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Interesting. Excited to share this in class this week and discuss with my students.

To see if students in my online class are reading my announcements, I added an extra credit opportunity. This time I asked them to tell me something that made them happy over the week and now I'm smiling reading them all! Highly recommend :)

Say it often, say it loud: "Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

Y'all it happened! For the first time I ever I had a full office hour session. Multiple students came and they came for the entirety of my office hours! I even had to have some wait outside for a few minutes. Living the dream :)

The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.

I remember when I was looking a daycares for my oldest, anytime they mentioned the words "curriculum" "rigor" or "academic standards" I just immediately walked out.

"Censorship and its chilling effect on free speech have no place on campus" is a unique choice of words when your administration just fired a Professor for utilizing free speech. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Looks like the first amendment is now officially meaningless. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

This is a problem we already know how to solve we just won't implement any of the changes necessary because the people in charge either don't know anything about education or will only listen to data that doesn't accurately portray learning. www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/u...

A few years ago @aekelly.bsky.social asked me to help with a project to have students contribute to an OER on underrepresented historical figures in Psychology. Students enjoyed the process and it led to greater feelings of pride, enjoyment, and positive feelings about writing! tinyurl.com/29rm2ju8

Last semester I learned it was commonplace for my students to track their roommates and friends on Life360. I was flabbergasted! They were shocked that I was shocked. That's when I learned I was in a minority of people who have never used Life360 or similar programs and I was considered weird for it

Nevada put forth a lot of new laws/ordinances this week. Two stand out: 1) school buses will now have cameras that can ticket drivers who pass when stopped and flashing 2) schools and universities can not replace counselors and psychologists with AI Way to go Nevada! www.rgj.com/story/news/p...

This is the epitome of who he is. Paving over beauty for no reason other than he can.

Just opened The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker & wow starting strong "In democracies, the freedom to assemble is one of the foundational rights granted to every individual. In countries descending into authoritarianism, one of the first things to go is the right to assemble."

This could be a great time to use mixed age classrooms. If middle schoolers had the opportunity to mentor and help younger students it might be a slightly easier time for them.

Interesting...Excited to see a focus on students. Will be interesting to see how this plays out. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

It should be illegal to send out college/grad school acceptances and then say "oops we didn't mean too, you're not actually accepted". At the very least they should be forced to take those students still.

Two books came due on Libby at the same time and I can't decide. If anyone has read one or both can you help me decide which to read. It's Chain-Gang All Stars vs. The Will of the Many. I will end up reading both, just need help deciding which to read first.

But her emails...

This is intentional. They're trying to make access to higher education only available to a certain demographic of people again.

I know it's a s*** show out there right now, but it was new planner release day from my favorite planner (bit.ly/4iFDCaS) and I'm going to ride that high all day!

Power and Money

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Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology, is proud to announce that it has reached the milestone of inducting its 900,000th lifetime member! 🎉 ✨ www.psichi.org/page/900KMem...

Alright y'all, as the possibility of losing our jobs gets closer and closer each day what are we planning as a backup? Are we still opening bakeries, coffee shops? What's next?

I got dress coded when my completely in dress code shirt rode up my back for 10 seconds while I put my back back on after lunch.

I don't think there are a lot of students on here yet, but if there are please know that if you're sick and need to reschedule a meeting with a professor it is totally acceptable to just reschedule, you don't need to switch to Zoom. Take the time to rest, we reschedule meetings ALL THE TIME.

so you’re navigating the institutionally sanctioned collapse of your profession for the first time! here are some pro tips from a historian:

When universities lose this amount of funding, they are going to need to find that funding elsewhere. The tuition dollars you think are already astronomically high will get to an impossible to pay level as the university system collapses.

8. It is difficult to overstate what a catastrophe this will be for the US research and education systems, particular in biomedical fields. It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses. The goal is destroy US universities.

I guess we no longer have freedom of speech or freedom of press.

To my fellow first gen academics whose family is continuing to say you're overreacting or "sorry you're having a hard time at work" with complete lack of understanding. I see you. You're not overreacting, and it's not just a bad day at work. This is hard.

My 6yo just learned it's the last day of January and said "wow, it went by so fast, I guess time flies when you're having fun" and I think he's had a wildly different January than the rest of us.

Psychology got its start in Germany in the late 1800s early 1900s and was very prolific there for a time. Then during WWII, the hub of psychology moved to the U.S. as many psychologists had to flee Germany. 1/2

I made the switch to Libby a few years ago and I have never once missed Audible.

I don't answer phone calls. The phone in my office transcribes voicemail into email and then I just emailed people back.

One article rejection earlier this week, and one article acceptance today! Academia is wild.

Students come back next week and though I'll miss the no traffic and no lines for food, I'm excited for the buzz and hum of first week campus. My goal this semester is to keep that excitement up as long as possible 🤞

What's considered classy if you're rich but trashy if you're poor? Committing crimes.

If you're making a switch in your reading tracking app right now in light of this, I highly recommend @thestorygraph.com. It's owned by a black woman and it is incredible. It fills my stats loving brain with so much happiness, there are tons of graphs (hence the name).

Ah, but an educated public is not a controllable public.

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

I don't think enough conversation is centered around the destructive nature of the 24/7 news cycle and how tying the press to capitalism has helped destroy society.

Why aren't we talking more about addiction to screentime? And what aren't we regulating it in children?

When the students are stressed and near burnout, bring your dog into class!! I had to bring her for other reasons but the students requested her!!

As the semester wraps up, burnout is a reality for both students and professors. This time of year often pushes us all to our limits, but it’s also a reminder to prioritize ourselves and model healthy boundaries for our students.

Not only has it been historically low, it also hovers around the exact same percentage every year. It's almost as if it's intentional.

Random thought of the day: why haven't any rich people tried to fight misinformation/disinformation? Where are the millionaires and billionaires creating reputable news again hiring legitimate journalists and getting us back to Cronkite type reporting and away from clickbait and propaganda?