Lukas Neville
@lukasneville.com
Assoc prof, organizational behaviour, Asper School of Business, UManitoba. Personal butler to Tuna the Cat.
Pinned
some more weird birds at the feeder
December 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
some more weird birds at the feeder
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You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach
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(to the tune of Peaches) fryin some pierogis, gonna answer lots of emails
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
(to the tune of Peaches) fryin some pierogis, gonna answer lots of emails
A peach papaya would really hit the spot
While Fruitopia went with a psychedelic, "groovival" aesthetic, for their first run design Fruit Works went with a Rusted Root-World of Science-Kokopelli-Pure Moods-Bath and Body Works-Canvas Farmer's Market Bag-Save the Whales-1996 ass aesthetic
December 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A peach papaya would really hit the spot
horseshoe theory of male shittiness
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
horseshoe theory of male shittiness
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Welcome, world-class talent, to our PSE institutions...
... that are all in budgetary crises from rug-pulling international student permits, in addition to flat or below-inflation funding to student grants, base tricouncil funding, etc.
... that are all in budgetary crises from rug-pulling international student permits, in addition to flat or below-inflation funding to student grants, base tricouncil funding, etc.
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Welcome, world-class talent, to our PSE institutions...
... that are all in budgetary crises from rug-pulling international student permits, in addition to flat or below-inflation funding to student grants, base tricouncil funding, etc.
... that are all in budgetary crises from rug-pulling international student permits, in addition to flat or below-inflation funding to student grants, base tricouncil funding, etc.
New research in NCMR (@iacm.bsky.social) shows the social costs and benefits of initiating task conflict are different for women than men:
Women who introduce task conflicts see greater backlash (being avoided and seen as less communal), and benefit less (no payoff of being seen as agentic).
Women who introduce task conflicts see greater backlash (being avoided and seen as less communal), and benefit less (no payoff of being seen as agentic).
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New research in NCMR (@iacm.bsky.social) shows the social costs and benefits of initiating task conflict are different for women than men:
Women who introduce task conflicts see greater backlash (being avoided and seen as less communal), and benefit less (no payoff of being seen as agentic).
Women who introduce task conflicts see greater backlash (being avoided and seen as less communal), and benefit less (no payoff of being seen as agentic).
move over, guitar george
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
move over, guitar george
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i think the biggest well-being move for those who are Terminally Online (🙋♂️) is this:
turn off notifications for likes and reposts
those notifications serve the platform, not you
turn off notifications for likes and reposts
those notifications serve the platform, not you
December 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
i think the biggest well-being move for those who are Terminally Online (🙋♂️) is this:
turn off notifications for likes and reposts
those notifications serve the platform, not you
turn off notifications for likes and reposts
those notifications serve the platform, not you
Can we all take a moment to appreciate this picture of my mum walking Tess and in particular TESS' LITTLE SNOWSUIT
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Can we all take a moment to appreciate this picture of my mum walking Tess and in particular TESS' LITTLE SNOWSUIT
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Every so often I wonder if I'm overreacting for committing to no more US travel under the current regime
(I'm Canadian and usually go to a few conferences a year)
And then something else like this happens
Sorry folks, it's virtual talks only for the time being.
(I'm Canadian and usually go to a few conferences a year)
And then something else like this happens
Sorry folks, it's virtual talks only for the time being.
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Every so often I wonder if I'm overreacting for committing to no more US travel under the current regime
(I'm Canadian and usually go to a few conferences a year)
And then something else like this happens
Sorry folks, it's virtual talks only for the time being.
(I'm Canadian and usually go to a few conferences a year)
And then something else like this happens
Sorry folks, it's virtual talks only for the time being.
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i can’t be the only one old enough to remember how much of the conversation of early twitter was devoted to designers hyperventilating about the dangers of dark patterns in software. idk how we went from that to All Dark Patterns, All The Time that we have now without any real discussion
December 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
i can’t be the only one old enough to remember how much of the conversation of early twitter was devoted to designers hyperventilating about the dangers of dark patterns in software. idk how we went from that to All Dark Patterns, All The Time that we have now without any real discussion
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News: Penn State University's faculty -- including full and part time professors at the main and satellite campuses -- have filed for a union election with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board with SEIU Local 668, setting up the state's largest union election in decades.
SEIU, who are organizing the Penn State faculty into a union, are holding a rally in the rotunda.
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
News: Penn State University's faculty -- including full and part time professors at the main and satellite campuses -- have filed for a union election with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board with SEIU Local 668, setting up the state's largest union election in decades.
I think one of the most dangerous features of the Saying Nice Things To Me Machine is that it gets us used to constant and lavish praise for every dumb idea we have.
So, when a critic says, “Ah hah! That app makes shit up!” A lot of people will nod politely. And then they will think to themselves, “Well, so does the newspaper, and so does Facebook, and so do politicians, and none of those help me do this task or say nice things to me when I ask them questions.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I think one of the most dangerous features of the Saying Nice Things To Me Machine is that it gets us used to constant and lavish praise for every dumb idea we have.
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One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
the one game where my inability to plan beyond one move or remember anything is actually a strategic advantage
Research using the Rock-Paper-Scissors game finds players who lost retained information from previous rounds, while this is not the case for winners:
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buff.ly/YRnVyGi
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
the one game where my inability to plan beyond one move or remember anything is actually a strategic advantage
workslop hits the library system
My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
workslop hits the library system
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I heard there were some secret jaws
That snowflakes had in their open maws
But you don’t really care for eel bones do ya?
That snowflakes had in their open maws
But you don’t really care for eel bones do ya?
Finally have time to upload things to Sketchfab.
Here's the dead eel I found at an aquarium store!
Thanks to the generosity of the store owner, everyone can see the scary extra jaws these guys have!
sketchfab.com/3d-models/sn...
Here's the dead eel I found at an aquarium store!
Thanks to the generosity of the store owner, everyone can see the scary extra jaws these guys have!
sketchfab.com/3d-models/sn...
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I heard there were some secret jaws
That snowflakes had in their open maws
But you don’t really care for eel bones do ya?
That snowflakes had in their open maws
But you don’t really care for eel bones do ya?
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meme potential is through the roof
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
meme potential is through the roof
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you will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
you will be visited by 3 spirits