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Penny Edgell

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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Great article about how the loneliness epidemic is really concentrated among the poor, and gender differences are negligible. slate.com/life/2026/08...
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There Is No Male Loneliness Crisis. What’s Actually Happening Is So Much Darker.
The data tells a different story.
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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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No, I Don’t Want My Article Turned into a Podcast (opinion)
Scholars who don’t want Academia.edu to use AI to generate adaptations of their work should delete their accounts.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This one hits hard.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026
Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that their offices, alongside the Minnesota BCA, will pursue an independent investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
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Live: Minnesota officials rail against federal government taking over ICE shooting probe
Gov. Walz called for a day of unity. Federal and state officials clashed over the fatal shooting by an ICE agent as the FBI takes control of the investigation.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Via WCCO reporter Esme Murphy on X: "Unprecedented - ⁦@ag.state.mn.us ⁩ & Hennepin Co Attorney announce separate investigation into Renee Good’s killing after Feds kick Mn out of their investigation" x.com/esmemurphy/s...
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Unprecedented - @AGEllison & Hennepin Co
Attorney announce separate investigation into Renee Good's killing after Feds kick Mn out of their investigation
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OFFICE OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY F. MORIARTY COUNTY ATTORNEY
For immediate release: Jan. 9, 2026
Media contact: daniel.borgertpoepping@hennepin.us
Hennepin County Attorney's Office and Minnesota Attorney General's office announces effort to collect and preserve evidence to support investigation
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office (HCAO) and Minnesota Attorney General'S Office
(MNAGO) announced a joint effort to collect and preserve evidence to support investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.
After the FBI rescinded its cooperation agreement with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the HCAO and the MNAGO were in constant contact to determine a path forward that ensured necessary transparency for Minnesotans.
"Earlier this week, our community witnessed a horrific event on our streets. Some saw it ir person and many more have seen it circulating online," Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said. "I have been on the phone and in meetings with law enforcement, justice leaders and elected officials, discussing ways to ensure a thorough and transparent investigation can occur and be shared with our office."
Residents will be able to submit evidence via this QR code on the next page or through. link, which will be posted on social media and on our website. The most important ele of this situation is collecting and preserving the maximum amountAMEPIN COUAD
MARY F. MORIARTY COUNTY ATTORNEY
OFFICE OF THE HE COUNTY ATTORTE ATTORNEY
For immediate release: Jan. 9, 2026
Media contact: daniel.borgertpoepping@hennepin.us
Hennepin County Attorney's Office and Minnesota Attorney General's Office announces effort to collect and preserve evidence to support investigation
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office (HCAO) and Minnesota Attorney General's Office
(MNAGO) announced a joint effort to collect and preserve evidence to support investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.
After the FBI rescinded its cooperation agreement with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the HCAO and the MNAGO were in constant contact to determine a path forward that ensured necessary transparency for Minnesotans.
"Earlier this week, our community witnessed a horrific event on our streets. Some saw it ir person and many more have seen it circulating online," Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said. "I have been on the phone and in meetings with law enforcement, justice leaders and elected officials, discussing ways to ensure a thorough and transparent investigation can occur and be shared with our office."
Residents will be able to submit evidence via this QR code on the next page or through link, which will be posted on social media and on our website. The most important ele of this situation is collecting and preserving the maximum amount of evidence so a ca file can be as complete as possible.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/01/2026
Q: Is this ICE officer immune to charges? HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MORIARTY: I can't speak to why the Trump administration says what it says. I can say the ICE officer does not have complete immunity here.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you." That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
once again we are all tapping the sign
Claire Willett
@clairewillett

honestly the best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the "more emotional" gender for like, EONS, because they've successfully rebranded anger as Not An Emotion
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/01/2026
On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
good
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Hayes: The president was asked should they be sharing evidence—his response was no, because Minnesota's corrupt. Ellison: I will point out no president that I've ever heard of received a $400 million plane from a foreign country trying to curry favor with him, crypto deals, golf courses.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/01/2026
18 years ago, we started ProPublica to do hard-hitting, rigorous journalism that exposes wrongdoing and injustice. If you have a tip related to the Trump administration, we want to hear it. Here's how to contact our reporters securely: www.propublica.org/tips/
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How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/01/2026
rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 08/01/2026
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from—not toward—a federal officer when he opened fire." Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
TWO KEY IMAGES from Minneapolis. Left: The ICE shooter, who has crossed in front, draws his gun while the car is *in reverse.* Right: when he fires--note the smoke--neither foot is in front of the car. Fool thinks he's Wyatt Earp. Really, he's just another murderer.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/01/2026
As Trump reaches the end of the first year of his return to power, he and his lieutenants are demonstrating their willingness to deploy force beyond its legitimate use to achieve their aims. The warning is clear and intentional: We are violent. Beware.
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The Trump doctrine: Violence is us
The message is clear—be afraid.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
"They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head."
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries.
"We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.
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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Tell @wearehighered.bsky.social about what's happening on YOUR campus with the attacks on higher ed. We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest? And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better. www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker
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Campus Tracker — We Are Higher Ed
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
I think I just experienced the most engaging and theoretically impressive presidential address in my career from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social at the annual meeting for the @sssreligion.bsky.social. Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
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Enes Ataç @ienesatac.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Thrilled to share that our paper (w/ @garyadler.bsky.social) in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the Distinguished Article Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social!
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Well-deserved!! Be sure to check out Sam’s latest award winning book.
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Gary Adler @garyadler.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Research + teaching + student = great partnership. Also why I love my job @pennstateuniv.bsky.social Keep an eye on @ienesatac.bsky.social! It was a fun weekend at @sssreligion.bsky.social
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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Ready to present awards tonight for best book, article, and Student paper for @sssreligion.bsky.social, #SSSR_RRA2025
Smiling woman in dark jacket wearing glasses
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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
It's fun to show off my town, site of #SSSR_RRA2025
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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 28/10/2025
Hello! I'm coming up from the dissertation bunker to say that if you will be at SSSR I'll be putting together some fun Bluesky content with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social for the @asareligion.bsky.social account. COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. We'd love to amplify some voices.
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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
This year's Presidential Address 'Religion and the Restructuring of American Politics' will be delivered by Ruth Braunstein during the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting. The Plenary Session & SSSR Awards Ceremony will be held Nov. 1, from 5:45 PM to 7 PM. #Religion sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
Religion and the Restructuring of American Politics, Ruth Braunstein
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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Worth a read. All of the rhetoric up to now has been designed to confuse and distract. To create an inflated sense of crisis and shock, to upset people so that they can't keep their eye on the ball. The ball here being actual authoritarian crackdown. It's here.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 09/10/2025
I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges
Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.
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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
What a great research experience with two incredible young scholars of American religion. So excited the research is finally in print for the world to see!
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2025
While some MAHA activists appeared to be overjoyed that the president had brought their cause to a national stage, many were frustrated that it was Tylenol—and not vaccines—that took the brunt of the blame. “This Tylenol thing stinks to high heaven.”
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Anti-vax groups struggle to explain how Tylenol fits in with their whole thing
The White House's very weird autism announcement triggers a moment of opportunity and crisis.
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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Agree, it's a magical movie.
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Minnesota DFL Party @dfl.org · 29/03/2025
A message from our new Chair, Richard Carlbom: "I've met with Democrats across Minnesota who are ready to fight back — and my promise to you, as your Chair, is that's exactly what the Minnesota DFL is going to do."
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
God willing if I haven’t been sent to the fields for dear leader and the creek don’t rise, I will do this:
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AAUP @aaup.org · 03/09/2025
BOOM💥💥💥
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
District and appellate courts, I think fairly, keep asking the Supreme Court to clarify what they actually mean—i.e. "If the new rule is that the Trump admin can never lose then you have to say that" and the Supreme Court keeps being like "No, you're supposed to just do it without us having to say."
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I should also shout out Hakeem Jefferson. NOW I’m fini. (This was supposed to be a little coffee break post.) cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people/hakee...
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Hakeem Jefferson
Hakeem Jefferson is an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University where he is also a faculty affiliate with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and the Stanfo...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Oh! I was remiss in not pointing you towards Corey Fields’ work. Now, I’m fini. news.stanford.edu/stories/2016...
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African Americans in the Republican Party represent a range of political thinking, Stanford research shows
Sociologist Corey D. Fields finds that some African-American Republicans see issues of race and racism as more of a problem in America than others.
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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
History will remember these consultants, and the Democratic Party leaders who listened to them, as collaborators. And not in a good "let's collaborate on a creative project" way.
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Ashaa 🐦‍⬛ (Soma) @coyote.band · 03/09/2025
centrist dem consultants in NYC love to LARP as "Real American Whisperers," meanwhile Midwest dem governors are the ones with a clear-eyed view of fighting fascism
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Lisa H. Sideris @lsideris.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Is climate change a religion? Here's my latest OpEd in #TheHill on the EPA's pathetic attempt to dodge science and overturn the #EndangermentFinding. #OpEdProject #PublicVoicesFellowship thehill.com/opinion/ener...
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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Great panel, featuring Lena Kunjan of @umnsociology.bsky.social
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Hello Chicago! Heading up my third annual symposium on Race and Religion at the Association for the Sociology of Religion meeting tomorrow. Then over to #ASA2025 for a dope panel on the future of work for disabled workers. Can’t wait to see everyone!
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
FAME! IM GONNA LIVE FOREVER IM GONNA LEARN HOW TO FLY
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UMN Sociology @umnsociology.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
📢 Get ready for ASA this weekend! Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting during the Saturday afternoon sessions! #ASA2025 @umnsociology.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social
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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Get ready for some great sessions at #ASA2025 by folks from @umnsociology.bsky.social
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