Michael L. Rosino
@michaelrosino.bsky.social
sociologist | racial politics, media, democracy | author of Democracy is Awkward https://bit.ly/4hUsTK3 & Debating the Drug War https://bit.ly/3UW39mS | cat dad | serial reposter | host on new books in sociology podcast
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History Can Teach Modern Activists About Coalition Building
Historically, it has been difficult to build and sustain diverse activist coalitions—but they are uniquely impactful.
time.com
My article on activism and coalition building is out now at Time! Shout out to the folks at Made by History. We need multiracial coalitions now more than ever! time.com/7307042/hist...
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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The TikTok algorithm is about to be handed to right-wing billionaires.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake.
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The TikTok algorithm is about to be handed to right-wing billionaires.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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NEW ISSUE from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -
Perspectives on Politics - Special Section: The Politics of Policing - Volume 23 - Special Issue 4 - December 2025 - https://cup.org/49caKFe
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Perspectives on Politics - Special Section: The Politics of Policing - Volume 23 - Special Issue 4 - December 2025 - https://cup.org/49caKFe
cc @apsa.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NEW ISSUE from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -
Perspectives on Politics - Special Section: The Politics of Policing - Volume 23 - Special Issue 4 - December 2025 - https://cup.org/49caKFe
cc @apsa.bsky.social
Perspectives on Politics - Special Section: The Politics of Policing - Volume 23 - Special Issue 4 - December 2025 - https://cup.org/49caKFe
cc @apsa.bsky.social
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Smedley Butler is screaming, crying, throwing up
'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting
It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Smedley Butler is screaming, crying, throwing up
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TIMELINE CLEANSER!!
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
TIMELINE CLEANSER!!
TIMELINE CLEANSER!!
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
TIMELINE CLEANSER!!
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“I Was Pepper-Sprayed”: Rep. Adelita Grijalva on ICE Raid, Epstein Files, Rising Health Costs & More
“I Was Pepper-Sprayed”: Rep. Adelita Grijalva Speaks Out After ICE Raid
Democracy Now! speaks with Democratic Congressmember Adelita Grijalva of Arizona, who says she was attacked by masked ICE agents Friday as she tried to find out more information about a raid taking pl...
www.democracynow.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“I Was Pepper-Sprayed”: Rep. Adelita Grijalva on ICE Raid, Epstein Files, Rising Health Costs & More
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Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
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NYC folks: Please take this 5 minute survey to support a class project we are doing. We need more numbers so we can do some statistical analysis.
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NYC Safety
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December 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NYC folks: Please take this 5 minute survey to support a class project we are doing. We need more numbers so we can do some statistical analysis.
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RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
I’ll never forget liberals chuckling the stupid “cats and dogs” parody song around me and how much I knew that it was an actual serious threat and that the talking point came directly from white nationalists
The candidates for both POTUS and VPOTUS of the GOP during the campaign made totally baseless accusations and lied about LEGAL Immigrants in Ohio that was essentially a modern day blood libel and it turns out both times the majority of us either shrugged or laughed it off.
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’ll never forget liberals chuckling the stupid “cats and dogs” parody song around me and how much I knew that it was an actual serious threat and that the talking point came directly from white nationalists
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i think this video is pretty good and you should watch it
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
i think this video is pretty good and you should watch it
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Today in #LaborHistory 12/4/1969: Chicago #BlackPanthers #FredHampton & #MarkClark assassinated by Chicago #police & #FBI. Hampton founded antiracist, #workingclass Rainbow Coalition: Black Panthers, Young Lords & Young Patriots (radical poor whites). #policebrutality #chicago #assassination
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 12/4/1969: Chicago #BlackPanthers #FredHampton & #MarkClark assassinated by Chicago #police & #FBI. Hampton founded antiracist, #workingclass Rainbow Coalition: Black Panthers, Young Lords & Young Patriots (radical poor whites). #policebrutality #chicago #assassination
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@heyitsmurad.bsky.social, a member of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team, comments on how the incoming mayoral administration can protect New Yorkers from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@heyitsmurad.bsky.social, a member of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team, comments on how the incoming mayoral administration can protect New Yorkers from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
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I’m relieved that the media are finally calling out Trump’s racism. More of this, please.
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’m relieved that the media are finally calling out Trump’s racism. More of this, please.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who came to the U.S. from Somalia, about President Trump's racist tirade against Somali immigrants. n.pr/4oxkCha
Ilhan Omar says Trump attacks on Somali immigrants 'deflect attention' from scrutiny
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who came to the U.S. from Somalia, about President Trump's racist tirade against Somali immigrants.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who came to the U.S. from Somalia, about President Trump's racist tirade against Somali immigrants. n.pr/4oxkCha
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The Olivia Nuzzi affair is a media scandal tailor-made for media sickos, so Katelyn and Christine invited @marisakabas.bsky.social onto the show to talk about the latest developments and what this all says about the rotten core of access journalism.
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Is Olivia Nuzzi the Only Villain in Her Scandal? (ft. Marisa Kabas)
Podcast Episode · Cancel Me, Daddy · 12/04/2025 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi affair is a media scandal tailor-made for media sickos, so Katelyn and Christine invited @marisakabas.bsky.social onto the show to talk about the latest developments and what this all says about the rotten core of access journalism.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
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Since I published, other federal employees have reached out with examples of overt Christianity in the workplace.
Before Thanksgiving, Director of the US Marshals sent out this message to all employees: "Your work is not just a job; it is an opportunity to contribute and to honor God."
Full text:
Before Thanksgiving, Director of the US Marshals sent out this message to all employees: "Your work is not just a job; it is an opportunity to contribute and to honor God."
Full text:
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Since I published, other federal employees have reached out with examples of overt Christianity in the workplace.
Before Thanksgiving, Director of the US Marshals sent out this message to all employees: "Your work is not just a job; it is an opportunity to contribute and to honor God."
Full text:
Before Thanksgiving, Director of the US Marshals sent out this message to all employees: "Your work is not just a job; it is an opportunity to contribute and to honor God."
Full text:
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Public perception of Israel began to steadily decline, albeit on a much slower scale, after 2014. This was also the last year that the Israelis ever attempted even a symbolic direct series of negotiations with the PLO.
Also apropos nothing else, public opinion was turning against Israel before TikTok went mainstream
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Public perception of Israel began to steadily decline, albeit on a much slower scale, after 2014. This was also the last year that the Israelis ever attempted even a symbolic direct series of negotiations with the PLO.
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Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny. (via @kuow.org)
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny. (via @kuow.org)