Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist)
@roderickgraham.bsky.social
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It was all a dream. They used to read Word Up magazines. They hung pictures on their wall. Way back, they had black lumberjacks. And hats to match!
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It was all a dream. They used to read Word Up magazines. They hung pictures on their wall. Way back, they had black lumberjacks. And hats to match!
This is all kinds of right and all kinds of wrong all kinds of times.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is all kinds of right and all kinds of wrong all kinds of times.
So you can watch videos on your phone during team meetings...just not porn. Got it!
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
So you can watch videos on your phone during team meetings...just not porn. Got it!
Individual patterns can fairly be unique - one of one. Environmental conditions also.
Groups are rarely so.
There are no "essences" where a group of people move from one condition to another, and slavishly follow old patterns despite the new situations encountered.
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Groups are rarely so.
There are no "essences" where a group of people move from one condition to another, and slavishly follow old patterns despite the new situations encountered.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Individual patterns can fairly be unique - one of one. Environmental conditions also.
Groups are rarely so.
There are no "essences" where a group of people move from one condition to another, and slavishly follow old patterns despite the new situations encountered.
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Groups are rarely so.
There are no "essences" where a group of people move from one condition to another, and slavishly follow old patterns despite the new situations encountered.
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@grapheneos.org let me give this a try on my old pixel 7.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@grapheneos.org let me give this a try on my old pixel 7.
Why is this a story?
I do believe people who have exhibited deviant or criminal tendencies still...read, and read things other than "how to be a better criminal."
When this dies down, I would love to discuss the concepts of master status, labeling, and stigma in my class using this very image.
I do believe people who have exhibited deviant or criminal tendencies still...read, and read things other than "how to be a better criminal."
When this dies down, I would love to discuss the concepts of master status, labeling, and stigma in my class using this very image.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Why is this a story?
I do believe people who have exhibited deviant or criminal tendencies still...read, and read things other than "how to be a better criminal."
When this dies down, I would love to discuss the concepts of master status, labeling, and stigma in my class using this very image.
I do believe people who have exhibited deviant or criminal tendencies still...read, and read things other than "how to be a better criminal."
When this dies down, I would love to discuss the concepts of master status, labeling, and stigma in my class using this very image.
No, ChatGPT.
I do not want the tesseract configured. The last time it was configured Loki almost took out the Avengers.
I do not want the tesseract configured. The last time it was configured Loki almost took out the Avengers.
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
No, ChatGPT.
I do not want the tesseract configured. The last time it was configured Loki almost took out the Avengers.
I do not want the tesseract configured. The last time it was configured Loki almost took out the Avengers.
Hard to imagine the power of imagery in pre-industrial times.
Like how powerful is religious iconography?
Some poor peasant sees this and goes home and prays.
Like how powerful is religious iconography?
Some poor peasant sees this and goes home and prays.
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Hard to imagine the power of imagery in pre-industrial times.
Like how powerful is religious iconography?
Some poor peasant sees this and goes home and prays.
Like how powerful is religious iconography?
Some poor peasant sees this and goes home and prays.
You have to be some kinda screw up to get a purple screen of death on an Ubuntu computer.
I should leave the tech stuff to the professionals.
I should leave the tech stuff to the professionals.
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
You have to be some kinda screw up to get a purple screen of death on an Ubuntu computer.
I should leave the tech stuff to the professionals.
I should leave the tech stuff to the professionals.
AI is everywhere.
But I am understanding now that the term "AI" is doing a lot of work in 2025.
Quite frankly a game engine being allowed to make decisions was around since Nintendo 64 in the 80s/90s.
But I am understanding now that the term "AI" is doing a lot of work in 2025.
Quite frankly a game engine being allowed to make decisions was around since Nintendo 64 in the 80s/90s.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
AI is everywhere.
But I am understanding now that the term "AI" is doing a lot of work in 2025.
Quite frankly a game engine being allowed to make decisions was around since Nintendo 64 in the 80s/90s.
But I am understanding now that the term "AI" is doing a lot of work in 2025.
Quite frankly a game engine being allowed to make decisions was around since Nintendo 64 in the 80s/90s.
On the one hand, big-ups to Scott. Her generosity has to be recognized.
At the same time, her philanthropy does not come at any real cost to her.
Her giving has way more impact, but has a personal impact on her equivalent to a working class mom donating canned goods out of her pantry.
At the same time, her philanthropy does not come at any real cost to her.
Her giving has way more impact, but has a personal impact on her equivalent to a working class mom donating canned goods out of her pantry.
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
On the one hand, big-ups to Scott. Her generosity has to be recognized.
At the same time, her philanthropy does not come at any real cost to her.
Her giving has way more impact, but has a personal impact on her equivalent to a working class mom donating canned goods out of her pantry.
At the same time, her philanthropy does not come at any real cost to her.
Her giving has way more impact, but has a personal impact on her equivalent to a working class mom donating canned goods out of her pantry.
Subscribe to Fox 1 to watch the World Series.
I was introduced to a world of professional influencers.
I'd like to get into the reality that is being constructed by these ideologues.
Can't imagine getting my information and thoughts about things from people whose expertise is just talking.
I was introduced to a world of professional influencers.
I'd like to get into the reality that is being constructed by these ideologues.
Can't imagine getting my information and thoughts about things from people whose expertise is just talking.
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Subscribe to Fox 1 to watch the World Series.
I was introduced to a world of professional influencers.
I'd like to get into the reality that is being constructed by these ideologues.
Can't imagine getting my information and thoughts about things from people whose expertise is just talking.
I was introduced to a world of professional influencers.
I'd like to get into the reality that is being constructed by these ideologues.
Can't imagine getting my information and thoughts about things from people whose expertise is just talking.
Saw this screenshot and it reminds me of how profoundly immoral and sociopathic this person is.
How do you just *decide* to attack and ruin someone? Or come up with these Goebbels-like schemes?
How do you just *decide* to attack and ruin someone? Or come up with these Goebbels-like schemes?
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Saw this screenshot and it reminds me of how profoundly immoral and sociopathic this person is.
How do you just *decide* to attack and ruin someone? Or come up with these Goebbels-like schemes?
How do you just *decide* to attack and ruin someone? Or come up with these Goebbels-like schemes?
Yes, muting one's identity in order to not appear too political our "out there", is not neutrality...but erasure.
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yes, muting one's identity in order to not appear too political our "out there", is not neutrality...but erasure.
My co-editor and I made a decision to seek out white, rural, and working class contributors to our DEI book. The last two submissions I've read, including this one, tell me we made a good decision.
Other sociologists need to be aware of the experiences of working class academics (like myself).
Other sociologists need to be aware of the experiences of working class academics (like myself).
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My co-editor and I made a decision to seek out white, rural, and working class contributors to our DEI book. The last two submissions I've read, including this one, tell me we made a good decision.
Other sociologists need to be aware of the experiences of working class academics (like myself).
Other sociologists need to be aware of the experiences of working class academics (like myself).
I don't know.
Is this like saying females are made "better women" when they contort their bodies in ways solely to fit a (male) standard of beauty?
Many men get on the masculinity hamster wheel solely to fit a (female) standard of attraction, but I don't think it makes them "better men."
Is this like saying females are made "better women" when they contort their bodies in ways solely to fit a (male) standard of beauty?
Many men get on the masculinity hamster wheel solely to fit a (female) standard of attraction, but I don't think it makes them "better men."
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I don't know.
Is this like saying females are made "better women" when they contort their bodies in ways solely to fit a (male) standard of beauty?
Many men get on the masculinity hamster wheel solely to fit a (female) standard of attraction, but I don't think it makes them "better men."
Is this like saying females are made "better women" when they contort their bodies in ways solely to fit a (male) standard of beauty?
Many men get on the masculinity hamster wheel solely to fit a (female) standard of attraction, but I don't think it makes them "better men."
It was a good night for The Left in my state.
Even though it doesn't appear that way from this map.
I'd love for more visual representations that signal population and not geography.
These "sea of red" maps are always misleading.
Even though it doesn't appear that way from this map.
I'd love for more visual representations that signal population and not geography.
These "sea of red" maps are always misleading.
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It was a good night for The Left in my state.
Even though it doesn't appear that way from this map.
I'd love for more visual representations that signal population and not geography.
These "sea of red" maps are always misleading.
Even though it doesn't appear that way from this map.
I'd love for more visual representations that signal population and not geography.
These "sea of red" maps are always misleading.
Starting to think that Trump and left-leaning podcasters *need each other.*
I mean, at this point these rantings aren't worthy of comment and are really just re-posted by podcasters to draw attention to their channels. Both Trump and the podcasters get attention they need.
Interesting dynamic.
I mean, at this point these rantings aren't worthy of comment and are really just re-posted by podcasters to draw attention to their channels. Both Trump and the podcasters get attention they need.
Interesting dynamic.
November 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Starting to think that Trump and left-leaning podcasters *need each other.*
I mean, at this point these rantings aren't worthy of comment and are really just re-posted by podcasters to draw attention to their channels. Both Trump and the podcasters get attention they need.
Interesting dynamic.
I mean, at this point these rantings aren't worthy of comment and are really just re-posted by podcasters to draw attention to their channels. Both Trump and the podcasters get attention they need.
Interesting dynamic.
On the one hand, given the amount of misery our current leadership is generating in this country, I understand this impulse.
On the other, one wonders if a collection of people who embrace violence so eagerly simply expects it in other people. In other words, it might be a projection.
On the other, one wonders if a collection of people who embrace violence so eagerly simply expects it in other people. In other words, it might be a projection.
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On the one hand, given the amount of misery our current leadership is generating in this country, I understand this impulse.
On the other, one wonders if a collection of people who embrace violence so eagerly simply expects it in other people. In other words, it might be a projection.
On the other, one wonders if a collection of people who embrace violence so eagerly simply expects it in other people. In other words, it might be a projection.
Everyone's favorite!
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Everyone's favorite!
It's been a minute since I have been racially profiled.
I'm going to take a little break, play some Pong and enjoy the fruits of that... "interesting" experience in the grocery store.
I'm going to take a little break, play some Pong and enjoy the fruits of that... "interesting" experience in the grocery store.
October 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's been a minute since I have been racially profiled.
I'm going to take a little break, play some Pong and enjoy the fruits of that... "interesting" experience in the grocery store.
I'm going to take a little break, play some Pong and enjoy the fruits of that... "interesting" experience in the grocery store.
