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Rebecca Peretz-Lange @rebeccaperetzlange.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Vassar is hiring a clinical psychologist!! This is a terrific position for someone seeking a true balance of research & teaching responsibilities on a gorgeous campus 75 miles north of NYC. Please repost!

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Is the youth team for the USMNT the TMNT?

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Congratulations to the amazing student researchers in the @vassar.bsky.social SNAP lab, who presented their research at last week’s Eastern Psychological Association conference: Brennan Chapkin, Elisee Mora, Abbie Schwartz, Kaia Takahashi, and Atia Guzman Briones. Great work!

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18/02/2026

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 22/01/2026

I just thought everyone should see this

Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
Jan 21
reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Updating my R packages to own the libs

A screenshot of R code installing the "ordinal" package. The last line just says "libs"

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 02/11/2025

Dan Smith “Knowledge Wins” World War I Propaganda Poster (American Library Association, 1918) movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-po...

KNOWLEDGE WINS
A solider following a trail of books to an illuminated city
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOKS ARE FREE

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I was sad to learn that Jane Goodall died today, but happy to learn about Gary Larson being attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.

A section of a Wikipedia article about Jane Goodall:

In popular culture
Gary Larson cartoon incident

One of Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons shows two chimpanzees grooming. One finds a blonde human hair on the other and inquires, "Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"Goodall herself was in Africa at the time. The Jane Goodall Institute thought the cartoon was in bad taste and had its lawyers draft a letter to Larson and his distribution syndicate in which they described the cartoon as an "atrocity". They were stymied by Goodall herself: when she returned and saw the cartoon, she stated that she found the cartoon amusing.

Since then, all profits from sales of a shirt featuring this cartoon have gone to the Jane Goodall Institute. Goodall wrote a preface to The Far Side Gallery 5, detailing her version of the controversy, and the institute's letter was included next to the cartoon in the complete Far Side collection. She praised Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behaviour of humans and animals. In 1988, when Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania, he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

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Katie Carmichael @drkatcarm.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

::slowly stands while clapping::

Image of labubu doll labeled labubu next to image of spiky labubu doll labeled lakiki

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Apparently I've been singing along with REM correctly all these years

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I've included this poem by Joseph Fasano in all of my syllabi this year. It says so much that our students need to hear.

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Anthony Iannaccio @mrtonynacho.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Mister Rogers never misses

You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Than any computer could ever be. You know why?

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Human beings are far more wonderful than machines.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

His name is Andry Hernandez Romero. He is a young professional from Venezuela. He is a makeup artist. He is a gay man. Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…

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Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Extremely disappointing & cowardly. The American Psychological Association is rescinding diversity requirements. Not due to any actual mandate from the federal government, but only because it may *someday* face pressure from the government www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...

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Under Pressure, Psychology Accreditation Board Suspends Diversity Standards

As the Trump administration threatens to strip accrediting bodies of their power, many are scrambling to purge diversity requirements.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Lando's leadership of Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back turned out to be a tragically prescient parable for our time. Leaders of institutions: Pay attention! A story in four parts. cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Very proud of my students presenting their research at the Eastern Psychological Association conference this weekend! Pictured: Kyla Putterman (VC ‘25), My Trieu (VC ‘25), Claire Gallion (VC ‘26), Connor Dalgaard (VC ‘26). Not pictured: Sophia Greene (VC ‘27). Great job, all! @vassar.bsky.social

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

First they came for the Palestinian protestor and I said “hey you Nazi fucks, you’re being Nazis, everyone else we need to shut these motherfuckers down RIGHT now” because I actually paid attention to the poem

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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 10/03/2025

“Hello Senator [their name], my name is [your name] and I live in [city, state]. I am calling to urge you vote NO on the continuing resolution. Elon Musk and DOGE are withholding funds that congress had mandated to be spent. Unless they are stopped, the resolution will just let that continue.”

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I attended the #standupforscience NYC with 3 of my undergrads. Great turnout, and dynamic, inspirational speakers ranging from grad students to physicians to former directors of NIH. Cheers to the organizers for putting together a terrific event.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/03/2025

NYC! 📣🗽☀️ We’re Standing Up for Science in Washington Square Park on March 7th from 12-3 PM! Share with someone in NYC who should show up & support Science! ⬇️ #standupforscience2025

flyer for stand up for science with a blue statue of liberty drawing, and event details of the NYC stand up for science march at washington square park from 12-3 PM. More information is available at standupforscience2025.org!

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Describe your account in one Simpsons image

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

ChatGPT proves Dan Wegner was right!

A screenshot of a ChatGPT interface. The user asked "generate a picture of an empty room with no white bears in it. I need to be very specific. The picture should have absolutely no white bears of any kind, especially polar bears."

Below is a Chat GPT-created image of an empty room with a small white polar bear in the corner. "Here is your image of an empty room with absolutely no white bears, especially no polar bears. Let me know if you need any modifications!"

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Vassar College Psychological Science seeks a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology. Supportive environment committed to teaching, science, and diversity. Also open to advanced graduate students who are ABD. Please share! employment.vassar.edu/postings/4331 #AcademicSky

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One-Year Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychological Science

Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to undergraduate teaching and either have completed a Ph.D. or be ABD in Clinical Psychology at the time of appointment. The successful applicant will teach ...

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Megan Zahneis @mzahneis.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

We @chronicle.com reported on Friday that applications for F31 diversity fellowships had been withdrawn. Now, multiple scholars tell me their applications have been re-assigned to their original study sections, in a reversal of instructions NIH officials gave reviewers last week. #AcademicSky

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‘We’re Being Punished’: NIH Tosses Some Grant Applications From Minority Researchers

The sudden withdrawal affects early-career scholars who applied for a prestigious federal grant with a diversity notation — flagging that they came from underrepresented backgrounds.

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I got my start in research through a predoctoral IRTA at NIMH. It was an incredible training experience. This year I’ve written a half dozen recommendations for students trying to get that same start in their careers who are now going to be shut out for petty, ignorant reasons.

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Allan Clifton @allan-clifton.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I had a conversation with my undergraduate Clinical Research Methods class today about how grants work. Only one of them had even heard about the NIH cuts, but they all immediately got how devastating this is to research and clinical care. These cuts need to be front page on every news source.

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