Louise Seamster
@louiseseamster.bsky.social
debt, development, infrastructure, the economics of racial inequality, and the myth of racial progress. I express my own views
Also Annette Lareau’s book Unequal Childhoods, where the main focus is more on parents but the dynamic she identifies plays out a lot into classrooms
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Also Annette Lareau’s book Unequal Childhoods, where the main focus is more on parents but the dynamic she identifies plays out a lot into classrooms
I don’t know, I was being a little loose with “hidden curriculum” but maybe soc is different than history here. all the way back to Learning to Labor!
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I don’t know, I was being a little loose with “hidden curriculum” but maybe soc is different than history here. all the way back to Learning to Labor!
my own (now) pride is my C in intro to Cognitive Science which was all about “theories of mind” which in turn was mainly “is brain computer” and then “let’s say yes” and then led us here to 2025
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
my own (now) pride is my C in intro to Cognitive Science which was all about “theories of mind” which in turn was mainly “is brain computer” and then “let’s say yes” and then led us here to 2025
indebtedness is auto-kompromat, because the bill can always be called in.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
indebtedness is auto-kompromat, because the bill can always be called in.
One thing I learned from a respondent in my dissertation is how a local power regime may prefer a compromised candidate they have dirt on, which they can “discover” at a moment’s notice when politically expedient.
post 2016, I know the term is “kompromat”.
post 2016, I know the term is “kompromat”.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
One thing I learned from a respondent in my dissertation is how a local power regime may prefer a compromised candidate they have dirt on, which they can “discover” at a moment’s notice when politically expedient.
post 2016, I know the term is “kompromat”.
post 2016, I know the term is “kompromat”.
I always tell my students I dropped out of my one attempt at micro after the first week because I “didn’t get it” and kept getting all the answers wrong in class.
and that it took at least 15 more years (hello Great Recession) to realize maybe it wasn’t me
and that it took at least 15 more years (hello Great Recession) to realize maybe it wasn’t me
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I always tell my students I dropped out of my one attempt at micro after the first week because I “didn’t get it” and kept getting all the answers wrong in class.
and that it took at least 15 more years (hello Great Recession) to realize maybe it wasn’t me
and that it took at least 15 more years (hello Great Recession) to realize maybe it wasn’t me
which is why the merit raise vs COLA structure was a devil’s bargain! they were promising “up to 8%/year” but maxing out at 3% for merit is what we’re supposed to write into grants as a COLA adjustment...
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
which is why the merit raise vs COLA structure was a devil’s bargain! they were promising “up to 8%/year” but maxing out at 3% for merit is what we’re supposed to write into grants as a COLA adjustment...
they fell for the meritocracy scam just like professors fell for merit raises to forgo unions
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
they fell for the meritocracy scam just like professors fell for merit raises to forgo unions
from my 2021 interview with @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, on how the cost of student debt cancellation needed to be compared to the contemporary costs of individual “smart” decisionmaking in our current system, which incentivizes problems like these:
www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/o...
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
-the financial market NEEDs there to be institutions "at the bottom" for their investment portfolio.
-a whole lot of institutions have had explanations for their particular individual success they think protects them from large structural vulnerabilities (rather than fighting together)
-a whole lot of institutions have had explanations for their particular individual success they think protects them from large structural vulnerabilities (rather than fighting together)
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
-the financial market NEEDs there to be institutions "at the bottom" for their investment portfolio.
-a whole lot of institutions have had explanations for their particular individual success they think protects them from large structural vulnerabilities (rather than fighting together)
-a whole lot of institutions have had explanations for their particular individual success they think protects them from large structural vulnerabilities (rather than fighting together)
Or….get predatory loans
or…. be induced to sell off/privatize their assets on the cheap
www.elevenwarriors.com/the-big-ten/...
or…. be induced to sell off/privatize their assets on the cheap
www.elevenwarriors.com/the-big-ten/...
Big Ten’s $2.4 Billion Private Equity Deal with UC Investments On Hold Due to Opposition from Michigan, USC
The Big Ten’s proposed $2.4 billion deal with UC Investments has been tabled for now due to opposition from Michigan and USC.
www.elevenwarriors.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Or….get predatory loans
or…. be induced to sell off/privatize their assets on the cheap
www.elevenwarriors.com/the-big-ten/...
or…. be induced to sell off/privatize their assets on the cheap
www.elevenwarriors.com/the-big-ten/...
This is some rumpelstiltskin stuff
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is some rumpelstiltskin stuff
Reposted by Louise Seamster
Calling @theferocity.bsky.social!!! ASSSEMBLE THE POETS, S!!
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Calling @theferocity.bsky.social!!! ASSSEMBLE THE POETS, S!!
c) but that in turn illustrates how, if the structural factors are artificially constructed, they can also be reconstructed to benefit people.
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
c) but that in turn illustrates how, if the structural factors are artificially constructed, they can also be reconstructed to benefit people.