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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻
@dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social
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British-Canadian gaymer, & interdisciplinary researcher in Vancouver investigating LGBTQ+ wellbeing, resilience, anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice, and digital technologies. INQYR Research Associate (https://www.inqyr.org/) and Secretary of Options for Sexual Health
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · Jan 27
A lot of growth on this account since I joined in 2023, so by way of reintroduction:

I'm Ashley (he/him)! Here I post about LGBTQ+ research, community work, and my hobbies (video games, travel, cooking, crafts). I'm glad to be connected with you all! 🌈
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · Oct 19
Hello #AcademicSky ! I'm Ashley (he/him) and I proudly work with LGBTQ+ communities at the International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience to study issues impacting their wellbeing inc. stigma, prejudice, resilience, and technology use!

Looking forward to sharing and contributing more here 🤓
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INQYR @inqyr.bsky.social · 5d
ISTN-3 Grads Rory O'Brien and Eli Verdugo were involved in this timely new work exploring the unique experiences of being young, queer, and in care. Check out the open-access book at the link below!
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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 7d
Last week I posted about attending the book launch for "Queer and In Care" but what I didn't mention specifically is that this new book is entirely open access and free to download! This is a really beautiful book. Please take a look! books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
Cover of "Queer and In Care" featuring a young person surrounded by rainbows and flowers.
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · 5d
Big congrats to @kaitrindoll.bsky.social !!
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INQYR @inqyr.bsky.social · 5d
Congratulations to Dr. Kaitrin Doll on successfully passing their PhD oral examination! Their research on #rollerderby “as an affirming, community driven sports space” is a necessary contribution to justice-oriented, resilience-based social work and sport studies. 🌈🎓

#queerstudies #genderidentity
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Thekla Morgenroth @theklamorgenroth.bsky.social · 17d
New paper! "Reviewing Research on Transgender and Nonbinary People in Social Psychology: Insights and Future Research Directions" With the magical @kirameans.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 13d
NEW: The latest story from the 18,000+ emails in Jeffrey Epstein’s Yahoo inbox: beyond his ties to the elite, a quieter circle proved crucial as state and federal investigations began.

Insane reporting from @suryamattu.com, Max Abelson, and team.

Free link:
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Jack Turban MD @turban.bsky.social · 13d
Full story here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 17d
New! Did you know gaming can improve your mental health? Watch @nballou.bsky.social @mentalhealthoii.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk explaining how gaming can lift your mood in this new film from BBC Bitesize. #gaming bit.ly/4pEKWYQ
Why gaming can be good for your mental health - BBC Bitesize
Gaming can positively impact mental health balancing mood, help build social connections and provide a safe space to explore identity.
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · 16d
Richmond Night Market! I go multiple times every year, lots of unique food (ever eaten a ramen doughnut!?) and a fun atmosphere!
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · 20d
This is so interesting! Meanwhile I and many others are trying to figure out ways to keep bots OUT. I wonder about the implications of using silicon samples particularly in these anti-science times and what stereotypes about marginalized groups are implicit in these samples.
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Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social · 21d
Can large language models stand in for human participants?
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.

One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.

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The threat of analytic flexibility in using large language models to simulate human data: A call to attention
Social scientists are now using large language models to create "silicon samples" - synthetic datasets intended to stand in for human respondents, aimed at revolutionising human subjects research. How...
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Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work | University of Toronto @uoft-fifsw.bsky.social · 21d
#FIFSW Professors Shelley Craig and Micheal Shier have received 2024-2025 Teaching Awards for creating supportive and innovative learning environments for social work students: socialwork.utoronto.ca/news/how-two... #SocialWork #UofT #SocialWorkTransforms
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · 23d
Really exciting findings - yet more evidence to show that the AFFIRM intervention works! The article is open access, check it out!
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INQYR @inqyr.bsky.social · 23d
INQYR’s latest study reveals how LGBTQ+ affirmative CBT improves mental health through 3 key mechanisms.

Through AFFIRM, depression / anxiety in LGBTQ+ youth showed lasting improvement one year later!

Read the full article at @bmc.springernature.com Psychology!

#AFFIRM #LGBTQ #mentalhealth
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SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social · 27d
In the constant battle to resist the flood of AI generated junk, one recurring red flag is papers that devolve into long lists of bullet points and ideas in outline form. These are easy for LLMs to generate and it requires effort to turn them into prose, effort some authors do not expend.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28d
Expert Explains Why, Essentially, You’re Fucked
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 29d
So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals.

In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.

Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...

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ALT: a man with his eyes closed is wearing a plaid shirt and a blue jacket .
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Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · Sep 3
I wrote a piece for the Guardian games newsletter this week on my PhD research into preserving play experiences, and why I think that the most archaeological games are those that that actually make you *think* like one 🏺

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
Forget Tomb Raider and Uncharted, there’s a new generation of games about archaeology – sort of
In this week’s newsletter: an archaeologist (and gamer) on why we love to walk around finding objects in-game and in real life
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · Sep 5
It was super refreshing to wear my change manager hat for this one and highlight how this reform process applied recognized best practices in organizational change management!

This article is paywalled but you can get access either by DMing me or contacting Prof. Craig as corresponding author.
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · Sep 5
3️⃣ Change is dynamic and constant: Curriculum reform needs to evolve in response to changing sociopolitical contexts (e.g., TRC Calls to Action, movements against anti-Black and anti-Asian racism). This is not a one-time fix and ongoing monitoring is required to anticipate future needs for change.
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · Sep 5
2️⃣ Engage your stakeholders: Field supervisors, practicing social workers, and accreditation frameworks all provided vital information to signal the need for change and contribute to a shared vision for the future state.
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · Sep 5
1️⃣ Use the strengths of top-down *and* bottom-up strategies: Change leaders need to create consistent conditions for reform while consulting deeply with those implementing curricular reform on the ground.
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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · Sep 5
✨ New Publication Alert! ✨

Very grateful to be invited to contribute to this manuscript describing the process of implementing curriculum reform in social work education, and am so glad to see it out! Lots to learn in this one, but here are the top 3: 🧵

#AcademicSky #EduSky #SocialWork
Developing a cultural eye and mapping mental health and health competence in social work curricula: a community–engaged competency framework
Social work education is grounded in a mandate for competent and culturally relevant practice. Yet there is a lack of literature describing the curricular development processes that center culture ...
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Aug 29
This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.
A drawing of a horse. The front half of the horse is black. The back half of the horse is white. The tail is black. Text reads: I defragged my zebra
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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · Aug 22
The use of AI to make fake scenarios of being persecuted would be hilarious if it wasn't so dangerous
Follow Walked into a high school classroom at open house... and it looked more like an activist's meeting room than a place to learn AP World History. Pride flags. Trans flags. LGBTQ slogans and decor covering the walls. Not one thing about history. Our kids deserve a neutral, focused learning environment - not a teacher's personal ideology shoved in their faces. This is happening right in your community, and it's not by accident. If we don't fight it now, it becomes permanent. Who's ready to stand up and demand this garbage be removed from our classrooms? Comment "I'm in" if you're with me. PROLOCICH REFIECTIOM 5d Might have walked into a classroom, but it wasn't this one. It's clearly Al. Reply 334 2d Author correct. This ai. But you know it exists.
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Aug 20
This is the definition of a failed social media platform.
For scientists who use social media to encourage followers to visit external links (websites, papers, etc.,) here’s some data from this blog. For nearly a decade, Twitter was the #1 or #2 source of traffic to the blog almost every day. It hasn’t been in the top 10 sources of traffic to the blog in years, and a single SheetMusicPlus.com article from 2016 generates more traffic here than all of Twitter. So far this year, Bluesky is responsible for about 100x as much traffic as Twitter. AltMetric reports that despite Twitter having 10x the user base as BlueSky, BlueSky users share almost as many scholarly publications as Twitter users- and Twitter’s numbers are declining as Bluesky’s rise.
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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · Aug 19
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Cc: Canadian 2SLGBTQ+ researchers, especially in Alberta and the west!
Colourful gradient background. Text is in black and says: Registration is now open! Mobilizing queer joy & challenging anti-2SLGBTQ+ hate conference. October 10 until 12, 2025. MacEwan university, Edmonton, Canada. Albertan K-12 educators and high school students. Mobilizing Queer joy and challenging anti-2SLGBTQ+ HATE CONFERENCE. free to attend. October 11, 2025. MacEwan university. More info + register.
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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · Aug 18
Special Issue Call at Developmental Psychology!

From Stress to Strength: Emotion Regulation, Adaptive Development and Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Led by Assaf Oshri, Amanda Morris, Amanda Guyer

This issue explores when, how, and for whom regulatory processes promote resilience.

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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · Aug 7
Ah there it is, *now* I can write!