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#MeToo exposed the fact that many, many powerful men abuse women as a lifestyle. Looking back, I fear the lesson we've learned is that we're okay with that.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/09/2026

This is crap for two reasons. 1: polls show, clear majorities of all parties support expanding childcare access 2: if parents are wary of childcare, it's because Reps spent four decades vilifying employed moms, stoking false fears of daycare, and underfunding programs in ways that limit care quality

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"biology textbook authors describe plant reproduction through a set of habitually repeated stories that reliably draw on conventional gender stereotypes, reflecting those found in mainstream accounts of human reproduction. In doing so, they cast male plants and plant parts as active heroes..."

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

All the news about the Cornell 7 has inspired some folks, like the fantastic @jessicavalenti.bsky.social, to re-up their calls for banning historically White fraternities. 10 years ago I reviewed the history of these orgs, arguing they were un-reformable. I stand by my argument. In my new book...

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Why Colleges Should Get Rid of Fraternities for Good

'Reform is simply not possible'

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Everything is gender part n of N. goodauthority.org/news/republi...

Graph showing diverging opinions by party about whether “society as a whole has become too soft and feminine”.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's official! I'll be giving a talk to launch my new book at Octavia Books on Dec 8! EXPOSED: A COLLEGE IN CRISIS PUTS SCIENCE TO THE TEST is about the folly of leading w/ science and tech alone, w/ a rompish case study featuring students on campus during Covid. From @wwnorton.com! Link below!

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Exposed: A College in Crisis Puts Science to the Test | Lisa Wade, PhD

For half a century, Americans have been told that science and technology is the future. We invested in the so-called “hard sciences,” while casting the “soft sciences” as

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"If Rubin were actually sincere about not having sufficient evidence to make sweeping claims about the discipline, then she would not make such sweeping claims about the discipline. Yet she does. Over and over again." @juliango.bsky.social on the U Chicago responses to the Rubin report on sociology.

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guest post: scholarly malpractice and the vanderbilt-washington university report on sociology

The following is a guest post by Julian Go. By now readers of scatterplot will be aware of the Sociology portion of the Vanderbilt-Washington University Report (VWUR) by Ashley Rubin. Part of the “…

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Study finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH funding Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives www.science.org/content/arti...

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Study finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH funding

Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s very simple. AI isn’t independent or autonomous. It’s a tool being specifically programmed to commit crimes against humans and against rival businesses. But the fantasy of autonomy is an incredible facade that means total deniability and our political and media classes have already bought in.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This 🧵 will have readings that I assign in my Sociology of AI class.

A flyer for the class Sociology of AI

The overview says: SOC 3900 Sociology of AI uses a sociological lens to study what is popularly called "artificial intelligence." In this class students will learn about cutting edge research examining the origins, impacts, and struggles over the broad set of technologies and practices involving AI. Through an international focus, this class will cover numerous topics related to AI, including: gig work, algorithmic bias, data colonialism, resource extraction, digital labor, data center studies, and environmental and climate effects. This class will primarily focus on sociological research, but will also include scholarship from geography, history, international studies, and environmental studies, as well as other social scientific and humanistic disciplines. No prior knowledge of AI is required for this class

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her school

Norman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine.

Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On this day in 1967, the National Organization for Women protested the @nytimes.com for sex-segregating its help wanted ads. The protestors’ signs declared: “Women can think as well as type.” Meanwhile, the Times contended that its policy “helps achieve full employment.” #WeTheMen

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Michel Estefan @mestefan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Which do you think is a stronger indicator of people’s trust in universities: what people say (better yet, what some say other people say)or what people do? 🤔

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The College Backlash Is a Mirage

Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the value of a degree—but enrollment keeps going up.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is why it's great seeing so many local movements using a multitude of delay tactics against data center construction.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's never a bad time to remind ourselves that many flight attendants are not paid, or only paid a % of their wages, for time spent waiting on delays, even flights that get cancelled. So, when passengers are getting screwed, so are they. Be kind. #asa2026 #airtravel

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Sociology, too! None of my outlines have ever survived the process of writing. I'm always surprised and often delighted by where the process takes me. It's one of the frustrations and joys of an intellectual life. #sociology #socpeptalks

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Pamela Toler (she/her) @pdtoler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

One of the best parts of being a historian? Changing my mind. Sometimes one letter or one newspaper article sends me back to rethink everything I thought I knew. That's not failure. That's good history. 🗃️

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 11/08/2026

Disgusted on behalf of all the good people at Census whose work is just trashed by this buffoonery. These reasons to exclude "deportable" immigrants and not ask race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation questions are laughable and also awful. Linked here: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/read-a-...

In particular, the Census Bureau finds merit in the interpretive argument outlined above

and has preliminarily determined that, under the best reading of the Constitutional mandate,

illegal aliens (among others) should not be included in the apportionment count, as they are not

true inhabitants, members of the body politics, or persons with a "usual residence" in the United

States due to their lack of a sufficient tie and allegiance to the United States. Additionally and/or

in the alternative, the Census Bureau has preliminarily determined, after revisiting and reviewing

the applicable law, that excluding illegal aliens (among others) from the apportionment count is a

lawful and appropriate exercise of the Census Bureau's discretion under 13 U.S.C. 141,

Franklin v. Massachusetts, and all other applicable law.

For all these reasons, the Census Bureau is re-evaluating the proper role of these

demographic questions and proposes to establish, by regulation, the standards articulated below,

which would prohibit the inclusion of questions about race and ethnicity or sexual orientation on

the decennial census short-form questionnaire or any questionnaire used for purposes of the

enumeration. Excluding such questions from the decennial census in this manner would reduce

response burden as well as the risk of disclosure.8 Reducing response burden is expected to

increase response rate and thus enable the Census Bureau to obtain a more complete population

count directly from respondents, which helps ensure fairer political representation. Simplifying

the short-form questionnaire in this manner conforms to the Census Bureau's responsibilities

under the Privacy Act,9 the Paperwork Reduction Act,10 and The Census Act.11

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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There is something very satisfying about rewriting text over and over again and finally getting the story right! No AI program can replace that process. And you are cheating yourself when you try and skip the process. You learn what you are trying to say by rewriting.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Okay everybody! It's official! New book comes out in December. It's about the value of sociology to science, with a case study following college students who return to school in person during Covid armed with top notch biomedical resources. Available for preorder! #asa2026 #newbook @wwnorton.com

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It would, once again, be great if WI electeds and others would stop unconsciously repeating myths about millionaire tax flight and instead consult the scholarship on this non-phenomenon: www.sup.org/books/sociol...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 07/08/2026

Sociology friends! If you're headed to #ASA2026, join me for two events for Holding It Together--a book salon on Saturday featuring Allison Daminger, Dawn Dow, Dan Hirschman, Jennifer Randles, and Jaclyn Wong, and a book signing/chat on Sunday at the PRH booth. I'd love to see you there!

Book Salon: Saturday, August 8, 2-3:30pm Eastern, Sheraton, Metropolitan Ballroom West

Book Signing: Sunday, August 9, 3-4pm at the PRH booth, following similar events for Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve on Saturday and for Stefan Timmermans on Sunday

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Word not used in this article: bioterrorism.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is true. And the answer is more feminism.

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Gayle Kaufman @gaylekaufman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

📣 We are hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in sociology at Davidson College! Could this be your dream job? I'm open to chatting about teaching at a liberal arts college and this position. Just message or email me : ) careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311603/...

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Tenure Track Assistant Professor - Sociology - Davidson, North Carolina job with Davidson College | 1311603

Tenure Track Assistant Professor - Sociology The Sociology department at Davidson College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Profe...

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 03/08/2026

In our information ecosystem accuracy is a liability that constrains your ability to garner attention much more than it rewards you for being trustworthy.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/07/2026

The only thing that the Fauci hearing reinforced is that if another pandemic happens under the current leadership, we’re cooked.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 31/07/2026

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support changing the voting system so the candidate with the most votes wins. Majorities have supported this change since 2000. 📜What other constitutional changes do you think Americans support? #USConstitution #ElectoralCollege

Chart showing by a wide margin, Americans want popular vote – not Electoral College – to decide who is president

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Ryan Hagen @alltheshapes.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The journal article is paywalled but I wrote a post summarizing it, about how society is shaped by the distributed work we all do when we find ourselves wrong-footed by events.

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The Invisible Heel

How we shape the world when things get out of hand

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Musa al-Gharbi @musaalgharbi.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Saida Grundy believes in sociology as a weapon. Yet, weapons can famously be used by anyone, often in ways contrary to the intent of their owners: americanprogress.org/article/debu... Today, sociology *is* being weaponized... by the political right, against academia and social research writ large.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 25/07/2026

I keep forgetting to promote the entire book I wrote about this, published last year! cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen...

Citizen Scholar
Public
Engagement for Social Scientists
Philip N. Cohen

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Sociology is amazing. Our biggest problem is bad-faith actors who maliciously spurn the field because we teach people how societies work and they'd rather we all stay in the dark. Not today, Satan!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The president who's been widely accused of sexual assault is calling military strikes on civilians "love taps" and "bitch slaps," but please remember that gender studies is a useless field these days.

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Exclusive | Trump resolved to carry out Iran ‘bitch slap’ for as long as it takes: ‘New hard line’

How long the bombing campaign lasts is based heavily on Iran’s response, sources told The Post.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

As many experience lethal, unlivable heat, it's a good time to remember that there is no such thing as a climate refugee under the law. Climate breakdown was not understood when the UN convention was written. In the US, there is one way for extreme weather to be the basis for legal status: TPS.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”

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‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

45 years ago today. Buried on page 20 on a holiday Friday just like this one, news that changed the world. www.nytimes.com/1981/07/03/u...

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RARE CANCER SEEN IN 41 HOMOSEXUALS (Published 1981)

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Liberating Motherhood @liberatemotherhood.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Kate Manne and I just released a podcast about strangulation during sex. Many women do not realize that there is no safe way to do this, and many believe they do not have the right to say no. This is potentially lethal violence masquerading as sexuality. zawn.substack.com/p/kate-manne...

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Kate Manne: Sexual Strangulation and the Illusion of Choice in Patriarchy

Why is patriarchy so focused on getting women to 'consent' to things that harm them?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Also let me recommend historian Annette Gordon Reed’s “On Juneteenth” for your summer reading list. I felt vindicated reading that Reed, a Texan, always saw Juneteenth as a Texas celebration. Her dive into the complicated history of Texas, slavery, integration & this holiday is riveting.

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