Reposted by BatsnitterySusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others. 672298605186
Reposted by BatsnitteryEd @notdred.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Please do not fucking say in the media that RFK Jr is “skeptical” of vaccines. He is against them, full stop. Don’t be cute with his bullshit 221920324
Reposted by BatsnitteryRaywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024So nice to have an unelected asshole taking it upon himself to engage in knife-edge international diplomacy that affects everyone, months before his work husband actually has the authority to empower him to do so. 510913
Reposted by BatsnitteryPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/11/2024If you’re new to Bluesky, this is a really helpful thread that explains how to use this platform: 16574512570
Reposted by BatsnitteryRachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 14/11/2024People are acting like authoritarianism will have a 4 year expiration date. 527103701819
Reposted by BatsnitteryShematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 14/11/2024Vaccination saves lives. Period. 8240241053
Reposted by BatsnitteryDisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Doing a PhD is hard and the inaccessible barriers are starting to feel insurmountable after five years of this 🙃 041
Reposted by BatsnitteryAlleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 14/11/2024The effort to undermine the Maori treaty is led by David Seymour, who has ties to the Atlas Network and who used to work at a Canadian think tank that has called the discovery of graves of Indigenous children at a residential school a "hoax." I wrote about it: drilled.media/news/trfst-f... 261638657
Reposted by BatsnitteryJane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Imagine disassembling an entire power plant — hunks of metal so heavy they break cranes — and reassembling working components at a different power plant to keep it running. That’s what it takes for Ukrainian power companies to keep the lights on this winter. www.wsj.com/world/inside...wsj.comUkraine Is Scavenging for Power-Plant Parts as Mass Blackouts LoomUkraine is scrambling to repair electricity production crippled by a Russian bombing campaign, seeking parts abroad and at a front-line power plant. 222464
Reposted by BatsnitteryJuliette Wade @juliettewade.com · 14/11/2024I have a lot of advice about Bluesky culture, ha! But here's one: Don't put up with crap. Toxicity plagued the birdsite for numerous reasons, and here we do not tolerate it. Tolerance is a contract. If they're breaking it, you don't have to do anything but BLOCK. 15012
Reposted by BatsnitteryKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Most people have no idea TN and H1B visa holders can't earn any side income that would trigger a 1099. No paid class talks, no book deals, no capital gains from trading stocks, no honorariums, no flipping stuff from thrift stores by any measurable volume. And definitely no freelancing. Nothing. 2394
Reposted by BatsnitteryKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 15/11/2024it does feel incredibly goofy to worry about things like accuracy, ethics, reporting standards and conflicts of interest at my job when those things don't really seem to matter on a national level 821615
Reposted by BatsnitteryAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15/11/2024Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken: Vaccines are a miracle and amazing 19117665710246
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 13/03/2024This morning has been me constantly yelling at my brain, "Finish the task you started!" but sure, ADHD is a superpower. 092
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 14/03/2024More evidence it's not the size of certain parts of ADHD brains that differ, it's the connections. Our brains connect differently: Heightened connectivity between structures involved in learning, movement, reward, and emotion and structures involved in attention and control of unwanted behaviors.neurosciencenews.comBrain Connectivity Breakthrough Sheds New Light on ADHD - Neuroscience NewsResearchers have made a pivotal discovery in ADHD research, finding that the disorder's symptoms are connected to unusual interactions between the brain's frontal cortex and its deeper information pro... 2228
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 29/03/2024New collection of articles of neurodivergent experiences in academia from @elife.bsky.social : elifesciences.org/collections/... #Academia #HigherEd #DisabledInSTEM #Neurodivergentelifesciences.orgBeing Neurodivergent in AcademiaNeurodiversity in research, from the perspective of neurodivergent scientists. 3218
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 09/04/2024Link to the poster: mdpsych.org/wp-content/u... Folks in academia, please think about the implications of these results. It means your ADHD students likely have trouble obtaining their medications (not to mention the current med shortage) and getting a diagnosis is NOT easy. 032
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 10/04/2024If you want to be an ally to neurodivergent folks, one thing you can do is stop applying your neurotypical, ableist social norms. That's a fine place to start. 081
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 12/04/2024If you are a student (grad students included) in the US and a professor or a supervisor denies your request for disability accommodations, just want to post this reminder that you're not without options. theadhdacademic.weebly.com/learning--ad...theadhdacademic.weebly.comHow to talk to a professor who isn't giving you the accommodation you needIf a professor denies or changes an accommodation you have, this can be an awkward conversation, but it doesn't have to be. 0139
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 12/04/2024Ohh hyperfocus, that #ADHD superpower (debatable) that I cannot turn on as needed. Really would have loved to have turned it on this morning. Even though the conditions were just right, it didn't happen. 083
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 12/04/2024Somehow I missed this, but a study of over 2.4 million Swedes found no link between using acetaminophen (key ingredient in Tylenol) during pregnancy and risk of autism, ADHD, or other intellectual disabilities. neurosciencenews.com/acetaminophe...neurosciencenews.comAcetaminophen in Pregnancy Not Linked to Autism, ADHD Risk - Neuroscience NewsA comprehensive study involving over 2.4 million Swedish children has debunked the notion that acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases the risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability in off... 053
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 19/04/2024Just a little visualization method that helps me when my ADHD brain is feeling overwhelmed and I don't know how to sort through the million tasks I should be accomplishing. Will it help you? Maybe but maybe not Are there better methods out there? Very likely. tinyurl.com/y3mmkhcc 062
Reposted by BatsnitteryKaren Costa (she/her) @karencosta.bsky.social · 25/04/2024so how are we citing tweets that no longer exist bc people fled twitter? #AcademicWriting 4103
Reposted by BatsnitteryErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 25/04/2024Idk how anyone can deny climate change is real when cop riot season is starting two whole months earlier than usual 2044621190
Reposted by BatsnitteryElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 25/04/2024People who skew center right on my FB feed are all clutching their pearls like it’s an Olympic sport over student protests, so I posted this. 151001167
Reposted by BatsnitteryPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/04/2024Hearing a lot of “why do all their tents look the same, must be George Soros.” Or, you know, Amazon. 62118181
Reposted by BatsnitteryChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/04/2024Some useful context as you watch law enforcement on all these campuses is that even when universities have a student very credibly accused of rape, they almost never contact law enforcement. 362274761
Reposted by BatsnitteryDisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 10/02/2024Very thankful to have the opportunity to share my experience about being a disabled scientist! I hope you read this wonderful piece and it spurs some thinking on accessibility within STEM! #DisabledInSTEM cen.acs.org/careers/dive...cen.acs.orgMaking space in STEM for people with disabilitiesMany research labs are inaccessible to disabled scientists, but they don’t have to be 13323
Reposted by BatsnitteryADHD Jesse @adhdjesse.com · 10/02/2024ADHD is like 50% not working, 50% working frantically to make up for the not working part, 50% thinking about the work I should be doing (but not actually working), and 50% not sleeping (but trying to). 13810
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 12/02/2024Disabled scholars & practitioners: put on your own gosh darn oxygen mask before helping others. Your body will quit if pushed too hard. Your work will suffer. You will make more mistakes but not have the spoons to notice them. Take care of yourself. Allies, be kind to those taking care. 0122
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 15/02/2024As a reminder, if you're in the US, you can check how bad the sh*tshow is by searching for the active ingredient here www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/drug... You can then cry into your coffee or other crap substitute for a crucial medication that helps your brain function. 043
Reposted by BatsnitteryMaine's Black Lawyer @lutherevers.bsky.social · 22/02/2024I refer back to my most popular tweet ever. 6401100
Reposted by Batsnitteryjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/02/2024why do republicans insist on having the right to inspect your child’s genitals? 721409372
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 12/01/2024This opinion piece is worth a read. It addresses the terrible climates at many workplaces, the lack of meaningful work, the low wages, and the fact that apparently half of STEM jobs are in computers. Lots of unwritten implications for #DisabledInSTEM folks as well... 081
Reposted by BatsnitterySydni - what in the ADHD?! @whattheadhd.bsky.social · 13/01/2024Your to-do list won't cure my ADHD. Now, if I'm the one MAKING the list—thinking hard about what REALLY needs to be on it, sorting by category, & thoughtfully formatting it? That doesn't cure my ADHD either. In fact, now I'm further behind than I was before I made the list. 093
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 16/01/2024Plenty of people in higher education care about justice and equity but far fewer can answer the question, "What actions have you recently taken fighting for justice in your department/field?" There are loads of kind folks who care about racism, ableism, sexism. We need more who care enough to fight. 042
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 18/01/2024Educators can be more inclusive by saying no to inconsistent deadlines, poorly organized reminders and directions, bans on laptops or doodling in class, convoluted multi-part questions, and other forms of academic ableism. theadhdacademic.weebly.com/teaching--ad... 032
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 18/01/2024If you followed AdultingADHD (Rach Idowu) on Twitter, she shares her experience with the financial cost of ADHD in this new article: www.bbc.com/news/disabil... 083
Reposted by Batsnitterythe ADHD academic @theadhdacademic.bsky.social · 22/01/2024Educators and academics, this is a well-written and well-argued blog post on what we can do to oppose genocide. If anyone knows of similar blog posts, articles, etc., I'd love to know about them. 786
Reposted by BatsnitteryLaura Schmitt @schmittpod.bsky.social · 03/01/2024After one of the hardest of my 53 years, where writing was necessarily on the back burner for weeks and months at a time, using Matt Bell’s minimalist writing log has been a gentle and effective way to nudge my way back into a daily writing practice. 293
