Nicholas Denton, PhD
@nickdenton.bsky.social
Cancer biologist turned education researcher. Always free to nerd out over the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) including AI, inquiry, teamwork, DEI, metacognition, community-engaged, and research competencies in learning. My opinions are my own
Sorry, Charlie, but while you left a legacy of dehumanizing people you disagreed with, vilifying empathy, justifying gun violence as necessary for personal freedoms, and prioritizing soundbites of "owning" debates over pluralistic problem solving, your legacy can't force me to not feel empathy..
September 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sorry, Charlie, but while you left a legacy of dehumanizing people you disagreed with, vilifying empathy, justifying gun violence as necessary for personal freedoms, and prioritizing soundbites of "owning" debates over pluralistic problem solving, your legacy can't force me to not feel empathy..
Evidence over politics ✊🏻🇺🇸
American Academy of Pediatrics breaks from CDC #vaccine recommendations for the first time in 30 years in opposition of the current administration’s misinformed political overreach.
#healthcare
#HigherEd
publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...
American Academy of Pediatrics breaks from CDC #vaccine recommendations for the first time in 30 years in opposition of the current administration’s misinformed political overreach.
#healthcare
#HigherEd
publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...
AAP Immunization Schedule
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule published August 19, 2025 can be found here.
publications.aap.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Evidence over politics ✊🏻🇺🇸
American Academy of Pediatrics breaks from CDC #vaccine recommendations for the first time in 30 years in opposition of the current administration’s misinformed political overreach.
#healthcare
#HigherEd
publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...
American Academy of Pediatrics breaks from CDC #vaccine recommendations for the first time in 30 years in opposition of the current administration’s misinformed political overreach.
#healthcare
#HigherEd
publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...
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ACTION NEEDED -- The #Ohio House is pausing their Summer break and returning for a one-day Session on 7/21 ‼️ 🚨
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@howthingsworkoh.bsky.social
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@howthingsworkoh.bsky.social
ALERT — Ohio House Session scheduled for July!
They're coming back to ruin everyone's Summer...
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
ACTION NEEDED -- The #Ohio House is pausing their Summer break and returning for a one-day Session on 7/21 ‼️ 🚨
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
@howthingsworkoh.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
@howthingsworkoh.bsky.social
Dead count is at least 24, but I’m having doubts that “there would have been no way to foresee this” if the National Weather Service still had equipment and personnel to more accurately predict the severity of the storms forming early Thursday..
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
Texas flash flooding kills at least 13 people, leaves 20-plus young campers missing
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said authorities were searching for 23 girls listed as unaccounted for among more than 700 children who were at a summer camp when it was swept by floodwaters.
www.reuters.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Dead count is at least 24, but I’m having doubts that “there would have been no way to foresee this” if the National Weather Service still had equipment and personnel to more accurately predict the severity of the storms forming early Thursday..
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
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In APHA v NIH, filed in April, in response to abrupt defunding of NIH grants, Judge Young ruled that the termination of some of the NIH grants was illegal & ordered that they be restored.
Essentially, you can't terminate funding if you can't define the reason.
🧪🔗 arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Essentially, you can't terminate funding if you can't define the reason.
🧪🔗 arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI
A written ruling details why a judge restored funding for many NIH grants.
arstechnica.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In APHA v NIH, filed in April, in response to abrupt defunding of NIH grants, Judge Young ruled that the termination of some of the NIH grants was illegal & ordered that they be restored.
Essentially, you can't terminate funding if you can't define the reason.
🧪🔗 arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Essentially, you can't terminate funding if you can't define the reason.
🧪🔗 arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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An assault on immigrant communities is an assault on *America itself.* Immigrants *are* the American story—builders, dreamers, defenders.
If you come for them, you're not defending this country—you’re desecrating it. Don’t dare call it patriotism. It’s cowardice in red, white, and blue
#VoteHellNo
If you come for them, you're not defending this country—you’re desecrating it. Don’t dare call it patriotism. It’s cowardice in red, white, and blue
#VoteHellNo
July 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
An assault on immigrant communities is an assault on *America itself.* Immigrants *are* the American story—builders, dreamers, defenders.
If you come for them, you're not defending this country—you’re desecrating it. Don’t dare call it patriotism. It’s cowardice in red, white, and blue
#VoteHellNo
If you come for them, you're not defending this country—you’re desecrating it. Don’t dare call it patriotism. It’s cowardice in red, white, and blue
#VoteHellNo
The Big Deficit Bill is still being discussed in the House, may likely include amendments that need to go to back to the Senate. NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES.
The 5 calls app identifies your representatives, provides main and local office phones, and a script if you need.
5calls.org
The 5 calls app identifies your representatives, provides main and local office phones, and a script if you need.
5calls.org
July 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Big Deficit Bill is still being discussed in the House, may likely include amendments that need to go to back to the Senate. NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES.
The 5 calls app identifies your representatives, provides main and local office phones, and a script if you need.
5calls.org
The 5 calls app identifies your representatives, provides main and local office phones, and a script if you need.
5calls.org
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Governor DeWine still hasn't signed #Ohio's budget bill‼️
Legally, he must sign it by midnight TONIGHT (6/30)⏰️ But he can veto (AKA remove) anything he wants from the bill before he signs it.
Keep demanding vetoes of the worst items:
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
Legally, he must sign it by midnight TONIGHT (6/30)⏰️ But he can veto (AKA remove) anything he wants from the bill before he signs it.
Keep demanding vetoes of the worst items:
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
June 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Governor DeWine still hasn't signed #Ohio's budget bill‼️
Legally, he must sign it by midnight TONIGHT (6/30)⏰️ But he can veto (AKA remove) anything he wants from the bill before he signs it.
Keep demanding vetoes of the worst items:
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
Legally, he must sign it by midnight TONIGHT (6/30)⏰️ But he can veto (AKA remove) anything he wants from the bill before he signs it.
Keep demanding vetoes of the worst items:
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
SB 16/HB 5337 threatens the voting rights of all Ohioans. Use @standupamerica.com’s tool and urge your state representative to vote NO on SB 153/HB 233:
act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...
#theresistance
#ohio
#NoKings
act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...
#theresistance
#ohio
#NoKings
Send a letter: Stop SB 153 / HB 233 in Ohio
The Ohio SAVE Act will make it harder for eligible voters in the state to make their voices heard. Email your lawmakers today to stop this bill.
act.standupamerica.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
SB 16/HB 5337 threatens the voting rights of all Ohioans. Use @standupamerica.com’s tool and urge your state representative to vote NO on SB 153/HB 233:
act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...
#theresistance
#ohio
#NoKings
act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...
#theresistance
#ohio
#NoKings
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The repeal effort of Ohio's anti-higher-ed law, SB 1, failed to collect enough signatures.
Shame on Ohio's Democratic Party and the unions that did not help with the signature drive. Faculty in Ohio have lost the right to strike.
1/3
Shame on Ohio's Democratic Party and the unions that did not help with the signature drive. Faculty in Ohio have lost the right to strike.
1/3
campaign to block anti-DEI education bill lacks voter signatures
Senate Bill 1 now is set to take effect on Friday after a repeal campaign missed a deadline to submit hundreds of thousands of signatures.
signalakron.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The repeal effort of Ohio's anti-higher-ed law, SB 1, failed to collect enough signatures.
Shame on Ohio's Democratic Party and the unions that did not help with the signature drive. Faculty in Ohio have lost the right to strike.
1/3
Shame on Ohio's Democratic Party and the unions that did not help with the signature drive. Faculty in Ohio have lost the right to strike.
1/3
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Everyone working to overturn #Ohio's Higher Education Destruction Act (SB 1) has done incredible work 🔥
I saw that petition everywhere I went all over the state. Every event. Every festival. You all are freaking grassroots badasses no matter the outcome 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
www.statenews.org/government-p...
I saw that petition everywhere I went all over the state. Every event. Every festival. You all are freaking grassroots badasses no matter the outcome 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
www.statenews.org/government-p...
Opponents of anti-DEI bill aimed at Ohio's public universities to submit repeal petitions Thursday
The first step is over in the campaign by Ohio educators to overturn the bill that seeks to stop diversity efforts and faculty strikes at public universities.
www.statenews.org
June 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Everyone working to overturn #Ohio's Higher Education Destruction Act (SB 1) has done incredible work 🔥
I saw that petition everywhere I went all over the state. Every event. Every festival. You all are freaking grassroots badasses no matter the outcome 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
www.statenews.org/government-p...
I saw that petition everywhere I went all over the state. Every event. Every festival. You all are freaking grassroots badasses no matter the outcome 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
www.statenews.org/government-p...
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🗣️HEADS UP!
The House Judiciary Committee just added a last minute hearing to the calendar for 10am tomorrow to vote on SB 56 -- legislation to rollback our adult-use cannabis rights.
📲Tell your Representative to vote NO: action.aclu.org/send-message...
The House Judiciary Committee just added a last minute hearing to the calendar for 10am tomorrow to vote on SB 56 -- legislation to rollback our adult-use cannabis rights.
📲Tell your Representative to vote NO: action.aclu.org/send-message...
June 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🗣️HEADS UP!
The House Judiciary Committee just added a last minute hearing to the calendar for 10am tomorrow to vote on SB 56 -- legislation to rollback our adult-use cannabis rights.
📲Tell your Representative to vote NO: action.aclu.org/send-message...
The House Judiciary Committee just added a last minute hearing to the calendar for 10am tomorrow to vote on SB 56 -- legislation to rollback our adult-use cannabis rights.
📲Tell your Representative to vote NO: action.aclu.org/send-message...
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The final signatures are being scanned in, but if our reported numbers are accurate then we are projected to have SUCCEEDED in collecting the signatures needed to against OH SB-1 as the first all-volunteer group to achieve a referendum under Ohio’s most restrictive petition process!
We’re not out..
We’re not out..
June 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The final signatures are being scanned in, but if our reported numbers are accurate then we are projected to have SUCCEEDED in collecting the signatures needed to against OH SB-1 as the first all-volunteer group to achieve a referendum under Ohio’s most restrictive petition process!
We’re not out..
We’re not out..
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It's the final days! Watch this video 👇
June 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's the final days! Watch this video 👇
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LAST CHANCE TO STOP SB1!
If you haven't signed already, this is the final weekend that you will be able to sign. If your location isn't listed below, DM us and we can help!
PLEASE SHARE!
If you haven't signed already, this is the final weekend that you will be able to sign. If your location isn't listed below, DM us and we can help!
PLEASE SHARE!
June 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
LAST CHANCE TO STOP SB1!
If you haven't signed already, this is the final weekend that you will be able to sign. If your location isn't listed below, DM us and we can help!
PLEASE SHARE!
If you haven't signed already, this is the final weekend that you will be able to sign. If your location isn't listed below, DM us and we can help!
PLEASE SHARE!
Sincere thanks to everyone who made it to the rallies last week to sign the referendum petition to #stopohioSB1 !
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND TO SIGN IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY!!!
Find us at rallies and community events like #Juneteenth all over #Ohio in the link below: ohsb1petition.com
✊🏻🇺🇸
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND TO SIGN IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY!!!
Find us at rallies and community events like #Juneteenth all over #Ohio in the link below: ohsb1petition.com
✊🏻🇺🇸
June 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Sincere thanks to everyone who made it to the rallies last week to sign the referendum petition to #stopohioSB1 !
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND TO SIGN IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY!!!
Find us at rallies and community events like #Juneteenth all over #Ohio in the link below: ohsb1petition.com
✊🏻🇺🇸
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND TO SIGN IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY!!!
Find us at rallies and community events like #Juneteenth all over #Ohio in the link below: ohsb1petition.com
✊🏻🇺🇸
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As Senate Republicans rewrite the reconciliation bill that would gut Medicaid and SNAP, we’re making sure key GOP senators hear from their angry constituents. Help us disrupt Trump’s Tax Scam by calling voters in target states and connecting them with their senators: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
June 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
As Senate Republicans rewrite the reconciliation bill that would gut Medicaid and SNAP, we’re making sure key GOP senators hear from their angry constituents. Help us disrupt Trump’s Tax Scam by calling voters in target states and connecting them with their senators: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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🧪YAY!
Judge Young has expressed his displeasure towards the terminations of NIH grants. He wants the grant $ to be restored.
The plaintiff was a coalition of 16 states affected by the cuts. The defense could not name single grant that was used to "support unlawful discrimination".
Judge Young has expressed his displeasure towards the terminations of NIH grants. He wants the grant $ to be restored.
The plaintiff was a coalition of 16 states affected by the cuts. The defense could not name single grant that was used to "support unlawful discrimination".
This momentous ruling by Judge Young, appointed by Reagan, means he is vacating the grant terminations at issue and wants the money to start flowing again.
June 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🧪YAY!
Judge Young has expressed his displeasure towards the terminations of NIH grants. He wants the grant $ to be restored.
The plaintiff was a coalition of 16 states affected by the cuts. The defense could not name single grant that was used to "support unlawful discrimination".
Judge Young has expressed his displeasure towards the terminations of NIH grants. He wants the grant $ to be restored.
The plaintiff was a coalition of 16 states affected by the cuts. The defense could not name single grant that was used to "support unlawful discrimination".
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When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman.
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
Rep. Melissa Hortman, killed in targeted attack, was a champion for Minnesotan families
Hortman worked closely with Gov. Tim Walz to enact policies that prioritized children and expanded protections for abortion and gender-affirming care
19thnews.org
June 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman.
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
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Thanks everyone who atteended the #nokings protests yesterday and signed the Stop SB1 petition!
We're now reaching the final week of petition signings. If you haven't signed yet, and don't know where to go, DM this account and we can help.
We're now reaching the final week of petition signings. If you haven't signed yet, and don't know where to go, DM this account and we can help.
June 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Thanks everyone who atteended the #nokings protests yesterday and signed the Stop SB1 petition!
We're now reaching the final week of petition signings. If you haven't signed yet, and don't know where to go, DM this account and we can help.
We're now reaching the final week of petition signings. If you haven't signed yet, and don't know where to go, DM this account and we can help.
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This is a sparkling example of lack of science literacy displayed by the HHS.
HHS report, which is against recommending Covid vaccines to pregnant women, cites studies that conclude the opposite.
The best advice of 2025 is to NOT listen to RFK Jr. or HHS.
🧪🖇️ www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
HHS report, which is against recommending Covid vaccines to pregnant women, cites studies that conclude the opposite.
The best advice of 2025 is to NOT listen to RFK Jr. or HHS.
🧪🖇️ www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is a sparkling example of lack of science literacy displayed by the HHS.
HHS report, which is against recommending Covid vaccines to pregnant women, cites studies that conclude the opposite.
The best advice of 2025 is to NOT listen to RFK Jr. or HHS.
🧪🖇️ www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
HHS report, which is against recommending Covid vaccines to pregnant women, cites studies that conclude the opposite.
The best advice of 2025 is to NOT listen to RFK Jr. or HHS.
🧪🖇️ www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Whenever #Ohio constituents call out their representatives for pushing unwanted policy, the increasingly unpopular Conservative party moves the goal posts to silence Ohioan-driven petitions. Ohioans didn’t stand for it in 2023; we must not get distracted and miss our chance to defend our rights.
SB 153 is death by a thousand cuts— and it’s exactly what politicians want. Why? Because when #WeThePeople write the laws, it threatens the political status quo.
A status quo reinforced by gerrymandering, leaving most Ohioans without a voice in the Statehouse. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/11/o...
A status quo reinforced by gerrymandering, leaving most Ohioans without a voice in the Statehouse. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/11/o...
Ohio lawmakers once again ambush the citizen ballot initiative process • Ohio Capital Journal
In August 2023, Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected lawmakers' blatant attempt to undermine our citizen-initiative process. Instead of listening, Ohio politicians are now aiming to shut down grassroot...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Whenever #Ohio constituents call out their representatives for pushing unwanted policy, the increasingly unpopular Conservative party moves the goal posts to silence Ohioan-driven petitions. Ohioans didn’t stand for it in 2023; we must not get distracted and miss our chance to defend our rights.
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June 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM