Sam Ladner
@sladner.bsky.social
Industry-based sociologist. UX Strategy and Research. Enterprise Software. Future of work. Foresight. Also photography. 🇨🇦 living SF Bay Area. Working on a book on strategic foresight to be published by Routledge. More: https://www.samladner.com/
The Finnish prime minister advocates for a new multilateralism in this Foreign Affiars article. Like me, he was an undergraduate in intl relations during the fall of the Soviet Union. His GenX energy comes through www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Finnish prime minister advocates for a new multilateralism in this Foreign Affiars article. Like me, he was an undergraduate in intl relations during the fall of the Soviet Union. His GenX energy comes through www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
SS....ecretary?
Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
SS....ecretary?
I recently read the 1972 New Yorker article on the My Lai Massacre and it is worth the read. The heroism of some is matched by the dishonor of others www.newyorker.com/magazine/197...
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I recently read the 1972 New Yorker article on the My Lai Massacre and it is worth the read. The heroism of some is matched by the dishonor of others www.newyorker.com/magazine/197...
As a sociologist, I have had this question more times than I can count -- and yet, I have managed to keep a full head of hair!
As a sociologist: Have you read Malcolm Gladwell?
As an emergency management guy at a Maritime Academy: Where can I get my kid into boat safety training?
As an emergency management guy at a Maritime Academy: Where can I get my kid into boat safety training?
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As a sociologist, I have had this question more times than I can count -- and yet, I have managed to keep a full head of hair!
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This is absolutely astonishing. Alt text in comments.
This is why I support freedom of expression.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is absolutely astonishing. Alt text in comments.
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According to Statistics Canada, there are about 684,500 Canadians living in Canada who also hold U.S. citizenship. www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen... and ~800,000 Canadians living in the US. www.international.gc.ca/country-pays...
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
According to Statistics Canada, there are about 684,500 Canadians living in Canada who also hold U.S. citizenship. www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen... and ~800,000 Canadians living in the US. www.international.gc.ca/country-pays...
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Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays? Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays? Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The costs of AI-related cognitive offloading are just beginning to be visible. In a few years, it should be very obvious what the total harm will be. Yikes.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The costs of AI-related cognitive offloading are just beginning to be visible. In a few years, it should be very obvious what the total harm will be. Yikes.
Guys, I don’t know how to tell you this, but I think we are all in big trouble. cheknews.ca/all-southern...
All southern resident killer whales gathered into ‘superpod’ south of Vancouver Island
The Orca Behavior Institute says it’s “thrilled” to have seen a southern resident killer whale superpod gather in the waters south of Vancouver Island last week.
cheknews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Guys, I don’t know how to tell you this, but I think we are all in big trouble. cheknews.ca/all-southern...
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Local news in Chicago knows how to do news.
Hundreds of ICE, CBP detainees to be released, judge rules
YouTube video by NBC Chicago
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November 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Local news in Chicago knows how to do news.
So we can assume it’s bad, then
The unemployment rate exists, but the White House is going to pretend its unfavorable results don't exist.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So we can assume it’s bad, then
I left Spotify recently explicitly bc of their support for ICE. It was easy peasy to migrate to Tidal and I’m not looking back.
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I left Spotify recently explicitly bc of their support for ICE. It was easy peasy to migrate to Tidal and I’m not looking back.
Some good news.
NEWS: Diana Santillana, the beloved Rayito De Sol daycare teacher arrested with children present, was freed after a federal judge ruled her mandatory detention was illegal. She will be back teaching soon. “I am so grateful,” she said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/c...
Chicago day care teacher arrested by ICE released: ‘I am so grateful’
Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano was arrested from a North Center preschool in the early morning hours of Nov. 5, prompting widespread backlash.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Some good news.
Yes. We are all “subjects” (not “citizens”) at work. philpapers.org/rec/ANDPGH
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes. We are all “subjects” (not “citizens”) at work. philpapers.org/rec/ANDPGH
Friends working at HQ in Seattle are also pretty down on this new CEO who still works from SoCal, but insists Seattle workers work in the office.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Friends working at HQ in Seattle are also pretty down on this new CEO who still works from SoCal, but insists Seattle workers work in the office.
Re: the 1.5 limit in science communication. It was never realistic as a goal but it’s hard to communicate urgency and good news at the same time. We have to think about the humans consuming the communication.
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Re: the 1.5 limit in science communication. It was never realistic as a goal but it’s hard to communicate urgency and good news at the same time. We have to think about the humans consuming the communication.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
Canadian longitudinal study confirms that being, rich, married, and not obese makes it more likely you'll achieve well being as you age journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Reclaiming wellness: Key factors in restoring optimal well-being in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Background This study examines characteristics of older adults who have regained optimal well-being at the end of the three-year study. The definition of optimal well-being used in this study refers t...
journals.plos.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Canadian longitudinal study confirms that being, rich, married, and not obese makes it more likely you'll achieve well being as you age journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
This seems like a bad play. “The Trump administration told states on Saturday to “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This seems like a bad play. “The Trump administration told states on Saturday to “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Excellent read. Well done, Sharon.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Excellent read. Well done, Sharon.
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Jan. 6 gunman arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges
The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
www.nbcnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Jan. 6 gunman arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
We (@steveportigal.bsky.social and I) removed our humble little podcast and I cancelled our family subscription. We did bc Indivisble organizers suggested this as a way to protest ICE's unlawful and cruel policies. Keep up the pressure!
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We (@steveportigal.bsky.social and I) removed our humble little podcast and I cancelled our family subscription. We did bc Indivisble organizers suggested this as a way to protest ICE's unlawful and cruel policies. Keep up the pressure!
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I wanna invite Pope Leo to my Intro to Science and Technology Studies class
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I wanna invite Pope Leo to my Intro to Science and Technology Studies class