Sociologist in an Apathetic Collapsing Society
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#Sociologist screaming into the void.
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I hope we are paying more attention than we were back in
January 2021. This weekend is going to be a game-changer with a very high probability of the Insurrection Act being declared.
Everyone will act surprised. Many will be blindsided because they 'didn't think he'd do it.'
January 2021. This weekend is going to be a game-changer with a very high probability of the Insurrection Act being declared.
Everyone will act surprised. Many will be blindsided because they 'didn't think he'd do it.'
The talking points from the extremist GOP is getting their audience ready for this. Not one leader on the left is preparing their audience.
They are obviously going to use the #NoKings protests. There will be agitators incorporated into the crowds. This isn't new. It is the same playbook.
They are obviously going to use the #NoKings protests. There will be agitators incorporated into the crowds. This isn't new. It is the same playbook.
President of the United States, Folks.
Every projection is truly a confession. Now we know why #DrowsyDon always referred to Biden as Sleepy Joe. #TorporTrump. Wait, #MAGA is too dumb for big words. #TiredTrump.
Every projection is truly a confession. Now we know why #DrowsyDon always referred to Biden as Sleepy Joe. #TorporTrump. Wait, #MAGA is too dumb for big words. #TiredTrump.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
President of the United States, Folks.
Every projection is truly a confession. Now we know why #DrowsyDon always referred to Biden as Sleepy Joe. #TorporTrump. Wait, #MAGA is too dumb for big words. #TiredTrump.
Every projection is truly a confession. Now we know why #DrowsyDon always referred to Biden as Sleepy Joe. #TorporTrump. Wait, #MAGA is too dumb for big words. #TiredTrump.
Trump signed away over 20 million Americans' healthcare.
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Trump signed away over 20 million Americans' healthcare.
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I had to check for myself to see if this was a real photo of Donald Trump, it is. 📷Yoan Valat/AP.
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I had to check for myself to see if this was a real photo of Donald Trump, it is. 📷Yoan Valat/AP.
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
Former US Vice President and war criminal Dick Cheney dies.
Fixed the headline.
Fixed the headline.
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Former US Vice President and war criminal Dick Cheney dies.
Fixed the headline.
Fixed the headline.
Today the sociologists are wondering why a movie has never been made about Laud Humphreys??? But I would need a Twitter account yo ask HBO.
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Today the sociologists are wondering why a movie has never been made about Laud Humphreys??? But I would need a Twitter account yo ask HBO.
Trump's Ballroom.
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trump's Ballroom.
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No Kings-Chicago, IL
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
No Kings-Chicago, IL
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Add to Brown and MIT, which have already declined.
Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
October 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Add to Brown and MIT, which have already declined.
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Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects
The talking points from the extremist GOP is getting their audience ready for this. Not one leader on the left is preparing their audience.
They are obviously going to use the #NoKings protests. There will be agitators incorporated into the crowds. This isn't new. It is the same playbook.
They are obviously going to use the #NoKings protests. There will be agitators incorporated into the crowds. This isn't new. It is the same playbook.
I hope we are paying more attention than we were back in
January 2021. This weekend is going to be a game-changer with a very high probability of the Insurrection Act being declared.
Everyone will act surprised. Many will be blindsided because they 'didn't think he'd do it.'
January 2021. This weekend is going to be a game-changer with a very high probability of the Insurrection Act being declared.
Everyone will act surprised. Many will be blindsided because they 'didn't think he'd do it.'
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The talking points from the extremist GOP is getting their audience ready for this. Not one leader on the left is preparing their audience.
They are obviously going to use the #NoKings protests. There will be agitators incorporated into the crowds. This isn't new. It is the same playbook.
They are obviously going to use the #NoKings protests. There will be agitators incorporated into the crowds. This isn't new. It is the same playbook.
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Republicans complain about immigrants changing the character of America, but they’ve welcomed the most dangerous foreign influence: former South Africans such as Musk and Thiel bringing an apartheid mentality to America.
October 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Republicans complain about immigrants changing the character of America, but they’ve welcomed the most dangerous foreign influence: former South Africans such as Musk and Thiel bringing an apartheid mentality to America.
I hope we are paying more attention than we were back in
January 2021. This weekend is going to be a game-changer with a very high probability of the Insurrection Act being declared.
Everyone will act surprised. Many will be blindsided because they 'didn't think he'd do it.'
January 2021. This weekend is going to be a game-changer with a very high probability of the Insurrection Act being declared.
Everyone will act surprised. Many will be blindsided because they 'didn't think he'd do it.'
October 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I hope we are paying more attention than we were back in
January 2021. This weekend is going to be a game-changer with a very high probability of the Insurrection Act being declared.
Everyone will act surprised. Many will be blindsided because they 'didn't think he'd do it.'
January 2021. This weekend is going to be a game-changer with a very high probability of the Insurrection Act being declared.
Everyone will act surprised. Many will be blindsided because they 'didn't think he'd do it.'
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Every single one of these Nazi motherfuckers is gonna have their jobs back in 2 months, that's the America-In-2025 Guarantee
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 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Every single one of these Nazi motherfuckers is gonna have their jobs back in 2 months, that's the America-In-2025 Guarantee
John Roberts is slowly dismantling America
www.salon.com/2025/10/15/j...
Up next for Roberts: Dismantling the Voting Rights Act. Coming soon near you: Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and other 'black codes' from our nation's past.
www.salon.com/2025/10/15/j...
Up next for Roberts: Dismantling the Voting Rights Act. Coming soon near you: Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and other 'black codes' from our nation's past.
John Roberts is slowly dismantling America
Twenty years of the Roberts Court has wreaked shocking damage. Is the Voting Rights Act next?
www.salon.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
John Roberts is slowly dismantling America
www.salon.com/2025/10/15/j...
Up next for Roberts: Dismantling the Voting Rights Act. Coming soon near you: Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and other 'black codes' from our nation's past.
www.salon.com/2025/10/15/j...
Up next for Roberts: Dismantling the Voting Rights Act. Coming soon near you: Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and other 'black codes' from our nation's past.
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“We gave you a 400-million-dollar 747. You’re not sticking us in some Idaho shithole.”
Qataris Reject Trump’s Idaho Offer and Demand Airbase at Mar-a-Lago
“We gave you a 400-million-dollar 747. You’re not sticking us in some Idaho shithole.”
www.borowitzreport.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“We gave you a 400-million-dollar 747. You’re not sticking us in some Idaho shithole.”
More AI than humans. Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead'
www.businessinsider.com/alexis-ohani...
www.businessinsider.com/alexis-ohani...
Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead'
Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian said that the internet was less human now, and much more "botted" or "quasi-AI."
www.businessinsider.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
More AI than humans. Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead'
www.businessinsider.com/alexis-ohani...
www.businessinsider.com/alexis-ohani...
United Healthcare is ridiculous.
Side note: Health insurance is ridiculous in this country. I've avoided a much-needed X-ray on a severely injured foot for 3 weeks because I'm still paying for my last X-rays. And I have 'good' insurance. But imagine being IN A COMA and being denied.
Side note: Health insurance is ridiculous in this country. I've avoided a much-needed X-ray on a severely injured foot for 3 weeks because I'm still paying for my last X-rays. And I have 'good' insurance. But imagine being IN A COMA and being denied.
October 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
United Healthcare is ridiculous.
Side note: Health insurance is ridiculous in this country. I've avoided a much-needed X-ray on a severely injured foot for 3 weeks because I'm still paying for my last X-rays. And I have 'good' insurance. But imagine being IN A COMA and being denied.
Side note: Health insurance is ridiculous in this country. I've avoided a much-needed X-ray on a severely injured foot for 3 weeks because I'm still paying for my last X-rays. And I have 'good' insurance. But imagine being IN A COMA and being denied.
#NoKings
Pay attention to the propaganda the administration is spreading. I never thought such a large section of the US would prefer a 'king' over democracy.
Pay attention to the propaganda the administration is spreading. I never thought such a large section of the US would prefer a 'king' over democracy.
October 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#NoKings
Pay attention to the propaganda the administration is spreading. I never thought such a large section of the US would prefer a 'king' over democracy.
Pay attention to the propaganda the administration is spreading. I never thought such a large section of the US would prefer a 'king' over democracy.
People are being disappeared, sir. ICE is increasing their violence against Illinois citizens.
Today’s announcement from Stellantis is a major win for Illinois workers, our economy, and the future of American manufacturing.
Bringing back the Belvidere plant and creating 3,300 good-paying jobs demonstrates the skill, dedication, and productivity of Illinois’ workforce.
Bringing back the Belvidere plant and creating 3,300 good-paying jobs demonstrates the skill, dedication, and productivity of Illinois’ workforce.
October 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
People are being disappeared, sir. ICE is increasing their violence against Illinois citizens.
Actions. We need actions from our leaders who claim to protect us from this tyrannical regime. Not words. A-C-T-I-O-N-S
October 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Actions. We need actions from our leaders who claim to protect us from this tyrannical regime. Not words. A-C-T-I-O-N-S
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
www.forbes.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
A real discussion that needs to be had right now is happening in r/50501chicago. How dobwe prepare for the Trump administration invoking the insurrection act? What can be done by everyday people when it happens? How do we actually DO something other than complain behind screens?
October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A real discussion that needs to be had right now is happening in r/50501chicago. How dobwe prepare for the Trump administration invoking the insurrection act? What can be done by everyday people when it happens? How do we actually DO something other than complain behind screens?