@amyneedham.bsky.social
I’m a professor at Vanderbilt (Peabody College) studying learning and development in infants and children with and without disabilities. I’m into empathy, radical acceptance, and hugging my dogs.
Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trump’s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...
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"However, if you are debating whether the Trump administration’s proposed changes to university policies are reasonable or not, you are missing the point entirely. The compact is a thinly veiled invitation for universities to relinquish their self-governance"
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
Trump lays off employees in department funding special education
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
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Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
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It is with sadness that we report that Sarah Duffen has died peacefully in her home in Devon. Sarah and her family were instrumental in inspiring the groundbreaking research that led to our work over the past 45 years.
go.dselink.net/6jdi
This flew by my radar this week, but massively important: the 5th circuit court of appeals ruled that the NLRB’s structure unconstitutional.
It is a huge blow to “American workers who hope to organize their workplaces without fear of retaliation. It represents a partial negation of the New Deal…”
A Bear Walked Into an Ice Cream Parlor. The Strawberry Never Had a Chance. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
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Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
I’m starting to realize that the self-governance that colleges and universities in the US have engaged in for hundreds of years is over. Unbelievable.
I understand completely!
14.07.2025 02:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Make this go viral.
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Senator Padilla of California was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed today for doing his job: Asking a question of Kristi Noem, the Trump administration's Secretary of Homeland Security. sign.moveon.org/petitions/th...
13.06.2025 19:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Quick. Somebody tell Trump that the best way to own Elon is to restore all research grants and double NSF funding.
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9 people were killed in a tornado last night in KY. The NWS office responsible for that area has faced some of the most extreme cuts by the Trump administration, including the loss of overnight forecasting.
Last night, they were rushing to find help for the office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...
President Declines Gift of Holiday Apple Pie WASHINGTON, Oct 27 - AP - President and Mrs. Coolidge have declined an offer from the Girls' Club of Vermont University of a large apple pie for the White House Thanksgiving dinner. Although no reason was given for declining the pie, apparently it was refused because acceptance might have been taken as an endorsement by the president of the proposed apple week to be held about that time. This might be regarded as a precent for endorsement of similar movements in other parts of the country. The telegram tendering the pie said it was designed to be a part of the apple week program. --The Fresno Bee, 27 Oct 1925
President Declines Gift (1925)
16.05.2025 23:16 — 👍 3086 🔁 945 💬 56 📌 54There’s been some “advice” coming from some quarters for scientists not to focus on DEI-related funding cuts.
I wholly reject this concept.
Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.
Ummm, braille is just an alphabet, right?
08.05.2025 13:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Full article: The Future of Cognitive Development in Challenging Times www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This article is important! Please read!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
22.03.2025 12:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Went to the Nashville Stand Up For Science demonstration today. It was a good experience and the local npr station estimated that about 300 people attended!
07.03.2025 23:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
06.03.2025 17:19 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Very clear description of what's going on, the collective action problem that's leading to institutions laying low and the specific steps universities should be taking instead.
Silence will not save us
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
I am assuming that it is illegal for Musk and his team to be making unilateral decisions about what is "waste, fraud, and abuse" and what is not. Is there a way to stop him and to stop the general dismantling of the government that the president seems eager to complete? Please help!
06.03.2025 14:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
We’re being run by the F students who cheat off the A student’s test, but now the F students won’t even let the A student study. When they all fail, the F students will claim the A student is stupid.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Also no funding for Musk-related businesses.
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