Reposted by Peter Malloryderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making. 11986971004
Reposted by Peter MalloryTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I really struggle with the idea that all we need is love and the internet to build community. I don’t know how we failed the next generation so badly on this but yall materiality matters. Very much. 1071199
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 24/08/2026No, AI Bot, I would not like you to provide a detailed analysis of these Seamus Heaney poems 021
Reposted by Peter MalloryAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Part of why I wrote my book The Age of Insecurity was to get at some of the economic dynamics now being weaponized against some parts of the socialist left. Yes, “middle class" (hard to define), professionals, and even affluent folks are in DSA. That’s good! 🧵 729749
Reposted by Peter MalloryWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 04/08/2026De-skilling humans in the navigation of everyday public interaction 11911
Reposted by Peter MalloryMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The “wellness” space was already a snake oil cesspool and AI is apparently making it even worse. There’s a churning confluence of class, gender, and politics here that make this particularly poisonous and dangerousnytimes.comVideo: The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your FeedThe New York Times found hundreds of A.I.-generated doctors, healers and wellness influencers on social media touting the health benefits of supplements to American consumers. Many of these hyperreali... 011045
Reposted by Peter MallorySeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Prior to being elected prime minister, Carney dubbed climate change “an existential threat.” Yet last week, he called the plan to fight climate change “unsustainable over the long term” & “too expensive.” @chrishatch.bsky.social on the new Carney doctrine. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/06/o...nationalobserver.comMark Carney's new climate doctrinePrior to being elected prime minister, Carney dubbed climate change “an existential threat.” This week, he was calling the plan to fight climate change “unsustainable over the long term” and “too expe... 1714172
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Maybe one tech model for AI might be the microwave? People thought it would change everything about cooking. But then realized faster but terrible isn’t worth it. Perhaps we’re just living through the AI version of microwaving a turkey? 010
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 22/06/2026If you use AI to write emails, you can save a lot of time by having no friends 010
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Just learned students use the robots to come up with things to say during class discussions, and oh man, what are we even all doing together 030
Reposted by Peter MalloryStFX Department of Sociology @stfxsociology.bsky.social · 11/06/2026A wonderful roundtable discussion today at the CSA annual conference featuring authors of the edited collection, Critical Friendship in the Modern World, edited by Laura Eramian (Dalhousie) & Peter Mallory (StFX) 📚 www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... 021
Reposted by Peter MalloryStFX Department of Sociology @stfxsociology.bsky.social · 08/06/2026To everyone in Halifax for the @csa-scs.bsky.social conference, please join StFX's @pmallory.bsky.social for the Jean-Sébastien Guy Memorial Lecture, titled "Theoretical Approaches to Therapy Culture" on Tuesday, June 9th at 2:30 pm in Rowe #1011 cdn.dal.ca/content/dam/...cdn.dal.ca 033
Reposted by Peter MalloryNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 25/05/2026This is evil collective punishment. 5536711222
Reposted by Peter MalloryNick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 17/05/2026An auditor for the Ontario, Canada government found that AI agents tasked with turning doctor/patient conversations into structured notes routinely hallucinated false treatments, replaced drug names with entirely different drugs, and missed crucial information 301177539
Reposted by Peter MalloryOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18/04/2026some things about becoming a parent are radicalizing in ways I expected - e.g being reminded viscerally how screwed we'd all be if childcare and other care work disappeared. but other things are radicalizing in ways I didn't - like experiencing constant spontaneous solidarity in ways big and small 362774239
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Received this lovely box of books in the mail! I learned so much working with these fantastic authors www.cambridge.org/ca/universit... 000
Reposted by Peter MalloryNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Fascinating new study about men’s friendships. There’s a lot of evidence here that the “male loneliness crisis” is actually a white, wealthy man problem. Other men are building friendships with similar depth to women’s friendships.link.springer.comAre White Men Missing Out?: Differences in Friendship Closeness by Gender and Ethnoracial Identity - Sex RolesSex Roles - Research has consistently found that boys’ and men’s friendships are less close, intimate, supportive, and satisfying than girls’ and women’s... 6831101032
Reposted by Peter MalloryT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Hence killing 100+ children on day one. 13913
Reposted by Peter MallorySheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I hate that I’m grading midterm tests instead of midterm papers because the giant plagiarism machine in the sky has been allowed to rampage unchecked and pillage our education system 2352
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 24/02/2026In Canada, we call this level of support a majority government 001
Reposted by Peter MalloryYvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026🇨🇦 take note: “America’s collapse into authoritarianism was accelerated by those who overlooked the early warning signs—from the increased prevalence of conspiracy theories to the end of civil discourse—because they assumed that American democracy was indestructible.” By Lucan Way via Maclean’smacleans.caCanadians Love a Conspiracy Theory - Macleans.caThe country’s conservatives have embraced American right-wing rhetoric. Our democracy is in danger. 1420264
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 09/02/2026looks like Canada is keeping the sign in the window for this one 010
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I have my own views on Carney and the Liberals. But still, I can't imagine any of the other Canadian prime ministers in my lifetime speaking this way in public. Remarkable in so many ways. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caRead Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC NewsRead the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 000
Reposted by Peter MalloryBrian Platt @brianplatt.bsky.social · 20/01/2026In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt: 8032721069
Reposted by Peter MalloryJulie Beck @julieebeck.bsky.social · 08/01/2026when did people become so weird about friends venting to each other? www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...theatlantic.comThe Common Friendship Behavior That Has Become Strangely FraughtA theme keeps popping up in relationship advice: Don’t vent so much. 152
Reposted by Peter MalloryOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026happy new year socialists, we are so back 1051748
Reposted by Peter MalloryOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/11/2025to keep functioning society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities 271198194
Reposted by Peter MalloryBritish Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Laura Eramian, Peter Mallory and Morgan Herbet focus on how modern therapy culture presents people with conflicting cultural imperatives for practising friendship, in their CUS Sage Prize nominated paper. Read now below: doi.org/10.1177/1749... 021
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 22/10/2025“AI is not your friend” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’The ad campaign for the wearable AI chatbot Friend has been raising hackles for months in New York. But has this companion been unfairly maligned – and could it help end loneliness? 010
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 10/10/2025What an interesting discussion of the history of the NDP. Should be useful for anyone in the party thinking about how to rebuild it open.spotify.com/episode/1CFj...open.spotify.comThe NDP’s untapped radical potential 020
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 06/10/2025We had a great conversation about power and informality- so many interesting things to talk about in your paper! Great you can use this research in you new work helping people facing these dynamics. 010
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 03/10/2025I get to discuss this article with students today, and it's so good. One of the best discussions of friendship and informality at work I've come across. Thanks @maryleighton.bsky.social! Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com<em>American Anthropologist</em> | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online LibraryUsing the example of Andean archaeology, this article focuses on subtle forms of inequality that arise when academic communities are conceptualized as friendship-based and egalitarian, rejecting expl... 130
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 02/10/2025A fantastic article. Getting to read @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is one of the main reasons I still have a NYTimes subscription www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Mourn, or Else 010
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 04/09/2025What a great surprise to see our paper on this list! 000
Reposted by Peter MalloryBrian Mulroney Institute of Government @mulroneyinstitute.bsky.social · 02/09/2025📘Upcoming Book Launch! Royal Histories by Dr. Joel Z. Garrod The Sociology Department and the Mulroney Institute @stfx-university.bsky.social are pleased to co-host this in-person event. 🗓️ Sept. 19 | 5 pm - 6:30 pm Sobey’s Reading Room, 4th Floor, Nasso Family Science Centre 011
Reposted by Peter MalloryPeter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 17/08/2025The federal government seeks to undermine 80 years of collective bargaining practice. This is both counterproductive and callous. #canlab #CUPE www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caFlight attendants ordered back to work say labour law violates right to strike | CBC NewsThe federal government has once again used a contentious section of Canadian law to stop a strike in Canada — a move unions and legal experts say sets a dangerous precedent for labour relations in thi... 061
Reposted by Peter MalloryCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 06/08/2025The Farmers Market in Nova Scotia speaks up about the genocide being perpetrated by the Israeli government in Gaza. The world is watching the war criminals and these crimes will not be forgotten. 826996
Reposted by Peter MalloryMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales. This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide. We are doing this and history will never forgive us. Gaza: 10138591645
Reposted by Peter MalloryTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Five things to remember about war: 14182993700
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Received this fantastic book in the mail today! Looking forward to reading more 000
Reposted by Peter MalloryYvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Non-stop horror. Rescuers used their bare hands to search through the wreckage, "with little to no equipment available to them in Gaza...Emergency crews witnessed dozens of bodies, overwhelmingly of children, which were burned and lay at the site of the strike." By Sara Jabakhanji via CBC Newscbc.caGirl survives after mother, 5 siblings killed in Israeli strike on Gaza City school shelter | CBC NewsHarrowing video of a young Palestinian girl trying to escape a school shelter that had been set on fire after a deadly overnight Israeli airstrike widely circulated social media Monday. 01010
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Sharing this article that Laura Eramian and I wrote for @ca.theconversation.com about our research with people without friends. Thanks so much to our editor Eleni Vlahiotis! When friendship is treated as essential, what happens to young adults who don’t have any? theconversation.com/when-friends...theconversation.comWhen friendship is treated as essential, what happens to young adults who don’t have any?A new study aims to understand how adults without friends experience and move through life. 010
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Had a journalist edit some of our writing recently, and it's amazing what a professional can do. Affirms my belief that no one should ever learn to write from a university professor 010
Reposted by Peter MalloryYvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 31/03/2025“Health workers should never be a target. And yet, we’re here today, digging up a mass grave of first responders and paramedics,” Jonathan Whittall, the head of UNOCHA in the occupied Palestinian territories, said from the site. Via @cnn.com 142
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 22/03/2025It is! It’s also a problem that it’s only available to those who don’t have the option to purchase private insurance, which many have but can’t afford. 010
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 22/03/2025The US may not have much of an opposition party, but at least it has these two 000
Reposted by Peter MalloryErin Morton @erindmorton.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Chilling report from @caut.bsky.social on the U.S. administration’s targeting of Canadian researchers www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...caut.caTrump administration threatening Canadian researchers(Ottawa – March 17, 2025) The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is warning that the 134
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Looking forward to reading this! I've been learning a lot from your other work on choice 010
Peter Mallory @pmallory.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Bye to the Halifax Oval, one of the best things about the city in winter 000