@zotero.org do y’all have influencers because I’m a true shill for you

Hilary Matfess@hilarymatfess.bsky.social · 5d ago

may we all have friends like @kaitsims.bsky.social who make us braver and bolder and sharper in our work (and who convince us after more than a decade to get on the zotero train)

thank christ i finally figured out how to disable the 'ai mode' on my chrome browser, now i can know a modicum of peace

AI MODELS ARE NOT OUR PEERS AI MODELS ARE NOT OUR PEERS AI MODELS ARE NOT OUR PEERS AI MODELS ARE NOT OUR PEERS

Bob Patalano@robertpatalano.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I know plenty of “academics” that have started using AI for a lot of tasks (some of them can’t even be bothered to write emails now), but this is next level 👇

This is legitimately one of the most horrifying things I have ever seen in all of the LLM bullshit that's out there. (That "joyful" is misspelled seems especially meaningful.)

folks of #criminology #sociologyofcrime #penology -- what journals take shorter commentary-style "what you need to know about x data" pieces rather than full length treatments?

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

propublica.org

This is such incredible bullshit. I am alive, thriving, and writing books on health policy/politics thanks to antidepressants. Antidepressants aren't for everyone, but they can be literal lifesavers. Attacking their prescribing & use is stigmatizing and dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants

nytimes.com

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Miranda Yaver@mirandayaver.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is such incredible bullshit. I am alive, thriving, and writing books on health policy/politics thanks to antidepressants. Antidepressants aren't for everyone, but they can be literal lifesavers. Attacking their prescribing & use is stigmatizing and dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

When you said “yes” to something that, in retrospect, should have been a “no”, but it's now too late to backtrack and you have to, let's say, make the best out of the learning experience

can't focus on anything work related but i sure as hell can call my congressional reps/senators and leave a voicemail

In related news, fork found in kitchen

a man in a maroon shirt sits at a desk with a book

ALT: a man in a maroon shirt sits at a desk with a book

media.tenor.com

PsyPost@psypost.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Men who favor the tradwife lifestyle often view the women in it with derision

Beyond proud of my best friend @hilarymatfess.bsky.social and her new book from @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Hil is the kind of scholar I aspire to be, and I strongly recommend this book to anyone teaching IR/violence/security!

Social work degrees are losing "professional" status, cutting federal borrowing capacity nearly in half. In Colorado, where many counties lack a DV shelter, that means fewer trained advocates for survivors. Read more from Korbel Prof @kaitsims.bsky.social & students Leslie Carvalho & Kaelyn Lara:

Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims@kaitsims.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 We're all stressed about the parent plus loans and prof. degree classifications. But this may prove even more painful for the social service sector, such as jobs serving survivors of violence. My latest for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/new-federal-...

NPR@npr.org · 4mo ago

A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy. n.pr/4uXOx6X

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 We're all stressed about the parent plus loans and prof. degree classifications. But this may prove even more painful for the social service sector, such as jobs serving survivors of violence. My latest for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/new-federal-...

New federal student loan limits affect social work graduate students, with impacts for survivors of domestic violence in Colorado and elsewhere

The status change may result in students avoiding degrees in nursing and social work.

theconversation.com

Gross. There was 10% more domestic violence after home team losses "in states where mobile betting is legalized, in locations where higher bets were placed, around paydays, and for teams who were on a winning streak"

absolutely wild to me how, across platforms, across years, across the globe, people still think it's cool to patronize a woman on the internet for making a teensy joke about her own procrastination habits.

Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims@kaitsims.bsky.social · 5mo ago

i have once again put off for two months two tasks that took *checks notes* one hour together to complete i will learn nothing from this

oh no a man i don't know doesn't think i'm cute, how will i go on

i have once again put off for two months two tasks that took *checks notes* one hour together to complete i will learn nothing from this

Thinking today of Dolores Huerta and of all the women who have been forced to choose between suffering in silence and risking the success of the broader missions they have worked to support. medium.com/@dolores_hue...

Impossible to overestimate the damage this guy caused. His book was based on a laughably false premise and the movement he inspired led immigration crackdowns and forcible sterilization campaigns. Glad the population got one Ehrlich smaller today.

The Population Bomb

open.spotify.com

Carly Goodman@carlygoodman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This obituary makes it sound like he was criticized by polluters and jealous peers, not those who pointed out the links between the movement he sparked (ZPG) and eugenics, the very politics that have delivered us “mass deportations now” and untold border violence www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/b...

This quarter, I taught a brand new elective class: Public Policy for Social Welfare. Going into it, I had a lot of anxiety given the current political climate, defunding and deprioritizing of *public policy for social welfare* etc. But I read my students' final reflections this morning and sobbed.

"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men." Just saying it right out loud now. newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power

They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

newrepublic.com

god I am reading a book right now where the (female) author is trying to convince the (inferred to be female) audience that she has the keys to women's liberation WHILE ALSO constantly pointing to how her husband doesn't pull his weight with the kids.

a woman is sitting in front of a microphone with the words girl , what on her face .

ALT: a woman is sitting in front of a microphone with the words girl , what on her face .

media.tenor.com

Back in the day I was working a food booth at a musical festival and a guy dropped a five dollar bill in the tip jar and I thanked him profusely because I knew exactly how many McDoubles that represented and precisely how many more cents I needed for an additional McDouble

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Husted: "People living in poverty are just not very, um, experienced at navigating the real world, right? I remember talking to one young lady who said, 'Well, I don't really know how money works at a grocery store,' bc she grew up & has lived all of her adult life using SNAP cards to buy groceries"

now is the time to choose to be -- and what it means to be -- human

Matt Seybold@mattseybold.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

theguardian.com

Can justice exist after trauma? A new study co-authored by @jeremylevine.bsky.social reveals that bureaucratic hurdles and racial disparities limit access to victim compensation for adult survivors of sexual assault. Read the full study: https://myumi.ch/Mkjm8