Prof Michelle M

OMG the levels of ICK!!!!

TODAY

Cartoon depicting cookie monster outside cookie factory with a spokesperson saying, "Let me assure you that as an unpaid 'special factory employee' Mr. Monster stands to personally gain nothing from this work.

This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.

February 8, 2025 Yesterday the National Institutes of Health under the Trump administration announced a new policy that will dramatically change the way the United States funds medical research.

February 8, 2025

For undergrad Psych Disorders & Clinical Psych courses.

A tiny act of everyday resistance / integrity, making sure my Bb pages have a wealth of resources, esp national agencies supporting public info in the field. Added SAMHSA, NIMH, VA, CDC.  Even as these pages go dark, it will be useful for students to see that in real time. Other suggestions? 

Trump is offering all federal workers a buyout with seven months’ pay to shrink the government—but that’s not the whole story. Reports reveal some employees are being pressured to resign or face termination under the guise of organizational restructuring. In short: take the buyout or be fired.

This is how the world sees the United States. Sad.

In 1988, the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt was displayed on the Ellipse, visible from the White House but beyond its grounds; that display implicitly accused Reagan, whose neglect led to many early AIDS deaths. Today's display rebukes Reagan's cruelty tacitly but beautifully.

Hi. I’m not here that much. Feel free to connect, wherever.