Years in the making, congratulations to the young people who made this happen. Can easily be replicated in cities across the country including NYC - thetriibe.com/reshape/chic...

I am so excited that @julianedegner.bsky.social 's and my U of Hamburg & Northwestern International Partnership grant, "Psychological Mechanisms Underlying the Formation of Stigma Consciousness" was funded. Thrilled I get to collaborate with a researcher whose work I have admired for years!

💡Policy Update: The Trump Administration has dismissed all 24 members of the National Science Board which oversees NSF. SPSP stands with @cossa.bsky.social in calling on Congress to exercise its oversight authority to investigate this action. Learn more: ow.ly/JaF250YQMeB

"They chose to send an organizer to Congress, to fight for radical change and build a better Democratic Party."

More adventures in analog tools to share behavioral science. This time, looking at work by @sylviapperry.bsky.social ...which happens to be the feature of my podcast this month! So, after you read this, fire up Opinion Science for more on the context of this work and where it's headed.

Truly remarkable how many people have told the Pope, in some way or another, to "shut up and dribble." Or corrected him on the Bible, despite their thin education on theology. Or told him to stay out of US affairs, despite him being a US citizen. The hubris is amazing.

*Squee*

My husband, repeatedly: “How can they do this? How can it be so precise??” SCIENCE. Publicly funded science.

I'm moonscrolling

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!

Imagine being in space 30 min ago and now you’re about an hour from In n Out

I am so glad they are safe. My 2026 heart could not have handled it honestly.

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

why am I sobbing watching that little Nespresso pod zoot through the atmosphere with its huge ass parachutes

“In 2000, Black residents made up 22.5% of Evanston’s population, but by 2024, 14.4% of the city’s residents were Black, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.” dailynorthwestern.com/2026/04/09/c...

wut?

I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail. Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.

New episode of Opinion Science, featuring @sylviapperry.bsky.social! We talk about her research on racial socialization, specifically focusing on how white parents navigate—or frequently avoid—conversations about race with their children.

What's gonna happen with Bluesky y'all?

Grateful to my coauthors Michalis Mamakos, Tessa Charlesworth, and @sylviapperry.bsky.social for the collaboration, and thanks to @ipratnu.bsky.social for highlighting the work.

The New York attorney general's office has ordered NYU Langone to resume gender affirming care for trans youth due to violating New York Human Rights law. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/n... Bypass here. archive.ph/4NboB

We are in a car with a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway with a backseat full of kids and Dems are like “you forgot to bring your license”

Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.

Day One: Gov. @abigailspanberger.com announces new appointments to the boards of visitors at UVA, GMU and VMI — schools that had been caught in a culture clash with the previous administration, while AG @jonesjay.bsky.social reversed several opinions from his GOP predecessor Jason Miyares.

It's nice when folks are bad at their jobs sometimes

📰 New Research: The Politics of Well-Being during Democratic Backsliding @djwu.bsky.social ky.social, @kyleflaw.com, @stysyropoulos.bsky.social y.social, and @sylviapperry.bsky.social show striking partisan differences in well-being during Trump’s second term. advances.in/psychology/1...

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

This is a HUGE win…and one that happened because we ~collectively~ said “NO!” But AAAS coming in and saying on record to the NYT “Science is doing ok. Things are not bad at all…” is baffling. If things are hard for you as a scientist, please share in the comments. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...

It will never be enough for the unholy trinity: Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and Donald Trump. After murdering a woman in her car, their next move was to storm a public high school and terrorize kids and staff. These kids will never forget this for the rest of their lives.

Amazing.

Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis. Say bad things are bad.

Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026

It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.

America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor

The accuracy 😅

Sending my heart out to my trans friends and followers today. You are seen and you are loved.

Very important point that it’s not just ICE

SCOOP: American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. Research included reducing sudden infant deaths and identifying autism early. Me and @Paigecunningham.Bsky.Social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

"Previously, proposals for research grants were generally required to undergo at least three external reviews by scientists from outside the agency. Now, two reviews are enough and, under some circumstances, one can be an internal review by a scientist at the NSF." 🧪

Let me understand you correctly, governments can care that people are being murdered?

John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”

This is extraordinarily effective (buying bundled medical debt), and life-changing for the people it helps. It’s just ludicrous that we are in these situations to begin with - www.ctinsider.com/politics/art...

If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period. This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.

Everything is so stupid