Jen Woolard
@jlwoolard.bsky.social
Community psychologist, vice-dean at Georgetown U. College of Arts & Sciences; psychology, law, & public policy Re justice for kids and families.
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Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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José Andrés really is one of the absolute best Americans.
October 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
José Andrés really is one of the absolute best Americans.
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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A great post from @djnavarro.net, providing an accessible explanation of why statistics that can appear to reveal our ignorance may actually do the opposite. Makes excellent use of #datavis to provide visual support for the argument.
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-0...
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-0...
Some notes on probability judgement – Notes from a data witch
For the love of fuck, literally nobody thinks that 20% of the population is transgender. Please stop sharing that ridiculous YouGov statistic
blog.djnavarro.net
September 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
A great post from @djnavarro.net, providing an accessible explanation of why statistics that can appear to reveal our ignorance may actually do the opposite. Makes excellent use of #datavis to provide visual support for the argument.
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-0...
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-0...
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I think one of the biggest mistakes we’ve made in academia over the last few years was treating tenure and academic freedom as a guaranteed right and not a labor relation. Had more understood it as the latter perhaps we would have been better prepared to protect it
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I think one of the biggest mistakes we’ve made in academia over the last few years was treating tenure and academic freedom as a guaranteed right and not a labor relation. Had more understood it as the latter perhaps we would have been better prepared to protect it
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This was very clever:
After collecting fines from speed cameras, Stockholm ran a lottery where non-speeding drivers could win the money.
www.wired.com/2010/12/swed...
After collecting fines from speed cameras, Stockholm ran a lottery where non-speeding drivers could win the money.
www.wired.com/2010/12/swed...
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This was very clever:
After collecting fines from speed cameras, Stockholm ran a lottery where non-speeding drivers could win the money.
www.wired.com/2010/12/swed...
After collecting fines from speed cameras, Stockholm ran a lottery where non-speeding drivers could win the money.
www.wired.com/2010/12/swed...
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And we each must have something that keeps us fueled through this— something that nourishes the deep parts of us.
Could be meditation or prayer. Could be making art or cooking, long walks in trees— hell, parenting will do it if you show up with the right lens.
Concrete ideas & suggestions here:
Could be meditation or prayer. Could be making art or cooking, long walks in trees— hell, parenting will do it if you show up with the right lens.
Concrete ideas & suggestions here:
fortify inside
why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
And we each must have something that keeps us fueled through this— something that nourishes the deep parts of us.
Could be meditation or prayer. Could be making art or cooking, long walks in trees— hell, parenting will do it if you show up with the right lens.
Concrete ideas & suggestions here:
Could be meditation or prayer. Could be making art or cooking, long walks in trees— hell, parenting will do it if you show up with the right lens.
Concrete ideas & suggestions here:
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Love moments like this. Public Enemy meets Mavis Staples ❤️
July 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Love moments like this. Public Enemy meets Mavis Staples ❤️
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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This is such a beautiful thread and was so exactly what I meant, and I'm so over the moon that it was helpful in any way--
and here are some other ideas if you want some:
and here are some other ideas if you want some:
July 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is such a beautiful thread and was so exactly what I meant, and I'm so over the moon that it was helpful in any way--
and here are some other ideas if you want some:
and here are some other ideas if you want some:
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I've got two new poems in an absolute banger of a double issue of July/August POETRY, along w/luminaries like Kevin Young, Danez Smith, Carey Salerno, Joanna Klink, & a folio from Wang Ping of Chinese poets following the Yellow & Yangtze Rivers from their headwaters. Full issue here:
July 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I've got two new poems in an absolute banger of a double issue of July/August POETRY, along w/luminaries like Kevin Young, Danez Smith, Carey Salerno, Joanna Klink, & a folio from Wang Ping of Chinese poets following the Yellow & Yangtze Rivers from their headwaters. Full issue here:
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"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness
This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.
slate.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
Showing a gun to intimidate a six-year-old? Beyond monstrous.
Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
www.tpr.org
June 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Showing a gun to intimidate a six-year-old? Beyond monstrous.
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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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"If we only fight because we think we’ll win, we aren’t going to last as long as we’re needed."
I appreciated so much a work colleague sharing this today.
I appreciated so much a work colleague sharing this today.
What U.S. v. Skrmetti Did, What It Didn’t Do, and What It Can Never Do
There is going to be a lot of catastrophizing today. We lost U.S. v. Skrmetti, one of the biggest transgender civil rights cases of our…
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June 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"If we only fight because we think we’ll win, we aren’t going to last as long as we’re needed."
I appreciated so much a work colleague sharing this today.
I appreciated so much a work colleague sharing this today.
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Dealing with law enforcement can be stressful, so it’s important to know your rights before you’re face-to-face with ICE agents.
While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law, here’s what they can and can’t legally do to you and what you can legally demand. ⤵️
While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law, here’s what they can and can’t legally do to you and what you can legally demand. ⤵️
What Are My Rights During an ICE Raid?
Immigration law can be tricky, but here's what you should know.
www.teenvogue.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Dealing with law enforcement can be stressful, so it’s important to know your rights before you’re face-to-face with ICE agents.
While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law, here’s what they can and can’t legally do to you and what you can legally demand. ⤵️
While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law, here’s what they can and can’t legally do to you and what you can legally demand. ⤵️
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Floridas’s child-welfare agency — in a reversal of a 30-year policy — is now willing to turn minors over to ICE.
This 17-year-old was taken from his foster home in handcuffs and shackles.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
This 17-year-old was taken from his foster home in handcuffs and shackles.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Florida child welfare agency calls ICE on teen migrant in foster care, sparking criticism
‘If this is a policy decision, it is a huge deal.’
www.miamiherald.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Floridas’s child-welfare agency — in a reversal of a 30-year policy — is now willing to turn minors over to ICE.
This 17-year-old was taken from his foster home in handcuffs and shackles.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
This 17-year-old was taken from his foster home in handcuffs and shackles.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
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before and after today’s glacier collapse that buried 90% of blatten, switzerland
May 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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This piece by @mashagessen.bsky.social will go down in history. It is the cry of a nation going down in flames. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...
Opinion | Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This piece by @mashagessen.bsky.social will go down in history. It is the cry of a nation going down in flames. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...
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Do judges view psychiatrists and psychologists differently when they offer testimony on an individual’s competency to stand trial?
Check out NEW RESEARCH here for the answer: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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Check out NEW RESEARCH here for the answer: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
@apajournals.bsky.social @pppl-journal.bsky.social
APA PsycNet
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April 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Do judges view psychiatrists and psychologists differently when they offer testimony on an individual’s competency to stand trial?
Check out NEW RESEARCH here for the answer: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
@apajournals.bsky.social @pppl-journal.bsky.social
Check out NEW RESEARCH here for the answer: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
@apajournals.bsky.social @pppl-journal.bsky.social
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Posted this afternoon. Masked ICE agents arresting immigrants at their court hearings in Dallas.
May 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Posted this afternoon. Masked ICE agents arresting immigrants at their court hearings in Dallas.
Unconscionable
👉 Today, the Trump administration filed a motion in court to end the Flores Settlement - an agreement that provides basic safeguards for the treatment of children in federal immigration custody.
Why does this matter? Let’s break it down: 🧵👇
Why does this matter? Let’s break it down: 🧵👇
May 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Unconscionable