

سيد علی syed ali
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@skyedali
author “The Peer Effect," “Dubai: Gilded Cage," other stuff. hack potter. layabout. sociologist. tweets my own and do not reflect my employer. he/him.






This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Three Hundred and Thirty-Two - Mind Alternating, starring the Syed Ali. Listen. Be effected (see what I did there). Share. tanzerben.com/blog/this-podc… @skyedali #thepeereffect #workculture #ultimatefrisbee #culturalcapital #newyorkcity

UVA admin told students that camping tents on grounds violated policy. Then, they found out that camping tents on the grounds didn't violate policy. So, they changed the policy at 11:13am and had police enter grounds to enforce the new policy by noon.



In "Good Schools, Bad Schools," @skyedali considers the segregating effects of #schoolchoice--which, he writes, is at least partly about parents determining who their kids' peers should be. Read, download, and share this short, impactful essay at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.11…


Some news: Thrilled to share on the last, leap year day of Black History Month that I sold my next book THE OVERSEER CLASS: REPRESENTATION AS REPRESSION to @AmistadBooks @HarperCollins. C u in 2025 w stories of marginalized ppl who amass power by cracking the skulls of their own!

In "Good Schools, Bad Schools," @skyedali considers the segregating effects of #schoolchoice--which, he writes, is at least partly about parents determining who their kids' peers should be. Read, download, and share this short, impactful essay at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

here's my read of what happened with harvard's president, who i predicted would be out: we are in a dangerous place w political expression in journalism & academia, but (w one notable exception) not primarily bc of republicans & right-wingers, but bc of democrats & liberals.




