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Linda Skitka
@lindaskitka.bsky.social
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Emerita Distinguished Professor, U of Illinois Chicago | Michigan & Cal-Berkeley Grad | Social, Political, and Moral Psychologist | Endlessly Curious | https://sites.google.com/view/lindaskitka

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Linda J. Skitka is a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Skitka's research bridges a number of areas of inquiry including social, political, and moral psychology. .. more

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 11h
Interesting timing.

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 11h
A Heterogeneity Revolution in Psychology

"When studies that may appear similar are repeated, findings often vary more than we would expect due to sampling error. This is not necessarily a problem if we understand why this happens."
Psychology needs a… heterogeneity revolution | BPS
Audrey Linden argues we should drop the assumption that interventions will have a single, underlying effect size.
www.bps.org.uk

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Norbert Schwarz @nschwarz.bsky.social · 11h
So much winning...

yougov.co.uk/internationa...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12h
This passage from the latest @mskellymhayes.bsky.social podcast stood out to me, but the entire exchange is worth reading or listening to:
Andrew: Our days are riding on the learning edge of a whirlwind — crisis management, harm mitigation, helping everyone come to terms with new conditions and new impossible choices that they're faced with. So that might look like helping folks think through plans, transportation plans, connecting folks who want to give rides with those that need rides or that need groceries that want to support on that. It looks like helping other people tell their stories, the millions of stories that are happening and the intense scrutiny of the press as we are once again in the national spotlight,

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 12h
Host a potluck, save democracy. thewhitepages.net/p/seven-reas...

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Caleb @ckinferno.bsky.social · 12h
Hi all, there are a lot of things to be said about the chaos, kidnapping and murder, that is happening in the state I live in right now. I want to highlight some things I have personally seen in the last month or so out on the streets in Minneapolis.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 13h
I eagerly await FIRE's amicus brief and legal support on behalf of this HBCU.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15h
Why the Resistance Matters

Anti-authoritarian “neighborism” and cross-racial solidarity from below are a massive problem for the regime, exposing Trumpism’s structural weaknesses and ideological blind spots.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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steady.page/en/democracy...
Why the Resistance Matters
Anti-authoritarian “neighborism” and cross-racial solidarity from below are a massive problem for the regime, exposing Trumpism’s weaknesses and ideological blind spots
steady.page

lindaskitka.bsky.social
Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 16h
We can not become numb to what is still happening in MN—it continues to be experienced as a war zone—>
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 1d
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) reacted to Trump personal attorney-turned Deputy AG Todd Blanche discussing the DOJ's intention to appeal the judges decision releasing Liam Ramos.

"Why is the Trump Administration fighting harder to arrest 5-year-old children than pedophiles in the Epstein files?" he posted

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1d
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d
You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com

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smotus.bsky.social
🦃 Seth Masket 🦃 @smotus.bsky.social · 2d
Every day
Trump: [says something absolutely horrible]
Media: Why did the president say that
WH: Obviously the president didn't say that
Trump: Yes I did
WH: Ah well nevertheless
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d
NEW STORY: Trump admits he was the one who found the video and asked that it be posted from his Truth Social account. Refuses to apologize.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 2d
Shameless and short sighted.
newrepublic.com The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d
Under Donald Trump’s administration, the National Institutes of Health have slashed more than half a billion dollars in medical research on some of the leading causes of death in America. trib.al/5rogxp8

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d
Under Donald Trump’s administration, the National Institutes of Health have slashed more than half a billion dollars in medical research on some of the leading causes of death in America. trib.al/5rogxp8

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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 2d
VICTORY: My office reached an agreement with the Trump Admin preventing them from slashing $500 million in DEIA-related education for Massachusetts.

MA is first in the country in education for a reason; we know diversity makes us stronger. No amount of strong-arming will change that.
Motion to dismiss cover page

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2d
www.editorialboard.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump is trying to crush a religious uprising against him
You might not know that thanks to the media.
www.editorialboard.com

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 2d
This is so ridiculous I had to look up whether the Irish Star is satire…

It’s not.
irishstar.com IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 2d
The White House has defended a racially offensive video shared by President Donald Trump that portrays Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.
White House uses 'Lion King' excuse to defend Trump's racist Obama video
www.irishstar.com

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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 2d
The White House has defended a racially offensive video shared by President Donald Trump that portrays Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.
White House uses 'Lion King' excuse to defend Trump's racist Obama video
www.irishstar.com

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 2d
Today seems like a nice day to re-up @leahchristiani.bsky.social 's excellent research on when white people approve of blatantly racist political messages. Not sure what made me think of it today, but anyway.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
When are Explicit Racial Appeals Accepted? Examining the Role of Racial Status Threat - Political Behavior
Evidence has emerged demonstrating that whites no longer reject negative, explicit racial appeals as they had in the past. This seeming reversal of the traditional logic of the powerlessness of explic...
link.springer.com

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Kira Means @kirameans.bsky.social · 2d
Hi folks! We are conducting a meta-analysis examining the relationship between different facets of gender or gender-related essentialism and prejudice against transgender people. Therefore, we are requesting your unpublished data to include in the meta-analysis! The inclusion criteria are: 🧵

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 2d
Reviewing video from Fulton County elections raid.

Taken aback by the dismissive & sneering attitude from FBI agents toward the cop politely asking to see the warrant.

Looked him up: He's an immigrant w/ a doctorate in philosophy. His thesis? "Force by police officers toward African Americans."

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