@criener
College professor, cognitive psychologist, textbook author. Also interested in science writing, social justice, politics and anti-racism. Proud member of AAUP & AFT Local 6741. Personal account. Views are my own and do not represent RMC, AAAS or SCHEV
Saw someone describing “The White Lotus genre” as “things that attack the 1%, marketed to the 5%” and boy does that sum up way too much progressive economic policy and messaging output the past several years tbqh
one google data center in virginia
two million gallons of water per day
information only released under court order & risk of contempt
The @aaup.org & @aft.org stand with @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social. We will join them to make sure the research scientists at the NIH do not lose their collective bargaining rights! The Trump administration hates workers, hates research, hates higher education and hates UNIONS.
Unfortunately, “Yo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic
move slow and repair things
On a conference downer note, folks from Texas and Florida have absolute horror stories of what is happening at their universities. One in Florida no longer has a First Gen day for example cause it is somehow seen as DEI adjacent
VA Dems ran on a pro-worker agenda, yet are leaving workers behind @aaup.org @aaupmason.bsky.social @aft.org
Don’t cut higher ed workers out of collective bargaining!
@abigailspanberger.com @donscott757.bsky.social @senlouiselucas.bluesky.bot @ssurovell.bsky.social
It's especially frustrating bc leftists were universally supportive of Biden's agenda! Centrists refuse to acknowledge that it was *centrist Dems* who stood in the way of a lot of good things the party wanted to pass.
Abstract description, how do scholars bring their research to into practice.
Last panel, Democracy Reconsidered, peopling politics, intervention and response. Panelists Marshall Ganz, Hahrie Han, Ernesto Castaneda, moderated by Christine Slaughter.
Abstract for interest groups influence on policy, a sociological perspective
Now a panel on Agenda Setters: Interest groups and civil society in the policymaking process. Beth Baltzan, @lindsayowens.bsky.social and @carolinewlee.bsky.social
She and her team made it a priority to meet with people in all 50 states. Saw how deficiencies of trade deals led to bad outcomes out in country.
Afternoon keynote: Ambassador Katherine Tai, fmr US Trade rep. Now new venture: Coalition for New Trade.
What does it mean to have a worker-centered US Trade policy? Previous model: worker as a labor cost to be minimized, or as a consumer for whom to minimize prices
it’s only an echo chamber when it’s the left. when it’s the right they call it some bullshit like the Agora or the Town Square
Abstract of panel on connecting regular people to politics. Why has voting decreased among low income non voters? Too much of politics ignore non voters, how do we bring back in
Next panel includes @daniellaurison.bsky.social , @povertyscholar.bsky.social and @dorianwarren.bsky.social on bridging the political disconnect. How do we build a more inclusive democracy?
Description of panel on race, gender in political staffers
First panel has James R Jones (Rutgers-Newark, Prof, studies racism in Congress), Beth Pearson (chief of staff, Sen. Warren, fmr AAAS-STPF fellow with ASA) and @alondra.bsky.social on Personnel is Policy. They reflect on how sociological training&research affected their policy paths
Psyched to be here at Peopling Politics, Bringing the People Back in, a symposium on race, class and inequality in US politics.
Excited to hear some of my longtime intellectual heroes outside of psych like @daniellaurison.bsky.social , @alondra.bsky.social and @povertyscholar.bsky.social
@vahousedems and @vasenatedems - Collective bargaining means stronger families, stronger communities, and a stronger VA economy. We need a CB bill that includes ALL workers, including higher AND home health care workers! drive.google.com/file/d/1ItRS...
Moonlight is always the forgotten stepchild, even though it’s the first black film with an all black cast to win Best Picture.
If you thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail anytime after 2002, you hiked on rock stairs that I built during the summers of 2001-02. This involved digging up huge pieces of granite, flying them through the woods on a winch line, slicing them with a rock drill, & fitting them onto the hill like a puzzle
Marc Andreesen said on a podcast that there was no point being a socially responsible wealthy person anymore because “the bargain” had been broken and you would be criticized no matter what, because he melted his brain following random Twitter accounts (he followed me for a bit). Too big a risk!
Yeah like to put things in perspective, the damage done by Sergey Brin’s ex-wife single handedly funding large segments of the anti-vax movement probably undid shitloads of positive public health work done through philanthropy. The ability to use that money for evil shit is just far greater.
They’re active, looking to stay that way and responsible enough to keep an appt a couple times a week for 2 months or so.
I always tell my friends who are looking for a man over 40 that I have found them. They are all at physical therapy.
Jesse singal literally wrote a whole article about an imaginary me and then asked people to be furious at his fantasy version of me.
The industrialization of language production is destroying the artisanal production of text.
We should be clear about what this is: The real subsumption of life under the logic of capital
Screenshot of the exchange: “If anyone actually believes that, that's terrifying.” Me: “I'm sorry but lots of people believe it, and they are not necessarily wrong. Writing is not just personal expression. Most writing in the world is functional, workaday, conmoditized. People are paid to do it or are coerced (school). You can't be an observer of what writing is and not accept that.”
In another thread, I suggested/asserted that LLMs are deeply compatible with the general economy of writing. I received the well-meaning response anonymized below, and I am reposting my reply.
As someone who has survived multiple jaw bone infections and needed several endodontic treatments for tooth infections, let me tell you that this man died in one of the most painful ways possible
They tortured him. An untreated tooth infection is torture.
a lot of critiques in aughts alleged that pentagon was influencing video games and in truth the relationship seems to be the other way around
What I mean by continued attacks. Sweeping federal control and ideological tests in the name of accountability for measurable outcomes.