#KpopMonday #WorkHard

WJSN -- As You Wish
https://youtu.be/2Q9G6R2hKIQ?si=uGghcnu4bDUhqM17

Part of me thinks I ought to apologize for posting this MV for the umpteenth time, but my deeper self is unrepentant because in fact I absolutely adore this MV.

One of the many things I love about the MV is the reversal it works on our usual feelings about bureaucracy and form filling. Instead of facilitating a rationalizing process that sucks the magic out of our lives, the beautiful office workers of WJSN use their retrotechnology to ensure our wishes are granted, thereby re-enchanting the world .

#Kpop #WJSN #AsYouWish #Sociology #MaxWeber #Wiederverzauberung

[MV] 우주소녀 (WJSN) - 이루리 (As You Wish)

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Still time to register! UMass Amherst Prof. Barcu Baykurt Book Launch Talk "Smart as a City." Tuesday, May 5th 1 pm C., 2 pm E., a CBI Virtual Event.

https://share.google/zXBJu3PhZmkt3a48l

This insightful book by Prof. Baykurt, out of U. of Cali. Press, provides an ethnographic and policy analysis of IT "Testbed Urbanism" & racial & class inequality in KC, MO,... Google's Gig network & various "Smart"/AI initiatives.

#ai #sociology #anthropology #history #geography #mediastudies #communication #sts

What we build can only be as strong as what we build it on.

You can’t build something great on a weak foundation --- so why do we rush the beginning?

New reflection:
The Essential Foundation

https://socialscience43.github.io/posts/the-essential-foundation.html

#philosophy #sociology #society #socialscience #writing #blog #essay #science #socialscience43 #foundation

The Essential Foundation | Social Science 43

Essay: The Essential Foundation — Social Science 43. A reflection on how what you build can only be as strong as what you build it on.

Global number of tobacco users aged 15+ (2025)

https://lemmy.world/post/46386552

Alcohol consumption worldwide measured in liters of pure alcohol per capita, age 15+ (2022)

https://lemmy.world/post/46386258

Religious Diversity Index across 201 countries (2026)

https://lemmy.world/post/46386205

Fertility rates for every country (2024)

https://lemmy.world/post/46386100

1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts discovered in Spain 🇪🇸. Via @live_science #archeology #History #Anthropology #sociology

1,900-year-old souvenir cup fe...
1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts discovered in Spain

Archaeologists think a broken bronze cup found in Spain was made for a soldier as a memento of his time stationed at Hadrian's Wall in England.

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"So what makes an outgroup? Proximity plus small differences."

A nice 2014 article. It takes a little warming up, stick with it.

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/

#psychology #sociology

I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup

[Content warning: Politics, religion, social justice, spoilers for “The Secret of Father Brown”. This isn’t especially original to me and I don’t claim anything more than to…

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Miniature camelid effigy: A 600-year-old sculpture of a llama that may have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual. Via @live_science #archeology #History #Anthropology #sociology

Miniature camelid effigy: A 60...
Miniature camelid effigy: A silver llama with a wry smile that the Inca crafted 600 years ago

Llamas were vital to the Inca Empire and were seen as both useful pack animals and sacred beings.

Live Science