Torkild Hovde Lyngstad
@torkildl.bsky.social
Master procrastinator. UiO wage slave as sociology professor.
Texts on research design in the social sciences? I am co-teaching a new masters-level course in research design across the social sciences next year. Interested in tips on good books/texts to include. #sociology #socsky #popsky #demosky
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Texts on research design in the social sciences? I am co-teaching a new masters-level course in research design across the social sciences next year. Interested in tips on good books/texts to include. #sociology #socsky #popsky #demosky
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So many lives would have been saved if NATO did destroy russian air defenses in belarus and russia, and russian aircraft, right as the invasion started in earnest.
Being cowardly didn't avert WW3, it only made it more likely to happen.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/14986...
Being cowardly didn't avert WW3, it only made it more likely to happen.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/14986...
Thread by @kamilkazani on Thread Reader App
@kamilkazani: The War in Ukraine in American context In such a polarised country as the U.S., Russian invasion of Ukraine was immediately weaponised by the opposing political forces and became a basis...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
So many lives would have been saved if NATO did destroy russian air defenses in belarus and russia, and russian aircraft, right as the invasion started in earnest.
Being cowardly didn't avert WW3, it only made it more likely to happen.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/14986...
Being cowardly didn't avert WW3, it only made it more likely to happen.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/14986...
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‼️🇺🇦 On the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, President Zelensky called NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg from a bunker in Kyiv and urgently pleaded for a no-fly zone to stop Russian air attacks, - The Times
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
‼️🇺🇦 On the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, President Zelensky called NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg from a bunker in Kyiv and urgently pleaded for a no-fly zone to stop Russian air attacks, - The Times
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Zelensky noted NATO had done this before in Bosnia and northern Iraq, but Stoltenberg refused, saying it would require destroying Russian air-defence systems in Russia and Belarus and being prepared to shoot down Russian aircraft.
This, he warned, would trigger direct war between NATO and Russia.
This, he warned, would trigger direct war between NATO and Russia.
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Zelensky noted NATO had done this before in Bosnia and northern Iraq, but Stoltenberg refused, saying it would require destroying Russian air-defence systems in Russia and Belarus and being prepared to shoot down Russian aircraft.
This, he warned, would trigger direct war between NATO and Russia.
This, he warned, would trigger direct war between NATO and Russia.
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Enda et skred som går ut over infrastruktur i Trøndelag. Denne gang sperres Meråkerbanen. Det er nesten så det kan virke som et mønster, og mønsteret ble beskrevet allerede på 90-tallet.
Som kjent er klimatiltak alt for dyrt.
www.adressa.no/nyheter/tron...
Som kjent er klimatiltak alt for dyrt.
www.adressa.no/nyheter/tron...
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Enda et skred som går ut over infrastruktur i Trøndelag. Denne gang sperres Meråkerbanen. Det er nesten så det kan virke som et mønster, og mønsteret ble beskrevet allerede på 90-tallet.
Som kjent er klimatiltak alt for dyrt.
www.adressa.no/nyheter/tron...
Som kjent er klimatiltak alt for dyrt.
www.adressa.no/nyheter/tron...
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SANDWICH GUY AVOIDS TOASTER
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
SANDWICH GUY AVOIDS TOASTER
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Det lå i korta at Infantino ville lage sin egen fredspris hvis Trump ikke fikk Nobels fredspris. I boka 'Det farlige spillet' bruker jeg mye plass på å vise og forklare hvordan Infantino ble diktatorenes beste venn. Kjøp boka, så kan du lese selv. www.norli.no/boker/dokume...
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Det lå i korta at Infantino ville lage sin egen fredspris hvis Trump ikke fikk Nobels fredspris. I boka 'Det farlige spillet' bruker jeg mye plass på å vise og forklare hvordan Infantino ble diktatorenes beste venn. Kjøp boka, så kan du lese selv. www.norli.no/boker/dokume...
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I’ll be leading a new project uniting biomedical and social sciences to learn why neurodevelopmental conditions are rising and how to better support people. We’re hiring soon! @astridsandsor.bsky.social Hedvig Nordeng Krister Fjermestad Alexandra Havdahl Nicolai Borgen www.uio.no/english/rese...
Eight new convergence environments will address major societal challenges in life sciences
- UiO:Life Science
The application process initiated a year ago has concluded, eight interdisciplinary research projects have been selected to address major societal challenges in the life sciences at the University of ...
www.uio.no
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I’ll be leading a new project uniting biomedical and social sciences to learn why neurodevelopmental conditions are rising and how to better support people. We’re hiring soon! @astridsandsor.bsky.social Hedvig Nordeng Krister Fjermestad Alexandra Havdahl Nicolai Borgen www.uio.no/english/rese...
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Fields of study are associated with genetic variants. Check out our new great paper in Nature Genetics @natgenet.nature.com!
Led by @rosacheesman.bsky.social, it includes a team of researchers across the social sciences. Very proud to have taken part in this truly interdisciplinary collaboration.
Led by @rosacheesman.bsky.social, it includes a team of researchers across the social sciences. Very proud to have taken part in this truly interdisciplinary collaboration.
1/ 🚨New paper in Nature Genetics
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic associations with educational fields - Nature Genetics
Genome-wide analyses of 10 educational fields identify 17 associated loci. Analysis of genetic clustering across specializations identifies two key dimensions that show genetic overlap with personalit...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Fields of study are associated with genetic variants. Check out our new great paper in Nature Genetics @natgenet.nature.com!
Led by @rosacheesman.bsky.social, it includes a team of researchers across the social sciences. Very proud to have taken part in this truly interdisciplinary collaboration.
Led by @rosacheesman.bsky.social, it includes a team of researchers across the social sciences. Very proud to have taken part in this truly interdisciplinary collaboration.
Fields of study are associated with genetic variants. Check out our new great paper in Nature Genetics @natgenet.nature.com!
Led by @rosacheesman.bsky.social, it includes a team of researchers across the social sciences. Very proud to have taken part in this truly interdisciplinary collaboration.
Led by @rosacheesman.bsky.social, it includes a team of researchers across the social sciences. Very proud to have taken part in this truly interdisciplinary collaboration.
1/ 🚨New paper in Nature Genetics
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic associations with educational fields - Nature Genetics
Genome-wide analyses of 10 educational fields identify 17 associated loci. Analysis of genetic clustering across specializations identifies two key dimensions that show genetic overlap with personalit...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Fields of study are associated with genetic variants. Check out our new great paper in Nature Genetics @natgenet.nature.com!
Led by @rosacheesman.bsky.social, it includes a team of researchers across the social sciences. Very proud to have taken part in this truly interdisciplinary collaboration.
Led by @rosacheesman.bsky.social, it includes a team of researchers across the social sciences. Very proud to have taken part in this truly interdisciplinary collaboration.
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
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My assessment of where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
Revolutionary Escalation, Semi-Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My assessment of where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
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#PodcastoftheMonth
This month we’re spotlighting Thanks for Typing, a podcast by Ros Edwards and Val Gillies that uncovers the hidden contributions of sociologists’ wives - women whose uncredited work helped shape the discipline.
This month we’re spotlighting Thanks for Typing, a podcast by Ros Edwards and Val Gillies that uncovers the hidden contributions of sociologists’ wives - women whose uncredited work helped shape the discipline.
Podcast of the Month - Thanks for Typing - Research Podcasts
This month’s Podcast of the Month is Thanks for Typing which uncovers the hidden contributions of Sociologists’ wives to their research. Behind many of the landmark studies that shaped modern…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#PodcastoftheMonth
This month we’re spotlighting Thanks for Typing, a podcast by Ros Edwards and Val Gillies that uncovers the hidden contributions of sociologists’ wives - women whose uncredited work helped shape the discipline.
This month we’re spotlighting Thanks for Typing, a podcast by Ros Edwards and Val Gillies that uncovers the hidden contributions of sociologists’ wives - women whose uncredited work helped shape the discipline.
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I have written are review of "The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture" by Dalton Conley
Pre-print on @socarxiv.bsky.social here:
osf.io/preprints/so...
I highly recommend it, particularly to graduate students
The reasons👇
Pre-print on @socarxiv.bsky.social here:
osf.io/preprints/so...
I highly recommend it, particularly to graduate students
The reasons👇
osf.io
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I have written are review of "The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture" by Dalton Conley
Pre-print on @socarxiv.bsky.social here:
osf.io/preprints/so...
I highly recommend it, particularly to graduate students
The reasons👇
Pre-print on @socarxiv.bsky.social here:
osf.io/preprints/so...
I highly recommend it, particularly to graduate students
The reasons👇
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The richest list of salutation in any online system to date.
November 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The richest list of salutation in any online system to date.
The richest list of salutation in any online system to date.
November 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The richest list of salutation in any online system to date.
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This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
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Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan
Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Going to start using "the causative association" in my papers. Seems useful!
RFK Jr: "The causative association between Tylenol given in pregnancy in the paranatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism. But it is very suggestive."
November 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Going to start using "the causative association" in my papers. Seems useful!
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New crusade just dropped
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New crusade just dropped
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Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
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NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...
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I AM EXTREMELY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO SHARE THAT I HAVE BEEN CROWNED KING OF KINGS. LOOK ON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE.
MY NAME IS OZYMANDIAS, KING OF KINGS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY WORKS.
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I AM EXTREMELY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO SHARE THAT I HAVE BEEN CROWNED KING OF KINGS. LOOK ON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE.
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Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
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Excited to share this work led by @cktamnes.bsky.social (and featuring many colleagues from PROMENTA at @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social) exploring the links between psychological wellbeing and illbeing across biological, developmental, societal and intervention perspectives
The nature of the relation between mental well-being and ill-being
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The nature of the relation between mental well-being and ill-being - Nature Human Behaviour
Tamnes et al. explore the complex relationship between ill-being—including mental and behavioural disorders—and mental well-being.
www.nature.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Excited to share this work led by @cktamnes.bsky.social (and featuring many colleagues from PROMENTA at @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social) exploring the links between psychological wellbeing and illbeing across biological, developmental, societal and intervention perspectives