Wendy Machalicek, Ph.D., BCBA-D

Yea...national outage! Hackers claimed it but yet to be confirmed.

If I'm honest, finding it difficult to meet the present moment. Too close to the destruction & emotionally exhausted by insider knowledge of impacts. Hopefully acknowledging the big feels & espresso will bring renewed energy & value based action. Have an uncomfortable day & do it anyways, y'all.

These sites might be useful:

1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)

Associate / Professor / Chair, Educator Preparation The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...

Any of my SpEd people out there interested in coming to Reno as a department chair? 😃 We’re conducting a search & of course, I’d love to see it be a SpEd faculty! nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-ex...

Would be awful if this site crashed repeatedly.

Attended the Union of Concerned Scientist's webinar about protecting scientists engaged in advocacy and I think the most important message was: The more people who do it, the safer we all are.

See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

We still have 9 of 12 so I guess we got lucky. Guessing the others are buried in the backyard amongst seashells, colored sand and glass stones.

Must read on how the media has shaped public opinion through verbal behavior.

Why It’s Important to Talk about Race with Children Children start learning about race and racism as early as preschool. Talking about race early, however difficult, will help them become more antiracist

"White parents who see themselves as egalitarian must recognize that the stakes are now higher than ever. If you want to raise children who reject racism rather than passively absorbing it, right now, today, talk with your child about race and racism."

www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Hey BlueSky! Looking to get more involved with policy and advocacy? The TED Policy Committee invites members to apply for a $1,000 sponsorship to attend the Special Education Legislative Summit in Washington DC, July 13-16, 2025.

Apply by March 1 at tinyurl.com/TEDSELS25

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

a young boy wearing a yellow shirt is smiling for the camera . Alt: a young boy wearing a yellow shirt is smiling for the camera .

Chad A twisted on bonus for great inservice teachers v supply side. Natl shortage of special educators makes this moot. We have classrooms ran by non licensed teachers! Teachers need training to be effective. And, most of our workforce is white women but maybe that isn't something Chad cares about.

"the concept of a teach-in — wherein a panel of college professors or experts on a subject hold a discussion around a relevant social or political issue — originated in the University in 1965 to protest the war in Vietnam."

Thank you so much for this work to archive.

What Works Clearinghouse Materials WWC materials (downloaded February 2025) Hosted on the Open Science Framework

JIC, here is an OSF Folder of the following What Works Clearinghouse materials as of February 2025:

- Data from Study Reviews
- Handbooks and Reviewer Resources
- Intervention Reports
- Practice Guides

osf.io/w5aq8/

Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.

An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Friends in higher ed: As legal (and allegedly legal) pressures increase, you might want to pay close attention to who at your institution is telling you what "the law" is.

In particular: Are they an attorney?

America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One (Gift Article) Our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written. For generations, black Americans have fought to make them true.

Black Americans truly brought democracy to America.

Remember this during Black History Month.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

New DOE memo claims to make consideration of race in admissions, scholarship, etc. Illegal www.ed.gov/media/docume...

More contract cuts from the Education Department, this time to the Regional Education Laboratories that were spared in the last round. In a press release, department said it cut $350M in contracts that touched on equity in some way.

these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse

AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts

AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

Indeed.

Dog head

Waking before the birds means coffee with my very good boi. In middle age, he likes to be covered with a fuzzy blankie in bed so I ordered him a ridiculous, hands knit wool sweater this morning. I don't know who is knitting these dog sweaters built for 80 + lb dogs, but I thank you.

Effective February 10: NIH Federal Advisory Committee meeting notices to the Office of the Federal Registare are now on hold. This affects NIH's ability to move forward with National Advisory Council/Board meetings that were previously noticed as having open and closed sessions and with Scientific Review Group (study sections and Special Emphasis Panels) meetings and Boards of Scientific Counselors that had not yet been noticed with a Federal Register Notice. As such, NIH will cancel those meetings on a day-by-day basis until additional guidance is received. Scientific Review Group meetings and Boards of Scientific Counselors that were previously noticed are moving forward.

Internal NIH guidance updated yesterday. Just canceling stuff each day from here on out I guess, pending new guidance. Killing science off both slowly and incredibly rapidly.

a person is doing a handstand on a set of stairs with pictures on the wall behind them ALT: a person is doing a handstand on a set of stairs with pictures on the wall behind them

As a recovering Catholic, this cracked me up and def aligns with how much coffee I believe I will need today.

If your employer is caving to the Trumpists, and has announced an end to DEI and accessibility policies, it's past time to organize with your coworkers so that you're able to pressure your employer using a diversity of tactics

Leak
Slowdown
Sabotage
Strike
Organize

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