Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone YouTube video by B Crittenden Freeman

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Virginia Governor Ends Tax Breaks for Confederate Groups

Yessssss www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that.

Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best.

Welcome home, Integrity crew!

John Prine - Spanish Pipedream (Live From Sessions at West 54th) YouTube video by John Prine

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Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing (1974) • TopPop YouTube video by TopPop

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Up On Cripple Creek (Remastered 2000) YouTube video by The Band - Topic

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I can't believe Katherine Johnson used to do these sorts of calculations and simulations BY HAND. I'm flabbergasted.

Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright (Live From Mad Dogs & Englishmen) YouTube video by JoeCockerVEVO

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I've Got A Feeling (Remastered 2009) YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic

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Grateful Dead - Sugaree YouTube video by PMH5001

Happy Friday, sweet deadheads 🌹✌🏻❤️⚡️

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Born 24 March 1935 - Carol Kaye, one of the most prolific bass guitarists, who has played on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 50 years. Kaye was the bassist on many Phil Spector and Brian Wilson productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She is 91 years old today. #CarolKaye

VCU Rams!!!🐏

Some highlights from reading Tolkien to the kids.

*Falling asleep while we read Riddles in the Dark chapter of Hobbit*

*12 yo watching Fellowship*: where tf is Tom Bombadil?

More to come

In a large global study (N = 49,968, 68 countries) we found that the open-mindedness aspect of intellectual humility was the strongest predictor for rejecting conspiracy beliefs out of 17 potential individual difference measures.
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Society Workshop

Sometimes I feel like academic work is a poor fit for the moment. While the university is under threat, engagement with the public is not incentivized. Along with some friends, we started Society Workshop as a way to bring more social science to the public.

www.societyworkshop.org

Why I may ‘hire’ AI instead of a graduate student “It can competently perform a lot of the work I need immediately,” this professor writes

Some people should never have access to students.

“AI requires no ramp-ups, no meetings, and absolutely no emotional support…The issue is not whether my students are valuable. In long run, they are invaluable. The issue is that their value emerges slowly, whereas AI delivers immediate returns.”

It’s weird that there’s a branch of academics pretending that it’s acceptable to have LLMs write any portion of their manuscripts or other forms of public engagement. It’s not. You’re supposed to be the author. No matter what your new toy can do.

Me: by the time the kids were on the bus and I turned on Frasier for the dog, I was ready to collapse.

Wife (away at conference): you ever wonder how we got to this point? We know enough about operant conditioning to not have to do all that.

Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it The company tells Platformer it will let experts opt out of the controversial feature — but how different is it than what every other AI company is doing?

Wait, what?! Grammarly made an AI persona of me and all these other journalists?!!!!!

Thank you @caseynewton.bsky.social for shaming them into at least offering a paltry optout— although obviously that is not enough.

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When to talk to AI chatbots about mental health—and when to stay far away, professionals say Some Americans are using AI chatbots for therapy. Mental health experts share when it is, and isn't, safe to use those tools for emotional support.

related: “The American Psychological Association strongly advises against using AI as a substitute for therapy and mental health support.” www.cnbc.com/2026/03/07/w...

a calendar that says today a day you can vote early on it ALT: a calendar that says today a day you can vote early on it

Today March 6 is the first day of early voting in Virginia for the redistricting referendum

All voters can cast ballots at their local election office and satellite locations in some places

Make your voice heard Virginia!

Link w more information below

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Elzevir name on the ceiling of the Library of Congress.

Go all the way to DC, and see this mf on the ceiling of the Library of Congress….

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

I’m old and have a lot less at stake than many people. If I get arrested, I won’t lose my pension. If I get shot, I’ll lose 10-20 years of arthritis getting worse and worse. I have no reason not to rouse a little rabble.

Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

Psychophysiology
Social Influence
Social Psychology
Motivation and Emotion
Cultural Antropology

Many more! These shaped my research program 🥲 also took Physics of Star Trek for fun

Talk with your family, friends, colleagues about why empathy and kindness are important. Because active choices to not care are being rewarded, and empathy as an ideal is at stake. Advice to mind one's business is a recipe for a callous default that most of us wouldn't want our own kids to embody.

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger raises her right hand to be sworn in to office.

Her Excellency
The 75th Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia (and 2017 Emerge Virginia Signature Program alumna)
The Honorable Abigail D. Spanberger
@abigailspanberger.com #valeg #vagov

Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as a Democratic Governor Takes Power

Oh, I should've just shared it separately so here you go! Allegedly one of the people asked to stand down is the Rector who appears to have helped lead a lot of the recent nonsense.

Gift link.

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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.