This was shit we were fighting twenty years ago. More than that, actually.

Things down here are, to my knowledge, the most extreme example of higher education censorship currently in force. They’ve banned almost all content on sexual orientation and gender in teaching, and, in a startling low, grad student research. It’s unconscionable, offensive, and wrong.

Letter from the TTU AAUP executive committee in response to the latest round of censorship and phase-outs of courses and programs. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

*This* is how you Wreck ‘em, Tech. I applaud TTU AAUP and am proud of my high school classmate Dr. Geiger!

*talking to teenage militant atheist self* current me: okay so there’s a big fight between the government and the catholic church teenage me: got it, so we’re obviously on the side of the government current me: I, uh, you might want to sit down for this one

Personal (not professional or employee) take, might delete later: The situation at Texas Tech is, frankly, disgusting. It’s offensive, fascist, and it lays bare the reality of our broken system. If this survives inevitable court challenge, we will no longer be an institution of higher education.

TTU just released a memo institutionalizing censorship. As a grad student researching gender minority mental health and suicide prevention at TTU, I see this as an attack on academic integrity & professional readiness. Sharing some/a lot of thoughts as I make sense of this mess🧵(opinions my own)

🏳️‍⚧️ On this Trans Day of Visibility, a gentle reminder that no one owes you their story. Visibility matters, and it’s wonderful when people can live authentically and share that with the world. If you can’t do that today, you are still a valued and important member of the community. Stay safe 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

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Oh look, something not shocking at all.

Katie Dixon-Gordon @katieleedg.bsky.social is hiring for a full time research assistant! A great opportunity to work on suicide prevention and DBT research: careers.umass.edu/jobs/technic...

New Research Alert! 🚨 Our findings highlight the link between negative emotion differentiation and negative affect inertia & variability during EMA among adults at high risk for suicide. w/ the best team @sarahevictor.bsky.social @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social (and others not on Bluesky)

Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities. But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham. It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why: 🧵1/

Leading psychiatrists are 'alarmed' that gender clinics refused to uphold really basic responsibilities of data stewardship, privacy and informed consent for research. Trans communities do not hate research. We hate bad faith research designed to harm communities. 1/3

To my Canadian friends, an acquaintance started a petition to allow US transgender citizens to claim refugee status here. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... If you’re Canadian please sign it. If you’re not, please share ❤️

Info needed! Has our team’s work changed how you teach, research, or mentor? I’m working on an award app and I’d be grateful to know how our work is being used, esp. related to training students and consideration of lived identities/ experiences. email is first dot last at TTU dot edu. Thanks!

Congratulations to the folks receiving their matches today! If you’re headed to Phase Two, you are still amazing, worthy, and capable. You got this.

Everything is on fire, but let me take a second to send good vibes to everyone awaiting Match Day this week. Y’all have worked so hard, and no matter what Friday brings, you will be ok.

Please see all the well-funded and impactful women scientists at Harvard and MIT who somehow did it without friendly lunches with a post-conviction Epstein.

Why is anyone at all surprised?

I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.

Last call! 📣 @texastech.bsky.social @tlpdc-ttu.bsky.social @texastechlib.bsky.social #NIH #LoanRepayment

My city just announced that library warming centers will close early due to…winter weather. Make it make sense.

I didn’t make any new year’s resolutions on 1/1. Now, sitting here on day six of combo strep throat and head cold, I am making two for 2026: 1) don’t work on sick days, and 2) teach our 3.5 year old how to cover his sneezes (with something other than my face).

Faculty governance is a myth. even at my CA school, admin make the final call always, but then emphasize that they listen to input and agree with faculty most of the time, which is not the same thing As true shared governance.

Yesterday my kid (3.5 yo) told us he had to go upstairs first “because I’m the expert!” Today he called me over excitedly to show me his blocks. We apparently created a tiny psychology professor 😂

Reflecting on the past semester, I’m so proud of my students’ perseverance, especially given the absolutely horrifying policy changes coming down from the Chancellor’s office at our university. Our students deserve so much better. [my personal views very obviously do not represent my institution]

Strong message from @newyorkstateag.bsky.social directly to transgender youth and their families. Allies across the country are doing all they can to stand with trans youth, and our community will survive these outrageous attacks from the Trump administration.

The Yale LGBTQ MHI is excited to share that, in partnership with CenterLink, we are now offering new virtual training opportunities in LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy, with continued education credits from APA and NASW. Student/provider discounts and student scholarships available.

The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure

University accessibility programs will have you take a two-hour training every year but not have the money/initiative to fix the only elevator in the building after a month.

Congrats to Amanda on publishing one of her thesis papers! 🥳 @sarahevictor.bsky.social 📰 Between Urges and Actions: Unpacking Affective Dynamics in NSSI 📰 Get your copy! authors.elsevier.com/c/1m5ih_8RBg... @abct-ssi-sig.bsky.social @iasr-suicide.bsky.social @suicideresearchsym.bsky.social

Tuesday's Law & Mental Health Series includes the fantastic @evanauguste.bsky.social & Mark Bolden discussing historical & ethical issues in Forensic Psychology through the lens of Black Psychology! #PsychLaw Free webinar w/ Free CEUs: hsc-unm.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her. May her memory continue to always be a blessing.

New TRTL paper out in Behavior Therapy! Interested in NSSI urges and behaviors in daily life? Check out this work by my stellar student Amanda Bianco examining affective dynamics in relation to NSSI in young adults! Free at the share link here! authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5ih_8RBg...

It has been a genuine joy to see so many colleagues and friends at IASR this year. It’s easy to stay mired in despair given the state of the world, but I’m glad I was able to take a break from doomscrolling to learn from and connect with so many awesome people here!

“This decision will cause immediate, widespread, and irreparable harm to all those who are being denied accurate identity documents,” said Jessie Rossman, legal director of the @aclum.bsky.social

📢 Hiring! 📢 We have a Professor of Practice position open (non-tenure-track teaching and clinical supervision position)! Apps are due 12/1. The salary is commensurate with that of tenure-track faculty. Here is the link to the ad! sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

This is how it's done: put the truth right there in the headline and sub headline.

@kevinmking.bsky.social please tell me good things are coming to these students and prof!

I am barely on this app, because of *gestures wildly* life, the universe, and everything, but I should announce that I plan to review apps for clinical psychology PhD admissions this cycle! Please read my website for more info! www.sarahevictor.com/contact

I was so happy to talk with our local @npr.org station for National Suicide Prevention Week. Dr. @sarahevictor.bsky.social also provided excellent insights. #SuicidePrevention #SuicideAwareness radio.kttz.org/2025-09-12/r...

✨ The Quant Family Collective (QFC) is a mentorship and community network aimed at providing resources and support to trainees and researchers in psychology learning advanced quantitative methods.

I am barely on here, but want to reconnect and be more aware of discussions within the field happening here. I’m having trouble weeding through folks’ reposts. Is there no way to continue to follow a person but stop seeing reposts? All I see is mute or block but I want new posts, just not reposts…

Pleased that the deadline is extended to end of July, submission notifications should be before then!

Hey @iasr-suicide.bsky.social @afspnational.bsky.social, I am eager to register for the Summit by your early bird deadline of July 1, but you haven’t told us if our work is accepted to present yet! Abstract guidelines said we’d hear in June…is that still the plan?

📰 We have a new publication! 📰 Check it out! Hazardous Drinking Amplifies the Association Between Emotion-Based Impulsivity and Negative Thoughts Related to Suicide Ideation Among Adults doi.org/10.1080/1381... @sarahevictor.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @texastech.bsky.social

Care about suicide research? Then you should care about how we measure suicide-related constructs! Very proud to share this viewpoint led by @kirstenchristensen.bsky.social, recently accepted at J Psychopathology and Clinical Science 🥳 osf.io/preprints/ps...

Suicide scholars: looking for peer review opportunities? I’m a new Associate Editor at SLTB and I’d love to send reviews your way (especially to early career folks who want/need the experience!). Feel free to reply below with areas of expertise (and affiliation if I’m not aware).