Splashdown! Vehicle is stable and upright. “A perfect bulls-eye splash for Integrity and its four astronauts!” #Artemis

I looked up this old PhD comic after meeting with my honours student today. She was surprised how often she used passive voice in her methods section. I told her that it is a common problem, and this comic made fun of it. If you need this for your students, here you go: phdcomics.com/comics/archi...

My paper "Powering the Circumplex" was just accepted at Assessment! 🎉 It's a practical guide to sample size planning for the Structural Summary Method with an R package (github.com/kimberlyjg/s...) & web calculator (kjgilbert01.shinyapps.io/shiny/). Data & code: osf.io/63wyf

This SPSP #MemberMonday, we're sharing an article on morality by Jessie Sun which suggests that being good and feeling good are not mutually exclusive but, instead, go hand in hand. Read more in Psyche Magazine: https://ow.ly/A1oW50YEuLj

For those who celebrate:

I love this so much. 😅

New preprint out today (osf.io/preprints/ps...). We tested whether AI agents are actually infiltrating online surveys. Spoiler alert: they aren't Thread 🧵 [1/9]

I had a discussion about this in my grad writing class recently. I love my em dashes--especially when you need to add emphasis or break up a sentence. But AI usually uses them incorrectly, often instead of a semi+colon. So I will keep using them because em dashes are--with few exceptions--awesome.

I will never forgive AI for taking the em-dash away from me. I was — gratuitously — using it first!

Ottawa's No Tyrants protest today in solidarity with #NoKings. It was a bit chilly today, but at least the sun was out.

I love this! Protests are about showing up, but not all protest spaces are accessible. This is especially true in Ottawa as the No Tyrants protest is at the York Street steps. People with disabilities can stay on the accessible paths at the top of the stairs, but it is still limited access.

Do you do quantitative psychological research? Do you need to conduct power analyses? Then you'd better read this article. doi.org/10.1037/met0... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Starfleet Academy was a pleasant surprise for me. Did I love all of it? No, but that's true for any Trek series. I also wasn't the target demographic. But it was a strong first season--a rare thing for Star Trek. Given Paramount's political shenanigans right now, I worry for the future of Star Trek.

Friends, any recommended readings on bot detection? Having some issues, would love to collect as many sources as possible on how to deal with this! TYIA #AcademicSky

I missed this last night! My dear alma mater (or at least one of them)--and yes, it has a very quirky history. Additional fun fact: Oglethorpe was also featured in the series finale of Stranger Things (not far from the Crypt, actually).

👋 PSA: Just over one month left to apply for an SPSP award, grant, or fellow status! Gain recognition for your own work in personality and social psych or celebrate a colleague by submitting an application today! Submit applications here before April 20: https://ow.ly/cjCe50YwlJI

Considering the many other ways people often post about St. Patrick's Day (i.e., using absolutely terrible Irish accents and stereotypes), this video is refreshing, educational, and poignant for the present day. Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️

Happy Pi Day, y'all. And if you think it is a silly holiday based around certain preferences for writing dates (i.e., Month/Day), you're not wrong. But I think it is a good excuse for the following: i) silly humor, ii) nerdy celebrations, and iii) good pie. So enjoy your Pi Day fellow nerds!

The NIH budget was basically the same in 2025 vs. 2024. This massive decline in health research funding was driven by *administrative* choices.

A new Department of Cognitive Science is being created at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Here is the call for a cluster hire (for around 10 faculty) in all areas of cognitive science, at both junior and senior levels: www.unibocconi.it/en/faculty-a... Deadline: May 4th, 2026

Your daily reminder

New paper led by SJ Shao in @commspsychol.nature.com. Across 20 days of EMA (5x daily), momentary loneliness prospectively predicted heightened social threat perception and social withdrawal. Trait loneliness amplified loneliness–rejection coupling and social disengagement @emoriebeck.bsky.social

I am hiring a new lab manager for the @umdleadlab.bsky.social to start this summer! Job ad and link to apply here. Please re-post and share with your seniors, and/or anyone else who would be a good fit! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

On the postdoc market?? Our social area at UF is two hours from Disney and the beach, and two minutes from endless access to alligators!! Also toy dinos. Need I say more?? Run*, don’t walk, to apply - job ad closes today!! *swimming or diving is also acceptable

Study promotion for a great PhD student! If you and/or your romantic partner are experiencing depressive symptoms, consider participating in this online study. Your participation can help researchers better understand romantic partner support. Open to couples of any gender or sexual orientation 🌈

Our lab has a new postdoc position that is ideal for someone interested in a career in data science or statistical consulting and an interest in gender diversity / trans health. apply.interfolio.com/182278

Here’s a full draft of the upcoming second edition of my “Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction”: socviz.co

#SPSP2026 join us at 12:30 to answer all your questions about registered reports!

Yangyilin Guo presenting on regional personality in Colombia, Japan, and New Zealand. 🇳🇿 @spspnews.bsky.social #SPSP2026

This 2026 remix is way, way worse than 2003 or 1991. Or 1987 if you want to include Black Monday and various Reagan-era shenanigans (which were also pretty damn bad). Zero attempt for a pretext or even the veneer of one this time....

During my prep for Social Development, I forgot that I had this meme on the slide about siblings. I'm not sure how my own siblings should view this--I'm guessing my older brother would claim he would be winning. I doubt many students would get this Highlander reference, but I'm keeping it in.

I won't be at #SPSP2026 this year, but I hope y'all have a great conference in Chicago!

Edward L. Deci, 83, Dies; Found Self-Determination as a Key to Happiness www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/s...

School psychology scholars: we have a job opening. We are Canadian and very nice humans. You can contact me for more info. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...

The new #Scrubs reboot brought me so much joy this evening. If you're a fan of the original show, then you should enjoy it. Same vibe, but the characters reflect how their lives have changed in the past 15 years. I guess it's also weird for me to go from student to mentor perspective with this, too.

Exciting news! We just posted an opening for a Survey Associate on @pewresearch.org's Methods team! This is an amazing opportunity for someone relatively early in their career to join what is, IMO, the most fun methods team in the business. Full description at the link below.

My first PhD paper is out 🎉🐣 We examined transactions between Big Five traits and first sexual intercourse across up to 10 years and ~5,000 German adolescents. Extraversion stood out 🔄🧠 Agreeableness + openness showed interesting patterns as well Check them out here: doi.org/10.1177/0890...

📣 Join @katiecorker.bsky.social (ASAPbio), @thewilkybarkid.bsky.social, and @neurosarda.bsky.social (@prereview.bsky.social) on March 5th for the Community Call! Speakers will discuss the ins and outs of doing open peer review as part of a team🤝 Register 👇️ buff.ly/5I0wC4l

Paper on statistical power necessary for interaction effects doi.org/10.1177/2515...

There should be a bonus medal for dropping a perfect f-bomb faster than the NBC censors can catch it

Bee personality! "Although bees could choose from multiple routes, we discovered that individual bees follow idiosyncratic paths with striking and repeatable precision."

"Barely 24 hours after announcing the #RideauCanal Skateway was closing due to slushy conditions, the National Capital Commission #NCC has announced it will reopen Wednesday morning." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #CBC #news #skate #skating #Ottawa

It is amazing how that works! I'm glad that the admin hasn't bothered to hire psychologists who can help explain human behavior to them....

Opportunity abounds search.app/yACG7

Excellent! No notes. 😅

I totally did not expect this Italian song during the Opening Ceremony. For those who don't know, it was meant to mimic English, but the words are all nonsense. youtu.be/RObuKTeHoxo?...

The whole extended interview is worth your time, but this chip of Sir Ian's performance is absolutely something you should watch right now.

The new Muppet Show episode was so good. Very much the vibe of the original show. Just what I needed tonight.

I've been in Canada for a few years now, and I finally went to a hockey game in person this evening: PWHL game, Seattle Torrent vs. Ottawa Charge. It was a wild game, including a player ejection and fight that was not in these highlights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT26...

First post of the year, new paper out today: we present possibly the biggest case of systematic Measurement Schmeasurement in tech use. It seems that most studies on gaming (videogame) addiction/disorder haven't measured gaming after all. This research took years, so long 🧵 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...