Amy Lucas
@amylu-sociology.bsky.social
Sports, Politics, Books, and the Occasional Sociology Ramble
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BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
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Death from sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in a child in Los Angeles
SSPE is a rare sequel of #measles infection that appears years after the initial infection, and is uniformly fatal. So sorry for this family. As things are going on the US, we'll be seeing more of these cases.
SSPE is a rare sequel of #measles infection that appears years after the initial infection, and is uniformly fatal. So sorry for this family. As things are going on the US, we'll be seeing more of these cases.
Child dies from rare measles-related complication, LA County health officials say
Health officials reported the death of a Los Angeles County child from a complication of measles infection acquired during infancy.
abc7.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Death from sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in a child in Los Angeles
SSPE is a rare sequel of #measles infection that appears years after the initial infection, and is uniformly fatal. So sorry for this family. As things are going on the US, we'll be seeing more of these cases.
SSPE is a rare sequel of #measles infection that appears years after the initial infection, and is uniformly fatal. So sorry for this family. As things are going on the US, we'll be seeing more of these cases.
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It takes a British tennis live-blogger to tell the truth about America.
September 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It takes a British tennis live-blogger to tell the truth about America.
(1/2) This year has reaffirmed to me how astute and tactically sound Nadal is on a tennis court. He may have been outplayed, but I rarely if, ever, felt like he had the wrong strategy or hit the wrong shot (one exception is the Miami final against Davydenko in 2008). That led to a different...
September 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
(1/2) This year has reaffirmed to me how astute and tactically sound Nadal is on a tennis court. He may have been outplayed, but I rarely if, ever, felt like he had the wrong strategy or hit the wrong shot (one exception is the Miami final against Davydenko in 2008). That led to a different...
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🧵 An open letter to the US Open and USTA:
Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today.
I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.
Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today.
I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.
September 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
Trump administration blocks groups from voter registration at naturalization events
Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
Not at all impressed with Tauson's mental fortitude in this match so far.
August 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Not at all impressed with Tauson's mental fortitude in this match so far.
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That’s right
Currently at the beach. Nice day, perfect breeze, short walk to the water, busy but doesn't seem crowded, not noisy at all. Water is calm and a perfect temp.
Got nowhere else to be and we're making family memories that will last a long time.
Might be the best time I've had at the beach.
1/5 stars
Got nowhere else to be and we're making family memories that will last a long time.
Might be the best time I've had at the beach.
1/5 stars
July 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
That’s right
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Want to know why demographers aren't panicking over low birth rates? @lesja.bsky.social, @shelleydclark.bsky.social, & I have a new piece in @theconversation.com explaining the faulty logic that underlies the low birth rate-induced population panic than fuels the pronatalism movement. 1/n
Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.
theconversation.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Want to know why demographers aren't panicking over low birth rates? @lesja.bsky.social, @shelleydclark.bsky.social, & I have a new piece in @theconversation.com explaining the faulty logic that underlies the low birth rate-induced population panic than fuels the pronatalism movement. 1/n
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, most remembered for playing Theo Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show,’ passed away Sunday. But his legacy spans much more than one character. I wrote about how I’ll remember him best. www.theringer.com/2025/07/21/t...
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and the Other Side of the Climb
The actor, most remembered for playing Theo Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show,’ passed away Sunday. But his legacy spans much more than one character.
www.theringer.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, most remembered for playing Theo Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show,’ passed away Sunday. But his legacy spans much more than one character. I wrote about how I’ll remember him best. www.theringer.com/2025/07/21/t...
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1. It doesn't matter who you voted for when it comes to needing aid after a disaster.
2. More people in Texas voted for Kamala Harris than people in New York voted for Kamala Harris.
3. More people in Florida voted for Kamala Harris than people in New York voted for Kamala Harris.
2. More people in Texas voted for Kamala Harris than people in New York voted for Kamala Harris.
3. More people in Florida voted for Kamala Harris than people in New York voted for Kamala Harris.
I’m so far beyond livid that I can’t voice all my thoughts coherently - that “kindness” doesn’t mean helping only people who agree with you, that the rain that falls on red counties floods blue counties too, etc.
so I’m gonna leave it at “either be more like HEB or shut up”
so I’m gonna leave it at “either be more like HEB or shut up”
July 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
1. It doesn't matter who you voted for when it comes to needing aid after a disaster.
2. More people in Texas voted for Kamala Harris than people in New York voted for Kamala Harris.
3. More people in Florida voted for Kamala Harris than people in New York voted for Kamala Harris.
2. More people in Texas voted for Kamala Harris than people in New York voted for Kamala Harris.
3. More people in Florida voted for Kamala Harris than people in New York voted for Kamala Harris.
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I’m so far beyond livid that I can’t voice all my thoughts coherently - that “kindness” doesn’t mean helping only people who agree with you, that the rain that falls on red counties floods blue counties too, etc.
so I’m gonna leave it at “either be more like HEB or shut up”
so I’m gonna leave it at “either be more like HEB or shut up”
July 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’m so far beyond livid that I can’t voice all my thoughts coherently - that “kindness” doesn’t mean helping only people who agree with you, that the rain that falls on red counties floods blue counties too, etc.
so I’m gonna leave it at “either be more like HEB or shut up”
so I’m gonna leave it at “either be more like HEB or shut up”
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The missing piece of this viral post is that the Texas officials are lying and deflecting blame. The NWS, hobbled as it is, issued an accurate flood watch for Kerr County the evening before and accurate escalating warnings overnight as the flood was developing.
After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
July 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The missing piece of this viral post is that the Texas officials are lying and deflecting blame. The NWS, hobbled as it is, issued an accurate flood watch for Kerr County the evening before and accurate escalating warnings overnight as the flood was developing.
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
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This is an important question: "At what point will there be a general acknowledgment and some serious self-scrutiny about the way big media failed to adequately convey what would happen if Trump were elected again?"
Maybe @axios & @cnn writers can write a book about it
Maybe @axios & @cnn writers can write a book about it
When will this media reckoning come? I’m thinking never. New from me https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/trump-biden-election-media-coverage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Yes, the media’s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump was far worse | Margaret Sullivan
A new book has fueled controversy over press handling of the ex-president’s decline. But that distracts from a bigger problem
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is an important question: "At what point will there be a general acknowledgment and some serious self-scrutiny about the way big media failed to adequately convey what would happen if Trump were elected again?"
Maybe @axios & @cnn writers can write a book about it
Maybe @axios & @cnn writers can write a book about it
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500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
May 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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Sharing on behalf of my @cunygcsociology.bsky.social friend/colleague Ruth Milkman who isn't on social media. Here's her statement re a problematic censoring of an obituary for Michael Burawoy to appear in ASA Footnotes #soctwitter #socsky #sociology
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Statement re Michael Burawoy obit
Statement from Ruth Milkman re commissioned obituary of Michael Burawoy to appear in ASA Footnotes: Dear All, As many of you know, I published a tribute to Michael Burawoy in Jacobin shortly after ...
docs.google.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sharing on behalf of my @cunygcsociology.bsky.social friend/colleague Ruth Milkman who isn't on social media. Here's her statement re a problematic censoring of an obituary for Michael Burawoy to appear in ASA Footnotes #soctwitter #socsky #sociology
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This piece, much like Chelsea Gray herself, is its own form of poetry. You should read it :) (And if you haven't already, you should also watch Gray play)
“When I watch her, I feel like I’m witnessing something beyond me, something heavenly and incomprehensible.” @mcrane12.bsky.social praises Chelsea Gray and the poetics of basketball.
An Ode to Chelsea Gray: Mac Crane In Praise of the Poetics of Basketball
“Basketball is like poetry in motion, cross the guy to the left, take him back to the right, he’s fallin’ back, then just J right in his face.” If you dig basketball, you might know this quote from…
buff.ly
May 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This piece, much like Chelsea Gray herself, is its own form of poetry. You should read it :) (And if you haven't already, you should also watch Gray play)
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Old North Church in Boston last night on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.
April 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Old North Church in Boston last night on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.
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At this point, a member of the House could lightly edit the Declaration of Independence and offer it as an impeachment resolution.
April 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
At this point, a member of the House could lightly edit the Declaration of Independence and offer it as an impeachment resolution.