Jon Cluck
@joncluck.bsky.social
Anthropologist hacker living in Philadelphia. I have a PhD in STS, and am an expert on community-based science and technology research.
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Think of me as a obsessive interest drug dealer.
October 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Think of me as a obsessive interest drug dealer.
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"community" = a moral-policing machine
(or, why we need anthropologists, actually)
(or, why we need anthropologists, actually)
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
"community" = a moral-policing machine
(or, why we need anthropologists, actually)
(or, why we need anthropologists, actually)
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How to delete your account without agreeing to the new TOS:
In the dialogue box asking you to agree, DO NOT click agree. Instead, click on the TOS link which will open another tab. In the top right of that tab you can go to your account settings and delete your account.
In the dialogue box asking you to agree, DO NOT click agree. Instead, click on the TOS link which will open another tab. In the top right of that tab you can go to your account settings and delete your account.
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
How to delete your account without agreeing to the new TOS:
In the dialogue box asking you to agree, DO NOT click agree. Instead, click on the TOS link which will open another tab. In the top right of that tab you can go to your account settings and delete your account.
In the dialogue box asking you to agree, DO NOT click agree. Instead, click on the TOS link which will open another tab. In the top right of that tab you can go to your account settings and delete your account.
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A LOT of normies have learned about Groypers and the farthest right of online subculture and that is a VERY GOOD THING. The number of posts I’ve seen that said “I had to explain groyers” is GOOD. Extremely dangerous people should NOT only be understood by their targets, victims, and the “too online”
September 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A LOT of normies have learned about Groypers and the farthest right of online subculture and that is a VERY GOOD THING. The number of posts I’ve seen that said “I had to explain groyers” is GOOD. Extremely dangerous people should NOT only be understood by their targets, victims, and the “too online”
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Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
September 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
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There are still a lot of organs of power, formal and informal, that they do not control. And we need to be clear on that, so we can leverage them.
September 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There are still a lot of organs of power, formal and informal, that they do not control. And we need to be clear on that, so we can leverage them.
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They’ll ask you to mourn the deaths they mourn, and no others. They’ll ask you to cherish the lives they cherish, and no others.
September 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
They’ll ask you to mourn the deaths they mourn, and no others. They’ll ask you to cherish the lives they cherish, and no others.
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I encourage everyone to look out for their safety and practice good internet hygiene, of course. But some of the scolding posts I've read suggest we can change the awful aftermath of a fateful event by just holding our tongues and being quiet little mice, and that isn't my experience.
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I encourage everyone to look out for their safety and practice good internet hygiene, of course. But some of the scolding posts I've read suggest we can change the awful aftermath of a fateful event by just holding our tongues and being quiet little mice, and that isn't my experience.
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an important PSA from @atpota.to for moments such as these
September 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
an important PSA from @atpota.to for moments such as these
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it’s a beautiful day to shut the fuck up
September 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
it’s a beautiful day to shut the fuck up
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settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
September 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
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What I am asking of people right now is DISCERNMENT and NONCOMPLIANCE. Both of these things if practiced by most of us will help dig us out of this hole. More is needed than this of course but practicing both of these is an excellent start.
September 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What I am asking of people right now is DISCERNMENT and NONCOMPLIANCE. Both of these things if practiced by most of us will help dig us out of this hole. More is needed than this of course but practicing both of these is an excellent start.
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Hey! If you know someone (undergrad/grad) in either Charlotte or the Raleigh-Durham area who would do a couple hours of archival work (paid ofc), please send me a DM! I need someone to go thru a few boxes for me, for my dissertation.
#histsky #skystorians #historians
#histsky #skystorians #historians
September 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hey! If you know someone (undergrad/grad) in either Charlotte or the Raleigh-Durham area who would do a couple hours of archival work (paid ofc), please send me a DM! I need someone to go thru a few boxes for me, for my dissertation.
#histsky #skystorians #historians
#histsky #skystorians #historians
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If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
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 12:12 PM
If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
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Remember, if you encounter what seems like an implausible survey finding, ask:
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
September 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Remember, if you encounter what seems like an implausible survey finding, ask:
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
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They get away with a lot worse, if you ask me.
Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of German apartments turns out to be a slug
People suspected teenagers playing ding dong ditch and called police, who found animal crawling on the door panel
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
They get away with a lot worse, if you ask me.
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YES. Whenever someone says [fascism, eugenics, RFK jr, etc.] is anti-science, it tells me they skipped the reading. Those racist and sexist losers thought they were being scientific, and presume they're doing good and true science. They're not correct: they do bad science, not fake science.
"Eugenics was rooted in rational modern science then" needs re-stating. Far too many people describe eugenics as a "pseudoscience", but it wasn't to those who studied it, wrote books and papers, formed societies and argued its benefits.
But that was also rooted in „rational“, modern science then and these eugenicist elements are still present in science today. I think it’s dangerous, as Gourevitch does, to act as if this logics aren’t deeply rooted in specific forms of modernity, rationality and science.
September 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
YES. Whenever someone says [fascism, eugenics, RFK jr, etc.] is anti-science, it tells me they skipped the reading. Those racist and sexist losers thought they were being scientific, and presume they're doing good and true science. They're not correct: they do bad science, not fake science.
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Thoughts for Yvonne on new work on the history of the USPS? There's probably been much more done in the past 10 years that I don't know of.
Is there are something about them that you'd suggest I read? (need to pick up work on @unbreaking.org's USPS page again in the not too distant future...)
September 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Thoughts for Yvonne on new work on the history of the USPS? There's probably been much more done in the past 10 years that I don't know of.
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platforms should be run via participatory processes, we have the tools to do this well at scale, and BlackSky is leading the way.
Please provide your input on @blackskyweb.xyz Community Guidelines (use of the feed, moderation, app, as well as developer/network services).
Anyone using our feeds, subscribed to our mod service, on the PDS/relay
Provide input via the following link 🗳️: assembly.blacksky.community/6carwc4nzj
Anyone using our feeds, subscribed to our mod service, on the PDS/relay
Provide input via the following link 🗳️: assembly.blacksky.community/6carwc4nzj
Blacksky People's Assembly
Blacksky People's Assembly – a space for public deliberation and collective decision-making.
assembly.blacksky.community
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
platforms should be run via participatory processes, we have the tools to do this well at scale, and BlackSky is leading the way.
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I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵
September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵
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this is why i have been saying for years that “follow the science” slogan is terrible (and “evidence-based” is not much better!)
whose and what kind of science? what kind of evidence?
whose and what kind of science? what kind of evidence?
YES. Whenever someone says [fascism, eugenics, RFK jr, etc.] is anti-science, it tells me they skipped the reading. Those racist and sexist losers thought they were being scientific, and presume they're doing good and true science. They're not correct: they do bad science, not fake science.
"Eugenics was rooted in rational modern science then" needs re-stating. Far too many people describe eugenics as a "pseudoscience", but it wasn't to those who studied it, wrote books and papers, formed societies and argued its benefits.
September 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
this is why i have been saying for years that “follow the science” slogan is terrible (and “evidence-based” is not much better!)
whose and what kind of science? what kind of evidence?
whose and what kind of science? what kind of evidence?
YES. Whenever someone says [fascism, eugenics, RFK jr, etc.] is anti-science, it tells me they skipped the reading. Those racist and sexist losers thought they were being scientific, and presume they're doing good and true science. They're not correct: they do bad science, not fake science.
"Eugenics was rooted in rational modern science then" needs re-stating. Far too many people describe eugenics as a "pseudoscience", but it wasn't to those who studied it, wrote books and papers, formed societies and argued its benefits.
But that was also rooted in „rational“, modern science then and these eugenicist elements are still present in science today. I think it’s dangerous, as Gourevitch does, to act as if this logics aren’t deeply rooted in specific forms of modernity, rationality and science.
September 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
YES. Whenever someone says [fascism, eugenics, RFK jr, etc.] is anti-science, it tells me they skipped the reading. Those racist and sexist losers thought they were being scientific, and presume they're doing good and true science. They're not correct: they do bad science, not fake science.
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"Eugenics was rooted in rational modern science then" needs re-stating. Far too many people describe eugenics as a "pseudoscience", but it wasn't to those who studied it, wrote books and papers, formed societies and argued its benefits.
But that was also rooted in „rational“, modern science then and these eugenicist elements are still present in science today. I think it’s dangerous, as Gourevitch does, to act as if this logics aren’t deeply rooted in specific forms of modernity, rationality and science.
August 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Eugenics was rooted in rational modern science then" needs re-stating. Far too many people describe eugenics as a "pseudoscience", but it wasn't to those who studied it, wrote books and papers, formed societies and argued its benefits.