David Bartram

@dbartram.bsky.social

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Sociologist. Interests: inequalities, happiness, migration, & causal identification. Editor-in-chief of @socialindicators.bsky.social. PhD UW-Madison. AI-free teaching & research since 1998. Posts are personal.

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 1d

Concentration -- a reliable strategy to increase efficiency

Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 1d

ICE documents describe warehouse detention sites designed to speed removals and cut costs, raising serious questions about human dignity and oversight.

www.commondreams.org/news/inside-...

'Beyond Dehumanizing': ICE Docs Expose Plan to Hold 80,000 People in Warehouses | Common Dreams

ICE's plan to warehouse tens of thousands of immigrants in massive storage facilities is "beyond dehumanizing."

www.commondreams.org

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 1d

ICE documents describe warehouse detention sites designed to speed removals and cut costs, raising serious questions about human dignity and oversight.

www.commondreams.org/news/inside-...

'Beyond Dehumanizing': ICE Docs Expose Plan to Hold 80,000 People in Warehouses | Common Dreams

ICE's plan to warehouse tens of thousands of immigrants in massive storage facilities is "beyond dehumanizing."

www.commondreams.org

Reposted by Juan Cole, Aurélien Mondon, David Bartram

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 2d

It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.

The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2d

Camps where tens of thousands of politically disfavored people will be concentrated.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses

The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.

www.washingtonpost.com

David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 2d

That submission is now in my* inbox.

*okay, maybe not mine -- but the inbox of an editor somewhere.

"no more work" 😃

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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 3d

Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:

David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 3d

"pro-life"

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 3d

The US Administration has chosen to obliterate huge swathes of our scientific research.

That decision will kill Americans.

Conservative Americans and Liberal Americans.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d

"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 3d

The US Administration has chosen to obliterate huge swathes of our scientific research.

That decision will kill Americans.

Conservative Americans and Liberal Americans.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d

"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"

Yale School of Public Health @yalesph.bsky.social · 4d

A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment

I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

www.muellershewrote.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d

“Americans are increasingly hungry for Italian piazzas, Spanish plazas, French places, & similar squares around the globe. But the joy of experiencing life in these public squares leaves some travelers disappointed when they return to the States.”

Don’t let ANYONE tell you it HAS to be that way.

Americans are hungry for community. So why don’t we have more European-style squares? | CNN

As travel abroad has become common for more Americans, many have enjoyed Europe’s vibrant squares. Why doesn’t the United States have more of that kind of gathering spot and is change afoot?

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 6d

No -- but they submit to the journal anyway. 🤪

David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 6d

Always...

David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 7d

Screen/assess. Desk-reject most. Assign a few to associate editors. Manage peer review for the occasional one.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 7d

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 7d

What concerns me is the role the big *publishers* might plan in this story. If asked, I'd be happy to tell the DoJ where to stick their letter -- but my journal is owned by the publisher, & they might well take the view that I'm not authorized to give that sort of response (or any response at all).

David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 7d

Final week before authors are meant to stop working.

On the publisher's submission system I can see there are 50 new manuscripts, waiting to be assigned to me.

FIFTY!

& why wouldn't there be more over the weekend.

What a lovely week of "holiday" I will have. @socialindicators.bsky.social

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 7d

One thing that absolutely definitely happens for real in the academic job market is that when you do not get a job, the Dean calls you and explains why you didn't get it. This is extra-super true when the explanation is something legally actionable on its face.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 7d

You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.

Naomi Wolf: I got pretty far along in the hiring process for a wonderful position teaching at a NY state university before a dean in the department told me I couldn’t go any further because I was white.

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Catbus ☃️🎄❄️ @catbus.phd · 7d

David Brooks being in the Epstein pics reminded me he got divorced from his wife of 28 years for sleeping with his 20 year old research assistant, but I'd forgotten *this* was the book she assisted him with

lol

The Road to Character by David Brooks

from Goodreads:

The Road to Character by David Brooks (2015) is a non-fiction book that argues for building inner moral depth over external success, contrasting "résumé virtues" (wealth, fame) with "eulogy virtues" (kindness, bravery, honesty).

lmao

David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 8d

PS -- if anyone thinks my perspective on this paper (or the more general issue) is wrong, I'd be very grateful to hear it.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 9d

"paint me like the Vice Chancellor of a failing UK university"

Absolute masterclass in fuckery from Anderson as photographer.

Particularly like not even waiting for the person on the phone in the background to move. No point when you already know the client is going to stiff you on the invoice.