David Tindall
@dbtindall.bsky.social
UBC sociology professor. Environment, social networks, social movements. Tweets on environment, climate change, social and political issues, & some satire.
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We are starting the new year in a new building at UBC. I just googled coffee places on Google Maps. Somehow we have geomtrically optimized for being as far away as possible from all coffee places on campus. I hope it doesn't rain this semester in Vancouver.
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
We are starting the new year in a new building at UBC. I just googled coffee places on Google Maps. Somehow we have geomtrically optimized for being as far away as possible from all coffee places on campus. I hope it doesn't rain this semester in Vancouver.
New Year's Eve view. Crows heading east.
January 1, 2026 at 12:28 AM
New Year's Eve view. Crows heading east.
@avigoldberg.bsky.social @somardrawoh.bsky.social @mclaughlinsoc.bsky.social @stecklov.bsky.social Bibi gave Trump an award. Maybe Israel is the new FIFA?
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@avigoldberg.bsky.social @somardrawoh.bsky.social @mclaughlinsoc.bsky.social @stecklov.bsky.social Bibi gave Trump an award. Maybe Israel is the new FIFA?
@scottjshapiro.bsky.social
@scottjshapiro
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to Bari (verb): To attempt to bury a damaging political story—only to amplify it massively by drawing attention to the act of censorship itself.
Example:
“They tried to Bari the segment, but it got Streisanded and everyone watched it twice.”
@scottjshapiro
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6h
to Bari (verb): To attempt to bury a damaging political story—only to amplify it massively by drawing attention to the act of censorship itself.
Example:
“They tried to Bari the segment, but it got Streisanded and everyone watched it twice.”
December 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
@scottjshapiro.bsky.social
@scottjshapiro
·
6h
to Bari (verb): To attempt to bury a damaging political story—only to amplify it massively by drawing attention to the act of censorship itself.
Example:
“They tried to Bari the segment, but it got Streisanded and everyone watched it twice.”
@scottjshapiro
·
6h
to Bari (verb): To attempt to bury a damaging political story—only to amplify it massively by drawing attention to the act of censorship itself.
Example:
“They tried to Bari the segment, but it got Streisanded and everyone watched it twice.”
Reposted by David Tindall
This is very good.
Today on Volts: I've got a nerdy one for you! I talk with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about the epistemic crisis & its roots in social identity. He explains why factchecking & media literacy classes will never solve misinformation -- why something deeper & stronger is required.
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
www.volts.wtf
December 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is very good.
Reposted by David Tindall
New postdoc position in Computational Social Science (80%) at the Institute of Sociology, University of Bern. Part of the Digital Society Lab.
Start April 2026.
Apply by Jan 31, 2026.
Official job posting: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Start April 2026.
Apply by Jan 31, 2026.
Official job posting: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New postdoc position in Computational Social Science (80%) at the Institute of Sociology, University of Bern. Part of the Digital Society Lab.
Start April 2026.
Apply by Jan 31, 2026.
Official job posting: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Start April 2026.
Apply by Jan 31, 2026.
Official job posting: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@avigoldberg.bsky.social I missed the Skinner trade (though I saw someone speculating it was coming a week or two ago). Any thoughts on it?
December 14, 2025 at 6:08 AM
@avigoldberg.bsky.social I missed the Skinner trade (though I saw someone speculating it was coming a week or two ago). Any thoughts on it?
From the things are not as they seem file:
December 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
From the things are not as they seem file:
Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson's School via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson’s School | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier defended her quiet efforts to accredit the psychologist’s for-profit online ‘academy.’
thetyee.ca
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by David Tindall
New @csa-scs.bsky.social shows that Canadian undergraduate enrollment has declined over the last decade but has stabilized. This was especially notable in Ontario. MA and PhD are enrollments are stable.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New @csa-scs.bsky.social shows that Canadian undergraduate enrollment has declined over the last decade but has stabilized. This was especially notable in Ontario. MA and PhD are enrollments are stable.
csa-scs.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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