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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 8d

SIPS community members worked through the years to develop many resources that help to improve psychological sciences. We gathered them all, so you can find everything you need in one place.

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SIPS Products

If you have a project that started or developed at SIPS, or have updates on listed products, we would love to hear about it! Please email [email protected] to have it added to this list or up…

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The Research Center for Group Dynamics @rcgd-isr.bsky.social · 29d

Join us for RCGD's public seminar series on the Science of Social Relationships. Don't miss @Jaimiekrems.bsky.social Monday to speak on the science and study of FRIENDSHIP: buff.ly/92KtRNS

The Science of Social Relationships
RCGD fall 2025 SEMINAR SERIES
ISR Thompson 1430 | Mondays 3:30 to 5
Jaimie Arona Krems | 09.15.25

Friendship and the supra-dyadic nature of challenges in close relationships

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Jeremy Foote @jeremydfoote.com · 29d

I am recruiting PhD students this year!

Our research group is holding an info session in a few weeks - details are at blog.communitydata.science/prospective-... , including a sign-up link.

Prospective PhD Student Q&A – September 26th

Thinking about applying to graduate school? Wonder what it’s like to pursue a PhD or M.S.? Interested in understanding relationships between technology and society? Curious about how to do research…

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Allison Eden @aeden.bsky.social · Sep 4

Maybe more common in US ? Many schools with big communication programs have them - Purdue, MSU, Indiana off the top of my head.

Allison Eden @aeden.bsky.social · Sep 3

Do Canadian universities not have public speaking courses, labs, or centers in communication or business colleges?

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Moral Psychology Research Group will host an Online Gathering this fall November -- all are welcome! Speakers include Joshua Greene, Meltem Yucel, and Paul Bloom as inaugural recipient of the The Stephen P. Stich Award for Career Achievement in Moral Psychology

sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...

MPRG - Online Events

An Online Gathering for Moral Psychology -- Fall 2025* Friday, November 7th: 4:00pm to 7:00pm (EST) Saturday, November 8th: 11:00am to 3:15pm (EST)

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john sakon @johnsakon.bsky.social · Aug 28

Excited to present our new work reading minds!

Ok, not *that* kind of mind reading, but we have created a deep learning method capable of using single neuron recordings from people watching episodes of TV that can predict when they recall specific memories from the episode. 1/6

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Allison Eden @aeden.bsky.social · Aug 21

Tackling the important issues.

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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Aug 20

What happens when digital media, algorithms, and misinformation collide? A new Journal of Media Psychology special issue, co-edited by me, @hjhether.bsky.social, and @soojongkim.bsky.social, features seven articles on information integrity in today’s media ecosystem econtent.hogrefe.com/toc/zmp/37/5

Journal of Media Psychology: Vol 37, No 5

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Allison Eden @aeden.bsky.social · Aug 5

There’s a great paper making this point called “TikTok as television” in social media and society - doi.org/10.1177/2056...

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team!

Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8
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Allison Eden @aeden.bsky.social · Aug 4

Without the flexible scheduling of community college I wouldn’t have been able to complete the first step of my academic career. Great @nytimes.com article about how recent ed challenges affect CC and hurt communities and people who depend on them.

Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Aug 4

A community college trained my dad as a heavy equipment mechanic. A community college helped me, a working-class kid with no clue, transfer to a university. Community colleges launched friends into trades and college degrees; pathways to opportunity are now at risk www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/m...

Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit.

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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Aug 4

Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit.

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Allison Eden @aeden.bsky.social · Jul 30

Wow, this looks great! Thanks for sharing!

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Elisa Baek @elisabaek.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨We are recruiting a lab manager who will spend 80% of their effort in my lab and 20% of their effort in @leorhackel.bsky.social's lab. Please share widely!

Apply at usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange... with:
completed questionnaire (socolab.org/lab-manager-application), CV & Cover Letter!

Home | Social Connection Lab

The Social Connection Lab ("SoCoLab") at USC investigates what helps people feel socially connected to one another.

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AEJMC @aejmc.bsky.social · Mar 5

Paul J. Deutschmann Award For Excellence in Research Winner Announced: This year's award will go to Mary Beth Oliver, Pennsylvania State. Congrats!
#AejmcAwards #AEJMC25

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Kylie (Woodman) Falcione @kyliefalcione.bsky.social · Apr 25

Just attended the Best Practices in Methods session at #SANS2025 so many practical takeaways! From Dr. Clelland and Dr. Cosme's push for SCA (links below), to Dr. Chen’s approach to voxel activation reporting, and Dr. Burns guidance on motion exclusion for hyperscanning—super useful insights!

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Allison Eden @aeden.bsky.social · Jul 26

We are on trend!

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Jul 25

A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.

Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...

Screenshot from Reddit. User is zensnapple, posting 6 months ago.
Thread says
"How to turn off Google AI Overview in Chrome SOLVED
Open Chrome and put chrome://settings/searchEngines in the search box.
A tab will open which brings you to Search Engine > Manage Search Engines and Site Search.
Click on the Add button by the Site Search update. A box will open. Fill in the form with the following:
Name: AI Free Web
Shortcut: @web
URL: {google:baseURL}search?q=%s&udm=14
You’ll now see AI Free Web in the list of search engines.
Click on the three stacked dots on the right side of AI Free Web on the list. Select Make Default.
From now on, google functions pretty much like it did back when it was good. Good luck out there."

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Jul 17

If you won't believe me, here's Paul

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Screenshot from blog post that reads: Nor, especially, can they be addressed by American researchers moving abroad. When someone suggests that researchers just move abroad, I smile wanly, because I know that whoever is suggesting it has no idea of the scale of U.S. higher education relative to other markets nor of the difficulties other countries are facing. (What, just move to the many financially secure institutions of the United Kingdom? If you don’t keep up with UK higher ed news, then you may not recognize that’s a darkly bitter joke.) Some folks will find moving abroad attractive but it is simply not possible for the 1.4 million U.S. post-secondary instructors to just move to Canada.

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William Ngiam | 严祥全 @williamngiam.github.io · Jul 15

I'm preparing a public talk on the impact of digital technology on attention, and whether there is any evidence behind 'brain rot' (and help the public understand that researchers need public funds and support to work on this issue!). #cogsci, what message would you want the public to hear on this?

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · Jul 10

Happy Murderbot renewal day!!!

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Murderbot is getting a season 2 on Apple TV Plus

Apple TV Plus is doubling down on its Murderbot adaptation.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · Jul 1

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Jun 28

Join us for the Social Media Lab’s 2025 Computational Social Science (CSS) Summer School. Explore cutting-edge digital methods in this hands-on workshop series. No coding required — we’ll be using @Communalytic.org, a platform for analyzing social media discourse. socialmedialab.ca/2025/06/28/2...