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Started a Substack. I have two new books coming along, among other things. One is about the Cleveland Mafia. The other is based on 100 conversations with working-class Clevelanders. First post introduces all of it.
Tim Gill
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Tim Gill
@timgill924
Sociologist / New Book - Unraveling the American Mafia: Angelo Lonardo, Carmen Zagaria, and the Beginning of the End in Cleveland (2027)
- Remember when I pinned you in 27 seconds in high school and you cried?Remember when Governor Walz let rioters and looters burn a police station to the ground in 2020?
- We sociologists have been telling you about the possibility of this political crisis for YEARS. Yet, you refused to pay $129.95 to get around the paywall to access my article for 72 hours. That is on YOU.
- Yeah I know, Pete texted me this morningBREAKING: Large US strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
- Jordan Peterson derails every question into utter nonsense because he has nothing of substance to say. x.com/asv141/status/…
- No One: Academics: It’s a shame this conference is online… I would much prefer the State fund and fly me to an otherwise cost-prohibitive conference at the Hilton in NYC, where I’ll present my research for 12 mins to nobody, and then drink wine with my buds for five days.
- Correct. I have a real job.Replying to @timgill924And he is a Congressman and you are an Associate Professor at 60.
- “I went to see Oppenheimer. A movie about a man named Oppenheimer, as the title suggests, but I would have preferred if it was a documentary about Native Americans.”People seem to love #Oppenheimer but I'll just say it: I was uncomfy watching yet another movie about tortured white male genius when the victims of the atrocities glossed over by the script—Japanese people, interned Japanese Americans, and Native Americans—had no voice.Readers added contextRobert Oppenheimer was Jewish. His friends and relatives were murdered by Nazis specifically for NOT being white/Aryan. jpost.com/archaeology/ar…
- I pinned Ohio Congressman, Trump Sycophant, and Disgraced Ohio State Wrestling Coach Jim Jordan in 27 seconds in high school. And he cried.Share a piece of lore about yourself
- So many recent PhDs have underwent what I would term an *extended* extended adolescence. They finish up their PhD often pushing 35 or 40 — with no kids, no spouse, no family. They’ve given up all their creative pursuits, dreams. And for what? A manuscript in a low-impact journal.
- I caught a grad student of mine watching anime at the airport after a conference once. I was pretty furious. You’re basically saying ‘I’d rather watch this than network with my peers.’ I snapped a photo and told him someone sent me it. That woke him up real fast.This post is unavailable.
- Academics: Get into a serious writing routine this year. I suggest 4000 words/day, 300 days. That’s 65 days off to revise. Let’s do the math. 300x4000 = 1.2 million words. How many articles? 1.2 mil/10k = 120. So if you really wanted to, you could put together 120 articles/year.
