Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I keep thinking about the faculty that have to teach those students and they know what's happened. It has to be awful for the faculty and the students. 011
Reposted by Katy M. PintoRESIST | FIGHT™ @resistfight.com · 23/09/2026LAPD cops working for ICE contractors off duty — while the department fights to keep its moonlighting records hidden. That is the accusation now being leveled directly at LAPD leadership after a judge ordered the records turned over. 52294494213
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I took one of these pictures, The Endeavor flying over Manhattan Beach, and it ended up being featured on our local news website @laist, then kpcc 📸 it really was a sight to see. 000
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I feel really self conscious & it's internal, but also external bc I know how quickly people make value judgements about who merits extra care and support. I saw a lot of people who didn't ask for help that needed it. 😭 010
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I hurt my shoulder recently and I've had to fly twice. It's been very revealing to me how uncomfortable I have been asking for help 😖 especially since I can't lift a bag over my head. 100
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm teaching students about accessing technology available to them and it's interesting to hear them say they hate AI. And how much anxiety it is causing them. At the same time, when I teach courses, I see so many students using AI to complete assignments that are "easy." It's hard. 001
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A canceled grant program deemed ‘discriminatory’ by Trump spurs cuts at California colleges edsource.org?page_id=764250edsource.orgA canceled grant program deemed ‘discriminatory’ by Trump spurs cuts at California collegesAcross California colleges, programs previously funded by Hispanic-Serving Institutions grants are shutting down, as the Trump administration has declared those grant programs discriminatory. 000
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I mean, this is just the gift that keeps on giving 😂 another view & another $$ for next year's tax returns 😂 000
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 19/04/2026And now he's going to make more money bc the Nani video is pretty awesome and I'm gonna share it and watch it regularly 😂 110
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Tell Congress to Save NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate! www.congressweb.com/COSSA/58?fra...congressweb.comTell Congress to Save NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate!On April 3, the Trump Administration released its budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2027. In it, the Administration states its intent to dismantle the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Social, Beh... 000
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I don't understand all of the data here but why are so many universities on here? USC, U of Washington, UCSD, UCLA??!! 130
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Full article from @nytimes.com about Cesar Chavez is out today. This should be free access to the article. Out history books always narrow this movement to one hero, but the movement was groups of people coming together to fight for vulnerable workers. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...nytimes.comCesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years 073
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Or as my friend likes to say to the young people--"If you were Mark Zuckerberg, you would know by now!" 000
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Excited to see this update, I used to use the older version during advising. They don't really know. 000
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 14/11/2025If you also stop to think about it our jobs carry all sorts of expenses that can easily make the job cost YOU money! So we're not only NOT taking our time off, we're paying our jobs to do the work. 😱 Make it make sense! 000
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Meanwhile we're over here asking if women ruined the workplace. She's pushing structural changes forward and some w a platform asking us to go backwards. 213624
Reposted by Katy M. PintoIgnacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 06/11/2025"'My view is, if I don't file a complaint, what will happen to other Mexican women? If they do this to the president, what will happen to all women in our country?'"bbc.comMexico president to seek charges after being groped on streetClaudia Sheinbaum says she is pressing charges because "a line must be drawn" against the harassment of Mexican women. 418553
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 02/10/2025You should never believe that your work emails are yours! The institution can do whatever they want with them. 000
Reposted by Katy M. PintoMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2025NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats. Version of original on left, updated on right: 18157872679
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 27/09/2025This week someone on my campus used all of their entitlement & positionality to bring trash (putting it nicely) to the faculty & staff listserv. It was awful. The only positive. I appreciate when people show me that they are not a safe space for me. 000
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Wait, so it was never about coming here "the right way"? 😑 000
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 15/05/2025They work w the bad actors when they need to and avoid them & whisper network them to help others, but it doesn't change without constant demand for change. It can be exhausting always but also at the end of a loonng academic year. 000
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Literally no HR department to complain to. It is unnecessary hazing and harassment. We are advised to have thick skin and move on OR through. It's never the system that permits a culture of fear, harassment, discrimination, or retaliation. People know all the bad actors, but they are frozen 100
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I spend a lot of time helping faculty & future faculty prepare for the landmines of academia. So far on this site, I've read stories about someone getting nasty & unnecessary comments from a reviewer, someone not being "allowed" to be chair, and obituary sponsorship. 100
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I'm the only person on council from a CSU...a tiny no named CSU to boot. Thank you social media & it feels like I'm the only one who has ever served & will be allowed to serve ever again 🤣 Institutional diversity seems a ways away! I stay for the groups & sections. 010
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I was happy to participate & to be invited! First Gen/Working class group is making @asanews.bsky.social more inclusive & welcoming space 💪 010
Reposted by Katy M. PintoCassidy Puckett @cassidycody.bsky.social · 24/04/2025TODAY @ 2:30 PT/5:30 ET FirstGen/Working Class Mentorship Panel with Erica Banks @smith-college.bsky.social José Luis Collazo Jr. #csuci & Katy Pinto professorpinto.bsky.social #DominguezHills. Register here: csusb.zoom.us/meeting/register/SKgB… 121
Reposted by Katy M. PintoLatino Outdoors @latinooutdoors.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Here are five things you can do for parks ahora mismo: 183
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I'm paying a lot of attention to the California State budget cuts for education and it feels like everyone thinks we'll be ok bc we're a blue state, but it does feel like we'll be ok. It feels like the stakes are so high but folks are just planning on their next political role. 000
Reposted by Katy M. PintoKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer. 6052411312723
Reposted by Katy M. PintoAnn Marie Carlton @amgcarlton.bsky.social · 12/03/2025A safe place for #science in France. During the WWII era, US science benefited from a European brain drain. Nature likes a bi-directional flux.univ-amu.frSafe Place For Science: Aix Marseille University ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille UniversitéIn a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w... 23913
Reposted by Katy M. PintoTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025BREAKING: SpaceX's Starship EXPLODES, causing FAA to halt flights at 4 major airports The previous Starship also exploded, in January THIS is why FAA probed SpaceX for safety And THIS is why Musk has been trying to kill FAA - and why he should NOT get any more govt contracts 31192473237
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 07/03/2025When I was a student I was on work study. It got me connected to campus & made a huge campus feel small. I can't imagine the betrayal these students are feeling right now. On top of the threats to their access from the fed gov, this has to be so stressful. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...insidehighered.comCal State Dominguez Hills ran out of federal work-study fundsStudents at the university rely on part-time employment in the program to pay for food, rent and tuition, and now they’re scrambling to figure out next steps. 010
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 03/03/2025I met an American Trans woman (a retired senior) in MX this winter & she shared that she prob wouldn't come back to the U.S. She said, the Republican party is obsessed w Trans people, even though we're less than 1% of the population! She just felt safer in MX. 0190
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 03/03/2025That shouldn't be the thing that gets me heard or helped. And clearly that's not even the right kind of privilege bc I didn't feel seen or heard. I'm getting made just thinking about it. Surprisingly I didn't get the, how was your experience survey. 😑 We just have to stay vigilant for our loved ones 110
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Thank you! It was terrible. I also think of all of the assumptions the PA made about me & my family. He was hella patronizing when I asked questions. He said, "oh your family won't understand this." Meanwhile my cousin is an MD, we got two nurses in the family. An x-ray tech 😑 110
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I've had to wait a full 3 weeks to get her a primary care follow up. This week she'll be seen & I'm already defensive about the visit. Which I imagine will be so short, like 15 or 20 mins. And this is the system supposedly working well. 😑🤬😡 010
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 02/03/2025The pain med RX in the ER came a good 6 hours into the visit. Only bc I kept asking for pain meds on her behalf. Her #Alzheimers has changed her experience w pain, but she was in pain. I could tell. The RX they have us was Tylenol. I understand why but wow, they could have actually done better. 110
Katy M. Pinto @professorpinto.bsky.social · 02/03/2025My mom who has #Alzheimers fell & broke her eye socket 😞 the trip to the ER was infuriating. She was there for 8 hours, I was there for 7.5 hrs & if I wasn't there to speak up for her, they wouldn't have stopped the bleeding, changed her, or given her pain meds on site or an RX for pain meds. 210
Reposted by Katy M. PintoGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025A reminder for these times. 6458208417561
Reposted by Katy M. PintoJohn Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org18f.orgWe're not done yet | 18F 31689268730848