Cheryl McNeilly
@cherylmcneillyphd.bsky.social
child of the 70s
(mostly cat pix)
(mostly cat pix)
I sure hope these videos are getting collected somewhere because there's going to be a time when these thugs are put on trial for assaulting babies.
December 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I sure hope these videos are getting collected somewhere because there's going to be a time when these thugs are put on trial for assaulting babies.
They've made the unforgivable error of concluding that "all this writing doesn't mean anything" instead of correctly concluding "oh, i'm too stupid, arrogant, and lazy to read and understand all this writing"
December 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
They've made the unforgivable error of concluding that "all this writing doesn't mean anything" instead of correctly concluding "oh, i'm too stupid, arrogant, and lazy to read and understand all this writing"
I'm waiting for the pix!
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I'm waiting for the pix!
oh boy
my kid's getting his PhD and the grad students are all so angry about misuse of AI that I honestly think they might mete out crowd justice if one of their own was using it
my kid's getting his PhD and the grad students are all so angry about misuse of AI that I honestly think they might mete out crowd justice if one of their own was using it
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
oh boy
my kid's getting his PhD and the grad students are all so angry about misuse of AI that I honestly think they might mete out crowd justice if one of their own was using it
my kid's getting his PhD and the grad students are all so angry about misuse of AI that I honestly think they might mete out crowd justice if one of their own was using it
I rarely share even very old clinical stories because it's impossible to convey the nuance, and it's so intimate --
but Ken was so wise and also open to pure joy that your cinnamon roll tugged at my heart!
but Ken was so wise and also open to pure joy that your cinnamon roll tugged at my heart!
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I rarely share even very old clinical stories because it's impossible to convey the nuance, and it's so intimate --
but Ken was so wise and also open to pure joy that your cinnamon roll tugged at my heart!
but Ken was so wise and also open to pure joy that your cinnamon roll tugged at my heart!
I found it interesting that when each of my kids started grad school, they started editing printouts. When mistakes carry more risk, hunting them down in Einsteinian space seems more effective than in digital form.
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I found it interesting that when each of my kids started grad school, they started editing printouts. When mistakes carry more risk, hunting them down in Einsteinian space seems more effective than in digital form.
I still can't edit without pencil and paper. Have to have a printout. Same with initial outlining and brainstorming -- have to have scissors, tape, colored pens, and floor space.
I'm kind of like Carrie in Homeland.
I'm kind of like Carrie in Homeland.
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I still can't edit without pencil and paper. Have to have a printout. Same with initial outlining and brainstorming -- have to have scissors, tape, colored pens, and floor space.
I'm kind of like Carrie in Homeland.
I'm kind of like Carrie in Homeland.
so it's not just me?
i have a very thoughtful looking face when i'm listening, but it's often because i'm THINKING and just waiting for all their extra words to go away
and sometimes my self-monitoring device malfunctions and chaos ensues
i have a very thoughtful looking face when i'm listening, but it's often because i'm THINKING and just waiting for all their extra words to go away
and sometimes my self-monitoring device malfunctions and chaos ensues
December 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
so it's not just me?
i have a very thoughtful looking face when i'm listening, but it's often because i'm THINKING and just waiting for all their extra words to go away
and sometimes my self-monitoring device malfunctions and chaos ensues
i have a very thoughtful looking face when i'm listening, but it's often because i'm THINKING and just waiting for all their extra words to go away
and sometimes my self-monitoring device malfunctions and chaos ensues
i feel so seen
if i want raw egg and oil dripped all over my plate of food you can be sure I'll ask for it
just because it's white doesn't mean it's not there
if i want raw egg and oil dripped all over my plate of food you can be sure I'll ask for it
just because it's white doesn't mean it's not there
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
i feel so seen
if i want raw egg and oil dripped all over my plate of food you can be sure I'll ask for it
just because it's white doesn't mean it's not there
if i want raw egg and oil dripped all over my plate of food you can be sure I'll ask for it
just because it's white doesn't mean it's not there
most punchable face i ever saw, hat or no hat
hope he steps in a cow patty
hope he steps in a cow patty
December 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
most punchable face i ever saw, hat or no hat
hope he steps in a cow patty
hope he steps in a cow patty
Regarding my advisor (Ken) and the pie, for anyone just joining the story -- Ken has been gone for more than 25 years now but I miss him still. He taught me a LOT about clinical psychology and even more about being a human being.
Pick a good advisor, all you grad students out there! And eat pie.
Pick a good advisor, all you grad students out there! And eat pie.
December 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Regarding my advisor (Ken) and the pie, for anyone just joining the story -- Ken has been gone for more than 25 years now but I miss him still. He taught me a LOT about clinical psychology and even more about being a human being.
Pick a good advisor, all you grad students out there! And eat pie.
Pick a good advisor, all you grad students out there! And eat pie.
you're right, I'm sure there's lots of calcium involved, i'm going to put in that request right now!
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
you're right, I'm sure there's lots of calcium involved, i'm going to put in that request right now!
now i want coconut cream pie
but i have a broken leg so i'll need to get my son to go to the store 😁
but i have a broken leg so i'll need to get my son to go to the store 😁
December 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
now i want coconut cream pie
but i have a broken leg so i'll need to get my son to go to the store 😁
but i have a broken leg so i'll need to get my son to go to the store 😁
no -- he gained her complete consent for the project, let her pick the moment (if ever), and utilized it therapeutically
his own pie experience afterward was only brought up as a discussion point in our clinical seminar
but it's one of the best patient stories I've ever heard still
his own pie experience afterward was only brought up as a discussion point in our clinical seminar
but it's one of the best patient stories I've ever heard still
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
no -- he gained her complete consent for the project, let her pick the moment (if ever), and utilized it therapeutically
his own pie experience afterward was only brought up as a discussion point in our clinical seminar
but it's one of the best patient stories I've ever heard still
his own pie experience afterward was only brought up as a discussion point in our clinical seminar
but it's one of the best patient stories I've ever heard still
there were two pies - she brought her own for a demo, then afterward he tried it with his own pie
he had to wait for a week when she was feeling down b/c he wanted to see and process her whole experience, then see what it was like on his own
i'm making him sound crazy but he was really a genius
he had to wait for a week when she was feeling down b/c he wanted to see and process her whole experience, then see what it was like on his own
i'm making him sound crazy but he was really a genius
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
there were two pies - she brought her own for a demo, then afterward he tried it with his own pie
he had to wait for a week when she was feeling down b/c he wanted to see and process her whole experience, then see what it was like on his own
i'm making him sound crazy but he was really a genius
he had to wait for a week when she was feeling down b/c he wanted to see and process her whole experience, then see what it was like on his own
i'm making him sound crazy but he was really a genius
Oh, me too. My five classmates and I bought a coconut cream pie for our office shortly thereafter, sat around a table with big spoons, and tried it. It was awesome.
Of course, in those days we had each drunk about two pots of coffee per person by 2 pm, so we did some weird stuff in the afternoon.
Of course, in those days we had each drunk about two pots of coffee per person by 2 pm, so we did some weird stuff in the afternoon.
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Oh, me too. My five classmates and I bought a coconut cream pie for our office shortly thereafter, sat around a table with big spoons, and tried it. It was awesome.
Of course, in those days we had each drunk about two pots of coffee per person by 2 pm, so we did some weird stuff in the afternoon.
Of course, in those days we had each drunk about two pots of coffee per person by 2 pm, so we did some weird stuff in the afternoon.
My grad school advisor always told this story about a patient he had who would self-soothe by eating a pie from the middle. He got so curious about it that he asked her to bring one to a session.
Then he tried it later that week. Said it was really freeing!
Then he tried it later that week. Said it was really freeing!
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My grad school advisor always told this story about a patient he had who would self-soothe by eating a pie from the middle. He got so curious about it that he asked her to bring one to a session.
Then he tried it later that week. Said it was really freeing!
Then he tried it later that week. Said it was really freeing!
Small world! I worked with Ken Howard on the Evanston campus, and I was elsewhere doing my clinical internship that year. But I know that location! It was kind of a weird cross-disciplinary entity.
I got lured away from academia by finding that I liked clinical work, but I do like to keep up.
I got lured away from academia by finding that I liked clinical work, but I do like to keep up.
December 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Small world! I worked with Ken Howard on the Evanston campus, and I was elsewhere doing my clinical internship that year. But I know that location! It was kind of a weird cross-disciplinary entity.
I got lured away from academia by finding that I liked clinical work, but I do like to keep up.
I got lured away from academia by finding that I liked clinical work, but I do like to keep up.
Totally understand -- I have an occasional penchant for hard science fiction written by obsessive scientists, so the Mars series really fit the bill.
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Totally understand -- I have an occasional penchant for hard science fiction written by obsessive scientists, so the Mars series really fit the bill.
I read this! I'm a clinical psychologist (Northwestern 1991), and I've always had a side interest in how memory is mediated by emotional responses and external manipulation. (i.e. domestic violence, etc).
I admire your efforts to bring cognitive science to the masses. We need it.
I admire your efforts to bring cognitive science to the masses. We need it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I read this! I'm a clinical psychologist (Northwestern 1991), and I've always had a side interest in how memory is mediated by emotional responses and external manipulation. (i.e. domestic violence, etc).
I admire your efforts to bring cognitive science to the masses. We need it.
I admire your efforts to bring cognitive science to the masses. We need it.
I'd be envisioning straitjacket and padded room
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I'd be envisioning straitjacket and padded room
It is really unfortunate that the mammalian brain didn't evolve a defense against deliberate deception. I guess humans got a little ahead of themselves.
Our gullibility is quite often fatal.
Our gullibility is quite often fatal.
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It is really unfortunate that the mammalian brain didn't evolve a defense against deliberate deception. I guess humans got a little ahead of themselves.
Our gullibility is quite often fatal.
Our gullibility is quite often fatal.
oh yes. i have societal solutions to this problem that are firmly grounded in philosophy, but inexplicably, certain people complain about the details
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
oh yes. i have societal solutions to this problem that are firmly grounded in philosophy, but inexplicably, certain people complain about the details