gonna be walking by this every day for the next month+ -- friends, hit me up if you're in Vienna!!

loafy cat loafy cat

I don’t know what language of thought means anymore and I’m too afraid to ask

the way I've ignored an easy revision to chill reviewer requests for like 6 months but will stay up all night analyzing brand new data ...

how the f is it May already

the number of times I say every week: unionizing is not, in and of itself, the end goal!!!

niche enjoyment I get from telling one piece fans that I've religiously kept up with one piece lore/analysis/updates/theories for like 10 years without having watched or read a single chapter of the manga/anime

proud of my old postdoc union at princeton getting our min salary raised from $54k to $65k in 2023 to now starting bargaining with a $95k proposal... what a power move 🤭

how is it snowing AGAIN

They double-booked a room for the "Healthy, Wise, Wealthy, Decision Making" and "Moral Machines" sessions at SPSP, but @williambrady.bsky.social exercised some masterful (& healthy & wise & moral & wealthy?) negotiation skills and we're now getting two sessions of talks in one 😊

this is my first SPSP and uh... I think it's my favorite conference now, wth

I sometimes dismiss Jane McAlevey as for newbies but then I do something stupid and hear her whisper "tsk tsk, no shortcuts" and it's like damn it yes you're right

one of my favorite things about running my own lab is that I get to ban overhead lights

that time of the year when I regret every thing I agreed to

excited to see ~300 faculty at this multi-day AAUP organizing training!!!

fun whiplash seeing linguistics mentioned in my dc metro feed (which one of you assigned this??)

I can't find my adhd meds bc I can't find my glasses and I can't find my glasses bc I didn't take my meds

the real civic education I need universities to give people (faculty included) is that there are a hundred different ways to implement governance & decision making and that elections + townhalls + committees doesn't automatically equal democracy!!!!

I wish someone had given me permission to be unhinged way earlier in life, but I'm happy I'm here now

travelers is such an underrated show

sometimes I worry I'll become desensitized and the rage will peter out. but not yet. nowhere near

omg I somehow got CENTER STAGE tickets to BTS in Baltimore I'm in shock

TOPA has many flaws but god DC tenant laws are so great, every other person I meet is like "when my building went through TOPA I became bffs with all of my neighbors and we set up our own systems for pet sitting, childcare, rent negotiations etc"

omg omg BTS is coming to Baltimore

what's happening on the other site is making me feel kinda hopeful

oh the psychological effects of very likely but not guaranteed conference deadline extensions (thank you SPP)

There should be a golden globe for the best my cat and it should go to my cat

a common reaction I'm noticing as I continue to organize (but now as faculty) is bemusement/surprise that I spend time doing things that don't further my career, especially as a new prof which, I understand to some extent, but it makes me sad. and if anything, it's made my resolve firmer

[wakes up] “I’m sorry, what”

man I really hope the new school survives

my salary doesn't keep up with rising rent, inflation, and data center- induced energy cost spikes so NO I don't want my university creating yet another AI center! I also think we shouldn't give up on climate change yet! and don't tell me you think AI will find a solution! wamu.org/story/25/12/...

some frightening stuff happening over on X tonight...

Banging this sign from now until I stand before the gates of Sto’vo’kor

I forgot about the very funny phenomenon that is dc facing literally any amount of snow

literally every time

on some days I'm convinced there's a distinctive phenomenology to thinking a thought and on other days I think that's ridiculous

how does one say no to things

it's not thanksgiving yet, hold the line

happy SPoOOp

the university email and ID I was given is judy at american dot edu and I think that's so funny, my log in for everything is just "judy"

one hopeful thought about academia is that a pretty good number of my friends are managing to secure faculty jobs even after sacrificing a lot of their PhD & postdoc time to union organizing

can't follow patterns to save my life so I just make weird little squigglies

🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026! We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same. Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!

I'm recruiting PhD students to join my new lab in Fall 2026! The Shared Minds Lab at @usc.edu will combine deep learning and ecological human neuroscience to better understand how we communicate our thoughts from one brain to another.

it's the season!!

ppl on the metro probably think I'm an elementary school teacher but no I'm just a poor first year prof trying to get students to feel less bad about this advanced stats and R exam at 8am 🥲

nice electric standing desks are such a game changer

just sold my car, SO excited to go back to a carless city life bless dc metro

As some of us have said for a long time