Russian Anti-War #Sociologist Charged With 'Justifying Terrorism'

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #FreeNavalny #PutinsWar #Muscovy #Russia

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/26/russian-anti-war-sociologist-charged-with-justifying-terrorism-a81969

Shareholder Capitalism is a Suicide Pact
Great article by #business & #sociologist Professor Jerry Davis at the #RossSchool. "Finance invades the mind..." which informs behavior & thus destiny. More Americans, than ever before, are invested in the #StockMarket which depends upon the degradation of the #Earth in order for them to see increased returns. And no, #ESG is actually not working to change that, sadly.
https://medium.com/imagining-equity-explorations-into-the-future-of/is-shareholder-capitalism-a-suicide-pact-bd26bd10edd7

I was just alerted to this particularly odd paper by #sociologist Adaner Usmani and legal scholar Christopher Lewis: "The Injustice of Under-Policing in America."

Their argument is literally that the United States needs more police rather than less--another 500K cops, to be exact. I have thoughts on this.

https://direct.mit.edu/ajle/article/doi/10.1162/ajle_a_00030/112647/THE-INJUSTICE-OF-UNDER-POLICING-IN-AMERICA1

#sociology

Ep. 31 features #nyc #sociologist Robin Rogers who tells of how she escaped her #violent #schizophrenic then-husband. Her #dating goal became all about having life-affirming fun. In early 2020, she was involuntarily committed after a family member falsely claimed she had attempted to commit #suicide. Robin was now surrounded by patients who were hitting on her and threatening to rape her. Come find out how she survived even this experience and what life looks like now! 🌅🗽🌠 #mentalhealth

Hi everyone. I'm new to this platform and it looks awesome.

I'm a #sociologist of culture and the arts, and a social network analyst. Recently I became interested in scientific knowledge and practices as well. I'm currently a research associate in #Sociology at the Department o Political sciences at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy.

I'd like to say a little more about myself and I'll do it soon.

Have a great Sunday.

Why #Poverty #Persists in #America. A #PulitzerPrize #winning #sociologist offers a new #explanation for an #intractable #problem - unlocked nyt https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/magazine/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond.html?unlocked_article_code=RQOYMUJbTCkO_2kw0MngBOIBLqFZLz5AMqcApB_1HlhyeX-4i92ffipm88hbhWUmLgxfJzm68_ToPh20SdT2JZi0V4rStLpETM7-k2hreS0SraONFvGmJKo0lWYaRV2V4kSQFJGbhQrimydW8TpdkiOhRXff_vIxcrpXBP4druXrg4dgczRbINJTJy4kbDLlgv7_VlIoJz5CNkVUL9-9Y5dHZvbJouXQ-rIl12nBcf72CHsUXSnNPwSluaegpb_QerbwqB3pgNOIxuQ34IKKwqPY2MOfocmQIV9P--b0vR_7UDZ8Kusbraoyj4QX9afTU9xxCpb3jNAfmInqzIxJYNAQf15DnIlWViEGXUE&smid=url-share

NPR - #Princeton #sociologist #MatthewDesmond - if the top 1% of Americans paid the #taxes they #owed, it would raise $175 billion each year. "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of #poverty," the author says. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/21/1164275807/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond-inequality #PovertyinAmerica #Billionaires #FinancialSystem #TaxCode #IRS #Congress #regulations #economy #wealthy do not pay taxes

Purpose Anxiety: The Fear of not Knowing your Purpose in Life.

Both meaning and purpose enable us to better live in the present moment, but meaning helps us make sense of our memories so we can understand our past, while purpose helps us to consciously project ourselves in the future.

https://nesslabs.com/purpose-anxiety

#future #sociology @sociology #sociologist #procastinacion #psychology #opportunity #Philosophy #philosopher #distraction #values #yourfuture @philosophy

One Question to Ask Yourself to Know Your Future (...and change of too). - Goethe.

The trouble is that too many of us spend too much time distracted rather than focused on the things that matter. Wasting time on distractions, which we’ll later regret, leads to a life filled with missed opportunities.

https://www.nirandfar.com/one-question-to-know-future

#goethe #future #sociology @sociology #sociologist #procastinacion #psychology #opportunity #Philosophy #philosopher #distraction #values #yourfuture

On a packed train. I'm the only one wearing a #mask. The #sociologist in me is fascinated by how quickly we de-normalised this social solidarity... and as the person who has multiple upcoming hospital appointments i am just terrified these f@$kers will give me #COVID-19...

#introduction
Hi everyone!
I’m Josh. 41 #gay #geek in Devon, #UK

I work as a consultant, mainly helping people implement learning management systems. It pays the bills. Previously, I was a #sociologist specialising in #sharing #cooperation and #housing. It was publish or perish, and, well, I perished. Hence the pivot to #tech.

Throughout my life, I’ve been a #democraticsocialist with an ambition to contribute to a society for the benefit of everyone, rather than the few. 1/2

Help my students travel to present their research at a professional conference! (Yes - this is the state of higher ed in the US).

#sociology #sociologist #research #highered #firstgen #students
@sociology@a.gup.pe @sociology @academicchatter @academicsunite

https://www.gofundme.com/f/students-present-at-midwestern-sociology-society?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

Listening to a fantastic presentation by #sociologist Roberta Villalon on the effects of #migration on #Ecuadorian migrants’ #physical and #mental #health. The normalization of #malaise was a major theme in her interview study. #RaceInequalityPolicyInitiative

ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare.
If you’ve ever posted online, you ought to be concerned.

The privacy risks that come attached to ChatGPT should sound a warning. And as consumers of a growing number of AI technologies, we should be extremely careful about what information we share with such tools.

🔗 https://theconversation.com/chatgpt-is-a-data-privacy-nightmare-if-youve-ever-posted-online-you-ought-to-be-concerned-199283

#chatGPT #ai #artificialintelligence #privacy #privacyalways #social #SocialMedia #sociology #socialimpact #sociologist @sociology #SocialsScience #technology

If you are a #sociologist who studies deconversion, please take this into account. If you look at the last religion/denomination practiced before deconversion, you're going to see something very different than if you look at the religious starting point of ex-theist atheists.

Because it's really the more conservative/strident varieties of religion that are driving people out of organized religion right now, and these studies seem to suggest the opposite.

6/6

Belated #introduction

I'm a #demographer and #sociologist, focused on mortality in the US

Want to understand how I think about demographic modeling (and why I love it)? Read this interview:

https://sites.google.com/g.ucla.edu/asa-methodology/early-career-faculty-spotlight#h.8miqtq5hd6wd

Want to understand how I think about racism and mortality? Read this article or this interview:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014750117

https://rampantmag.com/2020/11/deadlier-than-a-pandemic/

Want to know about my favorite recent research?

https://fediscience.org/@wrigleyfield/109524336021688112

(non-work-centered stuff in the next post)

I'm overdue for an #introduction, especially with all you new followers…so here goes.

I'm a software engineer with a degree in Anthropology. I highly recommend the combo.

Most recently I was tech lead for Scaled Human Review at Meta. I worked in the Integrity Foundation (what other companies call "Trust and Safety") on Better Engineering initiatives and #Metaverse integration, with the teams that build human review software for the 30-40K external reviewers. I'd sworn I’d never work at Facebook, but I decided to see if I could make a difference. I couldn’t. And it wasn't a good fit for either of us. But I learned a lot about how the sausages are made and why they have such a hard time with #contentmoderation.

I'm now a freelance #consultant, working on my own projects (I'll write more on that later), and with my wife's #consulting company (see below). I'm planning to do a lot more writing about #society and #technology (as well some #SFF), and to travel more.

I tend to write long posts (like this one). They may get shorter once my blog is back up. I don't stick to one topic, but I'll try to tag them so you can filter. I post about tech stuff (recent, as well as old geeky #Unix stuff), #social issues, #LGBTQ issues (especially the T), pretty #photos, and random personal anecdotes. When I boost, it's because I think it's something that might be interesting to someone, or some group, that follows me. Those tend to include all the above topics, plus SF&F-related things, and cool science stuff.

I'm #pan, #poly, #nonbinary (or #genderqueer, if you prefer). I prefer "they" for pronouns, but "he" is fine. I spent most of my life thinking I really was a straight cis man who just happened to be a bit quirky and a passionate and tearful ally, so I'm not too picky about how you refer to me. I'm also more than happy to answer any questions about all that, public or private.

I've been on social media for four decades (seriously, I saw someone catfished in chat in 1978—this stuff isn't new), and virtually everyone I know I met online somewhere—many I've still never met in person. Needless to say, that's made me pretty passionate about making online communities safe for everyone, and especially marginalized groups.

I grew up mostly in #Maine and then lived in Massachusetts for a long time, but I now live on sovereign #Swinomish land in #WashingtonState (US), on the edge of the San Juan islands. Despite my first name (that's a story) and current location, I'm not Native American, although I focus a lot on Native American rights. My parents were both active in that area, and that was my introduction to civil rights in general.

I've been a #software engineer at various levels (from programmer to CTO to company founder) for 40+ years. I learned BASIC in high school, taught myself Pascal, FORTRAN and PL/1 in college, learned C as an intern at Bell Labs (Murray Hill, one floor up from the Unix crew), and went on from there. In college, I majored in #Anthropology with a concentration in #Psychology, and that's influenced the way I look at software ever since. Software is designed for people. Software systems build communities (whether intended or not). Anyone who does that damn well better understand how people and #communities work.

I've worked for Bell Labs (psych stats), Sperry Research (window systems, UX design), Apollo/HP (programmable shell, windowing systems, Unix porting, UX design), Bright Ideas (cookbook, educational games), OSF (windowing standards), Alfalfa (multimedia email - SMTP *and* X.400 :)), Wildfire (phone-based voice assistant), Utopia/USWeb (web and security consulting), Saroca (small boats), Messagefire (anti- #spam software), MessageGate (corporate compliance software), Somewhere (software consulting), ZeeVee (web video aggregation, metadata scraping), TiVo (video content correlation, #metadata pipelines), and Meta. Plus a few others.

I've been with my wife, Dr. Mollie Pepper, for over a decade. She's a #sociologist with a focus on #refugee migration, #gender, and violence; the kind of work that gives you PTSD. She did her dissertation on women's roles in the (now extremely defunct) peace process in #Myanmar (aka #Burma). A year ago she was at a military base frantically processing thousands of Afghan refugees and managing translators. She has a consulting company that specializes in evaluating and designing refugee service and placement programs. You can find her at https://carlsonpepper.com/. Everything I know about #feminism, #intersectionality, #queer theory, #CRT, and #racism I either learned from her, or she gave me the theoretical underpinnings to understand them properly.

I have two grown daughters from my first marriage with Nassim Fotouhi; a kick-ass software engineer/engineering manager who came to the States just before the Iranian revolution.

Shadi Fotouhi is an artist (see my profile background photo, go look up the drug codes and compare them to the mermaids' behavior) turned software engineer; building dynamic room installations will do that to you. She worked in QA at a gaming company, and then at Jibo; a robotics startup. Now she's a senior software engineer at Wayfair--Kubernetes, release configuration, and all that fun stuff.

Shireen Hinckley is a documentarian, digital image technician, video editor, and co-founder of Somewhere Films (https://www.somewherefilms.com/shireen-hinckley); a womxn's filmmaking collective. She works for #Beyoncé at Parkwood Entertainment, where she's an editor and post-production supervisor for all of their video releases. She worked on "Black is King" and just about every video since then, whether it's for Instagram, Times Square, Tiffany's, the Oscars, or Chloe x Halle. No, I can't tell you when the Renaissance visual album will be out—but it will be amazing.

I'm incredibly honored to have those wonderful women in my life. I wouldn't be who I am without them.

A couple other things that may come up, especially in my photos. My mother is an artist who lives in Maine in a round house she designed, and the family built, when I was in high school. And I'm part owner of a #lighthouse on Cape Cod.

--kee

DISCLAIMER: I'm not an #epidemiologist or a #sociologist.

I've been quiet on here over the holidays as I try to take a real break so a little re- #introductions for me: I'm a #sociologist and data consultant who dabbles in a little of everything. My research is focused on #dataEducation and #socialScience #transparency, #replication and #evidenceSynthesis. Looking forward to a new year of getting to know y'all!

@sheepchase You had me at #queer and #cats, but #sociologist and #ethnomethodology are just an added bonus.