Mo Torres
@motorres.bsky.social
sociologist: cities, political economy, race/racism
umich.edu/~motorres
umich.edu/~motorres
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Socialista vence candidato de extrema-direita por larga margem em Portugal. José António Seguro foi eleito presidente com cerca de 66% dos votos, contra 34% de André Ventura.
Socialista vence candidato de extrema-direita por larga margem em Portugal - Sul 21
José António Seguro foi eleito presidente com mais de 65% dos votos, contra 35% de André Ventura
sul21.com.br
February 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Socialista vence candidato de extrema-direita por larga margem em Portugal. José António Seguro foi eleito presidente com cerca de 66% dos votos, contra 34% de André Ventura.
Socialist Party defeats far-right in Portugal 66-34 in run-off election
Portugal elects Socialist Party’s Seguro as president in landslide
With 95 percent of votes counted, 63-year-old Antonio Jose Seguro is on 66 percent.
www.aljazeera.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Socialist Party defeats far-right in Portugal 66-34 in run-off election
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Yeah the ad placement right after the high of the halftime show felt just like everything right now — no escape from the grinding disrespect, disdain, and hatred.
The halftime show was the ABSOLUTE PEAK. Inevitably, things are already going back downhill afterwards.
Did…Mike Tyson just call me fat because RFK Jr paid him to? WTF
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Yeah the ad placement right after the high of the halftime show felt just like everything right now — no escape from the grinding disrespect, disdain, and hatred.
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Did…Mike Tyson just call me fat because RFK Jr paid him to? WTF
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Did…Mike Tyson just call me fat because RFK Jr paid him to? WTF
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he went from south to north. a WORD.
"God Bless America:" then he lists most of the countries in the hemisphere starting with Chile I think? this rules
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
he went from south to north. a WORD.
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An important point from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social about the dangers of affixing racism to mental conditions. @insurgentprof.bsky.social & I wrote about the these dangers about linking racism strongly to psychopathology
February 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
An important point from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social about the dangers of affixing racism to mental conditions. @insurgentprof.bsky.social & I wrote about the these dangers about linking racism strongly to psychopathology
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The underfunding of social infrastructure has also led the philanthropic/nonprofit sector in the US to grow to fill in the gaps. And while supporting that sector might seem like a way for privileged people to do good with their money, it gives privileged people huge power over that sector, as well.
February 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The underfunding of social infrastructure has also led the philanthropic/nonprofit sector in the US to grow to fill in the gaps. And while supporting that sector might seem like a way for privileged people to do good with their money, it gives privileged people huge power over that sector, as well.
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This is exactly correct. Biden (out of genuine ideological extremism) and Harris (out of generic cowardice) both were extremely pro-Israel, to the displeasure of their party's voting base, and pro-Israel groups didn't credit them at all. 100% factually true.
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is exactly correct. Biden (out of genuine ideological extremism) and Harris (out of generic cowardice) both were extremely pro-Israel, to the displeasure of their party's voting base, and pro-Israel groups didn't credit them at all. 100% factually true.
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ah so taking the bipartisan centrist position was politically costly
I cannot begin to express how happy I am that everyone, including the people I hate viscerally, now agree with me specifically
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
ah so taking the bipartisan centrist position was politically costly
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
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Humans mastered the art of creating fire 400,000 years ago, almost 350,000 years earlier than previously known, according to a groundbreaking discovery in a field in Suffolk in the UK. buff.ly/1miYEUJ
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests
Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed
buff.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Humans mastered the art of creating fire 400,000 years ago, almost 350,000 years earlier than previously known, according to a groundbreaking discovery in a field in Suffolk in the UK. buff.ly/1miYEUJ
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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One to two cheers for legacy media not calling it a "racially charged Trump-involved posting"
February 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
One to two cheers for legacy media not calling it a "racially charged Trump-involved posting"
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the number of academics who were in touch with Epstein really puts the (elite) backlash to Title IX's enforcement against sexual violence into perspective.
DiChristina also invited Epstein to attend an editorial meeting for the Scientific American, where she worked as editor-in-chief.
Correspondence from 2010 also showed DiChristina on a guest list for a meeting on “the islands,” though it was not immediately clear what Epstein meant by “islands.”
Correspondence from 2010 also showed DiChristina on a guest list for a meeting on “the islands,” though it was not immediately clear what Epstein meant by “islands.”
BU COM dean corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015, files show
Mariette DiChristina, dean of Boston University’s College of Communication, corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015. The two set up a one-on-one meeting, had “phone dates” and D...
dailyfreepress.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 AM
the number of academics who were in touch with Epstein really puts the (elite) backlash to Title IX's enforcement against sexual violence into perspective.
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I used to love computer it was my friend. Now I have hate in my heart
February 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I used to love computer it was my friend. Now I have hate in my heart
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When "the potential boss's habits" are sexual abuse, your job is to tell students to stay the hell away from them (& call the police).
And, short of that, if you're sure he will ask about her looks if you don't describe them from the start...you tell the student to stay the hell away from them.
And, short of that, if you're sure he will ask about her looks if you don't describe them from the start...you tell the student to stay the hell away from them.
I have been writing letters of recommendation for just shy of thirty years— 17 students this year alone— in ratios that more or less track the majority-women population of liberal arts students.
Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.
Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.
February 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
When "the potential boss's habits" are sexual abuse, your job is to tell students to stay the hell away from them (& call the police).
And, short of that, if you're sure he will ask about her looks if you don't describe them from the start...you tell the student to stay the hell away from them.
And, short of that, if you're sure he will ask about her looks if you don't describe them from the start...you tell the student to stay the hell away from them.
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“it’s how modern child policy too often works: policymakers offload responsibility onto parents, especially mothers, while stripping away the very systems that once offered protection and support.”
The cost of just one year of the Trump administration to children and their futures is shocking and astounding if incalculable.
Organized Abandonment and the Measles Crisis: A Policy Disaster
This isn’t parental choice. It’s institutional failure, and a betrayal of kids.
brucelesley.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
“it’s how modern child policy too often works: policymakers offload responsibility onto parents, especially mothers, while stripping away the very systems that once offered protection and support.”
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
student journalists killing it again
Duke professor Dan Ariely had longstanding friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, newly released files show
Ariely is named in 636 of the some 3 million newly released files. He was a prominent professor at Duke over the course of his correspondence with Epstein.
dukechronicle.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:45 AM
student journalists killing it again
1/8
I feel like someone’s gotta say something, so I guess it’s going to be me. I’m 100% certain that I either know, have met, or have sought meetings with people who have done horrible things in their lives, too. How about y’all? Association is not causation, and it's not guilt — of anything. (1/8)
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 AM
1/8
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I guess the best-available defense to this sort of thing—lots of friendly emails and visits with someone recently convicted of procuring a child for the purposes of prostitution, I mean—is something like “He seemed to have lots of money and connections and I would have liked a little piece of that”
![To:
Jeffrey Epsteinljeevacation@gmail.com]
From:
Christakis, Nicholas
Sent:
Thur 9/26/2013 1:56:03 AM
Subject: Re: Thanks
You are hilarious. My sense of humor. Yiddishe kop
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Please excuse brevity and orthography and this fine print -- since this has been sent from my iPhone.
Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD
http://www.HumanNatureLab.net
On Sep 25, 2013, at 9:40 PM, "Jeffrey Epstein" <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
great first date
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Christakis, Nicholas <
wrote:
Dear Jeff
I've been on the road and in meetings literally since leaving your house [sic] yesterday
light and just got to DC. I greatly enjoyed the company and the setting (amazing of course) and the many good questions, especially yours. Josh was terrific; bu you already know that.
Best regards,
Nicholas
Please excuse brevity and orthography and this fine print -- since this has been sent from
my iPhone.
Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD
http://www.HumanNatureLab.net](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:myqic77tkmdhmaufgkvj43hr/bafkreihuwyjpomdy6ttlfhmph5t4movya3ounuzlqkabof7f7wfm5icvly@jpeg)
![From:
Sent:
Christakis, Nicholas
Jeffrey Epstein
Sun 9/8/2013 6:22:14 PM
Subject: Re: meeting again
no back until the 21, but lets definitely schedule after
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Christakis, Nicholas
wrote:
dear jeff:
thanks for the kind words. i enjoyed meeting you; i had not known you were connected to john brockman, but i should have guessed!
as luck would have it, i am slated to be in NYC this coming thursday for a dinner and could meet before that, any time between 2 and 5, if that happened to work for you. otherwise, i could surely come back again within the coming weeks.
my lab has a number of foci at present: 1) the evolutionary biology and genetics of social networks and social interaction; 2) the experimental exploration, using online tools, of network structure and function in humans (how does network structure affect phenomena like cooperation, innovation, health, etc.); and 3) randomized controlled trials in the developing world of network 'targeting algorithms' aimed at enhancing spillover effects, so as to facilitate population-level behavior change by identifying and targeting influential people.
let me share three papers with you (one unpublished) that flesh out some of our work (specifically [1] and [2] above):
best, nicholas
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January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I guess the best-available defense to this sort of thing—lots of friendly emails and visits with someone recently convicted of procuring a child for the purposes of prostitution, I mean—is something like “He seemed to have lots of money and connections and I would have liked a little piece of that”
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random Yale law professor: jeffrey you naughty dog.... will i be seeing you at this year's Skull Size Forum or will you be busy with your hobbies ;)
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
random Yale law professor: jeffrey you naughty dog.... will i be seeing you at this year's Skull Size Forum or will you be busy with your hobbies ;)
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
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I never want to hear from Bill Gates again, and I hope they dissolve the Foundation.
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I never want to hear from Bill Gates again, and I hope they dissolve the Foundation.
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Over 25,000 in Minnesota have trained as immigration legal observers in the past two months www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers
The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Over 25,000 in Minnesota have trained as immigration legal observers in the past two months www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Breaking - Jim Pattison Developments say the sale of their warehouse for use as a proposed ICE facility will not be proceeding
January 30, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Breaking - Jim Pattison Developments say the sale of their warehouse for use as a proposed ICE facility will not be proceeding
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...