Greg Crowther
@tqthq.bsky.social
Biology instructor at Everett Community College (WA). Developer of better LO-linked exams. Married to @loggyleila.bsky.social. Father of 3 boys. Favorite colors red (Rutland HS, EvCC) and purple (Williams, UW).
https://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/
https://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/
My 8-year-old is reading a graphic novel titled "Squirrel You Know It's True," so tonight I showed him where that title comes from. (I threw in "Blame It On the Rain" as a bonus.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdSm...
Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True
YouTube video by MilliVanilliVEVO
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November 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
My 8-year-old is reading a graphic novel titled "Squirrel You Know It's True," so tonight I showed him where that title comes from. (I threw in "Blame It On the Rain" as a bonus.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdSm...
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Today on Grading for Growth, Greg Crowther shares some data and reflects on the importance of letting students take home and reflect on feedback.
Will the circle be unbroken?
Reflections on a recent study of anatomy & physiology instructors
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November 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today on Grading for Growth, Greg Crowther shares some data and reflects on the importance of letting students take home and reflect on feedback.
Thanks to @dccmath.bsky.social and @roberttalbert.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this and for excellent feedback on my first draft!
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Will the circle be unbroken?
Reflections on a recent study of anatomy & physiology instructors
gradingforgrowth.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thanks to @dccmath.bsky.social and @roberttalbert.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this and for excellent feedback on my first draft!
gradingforgrowth.com/p/will-the-c...
gradingforgrowth.com/p/will-the-c...
Good question... But what metrics does one even use to assess the "success" of an illegal war?
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Good question... But what metrics does one even use to assess the "success" of an illegal war?
My open letter to JD Vance:
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November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My open letter to JD Vance:
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I've said it before and I'll it again: there is no coherent strategy and anyone who tells you differently is selling you something. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/when-ameri...
When American Foreign Policy Devolves Into a Bunch of Stuff
My latest for World Politics Review
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November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I've said it before and I'll it again: there is no coherent strategy and anyone who tells you differently is selling you something. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/when-ameri...
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We have been down this road before, and we should have learned our lesson from it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | The Secretive Office Approving Trump’s Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We have been down this road before, and we should have learned our lesson from it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
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“Narco-terrorist” isn’t a thing. This is just lawless killing.
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Narco-terrorist” isn’t a thing. This is just lawless killing.
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Still three full days for your children to dramatically change their minds about their costume
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Still three full days for your children to dramatically change their minds about their costume
My 8yo seems to be imagining a podcast drawing inspiration from Casey Kasem's American Top 40, but featuring two Spanish phantoms that rank their favorite cheeses.
He's calling it "Quesos, Ghost to Ghost."
He's calling it "Quesos, Ghost to Ghost."
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My 8yo seems to be imagining a podcast drawing inspiration from Casey Kasem's American Top 40, but featuring two Spanish phantoms that rank their favorite cheeses.
He's calling it "Quesos, Ghost to Ghost."
He's calling it "Quesos, Ghost to Ghost."
A disturbingly realistic sounding scenario for 2026:
changeshapers.substack.com/p/timeline-o...
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TIMELINE OF THE CRISIS OF 2026
How the States stop being United
changeshapers.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A disturbingly realistic sounding scenario for 2026:
changeshapers.substack.com/p/timeline-o...
changeshapers.substack.com/p/timeline-o...
My impression from BlueSky is that Seattle scientists, no longer able to count on the NIH and NSF, are finding reliable stability instead in...the Mariners.
October 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My impression from BlueSky is that Seattle scientists, no longer able to count on the NIH and NSF, are finding reliable stability instead in...the Mariners.
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Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
I'm disappointed that, while this article makes a few careful distinctions, it does not distinguish between mocking beliefs/actions and mocking physical appearance. In general, it's not great to respond to cruelty with more cruelty.
AOC has a plan to mock MAGA. I’m here for it—mostly. slate.trib.al/xYJF5Uu
AOC Wants Us to Mock Stephen Miller’s Height. Is That a Good Idea?
I’m here for it—mostly.
slate.trib.al
October 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I'm disappointed that, while this article makes a few careful distinctions, it does not distinguish between mocking beliefs/actions and mocking physical appearance. In general, it's not great to respond to cruelty with more cruelty.
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New, horrifying Eli Saslow just dropped. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...
She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New, horrifying Eli Saslow just dropped. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...
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Donald Trump has been illegally shutting down the parts of government he doesn't like and firing tens of thousands of federal workers since Day One.
Republicans’ shutdown doesn't give him any more power to create chaos.
It’s workers and the American people who will suffer.
Republicans’ shutdown doesn't give him any more power to create chaos.
It’s workers and the American people who will suffer.
Vought sounds layoff siren: ‘The RIFs have begun’
At least nine agencies appear to be affected.
www.politico.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Donald Trump has been illegally shutting down the parts of government he doesn't like and firing tens of thousands of federal workers since Day One.
Republicans’ shutdown doesn't give him any more power to create chaos.
It’s workers and the American people who will suffer.
Republicans’ shutdown doesn't give him any more power to create chaos.
It’s workers and the American people who will suffer.
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NSF instructs peer reviewers not to use the first person in writing a review. Why on earth? And isn't this terrible advice?
There’s no “I” in “peer review” – or is there?
In which occasional guest blogger Greg Crowther asks me a peer review question that stumps me – so together, we puzzle it out. Greg: Steve, I was recently reviewing some grant proposals for NSF whe…
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October 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NSF instructs peer reviewers not to use the first person in writing a review. Why on earth? And isn't this terrible advice?
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Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.
October 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.
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A military without laws and rules of engagement isn't a military. It's a gang.
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A military without laws and rules of engagement isn't a military. It's a gang.
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This is brilliant & it captures what's happening to justice in the U.S. better than anything I've read.
"That’s how authoritarians work, how they have always worked, and it’s why it’s useful to read the Niemöller poem backward." slate.com/news-and-pol... by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social
"That’s how authoritarians work, how they have always worked, and it’s why it’s useful to read the Niemöller poem backward." slate.com/news-and-pol... by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social
The James Comey Indictment Is Huge. The Reaction So Far Is Exactly What They Want.
Why it’s useful to read the Niemöller poem backward.
slate.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is brilliant & it captures what's happening to justice in the U.S. better than anything I've read.
"That’s how authoritarians work, how they have always worked, and it’s why it’s useful to read the Niemöller poem backward." slate.com/news-and-pol... by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social
"That’s how authoritarians work, how they have always worked, and it’s why it’s useful to read the Niemöller poem backward." slate.com/news-and-pol... by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social
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When Trump calls climate change a "con job," he is representing his fossil fuel billionaire friends, not science.
Climate change is REAL. It is an existential threat to the planet and future generations.
We must transform our energy systems away from fossil fuels.
Climate change is REAL. It is an existential threat to the planet and future generations.
We must transform our energy systems away from fossil fuels.
September 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
When Trump calls climate change a "con job," he is representing his fossil fuel billionaire friends, not science.
Climate change is REAL. It is an existential threat to the planet and future generations.
We must transform our energy systems away from fossil fuels.
Climate change is REAL. It is an existential threat to the planet and future generations.
We must transform our energy systems away from fossil fuels.
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Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
Has it been a hard first week of fall quarter?
Well, I've already taken two naps on the floor of my office. And it's only Wednesday.
Well, I've already taken two naps on the floor of my office. And it's only Wednesday.
September 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Has it been a hard first week of fall quarter?
Well, I've already taken two naps on the floor of my office. And it's only Wednesday.
Well, I've already taken two naps on the floor of my office. And it's only Wednesday.
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I'm teaching about the structure of DNA, genes, and chromosomes. If you're in the same boat, consider bringing the DNA Landscape into your class! It can be tricky to "see" how representations of DNA are related, so we created animations to make it more visible! sites.google.com/view/dnaland...
September 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I'm teaching about the structure of DNA, genes, and chromosomes. If you're in the same boat, consider bringing the DNA Landscape into your class! It can be tricky to "see" how representations of DNA are related, so we created animations to make it more visible! sites.google.com/view/dnaland...
Clickbaity headline: I've been wrong about Prince for 41 years!
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September 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Clickbaity headline: I've been wrong about Prince for 41 years!
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