A good abstract is crucial, which can make them intimidating, especially when they have low word limits.

Structuring them around these 5 sentences has made them a lot less daunting for me, and *typically* can keep me pretty concise. 🤓

@OpenAcademics #AcademicTwitter

For the first time in US history, a gay man, a Black woman, a Muslim, Native American woman, Palestinian, and Latina have won their respective midterm elections.

First Latina governor for TX
First Native American governor IN HISTORY in NM

My current state and my home state have made me so proud

Stumbled upon a cool resource for those who share data/code on GitHub: anonymous.4open.science

A quick and easy way to have your GitHub repo anonymized for the peer review process.

So excited for my first time at @TheIACP conference to present on a massively critical topic with @pttanksley & John Violanti!

Hope to see folks there!

📢 We're hiring TWO tenure-track Assistant Professors!

Join the School of Criminal Justice & Criminology at Texas State University! We're seeking scholars committed to research, teaching, & service.

📅 Review begins Oct. 28, 2026
🔗 jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/58941
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709 total yards 🤯

Check out @ padillaincontext on IG for @taylorswift13 x Criminology content

Trying to catch up after pausing life to submit my tenure packet.

I'm giving away 25 copies of #VIBE. To enter, repost and comment by October 13.

adamgrant.net/vibe

Our daughter describing @WesleyTSmith3

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. @kepadil for being awarded the Early Career Award from @ASCPolicing! This award recognizes outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of policing by someone who has received their Ph.D. degree within the last five years.

@ASCRM41 | @kdamp

On #NationalLatinoPhysicianDay, we celebrate & keep opening doors.

Our communities need more Latino physicians. Our future doctors need mentorship, support, and opportunity. Our patients deserve accessible care without fear.

To the next generation: you belong here. We need you.

One professional recommendation that I think everyone - but especially grad students/early career scholars - could benefit from: make sure your *current* email address is easily accessible & consistent across platforms. This helps with branding as well!

Academic #Swifties, I know we all have deadlines, but @taylorswift13 announced The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore deluxe album, so I think we can all agree those deadlines have changed.

Are you on Substack? I just launched mine to talk all things media and crime, domestic violence, and women’s issues. I’d love if you’d join me there.

dslakoffphd.substack.com/p/media-and-cr…

Bobcats helping Bobcats.

@kdamp | @txst

Link to the KXAN written story:
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Link to the KXAN television news story:
lnkd.in/dU4KTWQw

Breaking News: Texas must fully air-condition its prisons by the end of 2029, a federal judge ordered, saying the lack of cooling in most of the state's lockups violates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. nyti.ms/4hlWPiO

Austin-Travis County EMS Captain Christa Stedman shows us how to correctly use Narcan. Police and ATCEMS plan to distribute Narcan to downtown bars tonight.
cbsaustin.com/news/local/aus…