Elizabeth C. Neilson, PhD (she/her)
@ecneilsonphd.bsky.social
Assistant prof studying gender-based violence, substance use, and reproductive justice. Sex-positive, intersectional feminist. Fail early, fail often. Views are mine.
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Let’s swap out the fragile, slowly maturing frontal cortexes of society’s teens and replace them with a soulless, sycophantic pattern recognizing machine designed by hubristic, Ayn Rand obsessed simpletons with no historical sensibility, & whose main motivation is profit maximization. This is fine.
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Let’s swap out the fragile, slowly maturing frontal cortexes of society’s teens and replace them with a soulless, sycophantic pattern recognizing machine designed by hubristic, Ayn Rand obsessed simpletons with no historical sensibility, & whose main motivation is profit maximization. This is fine.
It’s 21% of the world's surface fresh water, Michael, how much could it cost?
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s 21% of the world's surface fresh water, Michael, how much could it cost?
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I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
The way this semester refuses to end.
December 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The way this semester refuses to end.
“Oh, you only fight the fights you can win? You fight the fights that need fighting.”
December 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Oh, you only fight the fights you can win? You fight the fights that need fighting.”
The new Knives Out is great
December 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The new Knives Out is great
This year’s RSA symposium deadline
a cat is jumping out of a cardboard box with the words boo cat jumpscare written on it .
Alt: a cat is jumping out of a cardboard box with the words boo cat jumpscare written on it
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This year’s RSA symposium deadline
I have learned today that there will be a limited release of a restored 1995 Sense and Sensibility next week and when I say my eyes filled with tears I am not exaggerating
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I have learned today that there will be a limited release of a restored 1995 Sense and Sensibility next week and when I say my eyes filled with tears I am not exaggerating
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100 years of average January-October temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
100 years of average January-October temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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I usually avoid dunking on NYT because it would turn into my full time job but I can’t let this pass. You know this is false. You know you are legitimizing fascism. You know more children will die because of this. I hope you are still able to feel shame because this is fucking shameful.
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I usually avoid dunking on NYT because it would turn into my full time job but I can’t let this pass. You know this is false. You know you are legitimizing fascism. You know more children will die because of this. I hope you are still able to feel shame because this is fucking shameful.
Confession as a Michigan fan: I care more about the Michigan State game than the OSU game. I respect the rivalry, but from a pragmatic angle, I have to interact with way more MSU people than OSU people.
Keep in mind, caring is relative. My “caring more” is still very low on caring.
Keep in mind, caring is relative. My “caring more” is still very low on caring.
November 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Confession as a Michigan fan: I care more about the Michigan State game than the OSU game. I respect the rivalry, but from a pragmatic angle, I have to interact with way more MSU people than OSU people.
Keep in mind, caring is relative. My “caring more” is still very low on caring.
Keep in mind, caring is relative. My “caring more” is still very low on caring.
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"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
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As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
Reboot Frasier except it’s Robin and Steve’s morning radio show
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Reboot Frasier except it’s Robin and Steve’s morning radio show
For my musical theater people:
This weekend a woman told me that when she and her husband were dating, she told him her favorite musical was “Hairspray” and he wanted to get her tickets but he got them for “Hair” instead.
It was his first time seeing a musical
This weekend a woman told me that when she and her husband were dating, she told him her favorite musical was “Hairspray” and he wanted to get her tickets but he got them for “Hair” instead.
It was his first time seeing a musical
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
For my musical theater people:
This weekend a woman told me that when she and her husband were dating, she told him her favorite musical was “Hairspray” and he wanted to get her tickets but he got them for “Hair” instead.
It was his first time seeing a musical
This weekend a woman told me that when she and her husband were dating, she told him her favorite musical was “Hairspray” and he wanted to get her tickets but he got them for “Hair” instead.
It was his first time seeing a musical
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AI is killing the college essay as more professors ditch robot-written papers for in-class exams. So now even fewer students are being taught to write well (an energy intensive task!).
Students lose out, bc good writing = good thinking: a training of the brain towards structure, style & substance.
Students lose out, bc good writing = good thinking: a training of the brain towards structure, style & substance.
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
AI is killing the college essay as more professors ditch robot-written papers for in-class exams. So now even fewer students are being taught to write well (an energy intensive task!).
Students lose out, bc good writing = good thinking: a training of the brain towards structure, style & substance.
Students lose out, bc good writing = good thinking: a training of the brain towards structure, style & substance.
Hey alcohol research folks, is anyone still looking for symposium speakers for RSA? I have some EMA data on rural young adults that I’d love to present but I don’t think I have bandwidth to also organize. Hit me up if you want to hear more!
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hey alcohol research folks, is anyone still looking for symposium speakers for RSA? I have some EMA data on rural young adults that I’d love to present but I don’t think I have bandwidth to also organize. Hit me up if you want to hear more!
Learning this news at 9:45pm on a Sunday while folks try to process my tax exempt certificate is somehow a low
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Learning this news at 9:45pm on a Sunday while folks try to process my tax exempt certificate is somehow a low
As someone who has revamped their psych of gender class assignments to be explicitly focused on critical thinking in response to media, the NYT really gives me a lot to work with
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
As someone who has revamped their psych of gender class assignments to be explicitly focused on critical thinking in response to media, the NYT really gives me a lot to work with
Apologies to everyone who has to be around me for the foreseeable future because I’ll either be 1) watching Diane Keaton movies or 2) quoting Diane Keaton movies at every opportunity
October 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Apologies to everyone who has to be around me for the foreseeable future because I’ll either be 1) watching Diane Keaton movies or 2) quoting Diane Keaton movies at every opportunity
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RIFed:
Office of Science - CDC Library
They have helped SO many of us with their expertise & guidance so we can do efficient & quick research.
You don’t need us toiling in Pubmed for days at a time during an outbreak. The library helps us get what we need quickly so we can continue our work.
Office of Science - CDC Library
They have helped SO many of us with their expertise & guidance so we can do efficient & quick research.
You don’t need us toiling in Pubmed for days at a time during an outbreak. The library helps us get what we need quickly so we can continue our work.
About Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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October 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
RIFed:
Office of Science - CDC Library
They have helped SO many of us with their expertise & guidance so we can do efficient & quick research.
You don’t need us toiling in Pubmed for days at a time during an outbreak. The library helps us get what we need quickly so we can continue our work.
Office of Science - CDC Library
They have helped SO many of us with their expertise & guidance so we can do efficient & quick research.
You don’t need us toiling in Pubmed for days at a time during an outbreak. The library helps us get what we need quickly so we can continue our work.
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Jane Goodall was not only a pioneering primatologist, she also campaigned more relentlessly and selflessly for the natural world than anyone I know.
A great soul if ever there was one
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
A great soul if ever there was one
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Jane Goodall was not only a pioneering primatologist, she also campaigned more relentlessly and selflessly for the natural world than anyone I know.
A great soul if ever there was one
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
A great soul if ever there was one
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
I know I’m preaching to the choir on this but I am trying to get a issue with Delta sorted and the quality difference in experience when they move me from a chatbot to a human is WILD
October 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I know I’m preaching to the choir on this but I am trying to get a issue with Delta sorted and the quality difference in experience when they move me from a chatbot to a human is WILD
My department of Psych & Counseling at UMKC is hiring a TT Assistant or Associate Prof who can supervise student assessment training in our Clinical Psych PhD program. Research area is open! We hit R1 status last year and KC is really great. Full ad at www.umkc.edu/hr/careers/ (Job ID 57427)
Careers
www.umkc.edu
September 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
My department of Psych & Counseling at UMKC is hiring a TT Assistant or Associate Prof who can supervise student assessment training in our Clinical Psych PhD program. Research area is open! We hit R1 status last year and KC is really great. Full ad at www.umkc.edu/hr/careers/ (Job ID 57427)
My child: I don’t want to hear this song again. Can we listen to the pump thing?
Me: What pump thing?
Child: The one about the pump…in London
Me: The lecture about the Broad Street Pump??
Child: Yeah.
Sure, why not?
Me: What pump thing?
Child: The one about the pump…in London
Me: The lecture about the Broad Street Pump??
Child: Yeah.
Sure, why not?
September 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My child: I don’t want to hear this song again. Can we listen to the pump thing?
Me: What pump thing?
Child: The one about the pump…in London
Me: The lecture about the Broad Street Pump??
Child: Yeah.
Sure, why not?
Me: What pump thing?
Child: The one about the pump…in London
Me: The lecture about the Broad Street Pump??
Child: Yeah.
Sure, why not?