braydenking.bsky.social
@braydenking.bsky.social
sociologist @ Northwestern University, social
movements, organizations
The past few months haven’t been easy. I’ve found myself looking for escape. Increasingly, I’ve been diving into Love’s Forever Changes as my preferred means, whatever that means.
May 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Curious about how firms are responding to both the Trump administration and activist pressure?

Please join @maharafiatal.bsky.social, Tim Bartley, @victorerikray.bsky.social, @braydenking.bsky.social, and myself for a webinar on this topic on May 12 at 12pm ET.
georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Anti-Corporate Activism in the Shadow of Trumpism. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The Trump administration's rapid moves on immigration, climate change, DEI, international development, and other issues have provoked a range of responses by corporations. Many corporations have aban...
georgetown.zoom.us
April 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In the future, every article about wealthy donors raising money for research should be required to mention how the current administration’s budget policies are undermining that effort and making it nearly impossible for health care research, in particular, to make progress
Don’t be confused when you start seeing life-sized panthers popping up all over South Florida this summer.

Sure, the defending Stanley Cup champions have grown their brand in their market. But this is about so much more.

http://dlvr.it/TK8T47
April 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
lots of good books on this list but I would have included Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore if I’d had a vote
April 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Finished the latest episode of the excellent podcast A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs, which focuses on the final years of The Beach Boys and it made me revisit the underrated Surfs Up album. God, that album just tears me up. Til I Die is a classic.
March 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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How policymakers and experts failed the COVID test

Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee find that policymakers and experts deterred alternatives and suppressed dissent, leaving us with today’s increased distrust of health and political authorities
www.niskanencenter.org/how-policyma...
How policymakers and experts failed the COVID test - Niskanen Center
Five years after the COVID lockdowns, the performance of government and policy experts is not looking great in retrospect.
www.niskanencenter.org
March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
scenes from spring training
March 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Harvard announcing a hiring freeze feels like a harbinger of more bad things for higher education
March 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I’m not sure @jlkucinskas.bsky.social intended this book to be as relevant as it now is. This is a great book that speaks to our current moment. Go get it!
March 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM