Yourqueerprof
@drcompton.bsky.social
Sociology Prof (social psyc, methodology, and some demography!). Usually thinking about food, sexualities, masculinities, and sneakers. 🏳️⚧️
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Yourqueerprof
@drcompton.bsky.social
· Jan 9
I really hope you start a class with "But back to the lecture at hand, perfection is perfected so I'mma let 'em understand...". Just once?
RT this so I can pin it!
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I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
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📢 Support is out there—and you’re not alone.
We’ve pulled together a list of resources for LGBTQIA+ people, whether you’re looking for mental health services, legal advice, or community connections. 💬✨
👉 Read the full guide here: www.proudchangemakers.org/voice/suppor...
We’ve pulled together a list of resources for LGBTQIA+ people, whether you’re looking for mental health services, legal advice, or community connections. 💬✨
👉 Read the full guide here: www.proudchangemakers.org/voice/suppor...
April 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
📢 Support is out there—and you’re not alone.
We’ve pulled together a list of resources for LGBTQIA+ people, whether you’re looking for mental health services, legal advice, or community connections. 💬✨
👉 Read the full guide here: www.proudchangemakers.org/voice/suppor...
We’ve pulled together a list of resources for LGBTQIA+ people, whether you’re looking for mental health services, legal advice, or community connections. 💬✨
👉 Read the full guide here: www.proudchangemakers.org/voice/suppor...
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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Teen Vogue’s closure means the loss of a fearless, youth-driven platform for justice journalism and feminist media. When spaces like this disappear, young voices and vital perspectives go unheard. This is a massive blow to good reporting and democracy. www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
Less politics, more makeup: the unraveling of Teen Vogue under Trump 2.0
The folding of the progressive youth-focused magazine into Vogue comes at turbulent time for journalism and the crumbling of feminist media
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Teen Vogue’s closure means the loss of a fearless, youth-driven platform for justice journalism and feminist media. When spaces like this disappear, young voices and vital perspectives go unheard. This is a massive blow to good reporting and democracy. www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
This was a fun write that still rings true 5 years later: Changing Social Context & Queer Recruitment Panics
via @contexts.org w/ Japonica Brown-Saracino and @jnparker.bsky.social #sociology
via @contexts.org w/ Japonica Brown-Saracino and @jnparker.bsky.social #sociology
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journals.sagepub.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This was a fun write that still rings true 5 years later: Changing Social Context & Queer Recruitment Panics
via @contexts.org w/ Japonica Brown-Saracino and @jnparker.bsky.social #sociology
via @contexts.org w/ Japonica Brown-Saracino and @jnparker.bsky.social #sociology
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#OTD in 1933
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Sociologist & photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as it began its 1st major construction project, the Norris Dam. The images from his 5-week stint were also concerned with the families the dam would force to vacate ➡️
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Sociologist & photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as it began its 1st major construction project, the Norris Dam. The images from his 5-week stint were also concerned with the families the dam would force to vacate ➡️
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#OTD in 1933
👇🧵
Sociologist & photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as it began its 1st major construction project, the Norris Dam. The images from his 5-week stint were also concerned with the families the dam would force to vacate ➡️
👇🧵
Sociologist & photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as it began its 1st major construction project, the Norris Dam. The images from his 5-week stint were also concerned with the families the dam would force to vacate ➡️
Found out from one of my best parent friends that their high schooler is thinking #SOCIOLOGY!!!! for college. Im so excited...it's like one of my kids wanting to do what I do. & the parental support! I love this family so much. He's done his research, and I love the depts he's looking into!
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Found out from one of my best parent friends that their high schooler is thinking #SOCIOLOGY!!!! for college. Im so excited...it's like one of my kids wanting to do what I do. & the parental support! I love this family so much. He's done his research, and I love the depts he's looking into!
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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
Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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
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This $4 billion industry profits off of America’s school shooting epidemic.
“Every time there is a shooting, we see an uptick in business,” says one, featured in the new HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers.
Read Julianne McShane's full Q&A with the filmmakers here: http://bit.ly/43CZte2
“Every time there is a shooting, we see an uptick in business,” says one, featured in the new HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers.
Read Julianne McShane's full Q&A with the filmmakers here: http://bit.ly/43CZte2
November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This $4 billion industry profits off of America’s school shooting epidemic.
“Every time there is a shooting, we see an uptick in business,” says one, featured in the new HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers.
Read Julianne McShane's full Q&A with the filmmakers here: http://bit.ly/43CZte2
“Every time there is a shooting, we see an uptick in business,” says one, featured in the new HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers.
Read Julianne McShane's full Q&A with the filmmakers here: http://bit.ly/43CZte2
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Fuel for your weekend: How to be more alive – artist and philosopher Rockwell Kent on breaking the trance of near-living www.themarginalian.org/2025/04/06/r...
How to Be More Alive: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent on Breaking the Trance of Near-living
The point, of course, is to make yourself alive — to feel the force of being in your sinew and your spirit, to tremble with the beauty and the terror of it all, to breathe lungfuls of life th…
www.themarginalian.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Fuel for your weekend: How to be more alive – artist and philosopher Rockwell Kent on breaking the trance of near-living www.themarginalian.org/2025/04/06/r...
What are we listening to this morning?
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
What are we listening to this morning?
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"Twenty years ago, the U.S. spent almost four times as much as China on research and development. But by 2023, China had almost closed the gap."
Research from ASA members Yu Xie and Junming Huang @princeton.edu illustrates how China is attracting scholars, especially in STEM fields, in the wake of the administration’s funding cuts and immigration restrictions in this @washingtonpost.com article.
Why Trump’s cuts to scientific research are a big win for China
China is attracting American scientific talent, especially in STEM fields, partly due to funding cuts and immigration restrictions under President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Twenty years ago, the U.S. spent almost four times as much as China on research and development. But by 2023, China had almost closed the gap."
Let somebody love you!
Desperado by Linda Ronstadt on Apple Music
Song · 1973 · Duration 3:32
music.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Let somebody love you!
Remember when you had to wait for photos to develop?
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Remember when you had to wait for photos to develop?
A poly anthem, perhaps.
Different Drum by The Stone Poneys on Apple Music
Song · 1967 · Duration 2:39
music.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A poly anthem, perhaps.
I know who I’ll be listening to this morning. #badasswomenofrock
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lumo.feji.io
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I know who I’ll be listening to this morning. #badasswomenofrock
Just wow.
a women in the UK repeated the same baby formula experiment and only 1 out of 43 churches agreed to helping her get baby formula. all mosques said yes.
Christians are terrible people.
Christians are terrible people.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just wow.
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NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, Volume 8, Issue 3, 2025
link.springer.com/journal/4197...
International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, Volume 8, Issue 3, 2025
link.springer.com/journal/4197...
International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure
International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure publishes high-quality papers on the sociology of leisure that have a global interest. The journal provides ...
link.springer.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT
International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, Volume 8, Issue 3, 2025
link.springer.com/journal/4197...
International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, Volume 8, Issue 3, 2025
link.springer.com/journal/4197...
This livin the dream is killin me
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This livin the dream is killin me
Twenty Miles by Deer Tick on Apple Music
Song · 2010 · Duration 3:43
music.apple.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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One of my favorite posts on Native American astronomy and sociology from @scifri.bsky.social
It may not be a warrior at all. Maybe it's a spider.
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/ind...
It may not be a warrior at all. Maybe it's a spider.
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/ind...
Relearning The Star Stories Of Indigenous Peoples
How the lost constellations of Indigenous North Americans can connect culture, science, and inspire the next generation of Indigenous scientists.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
One of my favorite posts on Native American astronomy and sociology from @scifri.bsky.social
It may not be a warrior at all. Maybe it's a spider.
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/ind...
It may not be a warrior at all. Maybe it's a spider.
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/ind...