Q. McLamore
@ghawinriver.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Social Psychology (They/Them). Views expressed are strictly my own and not those of my employer.
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Powerful from @katelynburns.com on the death of Lia Smith.
I'll never forget watching an anti-trans mvmt leader try to reassure her allies that trans youth "are not suicidal because of us." Now, they either deny trans people's suffering or call it a kind of abuse.
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
I'll never forget watching an anti-trans mvmt leader try to reassure her allies that trans youth "are not suicidal because of us." Now, they either deny trans people's suffering or call it a kind of abuse.
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Powerful from @katelynburns.com on the death of Lia Smith.
I'll never forget watching an anti-trans mvmt leader try to reassure her allies that trans youth "are not suicidal because of us." Now, they either deny trans people's suffering or call it a kind of abuse.
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
I'll never forget watching an anti-trans mvmt leader try to reassure her allies that trans youth "are not suicidal because of us." Now, they either deny trans people's suffering or call it a kind of abuse.
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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“For years, Christian supremacist ideology was coursing through American conservatism. Now it—& its antisemitism—is out in the open, in the halls of power & scaring Jews.” 11/4/25 (*Incredible* article discussing Tucker, Nick Fuentes, Heritage, Doug Wilson & his protégés, Yoram Hazony, & NatCon.) 1/
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“For years, Christian supremacist ideology was coursing through American conservatism. Now it—& its antisemitism—is out in the open, in the halls of power & scaring Jews.” 11/4/25 (*Incredible* article discussing Tucker, Nick Fuentes, Heritage, Doug Wilson & his protégés, Yoram Hazony, & NatCon.) 1/
As ever, this is eugenics in fundamentalist drag. Their belief is that because God is (a) real and (b) likes them specifically, that he will spare them while inflicting plague on "the unworthy." And since "The unworthy"--Black folk, Native folk, poor folk, live and work where disease hits hardest...
“I’ve come to this anti-vax conference with a message: that we need to be more boldly anti-vax,” said Mark Gorton, the head of the MAHA Institute…(he) called for the elimination of the childhood vaccination schedule & removal of vaccines from the market.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
‘God is an anti-vaxxer’: Inside the conference celebrating RFK Jr.’s rise
An anti-vaccine conference in Austin celebrated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rise to political power, highlighting his influence in Trump’s Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As ever, this is eugenics in fundamentalist drag. Their belief is that because God is (a) real and (b) likes them specifically, that he will spare them while inflicting plague on "the unworthy." And since "The unworthy"--Black folk, Native folk, poor folk, live and work where disease hits hardest...
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Oh I forgot another part : they kept editing me to say “the horrendous attacks of 9/11” when I’m not talking about 9-11 I’m talking about the post 9-11 United States.
Like anytime a Muslim says 9-11 they have to immediately apologize.
Like anytime a Muslim says 9-11 they have to immediately apologize.
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Oh I forgot another part : they kept editing me to say “the horrendous attacks of 9/11” when I’m not talking about 9-11 I’m talking about the post 9-11 United States.
Like anytime a Muslim says 9-11 they have to immediately apologize.
Like anytime a Muslim says 9-11 they have to immediately apologize.
There are halal and kosher hot dogs, idiot. They already sell those in NYC. What strikes me about all this hand-wringing is that everyone lamenting the "fate" of NYC shows that they've barely even looked twice at the place outside the glitzy tourist crap for like five seconds.
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
There are halal and kosher hot dogs, idiot. They already sell those in NYC. What strikes me about all this hand-wringing is that everyone lamenting the "fate" of NYC shows that they've barely even looked twice at the place outside the glitzy tourist crap for like five seconds.
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And here's the paper, led by the incredible Silvia Mari, in which we find that stronger beliefs in traditional gender roles is associated with less voting intention across 18 countries.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
And here's the paper, led by the incredible Silvia Mari, in which we find that stronger beliefs in traditional gender roles is associated with less voting intention across 18 countries.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Two great scholars doing work on moral (@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social) & personality (@tedmond.bsky.social) development & change are recruiting PhD students this year @msupsychology.bsky.social!
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
Come work with us @msupsychology.bsky.social!
I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social
I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Two great scholars doing work on moral (@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social) & personality (@tedmond.bsky.social) development & change are recruiting PhD students this year @msupsychology.bsky.social!
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
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The last 10 years of elections in the US tell us it isn't about being left, right, or center, nor is it about being too woke/not woke enough. It's always been about who more convincingly argues they can make life affordable.
In the year of our Lord 2025, it is and has always been, about the MONEY.
In the year of our Lord 2025, it is and has always been, about the MONEY.
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The last 10 years of elections in the US tell us it isn't about being left, right, or center, nor is it about being too woke/not woke enough. It's always been about who more convincingly argues they can make life affordable.
In the year of our Lord 2025, it is and has always been, about the MONEY.
In the year of our Lord 2025, it is and has always been, about the MONEY.
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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Finally one thing they are, due to being statistical models of text, these neural networks and other large language models are indeed designed to do: milquetoastify boringify language.
LLMs steal and drain off human creativity originality verve by merely copying.
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
LLMs steal and drain off human creativity originality verve by merely copying.
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
The ChatGPT effect: We’ve all started talking like robots
The use of artificial intelligence is leading to a flattening of our language that is evident in the emails we write and the texts we compose. Studies have already confirmed this. Robotic verbiage era...
english.elpais.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Finally one thing they are, due to being statistical models of text, these neural networks and other large language models are indeed designed to do: milquetoastify boringify language.
LLMs steal and drain off human creativity originality verve by merely copying.
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
LLMs steal and drain off human creativity originality verve by merely copying.
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
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A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
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Influencers have fractured reality in Portland
Influencers have fractured reality in Portland
Right-wing content creators managed to successfully brand the Portland police as ‘antifa.’
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Influencers have fractured reality in Portland
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BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Not for nothing but like...imagine if he said this about a presidential candidate he didn't like. This man needs to go, and he needed to go yesterday, and every single politician like him needs to go, because this is not leadership.
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Not for nothing but like...imagine if he said this about a presidential candidate he didn't like. This man needs to go, and he needed to go yesterday, and every single politician like him needs to go, because this is not leadership.
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This is worse than the worst thing ever attributed to any “Bernie Bro”. The Democratic leader literally refusing to say WHETHER HE VOTED FOR THE DEMOCRAT.
this shit right here is wrecker shit, as much as wrecker shit as any online leftist has done, if not more so. no wonder so many people are repulsed by anyone (rightly) saying 'vote blue no matter who', the most powerful elected Dem in the nation won't do it! it undermines the whole coalition! jfc
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is worse than the worst thing ever attributed to any “Bernie Bro”. The Democratic leader literally refusing to say WHETHER HE VOTED FOR THE DEMOCRAT.
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wrote this 364 days ago
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
wrote this 364 days ago
A reminder that Zohran won IN SPITE OF his party and not because of it. This matters because while Democrats like Schumer and Jeffries might SAY "Vote Blue No Matter Who" and "Party Unity," they LITERALLY found it easier to go to bat for a guy with a Nazi tat than Mamdani. They will not accept this.
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A reminder that Zohran won IN SPITE OF his party and not because of it. This matters because while Democrats like Schumer and Jeffries might SAY "Vote Blue No Matter Who" and "Party Unity," they LITERALLY found it easier to go to bat for a guy with a Nazi tat than Mamdani. They will not accept this.
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On election day, I wanna announce that I am recruiting social psych PhD students for my lab at UIC. My lab focuses on racial identities (esp Asian, Latino, MENA Americans) and intra-minority conflict/ coalition. So please tell your students to pick me! All details on my website: www.pbandjlab.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
On election day, I wanna announce that I am recruiting social psych PhD students for my lab at UIC. My lab focuses on racial identities (esp Asian, Latino, MENA Americans) and intra-minority conflict/ coalition. So please tell your students to pick me! All details on my website: www.pbandjlab.com
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In case you were wondering why so-called centrists are so ineffective in resisting Trump it is because deep down they want us to listen to him
"The president is right: a vote for Sliwa is a vote for Mamdani," Cuomo says on 77WABC radio in response to Trump's words of support just posted on Truth Social.
"Now it's gonna be up to the Republicans, and I hope they listen to the president," he adds.
"Now it's gonna be up to the Republicans, and I hope they listen to the president," he adds.
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
In case you were wondering why so-called centrists are so ineffective in resisting Trump it is because deep down they want us to listen to him
Here's the thing. SNAP benefits are not generous enough to *be* abused, and it's not like SNAP gives you hard cash to spend on food. But even if that were the case...why would you care? The total expenditure on SNAP is less than 1/3rd what ICE got this year.
No-one abuses SNAP. 0 people have ever abused SNAP.
“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Here's the thing. SNAP benefits are not generous enough to *be* abused, and it's not like SNAP gives you hard cash to spend on food. But even if that were the case...why would you care? The total expenditure on SNAP is less than 1/3rd what ICE got this year.
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Heritage Foundation president backs Tucker Carlson’s chat with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist
Heritage Foundation President Backs Tucker Carlson’s Chat With a Holocaust-Denying White Nationalist
Even Sen. Mitch McConnell was stunned.
www.motherjones.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Heritage Foundation president backs Tucker Carlson’s chat with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist
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It’s an absolute s**tshow at the federal health agencies—the MAGA/MAHA Fox News MDs & PhDs are appointing each other into top positions & then pushing each other out. The idiocy & utter chaos would be funny if it wasn’t leading to the dismantling of public health & to pain, suffering, & death.
Grudge Standard Science
George Tidmarsh, the Food and Drug Administration’s top regulator of drugs, has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of using his regulatory authority to inflict financial harm on a former business associate, STAT has learned.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s an absolute s**tshow at the federal health agencies—the MAGA/MAHA Fox News MDs & PhDs are appointing each other into top positions & then pushing each other out. The idiocy & utter chaos would be funny if it wasn’t leading to the dismantling of public health & to pain, suffering, & death.
Y'know what? I'm gonna say it. Between Clinton and Weiner, yes, yes it is. That is in fact the version of the Democratic Party Cuomo is fighting to protect. One in which being a slimeball is a feature, not a bug.
Is his version of the Democratic Party one that endorses sex pests
Former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn't given him the boost he wanted. n.pr/49uczOs
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Y'know what? I'm gonna say it. Between Clinton and Weiner, yes, yes it is. That is in fact the version of the Democratic Party Cuomo is fighting to protect. One in which being a slimeball is a feature, not a bug.
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They're Nazis. Don't ever apologize for calling them Nazis. If they didn't want to be called Nazis, they wouldn't be Nazis.
So: Nazis are back, they're American now, and they're not hiding what they are.
Whether it's Randy Fine, Nick Fuentes, or the anonymous Twitter account below Elon Musk loves.
So: Nazis are back, they're American now, and they're not hiding what they are.
Whether it's Randy Fine, Nick Fuentes, or the anonymous Twitter account below Elon Musk loves.
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
They're Nazis. Don't ever apologize for calling them Nazis. If they didn't want to be called Nazis, they wouldn't be Nazis.
So: Nazis are back, they're American now, and they're not hiding what they are.
Whether it's Randy Fine, Nick Fuentes, or the anonymous Twitter account below Elon Musk loves.
So: Nazis are back, they're American now, and they're not hiding what they are.
Whether it's Randy Fine, Nick Fuentes, or the anonymous Twitter account below Elon Musk loves.
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dont worry lads it turns out bluesky cant read
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
dont worry lads it turns out bluesky cant read