Mark Igra

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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”

He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care

This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person

They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota

Last week I bought a book from Palgrave & they let me download a PDF (Yay). Avoid Routledge ebooks.

Caring for the Poor: Islamic and Christian Benevolence in a Liberal World Based on several years of fieldwork in Egypt and Turkey, Caring for the Poor tells the stories of charity providers and volunteers. The book also places their stories within the overall development of...

Bought an ebook from Routledge (avoiding Amazon & cheaper) without realizing that they require a janky ereader with its own account/login (VitalSource). I'm not gonna share ebooks, but I guess its time to figure out how to unDRM

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Paging Arlie Hochschild. Emotional labor needed on aisle 4.

Not breaking news: women can be sexist too.

A consistent finding of the last, oh, 40 years of experimental sociology is that female subjects -- inc employers and, one suspects, NYT op-ed writers -- are as likely to believe negative stereotypes about and discriminate against women as male subjects.

I modified the #SahmRule, by @claudia-sahm.bsky.social, creating 3.2k spacial Sahm Rules, which show that #recession exposure can differ by place/time.

The bellwether of recessions are rich/white counties but they're slow; the fastest indicators are poor/black counties, but they're noisy.

I am curious what would happen if Dems ran on a plank of creating an anti-corruption agency with stronger independence than the Fed.

I think it would be highly successful because it would show "we will tie our own hands on this".

FYI, if you try to measure the strength of civil society (what Hahrie, Milan, and I call civic opportunity in our 2023 Nature Human Behaviour paper), you may want to consider using our org-, county-, and ZIP code-level datasets published in Scientific Data: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NPR rolling over at least required some financial coercion. NYT just wants a belly-scratch from the Trumpists, I guess. bsky.app/profile/mark...

It’s all of them. bsky.app/profile/mark...

Screen shot of NYTimes online front page with tiny headline about Emergency powers circled in red. Red text on yellow saying "Unconstitutional invasion of us cities way down here!!! WTF NY Times." Another text saying "But at least I know where to find a tree house with rustic vibe" referring to NYT headline near top saying "6 Tree Houses You can Rent for Glamour With a Rustic Vibe"

The @nytimes.com minimizing the unconstitutional assault on US cities so much that it didn't appear on the "front page" even on my big screen monitor. Had to export a pdf to capture the tiny headline. Truly atrocious. Does any major US news org care at all?

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

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"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"Infrequent voters are voting. It's a very low-trust environment. So the traditional left-right spectrum and going moderate on issues, it's not as clear. Anybody saying, 'I can win the election by tweaking positions" slightly is selling you something," says @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social.

Was at an event with Jamie Raskin last night. He suggested one justice for each of the 13 circuit courts. Like Fed having regional governors.

Carolina Sociology is hiring!

• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.

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You can cast almost all blame directly on John Roberts and the Supreme Court if Cal Raleigh wins MVP. Their brazen politicization and willingness to defend Trump’s illegal acts at every turn means the American public’s respect for Judges has never been lower.

FYI KOMO in #seattle is a Sinclair station.

Shelves with kosher wine, grape juice, and matzo in the store display. I think there’s some honey on the top shelf.

Having just been in New York, the Rosh Hashanah display at my local #seattle grocery featuring *Matzah* made me feel out of place. Do they get points for trying? Shanah Tovah all.

they think liberalism is a set of rules for a discourse game, and not a fighting faith and a vision of the good

Dani Rodrik's weblog Unconventional thoughts on economic development and globalization

Typepad is closing down, making 10+ years of my blog entries here rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks... no longer accessible. Does anyone know a way I can move the stuff easily online somewhere else? (The export option only produces a huge, unwieldy text file.)

And if anyone at your university explains that this is structural racism, you will get your funding cut.

The Supreme Court's ruling brushed aside, with no reasoning from the court, the district court's 52-page order and the circuit court's 61-page order affirming it.

To put this into context, the judicial warrant for the search at the Hyundai plant named just four people.

Relying on that warrant, ICE detained nearly 500 people. DHS admitted that included U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and people lawfully here on visas.

John Roberts: “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating racial discrimination.” But um, that’s only if you might help people of color, fine to harass and detain on the basis of race.

Photo of sidewalk & trees & parking lot with 9 cars plugged into chargers.

Ashland OR has free EV chargers in city owned parking lot - just plug in. 4hr limit. 9 x 9 kw chargers. Power ~8¢/kwh here so probably < $10/hr cost to city. People seem to love it. Seattle has some neighborhood chargers, but still have to pay via ChargePoint app.

Asking for a friend: What's the deal with dissertation papers (in 3-paper model) being co-authored by the advisor? Are you supposed to keep the advisor's name off till after the defense and then put it on the publication? Or earlier, or never? Sociology Q, but also curious about other disciplines

America, 2025

YouTube video by Steve Goodman - Topic I'm My Own Grandpa

I realize that I’m late to the discourse, but I just realized that a certain logo looks a lot like the cover of Steve Goodman’s album Somebody elses Troubles, featuring the classic 1940’s song “I’m my own Grandpa” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tozz...