Juliet Schor
@julietschor.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at Boston College, TED talk The Case for the Four Day Week, https://www.ted.com/talks/juliet_schor_the_case_for_a_4_day_work_week?subtitle=en
global research on #4DayWeek, author of After the Gig
Boston, MA Born November 9, 1955
global research on #4DayWeek, author of After the Gig
Boston, MA Born November 9, 1955
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Want a party that actually fights back? That doesn't fold? Run for office. We’ll help you.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Want a party that actually fights back? That doesn't fold? Run for office. We’ll help you.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
Read the latest installment of @billmckibben.bsky.social's The Crucial Years. Invaluable every week; this one just about brought me to tears. But there is always an uplift too. Solar through the roof. (sorry for the terrible pun...) billmckibben.substack.com/p/whale-oil-...
Whale Oil and Wind
Energy transitions, graceful and otherwise
billmckibben.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Read the latest installment of @billmckibben.bsky.social's The Crucial Years. Invaluable every week; this one just about brought me to tears. But there is always an uplift too. Solar through the roof. (sorry for the terrible pun...) billmckibben.substack.com/p/whale-oil-...
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"Improved employee wellbeing as well as organizational productivity" --Juliet Schor presents findings of study on 4-day, 32-hour work week during presentation at Mass Amherst @umassamherst.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social
#letsworkfour #4DayWorkweek #FutureOfWork #JulietSchor #WorkFour
#letsworkfour #4DayWorkweek #FutureOfWork #JulietSchor #WorkFour
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"Improved employee wellbeing as well as organizational productivity" --Juliet Schor presents findings of study on 4-day, 32-hour work week during presentation at Mass Amherst @umassamherst.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social
#letsworkfour #4DayWorkweek #FutureOfWork #JulietSchor #WorkFour
#letsworkfour #4DayWorkweek #FutureOfWork #JulietSchor #WorkFour
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Americans Are Overworked. Could AI Change That? By @julietschor.bsky.social
AI promises to help us get more done in less time. It’s an opportunity to reverse the trend of American overwork, but powerful structural factors stand in the way.
behavioralscientist.org/americans-ar...
AI promises to help us get more done in less time. It’s an opportunity to reverse the trend of American overwork, but powerful structural factors stand in the way.
behavioralscientist.org/americans-ar...
Americans Are Overworked. Could AI Change That? - by Juliet Schor - Behavioral Scientist
AI promises to help us get more done in less time. It’s an opportunity to reverse the trend of American overwork, but powerful structural factors stand in the way.
behavioralscientist.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Americans Are Overworked. Could AI Change That? By @julietschor.bsky.social
AI promises to help us get more done in less time. It’s an opportunity to reverse the trend of American overwork, but powerful structural factors stand in the way.
behavioralscientist.org/americans-ar...
AI promises to help us get more done in less time. It’s an opportunity to reverse the trend of American overwork, but powerful structural factors stand in the way.
behavioralscientist.org/americans-ar...
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WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime
October 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime
Amazing Boston! Love you.
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Amazing Boston! Love you.
Don’t fall for it
Reject it now or it’ll be even harder after that meeting
Reject it now or it’ll be even harder after that meeting
BREAKING: The White House has confirmed it's called the 5 institutions who haven't signed its compact to a meeting this afternoon. Insiders tell us it's "an effort to regain momentum by threatening institutions to sign" @knottkatherine.bsky.social has the scoop www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
White House to Meet with Universities Regarding Compact
The scheduled meeting follows increasingly forceful pushback to the wide-ranging proposal.
www.insidehighered.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Don’t fall for it
Reject it now or it’ll be even harder after that meeting
Reject it now or it’ll be even harder after that meeting
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Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
And then there were five…
Another domino falls @bakerdphd.bsky.social
L.A. Times:
University of Southern California Rejects Trump Education Compact Aimed at Shifting the University to the Right
University of Southern California Rejects Trump Education Compact Aimed at Shifting the University to the Right
October 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
And then there were five…
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Monday, Oct. 20 at 4pm ET: Juliet Schor presentation on the "Movement for a Four-Day Workweek" Join us: Mass Amherst, Gordon Hall. Free & open to the public.
#letsworkfour #4DayWorkweek #FutureOfWork #JulietSchor #WorkFour @umassamherst.bsky.social @sbs-umass.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social
#letsworkfour #4DayWorkweek #FutureOfWork #JulietSchor #WorkFour @umassamherst.bsky.social @sbs-umass.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Monday, Oct. 20 at 4pm ET: Juliet Schor presentation on the "Movement for a Four-Day Workweek" Join us: Mass Amherst, Gordon Hall. Free & open to the public.
#letsworkfour #4DayWorkweek #FutureOfWork #JulietSchor #WorkFour @umassamherst.bsky.social @sbs-umass.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social
#letsworkfour #4DayWorkweek #FutureOfWork #JulietSchor #WorkFour @umassamherst.bsky.social @sbs-umass.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social
Keep it up! Good start.
Last week it was MIT. Yesterday, Brown said no. Today, UPenn has rejected the compact, making it 1/3 of the schools who were initially asked rejecting it.
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Keep it up! Good start.
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“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”
If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.
If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.
October 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”
If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.
If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.
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very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler
JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler
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“The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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Join us for a talk by Prof. Juliet Schor: "Does the Future of Work Mean Less Work? The Movement for a Four-Day Week."
In person - Monday, Oct. 20 at 4pm ET / Gordon Hall, @UMassAmherst / Free & open to the public @sbs-umass.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social #4DayWeek
In person - Monday, Oct. 20 at 4pm ET / Gordon Hall, @UMassAmherst / Free & open to the public @sbs-umass.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social #4DayWeek
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Join us for a talk by Prof. Juliet Schor: "Does the Future of Work Mean Less Work? The Movement for a Four-Day Week."
In person - Monday, Oct. 20 at 4pm ET / Gordon Hall, @UMassAmherst / Free & open to the public @sbs-umass.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social #4DayWeek
In person - Monday, Oct. 20 at 4pm ET / Gordon Hall, @UMassAmherst / Free & open to the public @sbs-umass.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social #4DayWeek
Stand together, always. Universities, take note.
WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.
October 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Stand together, always. Universities, take note.
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Be sure to spread it around
October 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Be sure to spread it around
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How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
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“Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors ***
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat [alleged] antisemitism” 1/7/25 … 1/ forward.com/news/686797/...
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat [alleged] antisemitism” 1/7/25 … 1/ forward.com/news/686797/...
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.
forward.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors ***
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat [alleged] antisemitism” 1/7/25 … 1/ forward.com/news/686797/...
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat [alleged] antisemitism” 1/7/25 … 1/ forward.com/news/686797/...
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Like Bari Weiss being stuffed by a billionaire atop CBS to lie to normies, this is billionaires stuffing rightwing ideas into AI systems to lie to normies.
The whole fascist takeover of the US is built atop an information war.
The whole fascist takeover of the US is built atop an information war.
The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”
OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT
GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.
www.theverge.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Like Bari Weiss being stuffed by a billionaire atop CBS to lie to normies, this is billionaires stuffing rightwing ideas into AI systems to lie to normies.
The whole fascist takeover of the US is built atop an information war.
The whole fascist takeover of the US is built atop an information war.
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 9 OCTOBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
🚨PROP 50 IS SO IMPORTANT 🚨
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED
Dear Californians please help tell your friends and neighbors to VOTE YES ON PROP 50
Many of us are phonebanking to California Voters & we need your help !
Tell them YES
DAY 9 OCTOBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
🚨PROP 50 IS SO IMPORTANT 🚨
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED
Dear Californians please help tell your friends and neighbors to VOTE YES ON PROP 50
Many of us are phonebanking to California Voters & we need your help !
Tell them YES
October 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 9 OCTOBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
🚨PROP 50 IS SO IMPORTANT 🚨
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED
Dear Californians please help tell your friends and neighbors to VOTE YES ON PROP 50
Many of us are phonebanking to California Voters & we need your help !
Tell them YES
DAY 9 OCTOBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
🚨PROP 50 IS SO IMPORTANT 🚨
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED
Dear Californians please help tell your friends and neighbors to VOTE YES ON PROP 50
Many of us are phonebanking to California Voters & we need your help !
Tell them YES
I testified today at the HELP Committee's AI hearing. Thank you @sanders.senate.gov for the invitation and the opportunity to talk about why we need a 32 hour, #4DW to cope with the disruptive effects of workplace AI. And TY @markey.senate.gov for your AI bills. www.help.senate.gov/hearings/ais...
AI's Potential to Support Patients, Workers, Children, and Families | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
Full Committee Hearing on October 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
www.help.senate.gov
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I testified today at the HELP Committee's AI hearing. Thank you @sanders.senate.gov for the invitation and the opportunity to talk about why we need a 32 hour, #4DW to cope with the disruptive effects of workplace AI. And TY @markey.senate.gov for your AI bills. www.help.senate.gov/hearings/ais...
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House Dems Launch Probe Into ‘Violent, Heavy-Handed’ ICE Raid of Chicago Apartment Complex
House Dems Launch Probe Into ‘Violent, Heavy-Handed’ ICE Raid of Chicago Apartment Complex
House Democrats launch probe into controversial Chicago raid by federal immigration officials, demanding answers from Homeland Security and Attorney General.
www.commondreams.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
House Dems Launch Probe Into ‘Violent, Heavy-Handed’ ICE Raid of Chicago Apartment Complex