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Donald Tomaskovic-Devey

@dont-d.bsky.social

Sociologist of organizations, inequality, and hope

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Donald Tomaskovic-Devey@dont-d.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The EEOC is encouraging white men to file race and sex discrimination complaints. We know a little about this already so I wrote this with Steve Boutcher. theconversation.com/white-men-fi...

White men file workplace discrimination claims but are less likely to face inequity than other groups

Research shows that white men who file discrimination charges experience employer retaliation at similar rates as other racial groups.

theconversation.com

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · last yr.

Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.

Infographic titled “Judges reject Trump at an accelerating pace” with subtitle “Federal district court rulings against the administration.” The first bar chart, labeled “By month, %”, shows the percentage of federal district court rulings against the Trump administration: • February: 53.8% (7 out of 13) • March: 74.3% (26 out of 35) • April: 76.1% (51 out of 67) • May: 96.3% (26 out of 27) The second bar chart, labeled “By appointing party, %”, shows rulings against the Trump administration by the party of the judge’s appointing president: • Republican-appointed judges: 72.2% (26 out of 36) • Democratic-appointed judges: 80.4% (74 out of 92) Source: Bonica, Adam; Sen, Maya, 2025, “Common-space Measures of Judicial Ideology for Federal Judges (2024 update),” https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CK3EEL Note: Coding scheme details available at data4democracy.substack.com/p/when-judges-become-targets-judicial
Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · last yr.

“Big Tech companies including X, Meta, Apple and TikTok should be aware the bloc is ready to enforce its full digital rulebook no matter who is in charge of these firms or where they're located” European Commission Prez @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu on DSA enforcement www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Von der Leyen warns X, Meta, TikTok to play by the rules in Europe — no matter who’s CEO

The European Commission will enforce its digital rulebook without fear, said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

politico.eu

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · last yr.

Pete Hegseth is a pretty despicable human being, on top of the other, many deficits he brought to the Pentagon But you should be even madder at the 50 senators who knew Hegseth was an alcoholic, a serial abuser of women, and a poser massively unqualified for the post and yet voted for him anyway

Vintage Jerseys & Hats@polyesterunis.com · last yr.

This is brilliant!... if all 18 schools actually step up to the plate. This is academia's chance to take the lead on fighting back against the Idiocracy. Please, University Presidents, have the courage to show the way.

Michael Yarbrough (he/him)@mwyarbrough.bsky.social · last yr.

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads: "BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey@dont-d.bsky.social · last yr.

PLEASE REPOST Two colleagues and I have been looking at corporate racial justice responses to the George Floy murder/BLM protests. Top line finding is influential DEI staff mattered. I suspect that the current DEI backlash is at least in part a response. theconversation.com/we-analyzed-...

We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence

Only 1 in 5 Fortune 500 companies made strong racial justice commitments in response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Those companies were more likely to have DEI staff.

theconversation.com