سيد علی ‎ syed ali

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

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

was hoping for a pony, but... thanks @ASAnews -- it was an honor to be involved with @contextsmag!

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

@DefectorMedia You think it could be because he’s Lebanese?

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

@IRSnews my check was stolen and your automated system won't let me report it how do I report it and get my money back?!?!

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

Srsly your life will be changed.

[Ben Tanzer @BenTanzer]

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.

https://t.co/j8JLkQD8EP

@skyedali

#thepeereffect
#workculture
#ultimatefrisbee
#culturalcapital
#newyorkcity

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

completely unsurprising reaction from @UVA, my alma mater. i'm sure a fiery statement is coming from @UVASociology, right?

[legalrealist (Bluesky: legalrealist.bsky.social) @legalrealist]

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.

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

@BenTanzer @manualofstyle @beyondzeropod @lcheuk that was very much a loving shout-out -- thank you!

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

I voted no to genocidal Joe

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

@LettaPage LOOK AT THAT THING THAT LETTA MADE SO GOOD!

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

Tomorrow at 6. Don’t be square!

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

Hey Chicago peeps: come out to see me and @BenTanzer talk about my book, The Peer Effect, at the seminary co-op bookstore! It's free! Impress your friends! Do it!

https://t.co/iNUwNaP03S

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

You all should read this -- it's short and impactful.

[Contexts Magazine @contextsmag]

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: https://t.co/8nAhL7M6rq

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

Hey Chicago peeps: come out to see me and @BenTanzer talk about my book, The Peer Effect, at the seminary co-op bookstore! It's free! Impress your friends! Do it!

https://t.co/iNUwNaP03S

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

This is going to be huge this man is a genius

[DEACTIVATED @thrasherxy]

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!

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

you should read this article i hear it's really good

[Contexts Magazine @contextsmag]

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: https://t.co/8nAhL7M6rq

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

I know this joint is just for dumpster fire stuff now, but look at this teapot and mug I made to make you take your tea more seriously.

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

Outtrain needs to be a #scrabble word, @MerriamWebster

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

obituary and postmortem of claudine gay's presidency at harvard. @thrasherxy on point, as usual.

[DEACTIVATED @thrasherxy]

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.

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

Hey #loftypigeonbooks can you put #thepeereffect in the window I’m a Brooklyn author yo

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

First book review for “The Peer Effect” in the Wall Street Journal.

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

Yet again, this is what happens if you’re critical of Israel.

[DEACTIVATED @thrasherxy]

OH FUCK -- "MSNBC cancels Mehdi Hasan’s show"

there it is, friends. the war machine has come for the best broadcaster on a mainstream network https://t.co/Sb9LSv4uXA

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

This wa a very good day in history.

[سيد علی ‎ syed ali @skyedali]

@arunNYC @thrasherxy @Eli_in_Brooklyn @adacalhoun At this point it’s the autobiographical travails of a late middle aged man forced to get up in the middle of the night, every nite