Reposted by Melissa MorabitoTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026www.inc.com/daniela-pier...inc.comWomen Absorbed All of July's Job Losses. Here's What the Number Doesn't Tell YouWomen bore all of July's job losses, and 845,000 have left the labor force since January. The numbers are a signal about what's driving women out and where they're headed. 4247138
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Wildly inappropriate that Taylor and Francis used generative AI to create image descriptions for all of my figures without giving me and my co-authors the opportunity to do so. Does this mean they uploaded the entire manuscript? 000
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 07/05/2026Kind of surprised that this hasn't been bigger news. It's finals week for a whole lot of universities, and yet, Canvas (a learning/grading platform used by ~9,000 schools globally) is currently inaccessible because of a pay-or-have-your-data-leaked hack. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...insidehighered.com“PAY OR LEAK”: Hackers Target Big Higher Ed VendorThe criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak. 8620581025
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoTracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Today is the release of Governor Healey's proposed FY27 state budget. I will remind you as always, that budgets are a moral document. What we fund is what we value. 082
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name. "These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments." 23877307
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Also, who will enforce these policies? Are we asking school staff to take cellphones away? Police? 010
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 31/03/2025It will take so long to make up for lost time too. 010
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 24/03/2025"When most Americans think about our great universities, they probably don’t think about the origins of lasers, FM radio or bar codes..." 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Universities Gave Us the iPhone, the Jet Engine and Gatorade. We’re Tossing That Away.The postwar compact on research that powered America’s economic and military dominance is under threat. 13574166
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 5733442164
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoMelissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Please consider submitting to a special issue on police responses to violence against women, co-edited with Tara Shelley www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...emeraldgrouppublishing.comPolice Response to Violence Against WomenThe special issue will review police response to violence against women, identify challenges to police response, highlight effective response strategies, and consider intersectionality, disability, an... 032
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Shocking but not shocking? I feel for the federal workers who spend their days in these spaces. 010
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 06/02/2025The entire samhsa.gov website is gone? Can anyone else access it?samhsa.govSAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationAn official website of the United States government 000
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoDavid Hackney @davidnhackney.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now #MedSky www.acog.org/clinical/cli...acog.orgACOG EndorsedThe following documents have ACOG’s endorsement and are listed in order of endorsed date. 4655582205
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Please consider submitting to a special issue on police responses to violence against women, co-edited with Tara Shelley www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...emeraldgrouppublishing.comPolice Response to Violence Against WomenThe special issue will review police response to violence against women, identify challenges to police response, highlight effective response strategies, and consider intersectionality, disability, an... 032
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoMike 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 4803276312096
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time. 10485284122429
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Local police don’t have to participate. www.npr.org/2025/01/24/n...npr.orgLocal governments across U.S. signal they won't aid Trump migrant crackdownLocal government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants. 000
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoNsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · 22/01/2025NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions 30766493280
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Not sure that I ever saw the full poster before today. 000
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 05/01/2025This is why large research firms have an advantage. They have staff dedicated to these tasks. 030
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 03/01/2025New article out ‘Police Reform and Involuntary Hospitalization’ looking at one of hidden responsibilities of local police departments academic.oup.com/policing/art...academic.oup.comPolice reform and involuntary hospitalizationAbstract. Involuntary hospitalization to receive a psychiatric evaluation is a serious mental health and legal matter that often requires involvement from 041
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 23/12/2024My students are always shocked by the outcome of this case. 020
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoCarissa Byrne Hessick @cbhessick.bsky.social · 13/12/2024❗New research on prosecutors! The Prosecutors and Politics Project has just released a new report: A National Study of Prosecutor Elections and Campaign Contributions: 2018-2019 Key findings include changes in contested vs uncontested prosecutors, as well as a big increase in $$$ raised. 1112
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoMichelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Not a coincidence to achieve record low gun violence in same years as record highs in: ☀️ Paid youth summer jobs participation 👶 Universal pre-K access 🏘️ Affordable housing & homeownership investment 👩🍳 Small business creation 🌳 Parks programming 👩🏫 BPS early college & career seatscsmonitor.comBoston broke a record last year for fewest homicides. It’s on track to do it again.As of Dec. 10, Boston has reported just 22 homicides – a little over half of the 40 it had just two years ago. 835881
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 11/12/2024This was one of my biggest stresses- knowing a medicine combination worked and that we couldn’t get it anymore www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/09/m...bostonglobe.comCancellation of kids’ asthma medication continues to cause turmoil for Mass. families - The Boston GlobeInsurance authorizations and scarce options continue to haunt children with asthma in Massachusetts. 000
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Teaching a general education cj class, I’m always surpeised that most people dont understand the purpose of bail and thibk it is a ‘get out of jail free card’ like in monopoly. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comIllinois Has Put an End to the Injustice of Cash BailAmid a national backlash against criminal justice reform, Illinois has achieved something extraordinary. It’s working better than anyone expected. 040
Reposted by Melissa MorabitoUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family. Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou 37380282618
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 22/11/2024www.wgbh.org/news/health/...wgbh.orgBlack Bostonians are more likely to be sent for involuntary mental health institutionalization by cliniciansMultiple studies have found Black people are much more likely than white people to be compulsorily hospitalized. 020
Melissa Morabito @profmorabito.bsky.social · 18/11/2024New article in Psych Services. We wanted to understand who police are asked to apprehend for involuntary commitment and what information they are given. psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...psychiatryonline.orgUnderstanding Involuntary Hospitalization Applications Submitted to an Urban Police Department | Psychiatric ServicesObjective: To improve understanding of the application process for temporary involuntary hospitalization (Section 12 of the Massachusetts General Laws) in Boston, the authors focused on cases involvin... 021
