Echo Fields
@e-ellen-sociology.bsky.social
Oregon "ruthless sociologist" in retirement. Active in civic affairs re: affordable housing & homelessness. IFYKYK:Neo-Weberian Frankfurt School Critical Theorist Phenomenologist. Human companion of Leonard, a unicorn posing as a dog who shits glitter.
Pinned
Google "hog scalding vat" . Albert Borde's grave marker in the Missouri Flats cemetery, Applegate Valley of Oregon.
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A friend lent me his copy of McMindfulness by Ronald E. Purser. It's a fierce critique of how (although it can help people) the current corporate mindfulness thing strips away concern for the wider world from Buddhist practices, resulting in something that benefits capital.
November 25, 2024 at 4:49 PM
A friend lent me his copy of McMindfulness by Ronald E. Purser. It's a fierce critique of how (although it can help people) the current corporate mindfulness thing strips away concern for the wider world from Buddhist practices, resulting in something that benefits capital.
AI combined with cynicism & greed are killing higher education, along with the anti-intellectualism of the MAGAists/authoritarians. A population dependent on digital technology for everything and addicted to speed & convenience is ripe for plucking by fascists.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
AI combined with cynicism & greed are killing higher education, along with the anti-intellectualism of the MAGAists/authoritarians. A population dependent on digital technology for everything and addicted to speed & convenience is ripe for plucking by fascists.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
A perfect example of how to get a participation trophy without even suiting up to stand on the sidelines.
A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A perfect example of how to get a participation trophy without even suiting up to stand on the sidelines.
Ah, Bandon!!
One of the best beaches anywhere for sunset walks. But remember, Never turn your back on the ocean. ✨️
One of the best beaches anywhere for sunset walks. But remember, Never turn your back on the ocean. ✨️
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Ah, Bandon!!
One of the best beaches anywhere for sunset walks. But remember, Never turn your back on the ocean. ✨️
One of the best beaches anywhere for sunset walks. But remember, Never turn your back on the ocean. ✨️
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You need to read this.
Don’t look away.
Don’t look away.
December 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
You need to read this.
Don’t look away.
Don’t look away.
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If I’m not mistaken the Bible said something about this.
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
If I’m not mistaken the Bible said something about this.
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Never talk to me or my Horta ever again
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Never talk to me or my Horta ever again
Friendsgiving 2025
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Friendsgiving 2025
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BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
From 2006. Interesting review from a progressive religious standpoint
www.modernreformation.org/resources/ar...
www.modernreformation.org/resources/ar...
"Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism" by Michelle Goldberg | Modern Reformation
A self-described secular Jew and ardent urbanite, Michelle Goldberg takes her readers behind the scenes of a movement she has dubbed 'Christian Nationalism,' a "totalistic political ideology" that beg...
www.modernreformation.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
From 2006. Interesting review from a progressive religious standpoint
www.modernreformation.org/resources/ar...
www.modernreformation.org/resources/ar...
Image from the alley where Dog often does his "bizness."
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Image from the alley where Dog often does his "bizness."
My sense is that most people who vote/pay attention still can't believe this is real. "When they tell you who they are, believe them" hasn't sunk in
The new National Security Strategy of the U.S. contains some pretty explicit white nationalism:
“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
My sense is that most people who vote/pay attention still can't believe this is real. "When they tell you who they are, believe them" hasn't sunk in
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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
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Sen. Mark Kelly interview on LegalEagle today. More lawyerly detail about what is and is not a lawful order, Hegseth's intimidation campaign.
youtu.be/AwVl_e7V3rM?...
youtu.be/AwVl_e7V3rM?...
I Investigated Why Trump Wants to Recall Sen. Kelly to Active Duty (ft. Sen. Kelly)
YouTube video by LegalEagle
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Sen. Mark Kelly interview on LegalEagle today. More lawyerly detail about what is and is not a lawful order, Hegseth's intimidation campaign.
youtu.be/AwVl_e7V3rM?...
youtu.be/AwVl_e7V3rM?...
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⚡️Unidentified drones reported near Zelensky's arrival route in Dublin, Irish media say.
Irish outlet The Journal reported on Dec. 4 that four unidentified, “military-style” drones were seen near the flight path of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plane as it arrived in Ireland earlier this week.
Irish outlet The Journal reported on Dec. 4 that four unidentified, “military-style” drones were seen near the flight path of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plane as it arrived in Ireland earlier this week.
Unidentified drones reported near Zelensky's arrival route in Dublin, Irish media say
Irish outlet The Journal reported on Dec. 4 that four unidentified, “military-style” drones were seen breaching a no-fly zone near the expected flight path of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plane as i...
kyivindependent.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
⚡️Unidentified drones reported near Zelensky's arrival route in Dublin, Irish media say.
Irish outlet The Journal reported on Dec. 4 that four unidentified, “military-style” drones were seen near the flight path of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plane as it arrived in Ireland earlier this week.
Irish outlet The Journal reported on Dec. 4 that four unidentified, “military-style” drones were seen near the flight path of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plane as it arrived in Ireland earlier this week.
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Going to be an awful day for anyone who appreciates vaccines, as Kennedy's ACIP meets today. The agenda is up and even the person representing CDC in the first session is a hard-core antivaxxer (Mark Blaxill). Starting today at 8am Eastern.
www.cdc.gov
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Going to be an awful day for anyone who appreciates vaccines, as Kennedy's ACIP meets today. The agenda is up and even the person representing CDC in the first session is a hard-core antivaxxer (Mark Blaxill). Starting today at 8am Eastern.
Appeals to denial of benefits are going to be even more impossible when AIs are in charge. Prediction: machines will act to "reduce the surplus population " as Scrooge (and the digital overlords) wished.
Not content with raising our health insurance costs, now MAGA Republicans are planning to kick thousands of Washingtonians off of Medicare using AI made by corporations who *get paid more if they kick more people off* 😡
This will raise costs for working families & hospitals in our state.
This will raise costs for working families & hospitals in our state.
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Appeals to denial of benefits are going to be even more impossible when AIs are in charge. Prediction: machines will act to "reduce the surplus population " as Scrooge (and the digital overlords) wished.
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President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress convicted of crimes varying from tax evasion, campaign corruption, lying to the FBI, bribery, insider trading, obstruction, etc.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
President Trump has now pardoned 12 members of Congress convicted of crimes varying from tax evasion, campaign corruption, lying to the FBI, bribery, insider trading, obstruction, etc.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
If Jeff Epstein were alive today, he’d be a free man in Trump’s America.
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Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Nuremberg...
Crowe's performance was excellent BUT because it is centered, will some naive viewers be sympathetic to Goering's self-justification? & And the the camp liberation segment flirts with being"atrocity porn."
Finally, will anyone under 50 watch the film?
www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
Crowe's performance was excellent BUT because it is centered, will some naive viewers be sympathetic to Goering's self-justification? & And the the camp liberation segment flirts with being"atrocity porn."
Finally, will anyone under 50 watch the film?
www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
'Nuremberg' is full of big questions — and missed opportunities
The new film portrays Hitler's second-in-command, Hermann Goering, as a wily mastermind, sidestepping uncomfortable questions about how unexceptional evil can be.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Nuremberg...
Crowe's performance was excellent BUT because it is centered, will some naive viewers be sympathetic to Goering's self-justification? & And the the camp liberation segment flirts with being"atrocity porn."
Finally, will anyone under 50 watch the film?
www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
Crowe's performance was excellent BUT because it is centered, will some naive viewers be sympathetic to Goering's self-justification? & And the the camp liberation segment flirts with being"atrocity porn."
Finally, will anyone under 50 watch the film?
www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
Tik-Tok & YouTube creators are finding their content & engagement throttled/reduced along w/ automated copyright strikes, channels taken down As AI takes over moderation by humans, we can expect more puzzling, troubling & bizarre impacts on platforms
www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-...
www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-...
TikTok to Lay off Hundreds of U.K. Content Moderators in AI Push
The move, which will affect several hundreds out of a workforce of about 2,500 in the country, comes as other social-media companies have started to scale back teams dedicated to policing online conte...
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Tik-Tok & YouTube creators are finding their content & engagement throttled/reduced along w/ automated copyright strikes, channels taken down As AI takes over moderation by humans, we can expect more puzzling, troubling & bizarre impacts on platforms
www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-...
www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-...
The renewed attention to the conditon of Trump’s hands brought this topic to mind, along with Usha Vance's appearing sans wedding ring recently, +J.D. wishing she was a Christian.💍
The absence of a wedding ring seems significant in his case, although nothing new.
www.thelist.com/1879110/dona...
The absence of a wedding ring seems significant in his case, although nothing new.
www.thelist.com/1879110/dona...
Donald & Ivanka Trump's Shady Habit Doesn't Bode Well For Their Marriages - The List
Donald and Ivanka Trump may have more in common than we realized, judging by how both parties are frequently spotted without their wedding rings in public.
www.thelist.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The renewed attention to the conditon of Trump’s hands brought this topic to mind, along with Usha Vance's appearing sans wedding ring recently, +J.D. wishing she was a Christian.💍
The absence of a wedding ring seems significant in his case, although nothing new.
www.thelist.com/1879110/dona...
The absence of a wedding ring seems significant in his case, although nothing new.
www.thelist.com/1879110/dona...
It is apparently less legally risky to be the person GIVING illegal orders than it is to be the people expected to OBEY them.
Analysis by a veteran military attorney.
"Donald Trump believes troops should be executed for refusing orders; what does the law actually say?"
youtu.be/wkaS3-9WvM8?...
Analysis by a veteran military attorney.
"Donald Trump believes troops should be executed for refusing orders; what does the law actually say?"
youtu.be/wkaS3-9WvM8?...
Illegal Orders Are Illegal
YouTube video by LegalEagle
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 AM
It is apparently less legally risky to be the person GIVING illegal orders than it is to be the people expected to OBEY them.
Analysis by a veteran military attorney.
"Donald Trump believes troops should be executed for refusing orders; what does the law actually say?"
youtu.be/wkaS3-9WvM8?...
Analysis by a veteran military attorney.
"Donald Trump believes troops should be executed for refusing orders; what does the law actually say?"
youtu.be/wkaS3-9WvM8?...