The NYT liveblog on the autism press conference is a fascinating read -- largely because it's written by health reporters and not political reporters. Look at how direct and appropriately shocked these posts are! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Some people think ChatGPT has a place writing things like news briefs, stuff written to a specific style and tone and, y'know, kinda boring. So Science did a study. ChatGPT failed. Why? It got stuff wrong. "Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed." www.science.org/content/blog...

#Zeptember Day 22: A little social psychology in your sports & life . . . h/t @mwkraus.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

In grad school, I did a study on how the duration of touch between teammates predicted performance over the course of the entire season. This summer, I learned that the Jacksonville Jaguars coach uses our study as part of his approach to winning culture. www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

Dudes rock

Forms of Psychological Bias Against Transgender Women and Men and People with Nonbinary Gender Identities -- now online at Personality and Social Psychology Review. Main article: doi.org/10.1177/1088... Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... #SocialPsychology #IntergroupBias #Transgender #Nonbinary

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot. one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

The @nber.org Race and Stratification in the Economy working group is seeking submissions for our upcoming Spring 2026 meeting to be held on March 27, 2026. The submission deadline is December 11, 2025. The call for papers is here: www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pd...

@mwkraus.bsky.social powerful words on the future of diversity research in the US: “There is one way out of this, and it is through it.” 👊

"we will not stop...We will continue to pursue research questions at the heart of diversity science even as they wain in popularity within the field. We do this, not because we are naïve, but because these questions and this work matters to us and to the communities we care about."

"And so I write this now, in gratitude, for an award celebrating excellence in diversity science in this climate where that very science, and the people who produce it and benefit from it, are under attack."

Facing a proposed $1.2-billion fine and severe medical research grant cuts at UCLA, the University of California has not gone head-to-head with Trump in court. So on Tuesday, groups representing more than 100,000 of its employees did. www.latimes.com/california/s...

To ring in #TheDoubleTax, I'm in FORBES WOMEN talking with TIME 100 honoree Aisha Nyandoro about how a book about the individual and societal costs of racism and sexism is the exact right book for the political moment. Pre-order #TheDoubleTax: annagifty.com and check out our interview! #blacksky

On behalf of the AAUP, I am so honored to share that today we joined our sister UC unions in a wall-to-wall lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the use of Title VI as a cudgel to bend the University of California in its ideological vision. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Deeply honored to be recognized by @publicknowledge.bsky.social, an organization that advocates for the digital rights and liberties of all of us. Thank you.

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!

I wrote a little note on awards for diversity and science: mwkraus.medium.com/a-note-on-aw...

Since the city announced Monday that federal immigration agents are likely to come to Evanston in the “coming days,” community members have come together to share “Know Your Rights” resources. — Reported by Marisa Guerra Echeverria, Anavi Prakash, and Siddarth Sivaraman

BREAKING: Judge Cobb *blocks* Trump's removal of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Announced ~one week after last president resigned. I'm guessing nobody has read Tom Tyler's work on procedural justice... www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/09/h...

🚨We're hiring!🚨 The Dept of Psychology at Rutgers is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology. Review of applications begin on Oct 18. Details here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259... I'm chairing the search committee and am happy to field questions about the position. 🧵

FYI - New @spspnews.bsky.social session on Navigating Uncertainty: A Community Conversation on Research Funding Challenges Friday, September 19 2 - 3 PM ET (free and virtual) Sign up: community.spsp.org/events/sNhWo...

The federal government’s $1B demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate UCLA and its critical mission. Join me and #StandUpForUC to defend UofCalifornia and support its life-saving work. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

My lab is hiring a lab manager! Application deadline = 11/1, start date sometime between June & September 2026 (to be arranged with finalist). Please spread the word & apply here: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/a3f80f7.... #AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #psychjobs

This SPSP #MemberMonday, explore research from @jinxungoh.bsky.social examining how racial groups perceive competition between Asian Americans and Black Americans. The study reveals complex patterns that may affect intergroup relations and coalition building. 📖: ow.ly/Gqa650WT8qr

I don’t just shitpost. I occasionally publish things too lol

I really resent my tax dollars being spent on this

Simpering cowards one and all. This is almost unbearable to watch.

We're hiring TWO social psychologists (one health, one any area of social) at U of Utah! Pls share widely, and reach out if you have any questions! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/186...

People are really struggling right now. Instead of using AI to make images, a couple hundred dollars to a working artist would help them out.

BREAKING, from NY Playbook PM: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.

NEW: We are suing to block the unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to DC. Armed soldiers should not be policing American citizens on American soil. The forced military occupation of the District of Columbia violates our local autonomy and basic freedoms. It must end.

again remembering all the criticisms of "woke capitalism" and the hypocritical excesses of hollow corporate diversity and wondering if we were all on the same page about what would replace them when they were gone

"Pennsylvania is the latest state to adopt vaccine counsel from nongovernmental agencies in order to ensure access to COVID-19 shots this fall as health leaders with the Trump administration move to restrict or limit eligibility."

You can read the letter here: www.savehhs.org The scale of public dissent from federal employees is extraordinary, even as the threats against them are unprecedented. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/your-gover...

AAUP-HARVARD, AAUP, & UAW WON THE HARVARD CASE!!!! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"A review of the admin. record makes it difficult to conclude anything other than that Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of the... 1st Amendment and Title VI."

JUST IN: Harvard won summary judgment against the Trump administration with the court finding that the admin violated Harvard's 1st amend. rights. The court has vacated the funding freeze orders and termination letters and issued a permanent injunction. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social

Absolutely stoked to share Season 2 of the Stress Puzzle! We have a phenomenal lineup of guests this season to help us all think more deeply about stress ~in context~ including @jayvanbavel.bsky.social, @ajuaduker.bsky.social @mwkraus.bsky.social, Danielle King, Mary-Frances O'Connor, and more! 🧩

Being on social media is fine but if it’s getting in the way of you doing deep reading and deep thinking, then your balance of how you spend your time is off Lots of interesting threads here and none of them are a substitute for reading a good book or essay

I've been in the trenches of my comprehensive exams so I'm late to the party, but I'm so proud of this paper! It was cathartic to reflect on field and the purpose of our work within it. Thank you @mwkraus.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute!

wow

Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks

PsyArXiv is now down to only ~40% of the backlog we started with, thanks to our amazing moderators 🎉 To all mods: thank you so much for your hard work! Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :) #PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky

Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...

I was honored by the @psychscience.bsky.social DEI Committee's invitation to help curate this collection of outstanding articles addressing a range of issues related to anti-Black racism. I also couldn't have asked for a more thoughtful and thorough partner in @johnjost.bsky.social. Please share!

Friends! Inherited Inequality makes its debut Sept 16 🎉 Join me for an open & honest conversation about the power & limits of the two-parent family for improving child outcomes & addressing one of America’s most intractable problems: racial inequality Hope to see you there!

politics is conflictual; a reality you cannot poll, focus group, or message your way out of.