Almost Dr. Gus
@almostdrgus.bsky.social
PhD student, old guy, sociologist, therapist. Opinions my own. |Policy sociology| Immigration & Migration | Sociology of Health| Critical race & ethnic studies| Clinical sociology.
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ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Happy New Year, Bluesky. May this one be better than the last. 🎉
January 1, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Happy New Year, Bluesky. May this one be better than the last. 🎉
Snoop does Christmas halftime in Minneapolis! Yes please.
December 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Snoop does Christmas halftime in Minneapolis! Yes please.
I’ll tell you what no one else seems to tell you about making butter toffee…how to clean the daggone pan!!
Lots of boiling hot water and scrubbing. Maybe some choice words too. That’s how.
Lots of boiling hot water and scrubbing. Maybe some choice words too. That’s how.
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’ll tell you what no one else seems to tell you about making butter toffee…how to clean the daggone pan!!
Lots of boiling hot water and scrubbing. Maybe some choice words too. That’s how.
Lots of boiling hot water and scrubbing. Maybe some choice words too. That’s how.
My wife and I are on our own for the holiday so it is Baking Day. It’s therapeutic, passes the time, and gives me things to offer as gifts along the way on our trip to see various family members post Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My wife and I are on our own for the holiday so it is Baking Day. It’s therapeutic, passes the time, and gives me things to offer as gifts along the way on our trip to see various family members post Christmas.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The simple, powerful truths here…too many to list. I'm a nobody from nowhere, but this is how I strive to impact people when I do my work too. We need so much more of this.
Urban Consulate: Jason Reynolds & Tressie McMillan Cottom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwwn...
Urban Consulate: Jason Reynolds & Tressie McMillan Cottom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwwn...
Urban Consulate: Jason Reynolds & Tressie McMillan Cottom
YouTube video by Urban Consulate
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December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The simple, powerful truths here…too many to list. I'm a nobody from nowhere, but this is how I strive to impact people when I do my work too. We need so much more of this.
Urban Consulate: Jason Reynolds & Tressie McMillan Cottom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwwn...
Urban Consulate: Jason Reynolds & Tressie McMillan Cottom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwwn...
Cruelty upon cruelty…they're just aiming it in another direction today.
1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
Nationwide Trans Youth Care Ban Imminent As Trump Admin Announces "Nuclear Option" Federal Rule
The new federal rule formalizes previous threats to hospitals to pull Medicaid funding, and represents a significant legal stretch by this administration.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Cruelty upon cruelty…they're just aiming it in another direction today.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Not feeling great about the latest job market chatter/reality as I’m eyes deep in end of semester hell. Hope is about all we have at this stage in our programs, you know. Try not to kill it.
#academicsky #phdlife #jobmarket
#academicsky #phdlife #jobmarket
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Not feeling great about the latest job market chatter/reality as I’m eyes deep in end of semester hell. Hope is about all we have at this stage in our programs, you know. Try not to kill it.
#academicsky #phdlife #jobmarket
#academicsky #phdlife #jobmarket
It's no accident that folks who watched their college peers push for The Civil Rights Act, protest the Vietnam War, push against apartheid, support BLM and diversity are the same folks loudly dismantling every aspect of higher education they can. Of course they want to control campuses. #academicsky
December 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's no accident that folks who watched their college peers push for The Civil Rights Act, protest the Vietnam War, push against apartheid, support BLM and diversity are the same folks loudly dismantling every aspect of higher education they can. Of course they want to control campuses. #academicsky
Football stressing me out!
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Football stressing me out!
Devastating news about Brown today and my thoughts are with all involved. This is horrible, heartbreaking, and infuriating as well.
As graduate student instructors we have to think about these things as well, though no one really talks to you about it as you begin teaching. That should change.
As graduate student instructors we have to think about these things as well, though no one really talks to you about it as you begin teaching. That should change.
December 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Devastating news about Brown today and my thoughts are with all involved. This is horrible, heartbreaking, and infuriating as well.
As graduate student instructors we have to think about these things as well, though no one really talks to you about it as you begin teaching. That should change.
As graduate student instructors we have to think about these things as well, though no one really talks to you about it as you begin teaching. That should change.
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The right is doing its best to normalize racism and we can’t keep responding with “oh that’s clickbait” while actual people are being targeted by the state and leading institutions.
This is an important tweet. Many conservatives *knowingly* live in a post-truth bubble whose membrane is moral relativism. Here, some lies are “fair game” to treat as true as long as they support their views
December 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The right is doing its best to normalize racism and we can’t keep responding with “oh that’s clickbait” while actual people are being targeted by the state and leading institutions.
Why yes, yes I did just go down an academic rabbit hole on attachment theory and digital experience while I was supposed to be grading and working on my thesis data. Why do you ask??
But it's going to be a really good article! Someday. In my spare time. 😂😂😂 #academicsky #phdsky #highered #gradlife
But it's going to be a really good article! Someday. In my spare time. 😂😂😂 #academicsky #phdsky #highered #gradlife
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why yes, yes I did just go down an academic rabbit hole on attachment theory and digital experience while I was supposed to be grading and working on my thesis data. Why do you ask??
But it's going to be a really good article! Someday. In my spare time. 😂😂😂 #academicsky #phdsky #highered #gradlife
But it's going to be a really good article! Someday. In my spare time. 😂😂😂 #academicsky #phdsky #highered #gradlife
Where do I even begin… iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/12/05/w...
What's wrong with higher ed? Panelists at intellectual freedom center blame liberals • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Panelists at the University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom's event suggested certain people and ideas have stifled academic freedom.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Where do I even begin… iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/12/05/w...
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@ttu.edu Puts Its Anti-Trans Rules In Writing
Race and sexuality course content is also caught up in the university system’s expansive new content review policies. https://bit.ly/3K9pQ4X
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Race and sexuality course content is also caught up in the university system’s expansive new content review policies. https://bit.ly/3K9pQ4X
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
@ttu.edu Puts Its Anti-Trans Rules In Writing
Race and sexuality course content is also caught up in the university system’s expansive new content review policies. https://bit.ly/3K9pQ4X
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Race and sexuality course content is also caught up in the university system’s expansive new content review policies. https://bit.ly/3K9pQ4X
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
As a grad student who happens to be trans…this terrifies me. I also work in a location that isn't exactly hospitable. #academicsky #highered #phdsky
Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
As a grad student who happens to be trans…this terrifies me. I also work in a location that isn't exactly hospitable. #academicsky #highered #phdsky
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ASA community, we need your help to meet an urgent need among sociology students! We are asking 100 ASA members to make a gift by midnight tonight to help us reach our goal of raising $20K for the Student Travel Award. Give now! https://www.asanet.org/donate.
#ASA #sociology #donate
#ASA #sociology #donate
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
ASA community, we need your help to meet an urgent need among sociology students! We are asking 100 ASA members to make a gift by midnight tonight to help us reach our goal of raising $20K for the Student Travel Award. Give now! https://www.asanet.org/donate.
#ASA #sociology #donate
#ASA #sociology #donate