criminalization, abolition, labor, politics, journalism—social science theory & methods too. sociology phd candidate @ columbia. @swcolumbia.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mkbr64fhtk2bfacial recognition and pretrial detention, what a combo [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbr64fhtk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mkbg4gwgxs2pOn the shift from platforms to private digital spaces—if you think about it, early internet forums were also social media, and so are the group chats and Discord servers and such today. I’d rather a more expansive concept than a bunch of granular boundaries [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbg4gwgxs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mkb7a4lqy22pDo any finance heads want to tell me how I can bet against this? [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb7a4lqy22phttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mkavlqbrmc2egood, because that shit sucks [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkavlqbrmc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mkaqzybhd22oone of my dissertation papers got a journal (conditional) acceptance 8~)24 Apr 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaqzybhd22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk77ktvml22yCurious if anyone has argued *against* this reading (hallucinatory boosters excluded) [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk77ktvml22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk6w2n2n3c2cas a writer, having an excellent editor (or even a couple of them) is like having superpowers. I don't really post to my own newsletter often because I think if I have something really worth saying, I'll find an editor who agrees, and that's a form of respect to my readers [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6w2n2n3c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk6vjegoec2cthe median substack post so badly needs an editor to tell them to cut it in half23 Apr 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6vjegoec2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk6twhaw3k2eI want to seize the assets of the ultra wealthy, but I want to do it to *help* them, because they don’t seem well23 Apr 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6twhaw3k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk6tszqz3k2eLoeb previously did some numbers on here while crashing out about the mayor [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6tszqz3k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk6ra5z7ds2y"Anthropic’s growth story is a sham built on selling subscriptions that let users burn anywhere from $8 to $13.50 for every dollar of subscription revenue and providing a brittle, inconsistent service, made possible only through a near-infinite stream of venture capital money [...]" [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6ra5z7ds2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk6qnpasw22y"participants characterize police as contradictory—everywhere when surveilling people’s everyday activity and nowhere if called upon to respond to serious harm. We call this Janus-faced interaction with the state 'distorted responsiveness'" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1078087419844831 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6qnpasw22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk6gwupcbc2yWhat actual advantages of higher ed are left? There's no space for political expression disfavored by the regime, and in fact the university makes workers a target for doxing or worse. Outside of the few lottery winners, there's no job security. And LLMs seem to be seriously damaging pedagogy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6gwupcbc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk6fhywlo22ybravely refusing to quote the stupid post by poster who is stupid23 Apr 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6fhywlo22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk6doythos2hSo as more people are pushed out of academia in coming years, is there any reasonable existing infrastructure to support independent research that folks may want to publish? I think journal infrastructure makes way more sense for faculty than others. Maybe the preprint servers?23 Apr 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6doythos2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3mk6d2twoqc2hPersonally I think that law enforcement should be expected to not break the law 500 times in less than a decade23 Apr 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:ynhvprwsjim3ttkefxsttf7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6d2twoqc2h