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10 Aug 2024
54. #MartialArts #Sociology #Olympics #Boxing Depending on how you count medals, it looks like Uzbekistan leads Boxing with 3 gold medals, 3 in #judo, 2 in #wrestling, & 1 in #taekwondo for a total of 9 medals in #MartialArts
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12z47 #MartialArts #Sociology It appears that even the Thor could be upset with #TrumpCorruption around UFC nytimes.com/2026/06/12/weath… Odin is also likely displeased with such human hubris.
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12z48 “Sunday’s UFC fight is not just a garish spectacle; it is an expression of the president’s contempt for the ritual and symbolism of American democracy — which is just another way to say, his contempt for democracy itself” nytimes.com/2026/06/13/opini… @MartialArts #Sociology
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Over the coming year, I prepare a #KnowledgeCulturalSociology #KCSo paper on (emergent) autocracies in practice focusing on the notion of "strongmen". My 2015 point of reference was #Brexit, Trump & Putin progressivepost.eu/eu-refere… and other expressions of #UbermenschEscapism.
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“Japan will play an even more proactive role than ever before in building an international order based on freedom, openness, diversity, inclusiveness and the rule of law,” nytimes.com/2026/05/06/world… offers @takaichi_sanae. Good 2c Japan step up in this void Trump leaves.
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“Japan & Germany are banding together from a defensive posture, w Berlin supporting Ukr’s defense against Russia, & Tokyo wary of threats posed by China & N. Korea.” nytimes.com/2026/06/14/world… Militarism is a global system & needs be understood in those terms. Not of Axis alliances.
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"We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us." from 3/14/25 by @Harvard profs Ryan Enos & Steve Levitsky thecrimson.com/article/2025/… 5/5
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Despite #judicialpower ruling, those #attackingunis nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/po… continue their work. #wokesociology
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Increasing legal fees to defend themselves from those #AttackingUnis is another negative consequence of this destructive pattern nytimes.com/2026/06/14/us/le… #KnowledgeCulturalSociology
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The #EscalationDebate nytimes.com/2024/11/19/us/po… abides, but acquires a new weighting given use by Ukraine of US supplied #WarTechnologies to attack Russia. #WarTrajectory
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Such a difference #WarTechnologies make nytimes.com/2026/06/10/world… Ukraine’s drones are turning the tide against Russian invasion. At last.
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“Both conflicts have produced a similar outcome: a weaker power has trapped a stronger one in a costly confrontation. Like Putin, Trump did not have a plan for what would happen next.” nytimes.com/2026/06/14/world… Deadlocks discredit #StrongMen #TrumPutin. Thx Fiona Hill.
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29 Apr 2023
I ask students in #PKJ to develop a knowledge cultural sociology suitable to their own life trajectories. This question clarifies @BrownUniversity's distinction btwn Russia's invasion of Ukraine & its address of the horrific earthquake in Syria/Turkey 1/
29 Sep 2022
We all practice some kind of #KnowledgeCulturalSociology #KCSo, esp if we are in #HigherEdAdmin. For instance, under what conditions does a university issue public statements about global/public affairs? @BrownUniversity now has a process browndailyherald.com/article… But why now?
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Appeals to inequality as “realism” recur across US history. #BigTech bros offer a new spin w #AITechnology its latest justification. Read nytimes.com/2026/06/11/opini… to appreciate how recurring this theme is. & “how potent and challenging the idea of equality remains”. Indeed.
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It seems #BigTech power grows by reorganizing the rules nytimes.com/2026/06/12/opini… in its favor, even while appealing to Star Trek imagery. “But Starbase bears less similarity to the enlightened wonderland depicted in that 1960s television show than it does to” Fordlandia.
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Following @asociologist precedent, we discussed @tressiemcphd's Thick thenewpress.com/books/thick in #IntroSoc. Course now has a different vibe, w students thinking Sociology is engaged, aware of diversity's value, & revealing to those behind a veil, & those who never knew it existed
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Once more #Ruleoflaw checks #TrumpRetribution nytimes.com/2026/06/06/us/po… Jazz is a smart art. Blunt force has no finesse. Glad to see where #judicialpower rests when it comes to TrumpKennedyCenter.org
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Washington National Opera sues the TrumpKennedyCenter.org nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/… over accounting differences, and, I suspect, more.
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Jun 12
Applebaum: What binds Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is not religion or ideology.
China is communist, Russia nationalist, Iran theocratic. What binds them is fear of liberal language: rights, rule of law, separation of powers and independent courts. 1/
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Mar 19
Today, in Iran, in the middle of a war, the regime executed a 19-year-old national wrestling champion for the crime of joining January protests. 💔
After signaling to the world, including President @realDonaldTrump, that they would halt executions of protesters, the regime has done the exact opposite.
Three young protesters, Saleh Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghasemi, and Saeed Davoudi, were hanged in Qom after a sham trial.
Reports indicate torture. Forced confessions. No access to chosen lawyers. Closed-door proceedings. No right to appeal.
I call on @GlobalAthleteHQ to stand with Iranian athletes who are being silenced, imprisoned, and executed simply for raising their voices.
This is not just about sports. This is about human dignity.
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Jun 11
In the superficial view of “China” held by Chinamaxxers, there are no social movements, no debates, no counterparts for the politically active American to engage. This is not meaningful "solidarity." It doesn't view Chinese as genuine people. trib.al/1YqrbWV
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Jun 10
The night before the World Cup begins — and while admitting he was never much of a goal scorer — the first American pope on soccer:
“The one who can be a star but never passes the ball — who won’t let the others into the game — will probably lose.”
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Jun 10
The beauty of the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia inspires us to learn ever more from our Master and Lord the art of living according to His Gospel. As we lift our gaze toward Him, the Crucified and Risen One, let us commit ourselves to lift up those who lie in the dust (cf. 1 Sam 2:8). Let us show in this way that the Sagrada Familia is the tallest church in the world, not so as to stand out in worldly rankings, but rather to guide the steps of the people of God, with the Cross illuminating their path, like a lamp burning brightly as we await the return of the Bridegroom. #ApostolicJourney #Spain
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“trying to put his face on the money… building a monument to himself. But see, Atlanta, he’s doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone, bc he’s a failed president & a national disgrace.”nytimes.com/2026/06/08/opini… offers @ossoff. Thx @michelleinbklyn
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The #DeMessage? #FightDataCenters says @tressiemcphd: “when the powerful are radically restructuring our politics, economy, relationships & environment, technocratic tinkering is political malpractice” (referencing @GovernorVA @SpanbergerForVA) nytimes.com/2026/06/12/opini… Agreed.
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We see the tower of Jesus Christ illuminated for the first time!
The light show, starting from the base up to the illumination of the cross, culminated with a composition of lights guided by drones that traced the figure of Gaudí and the phrase “first love, then technique”.
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Michael D. Kennedy retweeted
Jun 11
Steve Hayward quoting Gordon Wood:
“To be an American is not to be someone, but to believe in something. That is why we are at heart a credo nation, and that is why the 250th anniversary of the Declaration next year is so important.”
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Jun 11
Besides Ohio, look at this new Texas poll. When a Republican President, and a Republican Vice President, a GOP Texas Governor and both Republican Senators are all underwater in favorability in an independent poll, something is going on. reconmr.com/wp-content/uploa…
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3 Jan 2023
So the vote begins now: McCarthy, Jeffries, or the MAGA Republicans, #GOPoT nominee Andy Biggs. We hear each representative declare their voice vote.
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Mace was just one of a number of “colorful” personalities to be out of electoral politics nytimes.com/2026/06/10/us/po… for at least a while. This is a colorful article accounting for the MTG, Mace, et al ousters. Worth a read.
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Good — @johnCornyn “flexes new political freedom, joining a handful of other Senate Republicans not seeking re-election or defeated in primaries at Trump’s behest” nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/jo… — for US.
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