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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just heard from someone who had a 1% grant not funded through NIMH.

Why?

Perhaps no payline for 2026?

2025 all full up?

Unclear. But totally bonkers and indicative of the complete gutting of the NIH/NIMH senior and grants processing peeps.

The ones who remain are working so hard.

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Jolie Wormwood @jbwormwood.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · Sep 3

Just saw a Betterhelp ad about a “therapist who specializes in emotions.”

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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · Aug 30

We’re hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our psychology department at the University of Illinois Chicago! We’re a vibrant research-active department in a great city, a diverse institution with a purpose-driven mission, and a fun place to work! #psychjobs

uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Assistant or Associate Professor - Clinical Psychology (Tenure Track)

Position SummaryTeach at the undergraduate and graduate level, advise students, conduct research in area of expertise, participate in the intellectual...

uic.csod.com

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · Aug 26

#Psychjobs
My former institution Colby College is hiring a tenure track in intergroup relations, broadly defined & open to many psych areas (not just social). This is my replacement line. I truly enjoyed my time at Colby and it's a great dept! Happy to answer Qs if I can.
apply.interfolio.com/172552

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apply.interfolio.com

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Aug 12

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

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Jolie Wormwood @jbwormwood.bsky.social · Jul 3

I just posted the same video in response to this 😂 My partner and I reference this skit more often than I’d like to admit

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Jolie Wormwood @jbwormwood.bsky.social · Jun 29

About to quit my day job to take up pressure washing junk in my back yard full time…

Outdoor area rug with a navy blue and light gray checkered pattern. It is mostly dirty except for a clearly defined clean patch.

Dirty diving board with a pressure washer nozzle pointing at the edge of a clearly defined clean patch

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Natalie Peluso 🧠🫁😊 @nataliepeluso.com · Jun 18

Do naturalistic emotional facial expressions catch our eye like posed ones? 👀😀😠😐

This was my first, first author paper which was published in Emotion - Kudos have done a wonderful job of helping spread the world to a wider audience! #faces #affectsci 🧵1/ (Pls share!)
link.growkudos.com/1dybshxtam8

Do Naturalistic Emotional Facial Expressions Catch Our Eye Like Posed Ones?

We know that people tend to notice emotional faces—like smiling or angry expressions—more quickly than neutral ones. But most research showing this uses “posed” faces: actors in a lab deliberately sho...

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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · Jun 12

We got what I believe to be close to a "perfect" NSF score after our first submission--three "Excellent" reviews, highly competitive. The only minor weakness was that we could reduce our budget. It won't be funded. There is no path forward. I'm devastated.

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Natalie Peluso 🧠🫁😊 @nataliepeluso.com · May 27

Quite a long read, but super important - recognising the assumptions we make in psych research is something more of us should do🫣

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"What's real? A philosophy of science for social psychology."

By @lisafeldmanbarrett.com and @jtheriault.bsky.social

openpublishing.princeton.edu/read/what-s-...

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Erin Westgate @erinwestgate.bsky.social · May 19

Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition. Best news? The HSP is now open-access—free to read, download, and share.

the-hsp.com

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Paul Bierman @paul-bierman.bsky.social · Apr 24

"I have never seen anything like this in nearly 40 years of doing science," says Paul Bierman, a geomorphologist at the University of Vermont. "I think it's an unmitigated disaster."

www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion

Swathes of scientific data deletions are sweeping across US government websites – with decades of research at risk. Now, scientists are racing to save their work before it's lost.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elise Kalokerinos @elisekalo.bsky.social · Apr 9

We're hiring a postdoc in the FEEL lab at the University of Melbourne. Deadline May 12: get in touch if you have questions! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/9...

Details : Postdoctoral Research Fellow (FEEL Lab) : The University of Melbourne

Careers at The University of Melbourne

jobs.unimelb.edu.au

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Jolie Wormwood @jbwormwood.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thanks for sharing! I’m clearly not doing a great job of promoting papers on here 🤦‍♀️

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Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social · Mar 28

Extremely disappointing & cowardly. The American Psychological Association is rescinding diversity requirements. Not due to any actual mandate from the federal government, but only because it may *someday* face pressure from the government www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...

Under Pressure, Psychology Accreditation Board Suspends Diversity Standards

As the Trump administration threatens to strip accrediting bodies of their power, many are scrambling to purge diversity requirements.

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Mar 28

I mean… Yeah. Yeah they do. For entirely known and warned-about reasons. Yes.
www.science.org/content/arti...

AI models miss disease in Black and female patients

Analysis of chest x-rays underscores need for monitoring artificial intelligence tools for bias, experts say

www.science.org

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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · Mar 23

"Very thrilled to share my new working paper on..."

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Jolie Wormwood @jbwormwood.bsky.social · Mar 4

Getting ready for summer program sign-ups at the moment. Same vibe. 🙃 I’ve got multiple reminders/alarms set.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 14

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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Snarkymuse @snarkymuse.bsky.social · Feb 9

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · Feb 10

Conservatives: “There isn’t enough scientific evidence for trans care, so we must ban it.”

Trans people: “…”

Conservatives: “Also we’re banning research.”

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Natalie Peluso 🧠🫁😊 @nataliepeluso.com · Feb 7

A new method to assess interoception across expected versus unexpected stimuli for probing interindividual differences 👇

Operationalisation of interoceptive expectations
BioPsyc (2025)
#interoception #affectsci

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Operationalisation of interoceptive expectations: A novel paradigm to measure detection and Adjustment to Interoceptive Discrepancy

Interoception is a bidirectional process, with both descending predictions and ascending sensation playing a role in the regulation and perception of …

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Feb 4

Someone is going to write a piece about how that executive order claims it’s defending women but now the National Science Foundation is shuttering programs that serve women and trying to cancel grants that mention women, right? 🧪

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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · Jan 31

EMA/Daily Diary researchers!

Do you have a dataset with momentary or daily loneliness among adults 18+? @kvanbogart.bsky.social is seeking datasets to support a coordinated data analysis

Email [email protected] with a brief description of your dataset to be considered! #psychscisky

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