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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15h

One of the most apparent truths about universities in this era is that student journalists have tended to exhibit the greatest courage and tenacity when it comes to applying their institutional mottos and academic lessons to the world.

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The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go (Gift Article)

The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.

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Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph @dr-alj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I introduced my undergrads to Zotero yesterday, and every time I show what it can do I feel like Charlie Day in the mail room.

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Charlie Day's Pepe Silvia Conspiracy

ALT: Charlie Day's Pepe Silvia Conspiracy

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Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph @dr-alj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My very first job was as a tour guide at a cave. In college, I also took care of turtles for a biology professor who was away for a summer and made popsicles for Jonny Pops when it was a much smaller operation.

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The Sexual Health Exploration Project @sexploreproject.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

On this World Sexual Health Day, we are excited to announce an open call for graphic artists, digital illustrators, and mixed-media creatives to join us for the first-ever Sexploration Artist Residency Program!

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 24/07/2026

The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.

KEY POINTS
• The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based
claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 21/07/2026

the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thank god there are no gender studies classes anymore otherwise we might be able to figure out what's going on here.

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

As always

The X-Files. FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny). The caption reads, “Hey, you got to stay alive if you want to stick it to the government. If you die, you let them off the hook.”

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Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph @dr-alj.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thanks to @jofhsb.bsky.social for sharing this article. Everyone deserves health and happiness, and this article presents my research on the barriers to making gender-affirming care a reality transnationally. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph @dr-alj.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Almost 1 million fewer kids are receiving SNAP, and that does not make the U.S. a better place.

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 27/05/2026

We have this whole methods discourse on the need for transparency in social science research, and people alleging that qualitative research is uniquely evasive or misleading on this front. My brother in christ if you let me actually put more data in the paper you'd have more transparency

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Dr. Arjee Restar @drrestar.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

📣 Open call: Erase Erasure. ✍🏽 hi, we made a thing 🤍 For transgender & nonbinary writers, artists, poets, visionaries, this is a national creative anthology of our lives in the U.S. No résumé required. Just your story and art, in your form. 🔗 Submit below. #EraseErasure #TransHistory #TransPride

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Jenni @jennismovingcastle.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ok everyone. I know we all write books. There are many books to be purchased. But, I am kindly asking that you consider pre-ordering my book. The book features 27 beautiful portraits/artwork of rural queer young adults in full color. TABL26 at upcolorado.com for 40% off.

Rural Queer Joy: Using Social Practice Art to Increase Rural LGBTQ+ Visibility, is now available for pre-order. Use code TABL26 to get 40% off. Upcolorado.com

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Things that should not be run like businesses: universities, hospitals, and government. Things that should be run like businesses: businesses. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

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Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph @dr-alj.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

You know I'm excited for the Authority & Health-Science-Knowledge Symposium hosted by @sexploreproject.bsky.social because I actually have my slides ready several days ahead of time and not the night before ✨ Attend our session on 4/17 @ 9:30am (Central) - it's virtual and free to attend!

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The point of putting ice in airports isn’t just to put ice in airports. It’s to normalize putting them anywhere as “extra security.” This will include polling places w/ long lines in minority communities, polling places in blue/purple districts, & anywhere else it “helps” the people deploying them.

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Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph @dr-alj.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Thrilled to be part of this symposium! It's virtual and free to attend. Check it out if you're interested in Authority & Health-Science-Knowledge.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 22/03/2026

I really, really need academic organizations to think more critically about travel (conferences, talks, and meetings) during the Trump administration. Sadly, most are not.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Jesse Singal: “I don’t understand why all these experts with degrees keep disagreeing with me. So demoralizing. What could the explanation be??”

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Conservative and reactionary centrist media is trying to set up a narrative in which GLP-1s are some kind of existential threat to body positivity and fat activism. It's bullshit. If you want to lose weight, go for it. But not everyone can or wants to — and they deserve equal treatment regardless.

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

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JAMA @jama.com · 11/09/2025

Viewpoint: Restricting gender-affirming care access will not only harm individual health outcomes, but also strain the health care system. ja.ma/3JXGrrV

JAMA article "Public Health and Ethical Risks of Rollbacks on Medicaid Coverage for Gender-Affirming Care" by Samuel Mann & Harry Barbee, published August 7, 2025. It discusses the impact of restricting access to gender-affirming care.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

College money well spent and needed. Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding. Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders. Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.

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Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map

It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...

Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants.

As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented.

You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.

This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term.

Primary Responsibilities

Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms

Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation

Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center

Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options

Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process

Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce

Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata

Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets

Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use

Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata

Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing.

Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving.

Education/Training/Experience

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field.

5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting.

At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles.

Background in social science research or data curation.

Experience in data management, archiving, or research support.

Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk.

Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools.

Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.

Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows.

Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements

Strong organizational and communication skills.

Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products.

Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish.

Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously.

Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams.

Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions

FLSA Status: Exempt

Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000.

Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.

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Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph @dr-alj.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I do this every semester, too. This semester I taught in a classroom with only one door and windows that didn't open.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 13/11/2025

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

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P.Rudy @pordy24.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Posted this elsewhere: Patriarchy ruins the workplace every day. No universal healthcare nor reproductive care, no affordable childcare, no paid time off for pregnancy, maternity leave nor family support, because the template for ‘employee’ is a male, unattached worker paid as little as possible.

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andréa becker @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Recruiting for a new study on men’s sexual health experiences! Please share :)

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I doubt a Black reporter could have done this story and been "invited in." But, apparently, the Times does not consider that this fact may bias their story? How is segregated access "objective?" Whiteness is a credential often presented as neutrality.

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UW-Madison Sociology @uwsoc.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

We're hiring! Please share with your networks! The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026 jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

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Assistant Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Brian Allen @allenanalysis.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area. Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

the Senate's small-state ultra-bias is never more maddening than when one senator uses it to get benefits for her 740,000 constituents while openly acknowledging the bill she's supporting will harm the nation's 339 million other residents.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

The "misinformation" in question here is that gender-affirming care reduces suicides among youth. It merely reduces depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine
How the left ended up disbelieving the science

By Helen Lewis

“We often ask parents, ‘Would you rather have a dead son than a live daughter?’” Johanna Olson-Kennedy of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles once explained to ABC News. Variations on the phrase crop up in innumerable media articles and public statements by influencers, activists, and LGBTQ groups. The same idea—that the choice is transition or death—appeared in the arguments made by Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s solicitor general, before the Supreme Court last year. Tennessee’s law prohibiting the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to treat minors with gender dysphoria would, she said, “increase the risk of suicide.”

But there is a huge problem with this emotive formulation: It isn’t true. When Justice Samuel Alito challenged the ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio on such claims during oral arguments, Strangio made a startling admission. He conceded that there is no evidence to support the idea that medical transition reduces adolescent suicide rates.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

“We’re on the precipice of now being able to deliver the greatest prevention option we’ve had in 44 years of this epidemic... And it’s as if that opportunity is being snatched out of our hands by the policies of the last five months."

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Republicans have gotten a *lot* more regressive on gender in a very short period of time. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/o...

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Man it really sucks when someone just takes your government funding away out of nowhere on a whim

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JHSB @jofhsb.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

June is #PrideMonth -> Read about health experiences of transgender and gender diverse people in their gender-affirming health care in Thailand and the US. @dr-alj.bsky.social explores how these experiences are shaped by imperial legacies: bit.ly/3HgqP1o @SociologyWSU @asamedsoc.bsky.social

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Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph @dr-alj.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Ah yes, small government and free speech so evident in this and many other actions

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Dr. Alyssa Lynne-Joseph @dr-alj.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

One of my students in a 300-level sociology class cited some non-existent papers, so congrats to MAHA on doing some sophomore level hijinx to get around doing actual science 🙄

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/05/2025

Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ

“I’ve studied McCarthyism’s impact on higher education for 50 years. What’s happening now is worse.” -Ellen Schrecker, historian

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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Actually the hardest hit group would be Americans who want to live in a democracy instead of a dictatorship. The next group will be those who value our system of education; this is going to undermine everybody at Harvard & every other university in the US as well.

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