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Jonathan Wynn

@jonwynn.bsky.social

Professor of Sociology at UMass Amherst. Author of The Tour Guide and Music/City; and co-author of The City & The Hospital. The Set Up, a novel, is now an audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Set-Up-Audiobook/B0FG9BSBN4 ORCID: 0000-0002-8670-1101

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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Daniel Winchester@bishopofwestsaxons.bsky.social · 4w ago

IT'S ALIVE! Brainstorming, discussing, writing, and re-writing this piece on the "unbundling" of American religion with @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social, @jlkucinskas.bsky.social, and @bsteens.bsky.social was the most enjoyable part of the process, but it's gratifying to see it officially "out" in ASR.

Religion Unbundled: Toward a Twenty-First-Century Paradigm for the Sociology of American Religion - Ruth Braunstein, Jaime Kucinskas, Brian Steensland, Daniel Winchester, 2026

Much recent sociological work on religion in the United States is written outside the field’s two established paradigms: secularization theory and the 1990s “re...

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Liam Hogan@liamhogan.id.au · last mo.

Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC

Bean & Sprout's Mom@beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"The researchers warn that as more people rely on AI systems instead of traditional web searches to understand politics, health, ethics, and public affairs, society could gradually lose exposure to the messy but deeply human diversity of reasoning that shapes public discourse."

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH@rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2mo ago

How AI lacks humanity in its answers & its implications for info retrieval as we rely on it more vs. traditional web sites. Cool study co-authored by my UCR School of Public Policy colleague Kevin Esterling and faculty in our College of Engineering. sociology moral philosophy policysky polisky

Jonathan Wynn@jonwynn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Absolutely thrilled to have just finished reading Alexandre Frenette's (@vusociology.bsky.social ) new book on internships as the shaky fulcrum between the culture industries and higher education. This banger is rich, expansive, and for anyone who's interested in the arts + higher education!

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Places Journal@placesjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"Benches are where optimistic visions of civic life meet reality. To remove them, or to curate who gets to sit, is to abandon the work of defining a civic ideal and determining, together, how to live up to it." NEW: Why benches are slowly disappearing from public spaces — and why we need them back:

The Disappearance of the Public Bench

Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.

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Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This should be an impeachable offense. I understand that we’re way past any of that, but that shouldn’t stop us from naming it.

John Gramlich@johngramlich.bsky.social · 4mo ago

89% – percentage of disaster aid requests Trump has approved for states with a Republican governor and two Republican senators 23% – percentage of disaster aid requests Trump has approved for states with a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Line chart showing presidential approval rates for disaster aid requests submitted by Democratic- and Republican-led states, covering the period from the Reagan administration to today. The chart is based on a Politico/E&E News analysis of records from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.