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Lisa Fazio

@lkfazio.bsky.social

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Associate prof of psychology Vanderbilt Univ, studies how adults and children learn true and false information, she/her, lkfazio.com

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · Oct 24

"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."

My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.

www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

Here's why Vanderbilt's response to the Trump higher ed 'compact' is not enough | Opinion

With the deadline looming for colleges to sign Trump's "compact," Vanderbilt must resist, says one university professor.

www.tennessean.com

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Stephanie Simoes @critikid.bsky.social · 8h

This is a cool opportunity for people in Alabama with K-8 kids! The "Spot the Truth Challenge" invites students to create short videos showing how they spot truth vs. misinformation online. There are prizes! Enter here: www.mediamastersrock.com/spot-the-tru...

SPOT-THE-TRUTH-CHALLENGE - Media Masters Rock!

Media Masters Rock! is an educational initiative for Alabama K–8 students and teachers, providing free digital citizenship and media literacy lessons that meet Alabama standards.

www.mediamastersrock.com

Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 8h

Heads up #SPSP2026 - no excuses!

Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 12h

If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

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Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 12h

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 12h

NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...

Dear Ms. Wolfe,
Petitioner-Appellee Rümeysa Öztürk submits this Rule 28(j) letter to advise the Court that on January 29, 2026, the immigration court held that the Department of Homeland Security had not met its burden of proving removability, and the immigration court thereby terminated removal proceedings against Ms. Öztürk.' This development underscores the dangers of the government's interpretation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the government's view, it could punitively detain any noncitizen in retaliation for her speech for many months, so long as it simultaneously institutes removal proceedings—no matter how unmeritorious—all without any federal court review of the lawfulness of detention at any time.
To be clear, the termination of Ms. Öztürk's removal proceedings does not moot her habeas case. (By contrast, as Ms. Öztürk has argued, this appeal is moot.
Br. 18-20.) Without habeas jurisdiction and the bail order that is currently in place, any government appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals would again subject Ms. Öztürk to re-detention. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.6(a). For that reason, she continues to suffer the threat of continuing "now-or-never" First and Fifth Amendment harms.
Br. in Opp. 55-57.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 19h

Reminder: the nat'l minimum wage today is *HALF* what it was in the 1960s.

A number of states have kept up, but most Republican-led states and most purple states haven't.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum...

Minimum wage in the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 20h

tagging @tnfalpha.bsky.social since I know he's interested in motivational interviewing as a technique to combat vaccine misinfo

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 20h

If you liked the Bad Bunny show and visual representations in Puerto Rican art, my newly tenured friend Nico Ramos Flores has a forthcoming book: "Archipelagoes of Longing: Puerto Ricans, Resistance, and Memory." It examines PR visual/literary culture as it relates to oppression, migration, & trauma

Archipelagoes of Longing

sunypress.edu

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 21h

Can you imagine you get hired as part of the SuperBowl halftime and they're like "so you're going to be grass number 74..." 😂

"you just walk out and DO. NOT. MOVE" The dancingest music that ever danced is playing and you must NOT MOVE A MUSCLE.

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 21h

Nice writeup of our now-finished JITSUVAX project: cordis.europa.eu/art... The main output of the project is the empathetic refutational interview...
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Inoculating against anti-vax messaging through empathy

Vaccine hesitancy can be overcome through personalised, empathetic conversational approaches.,,,European Commission

cordis.europa.eu

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

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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Christopher Crawford @crawfordchrisv.bsky.social · 1d

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Officials in authoritarian regimes frequently make absurd false statements in public to signal their loyalty

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?

DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines

BASH: Oh, come on

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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 1d

So I heard we’re posting super bowls. Here’s a Fatimid lusterware bunny. Islamic lusterwares originate in Iraq to emulate the sheen of Chinese porcelain, but the combo with highly animated-looking Fatimid animal motifs is my favorite. He even has a little snack.

www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Bowl Depicting a Running Hare - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bowl with Eagle (63.178.1) and Bowl with Hare (64.261)The tenth and eleventh centuries under the Fatimid caliphate were times of prosperity in Egypt and the neighboring lands, when a burgeoning class ...

www.metmuseum.org

Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 1d

Yay!!! Glad you were showered with love from friends and family and well done husband 👏

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 2d

Semafor: "Washington Post CEO resigns, leaving no clear strategy."

www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

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Adam Rothman aced his cognitive test @adamrothman.bsky.social · 2d

I've been singing this to myself all day

Brian Lyman:
🎶It's time to question methods
It's time for petty fights🎶

Adam Rothman:
🎶It's time to meet the experts on the plenary tonight🎶

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d

This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants.

It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.

A word cloud from the titles of ~1100 NSF grants that were terminated. The most frequent words are STEM, ADVANCE, Student, career, and engines.

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Shannon McGregor, PhD @shannimcg.bsky.social · 3d

The Winter Olympics are a lot more about almost dying than the summer ones, tbh

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d

"This was not the first time Ms. Britt had been disturbed by something she heard about the second Trump administration."

"disturbed" is the new Susan Collins "disappointed"

You can, you know, do something. There's this part of the Constitution called Article I.

🦃 Seth Masket 🦃 @smotus.bsky.social · 3d

This *could* be an interesting story of how a Republican subtly pressures Trump while keeping him happy. But unless I missed it, there’s no point where Britt exerts any influence. She gets Noem on the phone and Noem baldly lies to her. (1/2)

The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained

www.nytimes.com

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 3d

Afternoon

Uggi the dog jumping in the snow covered heather

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3d

AI has no sense of humor, though its failures can generate a good laugh.

For example: On Halloween, I posted a picture of my kid sorting her candy, captioned, "We have progressed from data collection to data analysis." Now I regularly get bots in my mentions trying to sell me data analytics tools.

The comment I got this morning trying to sell me data analytics:

It's great to hear about progress in data
analysis! However, as teams advance,
challenges around data quality and preparation
often emerge. At Lifewood Data Technology,
we focus on streamlining data preparation and
implementing robust quality checks to ensure
datasets are analysis-ready. What strategies
are you considering to keep your data accurate
and reliable?

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🦃 Seth Masket 🦃 @smotus.bsky.social · 3d

The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin R. McClure @drkevinrmcclure.com · 4d

Reading The Chronicle as a professor is really hard today.

Tenure will be eliminated at most of Oklahoma's public colleges, Governor says.

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honeybakedsam.bsky.social @honeybakedsam.bsky.social · 4d

Times article has an incredible illustration

Diagram of a skier jumping with the extra crotch material highlighted, and then a diagram below showing that an extra 2cm in suit circumference can help the skier get an extra car length on their jump

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Andy Luttrell @andyluttrell.bsky.social · 4d

What should my students read about OPEN SCIENCE?

I'm teaching the second methods class in our MA sequence, and I want them to understand current best practices in open science and why they matter.

What readings would you assign?

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 4d

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 4d

Good lord. Sir. An undergraduate student inviting you to address a group of undergraduate students on an academic topic does not constitute an "advance."

Gelernter went on to write to his
colleagues that the student seemed to trust him after they met during her sophomore year, when she was taking his class. He wrote that she "invited me to address an informal lunch" about global
politics in her residential college, adding in parentheses, "Obviously, the first advance was hers."

Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d

Open public resources and records are a key way for journalists, factcheckers to hold people in power accountable when they lie - now they're openly being destroyed