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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 17h

Night 10

It feels like a good night to go back to the 90s.

The Sect (1991)

Watched on: Shudder

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for The Sect (1991) - shows a woman attempting to remove a cloth clinging to her face

Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 1d

Night 9

Let’s try something from this year.

Marshmallow (2025)

Watched on: Hoopla

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Marshmallow (2025) - shows a child with an ominous person towering over him

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 2d

There’s some similarities, especially in the whole 80s aesthetic.

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 2d

It’s fun! It’s a mashup of a bunch of 80s tropes with a dash of 1950s sci-fi.

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 2d

Night 8

Time for some Fulci eye zooms.

The Psychic (1977)

Watched on: Shudder

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for The Psychic (1977) - shows a giant skull with a woman hanging out of the eye hole

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 3d

Night 7

Thrill me!

Night of the Creeps (1986)

Watched on: 4k Blu-ray

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Night of the Creeps (1986) - shows a zombie in a tux holding rose’s outside a window

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 4d

Night 6

Let’s see what the Burgomaster is up to.

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Watched on: Prime

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - shows the Monster and Bride

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 5d

Night 5

Let’s see what’s happening in Maryland.

The Bay (2012)

Watched on: Tubi

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for The Bay (2012) - show the x-ray of a skull with the image of a bug in the mouth

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 6d

Night 4

Movie 2

It’s anthology night!

Ghost Stories (2017)

Watched on: Shudder

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Ghost Stories (2017) - shows a man standing against a white background. The edges are taking the shape of ghosts

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 6d

Night 4

Movie 1

It’s anthology night! Up first:

V/H/S/Halloween (2025)

Watched on: Shudder

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for V/H/S/Halloween (2025) - shows a blood red skull lollipop

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 7d

Night 3

I haven’t revisited this since the sequels were released. I liked those, but didn’t love the original. Has my opinion changed?

Terrifier (2016)

Watched on: Prime

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Terrifier (2016) - shows a demented Art the Clown

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 8d

Night 2

This one has been on my list for a while.

Onibaba (1964)

Watched on: HBOMax

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Onibaba (1964) - Shows a demon samurai mask above a woman

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 9d

I can’t claim they’re all great, but they make October a little more fun (between grading session).

Black Sunday is a great choice!

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 9d

Night 1

I’m kicking things off with a new slasher movie.

Night of the Reaper (2025)

Watched on: Shudder

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Night of the Reaper (2025) - shows a woman walking down the street with a ghostly skull floating in the sky above

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 9d

This is shaping up to be the worst semester yet, so I need a distraction.

It’s time for some horror movies! My goal will be to watch one per night.

I’ll post reviews on Letterboxd as time permits (boxd.it/4WE5j).

See my previous marathons in the repost below.

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 12d

This might be the first time I’ve seen someone present the base rates while directly ignoring them.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 12d

White House Deputy Press Secretary seen here posting data showing how much more prevalent right wing domestic terrorism is than left wing domestic terrorism... while thinking she's showing the reverse.

Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.

Abigail Jackson saying: Democrats, calling your political opponents Nazis has consequences.

Study: Left-wing terrorism climbs to 30-year high

And posting a graph from Axios that shows WAY WAY WAY more right wing terrorism, and showing a very slight increase in left wing terrorism this year that would still have it lower than basically every other year of right wing terrorism.

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 15d

Today I started my grad cognition class for our masters program (we’re on a quarter system).

After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany.

We then talked about what happened. 1/

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 18d

This seems like the wrong semester to be teaching research methods and statistics.

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 28d

Does anyone know what the record is for the highest number of deleted social media posts in 24 hours?

Just wondering if it’s about to be broken.

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 29d

Give these folks a round of applause. This was a heavy lift!

And let’s give this post at least as much engagement as the original announcement of the moderation changes.

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Sep 11

PsyArXiv's amazing team of 100+ moderators has now approved all preprints that meet the requirements outlined in the updated PsyArXiv policies (is.gd/paxpolicy). Thank you to everyone who volunteered, this was a true community effort! #PsychSciSky

About PsyArXiv – PsyArXiv Blog

What is PsyArXiv? PsyArXiv (psychology archive) is an open preprint archive designed to facilitate rapid dissemination of psychological research. PsyArXiv is a creation of the Society for the…

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Sep 3

⚠️ PsyArXiv is updating its policies in light of a higher volume of low quality submissions and our recent switch to a pre-moderation workflow.

Read more about this change here 👉 (buff.ly/8jhqRJu ) and see our updated policies here 👉 (is.gd/paxpolicy ).

Update to PsyArXiv Policy

PsyArXiv is updating its policies to formalize the guidelines that had already been in place. These policies clarify what types of contributions are appropriate to submit to PsyArXiv, and spell out…

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · Aug 26

#Psychjobs
My former institution Colby College is hiring a tenure track in intergroup relations, broadly defined & open to many psych areas (not just social). This is my replacement line. I truly enjoyed my time at Colby and it's a great dept! Happy to answer Qs if I can.
apply.interfolio.com/172552

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Jun 16

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing!

We are looking to hire several positions including:
- Event and volunteer coordination
- Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media)
- Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉)

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · Jun 15

Gatekeeping protests is an interesting choice.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · May 29

✨We are organising (again) an online workshop on Theoretical Modeling for PhD candidates and Master students in cognitive science and psychology. Check out the website and the schedule: Registration is open! (closes July 1, spaces are limited) 🧵1/n computationalcognitivescience.github.io/workshop/

Cover of the textbook used in the workshop

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