Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Me, to the perpetually-jammed paper towel dispenser in our department's bathroom: "I can fix him!" 120
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 25/09/2026One of my favorite foods growing up was my grandmother's "grits au gratin", and it turns out it's just grits and velveeta. 031
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I know we scientists have already been tracking all of this, but some parts of it still hit me hard. www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n... Specifically the cuts to funding research on women's health, against the backdrop of how much women have already been left out of our medical knowledge.npr.orgThese 6 charts show how NIH research funding has been reshaped under TrumpStories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. bi... 130
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Shoutout to all the Midwesterners with HOMES stickers on their trucks, thinking of you rn 020
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Anybody know what the "Sensitive Geopolitical References" are that Outlook is offering to autocorrect for me? Should I try typing "Gulf of Mexico" and see what happens? 050
Reposted by Alysson LightEric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026McGill social psych is now officially hiring at the assistant prof level, hooray Happy to chat with anyone about the position mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree... 05347
Reposted by Alysson LightThe People's Lobby @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Medicaid is under attack, and we must fight back! Join us, @ericaforil47.bsky.social, and @mcadamsforil24.bsky.social, for a community listening session on how Medicaid changes are impacting our care. 📅 Sat, Aug 8 🕐 12–2:30 PM 📍 Gary United Methodist Church buff.ly/j9ZJLEQ 021
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Doing learning assessment for courses like research methods is a delight, because you get to see an effect size of d = 4.3 in the wild! 020
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 27/07/2026One time a family member brought a girlfriend to a party who announced she worked for UnitedHealthcare, and I responded "Fuck them!" before I realized what I was doing. 000
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Watching the World Cup Halftime show with folks in Chicago, and when Coach Beard said they needed someone more soulful and held up a sign saying "JB" we all yelled "Pritzker...?!" 040
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Whenever I get a few extra seconds with elected officials in IL, I tell them that what I need from the state is the capacity to pick up where the Fed is failing in terms of tracking outbreaks and monitoring food and drug safety. 264
Reposted by Alysson LightKelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development 240693923
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I, like many faculty, have been skeptical of FIRE's genuine support for free speech, so I'm pleased to see they're supporting the lawsuit here against DHS for harassing a man for writing a stern email to a DHS official:https://www.npr.org/2026/07/06/nx-s1-5883784/dhs-ice-critic-lawsuit-free-speech 050
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 19/06/2026ICE has abducted dozens of people in my area in Chicago in just the past two weeks. I felt some poignancy yesterday when Obama praised the people of Minneapolis for standing up for their neighbors while there are people still doing the same right here. 000
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Hey Chicago friends! I'm sure you know this, but our healthcare system in the US sucks. My main hobby outside of work is trying to fix that. My group is putting on an amazing community event on Friday 6/12 around this-- you should come! Deatils & RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/healt...actionnetwork.orgCare Over Cost: Healing Toward Liberation5-9 PM: Doors open, snacks, and community art and resources from 6-7:30 PM: Program Join us for an evening of community building as we create power for our campaign for dignified health care for al... 020
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Grades are submitted. Time to spend the whole summer doing my two special hobbies/unpaid jobs of community organizing and advising research students who've already graduated! 030
Reposted by Alysson LightThe People's Lobby @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Medicaid changes will create new challenges in accessing timely, effective care. This gathering is an opportunity to share experiences and learn more about what’s behind these changes. 📅 Sat, June 6 📍 Fountaindale Public Library District ⏰ 12:45–3 PM buff.ly/uCHIi04 021
Reposted by Alysson LightKaty Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 26/05/2026Could there be a better example of "the trans debate" than 98% of women supporting trans people and then one single lone person voting against them and getting their way regardless. It's all such a fucking sham 6198323460
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 21/05/2026@ctaction.org this had better be a zombie bus-- 21 minute headway on a major commute route at 8:30 am?! 000
Reposted by Alysson LightThe People's Lobby @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Therapists are often told to practice "self-care" to deal with "burnout," but the real issue is structural. Join us as we discuss how we can take collective action for systemic reform. 📅 Sat, May 30 📍 Independence Branch Library ⏰ 11 AM–1 PM buff.ly/cmU3c5C 011
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Has anyone else noticed that relationship science-- which I think used to get stereotyped as squishy girl stuff-- is now something that college men are super interested in? I covered relationships this week in Social Psych, and it's been all men chatting about what a cool topic it was. 010
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Paying taxes is traumatizing for the wealthy, apparently. Comment here with the legitimately traumatizing things that governments can prevent when they have that budget to provide decent social services for all, paid for with fair taxes. 000
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Score one for the quarter system-- we've got two weeks for this to get straightened out before finals. 010
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 30/04/2026There are a lot of great things about living in Chicago, but one thing we didn't have here is a mascot with the pure expressive value of Gritty. 000
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Imagine looking out on America today and thinking, "Yep, racism is totally solved!" 010
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Tl:dr, calling Medicaid "Corporate welfare" participates in vilifying state -run health insurance. We need to be doing the opposite. We can tax corporations without acting like it's shameful to receive Medicaid. 120
Reposted by Alysson LightDr. Amy Nusbaum @amynusbaum.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Y'ALL I'M HIRING A PSYCH FACILTY POSITION Come work with wonderful students, kind colleagues, and a boss who I like to think is a decent human (it's me...I'm the boss😂) heritage.edu/wp-content/u...heritage.edu 289
Reposted by Alysson LightAttorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 16/04/2026A man linked to white supremacist movements pleaded guilty to burning the historic Highlander Center, where Rosa Parks attended a workshop on integration before her 1955 bus protest. In March 2019, the blaze destroyed decades of irreplaceable civil rights archives, artifacts, and history.nbcnews.comAlleged white supremacist pleads guilty in fire at social justice center that trained civil rights iconsThe Highlander Research and Education Center hosted figures like Rosa Parks, John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr. Regan Prater set it ablaze in 2019, according to prosecutors. 113569
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 15/04/2026WTF, UChicago friends, they are implying that our campus free speech policies would endorse this! While I have my criticisms of how we manage student speech, it is in fact nothing like this. 010
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Lady Ghostbusters is way better than original Ghostbusters. 000
Reposted by Alysson LightYTJF. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 05/04/2026“Why are teens taking over Hyde Park?” Bc you cut basketball nets and removed hoops in their hoods? Bc you’ve banned/restricted them from your cafes and bookstores and restaurants? Bc they’re competing for jobs alongside adults like it’s the fucking Hunger Games? 81247215
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Does anyone have advice sure creating anonymous OSF registration links under the site re-design? I can't seem to create one for my pre-registration, and the How-to guides seem to be for the old sitev design. 100
Reposted by Alysson LightImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you. 13352172910
Reposted by Alysson LightDr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵: These protests are important b/c: 1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership. 4235561337
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Chicago” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...mobilize.usNO KINGS Chicago · No KingsOn March 28th, we will rise up, take to the streets, and say it loud: no thrones, no crowns, no kings–Hands off Chicago and hands off our democracy. We’re not watching history happen—we’re making it. ... 011
Reposted by Alysson LightSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026So are the headlines saying the Democrats won this round, or nah? Cause they did. Funding for TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, no funding for ICE. That’s the deal Dems have been offering over & over. Republicans caved. 20962281604
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 16/03/2026This is a wild one, but Duke Homestead is the historic home of the Duke family (as in University), but outsiders may not know that the Duke family made their money via a tobacco monopoly. Which means there is a free Tobacco History Museum on the property which teachers let us go to because why not? 100
Reposted by Alysson LightMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/03/2026New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is seeking to fine big companies with workers on Medicaid. Her plan would generate $145 million to offset the state's Medicaid costs. Too often big corporations deny workers healthcare, and rely on the state to step in. newjerseymonitor.com/2026/03/12/g...newjerseymonitor.comGov. Sherrill plan seeks to fine big companies with workers on Medicaid • New Jersey MonitorGov. Sherrill wants to fine large companies up to $725 annually per worker enrolled in Medicaid. Business groups oppose the plan. 22569158
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I was starting to worry that UChicago students were losing their UChicago essence, but I just had to google some random Latin that a student stuck into their discussion paper, so at least some of them still have the juice! 030
Reposted by Alysson LightJohn Brehm @jjbrehm.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Job alert: UChicago seeks a Senior Instructional Professor (Assistant) to manage and teach a sequence in undergraduate social science research methods. This is a three-year, renewable position suitable for any social science PhD. Apply at (EOE/Vet/Disability): (apply.interfolio.com/182487)apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 166
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 23/02/2026For no particular reason, I'm just remembering how my undergrad blocked access to bit torrent servers on our university internet. You could get around it, of course-- torrent things in an off-campus apartment. But at least an attempt was made. 000
Reposted by Alysson LightDefence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 23/02/2026What about employers though? Like say you’ve got schools where everyone is cheating, and you’ve got schools where everyone pretends it’s the 70s. Which credentials look better? 071
Alysson Light @alylight.bsky.social · 19/02/2026If you live in Illinois, you can tell your and State Senator to co-sponsor/vote for HB 35, which would outlaw this horseshit. You can find out who they are here: www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOper...elections.il.gov Find My Elected Officials 010
Reposted by Alysson LightErica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 12/02/2026The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary. 4027651065
Reposted by Alysson LightThe People's Lobby @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Health insurance companies often reimburse much less for mental health care than for physical health care. That changes with HB1085, making it easier for over 2.5 million Illinoisans to get access to therapists covered by insurance. thepeopleslobbyusa.org/victory/ment… 032