Liana Sayer
@lsayer.bsky.social
Sociologist/demographer @ University of Maryland studying inequalities in time use over the life course and how those relate to relationship quality and stability.
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The British Academy@britishacademy.bsky.social · 3w agoThe British Academy has elected 92 new Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Congratulations to all those elected today. Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4f64C4x
Thought you meant genre. Respect Aretha and Melissa Ethridge
Philip N Cohen@philipncohen.com · 2mo agoI can do Grace Jones's Ring of Fire 🔥 tx.
Ring of Fire Johnny Cash and Social Distortion, Come Together The Beatles and Snoopee
Philip N Cohen@philipncohen.com · 2mo agoWhat else goes on the Black-White song pair playlist? Songs where both versions are good (even if you don't like, e.g., Eric Clapton the person, obv)
The education gradient in childcare time has narrowed but these results suggest that college educated parents have increased $$ investments to help ensure class reproduction
Pat Hastings@ophastings.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat’s happened to income-group gaps in parental spending on children in the U.S.? For the last 45 years, they just. keep. getting. wider. In a new @socarxiv.bsky.social working paper, I present updated evidence on trends in spending on childcare, education, and extracurricular activities.
100 percent agree
Philip N Cohen@philipncohen.com · 2mo agoMe on the wonderful new book by the incomparable Stephanie Coontz, "For Better and Worse: The complicated past and challenging future of marriage." Every one of her books has changed the way I think about families; this is no exception. 10/10 recommend. familyinequality.wordpress.com/2026/05/27/s...
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U.S. Commerce Dept. has published a Federal Register notice proposing signicant changes in the scope of preparation for Census 2030. Tomorrow is the deadline to make comments. We encourage you to speak out. Read more about the changes @prbdata.bsky.social www.prb.org/news/newly-u...
Newly Unveiled Plans for the 2030 Census Test Suggest Trouble Ahead - Population Reference Bureau
Here are four big reasons why we're worried—and why you should be too.
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Like, if you want to find hypocrisies in public beliefs about gun ownership and authoritarianism, how about the fact that people and organizations that justified arming the citizenry because of authoritarianism have fuck-all to say once authoritarianism has actually arrived?
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Everyone in the White House involved in any way with that vile, sickening racist Trump post must be fired immediately: everyone in the communications department, everyone in the press office, every deputy chief of staff, everyone involved up and down the line. Not one more tax dollar for this filth.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 6mo agoBREAKING: President Trump removes a racist video depicting the Obamas as apes. The White House initially defended the post, then blamed it on a staffer.
Would subscribe to an employee owned and run WaPo that featured reporting
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 6mo agoWashington Post owner Jeff Bezos and publisher Will Lewis “are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special,” Ashley Parker writes.
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and publisher Will Lewis “are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special,” Ashley Parker writes.
The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
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anyway i know how many of you hate that i’m so vocal about this and think it makes me a naive shitlib or whatever. but again, i think the best thing you could do for yourself here is to get involved in election administration where you live.
I hate that Dems are just conceding the whole premise of mass deportation and instead dithering about techniques and the impact on US citizens
It turns out that democracy doesn’t die in darkness at all—it succumbs to repeated group muggings at the hands of the monied power elite. https://bit.ly/3ZPQUKt
Jeff Bezos’s Destruction of “The Washington Post” Is a Disgraceful Plutocratic Crime
It turns out that democracy doesn’t die in darkness at all—it succumbs to repeated group muggings at the hands of the moneyed power elite.
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Revised plans for critical 2026 census test raise some 🚩 🔴 Dropped test site in Colorado 🔴 Dropped language support for online response (English only) 🔴 Asking USPS workers, rather than trained Census Bureau staff, to conduct in-field operations Details in 🧵
Bunch of uni admins are thanking their lucky stars today that their faculty's research was beneath Epstein's notice. Still, I hope JE prompts all universities to reflect on how to fund research w/o compromising values, particularly as federal & state funding shrinks and donors play larger role.
Exactly. There's must-pass funding legislation going through Congress right now. If Tillis et al. aren't willing to put a Greenland condition on that bill, this is all cheap talk. (And Dems need to be pushing Republicans by insisting on conditions to stop Minnesota-type abuses.)
Deborah Pearlstein@debpearlstein.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis man could demand the Senate take action on Monday to, e.g., bar the expenditure of funds for the use of U.S. military force in Greenland. Will he support such legislation or not? This nonsense pretense that quiet-conversations-among-serious-men-can-manage-the-mad-king has just got to stop.
Plenty of other things to panic about. Birth rates aren't one of them.
Philip N Cohen@philipncohen.com · 7mo agoInstead of worrying about birth rates in 100 years — THINK OF HOW LONG JANUARY 2026 HAS BEEN — consider we have half a chance to survive partly *because* of our low birth rates, because kids are expensive and time consuming and there is work to do. A lot is going to change. Don't panic. /12
And, respectfully, what does staying accomplish? how will it change the misogyny and malice of those posting the images? And by leaving what do those left on XHustler "win"?
Pam Herd@pamherd.bsky.social · 7mo agoRespectfully, leaving abusive situations is not “letting the abuser win”. It’s a common, but deeply problematic way to frame any kind of abusive or hostile environment. “Just keeping taking the abuse” is deeply misogynistic
Family books published in 2024 and 2025 sought for the ASA Family Section William J. Goode Book Award. www.asanet.org/communities-...
Section Award Nomination Calls | American Sociological Association
Many ASA Sections offer awards to recognize achievement in their respective areas of academic interest. Following are the most recent calls for nominations
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"I believe that we must set the example of supporting the party's nominee," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said of Democrats—such as Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries—who haven't endorsed NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-zoh...
AOC: Schumer, Jeffries Setting a Bad Example by Not Backing Mamdani | Common Dreams
"I believe that we must set the example of supporting the party's nominee," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said of Democrats—such as Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries—who haven't endorsed NYC mayoral cand...
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