Eliza J Reilly
@elizajanereilly.bsky.social
Retired academic, former college museum director, current director of national organization advancing civically engaged STEM learning. PhD in US Art and Intellectual History. AAAS Fellow (Div. Q) https://ncsce.net/people/leadership/
Hmm, chimps revise ideas in light of evidence but "humans also often refuse to update beliefs in light of new evidence, which is known as “belief entrenchment” or “belief perseveration” (many such cases)." We are screwed...
In a series of experiments, chimpanzees revised their beliefs based on new evidence, shedding light on the evolutionary origins of rational thought.
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Chimps Are Capable of Human-Like Rational Thought, Breakthrough Study Finds
In a series of experiments, chimpanzees revised their beliefs based on new evidence, shedding light on the evolutionary origins of rational thought.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hmm, chimps revise ideas in light of evidence but "humans also often refuse to update beliefs in light of new evidence, which is known as “belief entrenchment” or “belief perseveration” (many such cases)." We are screwed...
"However, it is not easy, or indeed,
correct, to make this false distinction between intellectual work and politics." www.bostonreview.net/articles/whe...
correct, to make this false distinction between intellectual work and politics." www.bostonreview.net/articles/whe...
When We Are All Enemies of the State - Boston Review
A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"However, it is not easy, or indeed,
correct, to make this false distinction between intellectual work and politics." www.bostonreview.net/articles/whe...
correct, to make this false distinction between intellectual work and politics." www.bostonreview.net/articles/whe...
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So true. Born, raised, and lived in NY til I was almost 40. Took subway and bus solo from age 12 and still take subway whenever I'm there. Travel a lot and know many US and European systems and its one of the best, and even better now than it was when I lived there!
if you're not from or have never been to new york i cannot stress enough how normal the subway is 99% of the time. kids take it to school. everyone is basically chill. you learn to be in proximity with harmless weirdos or minor irritations pretty quick. for all its issues it's an incredible thing
August 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
So true. Born, raised, and lived in NY til I was almost 40. Took subway and bus solo from age 12 and still take subway whenever I'm there. Travel a lot and know many US and European systems and its one of the best, and even better now than it was when I lived there!
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We should never forget the suffering that resulted from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago. Oh wait, I’m told this is Gaza today.
August 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We should never forget the suffering that resulted from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago. Oh wait, I’m told this is Gaza today.
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I’ve spent 3 days researching and writing this piece rebuking the grotesque NYT OpEd by Bret Stephens whitewashing Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
I hope you take a moment to read, subscribe, and share it with your networks. Let's use truth to stop injustice:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nyt-whitew...
I hope you take a moment to read, subscribe, and share it with your networks. Let's use truth to stop injustice:
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NYT Whitewashes Genocide, Again
In an OpEd, Columnist Bret Stephens takes a sledgehammer to truth & humanity to justify a live streamed genocide—we rebuke his propaganda in full
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July 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I’ve spent 3 days researching and writing this piece rebuking the grotesque NYT OpEd by Bret Stephens whitewashing Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
I hope you take a moment to read, subscribe, and share it with your networks. Let's use truth to stop injustice:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nyt-whitew...
I hope you take a moment to read, subscribe, and share it with your networks. Let's use truth to stop injustice:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nyt-whitew...
Thanks for the heads up! Listening now…
Joining @nicollewallace.bsky.social shortly to talk about the president’s retaliation agenda as a distraction from his Jeffrey Epstein mess.
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July 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Thanks for the heads up! Listening now…
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not to see one movie and get a lot of boss baby vibes from it or anything but this phenomenon seems relevant to the article going around today www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/
July 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
not to see one movie and get a lot of boss baby vibes from it or anything but this phenomenon seems relevant to the article going around today www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/
This is really good and rings true. My daughter and son-in-law (and now granddaughter) left academic jobs in US (in the arts and humanities) for UK two years ago and i spend a lot of time there.
I decided to make a long blog post combining general sociological things I am aware of with personal observations of cultural and lifestyle differences between the UK and USA.
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Comparisons Between Life in the UK and the USA
For most of my life I have lived in the UK, but for six years I lived in the United States of America. Somewhat erratic and unpleasant polit...
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July 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is really good and rings true. My daughter and son-in-law (and now granddaughter) left academic jobs in US (in the arts and humanities) for UK two years ago and i spend a lot of time there.
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🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL. FLOOD THE ZONE 🚨
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
July 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL. FLOOD THE ZONE 🚨
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
My project connected with Andrew Gelman through his collaborations with Dan Kahan (Cultural Cognition project) and they helped our STEM faculty understand the problems with assumptions about "objectivity" in their science teaching.
July 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My project connected with Andrew Gelman through his collaborations with Dan Kahan (Cultural Cognition project) and they helped our STEM faculty understand the problems with assumptions about "objectivity" in their science teaching.
Thanks for this.
July 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thanks for this.
The continuing relevance of Stuart Hall’s work-now more than ever
Let me insist that “the academic” and “the intellectual” are not interchangeable terms: they are not the same thing: they may even be at the opposite ends of the scale. The academic life can actually prevent intellectuals [from] doing serious intellectual work. —Stuart Hall
When We Are All Enemies of the State - Boston Review
A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.
www.bostonreview.net
July 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The continuing relevance of Stuart Hall’s work-now more than ever
So proud of my home town tonight.
June 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
So proud of my home town tonight.
@ncsce.bsky.social beyond belief
A leaked USDA memo, reported by The New Republic, reveals Trump’s administration has banned terms like “climate,” “safe drinking water,” and “greenhouse gas emissions,” crippling scientific work and rural aid in a sweeping purge of so-called “woke” language.
June 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
@ncsce.bsky.social beyond belief
"business need?" What about historians and other academic researchers?
June 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"business need?" What about historians and other academic researchers?
@ncsce.bsky.social NCSCE's faculty and courses address racial and economic inequality through STEM education. Glad to see this program.
With generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Spencer Foundation, we are pleased to be offering the Just Education Policy Institute for doctoral students interested in research to reduce racial inequality in education policy this fall. Applications are open, due June 30.
June 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@ncsce.bsky.social NCSCE's faculty and courses address racial and economic inequality through STEM education. Glad to see this program.
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“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power…
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June 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
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Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.
The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.
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June 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Shouldn’t this be a bigger story???
EXCLUSIVE: A judge was lobbying for a seat on the federal bench. After he sided with the president in a defamation case, Donald Trump gave him one.
A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination.
Ed Artau was already meeting with Senate staff about securing a nomination to the federal bench when he sided with Trump in a case, according to a new Senate disclosure obtained by POLITICO.
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June 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Shouldn’t this be a bigger story???
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Our Education & Engagement program empowers students, educators, and scientists to harness the power of real-world #OpenScience tools and data.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
If you have any stake in the NSF, read Bob Russell's posts on Linked in! @ncsce.bsky.social
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President Will Try to Seize More Power and "Claw Back" All FY 2025 NSF STEM Education Funding for FY 2025 | Robert Russell
President Will Try to Seize More Power and "Claw Back" All FY 2025 NSF STEM Education Funding for FY 2025
An article in Politico's E&E News indicates that the Trump Administration w...
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June 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If you have any stake in the NSF, read Bob Russell's posts on Linked in! @ncsce.bsky.social
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This is disgusting.
If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?
If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?
June 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is disgusting.
If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?
If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?