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Teresa Valerio Parrot

@tvparrot.bsky.social
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Higher ed truth-teller focused on comms, leadership, governance and athletics. Living the dream at TVP Communications. Trusted Voices Podcast co-host. Inside Higher Ed columnist.

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 22/09/2026
My department and college are searching for FOUR new tenure-track assistant professor colleagues! Please share, and application reviews begin October 15.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I would much rather have my taxes fund this study than an arch or “research” on chemtrails.
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‘Clear retribution’: dismay as key Alzheimer’s study cancelled amid Trump attacks on science
Participants in Pittsburgh may never learn the results of their cognitive tests – and funding cuts that target ‘DEI’ have the potential to delay vital diagnoses
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This whole thread is amazing :)
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have real reasons for my trust issues. Add this to the list.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hmmm... I feel like history has something to say about this, with Netflix even having a documentary about what we can learn from the original experiment. Funny how zero institutions and their IRBs have replicated it. But maybe not, and this may be a great investment of time and money.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hi! For @motherjones.com, I'm looking for a New Mexico family that buys health insurance through the ACA marketplace. Please reach out at jmetraux@motherjones.com.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I don’t think the @rockies.com knew I was in attendance tonight— they lost and my winning streak ended at 5+ :( @didtherockieslose.com
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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 02/09/2026
"For more than a week, Colorado’s latest request for a federal disaster declaration — a typically pro forma action to unlock financial help — has languished on President Donald Trump’s desk." // Story by @coltrain.bsky.social
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Politics looms over Colorado’s latest plea for help on fires after Trump shot down earlier disaster aid requests
“This is a terrible disaster,” U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd said. “Families have been impacted by not only the wildfire, but the flooding. The scope and nature of this disaster is almost unprecedented.”
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TVP Communications @tvpcomms.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
www.npr.org/2026/08/30/n...
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Finally, an economic indicator you can eat
A corn dog may look like lunch. But to an economist, the price is a bigger story about food prices and inflation.
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TVP Communications @tvpcomms.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Corn dogs have inc 3.1% in price at the Minn State Fair. Tyler Schipper, prof at the Univ of St. Thomas, talked with Scott Horsley and Joel Rose, chief econ correspondent and host of NPR’s All Things Considered, abt the economic tracker developed by Schipper that tracks the prices of fair food.
Graphic showing several corn dogs on skewers arranged on a black plate with lettuce and a small dish of ketchup. White text reads, “Finally, an economic indicator you can eat,” followed by “Featuring insights from the University of St. Thomas.” NPR and TVP Communications logos appear along the bottom.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
GUESS WHAT? Now we ARE a full video podcast :). You can hear our new season wherever you get your podcasts or you can now watch us on YouTube! www.youtube.com/@TrustedVoic...
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Trusted Voices Podcast
Trusted Voices explores the complex intersection of leadership and communication in higher education. Each episode, hosts Teresa Valerio Parrot and Erin Hennessy chat with university presidents, indus...
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This might be the most Boulder story of the year. It is making me miss the days (decades ago) of back-to-school parties on The Hill.
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Police shut down Goose concert at Boulder house party ahead of band’s Red Rocks run
The band Goose played a surprise concert at a house party on The Hill in Boulder ahead of its three-day Red Rocks run. Boulder Police reportedly shut it down.
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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In West Texas, a century-old adobe church built by Mexican American families is being restored as the border wall construction approaches. It’s one of dozens of sacred sites across the Southwest now endangered, a fight that’s as much about immigration as lost history. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
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In West Texas, Trump’s Border Wall Collides With Latino History (Gift Article)
A century ago, Mexican American families came together to build an adobe church near the border. Can its bell toll again as the wall expansion nears?
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Unspeakably disgraceful. Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor. With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
OHMYGOD! My husband just reminded me how Old Yeller ended. I'm still not old enough to process it.
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Susan Greenberg @susanhgreenberg.insidehighered.com · 13/08/2026
Just in: Harvard 1, DOJ 0 www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Trump’s Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard Dismissed
The decision is a blow for the administration, which has engaged in a yearslong battle with the Ivy League institution.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 10/08/2026
How Should Leaders Respond to McMahon’s Letter? Inside Higher Ed spoke with legal experts, scholars and PR specialists about what colleges need to consider in responses to the administration’s latest attempt to reform higher ed. bit.ly/45hS3xi #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Linda McMahon, wearing a blazer and white shirt, speaks into a microphone with her hand slightly raised
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TVP Communications @tvpcomms.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
PRSA announced the recipients of its inaugural Women of Impact Awards. We are elated to announce that @tvparrot.bsky.social, principal of TVP Communications, was the inaugural winner of the “Counselors to Higher Education” category. Congratulations to all of the winners!
Teresa Valerio Parrot accepts a 2026 Women of Impact Award while posing with a presenter in a blue plaid suit. Both smile as they hold the glass award together in front of a display table with additional awards. A “2026 Women of Impact Awards – Winner” badge and the TVP Communications logo appear in the bottom corners.Recipients of the 2026 Women of Impact Awards gather on stage for a group photo, each holding a glass award. More than 20 honorees stand together beneath a projection reading “2026 Strategies & Tactics Women of Impact Awards” in a hotel ballroom, celebrating the year’s winners.Three smiling attendees pose together at the 2026 Women of Impact Awards. Teresa Valerio Parrot stands in the center holding a glass award, flanked by two fellow attendees in a formal event space with chandeliers, decorative columns, and patterned green carpeting.
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Matthew Keys @matthewkeys.net · 06/08/2026
The FCC gave $881 million back to the U.S. Treasury instead of using it to fund low-income broadband programs that could have assisted students and families, particularly in rural areas where voters helped to elect Trump.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The coffee being brewed on my plane smells amazing. I think something is wrong with me…
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It is Grateful Dead night at the Colorado Rockies. I think all of Boulder is here… and the Rockies are winning!!
The scoreboard has the Rockies logo and then a Grateful Dead symbol.
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Phil Weiser @philweiser.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Thank you, History Colorado, for stating that, "as we reflect on the important anniversaries of this year — America’s 250th and Colorado’s 150th — we cannot support any effort that devalues the voices of Colorado communities and Tribal nations." www.denverpost.com/2026/07/28/h...
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History Colorado denounces federal draft rule concerning U.S. historic sites
Changes to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act would cut state, Tribal voices out of the process, board says.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
And, apparently, this impacts proofreading, too.
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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sociology is amazing. Our biggest problem is bad-faith actors who maliciously spurn the field because we teach people how societies work and they'd rather we all stay in the dark. Not today, Satan!
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 24/07/2026
"In the 1980s and '90s, hardcore DM fans mailed each other tapes and rare music and become pen pals in the process." Trading Letters and Music With Other Depeche Mode Fans:
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Trading Letters and Music With Other Depeche Mode Fans
In the 1980s and '90s, hardcore DM fans mailed each other tapes and rare music and become pen pals in the process.
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TVP Communications @tvpcomms.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
@tvparrot.bsky.social hosted a talk with @jackstripling.bsky.social, the host of College Matters at @chronicle.com, where they discussed the art and science of a successful higher ed podcast.
Teresa Valerio Parrot and Jack Stripling participate in a live session at Higher Ed PodCon titled The Art, Science, and Strategy of Higher Education Podcasting. A large screen behind them displays their names alongside logos for Trusted Voices and College Matters from The Chronicle as attendees watch from the audience.Teresa Valerio Parrot and Jack Stripling smile for a selfie in front of the Higher Ed PodCon 2026 podcast wall in Cleveland. The backdrop features logos and artwork from numerous higher education podcasts, including Trusted Voices, College Matters from The Chronicle, History That Doesn’t Suck, The EdUp Experience, Higher Pods, and others.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 19/07/2026
Colorado academics worry about future of scientific progress amid fallout from Trump’s research cuts
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Colorado academics worry about future of scientific progress amid fallout from Trump’s research cuts
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Curly sue @moocowsue.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Trump administration allows killing of species threatened with extinction Gift Article www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration allows killing of species threatened with extinction
Regulatory changes to reinterpret the Endangered Species Act also demand that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service consider the economic toll of habitat protection.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Future of Work Reporting Fellowship at @newamerica.org - for those who are telling the stories that shape economic opportunity in America ✍️ newamerica.smapply.org/prog/future_...
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Future of Work Reporting Fellowship - New America
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Just remembered I have mint Newman Os in the cabinet. BRB.
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Ugo Sin Hache @ugosinhache.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
IMPORTANTE. Hoy es el Día Internacional del Capibara.
Capibara con sus crías paseando entre un montón de hojas verdes.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 10/07/2026
This goat escorted Colorado firefighters to a wildfire burning near Cheyenne Mountain: ‘She understood the assignment’
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This goat escorted Colorado firefighters to a wildfire burning near Cheyenne Mountain: ‘She understood the assignment’
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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
wrote this morning about yet another college sports lawsuit, this time at the DII level...that I think could have very significant conference realignment implications across D1, D2, D3...even the NAIA what happens to sports after two colleges merge? www.extrapointsmb.com/p/gannon-urs...
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Gannon, Ursuline, the GMAC, and the realignment lawsuit that could reshape small college sports
A conference realignment battle after a college merger could have massive implications for DII and DIII
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
BREAKING: Eleventh Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, upholds injunction blocking Florida from enforcing its 2022 Stop WOKE Act in the university context. The majority opinion is from Judge Britt Grant, a Trump appointee: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Before GRANT, LAGOA, and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
GRANT, Circuit Judge:
"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech." U.S. Const. amend I. The First Amendment, incorporated against the States in 1868, is this country's written commitment to the idea that freedom of speech is essential to freedom of thought, and that both are essential to maintaining our liberty. The Supreme Court has long been clear that teaching and scholarship are due some measure of protection under the Amendment. But how much? And in what contexts? That Court has not had to say, but this one is now put to the test. The State of Florida legislated a broad set of speech restrictions banning certain viewpoints relating to race, color, sex, and national origin in various settings. The provision at issue here bars Florida's educators from promoting or endorsing those distavored ideas when instructing students. Its prohibition applies not only in primary and secondary education, where states traditionally exercise a great deal of control, but also in public colleges and universities, where the state government's role has been far more limited.
When several groups of professors challenged Florida's new restrictions, the State cast about for an existing case or doctrine that could support its speech ban in the university setting. Finding none, it tried to marry public-employee speech cases with government speech doctrine, resulting in a new rule: if thegovernment pays a professor's salary, it has total control over her classroom speech.
That is not a blessed union. Florida's salary-for-speech rule is a breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse in the very places the State's own statutes recognize as centers of inquiry-classrooms where students are trusted to puzzle through ideas that are good and bad, easy and hard, ideally getting ever closer to the truth. This new rule also runs headlong into the Supreme Court's repeated, if imprecise, endorsements of academic freedom. If the First Amendment offers any boundary of protection at all for public university classrooms, this statute crosses it.
Nor does this Court's leading academic speech precedent,
Bishop v. Aronov, demand the outcome Florida seeks. 926 F.2d 1066 (11th Cir. 1991). In fact, it counsels the opposite. The restriction in that case was imposed by one university, against one professor, relating to speech about one thing— personal religious views that got in the way of the course's well-understood parameters.That precedent makes clear that universities and even other government entities have crucial authority to shape curricular content, discipline teachers, and take other steps to guide and govern postsecondary education. But the speech ban Florida's political leaders seek to impose here is different in both nature and degree from these ordinary concerns. The rule Florida developed for this case does not withstand scrutiny.
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The ideas Florida targets may well be noxious. Or maybe
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Either way, in this context the First Amendment trusts students to figure it out for themselves. We affirm the district court's preliminary injunction.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/07/2026
‘The uprising on 10 August 1680 was one of the most successful acts of Indigenous resistance against colonialism and is sometimes called the first American revolution.’ @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on America before 1776, published online early from our next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Rebecca Solnit · Before 1776
In 1848, the US seized the northern half of Mexico, from California to New Mexico, and imposed American law and the...
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Omg!!! Congratulations to Phil Weiser!!! Colorado Dems— we have a fantastic candidate for governor and I am so excited for @philweiser.bsky.social @philforcolorado.bsky.social and for us!!
Two women show their delegate badges for the democratic assembly. One is wearing a Phil Weiser t-shirt.Two friends since their college days smile with Phil Weiser.Phil Weiser looks on while being endorsed in Boulder, Colorado. Phil Weiser smiles with two voters.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I've thought about this thread from Chase quite a bit since he posted it yesterday. It's refreshingly honest and reflective, and I wish more media were thinking about their roles in this way. Let's watch the ballots come in and see what they say about the reporting of incumbents versus challengers.
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TVP Communications @tvpcomms.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Register for Higher Ed PodCon today! Join Teresa Valerio Parrot, host of Trusted Voices, and Jack Stripling, host of College Matters, as they discuss how to build an engaging, sustainable, mission-driven show and insights about the rewarding and challenging work of podcasting about higher education.
Event graphic for Higher Ed PodCon promoting a session called “The Art, Science, and Strategy of Higher Education Podcasting.” The session is scheduled for Friday, July 17, 2026, from 10:00–11:00 a.m. in Cleveland, Ohio. The graphic includes headshots of Teresa Valerio Parrot, founder of TVP Communications and host of Trusted Voices, and Jack Stripling, senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education and host of College Matters from The Chronicle. A TVP Communications logo appears at the bottom.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Today I learned of (and verified) this amazing quote, which is now my motto: "Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it." Pope John Paul II AMEN!
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
On Sunday, I went to the top of the Washington Monument and walked around the reflecting pool. It is so gross and sad. I’ll spare you from dead bird photos, but I will share a pic of a duck with algae residue. The account below called it a month ago. The thread🧵 below was a fascinating read today.
A duck is mere moments away from achieving supernatural powers, because it is swimming in green sludge and has a buildup of bright green algae visible on its neck indicating it had been diving in the water. One can only assume the consumption of the electric ooze means we will soon have the genesis for a new Marvel franchise.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/06/2026
The Trump administration is trying to seize the land around Mount Cristo Rey, a sacred site of Catholic pilgrimages, in order to build a border wall. But the small diocese that owns the land is trying to stop it. trib.al/B6RgrFs
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A Diocese Tries to Protect Its 29-Foot Jesus From Trump’s Border Wall
In a battle of symbols, the Catholics of Las Cruces, N.M., argue that religious freedom should stop the wall from scarring a mountain that has attracted pilgrims for nearly a century.
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Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
NREL (now the National Lab of the Rockies), which the administration has gutted, studies algae for energy!
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This piece spoke to my soul. There was great CU football before Prime, and there will be great football after him. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/20/d...
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Keeler: Buffs legend Darian Hagan wants people to know CU football existed before Deion Sanders. Is that so wrong?
“Some of these new Buffs fans act as if CU didn’t play football before Coach Prime showed up,” said CU Buffs great Chad Brown.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Wait— the lead singer of the Dead Kennedys is from Boulder?? I looove the music history of this town and hope it is revived bc it has been such a part of my life.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Called it!! (Which also makes me sad bc I wanted the Spurs to win.)
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This post and all of the replies are so wholesome! ENJOY!!
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I’m used to low humidity in Colorado. Let’s just say a pleather dress in a heat and humidity advisory day in DC is not ideal and I am questioning my life choices.
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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In this series we’ll get to see if Trump or Cruz is the bigger jinx. My vote is for Cruz.
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Ted Cruz Ball Dribbling: Liar
Alt: Ted Cruz pretends to know how to dribble a basketball and makes a fool of himself.
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TVP Communications @tvpcomms.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Nothing is hotter in Atlanta than public scholarship. Last week, @tvparrot.bsky.social, @kristine-maloney.bsky.social, and @alilincoln10.bsky.social ventured down to Atlanta to partner with @drkencarter.bsky.social and lead talks about public scholarship, how to write an op-ed, and social media use.
Teresa Valerio Parrot speaks to an audience during a conference presentation, holding a microphone and gesturing as she shares insights. She wears a black dress with a black-and-white floral wrap, standing in front of floor-to-ceiling curtains in a professional conference setting.Ali Lincoln sits attentively during a conference session, listening to a speaker while seated at a round table. She wears glasses, an orange top, and a blue event lanyard, with a pink water bottle on the table beside her. Other attendees are visible in the background, creating a focused professional learning environment.Kristine Maloney presents during a public scholarship workshop, standing beside a podium and gesturing as she speaks to attendees. A presentation slide behind her reads, “How to Conceive of an Op-Ed Idea,” with discussion points comparing traditional and citizen expertise and professional and personal experience. Floor-to-ceiling curtains and natural light frame the conference setting.Teresa Valerio Parrot speaks during a public scholarship training session while holding a microphone and addressing attendees. A slide behind her titled “What is Public Scholarship?” outlines how academic research can be made understandable and relevant to the public, address real-world challenges, engage communities, and demonstrate the value of higher education. She stands beside a podium in a bright conference room with tall windows and sheer curtains.
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