Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist)
@roderickgraham.bsky.social
Gadfly | I post about social science, culture, and progressive politics | Views are my own
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You have to be some kinda screw up to get a purple screen of death on an Ubuntu computer.
I should leave the tech stuff to the professionals.
I should leave the tech stuff to the professionals.
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
You have to be some kinda screw up to get a purple screen of death on an Ubuntu computer.
I should leave the tech stuff to the professionals.
I should leave the tech stuff to the professionals.
Because capitalism is a stratified system designed to create "losers" and "winners", there will always be a cohort in every generation not able to afford what is offered to the mass of others.
It's by design and inevitable.
Because I'm aware of this, not having a safety net is immoral to me.
It's by design and inevitable.
Because I'm aware of this, not having a safety net is immoral to me.
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Because capitalism is a stratified system designed to create "losers" and "winners", there will always be a cohort in every generation not able to afford what is offered to the mass of others.
It's by design and inevitable.
Because I'm aware of this, not having a safety net is immoral to me.
It's by design and inevitable.
Because I'm aware of this, not having a safety net is immoral to me.
I am old enough to remember when "literally" did not mean something akin to "very much so".
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I am old enough to remember when "literally" did not mean something akin to "very much so".
Publicly available sources to aid open-source investigations can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com ⬇️
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations - Nieman Reports
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes Johanna Wild, an open source researcher for Bellingcat.
niemanreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
If extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, then what makes a claim extraordinary?
Because to refute the claim something is *impossible* you only need one data point.
Because to refute the claim something is *impossible* you only need one data point.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, then what makes a claim extraordinary?
Because to refute the claim something is *impossible* you only need one data point.
Because to refute the claim something is *impossible* you only need one data point.
Reposted by Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist)
"God is an anti-vaxxer, and he needs you to speak up." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Emboldened, Kennedy Allies Embrace a Label They Once Rejected: ‘Anti-Vax’
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"God is an anti-vaxxer, and he needs you to speak up." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The series All Her Fault is the most predictably unpredictable series I've seen in a long time.
By episode 5 you almost forget that a child's kidnapping was what started all.
By episode 5 you almost forget that a child's kidnapping was what started all.
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The series All Her Fault is the most predictably unpredictable series I've seen in a long time.
By episode 5 you almost forget that a child's kidnapping was what started all.
By episode 5 you almost forget that a child's kidnapping was what started all.
I find the "people are misusing SNAP" as a justification for ending the program to be rather weak.
You don't stop providing medication or treatment because a few people didn't actually need it.
That's how I feel about SNAP.
You don't stop providing medication or treatment because a few people didn't actually need it.
That's how I feel about SNAP.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I find the "people are misusing SNAP" as a justification for ending the program to be rather weak.
You don't stop providing medication or treatment because a few people didn't actually need it.
That's how I feel about SNAP.
You don't stop providing medication or treatment because a few people didn't actually need it.
That's how I feel about SNAP.
Am I watching some type of transformation of Marjorie Taylor Greene?
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Am I watching some type of transformation of Marjorie Taylor Greene?
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I'm OK with SNAP because there were times when a few dollars were the difference between me moving up in life or falling back into the hole
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I'm OK with SNAP because there were times when a few dollars were the difference between me moving up in life or falling back into the hole
AI is everywhere.
But I am understanding now that the term "AI" is doing a lot of work in 2025.
Quite frankly a game engine being allowed to make decisions was around since Nintendo 64 in the 80s/90s.
But I am understanding now that the term "AI" is doing a lot of work in 2025.
Quite frankly a game engine being allowed to make decisions was around since Nintendo 64 in the 80s/90s.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
AI is everywhere.
But I am understanding now that the term "AI" is doing a lot of work in 2025.
Quite frankly a game engine being allowed to make decisions was around since Nintendo 64 in the 80s/90s.
But I am understanding now that the term "AI" is doing a lot of work in 2025.
Quite frankly a game engine being allowed to make decisions was around since Nintendo 64 in the 80s/90s.
On the one hand, big-ups to Scott. Her generosity has to be recognized.
At the same time, her philanthropy does not come at any real cost to her.
Her giving has way more impact, but has a personal impact on her equivalent to a working class mom donating canned goods out of her pantry.
At the same time, her philanthropy does not come at any real cost to her.
Her giving has way more impact, but has a personal impact on her equivalent to a working class mom donating canned goods out of her pantry.
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
On the one hand, big-ups to Scott. Her generosity has to be recognized.
At the same time, her philanthropy does not come at any real cost to her.
Her giving has way more impact, but has a personal impact on her equivalent to a working class mom donating canned goods out of her pantry.
At the same time, her philanthropy does not come at any real cost to her.
Her giving has way more impact, but has a personal impact on her equivalent to a working class mom donating canned goods out of her pantry.
Subscribe to Fox 1 to watch the World Series.
I was introduced to a world of professional influencers.
I'd like to get into the reality that is being constructed by these ideologues.
Can't imagine getting my information and thoughts about things from people whose expertise is just talking.
I was introduced to a world of professional influencers.
I'd like to get into the reality that is being constructed by these ideologues.
Can't imagine getting my information and thoughts about things from people whose expertise is just talking.
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Subscribe to Fox 1 to watch the World Series.
I was introduced to a world of professional influencers.
I'd like to get into the reality that is being constructed by these ideologues.
Can't imagine getting my information and thoughts about things from people whose expertise is just talking.
I was introduced to a world of professional influencers.
I'd like to get into the reality that is being constructed by these ideologues.
Can't imagine getting my information and thoughts about things from people whose expertise is just talking.
Because our decisions are emotional, I expect MAGAs to be unusually positive about these drugs (unlike COVID meds) because it has the stamp of approval from the administration.
Maybe that's good because many chronic health conditions are clustered in this group.
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Maybe that's good because many chronic health conditions are clustered in this group.
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Trump strikes deal to lower cost of weight loss drugs
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly said they've agreed to sell their blockbuster drugs Wegovy and Zepbound at a discount.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Because our decisions are emotional, I expect MAGAs to be unusually positive about these drugs (unlike COVID meds) because it has the stamp of approval from the administration.
Maybe that's good because many chronic health conditions are clustered in this group.
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Maybe that's good because many chronic health conditions are clustered in this group.
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Rewatching game 7 of the world series and I forgot that the benches cleared in the fourth inning over a hit batter.
I mean that game literally had everything.
I mean that game literally had everything.
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Rewatching game 7 of the world series and I forgot that the benches cleared in the fourth inning over a hit batter.
I mean that game literally had everything.
I mean that game literally had everything.
Saw this screenshot and it reminds me of how profoundly immoral and sociopathic this person is.
How do you just *decide* to attack and ruin someone? Or come up with these Goebbels-like schemes?
How do you just *decide* to attack and ruin someone? Or come up with these Goebbels-like schemes?
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Saw this screenshot and it reminds me of how profoundly immoral and sociopathic this person is.
How do you just *decide* to attack and ruin someone? Or come up with these Goebbels-like schemes?
How do you just *decide* to attack and ruin someone? Or come up with these Goebbels-like schemes?
Not a surprise.
By default, any government agency staffed with MAGA folks will *have* to be staffed through unmeritocratic means.
MAGA supporters as a group are generally the least educated and least skilled among us in the country.
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/trum...
By default, any government agency staffed with MAGA folks will *have* to be staffed through unmeritocratic means.
MAGA supporters as a group are generally the least educated and least skilled among us in the country.
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/trum...
Trump Admin Sued Over MAGA Loyalty Test In Hiring - Joe.My.God.
The Daily Beast reports: Three federal worker unions took the Trump administration to court over a “loyalty test” added to job applications. A coalition of unions filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing ...
www.joemygod.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Not a surprise.
By default, any government agency staffed with MAGA folks will *have* to be staffed through unmeritocratic means.
MAGA supporters as a group are generally the least educated and least skilled among us in the country.
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/trum...
By default, any government agency staffed with MAGA folks will *have* to be staffed through unmeritocratic means.
MAGA supporters as a group are generally the least educated and least skilled among us in the country.
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/trum...
Yes, muting one's identity in order to not appear too political our "out there", is not neutrality...but erasure.
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yes, muting one's identity in order to not appear too political our "out there", is not neutrality...but erasure.
My co-editor and I made a decision to seek out white, rural, and working class contributors to our DEI book. The last two submissions I've read, including this one, tell me we made a good decision.
Other sociologists need to be aware of the experiences of working class academics (like myself).
Other sociologists need to be aware of the experiences of working class academics (like myself).
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My co-editor and I made a decision to seek out white, rural, and working class contributors to our DEI book. The last two submissions I've read, including this one, tell me we made a good decision.
Other sociologists need to be aware of the experiences of working class academics (like myself).
Other sociologists need to be aware of the experiences of working class academics (like myself).
I believe that if we treated our political parties not as tribes but as means to an end, then we wouldn't get so bent out of shape when someone has a different set of political beliefs.
When we make our political ideology our social identity, then disagreements become existential threats.
When we make our political ideology our social identity, then disagreements become existential threats.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I believe that if we treated our political parties not as tribes but as means to an end, then we wouldn't get so bent out of shape when someone has a different set of political beliefs.
When we make our political ideology our social identity, then disagreements become existential threats.
When we make our political ideology our social identity, then disagreements become existential threats.
Sociologists love "contradictions."
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sociologists love "contradictions."
I don't know.
Is this like saying females are made "better women" when they contort their bodies in ways solely to fit a (male) standard of beauty?
Many men get on the masculinity hamster wheel solely to fit a (female) standard of attraction, but I don't think it makes them "better men."
Is this like saying females are made "better women" when they contort their bodies in ways solely to fit a (male) standard of beauty?
Many men get on the masculinity hamster wheel solely to fit a (female) standard of attraction, but I don't think it makes them "better men."
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I don't know.
Is this like saying females are made "better women" when they contort their bodies in ways solely to fit a (male) standard of beauty?
Many men get on the masculinity hamster wheel solely to fit a (female) standard of attraction, but I don't think it makes them "better men."
Is this like saying females are made "better women" when they contort their bodies in ways solely to fit a (male) standard of beauty?
Many men get on the masculinity hamster wheel solely to fit a (female) standard of attraction, but I don't think it makes them "better men."
Reposted by Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist)
Reposted by Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist)
In my deep-dive article on this.weekinsecurity.com, I explain how the North Korean remote IT workers' scheme works, why it's incredibly effective as a "triple threat," and what companies large and small can do to identify suspicious applicants before they're hired.
Please share!
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Thousands of North Koreans have secretly infiltrated US and European companies as remote IT workers
North Korea's secret remote workers are a major threat facing U.S. and European businesses today, taking jobs in Fortune 100 and smaller companies alike. Here's how to recognize and combat the threat.
this.weekinsecurity.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In my deep-dive article on this.weekinsecurity.com, I explain how the North Korean remote IT workers' scheme works, why it's incredibly effective as a "triple threat," and what companies large and small can do to identify suspicious applicants before they're hired.
Please share!
Please share!