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Stella Rouse
@stellarouse.bsky.social
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Political scientist and director of the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University. I study how identities inform political attitudes. policy preferences, and institutional outcomes. Opinions are obviously my own. www.stellarouse.com .. more

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 1d
Well, my "worst nightmare" is wasting time trying to identify the use of LLMs to replace critical thinking skills that students should be developing. So, cry me a river.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 1d
In addition to academics' inability to be selctive about jobs (supply much higher than demand), now they have to consider whether taking a job in a red state means sacrificing academic integrity or being unemployed.
drhonor.bsky.social honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 1d
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 2d
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Joe R. Feagin, Mark D. White , and 13 more

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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 1d
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 2d
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 2d
Word salad: a string of empty, incoherent, unintelligible, or nonsensical words or comments.

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 2d
I believe the Trump DOJ. They have been nothing but honest and transparent with everything they have done since taking office.
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d
The DOJ wants the public to know that while there may be some horrifying things pertaining to Donald Trump in the latest Epstein files release, none of it is true

Reposted by Stella M. Rouse

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d
The DOJ wants the public to know that while there may be some horrifying things pertaining to Donald Trump in the latest Epstein files release, none of it is true

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 3d
Insightful interview w/ Kristin Cabot, who was "caught" on the jumbotron at the Coldplay concert.
TLDR: being doxxed, threatened, made fun of, and ghosted by friends for something many are guilty of is "woman shaming" and such symptom of our society.

(Gift article)
The Ritual Shaming of the Woman at the Coldplay Concert
www.nytimes.com

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 3d
Naming Jeff Landry--the man best known for interferring in LSU's football head coaching debacle--as "special envoy" to Greenland is not a serious attempt to take control of the island. Do better, media.
financialtimes.com Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4d
US President Donald Trump named Louisiana governor Jeff Landry as his special envoy for Greenland, underscoring his determination to take control of the vast Arctic island from Denmark. ft.trib.al/4ioDzx3

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4d
US President Donald Trump named Louisiana governor Jeff Landry as his special envoy for Greenland, underscoring his determination to take control of the vast Arctic island from Denmark. ft.trib.al/4ioDzx3

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 4d
Turns out "Democracy Dies in Darkness" was not a call to journalistic counter-action but a government motto to obey.
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d
“When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
& Share full article In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security. "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch' for any reporting they find inconvenient," Ms. Alfonsi wrote. "We have been promoting this story on social media for days," MS. Alfonsi added. "Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of 'gold standard' reputation for a single week of political quiet." "I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight," she wrote.

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Robert C. Richards, Kate Starbird , and 2 more

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d
“When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
& Share full article In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security. "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch' for any reporting they find inconvenient," Ms. Alfonsi wrote. "We have been promoting this story on social media for days," MS. Alfonsi added. "Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of 'gold standard' reputation for a single week of political quiet." "I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight," she wrote.

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 7d
The Trump administration knows how to put the "Christ" in Christmas.
dbernstein.bsky.social David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 8d
The reason for the season

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 7d
The degrees of separation between powerful and notorious men and Jeffrey Epstein is less than one Kevin Bacon.

Reposted by Seth Masket, Stella M. Rouse

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 8d
The reason for the season

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 9d
A portiat of a guy who stereotyped poor black women as "welfare queens."

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 9d
What a perfect example of the premise in Heather McGhee's "The Sum of Us." ACA subsidies disproportioately benefit rural whites. However, they would rather elect reps that will screw them fiancially but will protect their racial status.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9d
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 9d
Regular reminder: beginning of the semester vs. end of the semester.

Reposted by Alan Richardson, Kathleen Kennedy, Stella M. Rouse

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9d
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 10d
F*******ccccckkkk!!!!!
andrew.heiss.phd Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 10d
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 10d
Only when they put the well-being of a society over the preferences of well-funded special interests.
bakerdphd.bsky.social Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10d
Let me understand you correctly, governments can care that people are being murdered?
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 10d
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Stella M. Rouse, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10d
Let me understand you correctly, governments can care that people are being murdered?

Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis, Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Lesley A. Hall , and 30 more

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 10d
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 11d
No, not Rob Reiner. Damn.

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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 11d
This entire weekend
in the pit

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 11d
Thank you for doing that. We need it!

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 12d
We.don't.have.to.live.like.this.
mksongbird.bsky.social Grant @mksongbird.bsky.social · 12d
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.

insanity.

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Grant @mksongbird.bsky.social · 12d
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.

insanity.

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 12d
A crucial throwback from earlier this year but even more applicable.

Especially this:
"When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy."
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com

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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 12d
Cafeteria Catholicism is the most popular form of Catholicism. Some, like Karoline Leavitt, only go for the small side salad at the beginning of the line.
daviddarmofal.bsky.social David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 13d
I would really like to see the media stop calling people “devout Catholics” just because they themselves say they are.

Reposted by Stella M. Rouse

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 13d
I would really like to see the media stop calling people “devout Catholics” just because they themselves say they are.