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Sociology and/of religion. Professor...ish. Semi-pro dilettante. A damned Vermont person™ in the Shenandoah Valley. The Arsenal. We need more heavy metal. And whiskey. Probably.

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12.03.2026 18:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

12.03.2026 17:28 👍 3780 🔁 1373 💬 141 📌 111
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Over 100 Latino Christian leaders say Trump adviser Samuel Rodriguez’s reach is misrepresented The letter’s signers say they were prompted to speak out because of the damage the Trump administration’s immigration policies have done to Latino communities.

From @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social, a story that sounds like inside baseball, but is actually kind of a big deal heading into the midterms:

Over 100 Latino Christian leaders say Trump adviser Samuel Rodriguez’s reach is misrepresented religionnews.com/2026/03/11/l...

12.03.2026 12:47 👍 29 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 4
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New study. We had adults place historical figures on the left-right ideological spectrum. Folks most often place history's villains (Hitler, Stalin, etc) as extreme examples of their opponents. But they place heroes (Jesus, MLK, Lincoln) are on their own team. 1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

11.03.2026 16:16 👍 101 🔁 43 💬 1 📌 3

CCR ftw, baby.

12.03.2026 09:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#COYG

11.03.2026 17:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Whomst amongst us, amirite?

😁

09.03.2026 02:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great band

08.03.2026 19:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A guy can dream...

08.03.2026 16:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen . ALT: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
08.03.2026 16:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a close up of a man 's face and the words holy moley ALT: a close up of a man 's face and the words holy moley
08.03.2026 16:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

👏👏👏

08.03.2026 00:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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08.03.2026 00:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I open my intro sociology course with the job interview scene every semester.
Gold.

I will be adding the recorded lecture montage scene re: AI in higher ed. We are all precarious now.

07.03.2026 23:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One of the ten bazillion cases for why STS is such an important field
(Or: "Why 'Real Genius' predicted so much of this").

07.03.2026 23:17 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

TL, it doesn't really matter. She just said so.
What's the big deal?
Jeesh, man.

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07.03.2026 20:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is a fun story:

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07.03.2026 14:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

...
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....unAmerican.

07.03.2026 14:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He's been anonymous.
Gabi M not much better.
Whole team in 2nd gear.

07.03.2026 14:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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07.03.2026 13:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#COYG

07.03.2026 12:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man in a suit and plaid shirt is holding a cell phone and a pen . ALT: a man in a suit and plaid shirt is holding a cell phone and a pen .

"Could you, for the record, identify which of the 'wars' were uh...'politically correct'?"

06.03.2026 03:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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05.03.2026 22:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just looked, still lots of them out there.

05.03.2026 21:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There was, a while back, a free push to talk app (probably several)
Was fairly handy

05.03.2026 20:34 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I use that scene in my intro sociology course every semester: there are rules for *every* situation.
And you can't go wrong with Wallace Shawn.

05.03.2026 14:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a bald man is smiling and saying " you fell victim to one of the classic blunders ! " ALT: a bald man is smiling and saying " you fell victim to one of the classic blunders ! "
05.03.2026 14:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oh. Lovely.

05.03.2026 03:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My friend, I was, as yet, unawares. Now informed, I will add it to my queueueue.

05.03.2026 03:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds and the words `` nailed it '' . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds and the words `` nailed it '' .
05.03.2026 01:54 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0