It’s no surprise that also today a truly huge grassroots effort is delivering THOUSANDS of petitions for SB1 to be put to a public vote. From what I’m hearing, it’s been unpopular across parties and all over the state — but has been news to everyone not working in HE. Watch this space…

Ohio legislators passed SB1 this spring (despite massive outcry). It goes into effect today. Here’s a tiny sliver of what’s happening #highered #DEI Specifics: compliance.osu.edu/focus-areas/...

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing! We are looking to hire several positions including: - Event and volunteer coordination - Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media) - Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉) 🧵

To celebrate the end of #ica25, here are some massive cinnamon rolls. Of #python 🐍 #pythonista #herps #herping #pythons #invasive

If you’re leaving #ica25 today get to the airport early!!! It is CRAZY busy, even the Clear line is like 30m

It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

Our Joint Reception with Communication Science and Biology, Game Studies, and Information Systems is happening tonight right after our HMC Business Meeting!! When: 6pm, Sunday, June 15th Where: Centennial B (Regency 3) Why: Fun and Networking! 😎🤖🥂

If you just finished your #ica25 obligations for the day and are wondering--yes, #NoKings protest is ongoing at the Denver statehouse.

Presenting on AI at #ica25 and want to publish your paper? Consider submitting to the special issue, "How does AI change communication?", in the Journal of Language & Social Psychology. Coeditors are Bingjie Liu, Renwen Zhang, and myself. Abstracts due Aug. 1 journals.sagepub.com/page/jls/cal...

If you're at #ICA25, would love to see you at our Ohio State reception tonight 7:30-9:30 in the Hyatt Regency, Level 3, Mineral D.

In another of my semi-regular posts, for those who have recently gotten reviewer comments on qualitative studies (eg, #cscw2025) & want to know how to respond, check out this document that currently has 13 types of critiques of qual methods and ideas for responding. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Thanks to the panelists, moderator @dkreiss.bsky.social, and @icahdq.bsky.social for sponsoring the #ICA25 U.S. Academy Under Attack panel. Timely messages on sticking to our mission and sticking together while navigating these waters.

Headed to #ICA25! In the meantime, wondering if there are any #arachnologists or #scorpion experts out there who know the species of the critter below we found in Tuscany. Italian scorpion? #scorpions #invertebrates #arachnology #entomology 🦂

Be smarter than me and take the free 'mall ride' from Union Station to the hotels. #ica25. That was a long walk in the heat, with a backpack.

Listen up! It is baby bat season! Please, please, please keep your cat indoors overnight for next few weeks. Seeing multiple cat-damaged or killed bats, some with babies attached.😪 Bats can live >20 years and have just 1 baby/year, so now's a critical time. # bats #cats #conservation #wildlife 🦇

Happy #FrogFriday! Found a party of adorable marsh frogs in Thuringia, Germany. #herping #frogs #frog 🐸

It’s actually hard for me to imagine a more perfect nuclear weapon for kinship ties then the constant assumption of interpersonal recording without permission or consent. Is the atomic bomb of social cohesion.

🚨CFP Alert!🚨I'm one of the co-editors for the special issue "How Does Artificial Intelligence Change Communication?" for the Journal of Language & Social Psychology. Details in link. Please share. journals.sagepub.com/page/jls/cal... #academicsky #commsky

For #TurtleTuesday, here's a large friend I found in the middle of a blind curve in #Kentucky. Shell just under 2 ft long. I had to park and run back about a quarter mile, and unfortunately I saw him get clipped by a truck before I got there. But, he was still moving... #turtles #herps 🐢

Eurasian magpies always look sharp. #birds #corvids #magpies #gdansk

One bright side to being forced to live in an AI slop tornado is now I see my artistic mistakes as incredibly endearing. The human machine of my body made that weird line. My worst day of drawing is completely untouchably better than anything AI will ever produce until the heat death of the universe

I understand the overworked prof better than most, but as institutions, schools are going to have to play a longer game—widespread adoption of these tools by profs is going to devalue what they are selling. Destabilizing education is part of their overall fascist project.

If this isn't a cautionary warning for academics then I don't know what is. You are putting yourself one step closer to unemployment each time you use AI to write an email, synthesize literature, code any data, use the socratic method to organize ideas, or write syllabi, lectures & papers.

My calendar tells me it's International Pygmy Hippo Day, so I needed to pay tribute with a collage of Moo Deng refusing to obey in advance, yelling in the face of her oppressors and causing good trouble

Terrible news for #wildlife and nature lovers, especially #birds and #birders. Due to a lack of funding, the visitors' center is closing and many services will be ending at the vital Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. Any rich bird-loving benefactors out there?🐦 www.fws.gov/refuge/bueno...

WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language. The results tell us a lot! Extracts below... 🧵

Have you seen any turtles yet this year? Let us know! Post the date you saw your first turtle this year, roughly where you saw it, and hashtag it #FirstTurtle . Tell us the type if you know it, and post a pic if you like. Don’t give the exact location of endangered turtles – they need their privacy!

Enjoyed having ornate tree lizards as roommates during my fieldwork. They always found clever places to blend in! #lizards #herps #sonorandesert #swarizona

Deadline is Sunday!

Haven't found any #Arizona toads yet for #ToadallyTuesday. I don't know if there's a #lizard post day, but here's a Greater Earless Lizard. #SouthernAZ #herps #lizards #herpetology

Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations

PSA for academic researchers: Now is a good time to consider who has access to--and who is in control of--your research files. We must do what we can to protect participant information and science more broadly from bad actors and interference. #AcademicSky #commsky

Following Ohio’s SB1 (the anti-diversity & inclusion, anti-tenure, anti-strike legislation for higher ed)? the Harding (overflow) room at the Statehouse is already almost full! Live testimonies also at ohiochannel.org/live/ohio-se... Bill overview here: www.legislature.ohio.gov/download?key...

When you find out the NCA deadline has magically moved 5 days earlier than it was in January #nca25 💀

BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy. Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐 www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social

“In Germany in the 1930s, scientific institutions and societies failed at every level to offer any significant resistance to Nazism. …The scientific community needs to speak up – not just for the sake of science, but of human decency, dignity and morality.” www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

International Love Data Week is coming in February! Some of the free public events & workshops include: *Python *R *Github *Tableau (data visualization) *Free tools for qual data analysis *social media data ethics *data sovereignty #LoveData25 www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/about/cm...

✨New research: An exploratory analysis of how text network analysis can be used to analyze conversations between online-first chat partners. TLDR: Lots of positively valenced words in very little time! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IS7YD...

I missed #SnakeSunday, so I'm going to declare today #WigglyWednesday. It's super cold here in Ohio, so here's a picture of a cute little scarlet snake trying to snuggle with me on a chilly 65 degree evening in south Florida. #herps #snakes #herpetology #herping #Everglades

I'm sure everyone cheering the return of #TikTok is fully informed on the issue, but if not you might want to read @propublica.org 's reporting and eat your party hat

Happy #FrogFriday! Here's a Southern Leopard frog we spotted in Florida to leap into the weekend with 🐸 #frogs #amphibians #herps #herpetology #everglades

⌛ Only TWO weeks until the preconference submission deadline! Are you ready to engage with a vibrant community of HMC scholars? Submit your papers by January 31st and join the intellectual feast 🧠!! (There will be real food there too 🥗🍉). cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.o...

We need a federal data privacy law now. Or we’ll continue down the road of a piecemeal strategy of banning popular foreign apps, while the US data broker industry continues to monetize the data of all Americans, mostly without our consent or notice. #AIBillofRights

NEW: I've obtained internal Meta docs revealing an array of sample posts that are now allowed under new hate speech rules. Examples include calling children "trannies," “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians," and “immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit” theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...

☎️ Calling all early career scholars! Want to talk casually to an #ICAMobile senior scholar about a mobile communication project you're working on (at any stage)? Fill out this form by January 21st + we'll match you with a senior scholar to provide feedback on your project: forms.gle/YTA5qEXKhLen...

People don't talk about bats enough. There are over 1,400 species and they are the second numerous order of mammals. They are seed dispersers, pollinators, and pest controllers. Their age to size ratio is well off the charts living on average three times longer than expected. Talk more about bats. 🦇

For #ToadallyTuesday, here's a stout li'l Southern toad in the Everglades. I love how unflappable they are when you approach them. 🐸 #toads #herps #herping

Say it with me: "If you collect the data, you better have a plan for what happens when it's leaked." Furthermore, the data broker industry must be destroyed. www.404media.co/hackers-clai...

From Retraction Watch: Finland Publication Forum downgrades MDPI and Frontiers journals to level 0 based on pay-for play model, as they "aim to increase the number of publications with the minimum time spend for editorial work and quality assessment.” retractionwatch.com/2024/12/24/f...

I learned a lot from this book--check it out! #SupportVets #SupportWomenVets