Chairs:
Adam Nix, University of Birmingham
Nicholous M. Deal, Mount Saint Vincent University
Panellists:
Lin Don, University of Birmingham
Daniel Fisher, University of Sussex
Andrew Marcinko, Durham University
Simone Phipps, Middle Georgia State University
Alessandro Piazza, Rice University
Heading to Philadelphia for #AOM2026!
Symposium:
๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐บ: ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ?
An interdisciplinary discussion that will be relevant for scholars in Critical Management Studies, DEI, & Social Issues in Management @aomsim.bsky.social
Lol www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
I laugh abt how the commentariat class clearly has no actual interaction w/ conservative voters.
If you've ever had a 15min conversation in a bar w/ an average Trump voter, you'll almost always find that they have considered, deeply held white supremacist beliefs that they'll readily share.
In cases like this, the backlash against โDEIโ isnโt really about diversity policy at all โ itโs a pointed message about who should get to belong, be heard, and succeed in society.
Far-right voters tend to view society through a hierarchical lens, with certain groups 'at the top'. By attacking the nebulous boogeyman that is "DEI", far-right leaders send a powerful signal that they'll work to make sure any and all "others" stay at the bottom of the ladder.
They do it because to them, "DEI" is a stand-in for the general premise of any minority group that would dare challenge the majority group's standing in society.
Why do far-right political movements like #MAGA or #ReformUK attack #DEI, when they're unable articulate even a basic understanding of what it is in practice...? www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Hanlon's Razor states, "๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐บ."
That said, it would be a disservice to #ElonMusk and his #DOGE team to fully discount the level of malice and bigotry at play here. www.youtube.com/shorts/U6_NV...
A Reddit comment satirising ChatGPT responding sycophantically to the prompt "Should I bomb Iran?"
Perfect, no notes.
What an absolute psychopath ๐
A chart showing what the post describes.
Fascinating chart.
The UK has increased the graduate share of the workforce more than comparable countries over the last 25 years, yet seems to be unique in that graduate earnings have fallen dramatically in that same time.
It's like a conversation between Michael Scott and Gob Bluth. Clumsy, out of touch political takes delivered with smug, delusional confidence.
I'm suspicious this column does very well based on hate clicks, but I'd rather The Times wasn't leaning into rage bait to keep the lights on.
Stephens article supporting the Iraq War, still, in 2023.
Why do news orgs platform these people? Is it just desperate, misdirected both-sideism? Do the hate clicks sell ads?
Stephens' record of being wrong is truly unprecedented, and yet, there's his column every day.
Best Stephens being an imbecile.
Frank Bruni equating several people enjoying Bad Bunny to the entire American right being openly racist.
The @nytopinion.nytimes.com feature with Frank Bruni & Bret Stephens chatting is absolutely enraging. Two ppl who have been wrong abt EVERYTHING for 20+ years. It's rage bait.
The entire American right being openly racist does NOT equate to several liberals on X enjoying Bad Bunny excessively.
Happy to discuss my experience. I did raise with local and national UCU, and both declined to provide legal support. I withdrew my ACAS complaint when employer's lawyers threatened to countersue for court costs.
McGill is hiring a faculty lecturer in social psychology, in a (non-adjunct) permanent teaching position.
Please consider being my colleague, Montreal is really great: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
This really hits home for me. I grew up reading The Post every morning. Huge influence on my life.
But it was done for the moment Bezos spiked their Harris endorsement. Cancelled my subscription the next day. Nothing will ever be enough for these people. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
My university also forced staff to complete all work that was missed during industrial action without pay. Multiple 70hr weeks until it was done under threat of dismissal, with no overtime or lost pay restored.
Why has the @ucu.org.uk not pursued legal action?!
The biggest loss re: Twitter is the lack of an alternative to instantly watch / share football clips.
Imagine telling the twitter founders 20 years ago that their website would eventually be globally essential for sharing 1) Illegally recorded football clips and 2) Nazi propaganda
Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity
Intergenerational mobility, measuring the ability to achieve economic success regardless of family background, is a critical reflection of a societyโs commitment to equality of opportunity. Rising income inequality has raised concerns about the potential erosion of upward mobility. While education has traditionally been viewed as the path to mobility, its transformative power is facing challenges in a rapidly evolving job market. This project reorients the focus of intergenerational mobility research by highlighting the labor market as an arena for the reproduction of advantage. It employs a comparative approach, using administrative data from four countries: Sweden, Austria, England, and the United States. It also incorporates evidence from a broader set of nations through cross-national surveys, longitudinal household surveys, labor force surveys, secondary data, and digital trace data. The project employs cutting-edge empirical methods, including quasi- experimental designs, event studies, within-family comparisons, decomposition analyses, counterfactual simulations, and diagnostic checks to rigorously assess the extent of inequalities in the labor market. The research investigates how family background influences the sorting of individuals to employers and workplaces, accounting for education and occupation, and explores variations in career progression within and between employers. It comprehensively catalogues and assesses mechanisms shaping workplace inequality, contributing to the development of social closure theory. Additionally, the project evaluates intervention strategies, encompassing both employer practices and government actions, to promote fair opportunity in the labor market.
JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project.
Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months.
Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
Jokes aside, Democrats need to realise that Trump voters don't care abt any of the stuff they pretend to in polls.
Foreign policy, the economy, w/e, I promise you, it doesn't matter.
Establishing a male-led white nationalist state is the only thing that matters. It's abt reclaiming lost status.
A sack filled with shit has more backbone than any Republican senator.
Its honestly impressive that they've been able to gather such a morally bereft group of people in one place. You'd think at some point you'd end up with one decent human being by chance, but alas.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Remember that ProPublica report, where Russ Vought was quoted this administration would make the lives of non-MAGA federal workers hell? Heโs succeeded. Driving a worker to suicide. And the home of the journalist who reported the story was raided by the FBI.
MapQuest
A Cadbury's creme egg wrapper next to a hollow / empty creme egg chocolate shell.
This mini creme egg was hollow / empty.
The media has posted some version of this headline weekly for 8 years now.
It wasn't true any of the previous weeks, and it's not true now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
3 papers @thelancet.com today on the health dangers of ultraprocessed foods and a call for action
The health risks
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
