Alysson Light
@alylight.bsky.social
Social Psych undergrad-teaching @uchicago studying Self-Concept Clarity, Goal Support, and ~*miscellaneous*~
I've invented a new intergenerational party game to improve upon this "OK Boomer" thing unleashed on our family last night. The problem with the box game is that the trivia is instantly dated and also stupidly easy (e.g. "What does clickbait mean?"), and it's not clear what the age groups are.
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I've invented a new intergenerational party game to improve upon this "OK Boomer" thing unleashed on our family last night. The problem with the box game is that the trivia is instantly dated and also stupidly easy (e.g. "What does clickbait mean?"), and it's not clear what the age groups are.
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
When your senile grandfather can't remember you, and thus can no longer make awkward comments about your "lifestyle".
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
When your senile grandfather can't remember you, and thus can no longer make awkward comments about your "lifestyle".
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ICE has targeted and tear-gassed Black and immigrant families on the South Side—and AT&T is profiting from them while they do so. Tell AT&T: #dropthecontracts on Nov 16.
Join Chicago's corporate speakout, 2–3 & 4–5 PM: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
Join Chicago's corporate speakout, 2–3 & 4–5 PM: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
ICE has targeted and tear-gassed Black and immigrant families on the South Side—and AT&T is profiting from them while they do so. Tell AT&T: #dropthecontracts on Nov 16.
Join Chicago's corporate speakout, 2–3 & 4–5 PM: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
Join Chicago's corporate speakout, 2–3 & 4–5 PM: https://ppls.ac/att
#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
Same. To find out that, amidst all the voices telling me to calm down and accept his presence in academia, he'd been palling around with sex trafficers and making clever references to the fact that he genuinely thinks women are less intelligent than men is... validating to be correct? Infuriating?
One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Same. To find out that, amidst all the voices telling me to calm down and accept his presence in academia, he'd been palling around with sex trafficers and making clever references to the fact that he genuinely thinks women are less intelligent than men is... validating to be correct? Infuriating?
Fuck, this is correct. They sent Durbin out to vote for it *because* he's retiring.
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Fuck, this is correct. They sent Durbin out to vote for it *because* he's retiring.
I had to call his Illinois office because DC's voicemail was overloaded/offline, but @durbin.senate.gov sure got a voicemail from me telling him how angry and disappointed I am.
I suggest we all call our capitulating Democrat senators and give them what for. Dick Durbin will be hearing from me.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I had to call his Illinois office because DC's voicemail was overloaded/offline, but @durbin.senate.gov sure got a voicemail from me telling him how angry and disappointed I am.
I suggest we all call our capitulating Democrat senators and give them what for. Dick Durbin will be hearing from me.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I suggest we all call our capitulating Democrat senators and give them what for. Dick Durbin will be hearing from me.
Very proud to have been the action editor for this one-- as I was reading it I kept thinking "I can't wait until this is published, I'm going to share this with all of my students!"
"While ingroup evaluation may not always be positive, this does not preclude strong ingroup identification."
Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/1529...
Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/1529...
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Very proud to have been the action editor for this one-- as I was reading it I kept thinking "I can't wait until this is published, I'm going to share this with all of my students!"
Folks in Chicago wanting to do more to resist ICE-- did you know that AT&T has a massive contract with ICE? I'll be taking part in this demonstration to try to pressure AT&T to drop their contract and make it clear that there are consequences for businesses supporting Trump's Fascism. Join me?
Did you know your phone carrier contracts with ICE? Join us for a peaceful demonstration outside the AT&T store to demand they drop their contract with the DHS and stop profiting from terrorizing our communities!
📅 Sun, Nov 16
📍 15 S Halsted
⏰ 2–3 PM
https://ow.ly/EiGG50Xlhxh
📅 Sun, Nov 16
📍 15 S Halsted
⏰ 2–3 PM
https://ow.ly/EiGG50Xlhxh
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Folks in Chicago wanting to do more to resist ICE-- did you know that AT&T has a massive contract with ICE? I'll be taking part in this demonstration to try to pressure AT&T to drop their contract and make it clear that there are consequences for businesses supporting Trump's Fascism. Join me?
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Did you know your phone carrier contracts with ICE? Join us for a peaceful demonstration outside the AT&T store to demand they drop their contract with the DHS and stop profiting from terrorizing our communities!
📅 Sun, Nov 16
📍 15 S Halsted
⏰ 2–3 PM
https://ow.ly/EiGG50Xlhxh
📅 Sun, Nov 16
📍 15 S Halsted
⏰ 2–3 PM
https://ow.ly/EiGG50Xlhxh
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Did you know your phone carrier contracts with ICE? Join us for a peaceful demonstration outside the AT&T store to demand they drop their contract with the DHS and stop profiting from terrorizing our communities!
📅 Sun, Nov 16
📍 15 S Halsted
⏰ 2–3 PM
https://ow.ly/EiGG50Xlhxh
📅 Sun, Nov 16
📍 15 S Halsted
⏰ 2–3 PM
https://ow.ly/EiGG50Xlhxh
He was still alive?
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
He was still alive?
Husband bought me a new brand of granola and for some reason it's asking me for a $3500 publication fee.
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Husband bought me a new brand of granola and for some reason it's asking me for a $3500 publication fee.
Saw a trick-or-treating kid dressed as an Amazon delivery person tonight. Cute, or an upsetting commentary on gig work?
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Saw a trick-or-treating kid dressed as an Amazon delivery person tonight. Cute, or an upsetting commentary on gig work?
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HEALTHCARE VICTORY! We organized for nearly two years to pass HB1085, which will require private insurers to pay mental health and substance abuse providers at the same rates as physical health care providers. Learn more about this crucial victory on our website.
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
HEALTHCARE VICTORY! We organized for nearly two years to pass HB1085, which will require private insurers to pay mental health and substance abuse providers at the same rates as physical health care providers. Learn more about this crucial victory on our website.
If you need some cheering, I have try pieces of good news from Illinois! 1. The legislature pulled it together and approved needed funding for public transit, preserving vital, green transportation for folks in the state: blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/31/c...
CTA Saved From Massive Cuts As State Lawmakers Pass $1.5 Billion Funding Bill For Local Transit
The $1.5 billion funding package also creates a new regional governing body for the system: the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
blockclubchicago.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
If you need some cheering, I have try pieces of good news from Illinois! 1. The legislature pulled it together and approved needed funding for public transit, preserving vital, green transportation for folks in the state: blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/31/c...
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hi all— I am finishing up my last study for my dissertation and need your help! If you have/know of Asian American 7- or 8-year-olds wanting to contribute to science, please see the flyer below/fill out this short survey to sign up (tinyurl.com/asian78resea...). pls share/dm me w any questions!
October 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
hi all— I am finishing up my last study for my dissertation and need your help! If you have/know of Asian American 7- or 8-year-olds wanting to contribute to science, please see the flyer below/fill out this short survey to sign up (tinyurl.com/asian78resea...). pls share/dm me w any questions!
The Mountain Goats
Beach Bunny
Evanston Folk Festival (Iron & Wine/Tune-Yards/Watchhouse/Amythyst Kiah)
Toad the Wet Sprocket/The Jayhawks/Sixpence None the Richer
Beach Bunny
Evanston Folk Festival (Iron & Wine/Tune-Yards/Watchhouse/Amythyst Kiah)
Toad the Wet Sprocket/The Jayhawks/Sixpence None the Richer
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw (streaming included):
Beyoncé
Anthony Hamilton, Frank McComb, Eric Robertson & friends
Jordi Savall's The Routes of Slavery
Toshi Reagon's The Parable of the Sower
Janelle Monáe
(not counting Verzuz - ! - or a Ramsay Lewis livestream I missed)
Beyoncé
Anthony Hamilton, Frank McComb, Eric Robertson & friends
Jordi Savall's The Routes of Slavery
Toshi Reagon's The Parable of the Sower
Janelle Monáe
(not counting Verzuz - ! - or a Ramsay Lewis livestream I missed)
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw (streaming included)):
Bad Bunny
Outlaw: Willie Nelson/Bob Dylan
The Killers
Jack White
Pink/Sheryl Crow
And like 5 Rochester Philharmonic concerts in there too.
Bad Bunny
Outlaw: Willie Nelson/Bob Dylan
The Killers
Jack White
Pink/Sheryl Crow
And like 5 Rochester Philharmonic concerts in there too.
October 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Mountain Goats
Beach Bunny
Evanston Folk Festival (Iron & Wine/Tune-Yards/Watchhouse/Amythyst Kiah)
Toad the Wet Sprocket/The Jayhawks/Sixpence None the Richer
Beach Bunny
Evanston Folk Festival (Iron & Wine/Tune-Yards/Watchhouse/Amythyst Kiah)
Toad the Wet Sprocket/The Jayhawks/Sixpence None the Richer
Hell yeah Illinois!!!!
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hell yeah Illinois!!!!
So hang on, Grammarly has abandoned the grammar-check aspect of their product and is now 100% in the AI generated text business?!
October 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So hang on, Grammarly has abandoned the grammar-check aspect of their product and is now 100% in the AI generated text business?!
Trump gifts the Qataris an airbase in return for a luxury plane, and Spelling Bee says...
October 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Trump gifts the Qataris an airbase in return for a luxury plane, and Spelling Bee says...
The fact that the Supreme Court may overturn bans on conversion therapy is making me feel pretty nihilistic about the purpose of doing psychological research.
October 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The fact that the Supreme Court may overturn bans on conversion therapy is making me feel pretty nihilistic about the purpose of doing psychological research.
This is half a mile from my home, and also immediately next to an elementary school. Is there any oversight? Will there be any consequences for this recklessness and cruelty?
Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is half a mile from my home, and also immediately next to an elementary school. Is there any oversight? Will there be any consequences for this recklessness and cruelty?
Same. Though I have occasionally wondered if some people would be better served with more investments helping people in poverty (e.g. housing first policies for people experiencing homelessness.) Want to pony up for that, JD?
I spend more time in the ED than the average person, and have never given a damn about the immigration status of other people there.
What I do know as a public health prof is 23% in US are underinsured and we have a physician shortage, and those factors combine to reduced access to outpatient care
What I do know as a public health prof is 23% in US are underinsured and we have a physician shortage, and those factors combine to reduced access to outpatient care
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Same. Though I have occasionally wondered if some people would be better served with more investments helping people in poverty (e.g. housing first policies for people experiencing homelessness.) Want to pony up for that, JD?
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I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".