Curious about how psychological theories are built, tested, and refined in practice? This summer, the Theory Methods Society is launching the very first edition of the summer school Theory Building in Psychology at the University of Amsterdam (July 6–10, 2026). theorymethodssociety.org

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We’re #hiring a #PhD candidate at NIDI (The Hague). Together with @frankvantubergen.bsky.social and @glorenz.bsky.social, I will supervise a project on the connection of different dimensions of social cohesion in ethnically diverse schools. Deadline 1 April 2026. More information:

Gotta say I see such progress in Q&As at #SPSP. No comments disguised as questions. & every question prefaced with a kind, positive remark. I so value this progress!

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

Competence.

TFW your gut just tells you to distance from certain people & it maybe costs you some things professionally, & then they turn up in the Epstein files. It’s weird.

I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.

Her vehicle's right front panel cleared the ICE agent who didn't open fire until after he was at the side of her vehicle. He used deadly force on a fleeing individual, which is against DHS policy. This is murder. He needs to be arrested.

My heart. 💔😞

Canadian job 👀 🇨🇦 ‼️ Second search this year! Our Dept of Psychology is hiring again, this time at the assoc/full level, for a prestigious, endowed position. Focus is social/affective neuroscience in any area (clinical, social, cog, or dev). Apply by Jan 30! Reposts, pls www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...

Academic salaries are too low to attract folk who value $. Maybe dangling guaranteed tenure will get their attention…

One week left to apply to the Max Planck School of Cognition! I have worked with several grad students from the programme and it's an impressive group of people. Deadline Dec 1st.

POSTDOC POSITION in social psychology at Cornell @cornellpsych.bsky.social! We will begin reviewing apps Dec 1st. Please repost! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31185 @spspnews.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social @aplssc.bsky.social @spssi.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social

Phew!

My class today had an amazing lecture from @h4x354x0r.bsky.social so grateful for those who bring joy in this sometimes dark world!

Omg canvas???

all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails

😡😡😡 Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

To the 149 people “still waiting for me to read” their messages on ResearchGate, sorry but I’ve got >1000 emails in My inbox. Get in line!

Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

This old piece of mine is relevant today: How to think about the risk of autism, using the common yardstick of risk ratios. The only update is that the risk ratio for Tylenol is 1.0, i.e. no added risk. www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...

For medical matters, rely on your healthcare professionals.

Announcing SPSP's 2026 Self & Identity precon (bit.ly/4mn2WDT), which will have a timely focus on activist and ally identities. We have a phenomenal set of speakers (Linda Tropp! Kim Rios! Lucy De Souza! Teri Kirby! Dan McAdams!) and are accepting data blitz and poster submissions until Oct 23!

Really troubling. Faculty should expect to be video recorded and have those videos edited and misrepresented. Faculty in southern states are looking to leave — either that location or academia entirely. Blue states could grow higher ed to recruit students and faculty in a red state brain drain.

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Sports Broadcasters: Speaking for marching band parents everywhere, WHY CAN’T YOU SHOW SNIPPETS OF THE HALFTIME SHOW?!?!?

I wonder how all the finance bros who voted for Trump because they wanted to say slurs without consequences feel right now www.axios.com/2025/09/05/j...

Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.

"If the US government persists down this current path...the world will inevitably witness a tragic increase in child deaths..." Sobering warning from @drsethberkley.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

They were Romulans not Vulcans. Calm down.

Once the university joined the SEC, we’re shooed off campus on game day afternoons. Priorities!

thinking about all the times I went with my class across the street to the church for Mass in our blue & green plaid uniforms & only the old people on the back to hear us pray & sing. 😥

Alarmingly, Black student enrollment is decreasing in the University of Michigan's psychology doctoral program. In my year (last year), there were 5 of us. This year, there is 1 student, representing 2% of the entire cohort. Op Ed from Dr. Kevin Cokley. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/blac...

why do folks use message board posts as course requirements? 1/3

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All new assistant professors “enjoying” their first day: have a great one! You’ve got this!!!!!

Yes our country is on the brink of god knows what & my marriage may be on a chopping block, but syllabus is done-ish & canvas pages published. So at least there’s that.

Finishing up P&T letters and feeling nervous but good for everyone!

Mom Hasn't Ordered Favorite Pizza Topping In Over A Decade theonion.com/mom-has...

Planted nasturtiums...grew a cat.

Our department at the University of Toronto is hiring an assistant professor of sociology of race / ethnicity this fall. I'm not on the hiring committee but am very happy to talk to you about the position if you are interested. You can email, DM, or find me at ASA. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

The state of Missouri is not a democracy

Our department @yorkpsychology.bsky.social has 2 open lecturer positions (=tenure-track Assistant Prof). Social psych is one of the priority areas, so consider applying if you study social behavior, incl. intergroup relations, culture, environmental or media psych. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Are you a health care professional interested in the impacts of heat on health, especially for people living with multiple long-term conditions? Applications invited for the Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals. Project details: lnkd.in/dmbQfp5H. Apply here: lnkd.in/dsZz4QTH

Western University is offering new scholarships of up to 40k CAD for four years to doctoral students who are studying at, have an offer from, or have had an offer rescinded from one of the top 100 American universities. Come and study with me or one of my colleagues!

Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional. 📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025 🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...