Michael Lee Wood
@michaelleewood.bsky.social
Sociologist. Culture and cognition, religion, theory, text analysis, social network analysis. Assistant professor at Brigham Young University. Notre Dame PhD. www.michaelleewood.com
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My hot take is that I think it's fine and the idea to make the `A` look just like Delicate Arch is extremely cool. Not the most legible font but the geological inspiration is neat.
Gov. Cox knows how you feel about the new Olympic logo: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
Gov. Cox gets why you don't like the new Olympics logo
Governor Spencer Cox joked that the new "Utah 2034" Olympic logo is bringing people together since it was unveiled
www.fox13now.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
My hot take is that I think it's fine and the idea to make the `A` look just like Delicate Arch is extremely cool. Not the most legible font but the geological inspiration is neat.
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i am a scientist and i am not saying this
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
i am a scientist and i am not saying this
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
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This was a Utah university attempting to comply with the indefensible HB 261. A university. Prohibiting lists of words and ideas.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This was a Utah university attempting to comply with the indefensible HB 261. A university. Prohibiting lists of words and ideas.
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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oh no
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
oh no
Someone get this red panda a puppy to pet asap
does any body have ten cents i can borrow to leave this earthly existence
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Someone get this red panda a puppy to pet asap
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This is a thing that people could learn from taking classes in the social sciences: the tight social & professional networks of elites globally, along with the ways they use those networks to shape the economic & political environments in which the rest of us live, have been documented for decades.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is a thing that people could learn from taking classes in the social sciences: the tight social & professional networks of elites globally, along with the ways they use those networks to shape the economic & political environments in which the rest of us live, have been documented for decades.
My favorite solar storm fact is that it messes up dogs' ability to line up on the north-south axis when pooping: frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth’s magnetic field - Frontiers in Zoology
Introduction Several mammalian species spontaneously align their body axis with respect to the Earth’s magnetic field (MF) lines in diverse behavioral contexts. Magnetic alignment is a suitable paradi...
frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
My favorite solar storm fact is that it messes up dogs' ability to line up on the north-south axis when pooping: frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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The Lexus ad where they show a family over the years & their car goes from a reasonable sedan to a bloated SUV with oversized hood by the end.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The Lexus ad where they show a family over the years & their car goes from a reasonable sedan to a bloated SUV with oversized hood by the end.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
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The great sociologist Kai Erikson has died at 94. Kai is known for his pioneering research on the impact of disasters on communities. His book, *Everything in its Path,* remains a landmark contribution to social science and a model to all of us who work to understand the human costs of crises. RIP
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The great sociologist Kai Erikson has died at 94. Kai is known for his pioneering research on the impact of disasters on communities. His book, *Everything in its Path,* remains a landmark contribution to social science and a model to all of us who work to understand the human costs of crises. RIP
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It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
As long as it's not Beyonce country music fans are fine with this development
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
Are they... competing with senate Dems for the L
TRUMP OFFICIALS SAY SUPREME COURT SHOULD CONTINUE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING FOOD AID PROGRAMS.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Are they... competing with senate Dems for the L
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Also, your local Dem Party needs to know your registration so they can mobilize you!
Don't exit, use your voice and get involved with your county party. ITs much easier to influence and they desperately need people who can work to change things.
Don't exit, use your voice and get involved with your county party. ITs much easier to influence and they desperately need people who can work to change things.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Also, your local Dem Party needs to know your registration so they can mobilize you!
Don't exit, use your voice and get involved with your county party. ITs much easier to influence and they desperately need people who can work to change things.
Don't exit, use your voice and get involved with your county party. ITs much easier to influence and they desperately need people who can work to change things.
The fight never ends, but this is a big win!
If you're just waking up, Utah has a new congressional map. A judge rejected the legislature's proposal in favor of a map drawn by voter-rights groups who sued. Here's your new congressional boundaries for 2026: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
Judge picks a new congressional map in redistricting
The judge overseeing the legal battle over congressional redistricting has chosen a map that will represent Utahns.
www.fox13now.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The fight never ends, but this is a big win!
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If you're just waking up, Utah has a new congressional map. A judge rejected the legislature's proposal in favor of a map drawn by voter-rights groups who sued. Here's your new congressional boundaries for 2026: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
Judge picks a new congressional map in redistricting
The judge overseeing the legal battle over congressional redistricting has chosen a map that will represent Utahns.
www.fox13now.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If you're just waking up, Utah has a new congressional map. A judge rejected the legislature's proposal in favor of a map drawn by voter-rights groups who sued. Here's your new congressional boundaries for 2026: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
This is so stark but true. Absolutely depraved.
Indeed, he was allowed to to kill all those children because he is so rich
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This is so stark but true. Absolutely depraved.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
"For example, an applicant submitting a photo of their rear end suggests defiance toward authority."
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
"For example, an applicant submitting a photo of their rear end suggests defiance toward authority."
This is how they should be remembered. 600,000 and counting deaths on their hands.
marco rubio and elon musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is how they should be remembered. 600,000 and counting deaths on their hands.
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Tech's current model seems to be
1) overpromise to get financing
2) lend to each other
3) burn through unreal amounts of money
4) ruin existing products
5) embed it into as many sectors as possible
6) count on a bailout
1) overpromise to get financing
2) lend to each other
3) burn through unreal amounts of money
4) ruin existing products
5) embed it into as many sectors as possible
6) count on a bailout
*OpenAI Would Like Federal Backstop For Data Center Investments, CFO Says -- WSJ
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Tech's current model seems to be
1) overpromise to get financing
2) lend to each other
3) burn through unreal amounts of money
4) ruin existing products
5) embed it into as many sectors as possible
6) count on a bailout
1) overpromise to get financing
2) lend to each other
3) burn through unreal amounts of money
4) ruin existing products
5) embed it into as many sectors as possible
6) count on a bailout
I know context is everything but it's still disorienting seeing "law and order" become a progressive talking point and not a dog whistle.
Responding to a question from @democracynow.org on Wednesday, during his first press conference as mayor-elect,
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said ICE agents who break the law in New York will be held accountable by his administration. "Everyone will be held to the same standard," he said.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said ICE agents who break the law in New York will be held accountable by his administration. "Everyone will be held to the same standard," he said.
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I know context is everything but it's still disorienting seeing "law and order" become a progressive talking point and not a dog whistle.
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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GoFundMe for Marta, the woman I filmed being forcefully detained in SLC airport. She is a mother of four and has a work permit legal through 2029. She and her sister were given no reason for her arrest, no due process. She needs funds to help defend herself.
PLEASE SHARE: GoFundMe for Marta, who was wrongfully detained at SLC airport even though she has a legal lawful work permit valid through 2029. Link to English translation will follow. Anything helps!
gofund.me/197d74c08
gofund.me/197d74c08
Donate to Apoya Madre detenida por ICE en Aeropuerto de Salt Lake City, organized by Abigail Renderos
Hola, mi nombre es Abigail Renderos, herman de Marta Brizeyda… Abigail Renderos needs your support for Apoya Madre detenida por ICE en Aeropuerto de Salt Lake City
gofund.me
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
GoFundMe for Marta, the woman I filmed being forcefully detained in SLC airport. She is a mother of four and has a work permit legal through 2029. She and her sister were given no reason for her arrest, no due process. She needs funds to help defend herself.