Max Coleman
@maxecoleman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Utah, studying mental and cognitive health, inequality, social psychology, and theory.
Husband to @robrankin.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
Husband to @robrankin.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
I love this man so much!!
Happy Valentine’s Day, Rob 🥰
Happy Valentine’s Day, Rob 🥰
A Happy (First Married) Valentine's Day! @maxecoleman.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I love this man so much!!
Happy Valentine’s Day, Rob 🥰
Happy Valentine’s Day, Rob 🥰
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A direct, prescient, and essential speech by @ricksteves.bsky.social.
It is vital to remind ourselves that we are indeed seeing what we are seeing and Rick Steves helps us illuminate the stakes of the world today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E20u...
It is vital to remind ourselves that we are indeed seeing what we are seeing and Rick Steves helps us illuminate the stakes of the world today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E20u...
The Traveler & American Democracy with Rick Steves
YouTube video by Rick Steves' Europe
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:42 AM
A direct, prescient, and essential speech by @ricksteves.bsky.social.
It is vital to remind ourselves that we are indeed seeing what we are seeing and Rick Steves helps us illuminate the stakes of the world today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E20u...
It is vital to remind ourselves that we are indeed seeing what we are seeing and Rick Steves helps us illuminate the stakes of the world today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E20u...
"President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment..."
You cannot erase science. You can blatantly ignore it and allow as much mass suffering as you want, but the truth stands.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
You cannot erase science. You can blatantly ignore it and allow as much mass suffering as you want, but the truth stands.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
"President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment..."
You cannot erase science. You can blatantly ignore it and allow as much mass suffering as you want, but the truth stands.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
You cannot erase science. You can blatantly ignore it and allow as much mass suffering as you want, but the truth stands.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
My colleagues and I have a new paper on dementia stigma in the United States.
We used a vignette experiment to study how the (a) gender and (b) impairment level of a fictional older adult shape stigma. Some interesting findings below:
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We used a vignette experiment to study how the (a) gender and (b) impairment level of a fictional older adult shape stigma. Some interesting findings below:
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Dementia stigma in the United States: variation by target gender, degree of impairment, and respondent characteristics
INTRODUCTION The rising prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) poses major public health concerns. Public knowledge about ADRD diverges from scientific consensus, and consequ...
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
My colleagues and I have a new paper on dementia stigma in the United States.
We used a vignette experiment to study how the (a) gender and (b) impairment level of a fictional older adult shape stigma. Some interesting findings below:
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We used a vignette experiment to study how the (a) gender and (b) impairment level of a fictional older adult shape stigma. Some interesting findings below:
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A rare @nytimes.com article that places the news in its proper context, noting (for example) that Trump believes immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Trump Criticizes Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
A rare @nytimes.com article that places the news in its proper context, noting (for example) that Trump believes immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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As with everything, this latest midnight tantrum will amount to nothing.
BUT just to stress how abnormal this presidency is: seven years ago, it was pretty major news that a *private* 1971 tape caught Reagan referring to Black people as monkeys. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
BUT just to stress how abnormal this presidency is: seven years ago, it was pretty major news that a *private* 1971 tape caught Reagan referring to Black people as monkeys. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
February 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
As with everything, this latest midnight tantrum will amount to nothing.
BUT just to stress how abnormal this presidency is: seven years ago, it was pretty major news that a *private* 1971 tape caught Reagan referring to Black people as monkeys. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
BUT just to stress how abnormal this presidency is: seven years ago, it was pretty major news that a *private* 1971 tape caught Reagan referring to Black people as monkeys. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
“The state-approved version doesn’t include chapters on media and technology, global inequality, race and ethnicity, social stratification, or gender, sex and sexuality.”
Just horrifying. All faculty should refuse to use this.
(h/t @professorkd.bsky.social)
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Just horrifying. All faculty should refuse to use this.
(h/t @professorkd.bsky.social)
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Florida Introduces “Sanitized” Sociology Textbook
The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two univ...
www.insidehighered.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
“The state-approved version doesn’t include chapters on media and technology, global inequality, race and ethnicity, social stratification, or gender, sex and sexuality.”
Just horrifying. All faculty should refuse to use this.
(h/t @professorkd.bsky.social)
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Just horrifying. All faculty should refuse to use this.
(h/t @professorkd.bsky.social)
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Wrote today about how Republican lawmakers, seemingly, had issues with ICE this whole time? (with more than a slight tip of the hat to Martha Gellhorn’s reporting in rural Germany after WWII)
robrankin.substack.com/p/no-one-eve...
robrankin.substack.com/p/no-one-eve...
NO ONE EVER SUPPORTED ICE
IN APRIL OF 1945, THE AMERICAN WAR CORRESPONDENT MARTHA Gellhorn surveyed the post-war terrain from a series of small German villages along the Rhine.
robrankin.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Wrote today about how Republican lawmakers, seemingly, had issues with ICE this whole time? (with more than a slight tip of the hat to Martha Gellhorn’s reporting in rural Germany after WWII)
robrankin.substack.com/p/no-one-eve...
robrankin.substack.com/p/no-one-eve...
I get so tired of these @nytimes.com stories. The median income for a family of 5 in New York City is $87,500. The family profiled here makes 60% more than that.
So this family's "strategy for making it work" is... more money.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
So this family's "strategy for making it work" is... more money.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How a Family of 5 Lives on $140,000 a Year in Morningside Heights
New York City is among the most expensive cities in the world. Here is one family’s strategy for making it work.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I get so tired of these @nytimes.com stories. The median income for a family of 5 in New York City is $87,500. The family profiled here makes 60% more than that.
So this family's "strategy for making it work" is... more money.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
So this family's "strategy for making it work" is... more money.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Horrifying. This is not a free America. ICE is arresting and hunting witnesses to the murder this morning of Alex Peretti.
WITNESS: “I have read the DHS statement about what happened and it is wrong… the man did not approach with a gun, he approached with a camera. I feel afraid. I don’t feel like I can go home because I heard agents are looking for me.”
Trump’s America.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Trump’s America.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 25, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Horrifying. This is not a free America. ICE is arresting and hunting witnesses to the murder this morning of Alex Peretti.
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Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."
January 25, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."
The night is long that never finds the day.
January 25, 2026 at 1:31 AM
The night is long that never finds the day.
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Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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YES, YES, YES, 1,000x YES!
I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
January 25, 2026 at 12:57 AM
YES, YES, YES, 1,000x YES!
Excellent call-in discussion on Minnesota Public Radio right now.
Addressing serious questions about how we live in this country now and after this regime is over.
www.mprnews.org/listen
Addressing serious questions about how we live in this country now and after this regime is over.
www.mprnews.org/listen
MPR News
Minnesota's Online Source for News That Matters
www.mprnews.org
January 24, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Excellent call-in discussion on Minnesota Public Radio right now.
Addressing serious questions about how we live in this country now and after this regime is over.
www.mprnews.org/listen
Addressing serious questions about how we live in this country now and after this regime is over.
www.mprnews.org/listen
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I hope Democratic senators and congressmen understand, out of pure lizard-brain self-interest if moral decency happens to be unavailable, what is at stake for them if they don't handle this the right way. This is a true "If not now, when?" moment.
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I hope Democratic senators and congressmen understand, out of pure lizard-brain self-interest if moral decency happens to be unavailable, what is at stake for them if they don't handle this the right way. This is a true "If not now, when?" moment.
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If you’re a Democrat looking to run for president in 2028, now would be a good time to find the nearest microphone and state clearly that you will prosecute every Trump Administration official enabling this state sponsored terrorism to the fullest extent of the law.
January 24, 2026 at 9:26 PM
If you’re a Democrat looking to run for president in 2028, now would be a good time to find the nearest microphone and state clearly that you will prosecute every Trump Administration official enabling this state sponsored terrorism to the fullest extent of the law.
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How can anyone think that it might be appropriate to perform a trial, which would be considered unethical and not approved in their home country, in another country? #MedSky #PoliSky #AcademicSky
RFK Jr.’s Tuskegee Experiment
RFK Jr. recently directed the CDC to fund a study in West Africa that lays bare his cruelty and dishonesty
pauloffit.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM
How can anyone think that it might be appropriate to perform a trial, which would be considered unethical and not approved in their home country, in another country? #MedSky #PoliSky #AcademicSky
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This pre-shooting video clearly shows victim holding a phone as if to film. Agent lays hands on first. Victim does not resist, walks backwards as agent pushes. Fellow observer does not interfere. Zero indication of aggression from victim, who appears only to be filming.
This is footage taken by some folks on their way to work this morning before the shooting. www.instagram.com/reel/DT5lGwI...
January 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
This pre-shooting video clearly shows victim holding a phone as if to film. Agent lays hands on first. Victim does not resist, walks backwards as agent pushes. Fellow observer does not interfere. Zero indication of aggression from victim, who appears only to be filming.
DHS is already lying and saying they fired “defensive shots” at the guy. He was already on the ground and being pistol-whipped when he was shot!
January 24, 2026 at 5:43 PM
DHS is already lying and saying they fired “defensive shots” at the guy. He was already on the ground and being pistol-whipped when he was shot!
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You can also send faxes using @resist.bot
If you cannot get through to your Senator (fi, Senator Duckworth's box is full, @durbin.senate.gov NEVER accepts phone calls bc he's a quisling pos), go to the Senate website and leave an email.
January 24, 2026 at 5:19 PM
You can also send faxes using @resist.bot
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You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
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The Hague wouldn’t be enough.
The authorities in Minneapolis were responding Saturday morning to reports of a shooting involving federal law enforcement, according to a social media post from the city’s official account. Follow live updates.
Live Updates: Minneapolis Authorities Respond to Shooting Involving ICE Agents
At least two people have been shot this month by ICE agents carrying out a crackdown on immigrants in Minneapolis, including Renee Good.
nyti.ms
January 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The Hague wouldn’t be enough.