Robyn Lewis Brown

Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal and Produced Its Own The Board of Governors overseeing the new curricula includes roofing contractors, insurance execs, and no professors.

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Same 😂

This is good! As Julia writes in the article, we don’t know whether the Senate will also pass it. Hopefully they will.

But even if not, this is a blow to the Speaker’s authority and a fracture within the Republican ranks.

Clearly in my feels on this one: I'd love to see the outpouring of media and interest for state schools being stripped of academic freedom the way we breathlessly looked at funding coersion against the ivies. Florida, Ohio, and Texas educate exponentially more students.

Mwahaha

Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.

NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.

Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.

Poor vision plus unsafe homes drive higher fall risk in seniors Older adults with severe vision loss are three to four times more likely to fall when they live in homes with hazards such as missing grab bars, tripping risks or broken flooring.

"The home is not just background; it's a key shaper of risk." PSC & SRC postdoc Shu Xu et al share 5 concrete tips to prevent falls for older adults with vision loss: myumi.ch/D8Q5M @nhats-nsoc.bsky.social @micda-umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social @umichnews.bsky.social

In our December issue Matthew Grace finds that personal and vicarious stress exposure predict greater anticipatory stress among marginalized groups. Read here to learn more: bit.ly/3MuAX9f

#NewPublication @HamiltonCollege @asamedsoc.bsky.social

It was the omg of times, it was the Jfc of times

Thank you, @pamherd.bsky.social!

Honored to have my research elevated by @jofhsb.bsky.social for #InternationalDayOfPersonswithDisabilities. This recognition means so much. 2025 has been an extraordinary year for impactful research in the sociology of disability. Grateful for this community. @asadisability.bsky.social

ABD! Congratulations to Cynthia Emami on passing her doctoral qualifying exams! (Cynthia’s dissertation committee is also the first that Jordan Brown and I have co-chaired.) @uliogho.bsky.social

Image of quote tweet, original from @susandamussen says, And this: sweet potatoes "prosper in inferior soils, tolerate drought, resist insect pests, and do well with very little attention." Reply from @tressiemcphd says, Be a sweet potato Dated 9/11/17, 12:54pm

I'm excited that this thread gives me the opportunity to follow a prompt from yesterday to "post a tweet you still think about" with something I took as advice from you years ago!

Terrific to see the Oxford Handbook on the Sociology of Disability featured by @oxunipress.bsky.social again at the ASA @asanews.bsky.social meeting - and to connect with my lovely co-editors @mmaroto.bsky.social and @dnpetti.bsky.social!

You all were fabulous! It was really energizing.

We in the legal profession really need to have a moment of introspection about how our commitment to "civility" above all else didn't just enable everything we're seeing now, it helped *cause* it.

Some arguments should not be met with civility. Sometimes civility only serves oppression.

The Trump Administration’s War on Disability Executive actions, budget cuts, layoffs, and legislation—all enacted in the Trump administration’s first six months—have curtailed disability rights and services, including access to Medicaid and the ...

“In the first six months of his second term, the Trump administration has waged what appears to be an all-out war against disabled people.”

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It makes no sense to frame this as some sort of correction — adequate nutrition is more important for kids with health conditions, not less.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

Still feeling inspired from an amazing trip to Morocco for the @isa-sociology.org Forum in Rabat! This was my first ISA meeting and I loved connecting with old friends and meeting new colleagues in the global sociology community.

The Perseids are back – and every color tells us what they're made of! Every summer, Earth drifts through the dusty trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle – and the result is one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year: the Perseids. Peaking in mid-August and active right now, this shower can produce up to 75 meteors per hour under dark skies. But here’s what makes them even more amazing: each meteor’s color reveals what it’s made of. As the meteors blaze through Earth’s atmosphere at over 130,000 mph, they burn up in brilliant flashes of different colors – and those colors reveal what elements are inside: 🔴 Red = Oxygen & Nitrogen 🟡 Yellow-Gold = Iron 🟣 Violet = Calcium 🟠 Orange = Sodium 🔵 Teal/Blue-Green = Magnesium The Perseids are active from July 17 to August 24, with peak nights around August 12–13. Even with some moonlight, it’s still one of the best times to look up. Find a dark sky, let your eyes adjust, and enjoy one of the best sights of the year!

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As the meteors blaze through Earth’s atmosphere at over 130,000 mph, they burn up in brilliant flashes of different colors – and those colors reveal what elements are inside.
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