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So this is very bad.

Scholars who aren’t actually at risk of bearing the repercussions of the current sociopolitical landscape are so terrified of the mere specter of censorship that they will end up censoring marginalized scholars more efficiently than the president ever could.

This is very specific but I really hate when I sort of know something and vaguely remember reading it but can’t remember where and can’t find a source so I am incapable of defending my perspective 😩

Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting

New: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to continue terminating NIH grants relating to DEI, gender identity, and COVID. It's a 5–4 decision, with Roberts joining the liberals in dissent. From Justice Jackson's dissent👇 www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

“According to an analysis of federal data by The New York Times, as of mid-June the N.I.H. had terminated at least 616 projects focused on closing the health divide between Black and white, and rich and poor, Americans.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...

🎶Why are we as therapists so resistant to routine outcome monitoring of our treatment? 🎶

20 years of passport photos

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I am tired. Tired tired tired tired tired.

After a decade of insincere trolling about “isn’t college about being exposed to challenging ideas?” conservatives have gotten universities to install an anonymous and unaccountable Instantly Kill Your Professor button. Brown University… you are my Chump Of The Week

Got to speak to the Ohio Capital Journal about the psychological impacts of Native mascots last week - read their story here: ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/30/m...

New research led by Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Anna Fetter sheds light on how ethnic-racial identity (ERI) is experienced by Native American and Alaska Native students, with implications for use of a common ERI measure in research with these communities. ow.ly/ui3q50WuTP6 @annakawennison.bsky.social

Harvard has officially closed its office for LGBTQ life. They folded it into the office of culture and community. There are affinity support offices for veterans and religious students but not for LGBTQ students, students of color, or women. Absolute cowards. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Some GOOD news: The Supreme Court of the Muscogee Creek Nation has just ruled that Freedmen are tribal citizens!

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just allowed Trump to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The commission helps protect consumers from dangerous products. Trump fired the three Dems on the five-member commission in the middle of 7 year terms.

GlobalX is a charter airline that operates more than half the ICE deportation flights. At the same time the company flies Duke and UConn basketball, other NCAA teams, and pro clubs like Inter Miami and Lionel Messi. Corporate greed is enabling ICE. www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...

If you’re still subscribing to the New York Times I really don’t know what to say. See below for exhibit #3884829 of why you should not.

They’re going to replace undocumented immigrant labor with poor children

NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness." Thousands of scientists disagreed. We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇 projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation. Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants: 1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process. 2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers. 3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.

The Indian Health Service was established to fulfill the fed gov’s treaty responsibilities to provide health care to Native communities. It is already funded at HALF of its actual need, & Trump’s budget would cut IHS by $900 million. Call your rep now & spread the word: 5calls.org/issue/medica...

IMO now is the time to ramp up pressure on your reps, union leaders, professional agencies, etc. getting in bed with hate is a losing strategy and this moment is an opportunity

Spoiler: yes. Let’s be honest though, it’s not just the future, it’s the reality and the history of academia for marginalized scholars. This isn’t new, but it is ramping up. And we need to fight to protect a semblance of free scholarship now.

You will never convince me that throwing our trans and immigrant communities under the bus to appease hate is 1) morally justifiable 2) politically valuable. It’s neither. Political parties SHAPE social norms/narratives. We learn from one another what is okay. That’s social learning.

As if it’s not enough that Thom Tillis wants to strip health care from over half a million North Carolinians on Medicaid, now he’s coming after seniors by gutting Medicare. All to pay for billionaire tax breaks. We need a Senator who fights for us.

This is big yallllllllllll

We cannot build bananas in America.

The President's proposed FY26 budget would end funding for TRIO. This is the first signal of programs getting cut this year, and the question now is how widespread it will become.

It’s funny and very not funny to see how relatively quiet the Heterodox Academy ppl have predictably become in a moment when “open inquiry” is actively being censored by the fed gov.

I’m sure people are sick of stories of scientific censorship, but for what it’s worth, I’m going to share mine. This October, I submitted my first NIH grant proposal as a PI: a grant focused on Native college student mental health to the “IRINAH” initiative— the perfect fit for my research.

Our gov agencies are being forced to expend energy ensuring LGBTQ+ ppl are erased from even being acknowledged or counted in science rather than making meaningful improvements to our lives. As if the avg American believes COUNTING LGTBQ+ folks in science is a threat to our society right now.

I’m sure people are sick of stories of scientific censorship, but for what it’s worth, I’m going to share mine. This October, I submitted my first NIH grant proposal as a PI: a grant focused on Native college student mental health to the “IRINAH” initiative— the perfect fit for my research.

there are more than 3,500 child marriages a year in the US where 1/1000 trans kids get to medically transition. republicans have fought really hard on multiple occasions to keep one of those legal. guess which one!

Testifying tomorrow at a Senate hearing showcasing damage done to HHS by (personnel) terminations 3:00-4:30 convened by Senators Welch and Baldwin. With former leaders from CDC, SAMSHA< AHRQ, ACL (Admin. for Community Living) www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

Would love to see other fields follow suit and be unequivocal in their commitment to publishing science rather than colluding with political censorship 👀

All psychological research should value and center lived experience. Only among marginalized groups is it derided as “me-search”.

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

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🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release our client Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student unlawfully detained for advocating for Palestinian human rights. This is the first order mandating the release of a student arrested by Trump in retaliation for their speech.

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Tell your reps you like the rule of law

Y’all, I just found out my dissertation article focused on understanding the impact of historical loss for Native college students’ mental health and well-being is one of the Journal of Counseling Psychology’s top 20 most downloaded articles of all time 🤯

Closing rural post offices will do the same thing that closing rural schools has done: Empty out rural towns. Why? To sell off farmland for rock bottom prices to the oligarchs. Water and mineral rights and CAFOs polluting with impunity. It’s been the plan for decades.

"There are clear choices facing our profession. We can choose to remain silent and allow these acts to continue or we can stand for the rule of law and the values we hold dear."

Something I both love and hate about my brain is its capacity to be shocked by evil despite my constant awareness it exists. Sweet, sweet little human brain. Always hopeful.

Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites. Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote

‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff