Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist)
@roderickgraham.bsky.social
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There is a baseball podcast from the @theathletic.com called "The Round table." It's a show where baseball writers sometimes talk about baseball.
I've heard Dostoevsky and Philip Roth references.
Curiously, most episodes hold up well after the events they sometimes talk about have long gone.
I've heard Dostoevsky and Philip Roth references.
Curiously, most episodes hold up well after the events they sometimes talk about have long gone.
December 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There is a baseball podcast from the @theathletic.com called "The Round table." It's a show where baseball writers sometimes talk about baseball.
I've heard Dostoevsky and Philip Roth references.
Curiously, most episodes hold up well after the events they sometimes talk about have long gone.
I've heard Dostoevsky and Philip Roth references.
Curiously, most episodes hold up well after the events they sometimes talk about have long gone.
I would love to hear Hallelujah played as a harmonica solo.
Is that even possible? I'd like that.
Is that even possible? I'd like that.
December 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I would love to hear Hallelujah played as a harmonica solo.
Is that even possible? I'd like that.
Is that even possible? I'd like that.
We as people are easily duped. I think most folkl will nod and say "yep, that's right."
But it's not.
There is no illegal immigrant essence, where a person says "well i'm just a bad immigrant so here is some criminality I can get into cuz that's what we immigrants do."
It's just stupid.
But it's not.
There is no illegal immigrant essence, where a person says "well i'm just a bad immigrant so here is some criminality I can get into cuz that's what we immigrants do."
It's just stupid.
December 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We as people are easily duped. I think most folkl will nod and say "yep, that's right."
But it's not.
There is no illegal immigrant essence, where a person says "well i'm just a bad immigrant so here is some criminality I can get into cuz that's what we immigrants do."
It's just stupid.
But it's not.
There is no illegal immigrant essence, where a person says "well i'm just a bad immigrant so here is some criminality I can get into cuz that's what we immigrants do."
It's just stupid.
What is scary to me is how many folks will *justify* this behavior.
It's one thing to say this is a lamentable outcome to some kind of police/military action.
But you've got immoral people out there using all of their brain power to generate rationalizations for essentially murdering someone.
It's one thing to say this is a lamentable outcome to some kind of police/military action.
But you've got immoral people out there using all of their brain power to generate rationalizations for essentially murdering someone.
Rand Paul: "We've never in our past decided just to shoot smugglers who are unarmed without even proof they're smuggling anything. So I think this is a horrendous thing that should stop. I think it's illegal & immoral... the kids in the military - I'm not for sending them down there to die for oil"
December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What is scary to me is how many folks will *justify* this behavior.
It's one thing to say this is a lamentable outcome to some kind of police/military action.
But you've got immoral people out there using all of their brain power to generate rationalizations for essentially murdering someone.
It's one thing to say this is a lamentable outcome to some kind of police/military action.
But you've got immoral people out there using all of their brain power to generate rationalizations for essentially murdering someone.
There are no lone wolves.
By the time that person has decided to kill, they have been told through their media and social influences who is eligible for death and why.
Stochastic terrorism or diferential association - either framework comes to the same conclusion.
#neighborhoodsociologist
By the time that person has decided to kill, they have been told through their media and social influences who is eligible for death and why.
Stochastic terrorism or diferential association - either framework comes to the same conclusion.
#neighborhoodsociologist
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
There are no lone wolves.
By the time that person has decided to kill, they have been told through their media and social influences who is eligible for death and why.
Stochastic terrorism or diferential association - either framework comes to the same conclusion.
#neighborhoodsociologist
By the time that person has decided to kill, they have been told through their media and social influences who is eligible for death and why.
Stochastic terrorism or diferential association - either framework comes to the same conclusion.
#neighborhoodsociologist
Whoever that Pete person was, we apparently needed to do so much for him the requests became a part of the English language.
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Whoever that Pete person was, we apparently needed to do so much for him the requests became a part of the English language.
This is textbook narcissism.
He can never admit he had any part of anything that doesn't show him in positive terms.
Even if the police had reversed their statement, you don't share something like that until it is confirmed. This could get people killed.
He can never admit he had any part of anything that doesn't show him in positive terms.
Even if the police had reversed their statement, you don't share something like that until it is confirmed. This could get people killed.
December 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is textbook narcissism.
He can never admit he had any part of anything that doesn't show him in positive terms.
Even if the police had reversed their statement, you don't share something like that until it is confirmed. This could get people killed.
He can never admit he had any part of anything that doesn't show him in positive terms.
Even if the police had reversed their statement, you don't share something like that until it is confirmed. This could get people killed.
In a way, the South had more cause for rebellion against the US than the Patriots had against the British.
December 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
In a way, the South had more cause for rebellion against the US than the Patriots had against the British.
Shittier...and shittier.
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Shittier...and shittier.
Along with having a preternatural ability to hurl a ball, Mr. Diaz is also a wordsmith.
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Along with having a preternatural ability to hurl a ball, Mr. Diaz is also a wordsmith.
As academia continues to fight off attacks from conservative influencers and politicians, a repost...
#academicsky #neighborhoodsociologist
rodgraham.substack.com/p/is-it-time...
#academicsky #neighborhoodsociologist
rodgraham.substack.com/p/is-it-time...
Is It Time For Conservative Studies?
Your Neighborhood Sociologist has an idea that can appease both educators and conservatives disgruntled with academia
rodgraham.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As academia continues to fight off attacks from conservative influencers and politicians, a repost...
#academicsky #neighborhoodsociologist
rodgraham.substack.com/p/is-it-time...
#academicsky #neighborhoodsociologist
rodgraham.substack.com/p/is-it-time...
Apps get shittier and shittier. There was a time when I could pause a show and not have..."stanley steemer" or some other companies ad shoved down my throat. Suppose I wanted to ponder the setting or background?
I mean I'm *paying for prime already*...what else I gotta do?
PBS is the best app.
I mean I'm *paying for prime already*...what else I gotta do?
PBS is the best app.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Apps get shittier and shittier. There was a time when I could pause a show and not have..."stanley steemer" or some other companies ad shoved down my throat. Suppose I wanted to ponder the setting or background?
I mean I'm *paying for prime already*...what else I gotta do?
PBS is the best app.
I mean I'm *paying for prime already*...what else I gotta do?
PBS is the best app.
Amazing to think George Washington and George Mason were...neighbors.
"Blast it all...were out of sugar! Jimbo run down to George's house see if he can spare a cup."
Did it happen...maybe?
"Blast it all...were out of sugar! Jimbo run down to George's house see if he can spare a cup."
Did it happen...maybe?
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Amazing to think George Washington and George Mason were...neighbors.
"Blast it all...were out of sugar! Jimbo run down to George's house see if he can spare a cup."
Did it happen...maybe?
"Blast it all...were out of sugar! Jimbo run down to George's house see if he can spare a cup."
Did it happen...maybe?
The designers of the Moto G 2025 needs a talking to.
I mean I can't even play a podcast and take a photo at the same time without this thing acting up.
I know it's a budget phone but good grief.
I mean I can't even play a podcast and take a photo at the same time without this thing acting up.
I know it's a budget phone but good grief.
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The designers of the Moto G 2025 needs a talking to.
I mean I can't even play a podcast and take a photo at the same time without this thing acting up.
I know it's a budget phone but good grief.
I mean I can't even play a podcast and take a photo at the same time without this thing acting up.
I know it's a budget phone but good grief.
I spoke "ChatGPT" into my phone and "checks EBT" was typed.
Given the (ahem) affordability of things, and how text to speech works, "check EBT" is probably on a lot of folks's lips right now.
Given the (ahem) affordability of things, and how text to speech works, "check EBT" is probably on a lot of folks's lips right now.
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I spoke "ChatGPT" into my phone and "checks EBT" was typed.
Given the (ahem) affordability of things, and how text to speech works, "check EBT" is probably on a lot of folks's lips right now.
Given the (ahem) affordability of things, and how text to speech works, "check EBT" is probably on a lot of folks's lips right now.
If it is a person, intent matters for discrimination. The actions of a person can be racist, but not intentional.
If it is an institution, then unequal outcomes matter, as there are many Mertonian latent functions of institutions.
#neighborhoodsociologist
www.chronicle.com/article/just...
If it is an institution, then unequal outcomes matter, as there are many Mertonian latent functions of institutions.
#neighborhoodsociologist
www.chronicle.com/article/just...
www.chronicle.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If it is a person, intent matters for discrimination. The actions of a person can be racist, but not intentional.
If it is an institution, then unequal outcomes matter, as there are many Mertonian latent functions of institutions.
#neighborhoodsociologist
www.chronicle.com/article/just...
If it is an institution, then unequal outcomes matter, as there are many Mertonian latent functions of institutions.
#neighborhoodsociologist
www.chronicle.com/article/just...
In which evidence is brought forth suggesting that the most educated, verbally agile people one can imagine are not good writers.
Why is this sentence so long? No sentence written for public consumption should have...six commas in it.
Why is this sentence so long? No sentence written for public consumption should have...six commas in it.
December 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In which evidence is brought forth suggesting that the most educated, verbally agile people one can imagine are not good writers.
Why is this sentence so long? No sentence written for public consumption should have...six commas in it.
Why is this sentence so long? No sentence written for public consumption should have...six commas in it.
We never consider the nail, for which everything might appear to be a hammer.
December 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We never consider the nail, for which everything might appear to be a hammer.
This sculpture is intense...
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This sculpture is intense...
Somehow the major media outlets missed the announcements for the upcoming #XMA awards.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmx1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmx1...
Industry Icons Only: Red Carpet at the XMA Nomination Party
YouTube video by Holly Randall Unfiltered
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Somehow the major media outlets missed the announcements for the upcoming #XMA awards.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmx1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmx1...
Oh wow...
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Oh wow...
We don't talk about it...but that 58% and dropping is the reason why we are having so much bad behavior coming from certain folks.
When one believes *their* people are under existential threat, morality goes out of the window.
And so you support people in masks throwing brown folks in vans.
When one believes *their* people are under existential threat, morality goes out of the window.
And so you support people in masks throwing brown folks in vans.
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We don't talk about it...but that 58% and dropping is the reason why we are having so much bad behavior coming from certain folks.
When one believes *their* people are under existential threat, morality goes out of the window.
And so you support people in masks throwing brown folks in vans.
When one believes *their* people are under existential threat, morality goes out of the window.
And so you support people in masks throwing brown folks in vans.
Wut?
How does one restore ideological diversity by demanding someone teach in a certain way?
Who determines what is "intellectually unserious"?
What is special about, say, math that they don't have to teach 3/3, but folks in English do?
#academicbsky
jamesgmartin.center/wp-content/u...
How does one restore ideological diversity by demanding someone teach in a certain way?
Who determines what is "intellectually unserious"?
What is special about, say, math that they don't have to teach 3/3, but folks in English do?
#academicbsky
jamesgmartin.center/wp-content/u...
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Wut?
How does one restore ideological diversity by demanding someone teach in a certain way?
Who determines what is "intellectually unserious"?
What is special about, say, math that they don't have to teach 3/3, but folks in English do?
#academicbsky
jamesgmartin.center/wp-content/u...
How does one restore ideological diversity by demanding someone teach in a certain way?
Who determines what is "intellectually unserious"?
What is special about, say, math that they don't have to teach 3/3, but folks in English do?
#academicbsky
jamesgmartin.center/wp-content/u...