wordsbydumi.bsky.social

wordsbydumi.bsky.social

@dumilm.bsky.social

“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.” NYU. Hesitant Sociologist. Black tings. A Dream Dissolved (One Signal)

5,405 Followers 326 Following 159 Posts Joined Jan 2024
15 hours ago

We are appalled at this undemocratic action. More on collective response coming soon.

In the meantime, follow us for updates. If you sent ASA a response tag us & we'll amplify.

If you prefer to remain anonymous, send it to us on our email (in bio) & we'll share it here.

Together we will win 🇵🇸

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FSJP Roundup #24 March 3, 2026. The twenty-fourth issue of an irregular bulletin for faculty and staff at NYU interested in Palestine.

📰🧵Hot off the press!

Issue #24 (March 3, 2026) of the FSJP Roundup, an irregular bulletin for faculty and staff at NYU interested in Palestine. Click this link to read:

facultyforpalestine.education/2026/03/08/m...

Read, engage, share❗️

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Iran soccer team pushes back on Trump comments, says 'no one can exclude' it from the World Cup Pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments, Iran’s national soccer team says “no one can exclude” it from playing in the men’s World Cup in the United States.

The Iranian soccer team, whose stadium has been destroyed, says that they still plan on coming for the World Cup and Trump has no legal standing to say otherwise. But watch for FIFA to find a legal standing because FIFA chief Johnny Infantino is Trump's spittoon. apnews.com/article/worl...

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"Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"

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23 hours ago
A sign above a scale that reminded readers a scale is just a measure of one’s relation to gravity not beauty, etc.

Spotted at the gym. Word.

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A tweet that reads “The new academic wealth gap isn't your university.
It's not even your advisor's connections.
It's who knows Claude can turn 50+ research papers into a thesis chapter in 3 hours and who's still manually coding qualitative data.
I just watched a sociology PhD skip 8 weeks of analysis.
Here are the 9 prompts they used:”

fuck this so much

we are so not prepared for the mountain of dogshit “scholarship” about to flood journals everywhere

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I gonna tell him we talking about albanese gummies and he’ll probably come running…

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Since when he on blue sky? Does he know he had an account? 🤣

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You can always tell a morehouse man 😉

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We are reaching out to the full membership to provide clarity about ASA's approach to public policy matters, the member petition process outlined in the ASA bylaws, and the impact of member actions on ASA. You may be aware that a member-led petition has been circulating online. Supported by 428 individuals, the petition calls for ASA to boycott Israeli academic institutions and proposes various actions for ASA to take in furtherance of this goal. The ASA Executive Office received the petition on March 3, 2026. You can review the full petition here.
ASA regularly adopts public policy positions that advance the discipline by advocating for sociological research, teaching, practice, and funding. This includes positions like our winning lawsuit defending academic freedom, letters to Congress calling for robust financial support for the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies that fund sociological research, and initiating efforts that illuminate the vital role of sociologists and sociology departments in institutions of higher education and society, to name a few. This is by design. According to ASA policy, there are only two conditions under which ASA may take public positions on issues: if there is consensus in the sociological literature about a topic, or if the issue concerns the wellbeing of the discipline and profession.
ASA bylaws do provide an avenue where "[voting members of the Association may take any action otherwise within the powers of the Council regarding public policy positions of the Association." This is the strategy that the recent petition creators attempted to utilize. ASA leadership, in consultation with ASA legal counsel, determined that the proposed petition actions fall outside of the scope for member petitions under Section 9 of the Bylaws. All of the proposed actions are governance matters related to ASA business operations and are therefore not petitionable. Only ASA Council can make decisions regarding ASA operational and gov… Proposing ASA action regarding global challenges that are outside of our individual control might be of interest to a segment of the membership, but ASA members are not a homogenous group. It is important that we understand that petitions have the potential to divide, rather than unite, the sociological community. For example, in response to the 2024 resolution, many members left ASA, citing various reasons: feeling personally attacked because of their identity, silenced because of their beliefs and convictions, and general discomfort about being associated with what they felt was becoming a political organization even if they were personally sympathetic to the cause. Our community was significantly harmed. Our association suffered enduring reputational and financial consequences as groups that we counted among our allies in the past have shied away, membership shrunk, and legal and other professional expenses mounted. These outcomes coincided with multiple attacks on our discipline that could have been best addressed by a united community with a shared purpose and message.
As we write this letter, we are witnessing concerning events domestically and abroad, which deeply impact many members personally and professionally. We encourage all sociologists to advocate for the things they care about. While the possibilities for advocating are limitless for individuals, ASA must follow our policy and remain focused on our mission of advancing the discipline of sociology.
ASA is committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. This commitment is reflected in our diversity statement and is among our stated strategic priorities. Actions that attempt to silence, divide, or otherwise create an exclusionary environment distract us from our mission and threaten the vitality of our community. Our discipline is currently being tested in myriad ways. We hope ASA members will choose to unite around our shared interest in defending our discipline and shaping a brigh…

here is the email in its entirety.

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So @asanews.bsky.social emailed its membership its refusal to put a petition to Boycott, Divest, & Sanction Israel up to a vote, one that already had 438 signatures. This undemocratic decision, they wrote, is because they're worried about membership dropping.

Well do I have news for you.

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This is so so upsetting. So Grammerly is violating the memory of bell hooks AND making AI versions of the rest of us before we're even dead. Someone tell me who to sue, not even joking.

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Flyer with beige background and purple heading. Text on purple heading reads "Peopling Politics" which is sponsored by "HEARD Initiative - Swarthmore College" and "Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race in America". 
Main text of flyer reads "Understanding the Political Disconnect: Working Class and Low-Income People on What Politics Means to Them and How They Might Be Mobilized." 
Event details read "Monday, February 23, 2026 3PM EST." 
Flyer includes QR, which below reads "Scan to Register or visit: https://bit.ly/PoliticalDisconnect." 
Flyer also features headshot of Daniel Laurison with text that reads "Associate Professor of Sociology at Swarthmore College, Director of the Healthy, Equitable, and Responsive Democracy (HEARD) Initiative, Director of the Politics and Equal Participation Lab (PEPL), Carnegie Fellow, and author of Producing Politics, Beacon Press 2022" and headshot of James R. Jones with text that reads "Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Politi

This Monday Feb 23, 3pm Eastern, hear more about "The Political Disconnect: Working-Class and Low-Income People on What Politics Means to Them and How They Might Be Mobilized." I'll be talking with Dr. James Jones about why so many people are disengaged & what can be done.

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"Checks and balances" for tariffs and "free" trade, but not for white nationalism, immigration, and a police state. Very consistent with capitalism, actually

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the glorious constitutional principle of "the president can't fuck with Supreme Court justices' investment portfolios" stands strong

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still remember the "it's too early/hyperbolic/irresponsible to compare these guys to Nazi Germany" Reasonable Posters - whom, I imagine, are waiting for the renovations to be completed before they update their priors

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The Supreme Court did something right, which means they've probably got an epically wrong decision on deck.

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The 2028 Democratic Presidential Contenders, Ranked by Nate Silver

I found the portal to hell

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Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say The Palestinian Health Ministry and a witness say that Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American in an attack on a village.

Don't take your eyes off Gaza & the West Bank. The horrors continue. apnews.com/article/isra...

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George Jefferson, protagonist, minor antagonist, and anti-hero on The Jeffersons. George is played by Sherman Hemsley on the American television sitcoms All In The Family. Dear reader. Thank you for taking the time to check out this alt text! As you may or may not know, this is a ridiculous joke. I know full well who the person is in the photo, and that I've added the bio of a different person entirely. That's the joke. It's a gag about people having a similar name, which I can mix up in a comedic way. Also, I was dropped on the head as a baby. Several times.

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was an American statesman, philosopher, and Founding Father who authored the Declaration of Independence, served as the third U.S. president, advanced religious liberty, expanded the nation through the Louisiana Purchase, and shaped early American political ideals

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A bright yellow graphic titled “EVERY UNION GOT THE…” featuring a 3x3 grid of Sesame Street characters with captions describing union member archetypes.

Top row:
Big Bird labeled “The eternal optimist.”

Count von Count labeled “Counts management’s excuses. ‘Ah ah ah.’”

Cookie Monster holding a cookie labeled “‘When raise? Is it time for raise?’”

Middle row:

Abby Cadabby labeled “Reminds everyone we deserve better.”

Oscar the Grouch in a trash can labeled “Long-time steward who’s seen too much.”

Elmo labeled “Just discovered unions & WILL NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.”

Bottom row:

Grover labeled “Takes on the work of three people.”

Bert labeled “‘According to Article 7, Section B…’”

Ernie labeled “Full of chaotic solidarity.”

There’s always a place for you on Solidarity Street.

Solidarity with our union siblings at @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social

#UnionsForAll #UnionMemes

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Producer, Video Podcasts The Atlantic is seeking a skilled video producer to join the Atlantic’s podcast team. This producer will help develop and lead the production of a weekly news video podcast, to be published on YouTube...

we're hiring a producer for my new weekly podcast at The Atlantic. come work with me! atlanticmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...

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“I reject the lie that deporting my neighbor is how I win better pay and working conditions. We’re fighting for a country where families stay together without living in terror, so we’re ALL better off!”

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If you see someone walking around campus with cotton shoved in their ears and blackout goggles over their eyes, saying “I can’t hear you or read anything,” it’s your general council.

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Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.

And you know why?

Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.

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Rather than ascribing agency to machines that are built by other humans getting rich off of doing that, we should ascribe the agency to those humans and talk about what they're doing via their companies: stealing data, killing the environment, exploiting labor, and deceiving the public.

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It's marketing for the corporations whether you want it to be or not. Because they want you to believe that they've created a machine god instead of something powered by humans being hidden from view and being exploited to give the appearance of "intelligence" that doesn't exist.

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I'm gonna repeat my comment.

Talking about nonexistent "super intelligent" machines is like talking about the Cookie Monster rather than corporations creating real things causing harm. A non existent machine god bringing apocalypse or utopia is a framing that is harmful. Period.

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