Kirsten Read
@kreadlab.bsky.social
Associate Professor (woot!) developmental psychology, psycholinguistics, and word nerdiness at Santa Clara University, CA
true.
California colleges and universities would welcome Texas kids who want to learn the things Trump and their state government don’t want them to know.
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Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
true.
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SCARY
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
SCARY
chef's kiss 😘
"Avoid any fairy tales that frame wealth redistribution as heroic, such as those involving theft from lawful property owners via beanstalks."
Make Preschool Great Again: A Federal Compact
“Seven of the nine universities that the White House initially approached about a plan to steer more federal money toward schools aligned with Pres...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
chef's kiss 😘
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Bay Area! Join us in San Jose this Saturday for a BBQ and canvass in support of Prop 50 and Santa Clara County Measure A! We'll be joined by WFP champions Asm. Ash Kalra, Santa Clara Supervisor Duong, and San Jose Councilmembers Campos & Ortiz. RSVP Here: www.mobilize.us/ca-wfp/event...
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Bay Area! Join us in San Jose this Saturday for a BBQ and canvass in support of Prop 50 and Santa Clara County Measure A! We'll be joined by WFP champions Asm. Ash Kalra, Santa Clara Supervisor Duong, and San Jose Councilmembers Campos & Ortiz. RSVP Here: www.mobilize.us/ca-wfp/event...
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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
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October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
tracks..
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
tracks..
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Hey US scientists, the NY Times wants to hear from you if you've had your funding cut. 🌊🧪
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hey US scientists, the NY Times wants to hear from you if you've had your funding cut. 🌊🧪
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced changes to its Grad Research Fellowship Program, which include excluding clinical science students and limiting eligibility to 1st year students. #AcademicSky
Sign a petition to urge #NSF to reverse these changes:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Sign a petition to urge #NSF to reverse these changes:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io
September 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced changes to its Grad Research Fellowship Program, which include excluding clinical science students and limiting eligibility to 1st year students. #AcademicSky
Sign a petition to urge #NSF to reverse these changes:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Sign a petition to urge #NSF to reverse these changes:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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For folks who want to help change this, join your local @aaup.org chapter or check out @standhighered.bsky.social. Since we're not celebrities, we have no choice but to put in the work ourselves to build reservoirs of public support.
September 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For folks who want to help change this, join your local @aaup.org chapter or check out @standhighered.bsky.social. Since we're not celebrities, we have no choice but to put in the work ourselves to build reservoirs of public support.
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This is higher education in Texas right now. People applying for faculty jobs here should be aware of this.
Source: Texas Tech system chancellor Tedd Mitchell sent this memo yesterday: "State and federal law recognize only two human sexes: male and female...while recognizing the First Amendment rights of employees...faculty must comply with these laws in the instruction of students."
September 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is higher education in Texas right now. People applying for faculty jobs here should be aware of this.
great way to further the research on post-pandemic absenteeism... ask parents.
also, i'd love to dig into the idea that we need to "challenge the belief that catching up is easy"
also, i'd love to dig into the idea that we need to "challenge the belief that catching up is easy"
NEW from me and Amie Rapaport at @futureedgu.bsky.social: New Parent Research Helps Explain Causes of Post-Pandemic Absenteeism Crisis // www.future-ed.org/new-parent-r...
New Parent Research Helps Explain Causes of Post-Pandemic Absenteeism Crisis
Though chronic absenteeism has declined from its post-COVID peak, too many students are still missing too much school. Research shows that absent students fall behind academically and are more likely…
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September 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
great way to further the research on post-pandemic absenteeism... ask parents.
also, i'd love to dig into the idea that we need to "challenge the belief that catching up is easy"
also, i'd love to dig into the idea that we need to "challenge the belief that catching up is easy"
spreading the word that my dept ☀️🌴 is looking to hire a TT faculty with *undergraduate* teaching and research mentoring enthusiasm in Clincal / Counseling / Community Psyc ❤️
if you / a colleague / or a PhD student is looking 👀 ... consider applying:
wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
if you / a colleague / or a PhD student is looking 👀 ... consider applying:
wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
Clinical Psychology Assistant Professor for the Department of Psychology
Position Type: Clinical Psychology Assistant Professor for the Department of Psychology Position Type: Regular Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $85,947 to $95,410, depending on the ...
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September 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
spreading the word that my dept ☀️🌴 is looking to hire a TT faculty with *undergraduate* teaching and research mentoring enthusiasm in Clincal / Counseling / Community Psyc ❤️
if you / a colleague / or a PhD student is looking 👀 ... consider applying:
wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
if you / a colleague / or a PhD student is looking 👀 ... consider applying:
wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
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Join us next week for a critical conversation about the state of health care in Silicon Valley. 🏥 🚑
Event details:
📆 Wednesday, Sept. 17
⏰ 6 - 7:30 p.m.
📍 Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium, 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose
🔗 RSVP here: na2.hubs.ly/H0126160
Event details:
📆 Wednesday, Sept. 17
⏰ 6 - 7:30 p.m.
📍 Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium, 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose
🔗 RSVP here: na2.hubs.ly/H0126160
September 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Join us next week for a critical conversation about the state of health care in Silicon Valley. 🏥 🚑
Event details:
📆 Wednesday, Sept. 17
⏰ 6 - 7:30 p.m.
📍 Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium, 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose
🔗 RSVP here: na2.hubs.ly/H0126160
Event details:
📆 Wednesday, Sept. 17
⏰ 6 - 7:30 p.m.
📍 Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium, 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose
🔗 RSVP here: na2.hubs.ly/H0126160
please let this little pebble of good news ripple out on the pond
“Child care is essential to family stability, workforce participation and New Mexico’s future prosperity,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said in her announcement. https://bit.ly/4pdtsSS
September 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
please let this little pebble of good news ripple out on the pond
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#SCOTUS decision today goes against the scientific evidence: family separation and the constant vigilance and threat of separation harms kids, families, and communities. SRCD stands by our Latinx communities. Read the evidence here: bit.ly/4mYVyQo
September 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#SCOTUS decision today goes against the scientific evidence: family separation and the constant vigilance and threat of separation harms kids, families, and communities. SRCD stands by our Latinx communities. Read the evidence here: bit.ly/4mYVyQo
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CTAN is outraged by the Trump Admin's attempt to forcibly remove dozens of immigrant kids over the holiday weekend.Read our statement and our partners' statements below: childrenthriveaction.org/2025/09/chil...
@clasp.org
@clasp.org
Children’s Advocates Outraged by Trump Administration’s Attempt to Deport Children in Need of Safety - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, September 2, 2025—Me...
childrenthriveaction.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
CTAN is outraged by the Trump Admin's attempt to forcibly remove dozens of immigrant kids over the holiday weekend.Read our statement and our partners' statements below: childrenthriveaction.org/2025/09/chil...
@clasp.org
@clasp.org
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RFK Jr. says "the only way to restore trust in the agency is to make it trustworthy."
You know what? We agree. To start restoring trust, we have to #ImpeachRFK.
You know what? We agree. To start restoring trust, we have to #ImpeachRFK.
September 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
RFK Jr. says "the only way to restore trust in the agency is to make it trustworthy."
You know what? We agree. To start restoring trust, we have to #ImpeachRFK.
You know what? We agree. To start restoring trust, we have to #ImpeachRFK.
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My mother always told me that if I was feeling bad about myself, I should go help somebody. I’ll have to tell her about these findings.
Self-care is overrated—helping others has the biggest benefits for everyone involved
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
September 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My mother always told me that if I was feeling bad about myself, I should go help somebody. I’ll have to tell her about these findings.
ppl think that San Jose is the ❤️ of Silicon Valley, in the sense that all of us who live here are tech billionaires trying to AI-ify the world.. but actually, most of us San Joseans are just working Americans trying to make life.
this is the ❤️ of the ❤️ of Silicon Valley:
this is the ❤️ of the ❤️ of Silicon Valley:
Labor Day #WorkersOverBillionaires assembly in San Jose, CA
September 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
ppl think that San Jose is the ❤️ of Silicon Valley, in the sense that all of us who live here are tech billionaires trying to AI-ify the world.. but actually, most of us San Joseans are just working Americans trying to make life.
this is the ❤️ of the ❤️ of Silicon Valley:
this is the ❤️ of the ❤️ of Silicon Valley:
thank you CDC staff ❤️ for your courage
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
thank you CDC staff ❤️ for your courage
this is why i will quit academia before anyone can make me be department chair...
"Knowing glance exchanged with colleague."
First Faculty Meeting of the Year Bingo
First Faculty Meeting of the Year Bingo
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August 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
this is why i will quit academia before anyone can make me be department chair...
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
August 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
looking for reading recs for undergraduates on observational research methods in early childhood classrooms...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
looking for reading recs for undergraduates on observational research methods in early childhood classrooms...
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The University of California system is publicly mobilizing against federal attacks. That’s historic.
It's time for ALL of us in US #highered to act.
Join our movement at standtogetherhighered.org.
#academicsky #highered #standtogether
🔗 universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/stand-up-for-uc
It's time for ALL of us in US #highered to act.
Join our movement at standtogetherhighered.org.
#academicsky #highered #standtogether
🔗 universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/stand-up-for-uc
Stand Together
standtogetherhighered.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The University of California system is publicly mobilizing against federal attacks. That’s historic.
It's time for ALL of us in US #highered to act.
Join our movement at standtogetherhighered.org.
#academicsky #highered #standtogether
🔗 universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/stand-up-for-uc
It's time for ALL of us in US #highered to act.
Join our movement at standtogetherhighered.org.
#academicsky #highered #standtogether
🔗 universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/stand-up-for-uc