Abby Lauerman
@theabbylauerman.bsky.social
But seriously, how many pounds of books can my floor support before it caves in?
Asst. Prof. of Sociology at South Dakota State University.
Asst. Prof. of Sociology at South Dakota State University.
“House Bill 1015 hands over control of our state policies to an unelected, unaccountable national foundation,” said Republican Rep. Mary Fitzgerald…“This organization answers to no one here, yet they want us to follow their agenda.” ABSOLUTELY LAUGHABLE
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South Dakota House rejects pretrial program after lawmaker calls MacArthur grant funding ‘woke’
Lawmakers rejected a pretrial monitoring program Monday that was requested by South Dakota’s top judicial official, as some legislators expressed concerns about the perceived political persuasion of t...
www.argusleader.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:56 PM
“House Bill 1015 hands over control of our state policies to an unelected, unaccountable national foundation,” said Republican Rep. Mary Fitzgerald…“This organization answers to no one here, yet they want us to follow their agenda.” ABSOLUTELY LAUGHABLE
www.argusleader.com/story/news/p...
www.argusleader.com/story/news/p...
State of emergency ➡️ state of exception
January 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
State of emergency ➡️ state of exception
Reposted by Abby Lauerman
the nyt says that no version of events in minneapolis can be "verified independently." but that's not true! there are multiple videos proving that the ICE version of events is a total lie. maybe the nyt can, y'know, watch one of them? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
the nyt says that no version of events in minneapolis can be "verified independently." but that's not true! there are multiple videos proving that the ICE version of events is a total lie. maybe the nyt can, y'know, watch one of them? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
I am one “external learning tool integration tutorial” away from just making a big PDF course pack and making everyone deal with it
January 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I am one “external learning tool integration tutorial” away from just making a big PDF course pack and making everyone deal with it
Ah yes, these are the *gestures broadly* conditions I was hoping to be working under to reach tenure
January 5, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Ah yes, these are the *gestures broadly* conditions I was hoping to be working under to reach tenure
new paper freshly published on the active and agentic work of ignorance in individual and institutional conceptions of race and racism
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Ignorance as a Constructive Force: Selective Cognition and the Maintenance of Racial Ideology
In this work I consider how ignorance, rather than being a mere absence or “not yet” state of knowledge, can be observed as a constructive, productive force in its own right, particularly in the main....
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
new paper freshly published on the active and agentic work of ignorance in individual and institutional conceptions of race and racism
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Abby Lauerman
We've become so accustomed to lawbreaking that this probably won't ripple much, but it is important not to forget that firing the IRS Commissioner for refusing to break the law--if that's in fact what happened here--would and should prompt immediate articles of impeachment in any other presidency.
🚨 WaPo EXCLUSIVE
Hours before Trump removed Billy Long as IRS commissioner, his agency clashed with the White House over sharing immigrants’ tax data.
Hours before Trump removed Billy Long as IRS commissioner, his agency clashed with the White House over sharing immigrants’ tax data.
IRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before tax chief was ousted
The Trump administration’s move to push out IRS Commissioner Billy Long came after the agency said it couldn’t release some information on taxpayers suspected of being here illegally.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We've become so accustomed to lawbreaking that this probably won't ripple much, but it is important not to forget that firing the IRS Commissioner for refusing to break the law--if that's in fact what happened here--would and should prompt immediate articles of impeachment in any other presidency.
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a disappointment for my corner of SD and the presence of local news in general
a disappointment for my corner of SD and the presence of local news in general
An open letter to our readers - Brookings Register
It's a sad day today at The Register. They started printing a paper by that name in 1890 here in Brookings, and it's lasted until this week. It's no secret that it's …
brookingsregister.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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a disappointment for my corner of SD and the presence of local news in general
a disappointment for my corner of SD and the presence of local news in general
Good news is I got a paper accepted with revisions…bad news is Reviewer Two is out here Reviewer Twoing
May 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Good news is I got a paper accepted with revisions…bad news is Reviewer Two is out here Reviewer Twoing
Ah yes, the newly formed campus AI advisement committee that includes no one from the humanities or social sciences
March 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ah yes, the newly formed campus AI advisement committee that includes no one from the humanities or social sciences
in a no-sleep, strep medication stupor, frantically writing some barely lucid thoughts about that K-12 indoctrination EO and institutionalized ignorance
February 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
in a no-sleep, strep medication stupor, frantically writing some barely lucid thoughts about that K-12 indoctrination EO and institutionalized ignorance
ah cool cool recent EOs have knocked out the CITI training modules I've assigned for my capstone class 🙃
February 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
ah cool cool recent EOs have knocked out the CITI training modules I've assigned for my capstone class 🙃
Everyone, and I cannot emphasize this enough, is doing ✨identity politics✨
November 24, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Everyone, and I cannot emphasize this enough, is doing ✨identity politics✨
Is it "clarity that sets expectations" or is it a neurotically detailed syllabus because I spend my waking hours thinking up hypothetical student problems
November 21, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Is it "clarity that sets expectations" or is it a neurotically detailed syllabus because I spend my waking hours thinking up hypothetical student problems