Julia Hoffman, PsyD

I pledge that I will not provide any service to Columbia University. I will not speak at conferences held at or organized by Columbia. I will not publish with Columbia publications or provide peer reviews for them. I will not provide outside tenure evaluations for Columbia departments. I will not contribute in any way to the institution until everyone who is responsible for this week’s shameful decision has resigned, retired, or been fired, and until Columbia repudiates their catastrophic choice.

I wonder if the Columbia leadership realizes (or cares) how much blowback there might be from *within* the academy.

This post, from a Cornell Law professor, is worth reading:

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do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists

Keep cancelling Paramount+ and boycotting CBS. 👊 The financial hit could negatively affect the merger — because financial/subscription numbers matter! 🙌🤬

#CBSCancellation

🚨 NEW: The Writers Guild of America is demanding an investigation into CBS’s firing of Stephen Colbert—calling out what could be a politically motivated takedown of one of late night’s sharpest voices.

Stand with truth. Stand with Colbert.
Retweet to show you’re not backing down.

Cancel paramount plus today.

It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.

It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.

a cartoon of a spongebob squarepants sleeping under a blanket Alt: a cartoon of a spongebob squarepants sleeping under a blanket

Now THIS is what I call doomscrolling.

Impeach by Monday.

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

I just read 12.1M from alt park service.

Don’t tread on us California flag

Don’t tread on us version of the Californian flag

San Jose showed up in full force.

When the story of troops sleeping on the floor in California after Trump sent them with no plan went viral… Musk’s Grok quickly sprang into action and told people the SF Chronicle pics were actually from Afghanistan in 2021.

BBC Verify: Grok lied.

Gotta meet him with some resistance. 😉 Despite RFK Jr.’s claims, the CDC did not remove COVID vaccines from the childhood immunization schedule.

Last few hours to comment.

Wow, @profgalloway.com, you called this (years ago).

The text of the oath federal employees take when entering office.

Reminder. Over a decade of federal service here. But this is info from Day 1 (and every day thereafter).

Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads A recent tell-all by a Facebook insider reveals the insidious nature of Facebook's advertising empire, and the dangerous consequences.

As a mom, this headline made my skin crawl. Social media companies design predatory algorithms and prey on teens' most vulnerable moments, raking in profits at the expense of our kids’ mental health and fueling anxiety, depression, and self harm.

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@knoah.bsky.social are you originally from Stamford? If so, we were friends on the ole Rock Rimmon! Thought of you bc of random Blues Brothers references online today (bc of new pope). Hope you’re good!

I’m sure the $5000 breeding prize should cover it…

Sounds like it’s time to pick your head up then, friend.

Atlantic article asking why are young people everywhere so unhappy, following articles about the ways in which young people are having a hard time.

Yes, truly baffling.

That said, I agree that when they’re here the US consumer will pay them and that they are unlikely to be transparent. All the more reason to not misrepresent what’s actually going on.

No, it does not. It is exactly what I would pay today. There are currently no tariffs added. I understand that they will/might be added shortly but they have not been yet and showing a fake receipt as if the amount and style are known and currently in place is journalistic malpractice.

Apple checkout process buying an iPhone 16 pro with no tariffs added.

This is literally fictional. Here’s a current (2 min ago) checkout at Apple. Take down posts with blatant misinformation or demonstrate that you are yet another vector of it.

Why are you ceding the definition of “balanced?” In what world does balanced have to mean equal time and support for conflicting sides?

Ok got it. So all we need to do to avoid economic collapse (the *only* option, per the below, which is actually pretty reasonable) is get a historically extreme, malignant narcissist to acknowledge an error & operate in good faith. No prob.

a man in a leather jacket is making a funny face while looking at the camera . Alt: a man in a leather jacket is making a funny face while looking at the camera .

Pick by size & weight

I see, thanks for the explanation. Any psych paper I’ve ever been involved with has had very strong, power requirements, etc.. but I think there’s a long tail of work that doesn’t reflect the same kind of methodological rigor.