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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I knew this speculative #feminist methodologies class was going to be incredibly eye-opening. "Dear Ijeawele" (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) cuts right to the heart of things, including me and the things I wish my mother had known when I was a child.

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

These rejections are starting to feel personal 😠

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Maybe you can help me with this paper that's been rejected twice now lol

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

INBOX: 350 US companies — including some of the biggest (Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple), with collective market cap of nearly $10 trillion — have recently stated their commitments to diversity & inclusion. @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...

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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I can’t recommend this enough. UNBREAKING, a new project from @lizneeley.bsky.social & co, documents & explains our many concurrent institutional collapses. It’s beautifully executed work, full of intellectual & moral clarity. 3 pages are live, more will come. It’s SO GOOD, & I learned so much.

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. This week I added my 5th teaching award nomination to my CV (which I am really humbled and honored by because it's a student-led nomination process)... along with my 5th notification that I was not selected for said award.

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

This is definitely all Maddi's doing, but I'm stoked to be even a small part of it. Her and Emily were great to work with!

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Thank you for sharing this really important piece.

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I thought I'd include the link here: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

1/3 of my congresspeople had a full mailbox. So hopefully in some places, fwiw.

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Rati Gupta @ratigupta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We @5calls.org have an app/website to help you do this! Just put up an explainer with phone numbers and call script if you don't know what to say: 5calls.org/issue/omb-fe...

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Block Trump's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze ⭑ 5 Calls

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a crucial federal agency tasked with oversight and administration of the federal budget. In a blatantly …

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I don't want to overstate this, but being in DC for #UERU and #AACU conferences feels a little like resistance. "Reaffirming Higher Ed's Public Purpose"

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Does something like this exist in Jamaica Plain?

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Can't wait to read this! Congrats on publication!

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Super helpful as usual, Raul. Thank you for sharing!

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Hahahaha! Yay for getting house chores done :)

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I'm definitely still at the beginning stages. I love hearing about tips/tricks that worked for other book writers though if you have any to share :)

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Apparently I can write everything except my book. I co-authored this piece on teaching practices derived from UDL + why this is a disability justice issue. Preprint doi.org/10.31234/osf... #psychologicalscience #SoTL #eddev #UDL #disability @gernsbacherlab.bsky.social is the only one on this app.

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Prof Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

New preprint with @emilynordmann.bsky.social and @raechel.bsky.social, where we show how open research tools (preprints, registered reports, open educational resources) may be particularly useful for scholars on the Teaching and Scholarship track osf.io/preprints/ed...

A screenshot of a paper called "Open Research as an Ally to Teaching and Scholarship-Track Academics" which is linked in the post

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Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

New CfP alert! Consider submitting to our forthcoming special issue on "Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences" edited by Dr. Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org. CfP available here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/196/ Abstracts due January 30 2025

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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Call for papers: Special Issue on Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences Abstract submission deadline: 30 January 2025 In recent years, research production and communication in the bio...

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Have you tried something like Last Pass? It's been a lifesaver for me (but also I get the paid version for free through MIT)

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I teach methods in psych. How do I gently ask my students "is this what a results section looks like in any of the papers you've read?" (or in the examples or the how-to videos I posted?) I'm not being snarky. How do I tell them - model your writing after other good writing!

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Is having a FT job, teaching a class online, taking a class online, and writing a book too much to do at one time? Yes. Am I doing it? Not well, lol. Book words since Sept = 0. Will I do it again next term? Also yes. Tell me about all you're doing! :)

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

This sounds like a dream I would have. Good to know my brain isn't the only one!

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

MIT is hiring its first Executive Director of the Institute Community and Equity Office. We need strong leadership here. See link for more details: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

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Executive Director, ICEO

MIT - Executive Director, ICEO - Cambridge MA 02139

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Blocked a few folks this morning. At least they make it easy to tell who they are.

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I think it's just to keep the overall document easier to navigate? For example, we created a doc today that is about our experiences at a conference and added a tab to start our outline for presenting it at our next staff meeting (instead of starting a new doc)

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I personally see tabs as related sections in a notebook. Each tab could have headings and subheadings within them.

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I agree with you. tbh most of my purpose in being on social media is learning from others and being able to share my (academic) work, so linking the two actually seems pretty cool to me. I appreciate the tip b/c I don't think I would have figured it out on my own.

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Dr. Raechel N. Soicher (she/her) @raechel.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Does anyone by chance have a reference for the process of theory testing and development? Maybe @devezer.bsky.social ? I'm trying to argue that a basic tenet of theory testing is that it is incremental (ie isolates one feature to test at a time) #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky

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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 10/11/2024

one of the reasons bluesky works differently is because early users waged a successful fight to get the devs to prioritize safety features to protect communities at risk as a result bluesky now has a suite of controls that i think are unmatched on social media here’s the list, lmk what i’ve missed

A Probably Incomplete List of Bluesky User Safety Mechanisms

Protecting your posts
• disabling replies on your posts
• limiting replies on your posts to people you follow, mention, or include in specific lists
• disabling quote posting on your posts
• detaching your post from someone else's quote
• changing the above interaction settings even after a post is sent hiding replies to your posts for yourself or for everyone
• self-labeling your media for adult or graphic content to protect other users
• limiting account visibility only to logged in users
• note: this is not 100% enforceable but all major bluesky clients and apps support it

Limiting your interaction
• blocking users from seeing or interacting with your posts
• if you block after an interaction, they vaporize
• if they've replied already, the entire thread below their reply is cauterized for everyone, floating in space detached from your post
• note: your blocks are publicly visible via 3rd party apps
• muting users to remove them from your notis and feeds, and hide them in replies
• note: your mutes are private
• muting or blocking entire moderation lists of users
• note: inclusion in a list is public via third party apps. muting a list is private, blocks via a list are public
• subscribing to other people's mod lists
• note: your subscription is private, muting & blocking work the same
• subscribing to labelers (moderation services) from bluesky or third parties
o decide whether to show, warn, or hide posts that have been labeled in each category
• report content that should be labeled to bluesky and/or third parties labelers

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Carole V. Bell @cvbell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I'm so excited. It's NPR Books We Love Day! Books We Love is NPR's interactive reading guide —fully indexed, categorized and handpicked by NPR staff and freelance writers like me. I wrote about nine of my most beloved 2024 releases. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...

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Books We Love

Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

they could report about this, but it wouldn’t fit their scripted culture war narrative.

A sign reading “60% of contingent faculty in higher education make less than $50,000 annually.”

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