Tim Recuber
@timrecuber.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Sociology Smith College. CUNY PhD. Studies media, emotions, death & disaster. Author of The Digital Departed & Consuming Catastrophe.
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Tim Recuber
@timrecuber.bsky.social
· Jul 23
The Digital Departed
A fascinating exploration of the social meaning of digital deathFrom blogs written by terminally ill authors to online notes left by those considering suicid...
nyupress.org
My most recent book, The Digital Departed (2023, NYU Press) has been reviewed in Nature, Contemporary Sociology, Social
Forces, American Journal of Sociology & many more. nyupress.org/978147981496...
Forces, American Journal of Sociology & many more. nyupress.org/978147981496...
Once again the Democrats are to the right of Bill Kristol!
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Once again the Democrats are to the right of Bill Kristol!
lol the big manly soldier is running away and looking for a scapegoat at the first sign of trouble! Hegseth is as predictable as he is pathetic
Breaking news: Government officials said they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill survivors of a targeted strike on suspected drug smugglers in Latin America.
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
lol the big manly soldier is running away and looking for a scapegoat at the first sign of trouble! Hegseth is as predictable as he is pathetic
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Ah, Good Old War Propaganda
The mass media do this every time the US empire gets war-horny. And the Murdoch press are always the most egregious offenders.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/ah-good-ol...
The mass media do this every time the US empire gets war-horny. And the Murdoch press are always the most egregious offenders.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/ah-good-ol...
Ah, Good Old War Propaganda
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Ah, Good Old War Propaganda
The mass media do this every time the US empire gets war-horny. And the Murdoch press are always the most egregious offenders.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/ah-good-ol...
The mass media do this every time the US empire gets war-horny. And the Murdoch press are always the most egregious offenders.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/ah-good-ol...
You think you’ve considered all the bad uses of AI but nope, there’s always a new one waiting to be discovered
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
You think you’ve considered all the bad uses of AI but nope, there’s always a new one waiting to be discovered
Oh yeah this is very good
Seconded. That last line hits hard.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Oh yeah this is very good
FFS
Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
FFS
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I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Blowing up random fishermen in Venezuela and pardoning this guy. How can anyone who is okay with the first thing rationalize the second?! The cognitive dissonance among MAGA is wild
President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to grant a “full and complete pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a move that would erase a major US drug-trafficking conviction for a onetime US ally who is currently serving a 45-year federal prison sentence.
Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president serving sentence in drug-trafficking case | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to grant a “full and complete pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a move that would erase a major US drug-trafficking conviction ...
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Blowing up random fishermen in Venezuela and pardoning this guy. How can anyone who is okay with the first thing rationalize the second?! The cognitive dissonance among MAGA is wild
The most hateful and ugly person in the US is once again here to tell you how bad immigrants are
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The most hateful and ugly person in the US is once again here to tell you how bad immigrants are
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
Prob a bad idea to give our country’s dumbest and most racist citizens license to do whatever they want
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa azmirror.com/briefs/ice-a...
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa | Arizona Mirror
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents collided with a car driven by a person they were attempting to apprehend in a Mesa neighborhood.
azmirror.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Prob a bad idea to give our country’s dumbest and most racist citizens license to do whatever they want
In a decade the candidates themselves will be AI so let’s enjoy watching human candidates sell their souls to corporate power while we still can
As A.I. companies gain political power and prepare to pour cash into the midterm elections, some of those worried about the dangers of an unfettered A.I. industry are setting out to raise tens of millions of dollars to back candidates of their own.
Fears About A.I. Prompt Talks of Super PACs to Rein In the Industry
As artificial intelligence companies prepare to pour money into the midterm elections, some in the A.I. world are hatching plans of their own to curb the industry’s influence.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In a decade the candidates themselves will be AI so let’s enjoy watching human candidates sell their souls to corporate power while we still can
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
Stuff like this makes me feel like the world’s greatest legal genius bc I was talking about how the Supreme Court was corrupt & needed to be expanded five years ago at least. Lots of people were actually, pretty much everyone except mainstream Dem politicians
EXCLUSIVE: Former AG Eric Holder to tear into the Supreme Court in a speech Saturday as the high court prepares to weigh in on several key redistricting cases.
Eric Holder to tear into Supreme Court as major redistricting decision looms
The court has found itself at the center of a national debate over the limits of redistricting.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Stuff like this makes me feel like the world’s greatest legal genius bc I was talking about how the Supreme Court was corrupt & needed to be expanded five years ago at least. Lots of people were actually, pretty much everyone except mainstream Dem politicians
As always, if you oppose this you will be told you don’t Support The Troops
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
As always, if you oppose this you will be told you don’t Support The Troops
A kinder, more transparent Gestapo please
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A kinder, more transparent Gestapo please
Really can’t stress this shit enough, the outrage comes from a machine it is not organic
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Really can’t stress this shit enough, the outrage comes from a machine it is not organic
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"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into overshoot within the next few years": a stark message by PIK Director Rockström & James Dyke in @theconversation.com. Yet, science shows a way back: fossil-fuel phase-out, nature protection, carbon removal.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into overshoot within the next few years": a stark message by PIK Director Rockström & James Dyke in @theconversation.com. Yet, science shows a way back: fossil-fuel phase-out, nature protection, carbon removal.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
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Utter madness. No direct reference to fossil fuels in the draft #COP30 agreement 🤯
The 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have done their job.
We now need a major nation to honestly confront the crisis, break Big Oil’s deadly grip on our politics - and show what’s possible. #NEB2025
www.nebriefing.org
The 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have done their job.
We now need a major nation to honestly confront the crisis, break Big Oil’s deadly grip on our politics - and show what’s possible. #NEB2025
www.nebriefing.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Utter madness. No direct reference to fossil fuels in the draft #COP30 agreement 🤯
The 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have done their job.
We now need a major nation to honestly confront the crisis, break Big Oil’s deadly grip on our politics - and show what’s possible. #NEB2025
www.nebriefing.org
The 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have done their job.
We now need a major nation to honestly confront the crisis, break Big Oil’s deadly grip on our politics - and show what’s possible. #NEB2025
www.nebriefing.org
“Challenge scientific orthodoxy” is some shameless stuff
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“Challenge scientific orthodoxy” is some shameless stuff
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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
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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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she’s a hero
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
she’s a hero