iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke... www.cambridge.org/core/books/q... www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla... jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...

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Data Driven

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In about a month, Albertans will be asked to vote on separatist referendum questions. Question 3 asks if people like me — immigrants who aren’t permanent residents — should be entitled to accessing the healthcare system we pay into. I can’t vote, but you can! Please do. knowthenine.ca#question-1

knowthenine.ca

Stay in Canada. No to the Nine.

Use Alberta's Voice's interactive ballot guide to review all 10 referendum ballots before you vote.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am pleased to present my new Article Collection, "Autistic Flourishing: Beyond the Deficit Model". This Collection is now live in Cogent Mental Health, a gold open access journal currently waiving Article Processing Charges. The deadline to submit is June 4th, 2027. #psychscisky #autismresearch

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you can take anything away from this absolute travesty in my home town, it's that NIPSCO (the only power company in the area) is a dogshit corrupt company that only cares about it's bottom line. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Frustration builds in US city struggling without power for 12 days

In the town of Gary, where a third of residents live in poverty, people say they have been living in "survival mode".

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Gary is my hometown. Some of my friends and family are going on 11 days with no power. Please donate if you can, but also contact the people in charge and ask them why they aren’t doing anything. Indiana District 1 www.govtrack.us/congress/mem...

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Indiana Senators, Representatives, and Congressional District Maps - GovTrack.us

Find your U.S. Congress senators and representative in Indiana using a map.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

There’s a lot of takes on the Jarson Arday situation, but my only contribution is wondering how many Black professors the “race realist” Nathan Cofnas had to obsessively hold under a magnifying glass until he was able to write that substack piece.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Canada says it wants more healthcare professionals, but my wife and I — healthcare professionals working in “high need” professions — have had substantial difficulty being registered by Canadian healthcare authorities using our U.S. backgrounds.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Come earn some CEs with us at 1pm! I’ll be talking about teaching undergrad psych of religion and spirituality courses. #apa2026

A screenshot of a schedule reads: “How do we teach the psychology of religion and spirituality?” in room 103B at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Come see me in Hall D to talk about superheroes! #apa2026

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

After many critical conversations about the use of generative AI in practice, my psych assessment students presented me with the greatest gift at the end of our summer class.

White text on the front of a black tshirt reads: “your brain called…”

White text on the back of a black tshirt reads: “It wants its job back #NoAIOffload”

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This month is the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and it reminds me that the ADA could not be passed today. It probably couldn’t get a vote in committee today.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I don't always get added to appropriate lists, but I rightly belong in this one. Although I think this list has a bit of an overfitting problem. VR? No problem there. Pervert glasses? BIG problem there. Shoutout to the guy on my dorm floor who was shamed into retiring his Google Glass.

A screenshot of a DM announcing being added to a moderation list entitled "Hates People Who Use AI Crypto Smart-glassess NFTs Bitcoin or VR"

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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hey how’s this turning out

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Look I’m trying to adapt to Canadian spelling. Behaviour. Centre. Defence. Travelled. But I‘m drawing the line at ‘sceptical.’ I’ve seen both variants here in Canada — which do you use? Sceptical or Skeptical?

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

For the uninitiated: the standard process for reporting suspected cheating in academia is for the prof to do hours of unpaid paperwork, collect evidence, and then present it before a tribunal (sometimes 2-3 times) just for there to be no accountability regardless of the verdict of the report.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Shoutout to the time it took me months to receive an honorarium because a billing department couldn’t fathom that my driver‘s license would have a different address than my LLC.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

They promised me bagged milk in the Canadian welcome package and didn’t tell me that it just doesn’t exist in my province. I’m still buying milk in plastic jugs. WHERE THE BAGS AT. I wanted to buy one of them little milk bag pitchers.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

My vocabulary and choice of words is something that has been commented on so often it’s come up in student evaluations, practicum evaluations, job performance reviews, and peer reviews. Words are fun, and I like clear, precise communication.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As there is still information around connecting me to the organization, I want to clarify that I left my psychologist position at Embrace Autism in May 2026. I did not take a sabbatical, or a sick leave. I resigned in response to, what I saw as, public and private misuse of institutional power.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🚨 New publication 🚨 We gave a small sample of U.S. mental health professionals a survey exploring their attitudes towards a national autism registry. In general, they largely disagreed with current U.S. national talking points (e.g., autism is an epidemic, we need to find a cure).

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Indiana‘s politics are indefensible, and why I moved away, but the Crossroads of America has had its fair share of artists and authors. Just to name a few: Michael Jackson (and all the Jacksons) John Mellencamp David Lee Roth Kurt Vonnegut John Green (adopted in my heart) Jim Davis

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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

On the eve of our submission window opening, we felt we should add an AI policy

ABOUT AI:
Anyone who uses AI to write something they submit to us is a loser, and we want nothing to do with them.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Because Google Search is garbage now, I’m just here to remind you that DuckDuckGo is great. It has a settings switch to turn off any AI features, and actually just presents you with things you search!

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Now take this, and apply it to both reading and writing, and you've got the makings of the current education crisis.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Omg I’m yearning for big names in health service psychology to be critically anti-AI. Just give me like one best seller who recognizes the harm that genAI is causing our field (and people!) instead of another email from someone selling me on their genAI note taking platform.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Yes. All of that has a purpose. And we're teaching students they don't but also that their own brains don't need to develop those skills.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

My religion senior thesis was about religious disaffiliation and secularization in the U.S. My psychology senior thesis was about the differential impact of the attentional blink phenomenon between migraineurs and video gamers

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

In response to the Kindle discourse: ditch Kindle, and come to Kobo! I made the switch last year, and it’s great. Kobo has ON DEVICE integration with Libby (Overdrive)! You can side load books out of the box! Kobo supports comic book formats! Kobo is Japanese and headquartered in Canada!

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Public space is a nuisance obstacle serving only to separate your recuperation domicile from your workplace. Time spent in public space is time not spent working — or resting to work more and better and longer. This message brought to you by unfettered malignant capitalism.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

TikTok is auto-enrolling users into an AI feature that has to be opted out of for *every video* that will allow all users to use your likeness without your permission. It’s called AI Remix, and it prompted me to finally delete my parked, inactive account.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

There are many fields — many dominated by women, think about that — which require a high-earning partner for sustainability. Teaching, counseling, social work, nurse assisting, firefighting, paramedics. I know/have known people working those jobs only because they had a higher earning partner.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The new draft of the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics places obligations for pro bono care front-and-center. This is so out of touch with the lived realities of therapists fighting insurance to make ends meet. If ACA did more for their constituents, I might still be a member.

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

just this week: -- OpenAI killed Sora -- Disney subsequently cancelled its investment in OpenAI -- Wikipedia is now banning LLM-generated content ...tell me again how this is all "inevitable" and you have to "get on board or get left behind"?

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Folks (its me: I’m folks) justifiably dog on academic gatekeeping mechanisms, but here’s a prime example of their utility: protecting the public from cheaters and grifters. Good luck during your comprehensive exams and dissertation defense if you’ve offloaded your PhD to chat.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I‘ve read 38 books in the last 15 months. Some of my favs: Autistic and Black by Kala Omeiza The Power Fantasy by Kieron Gillen A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte The Bones Beneath My Skin by T.J. Klune Read more books!

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Please consider reading our op-ed in which we argue that generative AI (GAI) is harmful to the mental health fields (well, and people in general). Mental health professionals can sign our open letter to take a stance against integrating GAI into mental health care. docs.google.com/document/u/2...

docs.google.com

Open Letter: Against the Use of Generative AI in Mental Health Care

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

"you need to learn how to use gAI or you'll get left behind!" counterpoint! the absolute fastest way to render yourself unemployable is to build your skillset around a tool that does your thinking for you, that everyone has access to, and that one company can change or take away at any time

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Happy Match Day! Congratulations to all who matched; take some time to relish this milestone. For those who didn’t match today, remember that Phase II exists for a reason and that these results don’t have any bearing on your skills in the field. #matchday

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

no, it simply isnt. People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.

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Aaron Balick 🍉 @aaronbalick.com · 09/02/2026

Psychotherapists learn a lot of theory and a fair bit of technique. But primarily we are trained to listen - really deeply listen. Only once you’ve listened deeply does the rest come into play. AI doesn’t listen. AI compiles.

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Language Learning Matters @llmllc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

There is no reason in this day & age not to offer hybrid events & the ability to participate in events online as well. It’s universal design, & we’ve had the tools for years now. Bonus to the organizations holding the events: it means more participation, more excitement, & (cynically) more revenue.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We oppose the implementation of generative AI into mental health care. We need to have a discussion about the profit-driven forces that have, instead of fixing the cracks in our mental health systems, have convinced clinicians that generative AI is the path forward. #psychscisky #academicsky

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Open Letter: Against the Use of Generative AI in Mental Health Care We cannot sit idly by while market forces drive a deceitful inevitability narrative surrounding AI use in mental health care. Tools that make people kill themselves are not good for us actually. docs.google.com/document/d/e...

docs.google.com

Open Letter: Against the Use of Generative AI in Mental Health Care

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

hey literally everyone in government in both the US and Canada, stop fucking with my trans homies

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Iliana Magiati @ilianamagiati.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Led by Grant Bruno, and following from our first Editorial on Global Indigenous Perspectives on autism research, our second Editorial in @journalautism.bsky.social explores integrating Indigenous ways of being, knowing and doing to autism research. Free access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.com

Decolonizing autism research: Integrating Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing - Grant Bruno, Anne Lindblom, Jessica Tupou, Fran Kewene, TC Waisman, Iliana Magiati, 2025

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

i need authors and agents to be much louder with their publishers how much they hate gen ai and make it embarrassing/financially harmful for publishers to be associated with it at every level (incl marketing, publicity, and sales)

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Wow, color me shocked, 5000 angry autistic people because autistic Barbie doesn’t do or have the exact same things they do or have. It’s almost like there is no one specific way to be autistic and autism doesn’t have a look.

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

If you want to know why it's so hard to find a testing psychologist who takes insurance, my testing fee is $250/hour and Anthem pays me the equivalent of $32/hour after I subtract material costs. 🙃

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Chris Dabbs, Ph.D. @dabbspsych.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Catching up on email. I received an article review request on Dec. 21, a reminder for that request on CHRISTMAS DAY, and notice of request withdrawal due to lack of response on Dec. 29. Academic folks, please stop doing this. Breaks exist for a reason. Spend time with family. Touch grass (or snow).

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