Tara Behrend
@behrend.bsky.social
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Professor at Michigan State University, Past President of SIOP (siop.org). Thinking about work, mobility, technology, and psychology. Fan of crosswords and chairs. Pro-empathy.
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behrend.bsky.social
Discussion will be moderated by Work Shift’s Paul Fain with commentary from Maria Anguiano (College Futures Foundation) and Earl Buford (@CAEL)

📅 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
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behrend.bsky.social
Happening now!

🗣️ 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 📚
Launch event for the culmination report of the Futures Project on Education and Learning for Longer Lives:

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲: 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧-𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟓
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davidimiller.bsky.social
🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!

Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.

👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.

➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
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katopodis.bsky.social
If OpenAI / chatGPT is supposed to do something for the public good, then it could have been rolled out differently to actually serve education and learning rather than overwhelming the education system in the whiplash. Great point by @alondra.bsky.social at today's @futuresed.bsky.social webinar!
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charleswlogan.bsky.social
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
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acyn.bsky.social
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
I received this letter, sent to 11 Republican members of Congress this weekend from anonymous NIHers.

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A letter to Republican Senators from concerned federal workers at NIH.
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davidimiller.bsky.social
🧪 Tip: You have the right to contest a grant termination, even though NSF says you don't. 🧵

On Friday, NSF terminated 402 grants (per Musk's DOGE).

The notification letters had one of the most egregious violations of fed regulations I've seen so far in these cases:

"not subject to appeal"
mzahneis.bsky.social
Here's a copy of an NSF grant termination notice that went out today. "NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant...on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities." Not subject to appeal. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Text of email: Dear [redacted],

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has undertaken a review of its award portfolio. Each award was carefully and individually reviewed, and the agency has determined that termination of certain awards is necessary because they are not in alignment with current NSF priorities. Effective immediately, the following are terminated: [redacted]

NSF is issuing this termination to protect the interests of the government pursuant to NSF Grant General Conditions (GC-1) term and condition entitled Termination and Enforcement; on the basis that they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities. This is the final agency decision and not subject to appeal. Costs incurred as a result of this termination may be reimbursed, provided such costs would otherwise be allowable under the terms of the award and the governing cost principles. In accordance with your award terms and conditions, you have 30 days from the termination date to furnish a summary of progress under the award and an itemized accounting of allowable costs incurred prior to the termination date. 

Sincerely, [redacted] Division Director 
Office of Budget Finance and Award Management (BFA) 
Division of Grants and Agreements (DGA)
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newrepublic.com
“This moment did not come out of nowhere,” AOC told the crowd. “The destruction of our rights and democracy is directly tied to the growing and extreme wealth inequality that has been growing for years in America.”
Bernie and AOC Are Starting a New Political Movement Before Our Eyes
Forget the era of “Bernie Bros.” Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drew a record crowd in Los Angeles with a new message aimed squarely at Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
newrepublic.com
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aaronsojourner.org
Last thing. BLS does amazing work to create timely, accurate info about America's working families & employers, a huge public good.

They are there for us & we need to show up for them.

If you are a labor researcher or care about employment, follow & join Friends of BLS.
www.friendsofbls.org/join
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rbreich.bsky.social
10,000 Health and Human Services employees are being laid off.

These are the people who track diseases, conduct research, make sure our food and medicine is safe, and administer health insurance for nearly half the country.

Tell me how this will "make America healthy again."
Mass layoffs are underway at the nation's public health agencies
Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.
apnews.com
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behrend.bsky.social
Technology, Mind, and Behavior, APA's open-access technology journal, is seeking an Editor in Chief. Nominate someone today! #Psychology #iopsych #hci
behrend.bsky.social
#NASEM seeking experts on #AI risk for upcoming workshop (self noms welcome):
survey.alchemer.com/s3/7572433/H...
Especially needed: #AI, #HCI, #iopsych, informatics, anthropology
Human and Organizational Factors in AI Risk Management: A Workshop: Call for Experts
survey.alchemer.com
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scottsantens.com
For far too long, jobs have been equated with meaningful work. We must decouple income from work, and in doing so liberate work from employment.

It is only through an unconditional basic income (UBI) that our best and most meaningful work, paid or unpaid, will be supported and enabled.