Alyasah Ali Sewell, Your Public Sociologist for the Day
@aasewell.bsky.social
Winship Distinguished Research Prof & Associate Prof of Sociology at Emory. Critical Racism Studies & Intersectionality. Black Feminist. Gender Expansive. Lefty. #Blackademic. ✊🏾🌈
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Happy Women’s History Month! Coming into March pretty and witty!
March 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Happy Women’s History Month! Coming into March pretty and witty!
United Nations spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, commenting on President Trump’s plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza, said that “any forced displacement of people is tantamount to ethnic cleansing”
February 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
United Nations spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, commenting on President Trump’s plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza, said that “any forced displacement of people is tantamount to ethnic cleansing”
I am not playing semantics. The actions of Leader of the 2025 Executive Branch of the United States of America rearranges the accountability infrastructure for how everyday rights are adjudicated. Any decision or determination that EEOC has made prior to the Inauguration Day of 2025 is up for grabs.
January 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I am not playing semantics. The actions of Leader of the 2025 Executive Branch of the United States of America rearranges the accountability infrastructure for how everyday rights are adjudicated. Any decision or determination that EEOC has made prior to the Inauguration Day of 2025 is up for grabs.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965 has been revoked. Americans have heckled and bemoaned DEI legislations for 60 years. It is systemic to invoke the assassination of MLK, Jr so as to nullify its effect. Legally, we have entered the Post-Civil Rights Era.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965 has been revoked. Americans have heckled and bemoaned DEI legislations for 60 years. It is systemic to invoke the assassination of MLK, Jr so as to nullify its effect. Legally, we have entered the Post-Civil Rights Era.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Federal "diversity employees" placed immediately on paid leave, BBC reports late Tuesday. Gear up.
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January 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Federal "diversity employees" placed immediately on paid leave, BBC reports late Tuesday. Gear up.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...
What awaited me…the beauty of the first upside-down storm in Georgia in more than 40 years. I am calling today a win.
January 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What awaited me…the beauty of the first upside-down storm in Georgia in more than 40 years. I am calling today a win.
Turn the sound on. You have to listen to the downbeats. Mainstream news keeps muting the original video. For a reason. This is not a test.
January 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Turn the sound on. You have to listen to the downbeats. Mainstream news keeps muting the original video. For a reason. This is not a test.
Georgia has been declared a state of emergency. Faculty meetings are not essential work. I know it seems like history now, but Covid-19 reminded us that Faculty are not Essential Workers.
January 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Georgia has been declared a state of emergency. Faculty meetings are not essential work. I know it seems like history now, but Covid-19 reminded us that Faculty are not Essential Workers.
I start my class with a feeling wheel. I got the idea from someone who had published in Teaching Sociology. Very few of them feel joyous. But I am noting that you are thinking in on intellectual project. So, just a start.
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December 8, 2024 at 8:28 PM
I start my class with a feeling wheel. I got the idea from someone who had published in Teaching Sociology. Very few of them feel joyous. But I am noting that you are thinking in on intellectual project. So, just a start.
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Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
November 27, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
Proof in the pudding. Screenshots of 10 titles in the app. Each includes a licensing page from Haymarket, and other licensing signifiers . No joke.
My faves:
-How I Get Free by Keeanga-Yamatta Taylor
-Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
-The Black Antifascist Tradition by Hope & Mullen
My faves:
-How I Get Free by Keeanga-Yamatta Taylor
-Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
-The Black Antifascist Tradition by Hope & Mullen
November 23, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Proof in the pudding. Screenshots of 10 titles in the app. Each includes a licensing page from Haymarket, and other licensing signifiers . No joke.
My faves:
-How I Get Free by Keeanga-Yamatta Taylor
-Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
-The Black Antifascist Tradition by Hope & Mullen
My faves:
-How I Get Free by Keeanga-Yamatta Taylor
-Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
-The Black Antifascist Tradition by Hope & Mullen
Good evening,
When I think about the horizon of Black people in America, I remember a sunset in Playa Potrero, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. When peering out into the sunset from the Pacific Ocean, you are always look into the future. I stay in that energy.
#BlackFutures #BlackSky #Blackademics.
When I think about the horizon of Black people in America, I remember a sunset in Playa Potrero, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. When peering out into the sunset from the Pacific Ocean, you are always look into the future. I stay in that energy.
#BlackFutures #BlackSky #Blackademics.
November 17, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Good evening,
When I think about the horizon of Black people in America, I remember a sunset in Playa Potrero, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. When peering out into the sunset from the Pacific Ocean, you are always look into the future. I stay in that energy.
#BlackFutures #BlackSky #Blackademics.
When I think about the horizon of Black people in America, I remember a sunset in Playa Potrero, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. When peering out into the sunset from the Pacific Ocean, you are always look into the future. I stay in that energy.
#BlackFutures #BlackSky #Blackademics.
Cleansing my timeline again (this is so fun, I can shift as quickly as I intend — love the self-actualization).
Sunset from Playa Flamingo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Sunset from Playa Flamingo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
November 16, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Cleansing my timeline again (this is so fun, I can shift as quickly as I intend — love the self-actualization).
Sunset from Playa Flamingo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Sunset from Playa Flamingo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
9. Also able to catch behaviors across a series of posts, including Scams and Spams
10. Engagement Farming is there as well, which may hurt orgs. The Starter Packs may be a tool to navigate engagement with more intention.
Likely to increase with migration of large follower accounts.
10. Engagement Farming is there as well, which may hurt orgs. The Starter Packs may be a tool to navigate engagement with more intention.
Likely to increase with migration of large follower accounts.
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 AM
9. Also able to catch behaviors across a series of posts, including Scams and Spams
10. Engagement Farming is there as well, which may hurt orgs. The Starter Packs may be a tool to navigate engagement with more intention.
Likely to increase with migration of large follower accounts.
10. Engagement Farming is there as well, which may hurt orgs. The Starter Packs may be a tool to navigate engagement with more intention.
Likely to increase with migration of large follower accounts.
7. Loved the Unsafe Link option. Pushes usage of the https sites, among others
8. There is also an option to focus on an account altogether.
I can see hiding Impersonation and Misinformation accounts will become popular as more people migrate.
8. There is also an option to focus on an account altogether.
I can see hiding Impersonation and Misinformation accounts will become popular as more people migrate.
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 AM
7. Loved the Unsafe Link option. Pushes usage of the https sites, among others
8. There is also an option to focus on an account altogether.
I can see hiding Impersonation and Misinformation accounts will become popular as more people migrate.
8. There is also an option to focus on an account altogether.
I can see hiding Impersonation and Misinformation accounts will become popular as more people migrate.
6. Lots of adjectives to decipher what you yourself have the capacity to process.
In addition to hiding, Extremism and Intolerance, I also hid Threats, Rude, Illicit, and Security Concerns (for a start).
In addition to hiding, Extremism and Intolerance, I also hid Threats, Rude, Illicit, and Security Concerns (for a start).
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 AM
6. Lots of adjectives to decipher what you yourself have the capacity to process.
In addition to hiding, Extremism and Intolerance, I also hid Threats, Rude, Illicit, and Security Concerns (for a start).
In addition to hiding, Extremism and Intolerance, I also hid Threats, Rude, Illicit, and Security Concerns (for a start).
5. After that, there is a whole range of contents that you can either hide altogether, or receive a warning prior to it being viewable.
Starts with self-harm and sensitive content. I left those to Warn bc social media can be used to reduce harm as well.
Set the rest to Hide, my patience is thin.
Starts with self-harm and sensitive content. I left those to Warn bc social media can be used to reduce harm as well.
Set the rest to Hide, my patience is thin.
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 AM
5. After that, there is a whole range of contents that you can either hide altogether, or receive a warning prior to it being viewable.
Starts with self-harm and sensitive content. I left those to Warn bc social media can be used to reduce harm as well.
Set the rest to Hide, my patience is thin.
Starts with self-harm and sensitive content. I left those to Warn bc social media can be used to reduce harm as well.
Set the rest to Hide, my patience is thin.
4. Can restrict the visibility of your account when you are logged out.
Assuming this does not hold when you have just switched accounts. Presumably, you could set up an account per verifiable email.
Good for separating business and personal aims.
Assuming this does not hold when you have just switched accounts. Presumably, you could set up an account per verifiable email.
Good for separating business and personal aims.
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 AM
4. Can restrict the visibility of your account when you are logged out.
Assuming this does not hold when you have just switched accounts. Presumably, you could set up an account per verifiable email.
Good for separating business and personal aims.
Assuming this does not hold when you have just switched accounts. Presumably, you could set up an account per verifiable email.
Good for separating business and personal aims.
2. Shows content filters that must be enabled explicitly.
3. You start seeing options to hide certain content. The first option is nudity, regardless of intent.
3. You start seeing options to hide certain content. The first option is nudity, regardless of intent.
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 AM
2. Shows content filters that must be enabled explicitly.
3. You start seeing options to hide certain content. The first option is nudity, regardless of intent.
3. You start seeing options to hide certain content. The first option is nudity, regardless of intent.
BlueSky’s moderation options are intense. They can be found through Settings.
Here is the step by step guide on how to find them and what you will see.
1. Go to Settings. There is a Moderation tile halfway down.
Here is the step by step guide on how to find them and what you will see.
1. Go to Settings. There is a Moderation tile halfway down.
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 AM
BlueSky’s moderation options are intense. They can be found through Settings.
Here is the step by step guide on how to find them and what you will see.
1. Go to Settings. There is a Moderation tile halfway down.
Here is the step by step guide on how to find them and what you will see.
1. Go to Settings. There is a Moderation tile halfway down.
Just leaving this here for posterity sake — Musa Al-Gharbi for Symbolic Capitalism. Lots of charts.
More than 5,000 words to wade through. Guesstimating.
One sentence stands out for me. The sentence represents the twisted way that tokenism sets the stage, lays the traps, and seals the defeat.
More than 5,000 words to wade through. Guesstimating.
One sentence stands out for me. The sentence represents the twisted way that tokenism sets the stage, lays the traps, and seals the defeat.
November 16, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Just leaving this here for posterity sake — Musa Al-Gharbi for Symbolic Capitalism. Lots of charts.
More than 5,000 words to wade through. Guesstimating.
One sentence stands out for me. The sentence represents the twisted way that tokenism sets the stage, lays the traps, and seals the defeat.
More than 5,000 words to wade through. Guesstimating.
One sentence stands out for me. The sentence represents the twisted way that tokenism sets the stage, lays the traps, and seals the defeat.
I wish I believed it myself. I can only say that my representation of the numbers are true.
www.cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker...
11/9/2024 14:42 EST
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11/9/2024 14:42 EST
November 15, 2024 at 7:43 PM
I wish I believed it myself. I can only say that my representation of the numbers are true.
www.cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker...
11/9/2024 14:42 EST
www.cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker...
11/9/2024 14:42 EST
Pro-Trump sentiment in pre-election polls likely played out for youth vote in #Election2024.
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Circle Pre-2024 Election Youth Survey at Tufts University
circle.tufts.edu/2024-election
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Circle Pre-2024 Election Youth Survey at Tufts University
circle.tufts.edu/2024-election
November 13, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Pro-Trump sentiment in pre-election polls likely played out for youth vote in #Election2024.
@sociological.bsky.social
Circle Pre-2024 Election Youth Survey at Tufts University
circle.tufts.edu/2024-election
@sociological.bsky.social
Circle Pre-2024 Election Youth Survey at Tufts University
circle.tufts.edu/2024-election
With better data (pic), I recalculated the #popularvote trend. Trump enthusiasm seems to be waning over time, but not quick enough. Trump received 5.6% more votes in 2024 than in 2020 (+4.3M).
That jump is 31% of a prior jump, when Trump received 17.9% more votes in 2020 than in 2016 (+15.6M).
That jump is 31% of a prior jump, when Trump received 17.9% more votes in 2020 than in 2016 (+15.6M).
November 10, 2024 at 4:19 PM
With better data (pic), I recalculated the #popularvote trend. Trump enthusiasm seems to be waning over time, but not quick enough. Trump received 5.6% more votes in 2024 than in 2020 (+4.3M).
That jump is 31% of a prior jump, when Trump received 17.9% more votes in 2020 than in 2016 (+15.6M).
That jump is 31% of a prior jump, when Trump received 17.9% more votes in 2020 than in 2016 (+15.6M).
A 13% drop in votes for Kamala Harris (2024) compared to Joe Biden (2020). California is outstanding, yes. However, CA is not making up a deficit of 10.9M votes. While Trump garnered a higher portion of the popular vote, absolute increases were minimal (~80k). Speaks to a nonvoter effect.
November 10, 2024 at 1:01 AM
A 13% drop in votes for Kamala Harris (2024) compared to Joe Biden (2020). California is outstanding, yes. However, CA is not making up a deficit of 10.9M votes. While Trump garnered a higher portion of the popular vote, absolute increases were minimal (~80k). Speaks to a nonvoter effect.