Asst prof at UTEP. Political psychology and political communication. Studying mental health, cognition, emotions, info behavior, & social media.
Melissa Baker
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BREAKING:
New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion".
#standupforscience
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf
I’m at a coffeeshop and someone brought a typewriter and is currently writing with it. They’re relatively young & other possessions suggest they’re a university employee. I’d like to think this is sign they’ve had it with AI & this is their response.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
Please don’t ask me to explain the win for Paxton today or what’s going on in Texas. I live in the part of Texas that isn’t even on the Texas power grid, is in mountain time zone, & looks like it is part of New Mexico or Chihuahua. El Paso is out west minding our own business 😂
Stand Up for Science!
Melissa Baker
Melissa Baker
Very helpful insights from @sciencecareers.bsky.social - worth a read for mentors and anyone else who wants to support early career researchers!
New work with @ryanmoore.bsky.social in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social examines Americans' exposure to Pink Slime websites--partisan websites that masquerade as local news--and compares consumption levels to untrustworthy and genuine local news websites doi.org/10.1080/2167...
We don’t have to watch the Thunder anymore this season. NBA fans everywhere:
I don’t know that I’d go this far but I do know that two group chats with Texas friends have already brought up the Paxton endorsement up & talked about it as a major win for Dems.
I do think Talarico has a real chance to win in Texas.
APSA schedule is out and I’m not on a Sunday morning panel. The curse is broken
First day of my summer class today. A student asked a question essentially wondering if there was ever a time in US history where politics was like it is right now. It blows my mind that young adults don’t know anything other than this kind of stuff.
