Fancy a trip to Korea next year to be at @isa-sociology.org's XXI World Congress to talk about gender and the gig economy? More details here: isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20... @rc30sociologywork.bsky.social #sociology #gigeconomy #gender

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💯 agree

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2w ago

there is literally no amount of caveats or careful wording that will protect you from stupidity or bad faith, so you might as well say things straightforwardly and strongly to begin with.

lol of course

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last mo.

Women’s use of AI is perceived as a sign of incompetence, while men’s use of AI is seen as an indication of initiative. 🤦🏻‍♂️

“…its most severe and widespread heatwave on record—an oppressive force made hotter by carbon pollution and less bearable by repeated failures to prepare for it.” rare capsule description acknowledging both human-caused pollution and human-caused inaction?

‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?

Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact

theguardian.com

This is tragic but also what happens when you do not enough to combat climate change

IT CAN’T CONFESS! IT ISN’T SENTIENT! FFS, people.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

Claude AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’

Being a professor is just giving yourself homework for the rest of your life.

Haven’t been able to put down Cris Shore and Susan Wright’s Audit Culture. Superbly written and so many great case studies. #newprojectreading

It’s so good we’re getting hard evidence about this !!!!! We’re led to believe we’re in some loneliness epidemic!

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Fascinating new study about men’s friendships. There’s a lot of evidence here that the “male loneliness crisis” is actually a white, wealthy man problem. Other men are building friendships with similar depth to women’s friendships.

'Jardín en Giverny o Camino en el jardín de Monet' ,1900 Claude Monet 👨🏻‍🎨

A good point

Oldcoach@oldcoach.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The people who only read shorter pieces in the past read nothing now, they only watch videos. The only readers left are those who like reading, and they’ll read anything.

Bonafide evidence to strip your life of hasslers. This has been my approach to working life this year. Stop engaging.

Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · 5mo ago

On negative social ties. The number of "hasslers" in your life—people who create problems or make life difficult, especially family members (not spouse)—and the link to promoting accelerated aging, inflammation, and adverse health outcomes @pnas.org pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Absolutely. 💯 %

Jess A. Goldberg 🇵🇸@jessagoldberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The utterance of "A.I.'s inevitability" is one of the most stark pure performatives I've seen in my time working in higher ed. Every time it is uttered, it is clearly not reporting a fact about the world but instead actively trying to create the reality it narrates. We can and must refuse.

Unflinching refusal to use or allow the use of A.I. in reading & writing should be the uncontroversial, default position of teachers from K-12 to colleges & universities. If our administrators tell us we "have to" we tell them to eff off. We will not kill the planet's water for systemic plagiarism.

The utterance of "A.I.'s inevitability" is one of the most stark pure performatives I've seen in my time working in higher ed. Every time it is uttered, it is clearly not reporting a fact about the world but instead actively trying to create the reality it narrates. We can and must refuse.

lol of course

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...

Thrilled to see this paper finally out in #BJS, which delves into the work of getting work on project-based platforms. It's hard work! Often invisible, affective and always gendered #Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social

British Journal of Sociology@bjsociology.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Drawing on 65 qualitative interviews with Australian workers on project-based platforms, this article explores how platforms reproduce gendered inequalities while sustaining the promise of flexibility. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Whatever my uni declares, I am not going to engage with AI. I am not going to use AI or teach students to use it. I am going to continue to explain to students why it is harmful. Absolutely absurd to allow this anti-intellectual, environmentally devastating technology into the university at all.

Question: Can straight men even have fun without making it a commodity? Answer: No.

New York Magazine@nymag.com · 7mo ago

Across YouTube and TikTok watch-alongs, straight men are watching and enjoying ‘Heated Rivalry,’ and acting as a legitimizing force. “In 2026, there’s a particular charge to watching straight men watch this show,” Kathryn VanArendonk writes.

L.o.l

Looking forward to reading this - I’ve heard so much about the great project behind it

Hannah McCann@binarythis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

My book is out today! Do me a favour and ask your library to order a copy? www.bloomsbury.com/us/emotions-...

My book is out today! Do me a favour and ask your library to order a copy? www.bloomsbury.com/us/emotions-...

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

Ethical AI is an oxymoron, like automated science

"Only 37% say their institution rewards applying research outside academia through tenure or promotion; 30% say they receive no recognition at all." Ht @petersuber.bsky.social

From work-family conflict to privacy loss, rapid digitalisation has unleashed heightened forebodings about digital technologies' ramifications. Who's concerned? How do digital literacy & exposure matter? @yueqiansoc.bsky.social & I tried to find out doi.org/10.1080/1369... @sriucl.bsky.social

Who is concerned about digitalization? The role of digital literacy and exposure across 30 countries

Rapid digitalization has unleashed widespread digital concerns, namely concerns about the potential harms associated with digital technology use, such as privacy loss, blurred work-family boundarie...

tandfonline.com

Mine and @pengzell.bsky.social paper "How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility?" was published in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social yesterday edu.nl/y7ct3 More details in the future, but for now short explanation of what we did, and the origin story of the paper. [Thread below]

How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility?

Article: How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility? | Sociological Science | Posted December 11, 2025

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