Doug Larkin
@douglarkin.bsky.social
Science Teacher Educator,
Professor, Montclair State University
He, him, his.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6564-0605
https://linktr.ee/douglarkin
Professor, Montclair State University
He, him, his.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6564-0605
https://linktr.ee/douglarkin
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Doug Larkin
@douglarkin.bsky.social
· May 8
The second and expanded edition of my book Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms: Real Science for Real Students is now available for pre-order.
www.routledge.com/Teaching-Sci...
www.routledge.com/Teaching-Sci...
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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"I started bringing books with me onto the train, inside the bodega, to the park, just pretty much anywhere people could see me and wonder, 'How can someone so conventionally attractive also have intellectual pursuits?'"
I Started Reading Performatively, and Turns Out Books Are Pretty Good
It all started when Instagram introduced the twenty-slide photo dumps. Trying to post the correct ratio of photos to memes to appear both off-the-g...
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"I started bringing books with me onto the train, inside the bodega, to the park, just pretty much anywhere people could see me and wonder, 'How can someone so conventionally attractive also have intellectual pursuits?'"
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U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
A heartfelt thank you to Marc Maron for his 16 years of work. I came on board early & listened to all 1686+ episodes. His final conversation with Barack Obama today deserves a wide audience, who speaks to the historical moment and frames it appropriately. Thanks Marc! www.wtfpod.com/podcast/epis...
Episode 1686 - Barack Obama — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
For the final episode of WTF, Marc travels to Washington, DC for another conversation with the most significant guest in the show’s history. Former President Barack Obama welcomes Marc into his o...
www.wtfpod.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A heartfelt thank you to Marc Maron for his 16 years of work. I came on board early & listened to all 1686+ episodes. His final conversation with Barack Obama today deserves a wide audience, who speaks to the historical moment and frames it appropriately. Thanks Marc! www.wtfpod.com/podcast/epis...
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Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.
6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io
next.frame.io
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.
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Incredibly alarming—after the whole ridiculous antifa roundtable at the White House, as Mark was moving with his family to Europe after threats…
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Incredibly alarming—after the whole ridiculous antifa roundtable at the White House, as Mark was moving with his family to Europe after threats…
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I once attended a prof’s office hours, which turned into a summer job, which turned into an honors thesis, which turned into PhD program acceptance, which turned into a career!
I LOVE DOING OFFICE HOURS. It’s like, hey student, come intellectually vibe with me for a bit! Let’s sway together! UGHHHHH! It’s actually crazy how much I love being a professor!!!!
October 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I once attended a prof’s office hours, which turned into a summer job, which turned into an honors thesis, which turned into PhD program acceptance, which turned into a career!
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“We have not been able to speak to him or even enter the hospital per ICE request. We do know that he will be sent to federal jail downtown until he awaits a judge over a case where he did NOT fight back”
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
October 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“We have not been able to speak to him or even enter the hospital per ICE request. We do know that he will be sent to federal jail downtown until he awaits a judge over a case where he did NOT fight back”
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Mario Guevara is a political prisoner and should be released from ICE custody immediately. bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...
Journalist Mario Guevara Speaks - Letter from ICE DETENTION FACILITY — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
The only journalist detained by ICE on US soil, sends a letter to The Bitter Southerner.
bittersoutherner.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Mario Guevara is a political prisoner and should be released from ICE custody immediately. bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...
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ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
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Serious question: has the Fed govt ever arrested so many elected officials in such a short period of time, across multiple cities, and not for legit corruption reasons?
This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.
This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
October 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Serious question: has the Fed govt ever arrested so many elected officials in such a short period of time, across multiple cities, and not for legit corruption reasons?
This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.
This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.
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“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
We can withhold our participation in what we find abhorrent.
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abuses
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We can withhold our participation in what we find abhorrent.
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ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
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"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."
September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."
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This isn’t right. Masked individuals raiding small businesses are endangering our communities, not making them safer.
September 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This isn’t right. Masked individuals raiding small businesses are endangering our communities, not making them safer.
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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Dr Ian Roberts was born in Brooklyn, NY.
ICE took him and no one knows why.
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ICE took him and no one knows why.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Dr Ian Roberts was born in Brooklyn, NY.
ICE took him and no one knows why.
/
ICE took him and no one knows why.
/
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WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
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Shelby County, where Musk’s xAI facility sits, has Tennessee’s highest rate of ER visits for asthma.
For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social
For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social
Inside the Memphis Chamber of Commerce’s Push for Elon Musk’s xAI Data Center
In the face of intense public opposition, the city’s Chamber of Commerce has gone to unusual lengths to promote Musk’s xAI facility: sending out a mailer, for the first time in recent memory, that inc...
www.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Shelby County, where Musk’s xAI facility sits, has Tennessee’s highest rate of ER visits for asthma.
For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social
For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
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I have zero fucking sense of humor about this rfk shit. besides the obviously gross misreprestation/othering/etc of autistic people it's catastrophic from any sound scientific POV. any doctor who consults governmental guidelines for anything at all under this admin is guilty of malpractice
September 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I have zero fucking sense of humor about this rfk shit. besides the obviously gross misreprestation/othering/etc of autistic people it's catastrophic from any sound scientific POV. any doctor who consults governmental guidelines for anything at all under this admin is guilty of malpractice