Jeff Cookston

'Completely bowled us over': The horror show drawing thousands to SF theater Shows are already extended due to "overwhelming demand."

I've read two reviews of Paranormal Activity and neither mentioned the thing I found most compelling...

the audience was mostly in their 20s and 30s.

RFK Jr., Don’t Kill Health Care for Trans Youth – Follow the Real Science There are an estimated 724,000 transgender youth between the ages of 13 and 17 in the United States. Each one, together with their own parents and guardians, turn to medical professionals to make info...

Protect trans youth (and sign this petition)

Telling that he would choose Terry Black's and not the Original Black's.

You want to smell a dead body?

The SF State corpse flower is blooming and the building is open today until 8pm for you to check it out. Go to the SF State Greenhouse just east of Cox Stadium, behind Hensill and Thornton Halls.

Nathan Fielder
Sam Richardson
Tim Robinson
Connor O'Malley

Eleven years ago, there were four people in my research lab named Allie. Today there are none.

Talk Talk’s Experiment ‘Spirit of Eden’ Was a Flop. And a Cult Favorite.

One of the best albums ever

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/a...

Many public libraries let you check out albums

I wrote the speech I *wish* Chuck Schumer would give tonight - as an actual opposition leader. Here it is:

"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."

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An image from situation monitor showing global events and news stories

A global activity monitor will totally certainly completely help me be more productive
hipcityreg.github.io/situation-mo...

Screencap of black text on white of page about secondary trauma and how to cope, including QR code to a larger toolkit

Free today. We're all getting secondary trauma right now.

Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...

YouTube video by Austin History Center Earthpig & Fire live at Stubb's (1996)

1996
Austin, TX
Earthpig and Fire were piqué niche
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc9C...

Sharing this with my department chair

RFK Jr's CDC has changed the food pyramid -- more meat and dairy for all, and babies shouldn't drink alcohol.
cdn.realfood.gov/DGA.pdf

Home - Hispanic Research Center Research to help programs and policy better serve low-income Hispanics children and families.

Because federal funding was cancelled, the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is no longer active. The website remains a vital space for research, resources, and facts about families but don't expect it to be adding new content.

Now do SF State

YouTube video by Grateful Dead On December 4, 1965 the Grateful Dead performed at their first 'Acid Test' 🌀

On Dec 4, 1965, the Grateful Dead performed at the Merry Prankster's San Jose acid test. It wasn't a great show given everyone's state of mind, but all of the elements we love are there! Never forget that "you are the eyes of the world"

‘Taking the gloves off’: Trump just held the Cabinet meeting from Hell Holly Baxter reports on a wild-eyed, fast-talking Pete Hegseth and Trump’s detour from ‘fat drugs for fat people’ to extrajudicial killings to Melania’s thoughts on the construction noise around the n...

"And the people in the room just laugh and laugh and laugh, because the alternative is unthinkable."

In 2023, the American Psychological Association updated their guidelines for undergraduate education (for only the third time).

Key updates include:
-A focus on equity and diversity and inclusion
-Attention to open science
-Focus on ethics and communication
-Suggestions for building a career

Critical AI On this page are some resources for Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) from my perspective.

A colleague shared this resource on critical AI literacy and it's too good to not share. #AI #Skynet

After coming off impaction two years ago, Psychology at SF State is again the largest major on campus, and our doors are open for more.

Excluding Day After Tomorrow (2004) and 2012 (2009), what movie or documentary or book opened your eyes to a future threatened by climate change?

#climatechange #climatejustice #globalweirding #movies #documentary

Opinion | Remedies to the ‘Boy Crisis’

Bill Fabricius makes the wonderful point that the officers of family courts are prone to overlook how boys maintain relationships with their fathers during separation and divorce. 2/2

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Opinion | Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s

Robert Putnam and @richardreeves.bsky.social collaborated on a thoughtful essay connecting today's crisis among boys and men to the 1900s.

In response, my colleague Bill Fabricius submitted a response with some findings from our Parents and Youth Study.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...

The score to this film rocks!

Lonesome Dove ruined me for most books. It’s perfect.

These are weird times. If you can assign an incomplete grade rather than fail a student, I hope you will consider it.

The advantage of an incomplete is that faculty can give students a chance to earn the grade they were on track to receive and students don't lose out on the tuition costs.

Plus, faculty rarely operate according to deadlines...things are ready when they are done.

The disadvantage of an incomplete for faculty is that we need to nudge students or change the timing of due dates in online learning platforms and are expected to grade papers that should have been submitted long ago.

The disadvantage of an incomplete (I) grade is that students sometimes forget about the I and aren't motivated to go back in time to a semester to do the required work and end up with the lower grade anyhow.