Joshua Tom

New at @sociusjournal.bsky.social , with @toddwferguson.bsky.social and Brandon Martinez.

The more suburban the Costco, the more likely you are to see some truly unhinged behavior

🏕️ What do tents tell us about #homelessness?

In #Socius, Drs. Snedker, McKinney & @clanfear.bsky.social report on a street-level tent census in #Seattle—revealing undercounted, clustered, and rising unsheltered #homelessness during #COVID.

Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

Fixed a typo for you @nytwirecutter.bsky.social

After several weeks of Republican photo ops in front of CECOT this is what I imagine happening 2000 years ago

a young boy is sitting in front of a shelf with toys and says `` let 's see where were we ? '' ALT: a young boy is sitting in front of a shelf with toys and says `` let 's see where were we ? ''

Coming back to a project after a long break.

Genuinely thought this was just a “Muppets Christmas Carol” gag

Something the parenting books don't prepare you for is that Paw Patrol doesn't take place in a dog society, it takes place in a human society that has outsourced essential services *to* dogs.

I often think about this quote from Chesterton's "The Man Who Was Thursday", which illuminates so much about our current moment.

For my own research interests, the most damning indictment I can make about evangelical political culture is that it creates the kinds of cowards who admire great force.

Florida Tries a Subtler Way to Curb Progressive Ideology: Cut Sociology Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing subjects like sociology from core requirements.

I take no small amount of pride in knowing that sociology is always one of the first targets of authoritarian and wanna-be authoritarian governments.

This "Wicked" marketing blitz has finally crossed a line

The thing I'm looking forward to the most about our second daughter arriving is the wholly unearned adulation I will receive for being a father holding a baby while existing in public.

YouTube video by Universal Pictures How To Train Your Dragon | Official Teaser Trailer

All of my normal hesitations about live-action versions of animated movies aside,
that dragon cute.

Live updates: Trump confirms plans to use military for mass deportations Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.

Undocumented students need to hear from their colleges that they will be supported and protected from whatever is coming down the line

The name of this place is very confusing to those of us posting from Seattle