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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t believe my life is being affected by the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 13d

If you’ve been following the RFK Jr autism news, then you’ve probably heard that there’s a systematic review “proving” Tylenol causes autism.

Here’s my review of that paper👇🏼

open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

The best evidence Tylenol causes autism isn't great

On Monday, RFK Jr announced Tylenol ‘causes’ autism referencing three studies as evidence. Let's dive in.

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Beautiful! We haven't ever met, but I assign your papers in my class :) Have you ever tried a pattern from Steven West? The hexagon is my go-to gift shawl. www.westknits.com/collections/...

All Shawls

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LizW @cave-malum.bsky.social · Sep 8

Furious American knitters cut off from EU yarn stores sit around fuming surrounded by sharp objects

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · Aug 19

Recall role models that contradict the gender stereotypes? I don't have any experience with this, but I would love to hear other's answers!

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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · Aug 16

remember that word gap narratives and ideologies don’t just frame marginalised children as linguistically deficient but also point the finger at their parents for their allegedly inferior parenting skills. the stigma attached to the word gap is intergenerational.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · Jul 24

vocal fry implies the existence of vocal onion ring and vocal tater tot

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noam chompers @noamchompers.bsky.social · Jul 24

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P. Kanngiesser/P. K. Hoffmann @patkanngiesser.bsky.social · Jul 18

Our (short) perspectives piece on challenging dyads as defaults in developmental psychology research is out (open access). Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

With Roman Stengelin (MPI EVA)

Challenging dyads as defaults in research on childhood social cognition

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Lynne Murphy @lynneguist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Misused terms in linguistics: a good link to put on the reading list for Child Language Acquisition—which I'm back to teaching this year

inference-review.com/article/misu...

Misused Terms in Linguistics | Evelina Leivada | Inference

Evelina Leivada argues that an effort to improve the terminological clarity and coherence of theoretical and experimental linguistics is long overdue.

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Titus von der Malsburg @tmalsburg.bsky.social · Jul 9

I'm offering a 3-year PhD position with benefits (1-year extension possible). Research topic open but broadly in incremental sentence comprehension. If you're into eye-tracking, even better! No teaching until Summer 2027, light teaching after that (English). Official ad soon. Please share 🙏

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · Jul 1

Yahoo!

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Alastair McAlpine, MD @alastairmca30.bsky.social · Jun 25

Kennedy provides a bunch of references for his claim that thimerosal in vaccines (barely used anymore) is harmful.

If a high-school student submitted this as their reference list, they would fail.

I will do what Kennedy didn’t - actually look at them. 🧵

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Matilde Ellen Simonetti @matildellen.bsky.social · Jun 25

📢 Researchers in bilingualism & word learning!
I'm doing a meta-analysis on the bilingual advantage & seeking unpublished data comparing bilinguals vs monolinguals.
Summary stats or raw data welcome (confidential).
Pre-reg 👉 osf.io/6a7yg/
DM me or share if you know someone! 🙏

The “Bilingual Advantage” in Word Learning: A Meta-Analysis

Hosted on the Open Science Framework

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · Jun 17

Sie ist überall: die Rede vom #Spitzenforscher. Nur: Was soll das überhaupt sein? Über einen Begriff, der das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig degradiert & einem Geniekult zuarbeitet, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich ist. ⬇️ #ArbeitInDerWiss

Keine Spitze ohne Berg: Zum Begriff des „Spitzenforschers“

Der Begriff des Spitzenforschers degradiert das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig und stützt einen Geniekult, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich...

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · Jun 17

Agreed. I have a recording that simulates what speech sounds like in the womb and it blows students' minds every time.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jun 14

In my opinion, Trump's shift on this issue ("stop raiding farms and hotels") demonstrates the US needs to have an honest conversation about the role of undocumented immigrants in this country. And who constitutes this population. I'm afraid the rhetoric has already poisoned the well.

Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · Jun 14

SCOOP: The Trump admin has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling ICE officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three officials with knowledge.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries

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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · Mar 8

its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

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Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · Jun 6

God they're good

The Onion: "You Sure You're In The Mood For Another Wes Anderson Film With Everything That's Going On?" By Wes Anderson

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Timo B. Roettger @timoroettger.bsky.social · May 20

Updated Preprint: We added 5 high-profile psycholinguistic journals to the sample. Numbers stay the same and are now based on >85k statistical tests in >13k articles across 13 different experimental linguistic journals.

Timo B. Roettger @timoroettger.bsky.social · Jul 26

🚨🚨🚨New preprint up🚨🚨🚨

"Statistical Reporting Inconsistencies in Experimental Linguistics", led by the fantastic Dara Etemady!

tl/dr: similar to other fields, half of all articles that used NHST contained at least one inconsistent p-value 🤯🤯🤯

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · May 16

Immediately printed and put on the pin board in my office

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · May 8

ope pope

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · May 6

“There is far too much power in the hands of professors in the German system,” says @leising.bsky.social.

My latest @nature.com story digs into efforts to tackle the entrenched structural heirarchy that enables academic bullies.

Can Germany rein in its academic bullying problem?

Researchers and administrators are exploring ways to restructure a rigid hierarchy that can breed power abuses.

www.nature.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 19

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · Apr 16

That's for all of the postdoc positions. I can forward the full advertisement if you message me your email address, Alvaro.

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