Matison W. McCool
@matwmccool.bsky.social
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Dad, music listener toer, & research assistant professor at UNM CASAA. Harm reduction saves lives and I’m sick of people dying. My opinions represent my own calamity.
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
The correct response as described last week by John Oliver.
John Oliver saying "Fuck You! Make Me!"
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davidjbier.bsky.social
ICE lied about the person it shot, claiming he was a "criminal," but NBC finds that he had no criminal history whatsoever. Not even traffic tickets in 12 years! It also lied about the extent of the injuries to its agents....
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dmgreene.bsky.social
Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join
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lesliebrickphd.bsky.social
🚨 Position Alert! 🚨
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)
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danhicks.bsky.social
Second, psychology and behavior genetics have been slower than other human sciences to address their role in scientific racism. Scientists, like everyone else, have a moral obligation to prevent their actions from causing harm. These fields might adopt a restorative justice approach. 13/13
How should psychologists exercise these responsibilities? We believe restorative or repar-
ative justice provides a useful model (van Wormer, 2013; Wenzel, Okimoto et al., 2008).
Unlike retributive justice (used by almost all criminal justice systems today), the aim of restor-
ative justice is to repair the damaged relationships between victims and perpetrators of injus-
tice. Typically, restorative justice requires perpetrators to not only acknowledge their actions
and the harms that these actions had on victims, but also to work with victims to identify
concrete actions that perpetrators can take to redress or mitigate these harms. From this per-
spective, explicit apologies for contributions to scientific racism are essential as a first step
(American Psychological Association, 2021; Fuentes et al., 2019; Jackson, Turner et al.,
2023), but not fully sufficient on their own.
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danhicks.bsky.social
In the timeline of our study (1960-2010) race-and-intelligence was an entirely mainstream topic. In our corpus, the most important venues were two mainstream journals, Intelligence and Personality and Individual Differences. Today both are published by Elsevier. 9/13
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AAUP @aaup.org · 8d
BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥

Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
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cdelawalla.bsky.social
🚨We’ve got the Quack-O-Gram video up on YouTube!🚨

Please share widely—Bobby “The Quack” Jr has to go. He’s unqualified, corrupt, and going to get people killed.

🐥It’s not to late to send a QOG or bundle of Quacks to Congress: www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams

youtu.be/wjET_T15qBk?...
Impeach Bobby "The Quack" Jr! Stand Up For Science Delivers Quack-O-Grams to Congress.
YouTube video by Stand Up for Science!
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matwmccool.bsky.social
Lot of traffic on the roads considering the rapture n all.
matwmccool.bsky.social
They’re telling me there was this non addictive pain medication without Tylenol in it that was UNFAIRLY taken off the market in 2010. We’re BRINGING IT BACK TO STOP AUTISM AND MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN
atrupar.com
Trump: "If you can't tough it out, if you can't do it, that's what you're gonna have to do. You'll take a Tylenol, but it'll be very sparingly ... I think you shouldn't take it."
matwmccool.bsky.social
Can’t wait to call my 98yo WWII vet grandfather inlaw and tell him he’s a terrorist.
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant, which made me super focused on menswear and now i have a million followers on twitter
matwmccool.bsky.social
Someone really needs to check on tom Brady’s dogs.
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jamiecummins.bsky.social
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...
arxiv.org
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noupside.bsky.social
At 2:30ET today there will be a hearing on “the harms of AI chatbots.”Testimonies are now up. None of these are good for the companies. Big focus on kids.

(I wouldn’t let my kids use Character.ai; my experience was ‘creepy product w/nasty dark patterns’)

www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
Examining the Harm of AI Chatbots | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
www.judiciary.senate.gov
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kashana.blacksky.app
You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.
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standupforscience.bsky.social
Whew. 15 min break. Let's recap:

> CDC officials learned of Covid vaccine recommendation change via X post
> RFK Jr. can't show scientific evidence for changing childhood vax schedule
> RFK Jr. gets no briefing from agency public health experts
> CDC officials "very nervous" about new ACIP
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stephenblackmoore.com
How the fuck does Schumer still have a job?
atrupar.com
Schumer: "We need to have a bipartisan bill ... we are asking them to sit down with us and negotiate."
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thenewmexican.bsky.social
A new court filing alleges a similar scene has played out in recent months at probation offices in Santa Fe and Albuquerque: As probationers have shown up to meet with an officer or sign paperwork, they have been whisked away by federal agents to immigration detention facilities or even deported.
New Mexico probation offices accused of collaborating with ICE in violation of new law
The State Ethics Commission provided records on three men who have been arrested at probation offices in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
www.santafenewmexican.com
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standupforscience.bsky.social
DUCK AROUND, FIND OUT! With our duck delivery in tow, we waddled up to the Hill to let our representatives know that it's time to send the Quack-In-Chief packing. #ImpeachRFK
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drcolintmahoney.bsky.social
Really enjoyed helping table for the @casaa.bsky.social at #ABQ Celebrates #Recovery Day! We talked to a lot of folx that stopped by & gave away all of our swag! Big shoutout to @matwmccool.bsky.social for helping organize the whole event! And kudos to the whole CASAA team that helped volunteer!
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xntl.bsky.social
If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
jessicacalarco.com
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."

Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?

www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com