Not sure I qualify but…ALSO being motivated by maladaptive forces certainly helps. Lots of productive academics out here w all kinds of mom/dad issues or trauma that make immersion in academic work plus constant striving for recognition natural/comfortable coping strategies.

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“With Jon Stewart's return on Monday nights to host The Daily Show he is part of the school administration trying to keep the lights on and the students learning.” (by Dr. Danna Young🇺🇸✌🏻 of Univ. of Delaware) theconversation.com/jon-stewart-st…

You know we’re in terrible shape when: a horse race poll is the lead story of the paper of record on ANY day, let alone months out. Dr. Danna Young🇺🇸✌🏻 Carrie Brown god help us.

It's always difficult when news organizations have to cover themselves. So bravo to David Folkenflik of NPR for an excellent job covering the NPR flap, modeling appropriate disclosures: npr.org/2024/04/09/124…

*Alot* of it is the Covid stuff man I can’t lie. One my my students frustrations with me is that I don’t put absolutely everything online. I go Lowe talked about that in class” and they go ”but I don’t see it online.”

Dude it’s not an online class!

TWENTY DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT!

If you're looking for eclipse glasses right now you understand why same day voter registration is important

After being systematically 'canceled' (before the term was coined) from the country industry, The Chicks return to the CMAs with Beyonce in the build-up to maybe the most toxic election season ever in US history. This is memorable.

The fantasy that rural places are hotbeds of right-wing violence doesn’t just tap into old fears of scary hillbillies. It appeals because it allows suburbanites to imagine that the threat is over yonder, ignoring the scarier truth: the right-wing extremists are their neighbors 1/

Y’all mind if I say something?

Colorado GOP is incompatible with a free, liberal society

🚨New article out at American Behavioral Scientist with Jürgen Maier

TLDR: exposure to negative & uncivil political messages drives affective polarization upwards, especially among voters with populist attitudes

Open access: tinyurl.com/bdhhm3nd
Replication data: osf.io/pk5tc/

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I'm honored and excited to launch the Climate Communication Division of APPC Penn. We will share more details Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) this week. We will collaborate across Penn, the local community, nationally and internationally to create cutting-edge science about climate communication

In light of Daniel Kahneman's passing last week, I decided to release a special bonus episode of Opinion Science (a podcast) featuring our (as-yet unreleased) full conversation with him. He talks about the early days of his work on heuristics & prospect theory

Listen: link.chtbl.com/OpinionScience…

Jon Stewart, still a “tiny, neurotic man,” is back to remind Americans what’s at stake niemanlab.org/2024/03/jon-st… via Nieman Lab