I'll post more descriptive content in a few days, but let it be known on podcast release day today that I do not enjoy posting negative reviews of papers. While it may be entertaining listening... it was a bummer for me.

This is bad football. Not doing their jobs well at all.

*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings *Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap *Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues

I just accidentally did a Reply All to a full-office email. I am in an absolute shame spiral right now.

Post a photo of your pet being themselves turned up to 11. Benny was born to lay in the sun.

This chapter of my memoir "So I Married a Journalist"

We spent our Sunday morning debating the virtues of different style guides (Associated Press v. 8th Ed Scientific Style and Formatting). How do you spend your weekends?

As I say regularly to students, a fundamental marker of expertise is clear understanding of its boundaries. If you are an "expert" in a field, you know where your expertise ends. The glory of the Nobel Prize makes many people forget that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_d...

With news of our recent loss and having started my career as a biologist, I'd like to take a moment to remember one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century. Uncovering the structure of DNA was truly an achievement. With gratitude, rest easy Dr. Rosalind Franklin.

I would like to talk with a colleague I can trust who works in academia about the tension I feel in making recommendations. Two things are currently true: 1) I have deep critiques of the system's obsession with "ranking" people, and an associated sense of responsibility to advocate for my students.

Wow, ESPN is having a field day with the Dallas Cowboys, and I love it so much I watched the whole cycle twice. Couldn't happen to a more deserving franchise. They are a bad football team and Troy Aikman says so on national television.

Interesting. "Grokipedia’s generation process elaborates on existing material...rather than producing substantively new or more rigorously sourced knowledge" "[Grokipedia] mirrors Wikipedia’s informational scope but... favor[s] narrative expansion over citation-based verification"

We're at 5 Indy turnovers. Wheels all the way off this one.

How have the Colts become allergic to the ball? 3 turnovers in A HALF? And we're not done yet. Woof

We had way fewer trick or treaters than we'd prepped for (functionally none) and @megmralph.bsky.social was lamenting "What are we going to do with all the candy I bought?!?" Me:

I talk with my Research Methods students about publishing during the semester... and I was had a difficult time explaining why I personally avoid Frontiers similar to MDPI. I will have less difficulty this coming year. From: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A benefit (I guess) of training on the differences b/w AI & human generated text for the last several years is how strong my intuition has gotten. My heart was SCREAMING 'I don't want to read this' almost immediately on a piece... and it took me a while to realize why: it's for sure LLM text. ugh

It's true! I think about this also when someone is making no sense... And suddenly I'll think "man, I have no idea what they are talking about... They clearly also have no idea what they are talking about."

Change one letter, ruin a candy. Tummy Worms

Satire is dead because any joke I would make doesn't top reality.

How you type your phone number for someone else tells me everything about you. I don't make the rules, I just report the news.

Tired: Registering for a conference late and paying full price. Wired: Registering early so you get early bird discounts. Fired: Booking travel so early registration isn't open yet, and then forgetting to register entirely. Ask me how I know. smh

I need a word for that sinking feeling when you realize you have more legit, viable words than you have guesses left on the Wordle. That's a fun little shot of dread to start the morning.

It has to be very frustrating to try to play defense against Patrick. The man plays like it's a video game. The eyeballs. The execution. Whew.

The refs are doing all the work for Pittsburgh on this drive... Ugh.

Every interception! Nom nom nom

Let's go Denver! Pedal to the metal. Beat Dallas by 100. Love it.

Cutting away from the Baltimore game to see this business with the Jets... What happened?! This game was over. I am so confused.

As an industry researcher (albeit a different industry) I am eager to read this.

Wow, two things I also love that I don't usually see in content together. Fun.

Oh, data files are prepped for SPSS. The journey continues. Wait... am I a data snob now?

A brand new, first edition, textbook teaching Chronbach's alpha? Not a great start...

I take surveys because my job includes making surveys. I just encountered an open comment box with a live AI analysis that prompts me to elaborate as I am typing. That is a real use case of an LLM. I must concede a point for this. I am genuinely impressed and can see the value of this real product.

The second half of our neuroscience month saw how emotion shapes memory formation. Strong emotional moments boost consolidation into working memory. We think about relationships and positive learning environments as a way to sustainably get these boosts. #EduSky twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...

Me: Children should help load the dishwasher! *Sees how his children load the dishwasher* Me: Oh no.

I put it off for so long... But I finally watched Superman. Yeah, it is good. I was ready to be bored... But the tone is right and it's fun. Well done.

Man... there are very few ways to make me your enemy faster than to railroad a meeting. If you have no consideration for the space you take in a room, you can bet I will probably be too busy to work with you... on anything.

Trump DOE bans words including climate change and green : NPR share.google/k3gJK2iJy3C9...

I would sprinkle Aaron's tears on my cornflakes. Love it.

This seems to be in direct conflict with the actual research on AI understanding and enthusiasm. "Lower Artificial Intelligence Literacy Predicts Greater AI Receptivity" doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Interjecting with your gameplay opinion off-turn in any tabletop game is rude, bordering on cheating.

This month we focused on neuroscience. We started with how feelings of agency influence dopamine function in our brains. Agency Disinhibits Dopamine: giving students control - even with small choices - improves their brain's ability to learn! #EduSky #AcademicSky twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end. In the meantime: • Figure out a small way to help someone • Figure out a small way to fight back • Figure out a small place to find joy • Figure out a small way to grow and thrive And do it often.

I cannot believe the Bears won that game. Can. Not.

As a well established pedant myself, I can assure you (the general reader) that the phrase "it demands the question" rolls off the tongue just as well and has the benefit of probably being accurate to your meaning.

I produce and co-host an education research podcast that releases new episodes on the 12th of every month. Let's talk neuroscience! We discussed a model for perceived agency's effect on dopamine production (learning) and emotion's effect on memory consolidation. twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...

Mandatory department pacing guide

I'd watch Dallas get beat 16 weeks in a row. Really well done Carolina.

In fact, let me officially offer my notes as research data to #AcademicSky. I have documented my study from the begining. I have the AI and MCR versions of every single one of these summaries. @aeraedresearch.bsky.social?

I have studied this for... 3 years now? Maybe more. Every month I ask AI to summarize two research papers, then I deep read those papers myself. They do a bad job. Their summary always misses something... Pretty often something big. Some include false information, too. It's not a summary.