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Joseph Roso

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Assistant professor of sociology at Ambrose University in Calgary, AB. I study religion, politics, and organizations. http://josephroso.com/

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Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Jun 13

Check out my new article on xenophobic and Islamophobic rhetoric among US evangelical leaders that just got published (open access) in @sociusjournal.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

TO THE 15TH

Sickos Baseball Character

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry what's that second one again? I'm in the Mariners' lineup right now btw.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 1d

It's the bottom of the 19th. The Mariners have loaded the bases but Randy Arozarena swings through a Jahmai Jones curveball down the middle. 2-2 to the 20th we go

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 1d

This Thanksgiving weekend I'm thankful to not be a Tigers or Mariners fan who has to watch this game.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 1d

This Mariners/Tigers series has been the World Series for us sickos.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine wanting to sacrifice this for the zombie runner.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 2d

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 3d

I would like to congratulate baseball on having its 16th consecutive successful season.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 3d

Judge is such a bum in the postseason. What is he hitting? .480? Jeter would have robbed two of Vladdy's homers and hit a 5-homer.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 3d

Schneider got away with it...but I refuse to believe that putting the tying run on base in front of three guys who have hit 24+ homers this year is the right call. Even if it's Aaron Judge and even if you get the platoon advantage.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 4d

starting to doubt the Jay's ability to win a postseason game in which they score fewer than 8+ runs

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 4d

If I had a nickle every time the Yankees gave up an infield single on a routine groundball to first in a playoff elimination game...

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 4d

Each Vladito playoff homer against the Yankees feels worth $500m

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 12d

Look, I'm the last one to gas up freaking Sportsnet. But I do enjoy dropping 30 CAD and getting to watch all the playoff baseball while the suckers in the States have to piece together nonsense cable subscriptions for double the price.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 16d

I resent the implication of this skeet but do not dispute it.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 24d

Don't let Nate ruin Poker metaphors for the rest of us.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · 28d

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 28d

Yeah, he's back

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · Sep 10

Looking for an easy way to follow other members of ASA Religion? Look no further than this Starter Pack!

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Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Sep 9

Great stuff from a wonderful group of scholars. I'm really forward to digging in!

Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our special issue of Sociological Focus on Religion and Politics in American Congregations is now published and all articles are open access (at least for now). This is the highest concentration of such work ever published together and it's very good. I put the details and links in a blogpost.

New Special Issue: Religion and Politics in American Congregations

By Paul A. Djupe and Jacob R. Neiheisel We’re delighted to have edited a special issue of Sociological Focus about Religion and Politics in American Congregations that has just been published…

religioninpublic.blog

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Sep 5

Literally what I was taught in grad school.

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is plausible, but given the significant polling miss in 2020 it's also plausible that polls were overstating opposition to DJT45 and have since been corrected for DJT47.

Likely it's some combination of the two...but hard to say what the mix is when the analysis and data are proprietary.

Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · Aug 26

Trump's net-approval is sitting at -8%

That's a lot better than the -17% he was at during August 2017

Americans have become normalized to Trump's radical and extremist rhetoric and actions, and this is proof of such

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 14

The phrase isn't "it's the economy, smart person" for a reason.

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · Aug 14

how much money has been wasted and ink spilled over Trump’s ostensible political coalition, which disintegrated in a few months?

Dj @djsoke.bsky.social · Aug 14

Feb vs Aug approval breakdown by Pew

Overall: -4 —> -22
some of the larger shifts
Hispanic: -26 —> -43
Asian: -4 —> -35
18-29: -16 —> -33
30-49: -10 —> -31
No College: +8 —> -15

www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is great stuff! Time to start using the f-word again.

Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · Aug 14

NEW Andrés Castro Araújo, Nicolás Restrepo Ochoa, "How to Make a Functionalist Argument." sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social · Aug 9

Update: Sox lost and, upon reflection, it was presumptuous of me to make such a banal petition to the Holy Father.