Céline Teney

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

Man kann in Berlin wunderbar zu Fuß gehen, wenn man ein Auto ist.

Nächster Halt: Lifestyle-Urlaubsanspruch.

You have lived long enough to see a French anti-fascist organisation (a traditionally very anti-US milieu) organise a ‘rally in solidarity with the American people’.

Cartoon of Trump welcoming cartoon and film villains to his Board of Peace

@bjennings90.bsky.social is on fire - again. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)

Macron in a hoodie.

Macron with sunglasses in Davos.

Left: writing the damn paper in the shadows of an archive nearby.

Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference.

#academicchatter

As a European in the U.S., you don't even get those first hours...

Airing my grievances with wellbeing science We have a streetlight problem

if i could make you read ONE (1) single post to improve your understanding of the challenges of social science in general it would be this one from @markfabian.bsky.social about wellbeing science specifically

profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/airing-my-...

"We saw the picture he drew for Jeffrey Epstein. That wasn't bad at all," the rector explained. "He certainly has the necessary ego."

We are in a new world. Europe, but not only Europe.

2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?

2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?

2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?

This is the key point.

Wenn ihr eindreiviertel Stunde Zeit habt, hört euch dieses Gespräch zwischen @janskudlarek.bsky.social und @thomaszimmer.bsky.social an. Thomas gibt einen tiefen Einblick in den Horror und gibt einem Hoffnung.

#Trump #Trump33

It reminds me a bit of Brexit: we now spend so much time and effort solving a problem that is unnecessary and self-made - while there is an actual war going on on our continent.
My thoughts on the Greenland discussion 👇

Full interview www.welt.de/videos/video...

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

Arbeitet der Bundeskanzler eigentlich für uns oder wir für ihn? Bin verwirrt.

Professur für Soziologie – Professorship in Sociology An der Universität Zürich ist auf den 1. August 2027 eine Professur für Soziologie zu besetzen. The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship in sociology starting on 1 August 2027.

An der Universität Zürich ist auf den 1. August 2027 eine Professur für Soziologie zu besetzen.

The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship in sociology starting on 1 August 2027.

The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us what happens when AI automates "normal science"?

I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

Jimmy Kimmel Text "Donald Trump decided Nicolas Maduro had to go, and yes, he's a criminal and a dictator who's driven his country into financial ruin, while he and his family have lined their own pockets, but Maduro is no saint either"

Immerhin Kai Wegner hatte am Samstag Netz.

🧵 PhD position (75%) in Political Behavior / Political Communication / CSS
📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026

We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization

Similar to what empirical social scientists do in their own research. And then they asked me to evaluate the innovation, feasibility and contribution of the AI produced hypotheses. I think we need this kind of study to evaluate the usefulness of AI in research process

Some anedoctical evidence: I am a woman, I participated in this Chicago study, and I really don't understand the fuss about this study. They don't plagiarise the preprints, they use their AI models on them to try to develop new hypotheses based on my own hypotheses

Because we also need to laugh.
And because it is true….

Source: found on x

Damit Berliner wieder Strom haben: Jens Spahn kauft Steckdosen für 5 Milliarden Euro Deutschlands größte Tageszeitung der Welt

Damit Berliner wieder Strom haben: Jens Spahn kauft Steckdosen für 5 Milliarden Euro www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/spah...

Wenn Dir das Völkerrecht zu komplex ist, ist eine Kanzlerschaft vielleicht nicht das richtige für Dich.