5 rules of writing: 1. The reader can only read your words, not your mind. 2. Never make the reader work. 3. The reader is always right. 4. The reader has many other choices. 5. You have (at most) two paragraphs to keep the reader.

Elementary school 5k - of the 21 corporate sponsors, 5 were for orthodontic practices.

Study section was yesterday and this is me today…

My favorite political sign in the neighborhood:

I’m teaching in a classroom with issues of journals from the ~1940s. I just saw that publication fees are old!

We’re hiring! Seeking a full-time research assistant to coordinate and collect data for studies of neural and physiological predictors of depression and related symptoms in youth and families. More info below: ecsr.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. Read more: https://propub.li/4rBUJOV

We had Irish pub music on during dinner. Keira wrote me a note about it:

Stand Up For Science Founder & CEO Colette Delawalla states three demands: 1. Remove RFK Jr. 2. Reinstate the American Dream of Science. 3. Science should be driven by scientists not political appointees. Join the fight! standupforscience.net/march7

A friend just sent me this picture. It’s uh…quite something.

I don’t think people understand what’s this means: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE BLOCKING ALL WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, INSULIN PUMPS, GLUCOSE MONITORS, CPAP MACHINES, NEBULIZERS, BEDS, CRUTCHES, COMODE CHAIRS, BED SORE PRESSURE PADS, CHAIR LIFTS, OXYGEN TANKS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT, to name a few.

Never thought I'd get a chuckle out of a github page, but then there's: yifengedms.github.io/simPM/ @quantitude.bsky.social @yifeng.bsky.social

🗑️ <——- a dedicated venue

I'm looking for a postdoc to work on our NIH-funded R01 which is a longitudinal cohort of adolescents (13-20) doing EMA and passive text sensing! Please apply, especially if you have experience in the analysis OR collection of these data. PLEASE SHARE!! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32132

Just got my ~~~certificate~~~ for reviewing for APA journals. There's a link for feedback on the certificates. I made the suggestion that they should integrate CEUs for those who would like them... If you get the survey, maybe raise the same idea!

I was happy to see Bayes theorem in a Super Bowl commercial, until I saw what it was advertising…

Full original article here:

Just out—a piece I wrote a piece for the APS Observer (@psychscience.bsky.social) in which I share recommendations and resources for running a research lab at a small, liberal arts college. I hope it helps others in the same boat! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics? 1) Write NSF 2) Write your Congressperson 3) CC us at [email protected] so we can compile + follow up Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter

FYI - car fob still works if you run it through the washing machine.

I will never forget saying that Rittenhouse’s valorization was a sign that white men had been deputized in precisely this way. I believe it got me almost banned on Twitter. Anyway. Some of the reason I just cannot these days is I feel like I already did.

1. I’m not surprised this happened. This is the side of open data sources we don’t talk about: there’s an assumption that everyone will access the data in good faith. (More on this in a min) 2. This is a sneak peak into the kind of BS thay NIH, HHS, and other fed R&D is about fund. 1/?

Hey folks: Check out this grad student-led, interdisciplinary, virtual conference being held in April. Abstract submissions due end of Feb

What’s more binding? An infinite deal, or a pinky swear?

The Child & Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program (CHAAMP) is hiring a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry, UNC School of Medicine, focused on child/adolescent anxiety & mood disorders with flexibility in research program. Rolling review. 🔗 unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/312...

Anyone have a good resource in comparing bootstrapping and permutation testing? They both do some resampling, but their philosophies are very different.

SAMHSA cuts up to $1.9B in mental health, substance abuse grants | STAT www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/s...

From a lab member: “I volunteer at an organization called Justice for Migrant Families. We work to provide support (legal, financial etc) for individuals detained. If you know of anyone in need of help they can call the following number for help (JFMF hotline 716 427 4917).”

This is sickening. UB scientist being held by ICE despite valid visa and no criminal history. Just for making a wrong turn. www.investigativepost.org/2026/01/14/w...

👩‍🏫 I'm giving a continuing education webinar on @BpdCompass on January 30th from 1-4 pm ET. $99 for Professionals $10 for Students Learn a transdiagnostic, personality-focused treatment that address BOTH BPD and common comorbid conditions. 🤩 Learn more: personality-compass.com/bpd-compass-...

A very important and timely post.

New paper & a thread on the results 👇 ‘Reward-specific learning parameters change across normative adolescent development and are blunted in youth with high risk for depression’ acamh-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezp3.lib.umn.edu/doi/full/10....

Finished reading HP & The Half-Blood Prince with my daughter and The logic of scientific discovery / Karl Popper. One of those books led to many more tears than the other..

It’s been so windy, I might not need to take the Christmas lights off the roof…

Moral dilemma: I didn’t make my family’s fantasy football league playoff. My wife is in the semi-final and needs a TE. Do I drop him so my wife can pick him up?

UNCG will be hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in child clinical psychology! We are late in the cycle, so please help us circulate to any interested parties: spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/33557

"Schrödinger's causal inference" (n): The practice of making causal claims or interpretations within a scientific article - typically in the title, abstract, implications, or conclusion - while simultaneously warning that the study design is unsuitable for causal inference.

Folks who are going to APS next summer: @olinotom.bsky.social and I are thinking of proposing a symposium on rethinking/reconceptualizing comorbidity (still finalizing a specific topic) and are looking for a couple of other folks to present. Anyone potentially interested? Feel free to DM!

I will be reviewing applications for @unm.edu's Clinical Psychology as well as Diversity and Health Data Science Across the Lifespan PhD programs. Both deadlines are December 1! psych.unm.edu/graduate/ind...

My 8th grader had a lab report to finish this weekend. I plotted his data and estimated a linear regression model. The model explained 98.8% of the variance! I was so jealous... the lab applied a constant heat source to an initial mixture of ice water, but still! 98.8%!!

If they've got enough money for these donations, they've got enough money to pay a higher tax rate.

Banger after banger after banger…

Hey, look at that... PCSAS parity in PA for licensure 😀https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/049/chapter41/s41.31.html&d=reduce

Should be at study section…

Just to be clear - @shayanasadi.bsky.social wants to go to Spain! Go to Spain!

Hi bluesky friends! I plan to submit a symposium with @craiganthonyrs.bsky.social for APS 2026 on contextual psychopathology research from ECRs (students welcome!) Content area and methods are wide open. If you are interested or know someone who may be, message me and we'll chat further. 1/2

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Take a look at the logo! Then the thread!

If AI is so smart, why can't the AI bots sending me spam realize that I'm not going to respond and stop sending more emails?