Texas is on the front lines of the fight against government suppression of academic inquiry. We must continue to hold the line against those who wish to control the range of topics that can be taught in the classroom. Keep fighting. Our democracy depends on it. @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org

This, from Ada Palmer as part of The Chronicle's survey of 11 scholars on the future of higher ed, is what I needed to end the week.

me every single day

School psychology scholars: we have a job opening. We are Canadian and very nice humans. You can contact me for more info. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...

It’s been 14 years since 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was pursued, shot, and killed by an armed vigilante while walking home from a Florida convenience store. Trayvon’s family have not received justice—in part, due to Florida’s Shoot First law, which essentially gives people a license to kill. 🧵

The school president advised Columbia community members to not let federal agents into non-public areas of the campus.

The Youth Suicide Research Consortium will hold its first ever in-person/hybrid conference (and 6th overall conference) July 7-9, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY, at @nyutandon.bsky.social. Submit an abstract and/or register for free at www.youthsuicideresearch.org/conferences

If you have any idea what I do, you know I can talk endlessly about ice hockey -- er, I mean about the depiction of suicide in popular entertainment. Here are my thoughts on the way suicide loss is handled in "Heated Rivalry," from @afspnational.bsky.social's Real Stories blog.

Reviewing some old links before deleting my Twitter account I was reminded of "Civil disobedience in scientific authorship: Resistance and insubordination in science" (doi.org/10.1080/0898...) which contains a great table on deciding authorship order:

"Once the prophecies of the strategic initiative have been brought to fulfillment, budget deficits will shrink, prestige and reputation will grow, that weird smell on the first floor of the student center will dissipate, and you’ll never be frazzled or beleaguered again."

The Epstein documents released weeks ago are full of university administrators, professors, and trustees. With students demanding transparency and accountability from their schools, academia faces a nationwide reckoning over how it courts and indulges deep-pocketed benefactors.

This NH bill would ban students from learning "dialectical worldviews." I'm assuming this is meant to prevent students from students from learning about Marx, but would have the by-product of making #DBT skills illegal to teach in NH schools. #schoolpsych newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/19/h...

If anyone needs a meta-science project... a review showing the number of suicide prediction papers that don't report PPV statistics would be nice.

Deep, well sourced, moving, and enraging story from the NYT [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

This is more than 10.5 NIH budgets. Absolutely outrageous when they gutted NSF and destroyed USAID. For what?

What is being labeled “controversial” today is the very knowledge Texas will need to survive tomorrow. The question is no longer whether higher education can be saved as it is. The question is whether we are ready to imagine—and build—what comes next. Important op-ed in the @texasobserver.org.

Sorry I missed this the other day. New Hampshire Republicans are literally banning the teaching of dialectical thought. What a world. (Bill passed House, now goes to Senate with GOP majority, and then to GOP governor.) newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/19/h...

i've decided not to listen to the audio of a teacher reporting a kindergartender because frankly I don't want to become the person that that event would turn me into. but one thing I hope we are collectively coming to grips with is what it meant that we have lived among such people this whole time

And the male suicide rate in the US is even higher if I’m not mistaken. 😞 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Is there a clinical use for suicide risk scales to predict suicides? Sobering truth: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Adolescents with persistent self-harm and high-risk behaviours often need more than standard outpatient care. This new Prof Francisco Musich acamh blog outlines how DBT-A’s multi-component model can support risk, relationships, and emotion regulation. https://bit.ly/49MQRUu

my attempt at purchasing software with my own research fellowship funds has so far led to two IT tickets, over 20 emails, involvement of ±10 people, multiple approval processes, and i still haven't been able to make the purchase. if anything, can AI please help with this sort of bureaucratic burden?

from the bird site

I’m happy to announce the UCSF Gender Psychiatry Program is expanding! We are looking to hire a new faculty pediatric psychologist to join our team. Please share with your networks! aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05944

New and competitive renewal awards. The number of awards is 569 compared with more than 2200 through the same date in earlier fiscal years. All ICs have now made awards except for NIAAA, NCCIH, NLM, FIC, and OD. NEI (Eye Institute) made its first award during the new period. 3/4

"DBT-A remains the sole well-established intervention for reducing SITBs, with replication by multiple independent research teams."

Your seasonal reminder that @drshireenrizvi.bsky.social has DBT valentines cards on her website 🤣 www.shireenrizvi.com/resources

Thrilled to announce the Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School (OxPNS)! This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026. To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com A brief thread 🧵

When gun use is restricted, will people find another way to commit #suicide? New research led by health policy expert Timothy Brown found that Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws significantly reduce firearm suicides—without increasing other methods. #GunControl https://ow.ly/kYym50Y6CsY

Upcoming special issue in Archives of Suicide research on measurement: "Beyond Checklists: Reimagining the Experience and Measurement of Suicidal Thinking". Great editors. Details here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... #suicideprevention

I spoke to CBC about the US completing its exit from WHO A big loss for the US, WHO and the world- we are all less safe now www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

The amount of truly awful bills proposed in this Utah legislative session - even if only counting the ones that impact education or mental health - is staggering.

‘Worrying’ rise in repeated self-harming among teenagers, study finds

In better news: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u... Although I wish this had happened sooner, I'm beyond grateful the protection is finally there.

In 2024, we partnered with the Harris Poll to assess public perception of suicide prevention. "91% of people believe that suicide can be prevented at least some of the time," shares AFSP's Corbin J. Standley, PhD. Read: https://bit.ly/4bg9HFS

"It's very encouraging to see that mortality is declining &life expectancy is increasing in the US…But we still see very high mortality from drugs, very high mortality from suicide, infant mortality remains high &maternal mortality remains high.So as we celebrate we still have a lot of work ahead”🧪🛟

#rstats #dataviz #psy6136 I added a new page to my CDA course web site, friendly.github.io/psy6136/R-fu... giving an overview of the R functions in various packages related to the course topics, a kind of extended cheatsheet.

The NJ Gun Violence Research Center is running a one day suicide prevention training on firearm suicide prevention research. Participants will explore evidence-based strategies & best practices for suicide prevention. $500 fellowship offer! gunviolenceresearchcenter.rutgers.edu/conference/g...

#DialecticalBehaviourTherapy for Adolescents (#DBTA) is an evidence-based intervention for young people facing emotion dysregulation, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. Learn more with Prof Francisco Musich acamh blog https://bit.ly/49MQRUu

”modeling difficult conversations“ “diverse viewpoints”— just throw all the neolib + RW talking points into a blender — to what end? who is this for? if only we all knew how to have difficult conversations, we would have a robust public health system that is accountable to all publics?

"When universities censor topics involving race, gender, sexuality, power & inequity, they are not protecting students. They are underpreparing them. They deprive students of the intellectual tools to become informed citizens." — Dr. Leonard Bright, AAUP Texas A&M

Awful.

Zotero 8 is out in stable: www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-8/ A bunch of new stuff -- the new citation dialog especially is a huge (and long overdue) improvement; massively speeds up anything I do in Word/GDocs with Zotero

The National Center for Education Statistics was dismantled in 2025, taking with it the trusted data behind school funding and education policy. Former NCES leaders offer insights into what went wrong and how to rebuild it. #StatSky #DataForGood #EducationData magazine.amstat.org/...#StatSky

Still can’t wrap my head around this intentional destruction of science 7,800 research grants terminated or frozen 25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies that oversee research Proposed budget cuts amounting to US$32 billion… www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

School officials say ICE agents have detained four children in the Minneapolis area in recent weeks, including a 5-year-old boy named Liam Ramos, who was detained on Tuesday along with his father as he returned home from preschool.