This extraordinary photo captures federal immigration agents immobilizing a protester on the ground and spraying chemical irritant into his face. It runs on the front page of tonight's Minneapolis @startribune.com. It reminds me of the brutality used against civil rights protesters in the 1960s.

ALERT: Congress may flat-fund science, but Vought, Bhattacharya, Memoli & RFK still have a bag of dirty tricks: impoundment, multi-year funding, termination of programs, appointment of cronies to leadership, changes in scientific review to ratfuck research in America. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...

Santa Fe is doing a walking vigil around the Roundhouse, Saturday from 2-4. 🚫👑💙🇺🇸 www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

#tdih 1966 Vernon Dahmer killed when home (family inside) was firebombed by KKK. 💔 Day before, he'd offered to pay poll tax for anyone who couldn't afford to register to vote. #Terrorism This was year after '65 VRA, still poll tax in local Miss. elections.🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ve...

Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n... 1/3

The NEW LIST OF PROHIBITED TERMS . . . www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n... #AcademicSky #BlackSky #8647

“One of the world’s largest academic publishers is selling a book on the ethics of AI intelligence research that appears to be riddled with fake citations, including references to journals that do not exist.” www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a... #AI #academicsky #publishing

In case you know someone who should read this: I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I'm Actually a Really Good Person www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...

Using Jmail, you can read thousands of Jeffrey Epstein's emails in a familiar format. Use the star function to highlight notable finds. wrd.cm/49u9pdF

New on the Baby Blog - Could a toddler lose their keys? Proactive interference says yes by @ckoolh.bsky.social, Zane Mourad and @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social infantstudies.org/title-could-... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #memory

I got a similar message. My study section is being rescheduled for 2 partial days in January. Only 1/3 of grants will be discussed.

HAPPY PHILOSO-WEEN 🎃👻 #philsky #academicsky #edusky ALT TEXT...

Join APS on November 5 for a free workshop on science writing and storytelling. Learn tips for engaging and accessible science communication and make sure to bring your questions! #SciComm #AcademicSky https://instats.org/seminar/science-writing-and-storytelling

Have a student considering applying to Lehigh for graduate school? The CAS application fee is waived (!!!) if they submit their application between Nov 3rd and Nov 8th or between Dec 1st and Dec 6th! If they have questions, please direct them to email [email protected]! #psychologyphd #gradschool

We are getting ready for the Rutgers Symposium on Learning IV on November 9th!! See the amazing lineup of speakers and webinar info here: sites.rutgers.edu/symposium-le... In person last-minute walk-ins available 😉

I'm attending “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

One week from right now, millions of Americans will gather in every state for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history. Join your local No Kings Day event to make it clear that We The People won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Faculty colleagues, please let your students know about our PhD program in Developmental and Brain Sciences at UMass Boston! Online info session coming up on 10/22 at 4.30 pm. Applications are due 12/1/25 www.umb.edu/academics/pr... #devpsych #devsky #AcademicSky

If you read this 2018 Paris Review interview with the Hungarian author, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature today, you will want to read his books teogrigoriadis.blogspot.com/2018/06/lasz...

Have you ever wondered whether going to school IN AND OF ITSELF improves children’s thinking skills? We found that it does! But not by much (about 1/4 standard deviations). Meta-analysis with Jamie Donenfeld and @erikblaser.bsky.social #DevPsySky #PsySciSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

IT’S OFFICIAL: We now have more protests planned for October 18 than there were back in June. It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map. We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

“Anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage. Trans people are afraid to leave the country, let alone leave their houses. The right-wing ecosystem has gladly spent years creating these conditions, while Democrats have by turns avoided saying anything about them at all” 😞 👉🏻 archive.ph/ewBhT

💰🦓 Viktor Orbán’s €30M Hatvanpuszta family dacha (ex-Habsburg estate) with zebras and antelopes around is now global news (New York Post etc.) after dominating 🇭🇺 media all summer. The world can see how “pro-family conservatism” simply masks classic post-Soviet kleptocracy. 🎥 by @telexhu.bsky.social

Children’s reasoning about possible outcomes of events in the present and the future 📣 Work by Esra N. Turan-Küçük & Melissa M. Kibbe

This is really excellent on our understandings of - and the reality of - intergenerational inequality.

Some universities think they can buy protection

“It was a delight to catch a glimpse of Khalil in the throes of laughter. He laughed as though each laugh were a physical vessel urgently exiting his body, or a secret he’d held for so long that it had forced its way out.”

"Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy ..., was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents threw canisters of tear gas at them"

🚨🚨🚨 IT GETS WORSE 😳 "Kristi Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN." Story: www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...

🧪 Translation for NSF folks: Yesterday's SCOTUS decision will likely soon result in these previously blocked actions: -elimination of NSF divisions as an org unit -closing Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM, firing its staff Can still be challenged in court (see below). But still 🤯🤯🤯

Shameless self-promotion #DevPsy #PhdSky #PsychSciSky

When birds saw humans give an injured bird special treatment.😅

300+ person die-in outside Rep Fitzpatrick’s office opposing the billionaire giveaway 👇👇👇

"But just some friendly advice, definitely publish fifteen articles in journals that charge at least $4,000 for an annual individual subscription." Introducing Our University's New, Totally Reasonable Criteria for Promotion and Tenure www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/int...

(Unfortunately very timely) write-up by YaleNews on our study regarding pervasive anti-foreigner biases and their association with consequential ballot initiatives: news.yale.edu/2025/07/02/b...

#Palantir goes full fourth Reich.

This month has been a powerful reminder of why we must keep showing up for our LGBTQ+ community. Know that I see you, celebrate you, and this office has your back.

If you agree with our 5 requests to our universities, please sign 🖊️ the open letter and don’t forget to confirm your email! ☺️🙏 openletter.earth/open-letter-...

This is what the fight against autocracy looks like!! Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orban’s Ban www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...

This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

If you have R Senators, calling them over the next few days is key. Reps.fyi

I'm pretty sure no police face recognition system can handle this

More than 50,000 people showed up for the 30. Budapest Pride, despite months of governmental threats www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!! The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children. Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads. Start: Fall 2025 or later. Details: [email protected] RTs appreciated 💫

I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12

As always, spot on: Signs the Frog Has Been Boiled www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...