Stephanie Koons
@stephaniekoons.bsky.social
🎙️ Strategic Storyteller | Research Comms Leader | 🎹 Pianist & Creative Connector | Making Big Ideas Human
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Never underestimate the power of sharing your passions! 🎹 Two #PennState professors told me they’ve started piano lessons again after years—thanks to my videos. Proof that it’s never too late to reconnect with music. Who else is thinking of dusting off their keys? #piano #lifelonglearning
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Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
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We need a gun ban at this point, not gun control.
Clearly nobody in this country is responsible enough.
Clearly nobody in this country is responsible enough.
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
We need a gun ban at this point, not gun control.
Clearly nobody in this country is responsible enough.
Clearly nobody in this country is responsible enough.
“Analysts or not, none of us can be neutral. Clothes are always saying something.”
Does it mean something if you tend to wear neutral colors? Was Coco Chanel’s androgynous dandyism a desire to become a version of the father she never had? Leslie Jamison explores the psychology of fashion.
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The Psychology of Fashion
Our garments offer glimpses of the unconscious; we may also choose them because they feel nothing like us—because they allow us, briefly, to become someone else.
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January 4, 2026 at 12:28 AM
“Analysts or not, none of us can be neutral. Clothes are always saying something.”
One thing I’ve learned: efficiency often becomes the new baseline. Expectations grow faster than capacity unless someone names the cost. ⚖️
December 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
One thing I’ve learned: efficiency often becomes the new baseline. Expectations grow faster than capacity unless someone names the cost. ⚖️
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The Housemaid is a quite enjoyable throwback to the sort of violent, sexually charged, mostly implausible, psycho thrillers that used to populate theaters all the time in the 1990s before getting totally neutered into tamer Lifetime Network programmers. ***1/2
December 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The Housemaid is a quite enjoyable throwback to the sort of violent, sexually charged, mostly implausible, psycho thrillers that used to populate theaters all the time in the 1990s before getting totally neutered into tamer Lifetime Network programmers. ***1/2
For Anyone Who’s Looking
Make a Bond movie casual
From King of Prussia with Love
From King of Prussia with Love
Make a Bond movie casual
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December 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
For Anyone Who’s Looking
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Well. It's Christmas Eve. Time for a Fairytale of New York. I can see a better time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jb...
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video) [HD Upgrade]
YouTube video by ThePoguesOfficial
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December 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Well. It's Christmas Eve. Time for a Fairytale of New York. I can see a better time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jb...
Still true. Still unsettling.
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Still true. Still unsettling.
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Cognitive dissonance has been invoked to explain why environmentalists eat meat and why some Trump supporters play down the President’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein. But some scientists doubt the validity of the concept. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/3pGqdm
Is Cognitive Dissonance Actually a Thing?
A foundational 1956 study of the concept, focussed on a U.F.O. doomsday cult, has been all but debunked by new research.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Cognitive dissonance has been invoked to explain why environmentalists eat meat and why some Trump supporters play down the President’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein. But some scientists doubt the validity of the concept. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/3pGqdm
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From Penn State to the Peace Corps 🌍
Education policy alum Kyle Horn-Green is putting learning into action—from the D.C. Social Justice Fellowship to service in Morocco. His journey shows how education can drive real, human-centered change.
🔗 bit.ly/3MC7E4R
Education policy alum Kyle Horn-Green is putting learning into action—from the D.C. Social Justice Fellowship to service in Morocco. His journey shows how education can drive real, human-centered change.
🔗 bit.ly/3MC7E4R
December 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
From Penn State to the Peace Corps 🌍
Education policy alum Kyle Horn-Green is putting learning into action—from the D.C. Social Justice Fellowship to service in Morocco. His journey shows how education can drive real, human-centered change.
🔗 bit.ly/3MC7E4R
Education policy alum Kyle Horn-Green is putting learning into action—from the D.C. Social Justice Fellowship to service in Morocco. His journey shows how education can drive real, human-centered change.
🔗 bit.ly/3MC7E4R
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🎙️ New episode of Education Matters explores how higher education in prison can support dignity, opportunity and reentry. Hear from members of Penn State’s Restorative Justice Initiative, including Irvin Moore, who pursued a bachelor’s degree after 52 years in prison. 🔗 www.psu.edu/news/educati...
Podcast discusses prison education through Restorative Justice Initiative | Penn State University
A new episode of Penn State’s Education Matters podcast explores the Restorative Justice Initiative’s prison education work, featuring personal and programmatic perspectives on how access to college c...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🎙️ New episode of Education Matters explores how higher education in prison can support dignity, opportunity and reentry. Hear from members of Penn State’s Restorative Justice Initiative, including Irvin Moore, who pursued a bachelor’s degree after 52 years in prison. 🔗 www.psu.edu/news/educati...
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Penn State College of Education alumni José Julián Prieto and Annie Everett, doctoral grads of the Dept. of Education Policy Studies, are shaping the global conversation on ethical engagement in higher ed through their scholarship. 🌍
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December 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Penn State College of Education alumni José Julián Prieto and Annie Everett, doctoral grads of the Dept. of Education Policy Studies, are shaping the global conversation on ethical engagement in higher ed through their scholarship. 🌍
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#20SongsByYear
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
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Unranked
12/16
The Doors - Riders of The Storm
Bluesy jazz noir with a killer ahead and a storm behind.
Existential danger, isolation, and the thin veil between life and death.
youtu.be/k9o78-f2mIM?...
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
1️⃣9️⃣7️⃣1️⃣
Unranked
12/16
The Doors - Riders of The Storm
Bluesy jazz noir with a killer ahead and a storm behind.
Existential danger, isolation, and the thin veil between life and death.
youtu.be/k9o78-f2mIM?...
Riders on the Storm - The Doors HD
YouTube video by TheDoors Best
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December 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#20SongsByYear
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
1️⃣9️⃣7️⃣1️⃣
Unranked
12/16
The Doors - Riders of The Storm
Bluesy jazz noir with a killer ahead and a storm behind.
Existential danger, isolation, and the thin veil between life and death.
youtu.be/k9o78-f2mIM?...
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
1️⃣9️⃣7️⃣1️⃣
Unranked
12/16
The Doors - Riders of The Storm
Bluesy jazz noir with a killer ahead and a storm behind.
Existential danger, isolation, and the thin veil between life and death.
youtu.be/k9o78-f2mIM?...
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From personal adversity to national advocacy 💙 Education Policy Studies alum Elijah Armstrong is turning lived experience into action — advancing student voice, equity, and education policy at a national level. A powerful reminder of how education can drive change. bit.ly/4q46hdi
#PennState #WeAre
#PennState #WeAre
Education Policy Studies alumnus channels personal adversity into national advocacy | Penn State College of Education
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December 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
From personal adversity to national advocacy 💙 Education Policy Studies alum Elijah Armstrong is turning lived experience into action — advancing student voice, equity, and education policy at a national level. A powerful reminder of how education can drive change. bit.ly/4q46hdi
#PennState #WeAre
#PennState #WeAre
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Rear Window (1954) 🎬🖤
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Rear Window (1954) 🎬🖤
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
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"Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE."
Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son: (Exclusive Sources)
Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found after first responders were called to the couple's Brentwood home at 3:30 p.m.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE."
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In this article, researchers call on The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and others to meaningfully incorporate intersectionality in policy to address complex educational inequities.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
In this article, researchers call on The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and others to meaningfully incorporate intersectionality in policy to address complex educational inequities.
➡️ bit.ly/4rtreQv
@aeraedresearch.bsky.social
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@aeraedresearch.bsky.social
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Bluesky... never change.
December 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Bluesky... never change.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair
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How Chiropractors Became the Backbone of MAHA
Why they love Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and he loves them.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair
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About 20 years ago I wandered into Kill Bill Vol. 2 in Chicago almost by accident—long before I ever saw Vol. 1—and that Bill/Beatrix Superman scene hit me like its own self-contained short film. Still think it stands on its own.
About 20 years ago I wandered into Kill Bill Vol. 2 in Chicago almost by accident—long before I ever saw Vol. 1—and that Bill/Beatrix Superman scene hit me like its own self-contained short film. Still think it stands on its own.
Quentin Tarantino Has a Point About Superman in Kill Bill Vol. 2
The Superman thesis by David Carradine’s Bill (and Quentin Tarantino) stirred controversy with fans 20 years ago. But maybe we shouldn’t kill the messenger.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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About 20 years ago I wandered into Kill Bill Vol. 2 in Chicago almost by accident—long before I ever saw Vol. 1—and that Bill/Beatrix Superman scene hit me like its own self-contained short film. Still think it stands on its own.
About 20 years ago I wandered into Kill Bill Vol. 2 in Chicago almost by accident—long before I ever saw Vol. 1—and that Bill/Beatrix Superman scene hit me like its own self-contained short film. Still think it stands on its own.
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Artificial Intelligence can be a force of change in education.
Researchers at the Penn State College of Education are using #AI to train teachers with classroom simulations: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-M2n...
Researchers at the Penn State College of Education are using #AI to train teachers with classroom simulations: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-M2n...
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Artificial Intelligence can be a force of change in education.
Researchers at the Penn State College of Education are using #AI to train teachers with classroom simulations: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-M2n...
Researchers at the Penn State College of Education are using #AI to train teachers with classroom simulations: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-M2n...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Four “Christmas” movies to know me by:
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Four “Christmas” movies to know me by: