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Fox News reported that JD Vance had to move to an “undisclosed location” due to protests at the Vermont resort where he’s skiing this weekend. For inflicting misery on the world and here at home in America, this is exactly the energy that should greet Vance wherever he goes for the rest of his days.

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The U.S. government has put up a submission form for reporting schools who teach kids about “DEI.” It accepts file uploads. Internet, you know what to do enddei.ed.gov

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I feel strongly that higher ed should work not only to educate students, but to contribute to the betterment of their region. Today, Carthage College is hosting an important forum on "Addressing the Housing Crisis in SE Wisconsin." My colleague, Ron Cronovich, is running the show.

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When the autocratic past becomes frighteningly relevant: Vera Kempe, one our panelists at today's workshop on Science under Autocracy www.scibeh.org/events/works... has recorded her experiences in USSR and East Germany here: substack.com/home/post/p-.... She offers some recommendations, too.

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Joy Reid signs off at the end of her final MSNBC broadcast. Jen Psaki then begins her show by thanking her.

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Out today in "Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts!" Wojciech Napora and I report on a study exploring the personalities of FISM International award winning magicians. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-84383-001

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Coming up in one month! Who will I see in Las Vegas for ABRF? @abrf.bsky.social https://web.cvent.com/event/924ddc5d-0069-463a-b1e4-3a483680f421/websitePage:672533b4-a667-4c99-9d2c-4e9d6adb7375

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Announcing the LA SkeptiCamp March 7-8th we have a great line-up of speakers for you and it is FREE including parking, come join us! @rossblocher.bsky.social and more skepticampla.fmtpo.com

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in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

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If you can’t hide the secret, feature it. Need to steal a coin from your pocket? Dipping in looks suspicious. So make it deliberate. Reach in openly, emerge holding a handkerchief. All eyes are on the cloth; no one sees the coin now in your palm. You can steal anything this way. Even a government.

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listen to this. Elon can barely form a sentence right now.

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I'm rarely thanked for the empirical research I publish. However, every few months I'm thanked for this piece I wrote for Inside Higher Ed. It feels nice. https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/advancing-faculty/2024/02/29/benefits-being-selfish-teacher-scholar-opinion

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More of this, please. https://youtu.be/8xK4gN_oU2E?si=QdEIF0D7bTfIwBJ5

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"Places that are going to cease fluoridation, just hold onto your pocketbook because it's going to get expensive." https://www.npr.org/2025/02/16/nx-s1-5232176/how-going-flouride-free-has-impacted-one-alaskan-city

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Bravo, MapQuest. https://gulfof.mapquest.com/

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Help out one of the Chicago Magic Lounge performers who is going through a hard time. https://gofund.me/f83fe489

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Just finished #BoxTWO from @nphstuff.bsky.social. It was great fun! Highly recommend!

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Sent to my Cognitive Science program's list-serv. These guys must love me by now. 👀😬

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https://resist.bot/petitions/PAYYBP

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So am I getting this right, the "free speech absolutists" are now drawing up lists of words that trigger them and ordering government agencies not to use them?

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I took a shot at figuring out how much money each state stands to lose in a single year if the NIH fixes the indirect cost rate at 15%. 🧵

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What are "indirect costs" and why is 15% simply unreasonable? Dick Aslin has the answer... https://dickaslin.substack.com/p/are-we-paying-too-much-for-biomedical?r=2fe9kj&fbclid=IwY2xjawIWOr1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHV3Trju52JGDYoQgb-qq7_fxovh0qMxzG7E0SGhiMydlb84BUpOJibJp1w_aem_J-8PoVrDTHr3RFDS9sLjZw

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The Hague has a chance to do the funniest thing right now

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This "Dear Colleague" letter from Hakeem Jeffries isn't getting enough media attention. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25511884-jeffries-dear-colleague-feb-3-2025/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIR689leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRib1BG9ORgf1KnH1c6JH_1_Mx-l8wNw2HGp19WohMZmjMhqmfJk9BaSyg_aem_4TPKcPrKQutC46EIYYDDFQ

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I just called my rep to Fight Against Elon Musk’s Government Takeover — you should too: http://5calls.org/issue/843

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I needed this injection of upbeat positivity this morning. https://open.spotify.com/track/05IDknsCF19AYA8qaRv1y9?si=gxdDIERNQHCEaVDZ986DMw

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This is the only inaugural footage I've seen. I believe it to be an accurate representation of the proceedings. https://youtu.be/b9hxwgH2tN0

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This is so good.

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There's nothing that makes me want to study issues in DEI more than being told not to.

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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Now hear me out on this: An evening of Christopher Durang one-acts with only child actors.

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Historically, my retirement investments have been aggressive because I'm still reasonably young. Last week, I adopted more conservative investments for the first time...and I'm glad I did. This fascist regime is going to destroy everything.

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I am one of these...I over-use ellipses.

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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

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#FactsMatter

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LOL. What a pathetic weirdo. https://youtu.be/CtTJF7uunEM

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Words to live by in the coming years. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184?ref=404media.co

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The spending freeze was put on hold so a grant could be awarded to this research team. https://theonion.com/biologists-unveil-new-taxonomic-system-classifying-spec-1830690494/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIIZ3hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVoCfwRDBHiDPX5BPl78Xe-DIYlTz_45jFN_DC_nTSr5php_oZuicAKLAw_aem_LCO_LtpeJdIETjgE6_C4KQ

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He also carried out the first scientific study of magical expertise!

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This is not an important point, but why is the Transportation Secretary adding an extra syllable to the word "pattern?"

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America is less safe in every way you look at it because Trump is in power. We are going to see more air crashes, more car crashes, more fatalities overall from just living our lives in the way we have up until now because these people are gutting the country like a fish in order to destroy it.

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AOC spot on , this is what leadership looks like.

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Trump’s view of executive power is a full fledged embrace of the unitary executive theory. If you’d like to read a paper that explains the theory and a proposal for moving forward in debates over the nature of executive power, I’ve got a paper for you! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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This is beautiful and I'm too poor. https://bamfordlondon.com/products/la-b80-by-bamford-london?variant=54895586607481

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This could come in handy over the next four years. https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/23/activists-guide-securing-your-smartphone/

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