Jesse Jackson appeared on Sesame Street in 1973. During his appearance, he led a group of children in reciting his well-known poem “I Am Somebody,” a message focused on self-worth and empowerment The segment became one of the most memorable celebrity appearances from the early seasons of the show.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nobody: education academics: "the [blank] wars" nobody: ?? education academics: "the critical [blank] pedagogy wars"

placing your important work on ethics in social and behavioral sciences behind one of those "rent for 48 hours for $39.99" paywalls.

sitting in my office looking out at this ice-snow

clearing my parking space

"Fugitive slave catchers just need better training"--moderates in 1850, probably

if the Indiana Hoosiers just won the college football national championship, in football, you can make a difference in your local politics

Great piece on prioritizing quality over quantity in scientific publication. For those of us with labs, this necessarily involves shrinking our group size. After I got tenure I started to downsize my lab and have not regretted it one iota. More time for each student & more time to think & write.

I added a few new itty-bitty paintings to my Ko-Fi shop. Only one set of each ko-fi.com/1626SLXL3044...

"The system has become hyper-competitive — so much so that it is dangerous & corrosive. The many problems that the grant system has — incremental research, the loss of innovation — are symptoms of the fact that too many scientists are chasing after too few grant dollars."

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This is exactly why things like ethics, unconscious bias and general confronting of people’s racism in science IS necessary and will always be necessary.

the mind sometimes need to know about bird poop.

LISTEN! The number of students of color I informally advise on publishing, fellowship applications, dissertations, job applications, fly outs, etc. could fill an auditorium. And the vast majority do not attend the institution that provides me with a W-2.

"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres." Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.

folks seem to be adding a lot of AI addendums. names of majors, schools, all getting "AI" added. Has anyone gone ahead and changed at the university level? Like "Texas A&M" but for Artificial Intelligence instead of agriculture. 😂

yearly reminder Don't experiment on thanksgiving. 😂

maybe I'm misreading the email, but I think they just floated the idea of using AI in the tenure & promotion process.

a few days late

People are desperately drawn to phrenology. You could set your clock by the regularity at which those stupid papers come out and are debunked. Can't people FINALLY know better? No, the urge to judge people by characteristics they can't control is too strong...

I've actually been just standing here this whole time reading the AI discourse

It was one thing when this was about intellectual ephemera. I ver it. Mock us all day long. We do, in fact, make up words. But seeing people throw “gatekeeping” charges at practical craftspeople feels so bleak.

I see the professional smart man is saying ridiculous things again.

MusicNet (1995) was an early "online" music store that came on a CD with music samples. You could preview tracks, add items to your shopping list, and then call a phone number to order with your credit card.

managed to work "D1 babies" into my lecture on day 1 of the semester.

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This article is always relevant www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

damn.

just me going through my old memes

Watch while it's still available. The people in this doc are roughly my parents age. Very much still around. Very much all in living memory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIw...

NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 🧵

I actually kind of like these "100 men vs a gorilla" type things. Yes there is a lot of comedy and ridiculousness. But also people are actually trying to think through a problem. How it's defined (do we get weapons?), and what might happen.

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of nine current and postgraduate University of Washington students without prior notice to the students or school, the university said Monday.

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

ACH is collecting information about impacts on research. If your National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) or Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) work has been impacted, or if you anticipate future impacts, let us know.

Family is getting ready. #powertothepeopleyall

Me in the party when Pop Smoke come on

Listen, I’ve been all about mocking them instead but it does not endear you to the educated liberal folks, for sure. A lot of pearl clutching. Also, they’re not GOOD at mocking,maybe best they don’t try. I know the whole “satire didn’t stop WWII” bit but I think some punching up can pierce the veil

looks like I'm writing a book. title to be something along the lines of "Critical Approaches to Human Cognition" coming to a well known academic press sometime in the near future. hopefully not too long. I hear writing is pretty easy. 😭

White folks talking about the Obamas still / always — “please come save us” — remind me of that joke from “Get Out.” “I would’ve voted for Obama a third time.” Sometimes I wonder if y’all reference the Obamas so frequently because they’re the only black couple you feel you’ve gotten to know.

They call on their own president to convene the process to create it. Link to full resolution below. I strongly believe that higher ed is better positioned than most sectors to respond to the prisoner's dilemmas that authoritarian leaders deliberately create. 🧵 senate.rutgers.edu/wp-content/u...