A really great video on the language of cults. And as one can imagine, the strategies of leaders of harmful cults have long since been adopted by some actors in politics, media, and marketing.
A really great video on the language of cults. And as one can imagine, the strategies of leaders of harmful cults have long since been adopted by some actors in politics, media, and marketing.
017/2025
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
by Christopher Hitchens https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1566053.The_Portable_Atheist
Publication alert
In "Work–family conflict: A classed phenomenon?" Berglind Hólm Ragnarsdóttir, Valgerður S Bjarnadóttir, Andrea Hjálmsdóttir, and Anna Soffía Víkingsdóttir show that both work to family and family to work conflict are associated with anxiety and depression among women and that these relationships are more pronounced among working class women.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993241311150
#sociology #socialsciences #worklife #class #depression #AcademicJournals
I think it all depends on that first click. Most people are nice, but just a few I click with.
#friend #friendship #science #psychology #sociology #society
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_long_does_it_take_to_make_a_friend
Which 1960s cultural group do you most identify with…
Add your comments, if you wish.
“We shall fight them on the beaches…” Not Winston Churchill, but a reference to Whit Monday 1964 when Mods and Rockers clashed on Brighton beach. The two tribes set about each other with belts, chains, burning deckchairs and stones. This was the latest in a long line of Mods v Rockers “fixtures” - Clacton, Hastings, Margate, Bournemouth…
In the 1820s, my 5 x great grandparents Samuel Cottrell and Ann Baker were Protestant Dissenters, Non-Conformists. What did they believe in? This item from the Christian Monthly Repository, 1827, offers a clue.
The good news is I am still getting daily emails from @stuartelden's email list. The bad news is that he just might have left Mastodon altogether. It is unfortunate, but we all must travel our own path.
I recommend signing up for his email list. Anyone with a professional or personal interest in #academia, #humanities, #philosophy, #sociology, #geography, #SpaceAndPlace, and #books will not be disappointed. I have followed his blog on and off since about 2012/2013. I have 4 or 5 books he has edited or written, including the most recent I just got Friday, in which is was the editor of hard to find translations of #HenriLefebvre's works: On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography
Sociologist Michael Burawoy killed by driver in hit and run. RIP, comrade.
Baboons may offer clues to early human social evolution
https://www.earth.com/news/baboons-may-offer-clues-to-early-human-social-evolution/
Actionable items: pick one or two and work on offices and events within walking and commuting distance.
When we grow food at home and in neighborhoods, we peel the Profiteers' fingers off our necks.
If we remove prison slavery and replace it with gentle custody, we save ourselves and spite slavers.
If we make hospitable policy for newcomers, we spite racists.
If we fix zoning we spite landlords and fix the invented housing crisis.
If we write or call or visit to our elected reps every day, they won't have time to cheat with lobbiests.
#solutions #communityaction #foculpoints #effectiveaction
(advised by a #sociology student)
Social and health disparities associated with healthy brain ageing in Brazil and in other Latin American countries
#politics #brazil #science #sociology #neuroscience #epidemiology
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2824%2900451-0/fulltext
Friday 8 February 1963
Troops, helicopters and army “Ducks” stood by on a flood alert in the West Country last night as rivers, swollen by the thaw, rose bank high. Many rivers in Devon are expected to burst their banks today. In Carmarthen, Wales, fields are under water.
The deadline for abstract submissions is Monday, February 10th! Check the guidelines and submit
invest.utu.fi/conference/a...
#sociology #socialpolicy #socialwork #statistics #economics #politicaleconomy #politicalscience #psychology #childpsychiatry #demography #epidemiology #socialpharmacy
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Michael Burawoy, 1947-2025: Patron Saint of Public Sociology www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/02/mich... #sociology
Michael Burawoy, 1947-2025: Pa...
Michael Burawoy, 1947-2025: Patron Saint of Public Sociology https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/02/michael-burawoy-1947-2025-patron-saint-of-public-sociology/ #sociology
A social epidemiologist exposes illegal evictions targeting Black women in #Detroit—uncovering threats, violence, and harassment. 40% report housing discrimination tied to race, income, and family size. https://theconversation.com/almost-half-of-evicted-women-and-families-in-metro-detroit-say-they-were-illegally-pushed-out-of-their-homes-244386 @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon #sociology #discrimination
The Trusk Phenomenon: Billionaires vs Democracy.
https://www.michaelcresswell.com/post/trusk-phenomenon
#Trusk #TruskPhenomenon