Gary Brase
@garybrase.bsky.social
Evolutionary Judgment & Decision Making researcher, Father, and Husband. Mainly reposts about data, logic, rationality, & theory. Opinions are my own.
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Higher education is one of our country's most successful export industries.
And the exports (i.e. international students coming here) make it more affordable for domestic students.
No decently run government would interfere with that, but here we are.
And the exports (i.e. international students coming here) make it more affordable for domestic students.
No decently run government would interfere with that, but here we are.
Of course the White House is leaning into this. Because apparently they don't realize we exported more higher ed last year than natural gas & coal *combined*
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Higher education is one of our country's most successful export industries.
And the exports (i.e. international students coming here) make it more affordable for domestic students.
No decently run government would interfere with that, but here we are.
And the exports (i.e. international students coming here) make it more affordable for domestic students.
No decently run government would interfere with that, but here we are.
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Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
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Screensnapshot of our times. Corporate pressure to use AI creates bad outcomes with real-life consequences; seeking to unpack the problem yields more pressure to indulge in the very thing causing the problem.
October 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Screensnapshot of our times. Corporate pressure to use AI creates bad outcomes with real-life consequences; seeking to unpack the problem yields more pressure to indulge in the very thing causing the problem.
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The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
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After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
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October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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How can we create interventions that reduce aggression in society, both online and face-to-face? Understanding and addressing the causes of this behavior is the focus of Christopher Barlett's research.
Learn more in our latest SPSP Member Spotlight: ow.ly/NmY250Xcqbw
Learn more in our latest SPSP Member Spotlight: ow.ly/NmY250Xcqbw
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
How can we create interventions that reduce aggression in society, both online and face-to-face? Understanding and addressing the causes of this behavior is the focus of Christopher Barlett's research.
Learn more in our latest SPSP Member Spotlight: ow.ly/NmY250Xcqbw
Learn more in our latest SPSP Member Spotlight: ow.ly/NmY250Xcqbw
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So proud of this work and so grateful for my participants and my incredible collaborators 🫶✨
🧵 1/ Excellent and impactful work from CCE second in command @loraadair.bsky.social published in the New Metro over the weekend about Outcry Witness
It’s an anonymous website where sexual-assault survivors can safely tell their stories.
No names, no pressure. Just a record in their own words 🗣️🛡️
It’s an anonymous website where sexual-assault survivors can safely tell their stories.
No names, no pressure. Just a record in their own words 🗣️🛡️
Home - Healing starts when people bear witness
Outcry Witness is the platform where survivors of sexual violence keep an anonymous record of their experience, always under their control.
outcrywitness.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
So proud of this work and so grateful for my participants and my incredible collaborators 🫶✨
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What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:
"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."
This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."
This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:
"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."
This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."
This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.
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💡Our latest SPSP Member Spotlight features Christopher Barlett of Kansas State University! Christopher studies aggression, cyberbullying, and the personality variables that enhance or mitigate aggression after provocations.
Learn more about his work: ow.ly/Vffl50X96S3
Learn more about his work: ow.ly/Vffl50X96S3
October 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
💡Our latest SPSP Member Spotlight features Christopher Barlett of Kansas State University! Christopher studies aggression, cyberbullying, and the personality variables that enhance or mitigate aggression after provocations.
Learn more about his work: ow.ly/Vffl50X96S3
Learn more about his work: ow.ly/Vffl50X96S3
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TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
My first full, solo book is now published! If you ever wondered how I get research ideas, how I think about science, or just how things fit together in my head, here it is: www.routledge.com/Integrating-...
Integrating Converging Evidence in Behavioral Sciences: How to Incite a Scientific Revolution
Integrating Converging Evidence in Behavioral Sciences presents a fresh approach to understanding the landscape of scientific research, particularly within the behavioral sciences.
By examining the ne...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My first full, solo book is now published! If you ever wondered how I get research ideas, how I think about science, or just how things fit together in my head, here it is: www.routledge.com/Integrating-...
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One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."
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"Now I talk to the popular kids and they treat me like a normal person because their frontal lobes are finally catching up to my frontal lobes...."
- teen daughter
- teen daughter
September 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"Now I talk to the popular kids and they treat me like a normal person because their frontal lobes are finally catching up to my frontal lobes...."
- teen daughter
- teen daughter
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I need journalists to be able to identify a push poll when they see one.
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I need journalists to be able to identify a push poll when they see one.
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'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
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2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
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No link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children
In the largest epidemiologic study to date of the risk of giving birth to a child with autism, ADHD or intellectual disability following acetaminophen use during pregnancy, researchers found no associ...
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September 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
news.ki.se/no-link-betw...
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
news.ki.se/no-link-betw...
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Academia.edu is changing its Terms and Conditions, and they're so outrageous (AI training; signing over ownership to them etc) I closed my account today.
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
September 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Academia.edu is changing its Terms and Conditions, and they're so outrageous (AI training; signing over ownership to them etc) I closed my account today.
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
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I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
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Proposal for how to fix family wise error rates.
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Proposal for how to fix family wise error rates.
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
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It's weird: I am an immigrant, but I have never once been stopped and subject to questioning about my legal status inside the United States. Nor do I expect to be. Nor does Justice Kavanaugh. Wonder why that is.
This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:
September 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's weird: I am an immigrant, but I have never once been stopped and subject to questioning about my legal status inside the United States. Nor do I expect to be. Nor does Justice Kavanaugh. Wonder why that is.
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BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
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The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.
August 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.