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Sylvia Perry
@sylviapperry.bsky.social
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Assoc. Prof of Social Psych & Institute for Policy Research Fellow @NorthwesternU; Director of the Northwestern SCIP Lab

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · Feb 24
I wrote a piece for @sciam.bsky.social about why White parents should be talking to their kids about race and racism. It was so great to work with @megha.bsky.social on this piece! Please share! www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
Why It’s Important to Talk about Race with Children
Children start learning about race and racism as early as preschool. Talking about race early, however difficult, will help them become more antiracist
www.scientificamerican.com

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 7d
😭 it’s so unnecessarily stressful

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 8d
The accuracy 😅
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APP NOTIFICATION: MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD

EMAIL: CHECK APP FOR MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD

TEXT: CHECK APP FOR MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD

MESSAGE REGARDING MY CHILD: Remember the winter concert is tomorrow!

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 8d
Sending my heart out to my trans friends and followers today. You are seen and you are loved.

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my son, Toyota Cragathon @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com · 8d
APP NOTIFICATION: MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD

EMAIL: CHECK APP FOR MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD

TEXT: CHECK APP FOR MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR CHILD

MESSAGE REGARDING MY CHILD: Remember the winter concert is tomorrow!

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 8d
Oh, it's why he is the way he is. He's deeply insecure.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 9d
Common misconception, but practically everyone we saw today all over the north suburbs and at O’Hare was actually border patrol just like their commander, Greg Bovino, who was on the scene at the airport rideshare lot and at various big box store parking lots from Evanston to Mount Prospect
jessereed78.bsky.social Jesse @jessereed78.bsky.social · 9d
I fucking hate ICE so fucking much
dmihalopoulos.bsky.social Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 9d
Border patrol under command of Greg Bovino running a checkpoint at the exit to the Uber lot at O’Hare airport in Chicago, asking drivers for proof of valid residency in this country

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 9d
SCOOP: American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. Research included reducing sudden infant deaths and identifying autism early. Me and @Paigecunningham.Bsky.Social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.
HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 10d
This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol
Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school for Black students in rural Farmville, Virginia.
www.washingtonpost.com

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

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 11d
Let me understand you correctly, governments can care that people are being murdered?

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 11d
New WMD just dropped; a different kind of 'forever war'.

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DESIGNATING FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 11d
If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.

This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Nina Jankowicz, Cathy N. Davidson , and 8 more

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NPR @npr.org · 11d
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
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
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

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 11d
This is extraordinarily effective (buying bundled medical debt), and life-changing for the people it helps. It’s just ludicrous that we are in these situations to begin with - www.ctinsider.com/politics/art...
CT governor erases medical debt for 40,000 more state residents with $63M in funds
“Medical debt can delay healing due to stress and anxiety about how to pay these bills,” Gov. Ned Lamont said.
www.ctinsider.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 11d
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-3/
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 11d
Amid a whole host of other upheaval—their last day in the building is this Friday—NSF is making some changes to its grant review process. I spoke to staff about the potential benefits and drawbacks:
NSF softens grant-review rules to cope with backlog
Agency staff members say that the changes are reasonable, but they are worried about the potential effects on review.
www.nature.com

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Harriet - Pumpkin Spite @akaharriet.bsky.social · 11d
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
Headline: "Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot" by Jan Martindale Dec. 10 2025

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 14d
COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds
A report published by the CDC reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
www.scientificamerican.com

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, David A. Broniatowski, William J. Brady , and 4 more

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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 15d
New preprint: Empathy, Thick and Thin
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

It is perhaps foolhardy to attempt to say something new about a topic as widely studied as empathy. I tried anyway! 1/
Abstract When we empathize with someone going through something, we often draw on our past experiences with the someone and the something. These kinds of experiences ground "thick empathy", a form of empathy that has been largely overlooked in the psychology and neuroscience literature. Consider how a mother, empathizing with her daughter about to give birth, can draw on her own experience of childbirth, and her relationship with her daughter, to deeply grasp what her daughter is going through in a way that others who lack those experiences cannot. I argue that thick empathy deserves more empirical attention because it is associated with well-being and helps us build networks of effective mutual social support. My analysis highlights novel risks and dilemmas posed by "empathy machines" that promise to enhance or even replace human empathy and are becoming increasingly popular as a potential solution to widespread loneliness. Even when empathy machines provide value to individuals, their widespread adoption risks imposing collective emotional and epistemic costs that ultimately make it harder for us to empathize well. Keywords: empathy, understanding, experience, thick description, ethnography, phenomenal knowledge, interpersonal knowledge, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, chatbots

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."

Reposted by Mark Rice, Sylvia Perry

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 16d
Another Kavanaugh Stop

sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 18d
In an explosive new interview with 60 Minutes Marjorie Taylor Greene proclaims, "I Never Thought The Leopards Would Eat My Face!" 🐆💀😭
Marjorie Taylor Greene Never Thought The Leopards Would Eat Her Face
YouTube video by Franchesca Ramsey
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 23d
The NYTimes is at it again 🙄
tompepinsky.com Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 23d
The answer is, a Kansas Republican with racist, antisemitic views joined a group chat
How a Kansas Republican Became Part of a Racist, Antisemitic Group Chat
www.nytimes.com

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 23d
The answer is, a Kansas Republican with racist, antisemitic views joined a group chat
How a Kansas Republican Became Part of a Racist, Antisemitic Group Chat
www.nytimes.com

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 23d
so it begins
scholar now has AI

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 24d
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 27d
Not reading it tonight is a good call. It's bad.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 27d
I'm not reading this tonight but in case you care

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump administration reaches deal with Northwestern University to restore funding
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday said it has reached an agreement with Northwestern University to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in research funds and close pending inve...
www.reuters.com

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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · Nov 25
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.

The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · Nov 21
So true! Didn’t realize how much I needed it.