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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 10h

Very late! We had 80 degree weather earlier this week. I’ve been in tank tops and sandals. The last couple days have been the first that I’ve gotten out my sweaters.

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 1d

I forgot about all my basil! We brought in our little pepper plants that we planted late that we're still hoping will ripen. Hoping it stays above freezing today-- my garden is GORGEOUS and I can't let it go.

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 2d

I guess it may depend on a) whether PsyArXiv has a content sharing agreement with the OpenAI, Google, etc. (doubt it!), b) the outcome of lawsuits like this one ⬇️. LLMs also scrape pubmed etc. which posts material journal-copyrighted material www.npr.org/2025/01/14/n...

'The New York Times' takes OpenAI to court. ChatGPT's future could be on the line

In three consolidated suits, publishers allege that OpenAI broke copyright law by copying millions of articles without permission or payment. OpenAI counters that the fair use doctrine protects them.

www.npr.org

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 2d

It just kind of sucks how 1) unvetted work will now get synthesized into general science knowledge (bad bc some of it may change by publication as Dan says, but also bc there's a lot of crap out there), and 2) openly sharing work means feeding copyrighted material to plagiarism machines

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 2d

I just googled the title of a paper of mine that hasn't even been published yet (as a lazy way to find the preprint) and Gemini popped out an AI summary of it. So I guess preprints on PsyArXiv are being used in AI training sets? 🤔

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 8d

Could not endorse this more. We’re clinical psychologists. Guiding people empathetically towards adaptive change is supposed to be our thing.

Ashley Watts @ashleylwatts.bsky.social · 8d

I've said it once, and I'll say it again: Open science discussions that are largely hostile and condescending toward non-adopters will not motivate behavior change. Are we doing altruism, or antagonism?

Signed, someone who practices open science

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 14d

WTF. This is HORRENDOUS news, and horribly misguided.

Clinical science is science.

Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 14d

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible:

Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program
Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed)
Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed
First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar)
Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded.
Not be a current NSF employee.

Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 15d

As expected I am feeling major FOMO for missing SRP this year. 😭😭😭

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 16d

Also, any program that charges tuition (including 50% “reduced”) during internship is almost certainly predatory.

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 16d

I once asked a friend who is a former PsyD faculty this same question bc I kept getting it from students. Her answer overlapped heavily with @anthonyperillo.bsky.social’s, but also:
-faculty went to reputable PhD programs
-faculty maintains active research programs
-mentorship model

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 29d

Giant middle finger

Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 29d

...and here's my beef with school phone bans being enacted based on a lay ideas about screens & mental health:
No need to invest in evidence-based mental health resources bc we have the phone bans (and nutrition and sunshine!).

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 29d

Oh, WaPo. Please don't give a forum for dangerous, ignorant charlatans to spout pseudoscience.

Screenshot of Washington Post editorial by Linda McMahon & RFK Jr entitled Children Need Natural Sources of Mental Health, with subheading overzealous use of therapy can cause the crises it claims to cure

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Reposted by Lisa Starr

Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · Sep 10

From this paper:

(Holy Cow! Reminds me also of how Bullshit Receptivity items can glom together!)