Abbie Clapp
@abbie-clapp.bsky.social
PhD student at UW-Madison Psychology and Gender and Women's Studies. Studying sexual wellbeing, objectification, and romantic relationships.
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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“The irony couldn’t be starker: the… programs best equipped to study the social and ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted [its] use…across campus. This isn’t innovation—it’s institutional auto-cannibalism.”
Again, Refuse/Resist is the only reasonable stance
Again, Refuse/Resist is the only reasonable stance
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“The irony couldn’t be starker: the… programs best equipped to study the social and ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted [its] use…across campus. This isn’t innovation—it’s institutional auto-cannibalism.”
Again, Refuse/Resist is the only reasonable stance
Again, Refuse/Resist is the only reasonable stance
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Northwestern bent the knee, choosing to give in to extortion at the expense of academic freedom.
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Northwestern bent the knee, choosing to give in to extortion at the expense of academic freedom.
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
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It's easy to produce spurious findings:
A meaningless score based on irrelevant evaluations (“My relationship has very good Saturn”) was moderately related to common relationship measures (satisfaction, commitment) & predicted those measures 3 weeks later
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A meaningless score based on irrelevant evaluations (“My relationship has very good Saturn”) was moderately related to common relationship measures (satisfaction, commitment) & predicted those measures 3 weeks later
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's easy to produce spurious findings:
A meaningless score based on irrelevant evaluations (“My relationship has very good Saturn”) was moderately related to common relationship measures (satisfaction, commitment) & predicted those measures 3 weeks later
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A meaningless score based on irrelevant evaluations (“My relationship has very good Saturn”) was moderately related to common relationship measures (satisfaction, commitment) & predicted those measures 3 weeks later
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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There are many people I’ve seen on here asking about how we go forward in the current moment
We don’t have all the answers, but in the guide below my co-authors and I discuss building and sustaining academic communities dedicated to antiraicm
Now at Collabra: Psychology
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We don’t have all the answers, but in the guide below my co-authors and I discuss building and sustaining academic communities dedicated to antiraicm
Now at Collabra: Psychology
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
February 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There are many people I’ve seen on here asking about how we go forward in the current moment
We don’t have all the answers, but in the guide below my co-authors and I discuss building and sustaining academic communities dedicated to antiraicm
Now at Collabra: Psychology
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We don’t have all the answers, but in the guide below my co-authors and I discuss building and sustaining academic communities dedicated to antiraicm
Now at Collabra: Psychology
osf.io/preprints/ps...