Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist)

This Spanish series on Netflix called Alpha Males is not like anything else on TV.

The screenwriters use vocabulary from an Intro to Gender Studies book so clumsily, yet so comically.

Some things your sociologist never told you (Part II) People never use their greatest superpower

If you really want to know the "Secret" - it is not a book or film or some "law of attraction."

It's your ability to change the world around you.

#neighborhoodsociologist #sociology

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Yes, by overcoming delusions you are liberated from the quotidian events that pull us to and fro emotionally everyday.

Unfortunately, some of these events and emotions are happy ones.

In this sense, my adoption of Buddhism as a life philosophy comes with its own unique brand of sadness.

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

This, from Wired, is the equivalent of a public service announcement.

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This message protects the officer, the driver, and the car.

Otherwise, when confronted with a civilian they decide is uncooperative, an officer would need to smash the car's windshield and damage their fists on a civilian's chin.

This kind of thing is a bit problematic. It's not that Republicans are stupid. It's that the low knowledge Republicans are the ones running the party.

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets

This is the way.

Record acts of immorality, put them on social media, and force the American citizens to choose what they see as moral.

Find out who shares the same moral (if not political or ideological) universe and work together to change things.

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Every time. Every time. Every time.

Some things your sociologist never told you (Part I) Someone will always win, and someone will always lose

Some things your sociologist never told you (Part I)
#sociology #academicsky #neighborhoodsociologist

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There is little difference between indoctrination and education with respect to what is being communicated and its effects.

The difference is not found in the communication but in the person evaluating that communication.

The right’s commitment to “ideological diversity” is kind of like their commitment to diversity in the sense that neither exists.

@nautil.us is a sneaky good publication. Love these bite-sized, evidence based science articles.

I have a...different understanding of ideology and ideologues after reading the work of Tuen A. van Dijk.

#sociology #academicsky #neighborhoodsociologist

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This rings true to me.

It's not like you stop working, but you become more creative and adventurous in your intellectual activity.

I know I did.

I stopped investing time just trying to get something past reviewers and published and redirected my energy into doing meaningful work.

I don't think there is such a thing as moral progress - some inexorable march towards a better society, only because what is "better" changes by space, time, and social group.

I can't believe what I'm reading. Very interesting book so far.

I say this as I listen to this On Point episode about children's health.

It occurs to me that most of the real knowledge I gain comes from the sources that they reject.

It's hard to believe that an adult person only watches Fox News and Newsmax to know stuff.

I'd love to see the media consumption diet of the average Trump supporter.

Because if they don't like mainstream media, they think professors are all Marxist, they don't like PBS or NPR...

Then how do they know anything? Not about politics per se, just about the world?

Interesting question!

a man in a plaid shirt is making a funny face in front of a picture of a man . ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is making a funny face in front of a picture of a man .

Oh...

Now THAT is a hypothesis worth testing in two ways: (1) more corporation leads to more capitulation, (2) more concentrated decision making leads to more capitulation.

There is enough variation across the country for someone to test it once the dust settles.

Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.

Yes, the issue is the compliance of people who have the ability, and in the case of our elected officials the AUTHORITY, to push back.

Not the best moment to take the academician's gaze...but it's curious - what are the psycho/sociological factors at play here?
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Implied in this mini-analysis is that individuals in these institutions will learn from this, and will be better prepared next time.

Columbia University settles its costly battle with Trump administration The Ivy League school agrees to pay $200M to settle investigations into alleged violations of civil rights.

I read this whole situation from beginning to end as the university (and higher ed in general) confronted with a person unwilling to follow the shared expectations of governance, and a group of educated folks not having the practices in place to push back against him.

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Wondering if I'm currently living through what is about to be some amazing story about our President that will lead to him being removed from office that will lead to a Civil War that will lead to the destruction of the United States that will lead to China becoming the world hegemon.

Maybe not.

Could you just pick one? I don't want to see you anyway.

The reason I see these attacks as racial and political, not responsible and principled is because all that is necessary is a request that the president de-emphasize diversity.

Why pursue termination if the target has been fulfilling their duties and has support?

Thanks!