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Nathan Katz

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Sociologist at LA Tech I study punk stuff and electoral politics. Generally not togther All opinions expressed do not reflect my institution. Nor are they all my own. Some are orders from the worm in RFK Jr.'s brain allmylinks.com/nkatz

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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 22h
Heading home from my first book talk at #wazzu! Thanks to the Foley Institute for having me and all the amazing students. Such a gorgeous view and the bear center was pretty cool too. It was a talk on campaign fiance but as a punk scholar Im required to include obligatory photos of the record haul.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 30/09/2026
Donald Trump is demanding the propagandistic TV ads, even as some of his aides fret they ‘obviously’ break federal law. Missouri MAGA Senator Eric Schmitt, meanwhile, makes a fool of himself. Read today's 'First Draft' by @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trumps-whi...
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Somewhere along the way while playing Mario party my girlfriend and I decided Donkey Kong was Joe Rogan. Today we decided Wario is Seb Gorka. Worst of all he is winning
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The Lever @levernews.com · 25/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI’s president and his wife gave $25 million to Trump’s super PAC — and three months later, a federal rule requiring AI companies to disclose their most dangerous experiments was withdrawn.
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The new blitzkid album got here early and is so damn good. Between this, what I know is in the mail and stopping at record stores during my book tour I am eating very well this quarter
A copy of Modern Hel by Blitzkid on vinyl
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Why couldnt they stick to the old ways and just be a way for students to illegally download books
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In intro to Soc today my students read social mechanism by Hedstrom and Swedberg. After class a student called it "the most interesting boring thing they have ever read." This may be my favorite comment about a reading yet. #Sociology #academicsky
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Fun fact about FEC data on the senate midterms: if you try to download independent expenditure records in csv format ALL records are listed as "opposing" candidates even if the individual filings say otherwise
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We are in the “you can’t learn that anymore” stage of fascism, for anyone still keeping track.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#ELB: BREAKING: The USPS rule is blocked again electionlawblog.org/2026/breaking-t…
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look. On why the press looks away:
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The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side
This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
First Gary, now Memphis. The folks who run Shreveport want Shreveport to be next
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
All of this is happening as we (the poors) are getting a new AI center at tech. I'm sticking to anti-tech policies in most of my smaller classes. But how to balance this and the long term projects I do well with/students need to learn I am not too sure about.
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Zero new NSF grants in sociology, anthropology, political science and economics. The agenda of this US govt is to stop documenting the society in which we live while they are destroying it. We will find other ways to track and explain our times and fight to restore our research funding.
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The joy I get from seeing every facebook/Instagram post about the soap girls tour collapsing cannot be understated
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 20/08/2026
"At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, far-right leaders mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes." #Newsmatters www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...
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As Local News Dies, White Nationalists See an Opening
At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, far-right leaders mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes.
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
While I think we all know the demon hunters/#kpopdemonhunters lawsuit is a publicity stunt and its generally a good idea to go against the corporate overlords... I think it would be REALLY funny if the band lost and was forced to change their name
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
On the one hand it wasn't super helpful for my research. On the other hand I now have a really cool piece of punk history
The cover of issue #14 of the punk zine alternative sounds
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The reason I feel so drained today is because every time we pass a Mike Johnson sign on the road a little bit more of my life force is drained away
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Air quotes Dungeon crawler Sub-niche World builder EP
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 29/07/2026
A decade ago, Facebook was so worried about rising misinformation that it paid various news outlets to hire writers specifically tasked with publishing Snopes-like fact-checks. Today, the company is leaping into bed with a purveyor of misinformation to toy with a tool known for getting facts wrong.
The top part of a Newsmax press release dated 28 July 2026 headlined "Newsmax and Meta Enter AI Content Partnership." The screenshotted text of the press release reads:

BOCA RATON, FL / ACCESS Newswire / July 28, 2026 / Newsmax Inc. (NYSE:NMAX) ("Newsmax" or the "Company") announced today that the Company has entered into an AI content partnership with Meta Platforms ("Meta").

Under the agreement, Meta will have access to Newsmax's digital news content. Meta will be able to draw upon Newsmax's significant current reporting as well as archived content across its platforms to support AI queries across Meta's apps and devices.

"Newsmax applauds the significant resources Meta is putting into AI to keep America at the forefront of this emerging technology," commented Chris Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax. "We are pleased to work with Meta to help ensure users have access to timely, high-quality journalism through AI technologies."
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Does anyone else feel like they are getting an influx of emails from predatory publishers? I'm used to getting a wave after I get a new article out but over the last few months it seems like I have been getting 4-5 a day #Sociology #academicsky #pleasemakeitstop
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Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda @krishna-author.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
#booksky #books #Kindleunlimited #thriller #suspense #romance #novels #geopolitical #mythological #darkromance #women #contemporary #fiction #fantasy #crime #amazon #sifi #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #author #readers #indie
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Co-signing here and I wish just *one* of these articles would point out the history of authoritarian regimes attacking sociology specifically because it makes authoritarians uncomfortable.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026
Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Booing Donald Trump is the closest thing to a national anthem for the world.
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Craig Peters @lohaddotcom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We live in THE most insane timeline.
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God @thegodshow.com · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham died the way he lived, as a minor distraction from Mitch McConnell
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
For years when going over comparative/historical methods with my students I've talked about how the biggest perk of the approach is that the dead don't talk
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HSNBRG @hsnberg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I'm not even religious and even I know that Trump is the antichrist.
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Yes, I did grab this @verucasaltband.bsky.social on discogs because of x-men 97. Since it needed padding they sent this double album too. Amazing. If only my power wasn't out so I could listen
Eight arms to hold you by Veruca Salt on vinylJoe Cocker mad dogs & Englishman jacket front First inner fold or vinyl jacket Second fold of vinyl jacket
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Mitch McConnell is as down as the power line in our front yard after this storm
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A fun gift from my girlfriend is finally completed!
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Despite all the horrors of the day... I've completed the shitty rough draft of the first chapter of my next book!
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This just in Supreme Court chooses to amp up party-clientelism and limit political discourse in NRSC v FEC ruling. Expect something written on this by the end of the week
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"Across countries & within the US, the same relationship appears: In places of concentrated wealth, individuals’ willingness to help others and engage in volunteerism tends to decrease." Important work by @schechtlm.eurosky.social & colleagues in @contexts.org. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Picture of an article in Contexts, a publication of the American Sociological Association. Article is titled 'Wealth Concentration and Prosocial Behavior in Everyday Life' by Manuel Schechtl, Nhat an Trinh, Rafael Carranza, & Fabian Pfeffer.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
1. A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).
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UPDATE: The money behind a network of sham “progressive” super PACs
A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
SCOTUS has evolved from asking if corporations have civil rights to asserting that only corporations have civil rights. Seems bad.
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Nathan Katz @nathankatz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Just yesterday I saw a reel asking "what happened to all the people talking about drinking raw milk?" Apparently they went to Louisiana
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
In November, Montana voters will vote on a ballot measure that would ban corporations and trade associations from spending money to corruptly influence the state's elections. Hawaii was first and Montana might be next.
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Midterm Madness: Have Super PACs Met Their Match?
A plan that would make it illegal for corporations to spend on elections will appear on Montana’s ballot this November.
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Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“Sociology has no easy answers. Also, Reagan did it.”
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Ashleigh @vinylgeek.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I proudly present to you the reason for my mental wellbeing and my financial ruin 🫡 Vinyl Rules 🙌
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