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Jenny Wang 👶 🧮 @jinjingjenny1.bsky.social · Aug 12

📢 Come join us on Sunday, November 9th for the Rutgers Symposium of Learning with an amazing list of speakers and great company! More details: sites.rutgers.edu/symposium-le...

Rutgers Symposium of Learning

sites.rutgers.edu

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Jan Engelmann @janengelmann.bsky.social · Jun 19

Check out our new TICS paper on disagreement and metacognition! We argue that disagreement drives metacognitive development by expanding children's consideration sets.
With Antonia Langenhoff, Bill Thompson @wdt.bsky.social and Mahesh Srinivasan
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Disagreement drives metacognitive development

Metacognition improves significantly over childhood, but the mechanisms underlying this development are poorly understood. We first review recent rese…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · Jun 12

This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.

If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?

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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · Jun 12

Folks, it's time to submit your papers to PCI Psychology. Here is our invitation to you, taken from our editorial osf.io/preprints/ps...

A screenshot from the PCI Psychology editorial

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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · Jun 5

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...

Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

www.queensu.ca

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · May 30

boy Ontario is just so thoroughly squandering this moment

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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KimberCanada @kimberleybsb.bsky.social · May 25

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · May 23

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · May 23

open chart, keep scrolling down

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/republican...

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Dan Cohen @dancohen.bsky.social · May 23

Given the news about Harvard and maybe more coming: my university (Queen's, Canada) has some spots/funding for students accepted to US institutions who need a new spot. If you know of students in that situation they can reach out or check here: www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...

Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

www.queensu.ca

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Ali Fitch @fiotch.bsky.social · May 23

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

This is a picture of text from the Harvard Crimson. It reads: We have to wonder: How does sending Jewish students from abroad home — including Israelis — root out antisemitism? How does expelling young adults from other countries fight racism? What could be more anti-American than banishing potential immigrants who have come to our country to learn and contribute to our society?

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · May 16

So sorry :( 💪

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · May 9

U of T has approved my tenure and my appointment to associate professor. I could not have done this without my lab, its past and current members. I'm grateful to my mentors and to the scientists whose work has and continues to inspire me. I'm excited to continue doing the work I love.

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · Mar 24

A lot of students are not sure what career they want to pursue. To help with this, we've started recording videos with lab alumni in different careers and grad programs. Links below. Hope your students find them helpful! #STEM #ADVISING

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · May 7

Becoming an #epidemiologist:
youtu.be/TYxKw8a5oeM?...

Real Talk Tuesday - 6 | Tracking trends,Transforming lives: Aspiring Epidemiologist | Rachel Lipson

YouTube video by Childhood Learning and Development Lab

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · May 7

Wellness, wellbeing and developmental psychology:
youtu.be/QIPaPdPO-Lc?...

Real Talk Tuesday - 7 | Exploring wellbeing, empowering lives: Aspiring Professor and Researcher

YouTube video by Childhood Learning and Development Lab

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · May 7

Becoming an #epidemiologist:
youtu.be/TYxKw8a5oeM?...

Real Talk Tuesday - 6 | Tracking trends,Transforming lives: Aspiring Epidemiologist | Rachel Lipson

YouTube video by Childhood Learning and Development Lab

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · May 1

Check us out at #SRCD tomorrow! Great work led by @feceozkan.bsky.social and @khblakey.bsky.social

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · Apr 29

Poilievre losing his seat is almost Shakespearean: Pretender to the throne riles countrymen with anger, gets defeated by guy with Joy in his name. It’s basically Macbeth.

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · Apr 29

Elbows up, Canada! 🇨🇦

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F. Ece Ozkan @feceozkan.bsky.social · Apr 28

Excited to be organizing this symposium with @samuelronfard.bsky.social's support! 😊 Check out our session #SRCD25, Friday, 11.30 am, and hear from Joshua Confer, @anahidmodrek.bsky.social, and @lucaspbutler.bsky.social! @janengelmann.bsky.social

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Mar 29

This piece from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social starts with a bang and just gets better and better. Gift link.

Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes (Gift Article)

A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

www.nytimes.com

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Jan 16

srsly if you hate that publishers charge your grant $5-10K for open access, there's a simple solution

don't write for those journals
don't review for those journals
don't edit for those journals

Scientific Reports, Nature Comms, Comms Psych, Frontiers <- I auto-delete all their emails. easy 👍🏻

Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · Jan 16

I'm rapidly coming to that view. I need to clear my queue at this venue just out of professional responsibility, but then they can go to hell

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · Mar 28

It's been a while since I took latin, but pretty sure that the latin words on American university crests don't mean cower, comply, and profit...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Mar 24

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

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