That’s brilliant!
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That’s brilliant!
We should do this to contextualize donations and fines paid by billionaires too. "Mr. Y was fined the equivalent of one hour's pay." "Mr. B was applauded for donating what he had earned by lunchtime on New Year's Day."
One graduated from selling potato salad from the back of his bicycle to working as a boxing promoter in NYC in the 1920s/30s
I once had a newcomer Lyft driver who was a civil engineer. Sitting in traffic trying to exit the Gardiner, he suddenly noticed the crumbling concrete. Shocked, he kept saying “That's not good. It shouldn't look like that!”
If you identify as an adult of Iranian heritage and are currently employed outside Iran, we would be very grateful for your participation in our study. Please share this post with others in your network who may be eligible and interested.
This is an excellent idea
Also: you can borrow CO2 monitors from the Toronto Public Library. Teachers, parents, students: check the air quality in your classroom! I check mine at the start of each semester www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/co2monitor/
💯! And for those in Toronto: ask the Toronto Board of Health to adopt new indoor air quality standards cleanindoorairto.ca
AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
📣 Job alert! 📣 Harvard Kennedy School is running 2 open-rank faculty searches in technology & public policy. One position is specifically for scholars using data science to address public problems. Please help us spread the word! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15561
Friends, who is doing good work/research on the impact of AI on women's employment and careers? Do you know? Please share if so!!
I want to uplift the women who were girls who were raped by Epstein & Maxwell & Trump & ex-Prince Andrew & abandoned by everyone who's been scrambling lately to say that they didn't know of course they didn't know but they did know & some of them knew because they'd done it too.
I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you ❤️, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]
All, I am organizing an @asanews.bsky.social paper session for NYC '26 on neuroscience and cognition in #sociology. Please spread the word.
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Can any Toronto angels help us get Jean to the game??
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
Ok Californians living overseas…go to votefromabroad.org and get that FPCA in. You’ve got an election coming up! @demsabroad.bsky.social
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
I like to buy the treats as gifts, because I think most pet owners don’t know these sustainable options exist
The best name goes to Jiminy's (as in Cricket) with insect-based food and treats jiminys.com
All Pro Advantage (formerly HOPE foods) was launched from a University of Toronto startup accelerator, and offers food and treats made from insects, fungi, plants, and algae altproadvantage.ca/pages/sustai...
Wilder Harrier, a Montreal-based company, makes insect-based food & treats and others made with the invasive silver carp fish threatening the Great Lakes www.wilderharrier.com
It's true rabbits have a low carbon paw-print, but there are also more sustainable options for dog food and treats.🧵 with some we've tried, all approved by my (admittedly not picky) husky
Our department at the University of Toronto is hiring an assistant professor of sociology of race / ethnicity this fall.
I'm not on the hiring committee but am very happy to talk to you about the position if you are interested. You can email, DM, or find me at ASA.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
We're hiring! Please share with your networks! Note: our research associates have a few years of experience - we're most excited about truly excellent scholars who are also known for being kind.
The brilliant @sarahbrayne.bsky.social's analysis of system avoidance (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...) is going to be even more important in the near term than it already is.
This is good for flow, right?
We are hiring at Rotman Strategy in the Fall. Apply here. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...