profmattdecarlo
@profmattdecarlo.bsky.social
Social work teacher & administrator, open educator, oaf, )'(, pirate. I also co-run opensocialwork.org. he/him
My personal page. Does not represent my employer.
My personal page. Does not represent my employer.
Pinned
Two new preprints out today (under review at Advances). #SocialWork + #OpenPedagogy = #ZeroInternshipPoverty
A Participatory Action Research study with #Payment4Placements
The first national study on the impact of unpaid placements on student wellbeing and basic needs.
A Participatory Action Research study with #Payment4Placements
The first national study on the impact of unpaid placements on student wellbeing and basic needs.
I'm getting that eye twitch thing coming back...
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I'm getting that eye twitch thing coming back...
CULTURAL STUDIES?! CULTURAL STUDIES? I'm reading that correctly as cultural studies? Got it.
“Most recently” out here laboring away like it’s saving up for Christmas.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
CULTURAL STUDIES?! CULTURAL STUDIES? I'm reading that correctly as cultural studies? Got it.
I'd get a lot more joy working on my open textbook knowing it would count in any way towards my promotion and tenure. On the other hand, I do get a lot of relief in fixing it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I'd get a lot more joy working on my open textbook knowing it would count in any way towards my promotion and tenure. On the other hand, I do get a lot of relief in fixing it.
This might break me
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This might break me
I need good openly licensed content on skimming the results section of a journal article using multiple regression. How might a novice move to the most important bits of information.
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I need good openly licensed content on skimming the results section of a journal article using multiple regression. How might a novice move to the most important bits of information.
Does anybody have any good resources for bystander intervention for 7 to 8-year-olds?
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Does anybody have any good resources for bystander intervention for 7 to 8-year-olds?
"There is a possibility that Sci-Hub users—especially those not using privacy-enhancing services such as Tor—could have their usage history unmasked and face consequences, both legal or reputational in nature.” (Himmelstein et al., 2018).
Just an FYI, DO NOT USE TOR SO FROM CAMPUS WIFI.
Just an FYI, DO NOT USE TOR SO FROM CAMPUS WIFI.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"There is a possibility that Sci-Hub users—especially those not using privacy-enhancing services such as Tor—could have their usage history unmasked and face consequences, both legal or reputational in nature.” (Himmelstein et al., 2018).
Just an FYI, DO NOT USE TOR SO FROM CAMPUS WIFI.
Just an FYI, DO NOT USE TOR SO FROM CAMPUS WIFI.
How many on this website I ask thee
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
How many on this website I ask thee
The current season of Fortnite is R-Rated Simpsons Hit N Run which is pretty fun, honestly.
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The current season of Fortnite is R-Rated Simpsons Hit N Run which is pretty fun, honestly.
This is horrific. The SSW Dean does not come off well in the article
@cswe.bsky.social & @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social it would be nice if you’d back up the social work faculty trying to teach to both accreditation standards & the professional Code of Ethics. Integrity is one of our core values.
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is horrific. The SSW Dean does not come off well in the article
Trumpian stationary bandit theory
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trumpian stationary bandit theory
One of the best resources. Very annoying. Already playing whackamole with domains. Sad to see the crackdown move further.
#unpaywallthenews
#unpaywallthenews
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
One of the best resources. Very annoying. Already playing whackamole with domains. Sad to see the crackdown move further.
#unpaywallthenews
#unpaywallthenews
Very excited to get OA knowledge out to students soon! pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
Any other research texts address paywalls to evidence-based practice?
Any other research texts address paywalls to evidence-based practice?
Critical information literacy – Scientific Inquiry in Social Work (2nd Edition)
This book is under construction and currently in beta testing. It will be ready to adopt in Summer 2025. Welcome Saint Joseph's University MSW students!-Matt
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Very excited to get OA knowledge out to students soon! pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
Any other research texts address paywalls to evidence-based practice?
Any other research texts address paywalls to evidence-based practice?
If you haven't seen it yet @coffeezilla.bsky.social breaks down how this pardon relates to securing the future for Trump's stablecoin here: youtu.be/JMEJTORMVN4?...
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If you haven't seen it yet @coffeezilla.bsky.social breaks down how this pardon relates to securing the future for Trump's stablecoin here: youtu.be/JMEJTORMVN4?...
Get those SWDE conference proposals in, colleagues!
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Get those SWDE conference proposals in, colleagues!
Fuck this.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Fuck this.
OH MY GOD MARY SECRET WROTE THE BOOK I NEEDED AND ITS IN OUR EBOOK COLLECTION
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
OH MY GOD MARY SECRET WROTE THE BOOK I NEEDED AND ITS IN OUR EBOOK COLLECTION
Italian Jew from NY here. We do this, too.
Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Italian Jew from NY here. We do this, too.
This is a way worse feeling than seeing a ghost article you've never written generated by LLM.
after a bit of back and forth they admitted that they hadn't read my report at all, but had asked chatgpt to provide slide content and talking points summarizing the report. still not sure what to do, ive simply passed along my corrections and probably never working with them again
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a way worse feeling than seeing a ghost article you've never written generated by LLM.
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but your moral core seems to be rage sublimated through justice so keep up the good work
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Wifey: I have to go to h mart for dark soy sauce. Do you need anything?
Me: I need you to buy enough jasmine rice for me to emotionally regulate
Me: I need you to buy enough jasmine rice for me to emotionally regulate
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Wifey: I have to go to h mart for dark soy sauce. Do you need anything?
Me: I need you to buy enough jasmine rice for me to emotionally regulate
Me: I need you to buy enough jasmine rice for me to emotionally regulate
I don't know who keeps inserting typos into this paper I submitted and I'm stress reading again but it's getting really annoying
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I don't know who keeps inserting typos into this paper I submitted and I'm stress reading again but it's getting really annoying
Nice news that the Council on Social Work Education's signed a statement against the ridiculous compact.
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Nice news that the Council on Social Work Education's signed a statement against the ridiculous compact.
Just letting everybody know that you can absolutely navigate to YouTube music in the Brave browser with adblock still enabled...
Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
October 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just letting everybody know that you can absolutely navigate to YouTube music in the Brave browser with adblock still enabled...
Why on earth do journals include references in word count? Why is there a penalty for citation density?
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Why on earth do journals include references in word count? Why is there a penalty for citation density?