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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 · 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

Then you're a sociopath🤷🏻‍♂️ Either way, justice is coming. Tick-tock...tick tock... You've got however long it takes the Big Macs and syphilis to do their work...

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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 · 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 · 06/10/2025

The Shawangunk Ridge from Castle Point, Minnewaska State Park, NY.

A view of the Shawangunk Ridge, looking South, in Minnewaska State Park. Leaves are starting to turn. The western edge of Lake Awosting appears in the middle distance.

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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 · 30/05/2025

The sunset over the #Gunks did not disappoint tonight.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Before it became clear that Scott Adams was Nazi-adjacent, I taught in a school psychology program, and this was my favorite stats comic.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

They're onto me... lol. In case anyone needs any inspiration, my last attempt involved reporting excerpts from this article. www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports...

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

OMG I submitted one comment about data being a plural noun, and the verb needing to be have, not has (as in "your data have been submitted ") and they changed it!

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

PS they are not requiring that email addresses or zip codes be legit.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The Trump admin has set up a DEI snitch line at Linda McMahon's department of ed. enddei.ed.gov You know what to do. Become ungovernable.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

"When Lajos Kossuth toured America, he spoke to massive crowds, made famous for his romantic style and... extraordinary sex appeal." (Grinspan, 2024, Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War). The extraordinary sex appeal:

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Jesus H. Christ... 165 years later and they're STILL blaming the wrong people. Also, let's bring back Know Nothings to describe them, please. It's apt. From Jon Grinspan's Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War (2024).

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

More of this, please! Dems, @jasmineforus.bsky.social is showing us EXACTLY what to do.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I guess he'd rather I just explicitly tell him what I think, rather than trying to help him discover it on his own. Huh.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

So proud of these @Marist #schoolpsychology students, who presented on interventions for #dyslexia and reading difficulties for adolescent students! #nyasp2024 #advocateandamplify #conductorsforchange #syracuse2024

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Just started Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. This line, about more flexible behavioral paths & swifter learning, made me LOL. They supercharged the id and deleted the superego, which makes for all sorts of fun possibilities!

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Not to be all "look at me, I'm doing a thing" but.... I'm doing a thing. 😀 #schoolpsychology #NASP

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

Whoever swiped the package of CARS-2 questionnaires from my front step is going to be so disappointed. #schoolpsychology

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 07/08/2024

You just know Tim is the absolute master of the dad joke. Look. At. His. Face. And check out Kamala behind him. x.com/kylekulinski...

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

Rewatching Doctor Who, Season 9, from Magician's Apprentice thru Heaven Sent/Hell Bent. Ready to get hurt again.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

If you're a NASP member, check out the newest Communique! I was proud to work with Sarah Kiperman, Jonie Welland, and Heather Walter McCabe on this article on the legal landscape for LGBTQ+ students, & what it means for school psychologists' abilities to provide affirming care.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

The Active View of Reading (Duke & Cartwright 2021) covers word-level reading, language comprehension, motivation/engagement, & processes that bridge between those areas. t.co/tDmIzZrire

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

I'm reviewing a resource on ICD codes. Differential diagnosis is hard enough. I'm just glad that, if I ever have a particularly unlucky client, I won't need to tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator to code W58.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

Lily and I wish you all a happy St. Paddy's Day, from my back deck.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

All right, and what's this? Oooh looks fancy. But this is all the data from the target:intervention group + the average reader groups mushed together based on growth rate...NOT BY GROUP. So, there is no way to compare the intervention to anything else. 6/

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

Furthermore, the target group was further divided into "intervention" & "business as usual." & then the researchers completely ignored the data from the business as usual group. So we have literally no way of knowing whether the ISA was better than "business as usual." 5/

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

We have two groups chosen according to two different criteria. The "target group" was, essentially, nominated by teachers & then tested w/ the WJ, & everyone <15th %ile got in. Fine so far. But the "average reader" group? Just teacher nominations. 3/

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

And it also violates a NYS Supreme Court Decision from 1977 - Richards v. USTA.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

Also not debatable - affirming spaces (including sports teams) make a quantifiable difference in suicidality for trans kids. The effect is real.

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Dr. Michael T. Paff (he/him) @drmpaff.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

Again, and I'm saying this as an expert in suicide prevention, making this as plain as I can, excluding trans kids from sports teams that align with their gender identity is a suicide-promoting act. And it's not debatable. t.co/1FKpokoF4m

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