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Mike Friedline
@arlosbff.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at Piedmont University, believer in the pedagogical value of dogs in the classroom. mountain runner, cook, and curmudgeon
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daveparisi.bsky.social
Finally got to the "I want to burn it all down" portion of the gen AI-era semester, where I realize they're all using some sort of LLM to "help" organize their thoughts and it's just spitting out raw sewage onto the screen.
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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khrisnin.bsky.social
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
October 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
This is very good.

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AI is a tool (sorry!) that people who are bad at their jobs will use badly and that people who are good at their jobs will maybe, possibly find some uses for. People who are terrible at their jobs (many executives), will tell their employees that they “need” to use AI, that their jobs depend on it, that they must become more productive, and that becoming an AI-first company is the strategy that will save them from the old failed strategy, which itself was the new strategy after other failed business models. The only journalism business strategy that works, and that will ever work in a sustainable way, is if you create something of value that people (human beings, not bots) want to read or watch or listen to, and that they cannot find anywhere else.
July 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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igor-dgps.bsky.social
Have you tried ARIADNE yet? ✨ It's a tool with curated research resources to help you out!
April 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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covingtonedu.bsky.social
Yikes. Going through HS focus groups right now and one group of student's "one word to describe school" are back-to-back: Involved, Stressful, Invasive. 😩

"Stressful because you're measured in grades. And you always have to be here...then you're always thinking about being here."
covingtonedu.bsky.social Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · Nov 24
Students overwhelmingly do not experience productive stress at school:

"One middle school group alone mentioned 'anxiety' 11 times and 'stress' 15 times. Students at all levels frequently mentioned stress and anxiety impacting attendance, engagement, and performance in school."
Anxiety and Stress Anxiety and stress were consistent themes reported by students across every focus group. One middle school group alone mentioned “anxiety” 11 times and “stress” 15 times. Students at all levels frequently mentioned stress and anxiety impacting attendance, engagement, and performance in school. Test anxiety and anxiety over grades are common experiences. For many students, the abstract concept of “the test” and the stakes associated with grades trigger a stress response in the nervous system that floods the body with adrenaline. For students who have a healthy stress response or have executive skills and social supports to help manage stress, test anxiety can be a manageable and even productive form of stress; however, students who experience fight-or-flight responses in other areas of their lives – particularly the toxic stress of students living with ACES – or associate their stress response with other traumatic events are unable to overcome their embodied stress response to perform the cognitive tasks demanded by “the test”. According to the CDC, ADHD, anxiety problems, behavior problems, and depression are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in children and frequently occur together. It’s not only important to attend to the SEL components of learning (addressed later) but also recognize how environmental and pedagogical choices mitigate or exacerbate the embodied learning experience for all students, especially for students who are either neurodivergent or struggling with mental illness.
April 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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luckytran.com
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.

When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
April 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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This German green card holder with no criminal record who has lived in the US since 2007 with American partner and 8-year-old daughter has been stripped naked, put in cold shower, and deprived of food & water at Logan airport, resulting in collapse. still in detention.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Originally from Germany, Fabian Schmidt was stopped on his way home from Luxembourg, questioned, and held in Rhode Island.
www.wgbh.org
March 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I have wonderful students. Undergraduates. Instead of giving standard tests, I ask them to write summary topic papers in which they have to use foundational information to support an argument related to a broader concept. I want to share two opening paragraphs with you.
March 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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mollys.bsky.social
Realize Im new here and have about two friends who even see my posts but if you haven’t heard of this guy @natogreen.bsky.social you must!

He’s brilliant
February 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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behrenstimb.bsky.social
OK If we are moving to Bluesky I am rescuing my favourite ever twitter thread (Jan 2019).

The renamed:

Bluesky-sized history of neuroscience (biased by my interests)
December 1, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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covingtonedu.bsky.social
"Stunningly, however, those who had learned expecting to be tested had forgotten much more. Their superior rote memorization was no longer in evidence a few days later. Evidently, they memorized the material for the test, and when the test was over, they pulled the plug and let it drain out."
Cover of Why We Do What We Do by Edward Deci
November 26, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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russpoldrack.org
This is an amazing video produced for our kickoff ceremony of the Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative, led by @emilyjacobs.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX5u...
"How Small is Small?"
The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative is driven by a radically simple idea: Progress in neuroscience will flourish when the health of men and wom...
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November 18, 2023 at 9:17 PM
The goal is have students think conceptually about the brain while gaining foundational knowledge about it rather than just providing the foundational knowledge. If that makes sense to you, I would love your suggestions. 6. #neuroscience #introtoBN
November 18, 2023 at 11:01 AM
Rather than discuss hunger and the areas of the brain involved in hunger and eating, I want to talk about what hunger tells us about the brain and its association with behavior. Same material, different focus. 5 #neuroscience #introtoBN
November 18, 2023 at 10:58 AM
I want to use the intro course to set the majors up for success in the conceptually difficult upper level courses (though student have done great in them so far) and to entice non-majors to think about neuroscience as a major. 4. #neuroscience #introtoBN
November 18, 2023 at 10:55 AM
in complex environments. The courses provide lots of space for students to think about how brains work and why. Over three classes, I cover the amount of material typically covered in two while taking a more holistic, embodied, and embedded approach than is typical. 3. #IntrotoBN
November 18, 2023 at 10:53 AM
The course is a 2000 level course for neuroscience majors to take in the spring of their second year and for any student with an interest. I want it to provide foundational knowledge for the upper level courses. The upper level courses are design with a focus on complex behavior... 2 #intro to BN
November 18, 2023 at 10:46 AM
Suggestions please, #neuroscience! What 5 things do every second year neuroscience major need to know about the brain? An example would be "The brain may be structured hierarchal but that doesn't mean it functions hierarchal." Context and explanation follows in #NRSC2900 thread. 1
November 18, 2023 at 10:43 AM
I am teaching a course on Pet Behavior in the spring. Anyone have any good articles or resource suggestions on dogs, cats, and other critters? I am planning sections on the psychology of pet ownership, ESAs, dogs on campuses, and the students will pick the pets and behaviors that interest them.
November 7, 2023 at 11:31 AM