Sheila Crowell
@sheilacrowell.bsky.social
Clinical psych prof and practicing clinician. Research and practice in emotion dysregulation, self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, psychopathology, lifespan development, and multigenerational mental health. Views are my own.
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Sheila Crowell
@sheilacrowell.bsky.social
· May 21
I am not alarmist. I'm writing what needs to be said. Higher ed is on the brink of collapse and so much could be lost. College, alongside the military, is a second family for many adults. It is where people fall in love, pick sports teams, meet lifelong friends, and form a professional identity. A 🧵
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The beauty of teaching a class on Latinx Mental Health right now is that every week, I have the opportunity to give my students something that matters to them. This was one of the slides for my class
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The beauty of teaching a class on Latinx Mental Health right now is that every week, I have the opportunity to give my students something that matters to them. This was one of the slides for my class
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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The Suicide Prevention Research Lab at UMass Amherst is hiring! We are looking for a lab manager to help grow our new lab with a start date of summer 2026.
Share and apply!
careers.umass.edu/jobs/technic...
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Technical Assistant I (Lab Manager, Suicide Prevention Research Lab) - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Technical Assistant I (Lab Manager, Suicide Prevention Research Lab)
Executive Area: Academic Affairs
College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Psychology and Brain Sci
Work L...
careers.umass.edu
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The Suicide Prevention Research Lab at UMass Amherst is hiring! We are looking for a lab manager to help grow our new lab with a start date of summer 2026.
Share and apply!
careers.umass.edu/jobs/technic...
Share and apply!
careers.umass.edu/jobs/technic...
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Days are longer naturally—no need for Daylight Saving Time!
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Days are longer naturally—no need for Daylight Saving Time!
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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Hospitals are folding to administration demands to cancel gender-affirming care, particularly for minors. We’re up to five since the new year. You can find our updated timeline here: unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
Transgender Healthcare: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Hospitals are folding to administration demands to cancel gender-affirming care, particularly for minors. We’re up to five since the new year. You can find our updated timeline here: unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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just a fucking weird statement on it's face but also highlights how filthy rich and completely out of touch trump's whole cabinet is. a private boat for a family vacation? stopping by a billionaire's island for lunch? nannies, plural?? the epstein class, indeed.
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
just a fucking weird statement on it's face but also highlights how filthy rich and completely out of touch trump's whole cabinet is. a private boat for a family vacation? stopping by a billionaire's island for lunch? nannies, plural?? the epstein class, indeed.
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“Candidate A supports 90% of what I believe in. Candidate B only supports 10% of what I belive in. Therefore, both candidates fail to support 100% of what I believe in and I will not vote for either.”
And that’s how we got here.
And that’s how we got here.
February 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
“Candidate A supports 90% of what I believe in. Candidate B only supports 10% of what I belive in. Therefore, both candidates fail to support 100% of what I believe in and I will not vote for either.”
And that’s how we got here.
And that’s how we got here.
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Nothing makes me feel good like scrolling through multiple TikTok videos of medical school students going through their newly minted AI generated textbooks and making slideshows of all of the errors including completely made up muscles and tendons - can’t wait to age in this hellscape
October 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Nothing makes me feel good like scrolling through multiple TikTok videos of medical school students going through their newly minted AI generated textbooks and making slideshows of all of the errors including completely made up muscles and tendons - can’t wait to age in this hellscape
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If only our power structures had the same sort of conviction and righteousness as
*checks again just to make sure*
DinoCon
*checks again just to make sure*
DinoCon
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 AM
If only our power structures had the same sort of conviction and righteousness as
*checks again just to make sure*
DinoCon
*checks again just to make sure*
DinoCon
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So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
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"We can just - turn on everyone's door cameras, which we will only use for cute things"
The nice commercial about helping kids find their lost pets was the scariest thing I've seen in my life
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 AM
"We can just - turn on everyone's door cameras, which we will only use for cute things"
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as you watch all of the rah-rah pageantry of the Super Bowl it’s astounding to remember that MAGA is so weird and offputting that they’ve apparently given football to the libs in the national divorce
February 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
as you watch all of the rah-rah pageantry of the Super Bowl it’s astounding to remember that MAGA is so weird and offputting that they’ve apparently given football to the libs in the national divorce
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"This is the hard truth I want to land: climate does not care what’s trending. It’s not interested in Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, or Greenland. There is no algorithmic mercy. Physics is physics, and it is getting more abrupt."
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
If Epstein is Trending, Why Isn’t +1.7°C?
The news cycle has become a hall of mirrors: Epstein, Trumpism, war, outrage, retribution. A thousand scandals designed to keep us anxious, tribal, and tired. We have to hold multiple truths at once: ...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:57 AM
"This is the hard truth I want to land: climate does not care what’s trending. It’s not interested in Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, or Greenland. There is no algorithmic mercy. Physics is physics, and it is getting more abrupt."
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
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they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American
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You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump.
This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.
This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.
February 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM
You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump.
This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.
This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.
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Not to be a hater, but EVERYTHING we’ve done in the last 365 days, we done with *hundreds of thousands* of dollars less than the salary of the CEO of AAAS.
So help us keep it up: www.standupforscience.net/donate
So help us keep it up: www.standupforscience.net/donate
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Not to be a hater, but EVERYTHING we’ve done in the last 365 days, we done with *hundreds of thousands* of dollars less than the salary of the CEO of AAAS.
So help us keep it up: www.standupforscience.net/donate
So help us keep it up: www.standupforscience.net/donate
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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That’s approximately 167 five-year R01 #NIHGrants worth of taxpayer dollars.
A reminder Don, Jr. has been awarded $600m in defense contracts despite have no established ability to deliver.
Trump’s “fraud crackdown” list is a political hit list. He targets his critics and attacks the watchdogs who actually root out waste. Meanwhile, he continues to pardon allies who stole millions from taxpayers. The real fraud is pretending Trump is helping the American people.
February 8, 2026 at 3:38 AM
That’s approximately 167 five-year R01 #NIHGrants worth of taxpayer dollars.
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the most impactful thing Elon Musk has ever done or will ever do regarding science and innovation in this country is illegally cut billions of dollars of research funds for literally no reason
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
the most impactful thing Elon Musk has ever done or will ever do regarding science and innovation in this country is illegally cut billions of dollars of research funds for literally no reason
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The “Love” art that was in NYC but is now on U. campus in front of Utah Museum of Fine Arts. My office building in the background.
#UCampusWalks
#UCampusWalks
February 8, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The “Love” art that was in NYC but is now on U. campus in front of Utah Museum of Fine Arts. My office building in the background.
#UCampusWalks
#UCampusWalks
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Do individual differences in fetal physiology shape later sensitivity to early environments? Excited to share our new paper: interactions between fetal heart rate variability and postnatal parenting stress were associated with toddler externalizing behaviors!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lower fetal heart rate variability and parenting stress associate with toddler psychopathology risk - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Lower fetal heart rate variability and parenting stress associate with toddler psychopathology risk
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Do individual differences in fetal physiology shape later sensitivity to early environments? Excited to share our new paper: interactions between fetal heart rate variability and postnatal parenting stress were associated with toddler externalizing behaviors!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...