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cherylkaiser.bsky.social
Psychology Professor at the University of Washington
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This weekend, I published an article about how the right wing bullshit machine works (in large part due to participatory dynamics that integrate the collaborative work of online audience). If anyone wants to see that BS machine in action, just check the comments: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/to-u...

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

My wife @katzish.bsky.social made the right move to leave earlier — what a disgrace but one so expected. These selfish men never surprise you.

submitted 5 days ago • 65 comments

nice post poking lots of holes in the Trump DOE's Valentines Day Dear Colleague Letter. worth a read for anyone who needs reassurance that the Trump admin lacks the power to re-write civil rights laws or end DEI in K-20 via executive fiat. educationcivilrights.com/blog/f/regul...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Seattle folks: I'm giving a (free) public lecture Feb 24, where I'll explain what our team's decade of research on online rumors & disinformation reveals about the once-alternative media ecosystem that is driving the rise of right wing populism around the world. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...

submitted 15 days ago • 19 comments

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

submitted 16 days ago • 541 comments

Federal laws prohibit ANY president from telling schools & colleges what to teach. Parents want local schools to have the funding they need so their kids can get a great education—they DON'T want Trump & Elon to impose their deranged culture war onto our kids. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 16 days ago • 29 comments

When you get your Catholic teaching so wrong the pope himself has to issue a correction ☠️

submitted 20 days ago • 30 comments

JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's rate change to NIH grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 21 days ago • 74 comments

This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction. We all need to speak out to save lives.

submitted 24 days ago • 84 comments

Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

submitted 24 days ago • 105 comments

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 24 days ago • 270 comments

Affirmatively stating that you are a racist is no longer a fireable offense. But supporting workplace diversity is.

submitted 24 days ago • 59 comments

This is why a number of organizations that -seem- independent of the federal government are not, and why they too are incentivized to fall in line and hope everything blows over.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Today is Rosa Parks’ birthday. Her bravery, resilience, and determination to stand against oppression have been guiding lights for activists through generations. Let us continue to fight for justice in her memory.

submitted 27 days ago • 11 comments

increasinbly untenable for universities and their units (particularly law schools) to remain "neutral" as we watch -- in real time -- coordinated take down of our constitutional fabric.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: New lawsuit challenges Trump's anti-diversity executive orders, alleging Spending Clause, vagueness (Due Process), free speech (First Amendment), and separation of powers violations. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 28 days ago • 34 comments

A welcome restoration of NSF grants. I hope awardees can start getting paid again ASAP. www.statnews.com/2025/02/02/n...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Any university that voluntarily shutters a DEI program, office or personnel “Because of Trumps Executive Order” is making a PR decision. Not a legal one. Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful. Universities should treat it that way.

submitted 31 days ago • 27 comments

🚨New WP🚨 Remember Musk+Zuck+Trump+Jordan etc crying fact-checker bias b/c Reps were flagged more than Dems? We analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and guess what: posts flagged as "misleading" are 67% more likely to be written by Reps! The issue is Reps, not fact-checkers... osf.io/preprints/ps...

submitted 31 days ago • 6 comments

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

submitted 33 days ago • 1271 comments

American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

submitted 35 days ago • 64 comments