Jamie Castle
@jamiecastle.bsky.social
Research associate and adjunct prof @ JHU. Former AP Bio/AP Chem/A&P teacher, PA OBTA 2021. Mind, brain, & education; neurodiversity; higher ed; science ed; gifted/2e ed. She/her. Views are my own.
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If you want a heartbreaking example of what this looks like when it happens... And it does happen... Read this very good work from Dr. Ng and team.
doi.org/10.1177/0161...
doi.org/10.1177/0161...
February 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
If you want a heartbreaking example of what this looks like when it happens... And it does happen... Read this very good work from Dr. Ng and team.
doi.org/10.1177/0161...
doi.org/10.1177/0161...
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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If we've learned anything from the part of our history where we created the extremely powerful, world-changing, uncontrollable new technology of a social internet, it should be that whatever is about to happen with AI will, if nothing else, be extremely dumb.
February 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
If we've learned anything from the part of our history where we created the extremely powerful, world-changing, uncontrollable new technology of a social internet, it should be that whatever is about to happen with AI will, if nothing else, be extremely dumb.
Who among us hasn't felt languid and bedeviled, especially lately?
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Who among us hasn't felt languid and bedeviled, especially lately?
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In other words, perception hits fast, but personal knowledge shapes more sustained processing.
This suggests impression formation isn’t a single moment. It’s a layered neural process unfolding over time.
This suggests impression formation isn’t a single moment. It’s a layered neural process unfolding over time.
February 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
In other words, perception hits fast, but personal knowledge shapes more sustained processing.
This suggests impression formation isn’t a single moment. It’s a layered neural process unfolding over time.
This suggests impression formation isn’t a single moment. It’s a layered neural process unfolding over time.
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Increasing autism rates over the last 25 years may just be kids with mild forms getting diagnosed. Rates of moderate to severe impairment due to autism have actually fallen slightly.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
![The autistic community is a large, growing, and heterogeneous population, and there is a need for improved methods to describe their diverse needs. Measures of adaptive functioning collected through public health surveillance may provide valuable information on functioning and support needs at a population level. We aimed to use adaptive behavior and cognitive scores abstracted from health and educational records to describe trends over time in the population prevalence of autism by adaptive level and co-occurrence of intellectual disability (ID). Using data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, years 2000 to 2016, we estimated the prevalence of autism per 1000 8-year-old children by four levels of adaptive challenges (moderate to profound, mild, borderline, or none) and by co-occurrence of ID. The prevalence of autism with mild, borderline, or no significant adaptive challenges increased between 2000 and 2016, from 5.1 per 1000 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.6–5.5) to 17.6 (95% CI: 17.1–18.1) while the prevalence of autism with moderate to profound challenges decreased slightly, from 1.5 (95% CI: 1.2–1.7) to 1.2 (95% CI: 1.1–1.4). The prevalence increase was greater for autism without co-occurring ID than for autism with co-occurring ID. The increase in autism prevalence between 2000 and 2016 was confined to autism with milder phenotypes. This trend could indicate improved identification of milder forms of autism over time. It is possible that increased access to therapies that improve intellectual and adaptive functioning of children diagnosed with autism also contributed to the trends.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/bafkreibeoudvh2b4ifuiqq7pmnzwg6y6n3caschubukvo6kzqcfn2kdf5i@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Increasing autism rates over the last 25 years may just be kids with mild forms getting diagnosed. Rates of moderate to severe impairment due to autism have actually fallen slightly.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
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Do you wanna make sure you didn’t miss a single second of symbolism from Bad Bunny’s halftime show? This thread gotchu!
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Do you wanna make sure you didn’t miss a single second of symbolism from Bad Bunny’s halftime show? This thread gotchu!
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If you are new to Bad Bunny, you need to check out @beckyhammer.bsky.social's crash course on Benito, Reggaeton, the culture that shaped him and (por supuesto) Perreo
Ooookay here we go. Bad Bunny 101 condensed into six weeks of music, reading material, and perreo
Bad Bunny 101
docs.google.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
If you are new to Bad Bunny, you need to check out @beckyhammer.bsky.social's crash course on Benito, Reggaeton, the culture that shaped him and (por supuesto) Perreo
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
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I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
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Need a mood boost?
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Need a mood boost?
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
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This is why they must be challenged every single time. Not accommodated. Not bargained with. Just challenged.
White House says it won’t withhold funding from NH schools with DEI programs
Lawsuits challenging New Hampshire laws that ban DEI initiatives and limit teaching about racism and discrimination remain unresolved.
www.nhpr.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is why they must be challenged every single time. Not accommodated. Not bargained with. Just challenged.
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Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
February 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
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We live in a moment of both continuity with the past, and rupture from it.
Insisting that it’s only one or the other does not make for clear analysis.
Insisting that it’s only one or the other does not make for clear analysis.
January 31, 2026 at 7:05 PM
We live in a moment of both continuity with the past, and rupture from it.
Insisting that it’s only one or the other does not make for clear analysis.
Insisting that it’s only one or the other does not make for clear analysis.
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The thing that a lot of these guys have in common is that for them science is about personal brand-building and advancement of the self. Their norms serve their status competition, not a greater good.
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The thing that a lot of these guys have in common is that for them science is about personal brand-building and advancement of the self. Their norms serve their status competition, not a greater good.
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Setting aside elementary curriculum & instruction for the moment, we've known for decades much of what it takes to encourage reading in and out of school by secondary students regardless of gender, and instead of doing this, we've plied them with edtech, apps, test prep, and devices they carry 24/7.
Why Boys Are Behind in Reading at Every Age
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Setting aside elementary curriculum & instruction for the moment, we've known for decades much of what it takes to encourage reading in and out of school by secondary students regardless of gender, and instead of doing this, we've plied them with edtech, apps, test prep, and devices they carry 24/7.
And in case anyone is wondering whether I only took science courses in college, here are five more:
1. Music Appreciation (I & II)
2. French Language (I & II)
3. Italian Language I
4. Readings in Modern Literature
5. Vocal Performance I
1. Music Appreciation (I & II)
2. French Language (I & II)
3. Italian Language I
4. Readings in Modern Literature
5. Vocal Performance I
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Gross Human Anatomy
2. Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology
3. Cellular Exercise Physiology
4. Drugs and Behavior
5. Neuropsychology
1. Gross Human Anatomy
2. Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology
3. Cellular Exercise Physiology
4. Drugs and Behavior
5. Neuropsychology
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
January 31, 2026 at 3:17 PM
And in case anyone is wondering whether I only took science courses in college, here are five more:
1. Music Appreciation (I & II)
2. French Language (I & II)
3. Italian Language I
4. Readings in Modern Literature
5. Vocal Performance I
1. Music Appreciation (I & II)
2. French Language (I & II)
3. Italian Language I
4. Readings in Modern Literature
5. Vocal Performance I
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Gross Human Anatomy
2. Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology
3. Cellular Exercise Physiology
4. Drugs and Behavior
5. Neuropsychology
1. Gross Human Anatomy
2. Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology
3. Cellular Exercise Physiology
4. Drugs and Behavior
5. Neuropsychology
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Introduction to Islamic Studies
2. Introduction to Rock Music
3. African Music
4. Arabic 101
5. Southern Politics
1. Introduction to Islamic Studies
2. Introduction to Rock Music
3. African Music
4. Arabic 101
5. Southern Politics
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Gross Human Anatomy
2. Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology
3. Cellular Exercise Physiology
4. Drugs and Behavior
5. Neuropsychology
1. Gross Human Anatomy
2. Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology
3. Cellular Exercise Physiology
4. Drugs and Behavior
5. Neuropsychology
What an enormously talented woman. I'm shocked by her passing (much too young!) and grateful we have so many iconic performances through which we can remember her.
January 30, 2026 at 11:45 PM
What an enormously talented woman. I'm shocked by her passing (much too young!) and grateful we have so many iconic performances through which we can remember her.
As someone who taught human anatomy and physiology for about a decade, can confirm.
Earlier tonight I described the human body as "a collection of goo and hinges, and sometimes those goos and those hinges get easily out of whack" and I stand by that
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 AM
As someone who taught human anatomy and physiology for about a decade, can confirm.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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You know Alex Pretti & Renee Good—the 2 white people ICE killed.
ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos.
9 TOTAL.
ABOLISH ICE.
ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos.
9 TOTAL.
ABOLISH ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 2:32 AM
You know Alex Pretti & Renee Good—the 2 white people ICE killed.
ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos.
9 TOTAL.
ABOLISH ICE.
ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos.
9 TOTAL.
ABOLISH ICE.
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And even before the incontrovertible video evidence appears, maybe consider that the current administration has a documented history of lying, and remind your audience of that track record as context for the "conflicting accounts."
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 PM
And even before the incontrovertible video evidence appears, maybe consider that the current administration has a documented history of lying, and remind your audience of that track record as context for the "conflicting accounts."