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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him)

@drmpaff.bsky.social
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NYS Licensed Psychologist & Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) working with justice-involved youth. Really into suicide prevention, DBT/CBT, the science of reading, neuropsychology, 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ advocacy, & fighting fascism. President-elect @nyaspsych.bsky.social.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A friendly message to MAGA folks on this 4th of July weekend: you are the most traitorous, unpatriotic, anti-American, insurrectionist pieces of shit walking the earth right now. Fuck you.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Less than one week away! Come hear me and several of my reading nerd friends talk abt reading and dyslexia! Seriously, it's going to be awesome. We have a ton of great information and resources to share... #schoolpsychology #dyslexia #scienceofreading #specialeducation
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Time to revisit the second most heartbreaking two episodes of the 12th Doctor's whole arc. Bonus points for Michelle Gomez's Missy. #DrWho
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Pretty damning when Soviet and French communist propaganda posters from 50 years ago describe the state of our country so accurately. Poster one says "Help for the hungry, American style." Poster two says "Expensive bread, war policy." It sounds catchier in French because it rhymes.
A Cold War-era poster of a knife cutting a loaf of bread. As the slices of bread fall, they turn into bombs. The text says Help for the hungry, American style in Russian.A Cold War-era poster of a knife cutting a loaf of bread. As the slices of bread fall, they turn into bombs. The text says "expensive bread, war policy" in French.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Proud to join @hrc.org and Welcoming Schools for the inaugural School Advocacy Summit in DC!
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Imperial Boomerang
The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing today of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would not come as a shock to Iraqis in Fallujah or Afghans ...
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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They Love Him Dead
A Sunday Sermon on America’s Necrophilic Relationship With MLK and His Dream
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
MLK: "We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” —Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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Chris Hedges: The Machinery of Terror
The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now. If we wait, it will be too late.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It's true. We are. Have been for a while. And I'd say we should still be considered a pariah state after we get rid of Trump. We also need to hold ALL of his enablers criminally responsible AND implement serious structural reforms AND make amends to our victims.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Heading home from the city on this, the last day of 2025. Rough year. May 2026 be the year we start to un-fuck everything, & start to take seriously the idea of rebuilding this country into something better.
View of the sun setting over the Hudson River, from a Metro North train heading north. Snow-covered tracks in the foreground.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Keeping a running tally of how many words this person thinks he knows, but actually doesn't. So far we have fascism hypocrisy extreme Let's see how many others we can find!
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
People like this can’t be reintegrated into society and need to be identified, isolated, punished, and ostracized.
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kyleraiser: Bloodline @kylebutoverhere.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Trans rights are human rights and it's not negotiable, you fucks
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Feverishly working on this
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Will Huff @willhuff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
it's the null null hypothesis
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
All of them, straight to the fucking Hague.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
In episode one of what might become a series I'm tentatively entitling "Yes this really IS fascist propaganda," the Trump DHS, run by neo-Confederate white supremacists, shared a pro-Union painting done shortly after Confederate traitors attacked Fort Sumpter & ignited a war for white supremacy.
DHS shared a painting of a lone Union soldier saluting a vision of an American flag, made up of clouds, sunlight, and stars. DHD captioned it "a nation, not an economic zone." This is a reference to Nazi ideology.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Yup.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 27/10/2025
To all those “Let them go without food for a month, maybe they’ll get a job” people: Most SNAP recipients have jobs. Exploitative jobs that keep them living just below the poverty line. — Should they starve to death? And then what?
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Look, I'm just saying that if I was working with a kid & their kinetic family drawing involved them dumping massive amounts of diarrhea from a plane onto random people, the responsible adults & I would be having a specific kind of conversation...
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Free Speech For People @fsfp.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Silence is complicity. Every Member of Congress who refuses to honor their oath of office by invoking the Impeachment Clause against Trump is aiding and abetting his daily assault on the rule of law. @johnbonifaz.bsky.social @jessicadenson07.bsky.social #ImpeachTrump
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
This moment in history seems a good time to re-read Walter Wink, on Christian nationalism and the myth of redemptive violence.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I thought he knew nothing about Project 2025...
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Can't wait to dig in. Thanks @meridyann.bsky.social !
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Trump admin's attempt to classify trans individuals as violent extremists is the latest move towards a full Nazi state. MAGA is scapegoating a weak minority in order to enflame hatred, consolidate power, & eliminate perceived enemies. Let's be crystal damn clear:
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
this exists it is called thinking
Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.
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Dr. Canuck, MD @drcanuckmd.medsky.social · 16/09/2025
Since the inception of the NFL brain damage has significantly increased. Players consistently wear helmets. Thus, helmets are causing brain injuries and need to be banned. Click on my link to order my supplements that will detox your brain damage.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2025
Nancy Mace acting on disinformation that the shooter was trans: goes off on tirade against "trannies" Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."
A screenshot of a tweet from the Daily Caller, which has been reposted by Rep. Nancy Mace. The tweet reads: "'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH': Rep. Nancy Mace comments on reports of Charlie Kirk's killer allegedly being 'pro-tranny'". The tweet includes a video thumbnail showing Rep. Nancy Mace outdoors wearing sunglasses and speaking to reporters. The timestamp is 11:29 AM, September 11, 2025.A screenshot of a tweet from Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace). The tweet, posted at 10:36 AM on September 12, 2025, reads: "We know Charlie Kirk would want us to pray for such an evil, and lost individual like Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ. We will try to do the same."
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12/09/2025
1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun. Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found. WSJ owes a full retraction and apology. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Press Conference: No "Transgender" Or "LGBTQ" Symbols Found At Kirk's Shooting
Yesterday, several media outlets claimed or strongly implied that "transgender symbols" were found at the scene of the gun used by Charlie Kirk's shooter. This turned out to be false.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Wild that Ted Cruz is such an uncultured doorknob that he thinks of Dominos when he's searching for a pizza place in Illinois.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Finally got away for the summer. #CapeCod
Sunrise reflected in water with a small dock in the foreground. West Yarmouth, Mass. Vibrant subset over beach grass and sand. West Yarmouth, MA.A hand holding conch slowly emerging from its shell. A beach scene, Cape Cod, MA.
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Harvard Education Press @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
HEP author Tim Shanahan recently sat down for an interview with the Science of Reading podcast and spoke about research and takeaways from his new book, LEVELED READING, LEVELED LIVES. Listen to this conversation here:
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Special Episode: Science of Reading: Leveled reading, leveled lives, with Tim Shanahan, Ph.D.
Tim Shanahan, Ph.D., returns to discuss his new book, Leveled Reading, Leveled Lives: How Students’ Reading Achievement Has Been Held Back and What We Can Do About It, where he outlines what existing research says about leveled reading—and why it’s not effective.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Attention podcast ad producers. I hate ads. I don't want to hear them. But I have to be honest. I SO VERY MUCH don't want to hear Malcolm Gladwell telling me about" AI agents & assistants automating workflows & streamlining data" that I would happily listen to 100 other ads if you just shut him up.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Hey, #schoolpsychologists, did you know @nyaspsych.bsky.social just published a new practice document on the #scienceofreading and #dyslexia? Check it out! nyasp.wildapricot.org/Practice-Doc...
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New York Association of School Psychologists - Practice Documents
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
YES! Yet another reason I am PROUD to live in New York State.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Yale, which is one of the most well-resourced institutions in the world, has the resources to FIGHT this. This action will cause kids to kill themselves. Full stop. Trump is a fascist, and fascists win when you comply in advance. Yale New Haven is complying in advance. Kids deserve better.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I'm not loving a country that pays its adults half as much to teach children to spell as it does to kidnap them.
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Lisa Lisa and not Cult Jam 47 @bostonbitch.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
I hope blue states rewrite voting districts if Texas does it. Sorry, but it's time to respond. Enough of this Republican-Trumpism bullshit.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 19/07/2025
Nice to see Cuomo finally being a team player and campaigning for Zohran
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Hey, #schoolpsychologists, did you see the #scienceofreading overview from @nasponline.bsky.social? Tip o' the hat to @burnsm1.bsky.social ... it's very well done. www.nasponline.org/x68588.xml
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Looking forward to some light beach reading.
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Fuckkkkkk you, @nytimes.com
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech titled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” a call for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans. Douglass’s speech empha...
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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Resign, @johnfetterman.com
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