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Benjamin Douglas

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I am an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio Wesleyan University, currently finishing my PhD at UW-Madison. I study social norms and persuasive messaging, particularly in the context of sustainability. 🏳️‍🌈 Website: https://benjaminddouglas.com

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Benjamin Douglas @bendouglas.bsky.social · Dec 4

I am unbelievably excited to share that starting in fall of 2025, I will be an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio Wesleyan University!

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Markus Brauer @markusbrauer.bsky.social · 1d

The Social Action Lab + Annenberg Public Policy Center at UPenn are hiring postdocs! Work on decision-making, attitudes, persuasion, social cognition, and behavior change with an interdisciplinary team. PhD in psych required. Apply here: my.spsp.org/Career-Cente...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Benjamin Douglas @bendouglas.bsky.social · 9d

This is some sad news

What an incredible scientist

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt

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Heather L Kosakowski @kosakowski.bsky.social · 12d

My lab at USC is recruiting!
1) research coordinator: perfect for a recent graduate looking for research experience before applying to PhD programs: usccareers.usc.edu REQ20167829
2) PhD students: see FAQs on lab website dornsife.usc.edu/hklab/faq/

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Dr. Allison G. Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social · 17d

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name!
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 21d

Important! The new OSF design is coming on Saturday, October 4th. OSF will be down for several hours that day to deploy it.

More information: www.cos.io/blog/coming-...

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Matt Southward @mattsouthward.bsky.social · 22d

Postdoc with us in Columbus! 🌰

I'm pumped to recruit a 1-2 year postdoc working on:
- mechanisms of change in treatment
- treatment personalization
- emotion reg

With a breakdown of:
50% research
30% treatment
20% mentorship/collaboration/conferences

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Post Doctoral Scholar

Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact [email protected]. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 22d

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"

Turns out, mom was right.

Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime

Feb. 4, 1939

February 4, 1939, Page 1

BERLIN, Feb. 3.—Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five "Aryan" actors and cabaret announcers by expelling them from the Reich's Chamber of Culture on the grounds that “in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism and therewith caused grave annoyance in public and especially to party comrades.” The five include perhaps the best known German stage comedians who survived previous Chamber of Culture purges and still dared to indulge in political witticisms—namely, Werner Finck, Peter Sachse and “The Three Rulands,” represented by Helmuth Buth, Wilhelm Meissner and Manfred Dlugi. Their expulsion means that they are henceforth forbidden to appear before the public in Germany.

Besides motivating this action in an official communiqué, Dr. Goebbels also publishes a long article in the Voelkischer Beobachter in which he denounces them as “brazen, impertinent, arrogant and tactless" and generally imitators and successors to Jews. Simultaneously he denounces the "society rabble that followed them with thundering applause—parasitic scum, inhabiting our luxury streets, that seems to have only the task of proving with how little brains people can get along and even acquire money and prominence."

As regards the details of the "crimes" of which the five are accused, Dr. Goebbels mentions that they made political witticisms about the colonial problem, the Four-Year Plan and Chancellor Hitler's monumental building program and one of them even raised the question of whether there was any humor left in Germany today.

What amused the public most, however, and presumably roiled the National Socialist authorities most—although Dr. Goebbels does not mention it—is that they deftly, but unmistakably, caricatured some gestures, poses and physical characteristics of Nat…

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Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 23d

A great reminder from @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social as the academic job market season begins: “You won’t be the right fit everywhere. That’s okay. You only need one place where your work resonates and where you can continue to grow.” #academicsky #polisky

Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 23d

It's academic job market season. I’ve written a reflection with some potentially helpful tips: jaeyk.github.io/essays/job_m...

What I Wish I Knew Before the Academic Job Market – Hello, I’m Jae.

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Jeremy C. Young @jeremycyoung.bsky.social · 23d

When the Founding Fathers adopted the First Amendment, the censorship that kept them up at night was censorship or private citizens by the government. That's what they made unconstitutional. Not social pressure. Not social media pile-ons. Not hate speech. Censorship by the government.

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Hilary Barth @hilarybarth.bsky.social · 23d

We’re searching for TWO tenure-track cognitive neuroscientists here in the Wesleyan University Psychology Department! Apply here wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers

Careers at Wesleyan

We welcome your interest in Wesleyan’s diverse, energetic community of employees who, by their creativity, innovative thinking, and generosity of spirit, help make Wesleyan a great place to work. In t...

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Joel Le Forestier @joelleforestier.bsky.social · 24d

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!

The Self & Identity Preconference provides a forum for discussion and investigation of the complexity of the individual and the collective self. This year's preconference introduces a special focus on activism and allyship, highlighting factors facilitating the formation of activist and ally identities and barriers to identifying as activists or allies. This preconference will explore the impact of context in shaping activist identification and consider the role of the current socio-political climate on our ability to advocate for our "selves" and for others. In addition to several speakers, the preconference will also include presentations by scholarly award winners, a poster session, an early-career data blitz, and a mentoring/networking session.

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 27d

I have many thoughts about Charlie Kirk—and perhaps even more about the white elites, including some on the left, who insist we can’t hold multiple realities at once. We can. And we must.

A brief 🧵

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Benjamin Douglas @bendouglas.bsky.social · 29d

Posted in the vicinity of one large sink (and 0 other sinks)

Paper sign (white with black text) reading:

THE SAME RULE APPLIES WITH THE SMALL SINK. PLEASE WASH YOUR DIRTY DISHES!

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Dr. Morgan C. Jerald @morgancjerald.bsky.social · 29d

The SPSP Gender Preconference is accepting abstracts for blitz talks and poster presentations. If you're a PhD student or of a similar stage (e.g., lab manager), let us know when applying if you'd like to also be considered for a judged award. tinyurl.com/Gender26

Preconferences | SPSP

Explore SPSP Annual Convention preconferences—specialized sessions offering in-depth insights, networking, and collaboration in personality and social psychology.

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Benjamin Douglas @bendouglas.bsky.social · Sep 10

I absolutely loved my time in Madison!

Consider applying, it’s a great department

Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · Sep 10

My department is hiring in Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence!

Details at this link: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social · Sep 9

🚨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. 🧵

Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, Tenure-Track

The Department of Psychology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ, plans to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, with a start date of September 1, 2026. We seek a candidate...

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!)

To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com

Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...

Sinclair Lab

The Learning & Behavior Change Lab at Rice University, directed by Dr. Sinclair

www.sinclairlab-rice.com

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Aug 28

Absolutely not.

We are not doing this.

Hard decline.

Firm no.

Not a fucking chance.

This is Nazi shit and we don’t do Nazi shit in America.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Aug 28

They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.

Alt text: A tweet from Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) dated August 27, 2025. The tweet calls for Health and Human Services to violate HIPAA laws and forward information about every transgender and transgender-questioning person to law enforcement for immediate detainment, claiming they are killing children in schools. It describes this as a matter of national security, says transgender people should be locked away and studied, calls for medical professionals who enable transitions to be expelled from the profession, and demands that the federal government treat transgender people as if they were terrorist organizations. The tweet shows it was last edited at 1:11 PM and has 5,049 views.

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Keith Maddox @maddblackprof.bsky.social · Aug 29

The Department of Psychology at Tufts University is conducting a search for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Computational Psychology with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, beginning September 1, 2026.

Details can be found here: apply.interfolio.com/172807.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social

Day 28! YOU PICK TWO!
1. FLOOD THE FORMS
2. Sign and Share Katrina Declaration
3. Sign and Share RFK Jr Impeach and Remove
4. Send a Quack-o-Gram!
5. ATTEND VIRTUAL FEMA RALLY TONIGHT AT 8PM EST

Linking all actions below!!

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Aug 27

There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.

Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Aug 27

There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.

As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how

Part 1: is your work in Libgen?

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Simon Lolliot (he/him) @simonlolliot.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hi All! A reminder that we're looking for our next colleague to join us in a tenure-track teaching position in the Psychology Department at UBC! See the job ad below. We'd love to hear from you!

#sotl #educationalleadership #teachinginhighered #SoTLcommunity #psychologyjobs #highered #academicjobs

UBC Psychology @ubcpsych.bsky.social · Aug 1

Join our department! We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Teaching (Tenure-track), located at UBC's Vancouver campus, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2026. Apply by Oct 1, 2025. Learn more & apply: psych.ubc.ca/jobs. Please share!

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · Aug 26

SPSP is now offering five types of stipends to help cover registration fees related to the SPSP 2026 Annual Convention!

Learn more about each registration below and be sure to submit your application before September 18 at 11:59 PM PT!

More info: ow.ly/Pl6L50WMa2Z

Crowded convention hall with attendees viewing academic posters displayed on boards at a professional event.

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