Cedar Riener
criener.bsky.social
Cedar Riener
@criener.bsky.social
College professor, cognitive psychologist, textbook author. Also interested in science writing, social justice, politics and anti-racism. Proud member of AAUP & AFT Local 6741. Personal account. Views are my own and do not represent RMC, AAAS or SCHEV
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what follows immediately after the birthright clause? the privileges and immunities and due process clauses? and what follows them? the equal protection clause. all of this is explicitly to say, "the declaration is the constitutional law of the land"
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Yes, I didn't know that women made up 65% of The Black Panther Party.

"Comrade sisters" ran community schools, free medical clinics, voter registration sites , community nutrition programs, and elder care centers across the country.

The photos are from north, south, east & west coast, mid-west.
January 27, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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I wish I could say "the work, at least, will continue" with a straight face. But the people driving this project are (mostly early-career) researchers who U.S. face funding shortages across the board. In-progress work will be lost on fundamental bio, climate change, and pandemic risk assessment /4
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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I'm devastated by what the field has lost in terms of pandemic prevention research and infrastructure, but even more for the (to date, 60+) PhD students and postdocs on the project, many of whom face an immediate funding cliff at the end of the year. NSF had the funds for them and just didn't pay /3
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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We started building Verena in 2019. Three years into being an NSF Center, we are/were a preposterously productive research team; the open science organization for pandemic prevention; a training hub that was creating new paths into the field; and a community that means a lot to all of us. /2
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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I think it’s ok to admit that the Nazis borrowed from US white supremacy and current US white supremacy is borrowing from their innovations and previous US white supremacy

Both can be true at once
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Billionaires boohoo becomes blatant bluff
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I think Goucher under Jose Antonio Bowen had very similar initiative 10 years ago. I think mixed results. Unfortunately, I think status gonna status, not sure a no-tech policy(or the opposite) will overcome effects of elite status and reputation.
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Higher ed institutions are filled with faculty with diverse perspectives on generative AI, from excited, to cautious, to hard no. There are many reasons people are cautious or opposed, like environmental, socio-political, cognitive, and IP impacts. +
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM