When you can apply ideas to not just one tribe but everyone, those ideas can be ways of illuminating our shared human existence.

We hate others...and many times we have no real interacting with those others.

How have we generated such feelings?

https://youtu.be/Kxqep-C8COc

Some of us are lonely, but we don't have to be.

https://open.substack.com/pub/rodgraham/p/be-the-connection-you-seek?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=cpri4

Grades always degrade.

https://rodgraham.substack.com/p/facts-dont-care-about-your-feelings

Any #sociologists looking for an outlet in this anti-DEI moment? Consider submitting a chapter to this exciting new book project.

#academia #DEI

Full call for abstracts below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-dLcS173yYn8CR1Z-F5ahZFoXbFrTdQY4mRT96gRtaU/edit?usp=sharing

https://rodgraham.substack.com/p/the-diversity-opportunity

https://rodgraham.substack.com/p/the-answer-is-in-the-response

By the end of today, NASA’s workforce will be about 10 percent smaller
A dark and painful day at a space agency that brings so much light and joy to the world.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/by-the-end-of-today-nasas-workforce-will-be-about-10-percent-smaller/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

https://rodgraham.substack.com/p/the-answer-is-in-the-response

My co-editor and I are looking for pieces speaking to the current anti-DEI moment.

#sociology #DEI

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MyqTt4geJ81-z07Ug1w87s2uK71OASkO/view?usp=sharing

https://rodgraham.substack.com/p/the-triplett-paradox

This is a must-read on the #influencers who got #Trump elected and provide an alternative press corps to support his presidency:
'The Second Trump Presidency, Brought to You by YouTubers'
Podcasters including Joe Rogan, Theo Von and Logan Paul are mobilizing America’s men to lean right. An analysis of over 2,000 videos shows how. #journalism #propaganda #disinformation #media #socialmedia
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-youtube-podcast-men-for-trump/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczNzU1ODA1NCwiZXhwIjoxNzM4MTYyODU0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUUhRVDFUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFNzAxNENGQzIzNTI0MzU0QTVENUY2QkREMDAxOEU3NiJ9.GsfUMyUBAmYSDrhZnFpIDBs7BX2TjK4tcDg0IXDRKpM&leadSource=uverify%20wall @potemkinvillage

While I work on my book about online deviance, I will be posting excerpts. #academia #sociology

https://open.substack.com/pub/rodgraham/p/folkways-mores-taboos-and-laws?r=cpri4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Historians are a sociologist's best friend.

We can posit a condition or context and ask a historian how it played out in the past.

Me: How do everyday folks talk about and justify supporting a morally questionable strong man who threatens the democratic freedoms they hold dear?

Historian:

@ccurtain Hey thanks for the tip. I'll check it out!

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I’m so with @marcelias. He writes “Democracy Docket will widen its aperture to be a voice of opposition to Trump and MAGA at a time when too many legacy news outlets are kissing the ring and deciding how to make nice.” Pls consider a contribution. https://www.democracydocket.com/support/

Chatbots urged teen to self-harm, suggested murdering parents, lawsuit says
Parents suing want Character.AI to delete its models trained on kids' data.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/chatbots-urged-teen-to-self-harm-suggested-murdering-parents-lawsuit-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Are you a (digital) sociologist or (cyber)criminologist studying AI?

ODU is hiring!

I'm on the search committee and the coordinator of our cybercriminology program.

Our ad is vague, so I put some potential research areas in the image.

https://jobs.odu.edu/postings/22086