Kelly M. Socia, Ph.D.
@kellymsocia.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies at UMass Lowell
Researching punishment, public opinion, labels, sex crime policies
"Knowledgeable yet boring"
"Displays gratuitous vulgarity"
Rarely on here - apologies for any delay in responding/following.
Researching punishment, public opinion, labels, sex crime policies
"Knowledgeable yet boring"
"Displays gratuitous vulgarity"
Rarely on here - apologies for any delay in responding/following.
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It’s an incredible time to be alive if you’re mean and dumb as shit.
May 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It’s an incredible time to be alive if you’re mean and dumb as shit.
Trump tariffs depress hedge-fund managers.
In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
April 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Trump tariffs depress hedge-fund managers.
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Everyone’s like “this can’t be fascism it’s too dumb” but they don’t understand that fascism is in fact almost always very dumb! Fascist dictators are cruel and stupid men. And it’s popular because many people are cruel and stupid!
March 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Everyone’s like “this can’t be fascism it’s too dumb” but they don’t understand that fascism is in fact almost always very dumb! Fascist dictators are cruel and stupid men. And it’s popular because many people are cruel and stupid!
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Time is a flat circle
March 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Time is a flat circle
I've played Pandemic, I know where this is going...
JUST IN: USDA confirms first H5N1 bird flu detections in rats.
February 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I've played Pandemic, I know where this is going...
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democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard
February 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard
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Experimental evidence of something @kellymsocia.bsky.social and I wrote about, building on work by Hirschfield & Simon (2010).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Experimental evidence of something @kellymsocia.bsky.social and I wrote about, building on work by Hirschfield & Simon (2010).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
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i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
January 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
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I’m in England, in a field of Barley. Today, I’m going to collect wild yeast under that tree back there, and I’m going to show how to feed and grow it until it’s ready to bake with. We are going to start at the very beginning, and end at the end.
(this is an experiment in thread transfer)
(this is an experiment in thread transfer)
April 30, 2023 at 6:29 PM
I’m in England, in a field of Barley. Today, I’m going to collect wild yeast under that tree back there, and I’m going to show how to feed and grow it until it’s ready to bake with. We are going to start at the very beginning, and end at the end.
(this is an experiment in thread transfer)
(this is an experiment in thread transfer)
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NSF now sending “stop work” notices on funded active grants. Doesn’t sound like a pause.
I can't decide which would be a worse outcome here. That research is cut off permanently. Or that the administration uses the pause to implement new restrictions on science to the point where the only "research" researchers can do and publish is research supporting administration-approved "facts."
I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔
January 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
NSF now sending “stop work” notices on funded active grants. Doesn’t sound like a pause.
Well that's not fucking good.
NIJ has cancelled all open grant opportunities.
NIJ has cancelled all open grant opportunities.
January 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Well that's not fucking good.
NIJ has cancelled all open grant opportunities.
NIJ has cancelled all open grant opportunities.
Saw this painting at the National Portrait Gallery in DC back in 2020, and it was his eyes that were really striking. Not sure if it's my favorite painting overall, but definitely my favorite portrait.
(John Brown 1800-1857)
(John Brown 1800-1857)
January 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Saw this painting at the National Portrait Gallery in DC back in 2020, and it was his eyes that were really striking. Not sure if it's my favorite painting overall, but definitely my favorite portrait.
(John Brown 1800-1857)
(John Brown 1800-1857)
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i can see how you would come to this conclusion if your job didn't require you to ever be correct
January 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
i can see how you would come to this conclusion if your job didn't require you to ever be correct
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Both vaxxed and unvaxxed groups showed impairment in cognitive functions and quality-of-life measures compared to the benchmark.
While vaccines reduce the severity of acute Covid, they don't appear to reduce the neurological sequelae of Long Covid.
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
While vaccines reduce the severity of acute Covid, they don't appear to reduce the neurological sequelae of Long Covid.
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
January 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Both vaxxed and unvaxxed groups showed impairment in cognitive functions and quality-of-life measures compared to the benchmark.
While vaccines reduce the severity of acute Covid, they don't appear to reduce the neurological sequelae of Long Covid.
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
While vaccines reduce the severity of acute Covid, they don't appear to reduce the neurological sequelae of Long Covid.
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
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Using new IPEDS finance data, I took a look at the public and private colleges that consistently lose money. Forty-nine of the nearly 1,500 four-year institutions with available data lost money in eight or more of the last ten years--not a good sign. robertkelchen.com/2025/01/07/w...
Which Colleges Always Lose Money?
It is safe to say that there is a lot of concern right now about the financial viability of higher education. And while I think fewer colleges are going to close than pundits predict (and check out…
robertkelchen.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Using new IPEDS finance data, I took a look at the public and private colleges that consistently lose money. Forty-nine of the nearly 1,500 four-year institutions with available data lost money in eight or more of the last ten years--not a good sign. robertkelchen.com/2025/01/07/w...
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I, for one, welcome our new viking overlords
I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣
December 25, 2024 at 10:38 PM
I, for one, welcome our new viking overlords
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No, they're not caught between anything. Stop it. The fact that AI may be used or useful in future jobs does not create a single dilemma at all for college students in how to actually complete their coursework. This is all nonsense & excuses for not doing the reading & learning how to think & write.
College students caught between professors' AI bans and employers' growing demand for AI skills
Research shows 75% of workers now use artificial intelligence on the job, yet many universities still classify its use as cheating.
www.phillyvoice.com
December 25, 2024 at 10:49 PM
No, they're not caught between anything. Stop it. The fact that AI may be used or useful in future jobs does not create a single dilemma at all for college students in how to actually complete their coursework. This is all nonsense & excuses for not doing the reading & learning how to think & write.
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White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin
YouTube video by Tim Minchin
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December 26, 2024 at 2:13 AM
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New publication: Preliminary data shows if you teach op-ed writing skills, most students like it and plan to use it as a tool for scholarly dissemination!
Thanks for my co-authors Stacy Fandetti and Ava Peters for collaborating on this.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/DYKVI...
Thanks for my co-authors Stacy Fandetti and Ava Peters for collaborating on this.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/DYKVI...
December 21, 2024 at 12:54 PM
New publication: Preliminary data shows if you teach op-ed writing skills, most students like it and plan to use it as a tool for scholarly dissemination!
Thanks for my co-authors Stacy Fandetti and Ava Peters for collaborating on this.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/DYKVI...
Thanks for my co-authors Stacy Fandetti and Ava Peters for collaborating on this.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/DYKVI...
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How did Tolkien write so much?
The answer is he didn't have two-factor authentication for every aspect of his life
The answer is he didn't have two-factor authentication for every aspect of his life
December 19, 2024 at 8:09 PM
How did Tolkien write so much?
The answer is he didn't have two-factor authentication for every aspect of his life
The answer is he didn't have two-factor authentication for every aspect of his life
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Welcome to Saturday morning labor education. (I have to work today, so I might as well.)
What are your Weingarten rights, and how can you use them to protect yourself against a boss on a power trip? 1/
What are your Weingarten rights, and how can you use them to protect yourself against a boss on a power trip? 1/
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Welcome to Saturday morning labor education. (I have to work today, so I might as well.)
What are your Weingarten rights, and how can you use them to protect yourself against a boss on a power trip? 1/
What are your Weingarten rights, and how can you use them to protect yourself against a boss on a power trip? 1/