That's me in the corner...

In the midst of all the ongoing earth-shattering horror, some baby steps. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ever closer to dystopia! OpenAI Seems to Be Making a Very Familiar, Very Cynical Choice www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...

Fantastic plenary talk by Prof. Sarah Berry, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social at the Fifth Future Food Symposium, U Birmingham. Cut the semantics about ultraprocessed foods, focus on their health impacts!

New post! goodscience.substack.com/p/academic-c...

Interesting thread on the history of the term "Judgment and Decision Making". Two thoughts: 1. Missed mentioning the term "Behavioral Decision Theory" -- why it arose and how it fell away. 2. Why is the distinction between judgments and decisions also falling away? @dggoldst.bsky.social

One easy tell I discovered last week was clicking on the DOIs. "Artificial" indeed, just like it says on the tin. How much time will I waste clicking DOIs from now on?

Brilliant thread.

See 5 examples of how behavioral economics principles have been used to improve the lives of patients. chibe.upenn.edu/blog/5-examp...

For your convenience, we have a new electronic system. Just fill out the form online, download it, sign it, and email us the soft copy with all receipts.

On the sociopolitical and psychological foundations of health on.ft.com/4248c8Q

What can we learn about #AI in #HealthPolicy making? Join us for a free in-person event at @citystgeorges.bsky.social. 🗓️ Tuesday, 6th May 2025, 10:30–12:30 📍B200, University Building, Northampton Square ➡️ Register here: bit.ly/aihealthevent

For anyone interested in gender gaps in full-time university faculty, this analysis of Canada will be of interest. The bottom line is no surprise: they are still widely present universityaffairs.ca/features/wom...?

Socialize the costs, anyone? on.ft.com/3ENKUuu

1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.

Subtweet alert. The sense of disappointment when a new paper doesn't cite your obviously relevant work is always shockingly sharp. #beentheredonethat

Emotions are best assessed using four-point scales (Richins, 1997).

Indeed an excellent look for the UK! But hey, is @bayesbschool.bsky.social featured? By some metrics, we are now the leading academic centre for consumer decision making in the country.

Bowling alone, we're striking out and falling like ninepins. Staggering data. on.ft.com/4hh5mSw

Thought for the day: #Omnichannel #marketing is about reverse-engineering the pig to suit each customized lipstick.

It's 2025! Read for fun! on.ft.com/3BQMwTc

bmjleader.bmj.com/content/earl... Our latest #leanwashing paper out in #BMJLeader @bmj on Christmas Day! #obesity #foodpolitics

www.foodpolitics.com/2024/12/the-... @marionnestle.bsky.social

Women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career stage, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a #ScienceAdvances analysis finds.

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image. All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

Not every study needs to have a power analysis, but every study needs a sample size justification. I discuss 6 approaches, and 6 ways to think about which effect sizes are of interest in the study you are planning. online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

Delighted that the OG Behavioural Insights Team has released a new version of their excellent EAST Framework handbook, first published in 2014 and updated just now to reflect 10 more years of evidence on behavioral science usage around the world. www.bi.team/publications...

Academics, set aside some time to read this. And, especially if you are in a position of power, think about ways you can work to address the issues raised.

We need to invest more in social infrastructure, communities, governance, and trust. Excellent article on.ft.com/4ixk0GL but swimming against the tide I fear.

Sorry, but This Is [An Extremely Slanted and Internally Inconsistent Article on] the Future of Food www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...

Interested to see examples. IMHO preregistration should be tight for data, exclusions, etc. If you get a result inconsistent with the prediction, that's an opportunity for good science (just like in Step 3 in the quoted post)!

Not often these days that a newspaper article makes you feel gappy. A Patiala Peg for my old friend @jasmohanbajaj.bsky.social !

Have the Germans invented a word for the onset of bladder pressure when the seat belt sign is on? #psycholinguistics

A hundred years after Hotelling, researchers in Northern India hatched the Restauranting Model.

"Given Big Food’s track record, it’s likely that the companies will succeed at finding products Ozempic users crave." A fascinating new phase begins. Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/m...

Finally migrated here. Without people like me, diffusion curves would not be S-shaped.