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“No one is wired to live with sustained stressors and traumas in our life,” Hilado said. “Prolonged chronic stress [and]exposure to trauma does change how we see ourselves, how we see the people around us, how we see our futures.”

I very rarely have direct contact on newsroom projects anymore, but this is cool because I did work with folks to help with the original collection protocol to make sure this information was handled and stored privately and wouldn't leave us with a re-identifiable dataset.

Can’t wait to celebrate Kim Hall’s new book!!

'Menorexia' Is Quietly Affecting Many Adults In Midlife— Here’s What Doctors Aren’t Telling You Midlife adults are prone to this disorder, especially women.

When diet culture meets hormonal changes and ageism, it creates conditions for "menorexia" — but it often looks like wellness trends, making it easy to miss.

Bodies are meant to change.

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

Please read @sivav.bsky.social 's destruction of the Trump/McMahon "compact".

There’s Never Been a Worse Time to Be Authentic at Work Workers have been told to bring themselves to work, only to be disappointed time and time again, argues author Jodi-Ann Burey in her new book.

There’s Never Been a Worse Time to Be Authentic at Work

Workers have been told to bring themselves to work, only to be disappointed time and time again, argues author Jodi-Ann Burey in her new book
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CFP: A Time of Monsters The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

….i feel like lying to a court is a basic legal no-no. Lying to the Supreme Court? Well…

The Quiet Creep of Censorship: How ‘Everyday Banning’ Is Reshaping American Schools - Bucks County Beacon PEN America’s new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the United States.

The Quiet Creep of Censorship: How ‘Everyday Banning’ Is Reshaping American Schools | @penamerica.bsky.social's new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the country, writes @drtab.bsky.social. #BannedBooksWeek

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

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Please, take it from a Californian born and bred: you cannot trust Gavin Newsom. I don’t care if he has Good Posters working for him; he’ll sell vulnerable people down the river without blinking an eye.

New Reading Rainbow theme song.

‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors

The stories of enslaved African people and more than 1,000 British plantation owners who were compensated after abolition have been brought together in a searchable archive for the first time.

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Smart Ring Swells Up, Crushes Man's Finger and Sends Him to the Hospital A faulty Samsung Galaxy Ring battery caused the smart ring to swell up, sending its wearer to the emergency room for removal.

Today in luxury surveillance.

It's not an actor! It's a code that animates and makes sound!!!!!

Kennedy Center Union Demands Investigation After Conservative Group Heckled Yasmin Williams The Kennedy Center Union called for an investigation after a conservative group heckled Yasmin Williams, allegedly at the behest of Trump appointees.

The Kennedy Center’s workers’ union is demanding an investigation after the guitar player Yasmin Williams was heckled during a recent performance by a group of conservatives, allegedly at the behest of Trump appointees at the institution.

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If you’re thinking through this moment, your resistance, and your commitment to democracy , I highly recommend reading The Movement Made Us by David Dennis Jr. & Sr. It, like few other books, captures the personal toll the CRM took on one person

US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts - the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years, triggering what unions and governance experts warn is a damaging loss of institutional expertise.

(Reuters) - More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts - the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years ..

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White House fires much of the National Council on the Humanities The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government’s grantmaking agency.

The White House abruptly terminated a large share of the council members advising the National Endowment for the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government’s grantmaking agency, retaining only four Trump appointees.

Liberal arts are on a long decline. Some Minnesota schools are finding new ways to boost them. English majors in Minnesota have declined by 44% while health professions have increased sevenfold, for instance. What’s the future for the liberal arts?

It is (almost) funny to me how, for decades, we've seen the decline of appreciation and funding for liberal arts (and subsequently enrollments), and for 10 to 15 years, we've also seen the rise of (technocratic) authoritarianism, but people won't connect the dots. www.startribune.com/liberal-arts...

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

more important than ever to understand how with minimal energy people (and now things!) can easily persuade you to act against your own interests, if you aren’t familiar with their tactics and how your own damn brain works.

Students, listen up! NPR's College Podcast Challenge is back for 2025 Our national podcasting contest for college students is now open for entries. Submit your story for a chance to win our $5,000 grand prize, and hear your podcast on NPR.

Our national podcasting contest for college students is now open for entries. Submit your story for a chance to win our $5,000 grand prize, and hear your podcast on NPR.

Please!

Home - Good To Go Our book, Good To Go: A Fresh Take on Potty Training for Today’s Intentional Parent will be out October 2025 and is available for preorder now! Preorder Good To Go: Amazon Barnes and Noble Bookshop.or...

Are you a new parent or parent to a young child? My brilliant friend Laura Birek has co-authored a new book about potty training! goodtogoparenting.com

This is a very bad ruling for all of us who value the First Amendment.

Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of ‘Mankeeping’

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Opinion | The Erasure of American Working Women

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Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91 Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

It is official! My book, Birth Politics, has been released @JHUPress. Hopeful that it makes an impactful contribution to conversations around improving maternal health care in Nigeria. Happy to honor invited talks to discuss the book and my research. #maternalhealth #reproductivehealth #Nigeria