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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 57m

Resistance to authoritarianism is a coordination game. That's why universities and law firms and nonprofits can't let themselves be picked off one by one. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 16h

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · Nov 23

A Just Asking Questions Effect for spreading false information.
This thread is an overview of my lab’s research that I presented at Psychonomics this morning. #psynow24

TLDR: Getting people to generate their own false answers leads them to believe that info. 1/

Just Asking Questions: Can an Implication Generate an Illusory Truth Effect?
Ira E. Hyman, Jr., Jasmine Balmelli-Morales, Macallan Enns-Ford, Annika Fiala, Zoe Gadbow, Macy Kneipp, Isabel Nguyen, Gwen Pane
Western Washington University

Madeline Jalbert
University of Washington

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 15h

If true, this is a very scary development—>

Abby Wood @yesthatabbywood.bsky.social · 22h

Possible link to use of state force and money in politics here. These data are likely gettable — foreclosure notices and ICE raid locations from a combo of public records requests, court records, news stories. Money in politics data from OpenSecrets. Have at it, grad students/postdocs.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 22h

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 21h

🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026!

We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.

Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!

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Pierce Ekstrom @pierceekstrom.bsky.social · 16h

We're recruiting PhD students to join us at Nebraska! Spreading word:

Whether you (or your student's) current home is in Psych or PoliSci, if you're interested in political psych, you could be a great fit.

I run a joint lab (www.pierceekstrom.com/ekstromlab) with Ingrid Haas (paclab.unl.edu). 1/3

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KSV @ksvesq.bsky.social · 1d

It’s just a joke, it’s just a joke, it’s just a joke…

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 1d

New from me and @brendannyhan.bsky.social

Why Trump's "Compact for Academic Excellence" is a devil's bargain and should be rejected in all forms

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.

Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.

www.msnbc.com

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 3d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 6d

📣Just announced: Personality and Social Psychology Review has published a Special Issue focused on elevating theoretical perspectives from non-Western societies in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Learn more: ow.ly/6Z1O50X4Uug

New PSPR Special Issue Highlights Personality and Social Psychological Theory from the Majority World

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d

Somebody actually sat down and wrote these two sentences, one after another. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 5d

Yup. Up in smoke now, because China has been forced to source their soybeans elsewhere.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 5d

This is catastrophically bad.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 5d

Are we winning yet?

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 5d

Translation: "WE will eventually be forced to provide $35-50 billion in aid to farmers hit by Trump's tariffs."

We pay twice for this idiocy, in rising food prices AND taxes.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. Some Republicans estimate they will eventually need to provide $35 billion to $50 billion in aid to farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs.”

[.. That’s roughly half of all the revenue raised from new 2025 tariffs so far this year, notes @ernietedeschi.bsky.social]

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 7d

Sadly, in the U.S., we can only say we used to fund important discoveries like this.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 9d

Dems absolutely should filibuster any relief unless it is combined with legislation to end the tariffs that caused the problem in the first place.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Thune: "We've got a big harvest coming in here in South Dakota, corn and soybeans, and no place to go with it ... we are looking at potential solutions to make sure we can help support farmers until some of those markets come back."

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 11d

NSF GRFP is out 2.5 months late w/key changes

1. 2nd year graduate students not eligible.

2. "alignment with Administration priorities"

3. Unlike prior years, they DO NOT specify the expected number of awards... that is a BIG problem.

a brief 🧵 w/receipts

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 12d

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 12d

Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩

Learn more: www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea...

(P.S. @tedmond.bsky.social is also taking a student!) @msupsychology.bsky.social

Family friendly waiting room for participants

Family friendly waiting room, picture shows children's play area

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 12d

Tomorrow, 1-2 PM ET: Join Dr. Emily Dix from Lake Forest College as she presents her research on racial bias recognition as part of our PUI Invited Research Talk Series, highlighting scholars from Primarily Undergrad Institutions.

Register: ow.ly/JxWp50X2cV9

Announcement for a virtual research talk by Emily Dix from Lake Forest College on racial bias denial, scheduled for September 26, 1-2 PM ET.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 13d

Nails it.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14d

Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 14d

I may be biased, but I love this department! ❤️❤️❤️ Everyone should apply!

Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 15d

University of Colorado Boulder Psychology & Neuroscience is searching for TWO tenure track assistant professors!!

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

#socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob
#psycjobs #psychology

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Assistant Professor

jobs.colorado.edu

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 18d

Misleading WaPo headline: “Trump unveils $100k fee…”

Fact buried in paragraph 13: “Under federal law, only Congress has the power to create new visa entry programs and add fees to existing categories”

This fee will never happen

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump unveils $100K yearly fee on H-1B visas in clampdown on legal immigration

The Trump administration also plans to launch a $1 million “gold card” visa for wealthy foreigners in a dramatic overhaul of the nation’s paths to legal immigration.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 18d

So much for “academic freedom” and the protections of tenure.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19d

So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’

www.nytimes.com

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