Reposted by Jennifer MosleyWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad 9633119513639
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 15/11/2025One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.cnn.comJudge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN PoliticsThe Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina... 231242352
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyStanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 10/10/2025New reading! Nicole P. Marwell and Jennifer E. Mosley discussed their book Mismeasuring Impact: How Randomized Controlled Trials Threaten the Nonprofit Sector on HistPhil #ReadUPhistphil.orgResisting the Hierarchy of Evidence: Philanthropic Foundations and the Rise of RCTsEditors’ Note: Nicole P. Marwell and Jennifer E. Mosley discuss their new book, Mismeasuring Impact: How Randomized Controlled Trials Threaten the Nonprofit Sector (Stanford University Press,… 1114
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter. 25956431500
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyBenjamin Soskis @bensoskis.bsky.social · 10/10/2025New HistPhil post: Nicole Marwell and Jennifer Mosley chronicle the rise of the randomized controlled trial to the top of the hierarchy of program evaluation, while also highlighting the significant ambivalence nonprofit & foundation staff have to that ascension. histphil.org/2025/10/10/r...histphil.orgResisting the Hierarchy of Evidence: Philanthropic Foundations and the Rise of RCTsEditors’ Note: Nicole P. Marwell and Jennifer E. Mosley discuss their new book, Mismeasuring Impact: How Randomized Controlled Trials Threaten the Nonprofit Sector (Stanford University Press,… 052
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10/09/2025This is also a case of systems setting people up to fail. Public university systems often standardize course numbers/names/descriptions, to simplify transfer credits. But the approved descriptions end up being incredibly generic, because otherwise campuses/faculty fight about what to include. 1/ 111515
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyMichael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 10/08/2025This is the first example I've seen of a university trying to mobilize constituents to stand up against Trump threats. There's been a lot of "wHaT eLsE CaN AdMiNiStRaToRs Do?" in The Discourse when this is exactly the thing they haven't been doing. Good for UCLA for trying. Others should follow. 7365138
Reposted by Jennifer MosleySocial Service Review @socservreview.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Call for papers! *The Next 100 Years: Reflections on the Centennial of SSR* To celebrate 100 years of SSR in 2026, the journal will publish a collection of thought-provoking papers exploring the history, current state, and future of social work and social welfare. Abstracts due September 15! 174
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."spencer.orgRapid Response Bridge Funding ProgramIn the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap... 6760548
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/04/2025A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942. 5044210512555
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/03/2025This was such a satisfying project, and one in which I realized for the first time how much my whole life had been spent in a manscape, in places where almost everything was named after men. 401979414
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The people responsible for this should be fired directly into the sun www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h... 543029733
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight 4378952449
Jennifer Mosley @jenmosley.bsky.social · 26/03/2025This is going to be a great event, particularly for early career folks. Everyone is welcome! 021
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I’ve seen a lot of assumptions in the media that Trump (and Musk) are targeting institutions with loyalty tests. But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵 251682723
Jennifer Mosley @jenmosley.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Thank god for term limits, and please let this sleaze-ball disappear forever. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...politico.comGavin Newsom breaks with Democrats on trans athletes in sportsThe Democratic California governor made the stunning remarks in his debut podcast with conservative guest Charlie Kirk. 040
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I wrote a short blog post about the tragedy currently unfolding in the evaluation industry. Trump is destroying vital research capacity and decades of instructional knowledge for pocket change. 1/x rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-irr...rooseveltinstitute.orgThe Irreparable Damage Being Done to Federal Policy Research and Evaluation - Roosevelt InstituteThough their goals obviously differed, Republican and Democratic administrations have for decades relied on the work of social scientists both within and outside the government to conduct research on ... 8305143
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Most people are not political scientists using formal definitions. So I am curious when is the moment that people tell themselves "oh, I live under an authoritarian government now." Because what else is this? www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...reuters.comTrump says federal funding will stop for colleges, schools allowing 'illegal' protestsPresident Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all federal funding will stop for colleges and schools that allow "illegal" protests and that agitators will be imprisoned or sent back to the country they came from. 40829285
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyBeth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 26/02/2025It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world. 173101992265
Jennifer Mosley @jenmosley.bsky.social · 20/02/2025This is a great article and highlights many things I admire about Austin: she is generous in spirit, has a true commitment to the collective, and is really fucking smart. www.theguardian.com/sport/commen...theguardian.comTrump singled me out for ruining women’s sport. This is my response to him | Austin KillipsThe president talks about trans athletes ‘invading’ women’s sports, while doing nothing at all to elevate, fund or support women athletes 010
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyJess Gartner @jessgartner.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Remember that “move fast and break things” is the motto of a sector of businesses with a 90% failure rate. The US Government cannot afford a 90% failure rate. 311937
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyBeth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 18/02/20251/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution. 421237524
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 08/02/2025There are already impacts on all of us since Trump closed USAID. This soy research lab is just one of many bad consequences for America. 17469200
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyMeredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 03/02/2025New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.” If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.newrepublic.comPrimary Every DemocratIt’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns. 18544281333
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 01/02/2025If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you? 4190373235
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyMike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...blog.archive.orgEnd of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs 4803277712103
Reposted by Jennifer Mosleyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/02/2025they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply. 7495845611304
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/01/2025Every family and child deserves to feel safe and secure in the place they call home. Every resident of Illinois should know their rights. I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed. 21762112120
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyClint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 27/12/2024I have always loved public libraries, but having young children has exponentially increased my gratitude and sense of indebtedness to them. Our local library is such a huge part of our lives. The books, the programming, the very intentionally curated kids’ section. It’s all such a gift. 434252352745
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 27/12/2024“Advocates” say? Or the data SHOWS? If it’s the data, just say that. Like, physicists don’t SAY the earth is round. Physicists just share the data SHOWING the earth is round. Enough of this “one side says” stuff if one side has the actual data. 9594122
Reposted by Jennifer MosleySocial Service Review @socservreview.bsky.social · 19/12/2024🚨Introducing SSR Special Collections! What is a special collection? It is a curated selection of articles, chosen by a guest editor(s), that showcase work published in SSR on a specific topic. All articles chosen are free to read for 6 months! www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ssr...journals.uchicago.eduSocial Service Review: Special collections 142
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 05/12/2024barred from interstate fucking travel. anyone with a uterus is a second class citizen in potentia 11729951038
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 04/12/2024Chase Strangio is a hero exposing themselves to RW violence by making forceful pro-trans arguments before the Supreme Court. The Pullman Porters organized a cadre of bodyguards to protect Thurgood Marshall when he was dismantling segregation law. I hope someone does the same for Chase. 016935
Jennifer Mosley @jenmosley.bsky.social · 30/11/2024I’m so skeptical I wrote a whole book about it! Evidence is often not nearly as solid as promised and the “hierarchy of evidence” (with RCTs at the top) limits our understanding of important levers for change. www.sup.org/books/mismea...sup.orgMismeasuring Impact | Stanford University PressThe hidden dangers of randomized controlled trials The need to demonstrate the effectiveness of nonprofit social programs has led to a rapid rise in the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), f... 071
Reposted by Jennifer Mosleythe irreducible @anguilline.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Reedie: that's a demitasse 162
Reposted by Jennifer MosleySecond Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I WISH 29% of Americans were bisexual 5374
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyIlene Tatroe (she/they) @murphgrrl.bsky.social · 17/11/2024And here's why you should just give money. 1. The food bank knows what they need and can buy it. 2. Money can be used any time; if they don't need it right now, they can use it when donations are low. 3. Food banks tend to have deals with suppliers, which translates to more goods for their money. 414062
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17/11/2024More and more mainstream Jewish groups are demanding that the US stop sending weapons to Israel:truah.orgRabbis Call on U.S. to Stop Transfer of Offensive Weapons to Israel | T'ruah 301239334
Reposted by Jennifer MosleyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/11/2024There’s a reason so many academics are dismissive of the Trump/Musk/Vivek types and it’s that we’re all very aware of the Overconfident Bro Who Hasn’t Done the Reading But Still Wants to Lead the Discussion 24780051282