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seasonally appropriate ghost of kate b. @katebitz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

what is wrong with people

Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It’s been much joy thinking about pickup sports with @dtrouille.bsky.social over the years! (Excited to read his latest on agricultural labor too.)

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

If they stumble onto a copy of Michelle Remembers in the forest they must take a wisdom role to avoid the pull of the forest. Still pleased.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

My student in Deviant Behavior did their final project on the Satanic Panic by creating a playable D&D game where players travel through the Forest of Moral Panic in search of the Idol of Norm. I am pleased.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Also fascinating to compare with the current approach by ICE which has (with backing from the courts) given up on any modest commitment to color blindness. Good ethnography becomes history.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

“Enrollments are down again this year, but we are building another new building, just in case our enrollments go up.”

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

My 7yo daughter giving her grandmother a detailed breakdown of the symbolism of Tyrese Haliburton's "choke" celebration. Needed a reminder of Reggie Miller's name. But ended with detailed instructions about how to perform the celly yourself. "Put one hand over the other like this."

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

A place is a self fulfilling prophecy. Urban real estate tycoons used to know this when they sold bold visions of a place to the opposite end of 1000 mile railroad line

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I understand downtown business leaders fears about parking taxes. But I think they also lose sight of the fact that surface parking saps the life out of downtown. Empty dead space makes it an unappealing place to go, stroll, mingle, and.... spend.

spokesman.com

Downtown Spokane community responds to proposed 12% parking tax

Business leaders spoke out Monday night in opposition to a proposed 12% commercial parking tax under consideration by the Spokane City Council.

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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 18/10/2025

It’s so funny that for the past week republicans have all been like “the only people out there are gonna be Hamas.” Everyone in this crowd is signed up for Kohl’s rewards points.

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Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Qualitative Sociology @qualsoc.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Qualitative Sociology honors the life of Bob Emerson with a special tribute in our latest issue. Bob was a dedicated ethnographer and one of the discipline's greatest teachers, training generations of students in the craft of field research. [1/2]

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Dude thinks that he sounds sophisticated by mixing the word lethality with JV sports clichés

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The other essays in the issue discuss Bob's impact on Swedish sociology and on justice/policy research. link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It was an honor to be part of a tribute to my late professor Bob Emerson in the latest issue of Qualitative Sociology. Bob was a humble and kind man, a clear thinker, and a rigorous and incisive ethnographer. The tribute was organized by Bob's student Leslie Paik.

link.springer.com

Tribute to Robert M. Emerson - Qualitative Sociology

This special section honors and reflects upon the legacy of Robert M. Emerson, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), who passed away on December 18, 2023...

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Spreading the word again for TT job call in #criminology and #sociology at Gonzaga. And when class is over come wander Spokane’s magical flower gardens.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Long summer Spokane days are great. Glad you enjoyed with some fry bread!

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Ian Kennedy (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️ @handle.invalid · 31/07/2025

I was just in Spokane this weekend, and it is beautiful there. I also ate really excellent frybread (from Indigenous Eats). Oh, and there's a sociology job there at Gonzaga!

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Spokane is Washington's second biggest city with a rich urban history. Huge waterfalls in downtown park. Close to nature, hiking, skiing. Distinct neighborhood cultures. Relatively affordable housing. Food/beer/coffee/music scene gets better every year.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Gonzaga is in Spokane, WA. Basketball made us a name brand and we do love our men's and women's teams. But we also have an excellent reputation as a teaching university. Lots of creative and passionate teacher/scholars working together in a mission driven context.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived). We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!

employment.gonzaga.edu

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology - Gonzaga Main Campus, Washington, United States

Title: Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology Area: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Sociology and Criminology Telework Availability: On-campus Position Employee Classification: Tenure...

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Oh phew, it wasn't a kidnapping. It was just... a kidnapping? www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

My deepest learning came in an apprenticeship relationship rather than a faceless trial where I competed for points in an educational machine. I'd rather figure out how to scale humanistic mentorship relationships than lean back on a point economy as a stand-in for real learning.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

But I balked at his use of "grade inflation" as an indicator of a watered down education. Using a system that differentiates between 89.4% and 90.3% turns the classroom into a point economy. And incentivizes gamesmanship rather than learning.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Really good piece on the importance of liberal arts education. Well rounded higher ed is so key protecting against a future susceptible to the ravages of disinformation, fascism.

nytimes.com

Opinion | I’m Watching the Sacrifice of College’s Soul

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I just finished re-reading Telander's Heaven is a Playground. And we're a long way away from Rodney making calls selling middling Brooklyn playground ballers to JuCos in middle America.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

History of Chavez Ravine comes full circle

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Happy pride and no kings day in Spokane, WA. Many thousands turned out in a purple city of 220K.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Right. As soon as campaign season was over, the definition of crime became existing here without documents. Or with documents that the administration prefers not to respect.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

This looks so great! I think people tend to think of LA's suburbs as homogenous, white, and wealthy. They've probably never been to Antelope Valley. I'm excited to go there with Rahim.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

In Santa Monica the “east side” means inland of Lincoln Blvd

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Grabbed it for $16. Can't wait to read one of my favorite ethnographer's foray into fiction writing.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

LOVE LEARNING. DO IT NOW OR ELSE

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Is it just me or does Hegseth say the word “lethality” every other sentence?

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

If I understand correctly Trader Joe’s is ripping me off because they sell me tortillas and cheese but never buy the quesadillas I make.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Political polarization in the beer koozie aisle.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Rooftop waterfall views let’s goooo

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

“How can we get the mainstream media to believe that we’re really good war planners?” “I have an idea!” youtu.be/XoBStxp7LSo?...

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Funkhouser's accidental text on purpose (better audio)

YouTube video by The Creative Commoner

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Most years I cave to social pressure and fill out a bracket. I get little joy from it and despise the research that would be necessary to do well. And then I enjoy watching games less because of it. I’m a couple hours away from going into the tourney with no bracket. I think I’m gonna make it.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Even in the past when I had time to follow college hoops more closely, I knew almost nothing about 75% of the teams. Now it’s way less. So I guess randomly. And then when I turn a game on I’ve obligated myself. I’d rather watch with an openness to loving either team or both teams.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I love March madness but hate filling out brackets.

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