Recently my boss told his students “you can be anything! Just don’t be a coward.” And that feels relevant here. Also, no one is going to see your first draft! If you showed your first draft to someone, you’d be like Elon Musk trying to flirt! And that’s not you, honey!

He's here! @timothyburke.bsky.social

Yup, that's the guy.

Ah @timothyburke.bsky.social - there you are.

Substack - gets into also the question of mass protests generally. I'm not a social movements scholar but it sure seems to me that big protests have waning efficacy/function. open.substack.com/pub/timothyb...

Academia: The Ends of Protest?

Friday's Child Is Still Looking For Change

I think both the original and the counterpoint are compelling (and Tim Burke's substack, I think he's not on here though?)

DKdavekarpf.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 2:03pm

I do not have the bandwidth to blog a full rejoinder to Zeynep's latest NYT piece. So I'm gonna write it as a quick thread instead. Her thesis is that the effectiveness of mass protest (particularly campus protest) has waned, and social media is the main culprit. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/o...

Opinion | How the Powerful Outmaneuvered the American Protest Movement

It’s time for organizers to invent a new model.

Just gave.

If you're able to donate, North Carolina needs your help. One of the organizations on this list, Homeward Bound, is near to my heart. I used to volunteer there. It's a day shelter for the unhoused. And Buncombe County's homeless population just grew exponentially.

List: Ways to donate and help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene unleashed devastating flooding in the mountains of North Carolina. Here are ways to help local flood victims in Western North Carolina by donating relief funds or volunteering.

In his Wisconsin speech today Trump has positively referenced Lindbergh, and also said that we should let no immigrants in from dangerous countries, so while I’m not saying he definitely would have sent fleeing Jews back to the Nazis I’m not NOT saying that

hello political scientists & sociologists & political organizers/staff of any sort who might want to talk about US politics for a few days in Boston in March - Submit an abstract to People-Ing Politics - Race, Class, Culture and US Politics March 6th - 9th 2025 Boston Submit at ess2025.exordo.com