Q: Who Got the Guggenheims (and Other Prestigious Fellowships), 1925-2025?
A: Folks in "the highest-status and best-resourced colleges in the US."
-Dominique J. Baker & Christopher T. Bennett, new in @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...
Meet NoMark, the Minnesota campus superhero whose power “lies less in his personally stopping or solving crimes than encouraging his fans to shrug off their bystander malaise and take more responsibility for their community’s well-being.” www.startribune.com/nomark-is-mi...
I'm not sayin' it's causal but class discussion was amazing after pre-lecture exposure to Angine de Poitrine. youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...
If your word clouds are equally grim, perhaps you’d like to join my Duckies and Bunnies in Happy Fun Town research team.
Curious about recidivism among the ~1500 January 6 pardons? At least 12 have since been charged with other serious crimes, including child molestation, assault, harassment, and murder plots. And at least 27 more had new crimes before getting their pardons. [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
Delighted to work with you!
Quoted text: “I have a large set of his comments on my papers,” Dr. Sargent said, “and they start like this: ‘This paper is deeply flawed.’” But then, Dr. Sargent said, Dr. Sims would typically offer a glimmer of hope by adding something like: “You may think I’m completely negative about your paper. This is not necessarily true.”
A nice anecdote — and a rare inverse compliment sandwich — from Chris Sims' NYT obituary regarding his "friendly, bantering relationship" with former UMN colleague Tom Sargent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/b...
Sociology in the papes! Read @jenniferreich.bsky.social in action.
Thank you for sharing these research findings.
It was quite a tourney in the State of Hockey (Hair). This year's @pulltabsports.bsky.social highlights include some vintage class of '82 flow (at 1:50) and some amazing game video (at ~7:30). youtu.be/s4nqFg6H1WI?...
The social infrastructure of protest art in Minnesota, how it wins hearts and minds and mobilizes action, and the public history projects to archive and preserve it.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
The social infrastructure of protest art in Minnesota, how it wins hearts and minds and mobilizes action, and the public history projects to archive and preserve it.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
New! How homicide changed in Minnesota’s Twin Cities after the police murder of George Floyd. Check out @ryanplarson.bsky.com’s thread (and data viz) and/or our team’s new article in J of Quant Crim.
Social Indicators of the Surge — Labor Edition
@aaronsojourner.org & @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social
show how the DHS surge reduced the # of employees working, hours worked, and # of businesses open in Mpls-Saint Paul, costing an estimated $106 million in lost wages. northstarpolicy.org/labor-outcom...
RIP. youtube.com/watch?v=zuZV...
The drawdown can be spun many ways “but history will show what this was: regular people, clergy and teachers, janitors and soccer moms, people across all of our complicated differences, simply refusing to let our neighbors be attacked and abducted without a fight” www.startribune.com/minnesota-re...
New! Poll shows that ICE tactics are deeply unpopular here in Minnesota — and that clear majorities blame the Trump administration for the violence and unrest, rather than state and local leaders or protesters and observers. [Gift link] www.startribune.com/poll-trumps-...
It’s really quite lovely during baseball season— and you might be able to find a ticket to see the Twins this year.
A major development. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) Force Investigations Unit (FIU) is the natural home for this investigation -- they have the expertise to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation of Alex Pretti's fatal shooting. www.startribune.com/pretti-inves...
Student (shaking her head) to ChatGPT: "Gurl, this is not your best work."
3/3 “Well I was walking through the middle of town,
And I said to myself, “What’s going on?”
People breaking the law just to make ends meet,
People breaking their hearts just to stay off the street,
And written on the wall for everyone to see,
Was “Love is the law” right there on the street…”
2/3 ...“What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding.” The first verse speaks to love, warmth and community in 2026 just as it did in 2013 and in the 1980s. I interviewed the band around the time it was released and they were absolutely *cooking* in live shows...
1/3 Love is the Law is a “movement song” you’ll hear on the streets of Minneapolis. Released in 1983 by The Suburbs it was the anthem of the 2013 marriage equality movement in Minnesota. Eminently danceable, with big hooky horns, it's become our own homegrown...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
The national headlines describe “fear” in Minnesota, but here on the ground it feels more like anger and resolve in the face of betrayal and intimidation. We’re “hunkering down,” not cowering, in the face of this long, cold, brutal winter. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Go alpine and Nordic skiers (Lindsey Vonn and Jessie Diggins!), go all you amazing hockey players and curlers, go snowboarders, go speed skaters, go biathletes, go gophers, go Frost, go Wild! www.startribune.com/meet-the-min...
Image is a proposed state flag with a loon shooting lasers from its eyes. Source: submission #F15 in the Minnesota State Emblems Redesign Commission. source: https://serc.mnhs.org/flags
Minnesotans have apparently won more Winter Olympic medals (103) than folks from any other state (because, well, winter). It may feel bittersweet when our locals step to the podium for the USA in Milano-Cortina, but I'm hoping it's a unifying moment for all of us back home in the dark winter of '26.
Teaching Social Movements this Term? Something for everyone in this 32 "Songs of the Siege" compilation that goes from Laamar to Bruce to Maria Isa to NOFX to Durry to Messersmith to Sparhawk to Bathtub Cig to those sweet, sweet drums on the Stone Arch Bridge. www.minnpost.com/arts-culture...
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Minnesota medical professionals refuse to be complicit.
“One doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall.” -Dr. Lindsey Thomas
Social scientists and old-school Minnesotans like me fret about areas of decline in civic culture (e.g., corporate philanthropy), but we've held up pretty well in volunteering, voting, and mutual aid. And if it's 20-below and your car needs a jump, it's a pretty good place to be.
