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Seasonal allergy mode: Activated! The perfect way to end Spring Break.

Budweiser said “Just add a Clydesdale!”

It’s always jarring when it switches from the multimillion dollar commercials to the local ads during the Super Bowl. Lays! Coke! Marvel! Bud Light! Now here’s your local dentist!

McGill is hiring a faculty lecturer in social psychology, in a (non-adjunct) permanent teaching position. Please consider being my colleague, Montreal is really great: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

Interested in doing a postdoc on misinfo/belief change with me and @gordpennycook.bsky.social? We are looking for candidates to apply for a Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowship, based at York University. Contact me for more details! #PsychJobs

Just a Monday morning reminder that we are searching for a tenure track faculty position in cognitive psychology.

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

Tonight, on behalf of Minnesota law enforcement, I filed a lawsuit against DHS to prevent the destruction of evidence related to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. DHS is not above the law, and Alex sure as hell is not beneath it.

We're doing summerpsych.com again this year! PhD curious undergrads, come hang out at the CSI lab, help us push forward a project and develop your social science chops Applications are due March 1st:

I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊 Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.

Aw, nuts.

You can add pie to any bowl of healthy oats. Follow me for more tips on using your Thanksgiving leftovers! 😉

Am I losing my mind at the end of the semester? I was just singing “Where has all the cream cheese gone?” to the tune of “Where have all the cowboys gone?”. So…

This is shaping up to be the worst semester yet, so I need a distraction. It’s time for some horror movies! My goal will be to watch one per night. I’ll post reviews on Letterboxd as time permits (boxd.it/4WE5j). See my previous marathons in the repost below. #horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

This might be the first time I’ve seen someone present the base rates while directly ignoring them.

Today I started my grad cognition class for our masters program (we’re on a quarter system). After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany. We then talked about what happened. 1/

This seems like the wrong semester to be teaching research methods and statistics.

Does anyone know what the record is for the highest number of deleted social media posts in 24 hours? Just wondering if it’s about to be broken.

Give these folks a round of applause. This was a heavy lift! And let’s give this post at least as much engagement as the original announcement of the moderation changes.

⚠️ PsyArXiv is updating its policies in light of a higher volume of low quality submissions and our recent switch to a pre-moderation workflow. Read more about this change here 👉 (buff.ly/8jhqRJu ) and see our updated policies here 👉 (is.gd/paxpolicy ).

#Psychjobs My former institution Colby College is hiring a tenure track in intergroup relations, broadly defined & open to many psych areas (not just social). This is my replacement line. I truly enjoyed my time at Colby and it's a great dept! Happy to answer Qs if I can. apply.interfolio.com/172552

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing! We are looking to hire several positions including: - Event and volunteer coordination - Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media) - Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉) 🧵

Gatekeeping protests is an interesting choice.

✨We are organising (again) an online workshop on Theoretical Modeling for PhD candidates and Master students in cognitive science and psychology. Check out the website and the schedule: Registration is open! (closes July 1, spaces are limited) 🧵1/n computationalcognitivescience.github.io/workshop/

Please spread the word! Psych Science is recruiting volunteers to help conduct computational reproducibility checks. If you have experience writing reproducible analysis scripts in psychology, and want to join the team, please apply! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Come join us! I have startup funds to hire a postdoc for Fall 2025 at Rutgers to study intergroup relations. The job ad is at jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/249... & evaluations begin in 1 wk (5/16) w rolling evaluation. See 🧵below for a write-up on what I'm looking for in a postdoc. Please share widely!

The best Coen Bros movie is usually the one you just watched, impossible filmography to rank

OK I had announced this before but forgot to say that Andrew Gelman would be joining Nancy Cartwright and myself as well. Short idea talks, lots of panel discussion and Q&A. Join us on April 25th to discuss RCTs, replications, and scientific inference. sites.google.com/view/cepbi/t...

Does anyone know how to travel back in time to retroactively change your major?

It seems to be that time again.

My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!

But our work is far from done—science is still under attack. We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together? Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/QAxH4wD4Y3sg...

I’m a little late to arrive, but folks are still going strong. #standupforscience

Anyone can access books through a library or even e-books on the internet. And unlike AI LLMs, books are not riddled with factual mistakes. The "education" someone might get from AI is a miseducation. AI is not for people who want an education. It's for people who want to avoid one.

I have had a TON of people asking how they can help...here is what would help us the most right now: SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE! Tell us why you #standupforscience2025! Send flyers to your colleagues and labs! Change your bluesky banner! Tell your professional orgs and departments!

Get in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Get in Dorks, we are going protesting. STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS. More information to come.

Can’t believe I’m typing this but… FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC. If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.

IF YOU KNOW IF ANYONE PLANNING A SCIENCE RELATED PROTEST IN DC, PLEASE DM ME!

Testing this thing out

Ah, the millennial experience of “every time you get some measure of financial and career stability, the world decides to do something extraordinarily stupid again”

So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.

The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving. osf.io Contact [email protected] if you need assistance

When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests. We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason. ALSO.

Preprints are scientist-controlled communication that get information out to fellow researchers and the public fast. Absolutely critical in times of crisis and a normal part of science otherwise.

in retrospect I think it may have been a mistake to make the work machine and the procrastination machine be the same machine

HEREDITARY (2018) DP: Pawel Pogorzelski Dir: Ari Aster #OnePerfectShot

"Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help Mom do the dishes." Gonna sit with this for a while.

Rewatched the TWIN PEAKS pilot last night, perhaps starting a full classic rewatch. That 1st feature-length ep though...wow. *That's* how you launch a show, w/a compelling mystery, phenomenal visuals & music, and a host of bizarre characters that could each provide endless story fodder on their own.