Liz Roemer

Circle logo of two Eurasian hoop, partially printed over each other. Hoop in background black, in fore ground red. Text scribbled on left and right Hoop hoop hoop To fight fascism Let's regrouped Our ring contains circle of fine brown lines with text at top: birders against, text at bottom: fascism

Birders Against Fascism. Makes me think of @joshbartok.bsky.social and @lizroemer.bsky.social

Love this!

Dear journals, collaborators, potential trainees, & colleagues: Please be patient with your nih friends. Those of us who are still around are doing everything in our power to focus on science & keep the long view in mind. But life is very much one day at a time, & catch up from shutdown is a beast 🫠

Mine too!!

That’s beautiful! @joshbartok.bsky.social wrote that line in our article. And I feel joy in your response to his writing. 😊

Cultivating Joy in Others’ Joy Developing a habit of joy in other people’s joy can counter naturally arising envy and promote connection and well-being. These practices can help.

We just wrote a piece about this. Sympathetic joy is beautiful!

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...

Highly recommend this webinar 👇🏻👇🏻

Gratitude to everyone who contributed to this excellent webinar being presented.

Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely New efforts to shut down honest discussion of Palestine could restrict everything from literature to science classes.

“Today, it’s Palestine. Tomorrow, is it the rainbow flag on my door, the fact that I talk about settler colonialism in the southwest, [or] my Black Lives Matter poster?”

truthout.org/articles/edu...

And from Lise Brody: "I have seen commissioners willfully misconstrue the words of the panel of Holocaust scholars from Concerned Jewish Faculty and Staff who warned of the dangers of this approach. "

The State Commission on Combating Antisemitism draws divisive feedback - The Boston Globe Some readers roundly praise the commission, while others accuse it of Trumpian tactics.

"By importing the authoritarian tactics of President Trump, turning public hearings into a social media circus, trying to humiliate organized labor and Jewish educators, and by actively bullying non-Zionist Jews, the commission did not combat antisemitism."

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/27/o...

Above is from @menchik.bsky.social.

See also from @jpygold.bsky.social: "The commission has spent more time defending Israel’s reputation than engaging actual experts of antisemitism, Jewish history, and civil rights."

Northwestern’s Complicity With the Trump Regime We need shadow universities to preserve academic values and academic freedom at a time when they are under attack by government officials and campus administrators.

"We need shadow universities to preserve academic values and academic freedom at a time when they are under attack by government officials and campus administrators."

— John K. Wilson for Inside Higher Ed

@insidehighered.com

Jewish faculty and staff in MA, if you’re concerned about the weaonization of antisemitism to silence free speech, consider joining @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social. Link to their shadow report below. #academicsky

I agree! Even watching out my window helps :)

Birding Your Way to Well-Being Reduce stress, boost attention, and find transcendence.

We’ve seen 7 lifers in the past two weeks! It led me to think about the ways birding enhanced well-being, which @joshbartok.bsky.social and I talk about in this @psychologytoday.com post. 🪶

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...

Northwestern’s leaders will likely try to justify their choice to appease fascist extortion with some BS about needing to help researchers get federal funds that were illegally withheld, so it’s important to note that virtually all of the researchers said not to.

This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.

New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.

"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."

"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."

"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide

The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.

Trump Calls for Democrats to Be Put to Death for Accurately Describing Troops’ Constitutional Duties Trump accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition "punishable by DEATH" for calling on military members to uphold the Constitution.

Broad legal precedence holds that just following orders, colloquially known as the “Nuremberg defense” as it was used unsuccessfully by senior Nazi officials to justify their actions under Adolf Hitler, doesn’t absolve troops.

For anyone finding it challenging to manage our current context, here are a few suggestions from my piece in @psychologytoday.com on how to care for yourself, even when it’s hard. #psychology #therapysky #academicsky

YouTube video by Senator Markey I’m demanding the State Department to act now to rid humanitarian health care crisis in Gaza.

Gaza’s medical system is collapsing. Hospitals destroyed. Children without care.
I’m demanding the State Department act now to restore access to lifesaving treatment and release Palestinian medical workers being held without charge.
 
Health care is a human right.

youtube.com/shorts/bW3R1...

Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now

Little blue heron (two tone bill, dark at point) blue grey body, reddish head) in the water

Close up of head and neck of tricolored heron (blue/grey head and neck, ruddy line on neck, yellow near eye

Limpkin (spotted shore bird) with oyster in beak standing in grass at shore of lake

White ibises (pink curved beaks, white bodies) in a tree

More great 🪶 sightings in New Orleans

A white ibis (white body, pink curved bill, pink legs and feet) walking

My first time in New Orleans as a birder did not disappoint! This is an iPhone pic - they were so close! @joshbartok.bsky.social will post his better pics soon. 🪶

Cultivating Joy in Others’ Joy Developing a habit of joy in other people’s joy can counter naturally arising envy and promote connection and well-being. These practices can help.

Conferences are a great opportunity to build the skill of experiencing joy in other people’s joy. 🙂 #abct2025

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...

Author: Lisa Nakamura, B.S. Sunday, November 23 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Location: Elite Hall A, Level 1 Track: Treatment - Mindfulness & Acceptance (PS10-45) Beyond the Self in Self-compassion: Interdependent Values as a Moderator in the Mediated Relation Between Social Support, Self-compassion, and Mental Health LN Author: Lisa Nakamura, B.S. University of Massachusetts Boston Author: Lizabeth Roemer, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Boston Author: Sarah A Hayes-Skelton, Ph.D.

#abct2025 folks who are still around today, come see Lisa Nakamura’s poster presenting her exciting study of how interdependent values, social support and self-compassion are associated with mental health.

Greenfield et al. (2013)
“Treatment for American Indians and Alaska Natives: Considering Cultural Adaptations”
the Behavior Therapist 36(6)
services.abct.org/i4a/doclibra...

Location: Elite Hall A, Level 1 Track: Racial Trauma (PS6-92) A Preliminary Exploration of the Moderating Role of Resistance and Empowerment Against Racism (REAR) on the Association Between Online Racism and Well-being Author: Lisa Nakamura, B.S. University of Massachusetts Boston Author: Cheyenne Ashley, M.A. University of Massachusetts Boston Author: Ana M Gonzalez-Garzón, M.S. University of Massachusetts Boston Co-Author: Rayyan Alfatafta, M.A., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Boston

#ABCT2025 folks - visit my amazing doctoral students at their poster today at 1130. I’m excited about their collaborative research examining how resistance and empowerment may promote well-being in the face of racism