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James M. Thomas (JT)

@insurgentprof.bsky.social
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Husband. Father. Sociologist. Author. Former co-editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Newest book: The Power of Sociology collegepublishing.sagepub.com/produ… Currently writing a book about White people

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mississippi Center for Justice and its staff are amazing. They do the hard work here everyday, protecting people's right to the ballot, fostering housing justice, and much more. Please consider giving what you can secure.qgiv.com/for/mississi...
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Mississippi Center for Justice
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Let me put it plainly. The state auditor is scared to face a jury of his peers because he knows he will lose. And so he's running to the Mississippi State Supreme Court, begging them to wipe away the egg he smeared over his own face.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm reading through our annual campus security & fire safety report. In 2026 there were 10 rapes reported to "other university officials", but 0 rapes reported to campus police. These 10 rapes "were not officially reported to or investigated by" campus police. These 10 rapes happened on campus.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I mean, I know polls don't vote. But this is jaw-dropping.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just submitted my fourth and final external T&P review letter for this cycle. As always, I'm so excited about all the amazing work my colleagues are doing, and am thankful I get to sing their praises into the official record.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There are times when I'm reading this draft of this book on whiteness and I'm like, "Yep, I nailed it." But mostly it's me thinking, "wtf are you trying to say and why are you saying it so poorly?"
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happening in my hometown of Kansas City
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Over the next few weeks, students in my Intro to Sociology class are learning about the study of power and inequality; the forms power takes, the levels at which power operates, and the role power plays in enabling and constraining unequal social relations.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Man, Stephens really flirting with the hard-R in this column.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
To all my tribe, Far and wide, G'mar chatima tovah
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Dr. Leonard Bright @drleonardbright.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ACLU has filed a motion for preliminary injunction asking the Court to block Texas A&M's censorship policy until a final judgment is made. The Motion includes detailed allegations of how the censorship policy has been enforced throughout the A&M campuses. www.aclutx.org/cases/americ...
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American Association of University Professors, et al. vs. Albritton, et al. - ACLU of Texas
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, American Civil Liberties Union, and pro bono counsel Yetter Coleman LLP have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Texas A&M University  Sys...
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My unpopular (here) opinion: the “Jesus Won” public school/college t-shirts using school colors and trademarked logos is offensive. And school officials would be livid if I or a student organization rocked a “Jesus Lost” shirt with the same colors and logos
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This sounds like the plot line for Despicable Me 7
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A cartoon confederate colonel in front of the building named for a former enslaver, Confederate colonel, and eventually a SCOTUS justice. Oh, and this building houses my department among others that interrogate these very symbols. An entire American Studies dissertation in this picture.
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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Holy crap. These people are abominable. Hegseth must go. wapo.st/3SPycmE
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Friday, pre-LSU game musings. 1. This is clearly UM's super bowl. It's just week 3 of CFB. 2. There is no hotel room in the entire existence of the La Quinta Inn worth $1000/night.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
James Fishback is a White nationalist. Shame on this student organization for platforming him.
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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is real from the Ole Miss TPUSA account www.instagram.com/olemisstpusa/
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Science magazine story about NIH first amendment lawsuit. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening
Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m at the soccer fields, which is not far from the Oxford-University airport. I’ve seen a private plane coming in for a landing about every 7-10 minutes so far
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The chancellor was wrong for firing Lauren Stokes for her speech. And in firing Stokes, the Chancellor has effectively chilled the speech of everyone else on campus by giving the mob a heckler’s veto.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Was able to get my grocery shopping done this morning. Lines weren’t too long, but local grocer said they were slammed yesterday and expect more of the same today.
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why Academic Freedom Matters Now @aaup.org
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Why Academic Freedom Matters Now
Published September 2026.The following statement was approved by the Association’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure in August 2026.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wayne was my MA thesis and PhD dissertation adviser at Mizzou. He is kind, and good, and represents the best of what Mizzou is and has to offer. The Missouri state law that seeks to criminalize even the discussion of DEI is shameful, and so are those who support it. abc17news.com/news/educati...
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University of Missouri investigating professor after video alleges DEI sympathies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is investigating allegations of staff violating federal and state laws against diversity, equity and inclusion practices after a video reportedly showin...
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The General Social Survey, American National Election Study, & Panel Study of Income Dynamics are funded by NSF-SBE. It's not just individual grants at risk. It's irreplaceable data infrastructure that provides nonpartisan, gold-standard info on who we are, where we've been, & where we are headed.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Diesel is at $6 a gallon here in north Mississippi. Everything else is pretty much downstream of that
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Cliff Johnson would be an amazing congressional representative. This is my district, and he has my vote
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good mornin’
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 15/09/2026
CBS News Exclusive: New photos reveal widespread damage at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks.
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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
ESPN Gameday starts setting up here tomorrow. I expect people to start coming in from out of town Thursday. By Friday night our town of 25,000 or so will swell to anywhere between 4 and 8 times that size. I’m getting my groceries Thursday and hunkering down until Sunday.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
McGregor the Goatfucker slipped and fell into the goat, I guess.
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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The rapid growth of LLM writing in Econ. From this post with lots of details on how Pangram works for this kind of assessment. paulgp.substack.com/p/how-do-we-...
Rise of "AI-generated text in economics papers."
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We’re back baby!
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Patrick Mahomes Runs on Field in Chiefs Jersey
ALT: Patrick Mahomes Runs on Field in Chiefs Jersey
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Look at the rookie showing out!!
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
$4.09 a gallon today in north Mississippi
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We want money and housing and healthcare, not a shortcut to living the most basic unfulfilled human existence that a coked up programmer can devise. Some of us are happy. Others of us fully imagine that we can become happy. Many of us aren’t afraid of what that costs.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
After reading some of the recent pubs and discourse around US higher ed.… I should just stop right here. But here are the three major fallacies of much of what’s out there, three contexts that are missing, and the one big thing that is driving me around the bend (actually already there, but). 1/
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yep. It’s also a sign of how outdated they are. You don’t need a euphemism for white when there are actual white nationalists openly advocating for white supremacy running almost every domain of public life. It just sounds antiquated and weak.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Cashiers at my local grocery were encouraging one another to make sure they’re registered and to vote in November. Love love love that energy.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A thread of Rosh Hashana things to read, if you would like to: Some thoughts on what prayer is, might be, even if you don't "believe in God" - and why maybe that's not always what matters-
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seasonal goodies
permission, inspiration, and more
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
To all my tribe, Far and wide, L’shana tovah u’metukah
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Spoke with some of 600+ people who were punished for Charlie Kirk-related speech over the past year — about the anxieties they’ve faced, the crazy reasons they were fired or even arrested, and what their life has been like since:
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A Year Ago, Charlie Kirk Was Killed. Meet the People Who Were Fired for Speaking Out About Him
In the year since the murder of the far-right commentator, those who were punished for comments about his death have met mixed fortunes. Over in Dallas, the GOP’s mad midterm Trumpapalooza began.
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“I teach a subject that is now considered ‘controversial,’” a professor in North Carolina wrote. “As a result, I have had a non-student with a gun enter my classroom to intimidate me. I have received an email death threat from a student.” lailluminator.com/2026/09/10/u...
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University faculty in the South report culture of fear, doxxing and threats • Louisiana Illuminator
A survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tomorrow in my Intro to Sociology course we’re talking about culture, power, and hegemony. I was going to show the Dodge Ram commercial that sampled Paul Harvey’s “So G-d Made a Farmer” speech but I may pivot to this instead, or at least work it in.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova….
diGenova just told me by phone when I asked about his abrupt exit:
"If you want indictments where there's no evidence, you have an ethical problem"
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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Really important thread
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