Edward Reynolds
@edward-reynolds.bsky.social
Communication, University of New Hampshire.
Buddhist. ex-Powerlifter. I tweet conversation analysis, social justice & magic the gathering. Former AUS DoD.
He/him.
Buddhist. ex-Powerlifter. I tweet conversation analysis, social justice & magic the gathering. Former AUS DoD.
He/him.
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
This meme never gets old
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This meme never gets old
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Democracy under threat via the "empirically observable breakdown in the interactional practices that constitute democratic accountability between media and state power."
Wayne Martin Mellinger on Steve Clayman's decades of #EMCA research 👇
doingmodernity.blogspot.com/2025/11/demo...
Wayne Martin Mellinger on Steve Clayman's decades of #EMCA research 👇
doingmodernity.blogspot.com/2025/11/demo...
Democracy Under Threat: Steven Clayman's Interactional Analysis and the Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore"
Democracy Under Threat: Steven Clayman’s Interactional Analysis and the Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D. Abstr...
doingmodernity.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Democracy under threat via the "empirically observable breakdown in the interactional practices that constitute democratic accountability between media and state power."
Wayne Martin Mellinger on Steve Clayman's decades of #EMCA research 👇
doingmodernity.blogspot.com/2025/11/demo...
Wayne Martin Mellinger on Steve Clayman's decades of #EMCA research 👇
doingmodernity.blogspot.com/2025/11/demo...
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Don't do any of this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't do any of this.
taste the goatse
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
taste the goatse
Consummate V's
The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Consummate V's
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Sure, keeping regular hours as an academic is a challenge. I prefer to think of the professorly work schedule as “Wizard’s hours.”
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Sure, keeping regular hours as an academic is a challenge. I prefer to think of the professorly work schedule as “Wizard’s hours.”
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
I say this out of respect for his service and experiences, but this 10000% confirms that white people are now realizing that white supremacy is absolutely coming for them, too. *Now* they feel threatened.
Black people have been talking about this for a LONG time. Too many of us chose not to listen.
Black people have been talking about this for a LONG time. Too many of us chose not to listen.
Michael Fanone: "I hope no American has to experience what I experienced. I've gone from dedicating 20 years of my life to the profession of law enforcement only to become a victim of the DOJ and our criminal justice system and have nowhere to seek relief."
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I say this out of respect for his service and experiences, but this 10000% confirms that white people are now realizing that white supremacy is absolutely coming for them, too. *Now* they feel threatened.
Black people have been talking about this for a LONG time. Too many of us chose not to listen.
Black people have been talking about this for a LONG time. Too many of us chose not to listen.
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Voting should not be something you have register to do. Voting should be something you’re legally required to do. It should be incredibly easy to vote and against the law to not do so. It should also be constitutionally protected; no disenfranchisement under any circumstance.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Voting should not be something you have register to do. Voting should be something you’re legally required to do. It should be incredibly easy to vote and against the law to not do so. It should also be constitutionally protected; no disenfranchisement under any circumstance.
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Due to mass hype and operational ambiguity, executives can use "AI" as a justification for job cuts, increased worker surveillance, speed-up, reducing hiring—with little accountability or repercussion. The *logic* of AI has often been as damaging to labor as the tech itself (see: DOGE.)
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Due to mass hype and operational ambiguity, executives can use "AI" as a justification for job cuts, increased worker surveillance, speed-up, reducing hiring—with little accountability or repercussion. The *logic* of AI has often been as damaging to labor as the tech itself (see: DOGE.)
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
A quick (1000 words) read to enjoy with your morning coffee or afternoon tea:
"Psychology wants to stay WEIRD, not go WILD"
Why hasn't psychology diversified it samples, methods, theories, etc.? Because it doesn't want to. osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Psychology wants to stay WEIRD, not go WILD"
Why hasn't psychology diversified it samples, methods, theories, etc.? Because it doesn't want to. osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A quick (1000 words) read to enjoy with your morning coffee or afternoon tea:
"Psychology wants to stay WEIRD, not go WILD"
Why hasn't psychology diversified it samples, methods, theories, etc.? Because it doesn't want to. osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Psychology wants to stay WEIRD, not go WILD"
Why hasn't psychology diversified it samples, methods, theories, etc.? Because it doesn't want to. osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
do we think Noam Chomsky asked epstein for help getting linguists that dissented from his theory blackballed by hiring committees or was that just him on his own
Jeffrey Epstein was developing a series, moderated by @lkrauss1.bsky.social, to bring scientists and celebrities together. The first season would include an episode where "Woody Allen talks about the human condition with Linguist Noam Chomsky."
drive.google.com/file/d/14Sla...
drive.google.com/file/d/14Sla...
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023123.txt
drive.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
do we think Noam Chomsky asked epstein for help getting linguists that dissented from his theory blackballed by hiring committees or was that just him on his own
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Paper by Sylvaine Tuncer and me on what more there is to rapport in cafe service. How tensions between conviviality and instrumentality play out in small talk. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Customer Agency in Interactive Service: Small Talk and Rapport at the Cafe Counter - Sylvaine Tuncer, Eric Laurier, 2025
This article draws on fine-grained analyses of video recordings of service interactions at the cafe counter to revisit the notion of rapport and conceptions of ...
journals.sagepub.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Paper by Sylvaine Tuncer and me on what more there is to rapport in cafe service. How tensions between conviviality and instrumentality play out in small talk. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Life is extremely kiki right now and I would really like it to be just a little more bouba
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Life is extremely kiki right now and I would really like it to be just a little more bouba
Of course its our loser 'dems' in NH. It always is. Primary time.
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Of course its our loser 'dems' in NH. It always is. Primary time.
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Catching up on my SVU, and you know it’s bad when ICE is arresting CAPTAIN OLIVIA BENSON!?
That’s glib, but having copaganda on the side against government atrocities is actually important for public opinion.
That’s glib, but having copaganda on the side against government atrocities is actually important for public opinion.
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Catching up on my SVU, and you know it’s bad when ICE is arresting CAPTAIN OLIVIA BENSON!?
That’s glib, but having copaganda on the side against government atrocities is actually important for public opinion.
That’s glib, but having copaganda on the side against government atrocities is actually important for public opinion.
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
Shower Thoughts:
A great metal band for D&D would be Mage Against the Regime.
A great metal band for D&D would be Mage Against the Regime.
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Shower Thoughts:
A great metal band for D&D would be Mage Against the Regime.
A great metal band for D&D would be Mage Against the Regime.
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
"The Due Process Clause applies to non-citizens, regardless of whether 'their presence is lawful, unlawful, temporary, or permanent,'" Ellis wrote, opining they are both due bond hearings in front of an immigration judge.
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"The Due Process Clause applies to non-citizens, regardless of whether 'their presence is lawful, unlawful, temporary, or permanent,'" Ellis wrote, opining they are both due bond hearings in front of an immigration judge.
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
Reposted by Edward Reynolds
"Republicans are keeping the government closed, starving kids, and making you miss your Thanksgiving flights because they want your healthcare costs to go through the roof" is actually a pretty effective message for Democrats
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Republicans are keeping the government closed, starving kids, and making you miss your Thanksgiving flights because they want your healthcare costs to go through the roof" is actually a pretty effective message for Democrats