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Dr Lauren M Robinson

@drlmrobinson.bsky.social

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Job hunting psychologist of monkeys, wolves, dogs and anything interesting and fundable. Incapable of reading anyone's mind including my own. I research animal personality, happiness, and cognition when paid to do so. Views my own unless they're wrong

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 9h

With SCOTUS set to legalize conversion therapy, I think it's important for states to get around this decision by implementing new legislation applying private rights of action to practitioners of conversion therapy by their victims with large damages and long statutes of limitations.

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 12h

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 1d

Updated the Blackademics starter pack again (!) to include Vincent Brown, Imani Perry, the Harare Review of Books and others. Stay tuned for more developments coming soon....

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Maura Smale 😷💉 @maurasmale.bsky.social · 2d

Academic librarians, come join us in the CUNYverse! We have a few jobs open in CUNY libraries:

cuny.jobs/queens-ny/in...

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

I’m not at these campuses but happy to answer questions!

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 2d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Dr Lauren M Robinson @drlmrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

Some days I struggle to decide which socks to wear, I have no idea how people decide to force a whole person into existence

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d

There it is

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Dr Lauren M Robinson @drlmrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

Tech bros yet again not understanding consent is totally on brand

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 4d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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Dr Lauren M Robinson @drlmrobinson.bsky.social · 4d

I'm 38 next month, I don't have the time or energy for fixer-upper men. I'm self-sustaining and happy to get support/help but I do the work to be a good person and partner; I expect a partner the does the same.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6d

$200k to hang out with dogs. amazing

IG gabriel.desanti, barkandburn

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 6d

There's so much weirdness about AI that could be solved by telling people "It was trained on data from humans! Of course it acts like one!" and reminding people that anthropomorphism and agent detection are universal cognitive biases that go away when you know how an ostensibly sapient thing works!

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 6d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 7d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Dr Lauren M Robinson @drlmrobinson.bsky.social · 8d

People will say a lot of things about Dr #Goodall today but I’ll always remember her as the woman who asked if I put a monkey in the loo. I didn’t but I appreciated her checking before making any firm conclusions💜🐒