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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My Minnesota friends have already seen this, but I keep thinking about it and want more people outside our state to, too.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Even as a fan of layers, there is no fucking way I’m doing the “Steve Bannon look” and I will be ruthless with anyone who does

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Baudrillard: "It is no longer a question of imitation, nor of reduplication, nor even of parody. It is rather a question of substituting signs of the real for the real itself... Never again will the real have to be produced: this is the vital function of the model in a system of death"

The "secretary of war" wearing a shirt that says "THIS IS WAR" while PTing in a stadium in Texas, which is not war

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Ed Sheeran: you know, I also sold out

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was thinking about UMN’s Washington Avenue bridge, which used to have panels painted by student groups. I loved them. Sent pics of the nerdy ones to my (then) pre-college kids. This generation of students won’t even remember them. So here’s a great memorial/explainer racketmn.com/university-o...

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The U of M Quietly Killed the 'Paint the Bridge' Tradition - Racket

The decades-long ritual of student groups painting the Washington Avenue Bridge ended in 2021.

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Christian Fitchett @cfitchett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey Dr. Bill, I know you think of @mnufc as a public good, like a park. But did you know that even with parks if you don’t water the grass it dies? MNUFC

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 27/09/2026

I'm just happy/sad/thankful/angry that the Strait is open/closed/partially open/mostly closed so that the tankers can/can't traverse through it I'm really tired of/happy about all the winning/mostly winning/some winning we're doing every day/week/month in the war/not war/conflict in Iran

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As a child of the ‘70s, I gotta tell you we messed up bad by taking our eyes off of The Man and spending precious years battling Sucker MCs instead.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Georg Simmel in 2026 (probably): "The opposite of disapproval is not approval; it is indifference."

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Planning the 2030 Census is well underway, w/ unprecedented interference from Trump admin by, e.g., trying to affect who is counted, gutting ranks of nonpartisan civil servants & scientists, & shifting decisions to appointees. By law, Congress controls the Census & could protect it. If they cared.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

what did congress say

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Lauren Valentino @sociologylauren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

UNC Sociology is hiring! 🐏 We're looking for someone at assistant or associate level in ANY area, willing to teach in our dept's Management & Society program (i.e. courses on organizations, work and occupations, economic sociology, social psychology, non-profits, work and family, AI and work, etc).

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Assistant or Associate Professor

The Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for an Assistant or Associate (tenure-track or tenured) faculty position to begin July 1, 2027. We w...

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bested by Sporting KC…that’s a bitter, bitter pill for a Minnesota fan.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tbh that’s more of a statement. “Why are you so terrible?” — now that’s a question.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Or adopt a losing song. “I Will Dare” maybe.

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Okay so we are ahead at the half. Can we sing like a Blur song to celebrate? #mnufc

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Somehow, still true. Only 5 more chances in the season.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And again…https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mvoaqk2q2523

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There was a time, not so long ago, when Republicans revered Adam Smith.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

ICE agent Christian Castro lied about shooting someone, fled to Texas where he was sheltered from extradition by Greg Abbott, then was indicted on federal charges, and now is under arrest in Minnesota facing state charges. He will now appear in state court one day ahead of his federal court case.

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ICE agent wanted in Metro Surge shooting is booked into Hennepin County Jail

Christian Castro will now appear in state court one day ahead of his federal court proceedings.

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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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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sankey is also the common standard for most beer keg connections. If you follow the lines from there you can also see large populations making terrible decisions.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“The numbers are great if you discount all the people who don’t trust me” may or may not work as politics, but it sure doesn’t work as economics.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Never believed I’d grow up only to live in. A world full of Chets.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I did renew… I despair over some aspects of the organization, but I also see its role in other ways. (And I think Rory McVeigh is a gem of a human). It mostly I was laughing bc at ASA this year I saw the 30 year member ribbon badge stickers and I thought “why,surely not ME.”

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This puts the meager-to-non-existent #MNUFC spending amount over the past three windows into even starker contrast. MLS has changed; the Loons have not.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Edit...I meant *distinguished* elder scholar

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The American Sociological Association sent me a nice note to remind me that I am now an <ahem> elder scholar

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The last regular league match Minnesota United won at home was on April 18 (v Portland). #MNUFC. COME ON YOU LOONS.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In other news, America has now reached early 1980s Albania levels of political isolation and mad-king craziness. Congrats to us.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Any legitimate president would know that Erie is the true metaphor for modern America.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

15+ years later, my family still says “denouement” in his purring accent to each other

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One of the highlights of fatherhood for me was listening w my kids to the Lemony Snicket audiobooks narrated by Tim Curry. The absolutely correct amount of arch (ie 100). Absolutely worth a guilty pleasure listen if you haven’t heard them.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

White House today (probably): “Let’s remember the extraordinary life of Porter Wagoner”

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A Dolly Parton song is 2 mins 30 seconds of bliss and tears. A record side might stretch to 18 minutes. None of this endless noodling for her.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

They're playing "9 to 5" at halftime of the Cardiff-Norwich match. RIP Dolly 😢

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 25/08/2026

National Review writer apparently unaware that men also go to Planned Parenthood for STI testing and treatment and PrEP

Screenshot from National review:

The legislation is instructive in making clear something anyone who has spent time around Planned Parenthoods in the past few years is well aware of: They are not just about ending parenthood - I myself have seen plenty of men walk in without women, presumably for gender-transition help.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/08/dont-believe-the-dems-dark-abortion-hysterics/

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Once again, congratulations to Wharton Business School. You must be so proud.

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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Two things can be true. 1) MNUFC invest in their roster at a bottom-third rate. Winning requires a good hit-rate on intl signings + good player development. 2) Even considering budget, El-Ahmad's marquee signing was a shirt-selling gimmick and his roster is worse than what he inherited in Nov 2023.

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Zero sociology awards from the NSF. It's effectively gone. (Including, but not limited, to the ASA Dissertation awards.)

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Might Scare-ger @mikesager.net · 20/08/2026

I'm sorry. The Denver Republican party is run by a dude named Hugo Chavez and he's in trouble because he won't back a candidate named Marx?

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Sam G @samthegeek.net · 19/08/2026

The big takeaway here is that no matter how much the cops try to infiltrate, bait, and cajole protestors into illegal behavior they keep finding mild-mannered people who care about their neighbors.

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

IMO, it was a weird misreading of the article and of the intent on both sides. It’s too soon! It would be awkward for everyone. And there’s intercontinental travel involved in any case.

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