, Inc. 2400 West Central Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192 | Claire's Stores, Inc. | CBI Distributing Corp.
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Jeff Roberts @reliablyjeff.bsky.social · 3d
Hell yeah!

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Martin Luther King Jr once said, “It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important, also.” It may be true that regulation can’t force corporate sociopaths to conceive of you as a human being entitled to dignity and fair treatment, and not just an ambulatory wallet, a supply of gut bacteria for the immortal colony organism that is a limited liability corporation. But it can make that exec fear you enough to treat you fairly and afford you dignity, even if he doesn’t think you deserve it. And I think that’s pretty important.
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Paul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social · 3d
This is great. Cory D nails the business model in all its dismal detail. He had consistently been excellent doing a job, that let's be honest, professors in business schools should have done.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 3d
This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.

Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
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Jeff Roberts @reliablyjeff.bsky.social · 4d
I know there’s a lot going on, but can I ask a silly question?

Who are these people who FaceTime in public with no headphones?
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 4d
How about this suggestion for Dem framing:

GOP: Give us a continuing resolution to keep the government open

Dems: We're not going to give this lawless president a blank check (and specify conditions)
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 4d
Being a columnist is so cool. You can have absolutely no experience whatsoever and still drop whatever takes you want. Serve in the military? No? Work in natsec? No? Have an academic background in defense? No? Have any government experience at all? No?

Who cares! Fire that column off anyways!
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 5d
Good stuff
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 4d
Redditor occupied government
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d
As soon as I read the words “ass clown factory” I had to double check it was the real FBI director’s account and not some parody.

It’s real.
FBI Director Kash Patel × @FBIDirectorKash X.com BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory of disinformation. Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon... MSNBC has no facts and no audience In this @fbi, follow the chain of command or get relieved. & Barb McQuade • @BarbMcQuade • 15h DOJ policy prohibits "perp walks," in which arrestees are paraded before the cameras. x.com/ jesserodriguez... 7:03 AM • 10/4/25 • 352K Views
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Jeff Roberts @reliablyjeff.bsky.social · 5d
I can but hope…
Fortune cookie: “your next Chinese meal brings more cookies”
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Shawn @shawnhils.bsky.social · 5d
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Paul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social · 5d
Some fun classic readings for the weekend - the Procedure Fetish by Bagley.

TLDR: Our obsession with procedure as a cure-all is misplaced and probably counterproductive.

www.jstor.org/stable/45285...
THE PROCEDURE FETISH on JSTOR
Nicholas Bagley, THE PROCEDURE FETISH, Michigan Law Review, Vol. 118, No. 3 (December 2019), pp. 345-401
www.jstor.org
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 6d
Seeing how @sbworkersunited.org seamlessly connects right-wing culture-warring to workplace safety & the need for a fighting American labor movement like this underscores just how poorly most incumbent unions have met this moment despite having more $ and influence: www.fingers.email/upgrade?offe...
A Starbucks store was targeted in a viral video that got millions of views after workers didn’t write 'Charlie Kirk' on a cup, in line with Starbucks' cup-writing policies. What followed was terrifying: baristas at the Yucaipa & 6th store faced threats, their personal information was leaked online, and instead of protecting them, Starbucks leadership lied about its own cup-writing policy to Fox News. Starbucks threw baristas under the bus for following its own rules. Now, partners at Yucaipa & 6th just filed to unionize. They’re standing up for safety, community, and each other. And they need you with them! Celebrate Yucaipa partners taking this bold step. Congratulate them with a like and comment to show you are by their side.
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