Speaking of #rstats, my buddy Joey Merrin and his colleagues recently published a paper in AMPPS/had an R package "CATAcode" accepted to CRAN. Looks like a banger set of resources to navigate those finicky "choose-all-that-apply" (CATA) survey questions! Check it out!

We should no longer trust data collected on MTurk link.springer.com/article/10.3... My guess is that other online data is going to drop in quality due to LLMs. This is going to be an existential crisis for the behavioral sciences.

Pleased to share for those using #rstats for analyzing #dyadic data, that we released a major update of dySEM on CRAN (now ver. 1.4.1) *just* before the winter break. New functionality for scripting/outputting dyadic SEMs, along with (much) more test coverage! 🧵 cran.r-project.org/web/packages...

Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters

Want to come work in a great Psychology Department? Able to teach within Cognitive and/or Behavioral Neuroscience areas of expertise? Well, we have a spot you'll love full well here in Kansas! careers.k-state.edu/jobs/teachin... (Apps due by March 1, 2026)

“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health”

I really got used to my end of semester level of inbox activity. Grinding through my inbox today is grueling!! 😵‍💫

Hey, get that flu shot. Knowing folks who are catching this current flu and it's kicking them in the teeth -- the shot will, worst case scenario, prevent it from taking you to the hospital or the morgue. It might knock it out quicker for you or even help you duck catching it. (Mask up, too.)

It's been a very productive holiday break. I created a course outline for the new seminar I'm teaching this semester and my child taught himself how to skate in about 3 (non consecutive) days on the ice. My efforts are far less exciting or adorable.

for me, 2025 was a year full of days. 365 by my recollection. there were 12 months, and I did all of em. I expect much of the same in 2026. thank you for reading

I haven't opened my work email since the 23rd, but I did make a pretty awesome snowman today!

My paper on break-up chatbots came out today, just in time for you to bring it up as a debate topic at the Christmas dinner table. A podcast on this will come out after the holidays too. Article free to read below ⬇️

I can’t remember where I heard this (maybe somewhere obvious) but I tell students the product of the masters is not their thesis, it’s them and their abilities.

I bet Santa only gets minor revisions 🎄🎅😉

Grading is finished, I'm not caught up on my writing, but I did make gingerbread cupcakes with cream cheese frosting 🎄

Assistant or Associate Professor (Canada Research Chair) in Healthy and Inclusive Work, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1715853...

Meanwhile @paolopalma.bsky.social and I do this all the time 👀😂

It’s one of the most important and underrated dating skills: Being able to end a relationship kindly, gently, and without drama. Here’s what to say (with explanations why you’re saying it and strategies if things don’t go well). open.substack.com/pub/psycholo...

We had our last SCWASH lab meeting of the semester and celebrated by reviewing our accomplishments from the past semester, setting goals for next semester, and building a gingerbread village together!

Ready for your next travel adventure? Join me and Sexual Health Alliance in Paris and/or Amsterdam this spring for an immersive and unforgettable study abroad trip! https://www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/2025/11/13/study-abroad-with-me-in-paris-and-amsterdam/

Canada’s updated PrEP and PEP guideline strengthens our prevention efforts. It centres accessibility, equity, and clear communication, reflecting what communities have needed for years. My new blog explores why this matters. #UequalsU #PLHIVLeadersNOW #HIVPrevention

I made a bunch of Die Hard references in my lab meeting today and, judging by the blank looks I got, either my lab members don't know the move well (or at all!?) or I'm not as funny as I think I am. Either way 😬

Literally me right now as I realize I now have to grade the papers I assigned for my grad seminar this semester. 😭

Thrilled to talk with @neilbedi.bsky.social for this excellent deep dive into an emerging and alarming form of gambling www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We absolutely will not be doing Elf on the Shelf in my house - just looking at the set ups other parents are doing makes me feel empathetic stress!

I wrote a reference letter for a grad student's funding application today and sent them a copy to look at. I loooooved when mentors did that for me and I'm so happy to carry on the tradition of letting trainees read something that pumps them up.

I wrote a reference letter for a grad student's funding application today and sent them a copy to look at. I loooooved when mentors did that for me and I'm so happy to carry on the tradition of letting trainees read something that pumps them up.

Seeing IQ discourse on here It is predictably bad

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky New paper interesting (minority labels over-represented in both positive & negative news) But I give special hats off to this cute, but very meaningful, intergroup image ❤️ Each alien had two majority attributes, & one minority. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.

Me: classes are done, I have three weeks before I leave for an Xmas vacation, time to do ALL the things!!! My sinuses (after having a sick toddler coughing in my face all last week): how about sickness and pain instead?

On this #WorldAIDSDay, CAHR remembers those who lost their lives, offers its support and compassion for those living with HIV, and recognizes the ongoing dedication and accomplishments of Canadian researchers from across all HIV research disciplines and communities.

Proud to announce on World AIDS Day today that our 2025 update to Canadian guideline on HIV PrEP and PEP is now published in @cmaj.ca! The guideline include 31 recommendations and 10 good practice statements to support clinical decision making. Learn more 👉 doi.org/10.1503/cmaj...

I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30. Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50. I’m 58 now. HIV treatment works. Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex. Ensure HIV treatment for all. End HIV stigma. #WorldAIDSDay

If descriptive research is supposed to be one cure for the replication crisis, why do reviewers and editors keep downgrading descriptive research for not advancing theory? I explore this (in the context of sex and singlehood) in my latest Substack post. unromanticprof.substack.com/p/on-the-val...

It's World AIDS Day! I feel incredibly privileged to be able to do the work I do and make a small contribution to the lives of people from some of the communities most impacted by HIV. I've learned so much from being part of this work! share.google/PoVhVbNltKE4...

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

Excellent morning plenary from Dr. Lance McCready at CBRC Summit! We're talking about the importance of putting in the resources to better develop third spaces that support Black sexual minority men in a tailored and culturally grounded way.

My grad student and I found a cute cafe in Montreal's gay village and tried to play Donkey Kong Country together 😂

I'm doing a terrible job of posting coverage from Summit in Montreal - but I promise it's amazing and we're having a great time and learning so much! 🌈💕

It's Transgender Day of Remembrance! Our trans friends face unique barriers to accessing safe and affirming healthcare, but we can do better: Caring for Trans and gender-diverse people - Community-Based Research Centre share.google/e4gEXkMeu5nt...

I've reached the point in the semester where I can't even get excited about getting big scary things checked off my to do list, because their absence just allows me to remember all the other tasks I back burner-ed.

I imagine this has resulted in some confusion

Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made. Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊

Sometimes, when I'm walking, I use the Google assistant function in my phone and verbally tell it to set a reminder for me to do something important. Usually this works great. Sometimes, when the reminder comes up days later, I can't decipher what Google wrote down for me:

Remember, it’s technically only imposter syndrome if you’re good at things

Check out my lab member's entry to a CIHR IHDCYH short video competition. Here is a short video on the rise of aggression from COVID: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbv5... Here is the link to vote (vote for Suzanna Dinh): cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54519.html

I was just talking about this with my measurement class last week - just that simple face validity check to see if it seems like this scale actually seems like it measures what it says it does.

Well, it took less than 24 hours after I posted for my "to do" list to double in length and for me to feel almost completely overwhelmed again. Yay.

Aka me at a conference 🫣