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Cathy Davidson

@cathyndavidson.bsky.social

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CathyDavidson.com. Advocate for active learning, student success. Author “The New Education” etc. Cofounder HASTAC.org ("world's first academic social network"--NSF). Science fiction fan. Lover of oceans. Opinions and typos my own. #SeaScrolling #Breathe

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 22d

I’m honored to be 2025 McGraw Prize winner in Higher Education, inspired by my fellow recipients—Rapelang Rabana and Joe Wolf (K-12) and Frederic Bertley (Lifelong) and grateful to join a community of educators working to expand opportunity for all. #McGrawPrize mcgrawprize.com/winners/cath...

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a link to the article "How to Lead an Academic Social Network" on open access #PublicHumanities www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #AcademicSky @hastacscholars.bsky.social

How to Lead an Academic Social Network | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core

How to Lead an Academic Social Network - Volume 1

www.cambridge.org

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 1d

I just finished a collaborative call for @kcommons.bsky.social the collaborative networking/hosting/information preservation Commons that hosts @hastac.bsky.social and thought again ab this ambitious 15-campus coordinated InFormation Year 2006-07 focusing on in/community, injustice, innovation, etc

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 1d

“Thanks to the generous support of Empire State Development, our students came away [from the APS Annual Convention] inspired, more confident in their goals, and better prepared to take the next steps in their #psychology studies and careers.” #AcademicSky

We loved having you, @cunysps.bsky.social

First-of-its-Kind Trip Brings CUNY SPS Psychology Students to National Conference

With the help of a generous grant, thirty-two undergraduate psychology majors were able to attend the 2025 Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention in Washington, DC, this summer.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 2d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 2d

Stunning weekend. Gulls rule. #SeaScrolling #Breathe

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

Exclusive: The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul that could result in hundreds of thousands of people losing benefits.

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans

Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 3d

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 3d

#Breathe.

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 3d

I'm proud to have contributed to the first year of the new open access journal #PublicHumanities. Here's a link to the "how to" for this journal daring to be different: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

How to Write for Public Humanities

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

www.thetimes.com

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 4d

The gentleman from the <checks notes> American Enterprise Institute makes a good point.

Screenshot of text of a WSJ article: Conservative-leaning groups agreed with the aims of the compact but raised concerns about the approach.
"Do we really want to wind up with each successive administration blasting out
fast-pass conditions for federal research funds and federal aid?" asked Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies at the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute.

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 4d

“DOGE was efficient in at least one way: individuals associated with DOGE created databases that ‘contain highly sensitive personally identifiable information on every American’ and that ‘can be manipulated with little to no oversight.’”
Arguably that was DOGE’s real purpose.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4d

October 3, 2025

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-3-...

October 3, 2025

Although President Donald J.

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 4d

Another day, another … #SeaScrolling. #Breathe

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 6d

lake forever problems for now

A photo of Lake Michigan beyond a stretch of sandy beach with various footprints in the sand. There are a couple rolling white waves arriving on the beach under a sky that's blue with streaks of white clouds and a blush orange area at the horizon

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Maudie @maudiestokes.bsky.social · 7d

Golden

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 7d

Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.

Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...

Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky

Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 7d

A reminder here that there is no evidence any talent agency is actually trying to "sign" a generated video. By all appearances, this is yet another failing AI company flat out lying to the press.

NPR @npr.org · 7d

Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated avatar, is being compared by its creators to A-list human actors. SAG-AFTRA and others are pushing back.

Could 'the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman' be an AI avatar?

Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated avatar, is being compared by its creators to A-list human actors. SAG-AFTRA and others are pushing back.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 7d

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment

The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

www.aaup.org

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SproutCan @sproutcan.bsky.social · 8d

A beautiful day down at Hirtle's Beach

A bright blue sky with white clouds. Waves rolling in to the beach and onto the damp sand.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 8d

Good evening twilight, Monterey Bay. 🌅

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Jorja Fox @jorjafox.bsky.social · 8d

Holding the #flotilla and all of its brave souls in my heart. May they be victorious

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 8d

The gaslighting is wild. THEY control the White House, the House, and the Senate—yet always find a way to blame Democrats for their mess.

The so-called “$1.5 trillion wish list” is about protecting health care, food assistance, and housing. (1/2)

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d

Stephanie and Najia started "Deafies for Zohran" to make this movement accessible to their community. They even created a signature hand sign for “Zohran.”

Sign up for a shift and wave 👋🏻 the next time you’re canvassing in Jackson Heights!

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Mira🌺 @deepgreens.bsky.social · 8d

Divine Providence…🌺

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