Sylvia Perry

Congratulations, friend! 🥳

I'm '81, but I think this is a totally fair take (and something I have to remind myself when pushing back against their respectability politics). This is why I love @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social 's work!

Today marks the first day in the 55-year history of PBS and 54-year history of NPR that public media has broadcast to its audiences without federal funding. But even though lots of local outlets are at risk, PBS and NPR are still here, providing fair, accurate news coverage and will not be silenced.

Crossing my fingers that you're able to keep the funds!

I'm grateful to all the health care systems and insurance companies that are providing COVID vaccines according to science rather than conspiracy theories

This was my first job (at 15), so, sadly I had to learn this fact early on. Lol.

It was a lot of fun! ❤️

The SCIP Lab had our inaugural lab retreat yesterday. It was much needed, and these students inspire me. Among other things, we did some team building during an escape room challenge!

Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.

More great news for Big Diarrhea!

Virginia HBCUs Suspend Operations Following Campus Threats - HBCU Buzz Virginia State University and Hampton University suspend operations after receiving threats, prioritizing safety and reinforcing crisis preparedness at HBCUs.

hbcubuzz.com/105679/virgi...

a man with his eyes closed is wearing a plaid shirt and a blue jacket . ALT: a man with his eyes closed is wearing a plaid shirt and a blue jacket .

So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals.

In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.

Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...

1/4

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war

If you are at the US Open and in the audience while Trump is there:

1. Please BOO him. Boo him like you're from NY, even if you're not.

2. Record it. Record all of it.

3. Post it to every social media platform you can think of.

The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee: 9780525509585 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that...

Trump labor secretary spinning a terrible jobs report by saying "but the few people hired are all native-born!" is as good an example of "drained-pooled politics" as you will see.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564989...

President Michael Schill announces resignation Northwestern University’s 17th president steps down; interim to be named

Scared of what's to come...

news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE. WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD???? They are going to kill so many people including children. What a FUCKED UP DECISION!

Yes, I saw! I hope that she is okay.

Yes, I read about this. I can see why he would be concerned--this is quite alarming. I hope they're able to find her soon.

I know Democrats are overwhelmed (or rudderless, if you are less charitable) by the sheer volume of Trump authoritarian moves, but I’d like to see them unified behind specific goals like “RFK Jr is a threat to public health and needs to go.”

Call for Papers Indomitable Science: Social Cognition Scholarship amid Disruption.docx Call for Papers: Special Collection Indomitable Science: Social Cognition Scholarship amid Disruption Deadline for Letters of Intent: October 15, 2025 (https://bit.ly/4mlowtf) Guest Editors: Gale...

Social Cognition invites papers for a special issue on disrupted scholarship guest edited by Galen Bodenhausen, Jacqueline Chen, & Franki Kung.

bit.ly/3HkcyBf

Definitely my experience growing up in NC! We're just gonna ignore the fact that my grandma put a tad bit of sugar in her spaghetti 😅

😱

I love how accurately describing actually existing conservatism makes one sound totally unhinged and the people who get punished for this are not conservatives but the accurate describers.

What police weren't told about tasers Tasers were billed as a weapon that could subdue but not kill. The company’s own research told another story.

When a cop’s son is tased and ends up in cardiac arrest, he’s forced to question the training that told him it wasn’t possible. This week on Reveal, the truth about Tasers and the company that makes them.

MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI The retracted paper had impressed a Nobel Prize winner in economics.

This should get WIDE circulation:
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”

gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...

In economics, men are tenured aren't punished for coauthoring.

Women, however, are less likely to receive tenure the more they coauthor.

Wow. I thought I was special for grinding my own beans 😆 This is impressive.