Mari Plikuhn
@plikuhn.bsky.social
Sociologist | Stargazer | Traveler
Professor at @UEvansville
Interests: Death, Family, SoTL
Professor at @UEvansville
Interests: Death, Family, SoTL
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Mari Plikuhn
@plikuhn.bsky.social
· Nov 20
👋 To introduce myself to new folks, I am a:
-Professor of Sociology @UE
-First-gen college grad
-Purdue alumna
-Death, family, & SoTL scholar
-Space enthusiast
-Life-long learner
And I spend most of my time:
-Teaching ALL of our SOC classes
-Seeking adventures far & wide
-Getting into good trouble✊
-Professor of Sociology @UE
-First-gen college grad
-Purdue alumna
-Death, family, & SoTL scholar
-Space enthusiast
-Life-long learner
And I spend most of my time:
-Teaching ALL of our SOC classes
-Seeking adventures far & wide
-Getting into good trouble✊
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While the administration has said it is cutting “woke programs” that “poison the minds of Americans", it actually funded fewer grants in every area of science and medicine.
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
While the administration has said it is cutting “woke programs” that “poison the minds of Americans", it actually funded fewer grants in every area of science and medicine.
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
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TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
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Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
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Study (N=1,700) finds men sponsor others to get ahead in their own careers, choosing to sponsor only when it is a win-win for them and the protégé. Women are more likely to balance their own needs with what is best for their protégé’s career.
hbr.org/2025/11/rese...
hbr.org/2025/11/rese...
Research: How Men and Women Sponsor Junior Colleagues
Research has shown that sponsorship tends to benefit junior employees, but its impact on sponsors is less understood. A new study, the first to examine sponsorship from a leadership perspective, revea...
hbr.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Study (N=1,700) finds men sponsor others to get ahead in their own careers, choosing to sponsor only when it is a win-win for them and the protégé. Women are more likely to balance their own needs with what is best for their protégé’s career.
hbr.org/2025/11/rese...
hbr.org/2025/11/rese...
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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Women are much more likely than men to be killed by their intimate partner
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Women are much more likely than men to be killed by their intimate partner
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We must never forget the lives lost to anti-transgender violence & discrimination. 🏳️⚧️ Share to support the #TransgenderDayofRemembrance! #NOH8 #TDOR
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We must never forget the lives lost to anti-transgender violence & discrimination. 🏳️⚧️ Share to support the #TransgenderDayofRemembrance! #NOH8 #TDOR
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Between February and August 2025, 1 in 30 NIH-funded clinical trials lost grant funding, affecting over 74,000 participants, with disproportionate impact on prevention, infectious disease, and behavioral trials. ja.ma/4i4tSYx
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Between February and August 2025, 1 in 30 NIH-funded clinical trials lost grant funding, affecting over 74,000 participants, with disproportionate impact on prevention, infectious disease, and behavioral trials. ja.ma/4i4tSYx
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After an instructor showed a graphic depicting the "pyramid of white supremacy," she found herself under investigation. Her own dean was listed as the complainant. https://chroni.cl/4hYwzuH
An Instructor Showed a Graphic on White Supremacy. Did She Break the Law?
An Indiana University lecturer has been removed from the classroom while her institution investigates whether she violated the state’s controversial intellectual-diversity law.
chroni.cl
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
After an instructor showed a graphic depicting the "pyramid of white supremacy," she found herself under investigation. Her own dean was listed as the complainant. https://chroni.cl/4hYwzuH
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‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick to schedule operations
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. — Elie Wiesel
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. — Elie Wiesel
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With Trump rolling out 50-year mortgages, his constant claim that the economy is great because Wall Street is doing well, his massive tax cuts for the rich, pardons of Chinese spies and wealthy con men, lies that prices are down, and the Epstein coverup, will MAGA ever wake up?
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
With Trump rolling out 50-year mortgages, his constant claim that the economy is great because Wall Street is doing well, his massive tax cuts for the rich, pardons of Chinese spies and wealthy con men, lies that prices are down, and the Epstein coverup, will MAGA ever wake up?
Why?? Why are we letting people go hungry?! How is this ok?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court lets Trump pause full SNAP payments for now. Supreme Court lets Trump pause full SNAP payments for now.
https://cnn.it/4oExxPp
https://cnn.it/4oExxPp
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Why?? Why are we letting people go hungry?! How is this ok?
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Happy Nov 5th.
a woman wearing a mask with the words people should not be afraid of their governments
ALT: a woman wearing a mask with the words people should not be afraid of their governments
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Happy Nov 5th.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Pro-equality candidate Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race, becoming the state’s first female governor while defeating a candidate who opposed marriage equality and trans rights #NOH8
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Pro-equality candidate Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race, becoming the state’s first female governor while defeating a candidate who opposed marriage equality and trans rights #NOH8
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Picard civics tip: When a foreign power has wormed its way into your institution's highest office, it is every officer's duty to resist.
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Picard civics tip: When a foreign power has wormed its way into your institution's highest office, it is every officer's duty to resist.
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Daylight saving time continues to be controversial, and the latest major research — a Stanford study that revisited the perennial debate in September — reported the biannual shift creates a biological burden on the body’s circadian rhythm that can lead to poorer health.
Daylight saving time ends Sunday
Daylight saving time continues to be controversial, and the latest major research — a Stanford study that revisited the perennial debate in September — reported the biannual shift creates a biologi…
trib.al
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Daylight saving time continues to be controversial, and the latest major research — a Stanford study that revisited the perennial debate in September — reported the biannual shift creates a biological burden on the body’s circadian rhythm that can lead to poorer health.
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Trump is cutting off food benefits from tens of millions of Americans on November 1.
Even with the government shutdown, there’s a contingency fund that can be tapped to ensure families continue to have food. Trump has decided not to do so.
Trump truly doesn’t care about people.
Even with the government shutdown, there’s a contingency fund that can be tapped to ensure families continue to have food. Trump has decided not to do so.
Trump truly doesn’t care about people.
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Trump is cutting off food benefits from tens of millions of Americans on November 1.
Even with the government shutdown, there’s a contingency fund that can be tapped to ensure families continue to have food. Trump has decided not to do so.
Trump truly doesn’t care about people.
Even with the government shutdown, there’s a contingency fund that can be tapped to ensure families continue to have food. Trump has decided not to do so.
Trump truly doesn’t care about people.