Andy McCumber
@ahmccumber.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Sociology. Past: Postdoc, Stony Brook University IACS, UCSB Sociology PhD. Author of BAD NATURE, University of Chicago Press www.andymccumber.com
It amazes me that a significant number of people out there continue to think that David Brooks is an important voice for us to listen to in our current political moment.
This seems like it’s from The Onion. “I know a thing or two about the American elite, ahem, and if you’ve read my work, you may be sick of my assaults on the educated elites for being insular, self-indulgent and smug. But the phrase “the Epstein class” is inaccurate, unfair and irresponsible.”
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It amazes me that a significant number of people out there continue to think that David Brooks is an important voice for us to listen to in our current political moment.
Well he definitely won’t get along with Spencer Strider. I vote the Giants take Strider off their hands.
I think Rolison even clears Blake Treinen levels of conservative thought
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Well he definitely won’t get along with Spencer Strider. I vote the Giants take Strider off their hands.
“Senator Fetterman Hospitalized After Fall From Grace”
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Senator Fetterman Hospitalized After Fall From Grace”
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the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
“Okay everybody tuck your pants into your socks”
what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Okay everybody tuck your pants into your socks”
Somewhere that translator who quit midway through a Muammar Gaddafi speech is having traumatic flashbacks.
Trump's brain is now incoherently flitting from topic to topic as the UN sits listening him to complete silence
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Somewhere that translator who quit midway through a Muammar Gaddafi speech is having traumatic flashbacks.
I’m pessimistic, but I’d sure like to see a chorus of university presidents accord the country denouncing this and calling it what it is.
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I’m pessimistic, but I’d sure like to see a chorus of university presidents accord the country denouncing this and calling it what it is.
Hard to overstate how revolting and demoralizing this utter gibberish is, after growing up amid the war on terror and the steady desensitization to jingoistic violence-for-violence’s-sake that came with it.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Hard to overstate how revolting and demoralizing this utter gibberish is, after growing up amid the war on terror and the steady desensitization to jingoistic violence-for-violence’s-sake that came with it.
So apparently he’s not dead. But we can still enjoy the best line reading in cinematic snd TV history anyway.
Twin Peaks (2017) He's Dead
YouTube video by Will Perkins
youtu.be
September 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
So apparently he’s not dead. But we can still enjoy the best line reading in cinematic snd TV history anyway.
This is why the calls to “moderate” by abandoning trans issues etc. are bad strategy on top of being morally bankrupt. It cedes the entire political conversation to the right. You’d think Kamala was the vanguard of the revolution from the Trump campaign ads last year.
the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.
August 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is why the calls to “moderate” by abandoning trans issues etc. are bad strategy on top of being morally bankrupt. It cedes the entire political conversation to the right. You’d think Kamala was the vanguard of the revolution from the Trump campaign ads last year.
Remember when Bret Stephens imploded because someone made a joke about him being a bedbug?
Allies of the fascist regime are referring to the residents of our capital city as “cockroaches.”
This is explicitly neo-Nazi language used in service of making Jeffrey Epstein‘s best friend into dictator for life.
This is explicitly neo-Nazi language used in service of making Jeffrey Epstein‘s best friend into dictator for life.
August 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Remember when Bret Stephens imploded because someone made a joke about him being a bedbug?
Made my pilgrimage to the ASA book exhibit to see Bad Nature on display!
August 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Made my pilgrimage to the ASA book exhibit to see Bad Nature on display!
Reposted by Andy McCumber
🧵 Strolled through the ASA book exhibit, and it is always great seeing new publications from ppl I know (IRL and virtually).
Bad Nature by @ahmccumber.bsky.social
Bad Nature by @ahmccumber.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🧵 Strolled through the ASA book exhibit, and it is always great seeing new publications from ppl I know (IRL and virtually).
Bad Nature by @ahmccumber.bsky.social
Bad Nature by @ahmccumber.bsky.social
Very excited to present on this research and also Caleb read far more Fox News transcripts than than is recommended for safe human consumption for this, so please attend our preconference to make sure it wasn’t in vain.
presenting with @ahmccumber.bsky.social tomorrow at the ASA pre-conference on climate change and you're not going to want to miss what comes next
August 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Very excited to present on this research and also Caleb read far more Fox News transcripts than than is recommended for safe human consumption for this, so please attend our preconference to make sure it wasn’t in vain.
The truth and reconciliation commission can’t come soon enough.
Q: "A 75 year old Cuban national died in ICE custody. He had lived in the U.S. for 60 years...Is there anything you can tell us about that?"
Border Czar Tom Homan: "People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
Border Czar Tom Homan: "People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
July 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The truth and reconciliation commission can’t come soon enough.
My only worry about Zohran is that he seems like he’s not nearly weird enough to be NYC Mayor.
June 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My only worry about Zohran is that he seems like he’s not nearly weird enough to be NYC Mayor.
Bad Nature is keeping good company with John Levi-Martin in London bookshelves. This account may just post images of shelved books for the foreseeable future until the novelty of finding my book in the wild wears off).
June 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Bad Nature is keeping good company with John Levi-Martin in London bookshelves. This account may just post images of shelved books for the foreseeable future until the novelty of finding my book in the wild wears off).
As an R user, I’m having a difficult time adjusting to all of the buildings in the UK using 0-indexed floor numbers.
June 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
As an R user, I’m having a difficult time adjusting to all of the buildings in the UK using 0-indexed floor numbers.
How do they trot out the line about outside agitators or “people who aren’t even a part of the main protest” every single time.
She is 100% ok with the police violence today. From KTLA:
June 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
How do they trot out the line about outside agitators or “people who aren’t even a part of the main protest” every single time.
I made a sociological pilgrimage yesterday.
June 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I made a sociological pilgrimage yesterday.
Meanwhile, somehow both Massachusetts and Utah managed to elect Mitt Romney to office.
The whole "you're not from here" shit just doesn't ring as true with me anymore. The people I have voted for in LA and in Cali and in Philly and PA are from there and guess what? They fucking suck too. Being from somewhere doesn't mean you're not a grifting dick.
Don't be for sale and I'll listen.
Don't be for sale and I'll listen.
My NEFARIOUS PLANS have finally been EXPOSED!!
May 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Meanwhile, somehow both Massachusetts and Utah managed to elect Mitt Romney to office.
Dude should have been perp walked on 1/21/21
Biden took an oath to defend the constitution, and he didn't see that as an oath to crush Trump's movement immediately and permanently.
May 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dude should have been perp walked on 1/21/21
@grantbrisbee.bsky.social did you approve this
May 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@grantbrisbee.bsky.social did you approve this
Really bares the stupidity of all those “be careful what you wish for” takes during the Biden era on this issue.
Democrats wouldn’t blow up the filibuster to pass a voting rights bill, but Republicans will do it to pollute California.
Senate Republicans are set to go nuclear today, blowing up the filibuster to repeal California’s vehicle emissions standards—after spending YEARS promising to preserve the filibuster once they retook the chamber. slate.com/news-and-pol...
May 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Really bares the stupidity of all those “be careful what you wish for” takes during the Biden era on this issue.
Received my first photo of Bad Nature “in the wild” today! At Book Culture in NYC.
May 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Received my first photo of Bad Nature “in the wild” today! At Book Culture in NYC.