So much for Donald Trump Peace Plan for Gaza The Gaza government media office reported 738 violations since the truce took effect on October 10, including 205 shootings at civilians, Blair dropped from US Gaza governance plan after Arab objections - Dailynewsegypt share.google/lbmtpzZrzEe6...

This year, in response to GenAI concerns, I made one of my assessments a recorded presentation. Currently grading them, and so far, this has been one of the most enjoyable grading sessions I've had. Finally some good from GenAI

It’s really hard to defend industry academic collaborations with meta as earnest, if they’re internally burying evidence of harm. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

“Are we the baddies?”

We've all been thinking it. The data is in. Pro-Israel bias in the media is rampant. No info on @news.rte.ie but I doubt they'd fare much better. mediabiasmeter.com/framing-gaza...

Even when we try to think harder, we still excuse ourselves. 🧠 A new study by Katarzyna Miazek & Konrad Bocian finds that the self-interest bias—judging bad acts as less wrong when they benefit us—persists even under time pressure or mental load. Fixing it may require awareness, not just willpower.

The attack marks the latest of nearly 400 Israeli violations of a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli attacks also wounded 77 people, fuelling panic across the war-ravaged enclave.

Brazilian president pushes for a 'roadmap' away from fossil fuel use, but countries remain divided on key issues.

The air attack in the Bani Suheila area, east of Khan Younis, comes a day after Israel killed 30 people across Gaza.

The co-action effect is a thing. But what's the mechanism for this fascinating form of social influence?

FAO anyone teaching an introductory social psychology module.

We replicated one of the oldest experiments in Psychology (Triplett, 1898) as a registered report. Children completed a task faster in pairs than when they were alone. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We also found carryover effects, as well as gender and age effects - highlighting the importance of considering these factors in designing future studies examining social facilitation and/or competitive coaction. Thanks to @erc.europa.eu and @ehsfacultyatul.bsky.social for funding 2/3

Arising out of discussions in @csi-research.bsky.social we conducted a Registered Report replicating Triplett’s (1898) experiment with over 400 children, showing children completed the task faster when paired with a coactor, compared to competing the task alone rdcu.be/eQwAE 1/3

Read the actual science here by Yidan Yin, @gilappel.bsky.social and Cheryl Jan Wakslak @pennstateuniv.bsky.social @usc.edu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Some @theguardian.com coverage! Women use exclamation marks 3x more than men—not from extra joy, but to avoid sounding unfriendly 😬 Online, neutrality reads as hostility, so warmth is outsourced to punctuation!! BUT it boosts likability and can hurt credibility www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I've finally resubmitted this! Exactly on the deadline and a year since receiving the decision! A very different paper, hopefully the editor and reviewers like it now!

Today I finally finished a full draft of the revised manuscript (incl response to reviewer comments) and circulated it to coauthors! Hopefully it won't be too tough to polish and we'll get it submitted by the end of the month

Some day I'll write a paper on dual-processes in cognition that draws on Hemispheres by Rush for inspiration and illustration I mean the first verse ends with: "The gods of Love and Reason sought alone to rule the fate of Man" youtu.be/J0zN0VjA3As?...

Serious moon tonight

@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social, and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully got back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition

Adding irrelevant information to descriptions dilutes moral judgements of them. Looks like neutral, but irrelevant valence info is incorporated into the judgement! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

And Published!!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... The Moral Dilution effect. Including non-diagnostic (irrelevant) information leads to less extreme evaluations of moral character.

This is going slowly. About a third of the way through the suggested reading list (although there's other extra reading needed that was not specifcally named). Feels like progress is being made... slowly...

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

"I may not be a contrarian, but I am a hater." Such a good line in @edzitron.com's latest, laying out his arguments for why AI industry exists today in a "bubble" www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

And Accepted: The Moral Dilution Effect: Irrelevant Information Influences Judgments of Moral Character Started writing this one at a writer's retreat in 2022, very happy to get it over the line! Pre-print available: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Reviewers and editor were happy. One or two very minor comments to address but they recommend publication! 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🪅🪅🪅🎊🎊🎊

Got an R&R on this registered report last October. It's been a very busy few months, only starting on the revisions now. Some fairly substantial comments, this could take a while, but we have until this October... Here goes...

Wild rabbits in the garden this morning causing great excitement!

Is anyone putting together a symposium for #SESP2025 in 🇵🇹 Lisbon? I would like to go, but the symposium-only format is proving difficult. Looking to present grant-funded research on occupational moral roles, which also fits stereotypes, social categories, etc.

And submitted!!!! Fingers crossed the Reviewers and Editor are happy with the revised manuscript!

Hey y’all! New paper with @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social & @stysyropoulos.bsky.social is out in BJSP! We test ways to expand moral concern to future generations, with spillover benefits for distant others today. #socialpsych #PsychSciSky #psychology bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Want to know why I hate AI? Because 1) I have no need for it. None. 2) And it is constantly being forced into my online work spaces - which I often need to be professionally confidential 3) and with limited tech skill it has been at least extremely onerous and often impossible to deactivate

Been working hard on these revisions over the past few weeks. All R1, and all stats comments addressed. Some theory, and some methods justification still to be done, but the end will be in sight soon (hopefully)

If a model fails to run in R, and crashes it constantly, is it safe to report it as "failing to converge." Or does this have a different name? #PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #devpsyc #AcademicSky

Looking forward to this session on Morality machines and AI (with @jimaceverett.bsky.social and colleagues)

Come hear about moral psychology and AI at 11am today at #SPSP2025! @awad.bsky.social @zoepurcell.bsky.social Anne-Marie Nussberger

Up bright and early on a Saturday at #SPSP2025 to hear about cool new moral psychology from some of my favourite moral psychologists @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @cillianmchugh.bsky.social Dries Bostyn, & Connie Chu

Very excited for our Symposium this morning on context effects in Moral Judgment. With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social Dries Bostyn & Connie Chiu #SPSP2025

Lovely day in Denver ahead of #SPSP2025 Cold but got to see plenty!

We're just a few days away from this year's Morality Preconference!! Don't miss it! #SPSP2025

You know a replication study that is not yet in the FORRT #ReplicationDatabase? Submit it here in <5min: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Poster for #SPSP2025 in #Denver sent to print. Now back to working on the slides... Looking forward to seeing everyone there! #psychology

Am considering leaving Amazon's Goodreads for Bookwyrm. Always happy to support open-source community infrastructure. Any thoughts about #Bookwyrm, Bookwyrms instances, or an alternative?

Oh.

This is solely down to large pseudoscience accounts link spamming 25 papers, variously misrepresented as showing vaccines cause autism. I built this report that aggregates the attention on the web to JUST these 25 items. The number of reshares is in the millions. www.altmetric.com/explorer/rep...

Here's Twitter's descent since 2022

Unexpected laugh from auto-captions. I actually said "bunched around" but captions say "Busta Rhymes" 😅😅