Watch this and you see it: mobility isn’t just wheels. It’s the person who fitted the cart, the friend running alongside, the community that decided this dog gets to feel sand and salt air too. Joy like this is built. #HumanTogether

A child somewhere is going to get sick from something we already knew how to prevent. Not because science and medicine failed. But because we’re seriously living through a campaign against knowing things … against expertise, against evidence. Children will pay that bill first. 🧵

We love the story of the “resilient” child. It’s a comforting myth. But decades of developmental science, Ann Masten’s work especially, tells a different story: resilience isn’t a trait stashed inside a person. It’s what emerges when a person meets the right conditions. #HumanTogether 🧵

That’s cognitive reframing, and honestly? It’s working on me. 🍪 #HumanTogether

The evidence behind school-based social-emotional learning is solid. Denmark’s model is a good example. The framing here is a bit viral, but the underlying finding is real: connection skills can be taught, and when schools prioritize them, communities get safer. #HumanTogether

A kid can have 800 followers and no one to eat lunch with. That’s the world we built. We can build a different one.

What’s potentially happening tonight with Iran isn’t abstract. A leader threatening to erase a whole civilization should alarm every one of us, regardless of where we stand politically. 🧵

I keep coming back to this: most of us are just trying to do something decent in a complicated world. When we remember that about each other, things tend to go better. Not perfect. Just… better. #HumanTogether

It’s a long weekend. For many, a sacred one. And yet the news doesn’t pause, the anxiety doesn’t pause, the weight doesn’t pause. 🧵

We were never meant to do this alone. Connection isn’t a luxury or a personality trait. It’s a biological need. Here’s what psychology tells us about why — and what happens when that need goes unmet: 🧵

As a psychologist who studies trauma, I see a familiar pattern: systems stop protecting people and start managing them. And who gets treated as a criminal changes with it. #HumanTogether

The most dangerous part isn’t the camps. It’s everything that had to feel “normal” to get there. #HumanTogether

9 million showed up. The bigger story? Tens of millions are realizing they could. #HumanTogether

People power isn’t loud because it’s chaotic. It’s loud because it’s collective.

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It's official. We made history.

Take a look at the face of hate. Tennessee is being terrible to its own people again. When a state starts building systems to monitor deeply personal healthcare decisions, that is not “good governance.” That is cruelty with paperwork. We need to #HumanTogether

Powerful #HumanTogether

It’s No Kings Day and we are GOING OUT TODAY. Before you do eat a real breakfast. Not a granola bar over the sink 😉 You’re about to make history and you need fuel. Wear comfortable shoes. Give yourself extra time to get there, especially if you’re heading to St. Paul. Check your

You can add friction. You can’t stop momentum. People are still getting to the No Kings protest. #HumanTogether

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Hmm. If your information comes in curated montages, everything can be made to look humane. That doesn’t mean it reflects what people are actually experiencing. #HumanTogether

Just crazy-making.

As a psychologist, I think celebrating this kind of behavior—even as a joke—elevates the same disrespect for humanity that got us where we are. #HumanTogether

I’ll be there—with my gingerbread man inflatable. Joy matters. Visibility matters. Showing up matters. Let’s #humantogether. #NoKings

Not strategy. Just spaghetti-on-the-wall jurisprudence. #HumanTogether

As a psychologist, I think seeing harm to pets often makes the impact more concrete. It brings the reality of harm home in a way statistics can’t. #HumanTogether

We were regular CBS viewers. We left. Audience trust isn’t elastic. Once it breaks, it doesn’t snap back. #HumanTogether

We don’t build strong societies by making everyday people feel like potential targets. We build them by creating conditions where people feel safe enough to be human together. #HumanTogether

Weakening the people who sustain you is a countdown to killing the engine that made you rich. Mind blowing. #HumanTogether

It was only a matter of time. When systems are run chaotically, instability spreads. As a psychologist, I see this as predictable: sustained unpredictability increases risk, miscalculation, and stress at every level, including global ones. #HumanTogether

We’re not “saving money” here. We’re moving the cost into people’s bodies, lifestyles, and children. #HumanTogether

As a psychologist who studies systems and human capacity: this is predictable. Give people a tool that increases efficiency, and systems rarely return time—they raise expectations. So AI won’t fix faculty overload. It’ll likely redefine what “not overloaded” means. #HumanTogether

The First Amendment won in court. That’s not small. Credit to the journalists and attorneys who made it happen. Now comes the harder part: making sure that victory actually holds. #HumanTogether

No kings. Not in title, not in tone, not in behavior. Healthy systems don’t concentrate power. They distribute it, question it, and hold it accountable. That’s not politics. That’s how humans function best. #NoKings #HumanTogether

You don’t solve a TSA staffing crisis by swapping in a different agency with a different mission and different training. That’s not “support.” That’s improvising security protocols at the busiest airports in the world. #HumanTogether

From a trauma-informed perspective, unpredictability like this erodes psychological safety fast. People don’t know what to believe, so they stop engaging. That’s not leadership, it’s destabilization. #HumanTogether

Yes and… … from a developmental perspective, the bigger issue is whether we build curiosity and engagement early on. If students learn to disengage, more content later doesn’t solve it. It’s the system! #HumanTogether

You don’t have to be an activist to show up. You just have to decide to be there. One hour. One sign. One voice. That’s how this grows. #HumanTogether

Public service announcement. You’re welcome. The “voter ID” bill isn’t just ID: • ~21M Americans don’t have easy access to citizenship docs • ~50% don’t have a passport • Up to 69M women have name mismatches across documents It’s more than “show your ID.” #HumanTogether

“Cause millions of dollars in improvements” is the most optimistic description of a tornado I’ve ever seen. #HumanTogether

Interesting contrast: Many Oscar speeches last night were about empathy and humanity. Here’s a small example of that principle in action. Acknowledge a human mistake, improve the safeguards, and move forward. #HumanTogether

As a psychologist working on trauma-informed systems, I know healthy systems require boundaries. These are the minimum: 1. Accept election results 2. Reject political violence 3. No using office for personal gain 4. Protect constitutional rights 5. Treat fellow citizens as legitimate

Psychologist here. Imagine a world where the energy that powers our lives doesn’t also power geopolitical conflict. The clean energy transition might be the closest thing we have to a global olive branch. #HumanTogether

Psychologist here. My brain has been running the “picked the wrong week…” scene on repeat for months. #HumanTogether

Foreign policy logic: Step 1: Imagine the worst-case scenario. Step 2: Treat it as inevitable. Step 3: Call the resulting war “preventive.” #HumanTogether

They thought these policies would divide people. Instead they’re bringing Americans together. #HumanTogether

America right now: chaotic. This tiny dog waiting for the school bus: holding the whole country together. #HumanTogether