Daniel Laurison

I've not been on social media a lot recently, mostly because I got overwhelmed with an offline unpleasantness I had to deal with, and also because - what to say, amid all the horrors?

I'm likely back regardless, but Trump on the Roof is definitely one real bonus of being online today.

(seeing the president wandering around on the roof while the economy adds 3 jobs per month amid weekly pedophilia revelations) time to sign a billion dollar settlement with this man

What the F are we doing, people????

Reporters shouted to ask what he was doing up there and he said he was "taking a little walk." He said something about the White House ballroom and made some gestures but it's not really making a ton of sense yet. Normal stuff

Scarsdale community calls for release of high school grad detained by ICE; rally set for Thursday Assemblywoman Amy Paulin has organized a prayer vigil and rally for Thursday evening at Chase Park in Scarsdale for 20-year-old Yeonsoo Go, who was detained by ICE after a routine visa hearing.

A woman who graduated from my high school was detained by ICE after a visa renewal hearing. She was transferred to Louisiana and now, according to this report, to parts unknown. Outrageous. abc7ny.com/post/scarsda...

"But in the Trump administration’s attempts to 'vanquish' elite schools, it seemed to overlook what it might also be smashing in community colleges, which aren’t just an essential part of the country’s complex network of higher education but integral to the health of a thousand local economies."

Look at what happens to male teacher salaries (blue line) v.s. female teacher salaries (red line) after collective bargaining laws expire.

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@chrislhayes.bsky.social

I wrote a Globe Op-Ed about being a trans Brown alumnus ... If you're going to cover this ... just saying I'd be happy to guest on your show.

(Speaking dreams into the void here.)

Transition stories in 12 words or fewer

It's never too late but you'll regret every single second you waited.

My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...

As US social scientists we should do all we can to protect the integrity of the federal statistics we rely upon in our teaching and research — on labor, crime, health, demography, education, climate, and pretty much everything else we study.

Tweets from Lydia DePillis that read Great panel! I particularly appreciated acting BLS head Wiatrowski's response to one question: In light of this White House's disrespect for data as well as the very conservative background of its nominee for BLS Commissioner, how we would know if bias had crept into the process? "I think the first way you would notice that would be if all the staff at the Postal Square building started walking out," Wiatrowski said, underscoring the intense professionalism these folks bring to their jobs. (Each panelist said nobody had tried to skew their output so far.)

These 7 year old words from Wiatrowski—who is now acting commissioner of BLS after Trump fired commissioner McEntarfer today—are more important than ever.

I’ve now read my alma mater Brown University’s agreement with the Administration, and I’m deeply troubled by numerous provisions in it, but the larger problem is that bargaining with lawless authoritarians gives them legitimacy. They aren’t settling a proper investigation, this was a shakedown. /1

A lot of people are learning that cowardice won’t save them in real time. Might as well be brave.

Definitely. One of the most impactful things in my life was taking a Sociology course in college title “Men and Masculinity” and realizing how much hegemonic masculinity had fucked me (who went to an all-boys’ middle school) up

Negotiating With Terrorists, Unsuccessfully How to lose ideological battles by believing in nothing.

An easy prediction is "the Trump administration will keep harassing universities even after they sign extortionate agreements with the government."

The schools have zero ability to enforce their own agreements. And they have no ideological red lines to stop themselves from giving up more.

It's possible to be extremely good in your field, well-liked, and respected, and still strike out (I know many people who have, who I thought would have made great professors). But if you look at all that chaos and luck and politics and conclude "no it's a black guy's fault", you're just a racist.

lol pre-ordering Black authored books ensures that more Black authors get published and get better deals. In this essay, I will-

Great! So glad you're doing this.

A hex map of the United States, titled "Progress of 2024 precinct data." Most states are still colored grey, indicating that our team hasn't yet cleaned and posted their precinct-level election results. 17 states are now bright pink, indicating that we HAVE collected, cleaned, and posted their data! Pink states are: MT, MN, SD, NH, IL, KY, TN, VA, DE, NC, SC, DC, FL, NM, OK, KS, and HI.

If you've been following our precinct-level data closely, you might have noticed some updates last week! We've now added Hawaii, New Mexico, and Kansas to the 2024 dataset. Check out all of our available states on our GitHub: buff.ly/k6S0zTU

This is great! Do you have a sense of the timeline for having them all up??

Organizing Against Authoritarianism Toolkit Table of Contents Introduction: Fighting Authoritarianism ………………………………….……………………….……………………………… 3 Part I: Understanding the Threats Facing Our Communities ……………………………………………………….. 5 Know your rights a...

Our new toolkit "Organizing Against Authoritarianism"! I am so proud of this living, breathing guide, led by @freepress.bsky.social's @rlivier.bsky.social for communities to understand their constitutional rights, to organize on & offline, w/ trusted resources: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Bright red tomato, half sliced, few seeds, on a wood cutting board on a wood counter. Knife next to the tomato.

Best thing about Philly summer is community garden tomatoes.

Not so fun fact: King County (where Seattle is) tried to kick ICE Air out of Boeing Field, but lost in court.

So they require ICE to load its flights in full view of a public livestream. It's how @lalabote.bsky.social etal have documented ICE guards abusing migrants. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/exec...

1 like = 1 historical poll result from @ropercenter.bsky.social that has somehow ended up saved to my laptop*

*offer good until I run out of screenshots and/or get bored or busy with something else

New rule: Democrats, you don’t have to fall into the “centrist” trap about talking about trans women in sports (looking at you Pete).

It happens like 0.001 percent of the time and the Olympic committee has been accepting trans athletes for years. Stop giving them space for the headline

I wouldn't be struggling to pay my bills if this were the case.

SO PROUD of my colleagues for willingly putting their bodies in the hands of the state for this critical demand.

Thank you @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social
Rabbi @evantraylor.bsky.social Rabbi Rachel Timoner, Rabbi Elizabeth Richman & everyone else —

Photos I’m 98% sure are @giligetz.bsky.social

HAPPENING NOW: a group of New York rabbis are being arrested at a protest outside the Israeli consulate calling for bringing food into Gaza, an end to the war, and return of all hostages

@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social