Archana Ramanujam
@aramanujam.bsky.social
PhDing at Brown University sociology on the environmental state in the Dutch empire/Kingdom | proud union member
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December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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I am so angry with all of the 'thoughts and prayers' rhetoric from our elected officials right now. After so many shootings, the answer is in our hands, and it is absolutely much more restrictive gun laws (if not getting rid of them entirely). Young people deserve so much better than this.
December 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I am so angry with all of the 'thoughts and prayers' rhetoric from our elected officials right now. After so many shootings, the answer is in our hands, and it is absolutely much more restrictive gun laws (if not getting rid of them entirely). Young people deserve so much better than this.
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Here’s what you missed at Wednesday’s “Commuter Transportation Benefits Act” hearing ⤵️
March 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Here’s what you missed at Wednesday’s “Commuter Transportation Benefits Act” hearing ⤵️
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I encourage anyone who has lost a loved one to #trafficviolwnce to reach out to @familiesforsafestreets.org for support and action
February 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I encourage anyone who has lost a loved one to #trafficviolwnce to reach out to @familiesforsafestreets.org for support and action
Thread about phones & public space 📱
Over the weekend I was in a restaurant and a dude had his phone on speakerphone and was having a loud video call on it. A guy at the next table told him to turn it down and he did.
Then, that guy left. Phone dude turns it back on. 1/
Over the weekend I was in a restaurant and a dude had his phone on speakerphone and was having a loud video call on it. A guy at the next table told him to turn it down and he did.
Then, that guy left. Phone dude turns it back on. 1/
January 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Thread about phones & public space 📱
Over the weekend I was in a restaurant and a dude had his phone on speakerphone and was having a loud video call on it. A guy at the next table told him to turn it down and he did.
Then, that guy left. Phone dude turns it back on. 1/
Over the weekend I was in a restaurant and a dude had his phone on speakerphone and was having a loud video call on it. A guy at the next table told him to turn it down and he did.
Then, that guy left. Phone dude turns it back on. 1/
While there is a lot to be said about historical colonial relations between the Netherlands and the Dutch Caribbean islands, I’m not sure ‘brutal oppression’ characterizes the current situation at all, and makes for a convenient distraction when your country produces a huge amount of fossil fuels 🧐
November 24, 2024 at 7:06 PM
While there is a lot to be said about historical colonial relations between the Netherlands and the Dutch Caribbean islands, I’m not sure ‘brutal oppression’ characterizes the current situation at all, and makes for a convenient distraction when your country produces a huge amount of fossil fuels 🧐
Ik vrees, mevrouw Achahbar, dat de ‘polariserende omgangsvormen’ en het wegzetten van hele bevolkingsgroepen wat je als redenen aangeeft om op te stappen neerkomen op… racisme.
November 20, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Ik vrees, mevrouw Achahbar, dat de ‘polariserende omgangsvormen’ en het wegzetten van hele bevolkingsgroepen wat je als redenen aangeeft om op te stappen neerkomen op… racisme.
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Ergens in Amsterdam. Opticiens gaan het druk krijgen komende tijd. Hopelijk helpt het.
November 17, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Ergens in Amsterdam. Opticiens gaan het druk krijgen komende tijd. Hopelijk helpt het.
My first thoughts on the Shell-Milieudefensie climate case that Shell successfully appealed in the Netherlands yesterday:
Court cases can be successful, but we cannot put all of our eggs in this basket. The courts are no replacement for more democratic action through parliaments 1/
#Greensky
Court cases can be successful, but we cannot put all of our eggs in this basket. The courts are no replacement for more democratic action through parliaments 1/
#Greensky
November 13, 2024 at 1:08 PM
My first thoughts on the Shell-Milieudefensie climate case that Shell successfully appealed in the Netherlands yesterday:
Court cases can be successful, but we cannot put all of our eggs in this basket. The courts are no replacement for more democratic action through parliaments 1/
#Greensky
Court cases can be successful, but we cannot put all of our eggs in this basket. The courts are no replacement for more democratic action through parliaments 1/
#Greensky
Ipv de hele tijd zeggen dat we ‘nader tot elkaar’ moeten komen, links, moeten we laten zien dat Moslims ook geweld aangedaan zijn, en de VvM in het geding komt. Extreemrechts kan sterk debatteren & het narratief naar hun toe trekken, dat kun je alleen maar bestrijden door hetzelfde te doen.
November 13, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Ipv de hele tijd zeggen dat we ‘nader tot elkaar’ moeten komen, links, moeten we laten zien dat Moslims ook geweld aangedaan zijn, en de VvM in het geding komt. Extreemrechts kan sterk debatteren & het narratief naar hun toe trekken, dat kun je alleen maar bestrijden door hetzelfde te doen.
Komt de overheid ook met een anti-moslimhaat plan en een plan om de vrijheid van meningsuiting te bevorderen? Of is het enige wat ze van de WOII geleerd hebben dat Joden beschermd moeten worden, ipv alle minoriteit- en geracialiseerde groepen?
November 13, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Komt de overheid ook met een anti-moslimhaat plan en een plan om de vrijheid van meningsuiting te bevorderen? Of is het enige wat ze van de WOII geleerd hebben dat Joden beschermd moeten worden, ipv alle minoriteit- en geracialiseerde groepen?
I also think that we need to consider the out-of-region drivers of biodiversity loss, including consumption in richer areas that drives biodiversity loss in poorer areas because of land use for export production, a la ecologically unequal exchange
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#greensky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#greensky
October 31, 2024 at 1:42 PM
I also think that we need to consider the out-of-region drivers of biodiversity loss, including consumption in richer areas that drives biodiversity loss in poorer areas because of land use for export production, a la ecologically unequal exchange
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#greensky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#greensky
To be honest the way that Helene is being blamed on Biden/Harris is pretty wild. Like FEMA can definitely always do a better job and the US has emitted a lot CO2, but you cannot possibly blame Biden/Harris for all of that? Especially if you don't even believe in climate change?
October 25, 2024 at 7:55 PM
To be honest the way that Helene is being blamed on Biden/Harris is pretty wild. Like FEMA can definitely always do a better job and the US has emitted a lot CO2, but you cannot possibly blame Biden/Harris for all of that? Especially if you don't even believe in climate change?
I wrote a short thing about one of the reasons climate change hits certain places harder than others - air pollution! 💨
Thanks to the students at The Probe for the opportunity to work out some of my thoughts on this! 💫
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Thanks to the students at The Probe for the opportunity to work out some of my thoughts on this! 💫
theprobe20.wixsite.com/probe/post/w...
Why Climate Change Unfolds Unequally
It’s a common refrain – globally, the poorest, most marginalised people bear the worst effects of climate change, but they have contributed the least to it. While there has been plenty of research est...
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October 4, 2024 at 6:40 PM
I wrote a short thing about one of the reasons climate change hits certain places harder than others - air pollution! 💨
Thanks to the students at The Probe for the opportunity to work out some of my thoughts on this! 💫
theprobe20.wixsite.com/probe/post/w...
Thanks to the students at The Probe for the opportunity to work out some of my thoughts on this! 💫
theprobe20.wixsite.com/probe/post/w...
Have a paper to submit for ASA that is global/transnational in some way & deals w/ questions of ecology? Submit to the GATS session 'Transnational Ecologism in a Burning World,' organized by @cihantugal.bsky.social and myself! See here for the session abstracts: www.asanet.org/annual-meeti...
Section Sessions | American Sociological Association
Section Sessions are planned by the ASA Sections. Section sessions are open to all paper/extended abstract submissions that meet the submission criteria.
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February 12, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Have a paper to submit for ASA that is global/transnational in some way & deals w/ questions of ecology? Submit to the GATS session 'Transnational Ecologism in a Burning World,' organized by @cihantugal.bsky.social and myself! See here for the session abstracts: www.asanet.org/annual-meeti...
Ziekmakend. Ambtenaren (zelfs de politie) die telkens aangaven dat er sprake van etnisch profilering en ongelijke uitvoering van de wet, maar als maar doorgaan met het afstraffen en uitzetten van asielzoekers. Yesilgoz moet eruit. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
February 10, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Ziekmakend. Ambtenaren (zelfs de politie) die telkens aangaven dat er sprake van etnisch profilering en ongelijke uitvoering van de wet, maar als maar doorgaan met het afstraffen en uitzetten van asielzoekers. Yesilgoz moet eruit. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
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Hello sociology & political science and not-academic friends: I'm co-organizing a series of discussions on issues relating to this year's election. They're free and open to anyone interested. First one is March 6th - Register at tinyurl.com/election-series.
February 9, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Hello sociology & political science and not-academic friends: I'm co-organizing a series of discussions on issues relating to this year's election. They're free and open to anyone interested. First one is March 6th - Register at tinyurl.com/election-series.
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An update on the huge Fosen wind power / reindeer herding case in Norway: one of the two Sámi groups has reached an agreement w/ the developer to implement mitigation, but the other is still in mediation.
www.nrk.no/trondelag/en...
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Enighet i meklingen mellom Sør-Fosen sijte og Fosen Vind
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen sier nye demonstrasjoner i Fosen-saken er sannsynlig, selv om en av gruppene har blitt enig om en avtale.
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December 18, 2023 at 8:22 PM
An update on the huge Fosen wind power / reindeer herding case in Norway: one of the two Sámi groups has reached an agreement w/ the developer to implement mitigation, but the other is still in mediation.
www.nrk.no/trondelag/en...
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/a...
www.nrk.no/trondelag/en...
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/a...
October is such a hellscape month in US academia. Grant applications,, mid-term exams to administer, all in the middle of my diss proposal development...
October 7, 2023 at 3:26 PM
October is such a hellscape month in US academia. Grant applications,, mid-term exams to administer, all in the middle of my diss proposal development...
Great start to the #weekwithoutdriving! Ditch your car for the bike, bus or train this week! It’s beautiful weather in PVD and who knows, you might ditch the car for longer after!
October 2, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Great start to the #weekwithoutdriving! Ditch your car for the bike, bus or train this week! It’s beautiful weather in PVD and who knows, you might ditch the car for longer after!