Roger Patulny
Sociology Professor HKBU. Research emotions, loneliness, men, networks, urban themes. Part time writer and poet, dad, befriender of English teachers,
Editor, Authora Australis @ausauthora.bsky.social
Research, poems, stories - rpatulny.com
- Sunset on Lamma
- Yung Shue Wan - so nice in the afternoon
- Worse places to be than Lamma Island 😊
- Mong Kok markets today in HK - feels like it could be the last or the future
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyInteresting.👇 Social Ties More Effective Than Shared Politics in Garnering Engagement With Online Corrections www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... @cameronmartel.bsky.social From study: "...users who post false news more likely to engage with corrections they receive, particularly from co-partisans."
- She local kids just pulled this out of the Shing Mun River. Creating quite a stir
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- Reposted by Roger PatulnyFor a more nuanced take, do read NOMAD CENTURY. We do not live in an egalitarian world inhabited by the “average person”, but we do still have choices about how we make our future world www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Good to have a moment by the river to think - crossroads sign seems apt for general life and times right now
- Reposted by Roger Patulnywww.everywritersresource.com/literarymaga... New market, submit your work!
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- Reposted by Roger PatulnyVerseFest Ottawa: an exquisite mix of poetry & society. love for all the readers/performers/ organizers & all the folk who i had meaningful conversations with over libations or simply standing in the venues together, awkwardly early, chatting & trying not to get in the way. i love you poets.
- Good bit of analysis here. Trump's chaotic approach to introducing, repealing, and reintroducing tariffs may undermine exactly the business confidence needed for big US auto to invest in re-shoring - and bring on a recession instead of creating jobs www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Sha Tin Looks like a post card this morning
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyKeane is saying what I, & others, hve been saying forever The lib party is dead. In between Abbott & Dutton they’ve lurched so far to the right that it is not implausible to think that Spud wld not try implementing many of his Trumpian fetishes if he got the chance www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/19/p...
- Wow. I wonder if I should risk visiting America in the next four years or not? Have these border denials and arrests really become as common as the news suggests? Does anyone else have a story to share about getting stopped at the airprort? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyBywords.ca - Submissions Web: www.bywords.ca Monthly online magazine featuring current & former emerging/established Ottawa poets. Please submit poems and events by the 15th of each month. previously unpublished poetry to submissions@bywords.ca Read guidelines on site.
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- The HK urban form is uniquely devoted to elevated walkway to get across the streets - though I’m not sure what this does. World’s longest elevated lawn bowls strip?
- I wonder what they're hiding? The judge here noted DOGE's work is shrouded in secrecy by: - use of an outside server, - its employees refusal to identify themselves to career officials and - their use of the encrypted app Signal to communicate. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
- Reposted by Roger Patulny🚨🚨 An ECF workshop is going to be hosted at Newcastle University on 21 March 2025: "Coping, Thriving, Progressing? What happens after ‘early career’?" Hope to see you there! 🚨🚨 www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
- Reposted by Roger PatulnySource: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- You may already have seen this, but if you haven't, you should. This sums up the corrupt things that have been happening in the last 6 weeks in the US - and this is clearly just the beginning. The vector of corruption is staggering youtu.be/hycoCYenXls?...
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyBwaah 🤣 boom maggots 💥
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyAt some point the opposition needs to say what is happening here: Donald Trump is a tyrant in the full sense of the term, an American fascist dictator who believes the law flows directly from his command. And he is also a deeply unwell, unfit, and criminal man with nonsensical whims
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyThis👇🏼is like opening the door to the Chicken coop, and leaving it, ignoring the hungry fox that’s sitting outside in plain siight🤦🏼♂️ The Russians must think Christmas came early with Trump and his cronies in power 🤷🏼♂️
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyWhy am I not surprised? #Russia #Trump #Hegseth #Putin #hacking #cybersecurity #resist #resistance #teamblue #bluecrew
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyFascinating Atlantic article on patrimonialism as Trump's style of authoritarianism: "running the state as if it were the leader’s personal property or family business." Vulnerabilities: incompetence and corruption--this is a message Dems should hit back with.
- This excellent article demonstrates the great relevance of classic sociological thinkers to contemporary social and political issues. Go Max Weber!! #sociology @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social @isa-sociology.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyWith climate change & growing housing needs, the UK government is seeking a better way to use its land. What’s your take on land for food, energy, and nature? Have your say before 25 April. @oscarwoofs.bsky.social reports on #LandUseFramework public consultation
- Looks like it should be a beautiful dawn, but it’s the prelude to a big increase in humidity and heat. Last week I had the heater on, now I’m sweating in a t-shirt! What happened to spring, HK??? And now for 6 months of air con 😞
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyWe are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
- Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
- Reposted by Roger Patulny"The Carnival of Viareggio" (Carnevale di Viareggio: Italy) Heyy!! There's a giant Witch-King in this carnival and he looks really great 🤍
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- Reposted by Roger PatulnyOur first cab off the 49.1 rank - Zong and Bisenieks explore dark humour as a crucial storytelling technique in addressing Australia's eco-social challenges. #EnvironmentalStudies #environment #humour #HumourStudies #OzStudies #OpenAccess tinyurl.com/5n6pjzvt
- Reposted by Roger Patulny❄️ Writers, it’s time! Submit your winter-inspired short stories to our global anthology. From gothic chills to speculative twists—show us what winter means to you. Info: shorturl.at/e3Qwr #SootAndBoots #Festive #ShortFiction #SubmissionWindow
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- Reposted by Roger PatulnyThis is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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- Reposted by Roger PatulnyThey say a picture is worth a thousand words…
- The war on social science advances in the US - what was that line from the Simpsons? “Let’s all go burn down the observatory to make sure this never happens again”! www.science.org/content/arti...
- Watching the clouds creep over the hills and seep into Sha Tin this afternoon like a slow white river, very pleasant
- Reposted by Roger Patulny#Australia home battery plan setting up competing policies to spark a household electrification revolution to slash power bills while cutting greenhouse gas emissions. #auspol #auspol25 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Reposted by Roger Patulny“Why don’t you wear a suit?”
- Well said. He's a follower at heart, not a leader.
- Whenever Labor make an announcement or a commitment.. Me-Too Dutton tries to match it -which exposes his shortcomings & his serious lack of real commitment by not releasing costings b4 the election. At best Dutton is unelectable. At worst he is a sociopathic opportunist theaimn.net/what-a-way-t...
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyWhenever Labor make an announcement or a commitment.. Me-Too Dutton tries to match it -which exposes his shortcomings & his serious lack of real commitment by not releasing costings b4 the election. At best Dutton is unelectable. At worst he is a sociopathic opportunist theaimn.net/what-a-way-t...
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- Reposted by Roger PatulnyIn a distant world, 'gods' slumber to avoid being enslaved by pure evil. Unless a human they’ve chosen awakens them, brings back forbidden knowledge & defeats this evil before a spacetime node collapses, life will end, everywhere. amazon.com/dp/B0CHKJF1B5 #vampires #WritingCommunity #booksky📚💙 #SFF
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyHow Did They Know... @rsslmo.bsky.social
- Reposted by Roger Patulny"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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- Reposted by Roger PatulnyThis scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
- And while Trump is busy embracing Putin openly on the world stage, he’s also gifting him a wealth of sacked ex-intelligence officers www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
- Wow! A pre-planned lynching - they invited him onto US national TV to supplicate himself, and then yelled at him for 20 min when he wouldn’t do it to drown out his basic common sense point - how can you trust any ‘deal’ with an invader who has broken every peace treaty? With no security guarantee?
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyYou've got to see it to believe it. The full exchange is even worse for Trump.
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyTomorrow is the day!
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyWhat does #sociology have to say about #gender & #class in 2025? Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series. 📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025 🎟️ buff.ly/4gOe3TB
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyReally excited about this event @sociologicalreview.bsky.social event next month - come along to hear from giants of feminist social sciences Bev Skeggs and @jolittler.bsky.social about what sociology has to say about gender and class today and why we still need to be having these conversations.
- What does #sociology have to say about #gender & #class in 2025? Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series. 📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025 🎟️ buff.ly/4gOe3TB
- So disturbing. A HUGE increase in Republican men wanting a return to trad gender roles. Important question - why 2022??? What happened that year which made people - Republicans in particular - become so much more conservative and right-wing? #masculinity
- “More Republicans now believe women should return to their traditional roles in society… As of November 2024, almost half of Republican men agree, up from 28 percent in 2022…” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
- Reposted by Roger Patulny“More Republicans now believe women should return to their traditional roles in society… As of November 2024, almost half of Republican men agree, up from 28 percent in 2022…” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyWho asked them anyway 🫤
- “More Republicans now believe women should return to their traditional roles in society… As of November 2024, almost half of Republican men agree, up from 28 percent in 2022…” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
- Issue 9 Cracks Subs close at midnight! Send us your stuff!
- Hi guys, submissions for Authora Issue 9 ‘Cracks’ closes midnight tonight. Last chance!!! Luckily, we're interpreting midnight as anywhere in the world ;-) Looking forward to reading and looking at your wonderful material! Link below, cheers: www.authora.net/submit
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyHi guys, submissions for Authora Issue 9 ‘Cracks’ closes midnight tonight. Last chance!!! Luckily, we're interpreting midnight as anywhere in the world ;-) Looking forward to reading and looking at your wonderful material! Link below, cheers: www.authora.net/submit
- Reposted by Roger Patulny2 DAYS LEFT!! ✌️ Summer Series submission guidelines: ghostcitypress.com/microchap-su...
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyHi! It's ONE WEEK! until the launch of my #Sci-Fi #Shortstory collection, "A Short History of the Future" from @northodoxpress.bsky.social (6th March) I've been doing a daily count down of the 42 stories to reveal the Table of Contents... Exhausting! :) www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyIt’s hard to believe that Dutton could be a corrupt tax cheat. He doesn’t seem the type 🙄
- So $30 million in property deals - some that have never been declared. No wonder Dutton wants no changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax. #Dutton #LNPCorruptionParty #LNPCheats #LNPRorts
- Reposted by Roger PatulnySo $30 million in property deals - some that have never been declared. No wonder Dutton wants no changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax. #Dutton #LNPCorruptionParty #LNPCheats #LNPRorts
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyThere isn't much holding Europe and the U.S. together anymore: neither interests nor values. It's time to start envisioning what comes next.
- Subs closing tomorrow! Send in your poems, writing and artwork!
- Hi guys, submissions for Authora Issue 9 ‘Cracks’ closes tomorrow!!!! Send in your great stuff! Link below, cheers: www.authora.net/submit
- Reposted by Roger PatulnyHi guys, submissions for Authora Issue 9 ‘Cracks’ closes tomorrow!!!! Send in your great stuff! Link below, cheers: www.authora.net/submit
