Leo: "The message of the church, the message of the gospel -- blessed are the peacemakers. I do not look at my role as being political. I don't want to get into a debate with him. I don't think the message of the gospel is meant to be abused in the way that some people are doing."

During this incredible, unifying moment of inspiring international cooperation and spectacular technological achievement, I would really appreciate it if the US president would stop threatening to murder an entire country with bombs.

Sansa supervised my yardwork all day today so she is completely exhausted. Sweet dreams, darling girl.

Hey @stpteachpsych.bsky.social - just read the call for proposals for this year’s ACT. The new GEM (Great Educational Moments) Talk option sounds AH MAZ ING! I will definitely be thinking about submitting for this. Love!!! teachpsych.org/ACT-Proposals

For years I let the patriarchy and social norms make me think mowing the grass was a “man’s job.” In reality, I was only denied excellent exercise and the deep satisfaction of achieving a perfectly manicured and edged yard for far too long. Women: don’t let anyone deprive you of this pleasure.

It never ceases to amaze me how many college faculty are thrown into classrooms without a minute of formal teaching training. At one time this was there wasn’t enough research/resources on college teaching, but that’s not the case today. Now it’s just willing ignorance and deprioritization.

On average, I agree. Effective undergrad teaching has less to do with scientific expertise than effort and interest. Most esteemed scientists are mentors to grad students and post docs, a different kind of teaching.

Eli LF@elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 5mo ago

That the average community college adjunct is much better at teaching in the classroom than the average prestigious R1 full professor

What the fuck are we doing

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Man with his dog flees from bombs in Tehran. (Photo by Pooria Hatami)

Utterly marvelous movie that did not disappoint. Bravo Ryan Gosling!

Dr. Melissa Beers@mjbeers1.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The news is uniformly horrible but I’m going to an early screening of Project Hail Mary tonight and I have never been so excited to willingly suspend my disbelief for a couple hours.

The news is uniformly horrible but I’m going to an early screening of Project Hail Mary tonight and I have never been so excited to willingly suspend my disbelief for a couple hours.

This Oscar memorial tribute was ripping me to shreds and then Barbra Streisand started singing and I became a puddle. I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR ANY OF THAT.

For the record I unequivocally despise violence, war, and warmongering. Celebrating violence of any kind is shameful and wrong. And for some reason I feel like that has to be said straight out. What a world we live in.

I’ve been off social media apps for almost a year. I’m dipping a toe back in to try again because I miss the community I used to know on Twitter. My feed is dark (as one would expect right now) but I need to find some joy & lightness too. Would love suggestions of your favorite follows please.

I really hope the rest of the world understands there are still good people who are being ignored and silenced and hate to see what our country is becoming right now. God help us.

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

“As our leaders expect the best of us, we expect the best of you.” www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

I’m looking forward to our session this afternoon here at #AACUCLASS. Really enjoying the conversations so far!

Quote from Stephanie Akunvabey of Pace U cited at #AACUCLASS The work of diversity, equity, & inclusion is like the baking soda in a cookie - you don’t taste it but it’s in every bite. If you take it out you ruin the cookie. But it’s being treated like the icing on a cupcake you can just wipe away.

Article by Dewsberry, et al (2022) mentioned in his keynote at #AACUCLASS 2025: Deep Teaching involves "specific pedagogical approaches and strategies are enacted as a function of carefully cultivated relationships and continuous dialogue with the students." journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Inclusive and active pedagogies reduce academic outcome gaps and improve long-term performance

We assessed the impacts of the implementation of inclusive and active pedagogical approaches in an introductory biology sequence at a large, public research university in the northeast United States. ...

journals.plos.org

This has been one moving and important keynote. Whew.

American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)@aacu.org · last yr.

“The way I define teaching is the ability to lead a student out their current state of readiness to where they can see the beauty and power of their potential.” @dewsbury.bsky.social at #AACUCLASS

“Teaching students how to engage in difference and respectful dialogue is something every class can do,” says @fiu.bsky.social professor @dewsbury.bsky.social. #AACUCLASS

Northern Arizona University President José Luis Cruz Rivera’s message to #AACUCLASS attendees: higher education must “move from prestige to purpose, from silos to systems, from resistance to reimagination.”

Bryan Dewsberry at AACU CLASS: "It's a rare time when words are being weaponized and are being struck from our websites and curricula. I'm struck by the speed of the retreat from those words. These are words presidents stood up and swore they believed in. Did they ever really mean those words?"

Dark Pence is back.

Don’t look at me, I voted for the black lady who didn’t want to burn down our economy.

“Woke” was appropriated from Black culture. Now mainly white people apply it as a blanket term for anything raising consciousness of women, minorities, LGBTQIA+ ppl, indigenous ppls… anything challenging the authority and dominance of white men. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history

Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complex

theguardian.com

Let’s call it what it is: wokeness is a pejorative for critical thinking, for challenging the status quo. For some i’ss threatening to examine sources of harm to vulnerable groups & minorities because they don’t want to acknowledge the role they play in preserving of upholding these harms.

Education research cuts are barely moving the needle on the federal budget, but causing massive harm. Great piece by my colleagues who study math cognition. www.beaconjournal.com/story/opinio...

How much are cuts to the Department of Education affecting the federal budget? | Opinion

We study how people understand numbers. At a time when student math scores are sliding, are Department of Education cuts worth it?

beaconjournal.com