Sociologist at LA Tech
I study punk stuff and electoral politics. Generally not togther
All opinions expressed do not reflect my institution. Nor are they all my own. Some are orders from the worm in RFK Jr.'s brain

@nathankatz.bsky.social
Sociologist at LA Tech
I study punk stuff and electoral politics. Generally not togther
All opinions expressed do not reflect my institution. Nor are they all my own. Some are orders from the worm in RFK Jr.'s brain
Next stop on the book talk is app state. See everyone Thursday!
It's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center.
What is Kritik? And why is it suddenly in all my canvas courses?
Found in the wild by a former student at @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social it looks like copies were moving!
Heading home from my first book talk at #wazzu! Thanks to the Foley Institute for having me and all the amazing students. Such a gorgeous view and the bear center was pretty cool too. It was a talk on campaign fiance but as a punk scholar Im required to include obligatory photos of the record haul.
Donald Trump is demanding the propagandistic TV ads, even as some of his aides fret they ‘obviously’ break federal law. Missouri MAGA Senator Eric Schmitt, meanwhile, makes a fool of himself.
Read today's 'First Draft' by @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social:
Where is the lie?
Good news, Seb Gorka lost. Bad news, so did I (Melanie won)
Somewhere along the way while playing Mario party my girlfriend and I decided Donkey Kong was Joe Rogan. Today we decided Wario is Seb Gorka. Worst of all he is winning
EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI’s president and his wife gave $25 million to Trump’s super PAC — and three months later, a federal rule requiring AI companies to disclose their most dangerous experiments was withdrawn.
The new blitzkid album got here early and is so damn good. Between this, what I know is in the mail and stopping at record stores during my book tour I am eating very well this quarter
Why couldnt they stick to the old ways and just be a way for students to illegally download books
In intro to Soc today my students read social mechanism by Hedstrom and Swedberg. After class a student called it "the most interesting boring thing they have ever read." This may be my favorite comment about a reading yet. #Sociology #academicsky
Fun fact about FEC data on the senate midterms: if you try to download independent expenditure records in csv format ALL records are listed as "opposing" candidates even if the individual filings say otherwise
We are in the “you can’t learn that anymore” stage of fascism, for anyone still keeping track.
#ELB: BREAKING: The USPS rule is blocked again https://electionlawblog.org/2026/breaking-the-usps-rule-is-blocked-again/