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- Social Media and Other Status Games https://arnoldkling.substack.com/p/social-media-and-other-status-games 2 comments
- Men are dropping out of the labor force, upset about their social status https://finance.yahoo.com/news/men-dropping-labor-force-because-224319223.html 13 comments
- New research on social-status insecurity shows that smaller airports are more likely to describe themselves as "international" and Penn students are more likely than Harvard ones to describe their college as an "Ivy." http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/01/even-airports-can-have-inferiority-complexes.html 6 comments science
- Fox News Requires Employees to Report Vaccination Status, Wear Masks and Social-Distance If They’re Not Vaxxed https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/fox-news-vaccination-status-mandate-1235044595/ 37 comments politics
- The more you have, the more you want? Higher social class predicts a greater desire for wealth and status https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejsp.2620 24 comments truereddit
- Study challenges the idea that the role of female sociality is to better secure male partners & their resources. Using agent-based computational models, scientists showed that concealed ovulation might have actually evolved to allow females to hide their fertility status from other females. https://asunow.asu.edu/20210125-competition-among-human-females-likely-contributed-concealed-ovulation 6 comments science
- The Resentment That Never Sleeps - Rising anxiety over declining social status tells us a lot about how we got here and where we’re going https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/opinion/trump-social-status-resentment.html 3 comments politics
- Social democratic leader of province of British Columbia, Canada says to expect pandemic benefit cheques ‘by Christmas or very early January’ | The benefit would see eligible people getting a cheque for either $500 or $1,000 – depending on their financial and family status. https://www.radionl.com/2020/11/30/69814/ 3 comments worldnews
- India wins three elections to key UN bodies: India beat China to win a four-year term on the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, a prestigious wing of the world body’s Economic and Social Council, and won seats in two other ECOSOC bodies. https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/india-wins-three-elections-to-key-un-bodies/story-kveubovbnglylypvq3q0xl.html 7 comments india
- Social science and biomedical research often treat the U.S. black population as a homogeneous group, using skin color as a proxy for race. A new study reveals variations in genetic ancestry and social status that underscore the inadequacy of that approach. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/p-brm081320.php 6 comments science
- EXCLUSIVE: Documents Show Modi Govt Building 360 Degree Database To Track Every Indian: Documents obtained under RTI show the govt is planning to use Aadhaar to automatically track every single Indian – from who they marry, address changes, financial status – through the National Social Registry. https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/aadhaar-national-social-registry-database-modi_in_5e6f4d3cc5b6dda30fcd3462?ncid=tweetlnkinhpmg00000001 306 comments india
- Trump Bashes Socialism While Endorsing a Status Quo Socialism of His Own https://reason.com/2020/02/05/trump-bashes-socialism-while-endorsing-a-status-quo-socialism-of-his-own/ 12 comments politics
- Survey experiments show that "affluent Americans’ desire for social status strongly predicts their level of economic conservatism." When affluent Americans are randomly assigned to experience social media feeds that highlight upper-class lifestyles, they become more economically conservative. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/desire-for-social-status-and-economic-conservatism-among-affluent-americans/8cef13934a2241b4c22139296a596271 3 comments science
- The pursuit of basic life goals, such as avoiding diseases, maintaining romantic relationships, being accepted by others, achieving social status, and caring for family members, help foster a sense of purpose in life, as they are relevant to our evolutionary fitness, suggests a new study (n=1,993). https://www.psypost.org/2020/01/new-psychology-study-indicates-pursuing-evolutionary-relevant-goals-provides-purpose-in-life-55163 1364 comments science
- Rising Death Rates Among White Americans Caused By Misperceived Threat To Their Dominant Social Status, Study Shows https://www.newsweek.com/rising-death-rates-among-white-americans-caused-misperceived-threat-their-dominant-social-status-1474038 44 comments politics
- Perceived loss of social status linked to rising mortality rate among white Americans https://m.phys.org/news/2019-11-loss-social-status-linked-mortality.html 93 comments nottheonion
- Toddlers prefer winners, but avoid those who win by force - Toddlers aged just 1.5 years prefer individuals whom other people yield to. It appears to be deeply rooted in human nature to seek out those with the highest social status. However, they don’t like and would avoid those who win by force. http://bss.au.dk/en/insights/2018/samfund-2/toddlers-prefer-winners-but-avoid-those-who-win-by-force/?t=au 748 comments science
- Boosting testosterone makes men prefer higher-status products. Findings align with examples from the animal kingdom that connect transient increases in testosterone levels to a rise in behaviors aimed at boosting social rank. It could eventually help explain and predict patterns in consumer behavior https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/boosting-testosterone-makes-men-prefer-higher-status-products 14 comments science
- What was the equipment and social status of the average medieval soldier in the 14th century? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/8vmawq/what_was_the_equipment_and_social_status_of_the/ 4 comments history
- Twitter removes verified status from Louis Farrakhan after ‘satanic Jew’ remark | Social media site appears to take the Nation of Islam leader’s official status away following comments which were labelled anti-Semitic http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/twitter-removes-verified-status-from-louis-farrakhan-after-satanic-jew-remark/ 3 comments worldnews
- "70 years ago, social mobility and protection from poverty were largely a factor of employment. 50 years ago, it was mostly a factor of education. For the last 20+ years, though, marital status has become the central factor in whether people rise above, remain, or descend into poverty." http://thefederalist.com/2017/11/03/research-proves-no-1-social-justice-imperative-marriage/ 20 comments economy
- [NOOB QUESTION] Recently, Government gave $100 million contract to L&T Infotech "to help govt track social media spending patterns to catch tax evaders". Will the government be able to see our photos, status updates etc even if they are set as "private" on Facebook, Instagram? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/73ta2u/noob_question_recently_government_gave_100/ 70 comments india
- Low social status 'damages immune function' http://www.nhs.uk/news/2016/11november/pages/low-social-status-damages-immune-function.aspx 4 comments science
- Simply being at the bottom of the social heap directly alters the body in ways that can damage health, a study suggests. Monkey experiments showed low status alters the immune system in a way that raises the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and mental health problems. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38092146 26 comments science
- A series of six scientific studies found that people with high social status who didn't believe they earned that status were much more generous than high-status people who felt they deserved the respect and admiration of others. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160721144141.htm 159 comments science
- Chimpanzee intelligence depends on genes, finds new study | While human intelligence is inherited through genes, social and environmental factors, such as formal education and socioeconomic status, also play a role. Chimpanzees do not have these additional influences. http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-chimpanzee-intelligence-genes-02060.html 5 comments science
- Feds Recognize Same-Sex Couples In Utah | 'The action means that more than 1,000 same-sex couples who were married in Utah in the last month can file federal taxes jointly, get Social Security benefits for spouses and request legal immigration status for partners, among other benefits.' http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyid=261399695&ft=1&f= 3 comments politics
- What is a 501(c)(4), anyway? (or "How political advocacy groups came to be allowed to operate as 'social welfare' groups to get tax free status and donor anonymity") http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/05/13/what-is-a-501c4-anyway/ 4 comments politics
- Shoes Show New Side to Roman Military - By looking at someone's shoes, you can tell a lot about the person wearing them. That adage rings true when looking at children's shoes from ancient Rome. Children of Roman military families wore footwear reflecting their social status. http://phys.org/news/2013-01-family-footwear-side-roman-military.html 5 comments history
- "social status can be a major driver of health in socially living animals, including humans" http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2012/08/21/social-position-drives-gene-regulation-of-the-immune-system/ 3 comments science
- New La. law: Sex offenders must list status on Facebook, other social media http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/20/tech/louisiana-sex-offenders-social-media/ 3 comments politics
- No, r3compile has it wrong. Capitalism fosters an environment where there's no checks on businesses' growth and allows them to reach monopoly status. Socialism's roll is to product consumers by never allowing a private entity to be larger than the democratically elected government. (With sources) http://libertarianalliance.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/robert-henderson-on-free-markets-and-monopoly-any-responses/ 13 comments politics
- Hukou, a system of hereditary residency rights, has created an urban underclass of poor workers who do not receive basic social welfare because they cannot change their status from "rural" to "urban". http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/08/19/in-the-city-but-not-of-the-city-the-myth-of-china-s-urbanisation/ 3 comments worldevents
- Who's the boss? Americans respond faster to those with high social status http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-boss-americans-faster-high-social.html 24 comments cogsci
- Study links teenage bullying to social status - it's the cool kids who bully, not the socially maladjusted http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-mean-girls-20110208,0,2746523.story 20 comments reddit.com
- There are myriad punishments for the losers of the free market that liberals can accept: less money, less vacation time, lower social status... But the denial of medical treatment should not be among those punishments. http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/ryan-and-redistribution 12 comments politics
- Social Status : The Frontal Cortex http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2009/12/social_status.php 23 comments cogsci
- Bullied Syrian schoolboy to sue Facebook over Tommy Robinson claims | Social network gave ‘special status’ to English Defence League founder, say solicitors https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/21/bullied-syrian-schoolboy-to-sue-facebook-over-tommy-robinson-claims 7 comments worldnews
- Lack of Social Mobility in US - American workers’ occupational status reflects that of their parents more than previously known, reaffirming more starkly that the lack of mobility in the United States is in large part due to the occupation of our parents, finds a new study. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/september/lack-of-social-mobility-more-of-an--occupational-hazard--than-pr.html 3 comments science
- Bonobo mothers pressure their children into having grandkids, just like humans. They do so overtly, sometimes fighting off rival males, bringing their sons into close range of fertile females, and using social rank to boost their sons' status. https://www.inverse.com/article/55984-bonobo-mothers-matchmaker-fighters 802 comments science