Andrew Lindner
@lindno.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at Skidmore College studying media, culture, and politics.
I was remembering the mailing DVDs era of Netflix today. One technological affordance of that was that it allowed deliberate sequencing of movies via your queue. I used to watch all of the films of a director in order.
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I was remembering the mailing DVDs era of Netflix today. One technological affordance of that was that it allowed deliberate sequencing of movies via your queue. I used to watch all of the films of a director in order.
Deepest run in 25 years for the Knicks. Comebacks, heartbreaks, and just one gripping, frustrating, mind-blowing game after another. Thanks, NYK!
June 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Deepest run in 25 years for the Knicks. Comebacks, heartbreaks, and just one gripping, frustrating, mind-blowing game after another. Thanks, NYK!
Borrowing an idea from studies of gerrymandering, here's "wasted goals" the in EPL in 24/25.
Wins: Wasted Goals = Goals Scored - (Opponent Goals + 1)
Draws/Losses: Wasted Goals = Goals Scored
Wins: Wasted Goals = Goals Scored - (Opponent Goals + 1)
Draws/Losses: Wasted Goals = Goals Scored
May 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Borrowing an idea from studies of gerrymandering, here's "wasted goals" the in EPL in 24/25.
Wins: Wasted Goals = Goals Scored - (Opponent Goals + 1)
Draws/Losses: Wasted Goals = Goals Scored
Wins: Wasted Goals = Goals Scored - (Opponent Goals + 1)
Draws/Losses: Wasted Goals = Goals Scored
People still cite Esping-Andersen (1990) on the welfare state regimes typology all the time. Is there a more up-to-date reconsideration of that typology?
May 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
People still cite Esping-Andersen (1990) on the welfare state regimes typology all the time. Is there a more up-to-date reconsideration of that typology?
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The New York Knicks have advanced to the Eastern Conference finals. And they did so by knocking out the defending-champion Boston Celtics. What a time.
May 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The New York Knicks have advanced to the Eastern Conference finals. And they did so by knocking out the defending-champion Boston Celtics. What a time.
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Are #smartphones and #socialmedia harming a generation?
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Are #smartphones and #socialmedia harming a generation?
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Grades in. Year 17 in the books.
May 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Grades in. Year 17 in the books.
To the best of my understanding (going off the chants outside the Vatican), Lionel Messi just became Pope.
May 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
To the best of my understanding (going off the chants outside the Vatican), Lionel Messi just became Pope.
Skidmore allows for a grade of A+ but it has the same grade-point value as a mere A. For some reason, that bugs me, but the asymmetry of the missing category of D- does not.
May 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Skidmore allows for a grade of A+ but it has the same grade-point value as a mere A. For some reason, that bugs me, but the asymmetry of the missing category of D- does not.
Despite being a chart enthusiast, I am deeply skeptical of all forms of plot-based persuasion when combined with post hoc ergo propter hoc logic. Lots of things are always happening at the same time!
May 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Despite being a chart enthusiast, I am deeply skeptical of all forms of plot-based persuasion when combined with post hoc ergo propter hoc logic. Lots of things are always happening at the same time!
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Brunson says goodnight. Holy hell.
May 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Brunson says goodnight. Holy hell.
A very healthy intellectual practice is to decide "I don't care about this" and just stop sometimes. That doesn't mean nobody should care. It just means none of us have the capacity to know about or care about everything.
April 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A very healthy intellectual practice is to decide "I don't care about this" and just stop sometimes. That doesn't mean nobody should care. It just means none of us have the capacity to know about or care about everything.
Sitting on a sun-drenched patio on a cloudless spring day in the low 80s is my definition of hell. Give me a snowy walk to a pub with a crackling fire any day.
April 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sitting on a sun-drenched patio on a cloudless spring day in the low 80s is my definition of hell. Give me a snowy walk to a pub with a crackling fire any day.
If you teach Media Sociology, it's really easy to repeatedly come to the conclusion that "Amusing Ourselves to Death" and "Bowling Alone" said it all. It was the TV all along. Everything else was a distraction.
April 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you teach Media Sociology, it's really easy to repeatedly come to the conclusion that "Amusing Ourselves to Death" and "Bowling Alone" said it all. It was the TV all along. Everything else was a distraction.
It's the same kind of logic as the famous line from Annie Hall: "the food at this place is really terrible and such small portions."
April 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It's the same kind of logic as the famous line from Annie Hall: "the food at this place is really terrible and such small portions."
Hypothesis: expressing preferences for human-created as opposed to AI-produced materials and, more generally, hostility towards AI are becoming codified as high cultural capital tastes. A classic Bourdieuian tension among elites.
April 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hypothesis: expressing preferences for human-created as opposed to AI-produced materials and, more generally, hostility towards AI are becoming codified as high cultural capital tastes. A classic Bourdieuian tension among elites.
Great opener: "You know what they say: if you can’t beat ’em, sublimate yourself into their algorithm." www.avclub.com/washington-p...
The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI
The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI
www.avclub.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Great opener: "You know what they say: if you can’t beat ’em, sublimate yourself into their algorithm." www.avclub.com/washington-p...
Can’t wait for all the Ukrainian history virologists to have hot takes on papal candidates in two days. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/w...
Who Will Be the Next Pope? Here Are Some Possible Candidates to Succeed Francis.
Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of which direction the Roman Catholic Church might take.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Can’t wait for all the Ukrainian history virologists to have hot takes on papal candidates in two days. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/w...
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
When people talk about "viewpoint diversity," they imagine every college classroom to be a political debate society. Do we need viewpoint diversity on the molecular structure of salt or the length of a quarter note? These people have not spent much time in normal college classrooms.
April 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
When people talk about "viewpoint diversity," they imagine every college classroom to be a political debate society. Do we need viewpoint diversity on the molecular structure of salt or the length of a quarter note? These people have not spent much time in normal college classrooms.
Father John Misty's "She Cleans Up" owes something to Genesis' "I Can't Dance." Both good songs.
April 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Father John Misty's "She Cleans Up" owes something to Genesis' "I Can't Dance." Both good songs.
Reposted by Andrew Lindner
Check out some of the reviews in @journsporthist.bsky.social 51.3:
📙 Young Do Kim ( @elonuniversity.bsky.social ) on "Front Office Fantasies" by Branden Buehler (a UIP title!)
🎥 @lindno.bsky.social on "Clipped" (2024)
cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jsh/issu...
📙 Young Do Kim ( @elonuniversity.bsky.social ) on "Front Office Fantasies" by Branden Buehler (a UIP title!)
🎥 @lindno.bsky.social on "Clipped" (2024)
cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jsh/issu...
April 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Check out some of the reviews in @journsporthist.bsky.social 51.3:
📙 Young Do Kim ( @elonuniversity.bsky.social ) on "Front Office Fantasies" by Branden Buehler (a UIP title!)
🎥 @lindno.bsky.social on "Clipped" (2024)
cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jsh/issu...
📙 Young Do Kim ( @elonuniversity.bsky.social ) on "Front Office Fantasies" by Branden Buehler (a UIP title!)
🎥 @lindno.bsky.social on "Clipped" (2024)
cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jsh/issu...
It's been surprising to realize that I don't really like horror movies anymore. I have such fond nostalgic memories of the horror room at my local video rental store growing up.
March 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's been surprising to realize that I don't really like horror movies anymore. I have such fond nostalgic memories of the horror room at my local video rental store growing up.