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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 1h

Underrated Karen Walker quote

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 6h

Add yourself and other people you know to this list of research researchers doing work on LGBTQ+ health

abct-sgm-sig.bsky.social @abct-sgm-sig.bsky.social · 6h

@abctnow.bsky.social Please add yourselves (and people you know) to our SGM research mentor list: : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The list of mentors doing SGM research will be hosted on our website soon. In the meantime, I sent a message about this to the listserv!

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

I think that people who experienced the Internet Before have to act as monks preserving the illuminated manuscripts until something better eventually emerges

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 11h

👀 @abct-sgm-sig.bsky.social @abct-edeb-sig.bsky.social @abctnow.bsky.social @abct-ppdsig.bsky.social @abctstudentsig.bsky.social @abctautism.bsky.social

abct-sgm-sig.bsky.social @abct-sgm-sig.bsky.social · 11h

Dr. Jeffrey Cohen to lead a webinar on Doing Affirmative Cognitive Behavior Therapy with LGBTQ+ Young People!

elearning.abct.org/products/liv...

eLearning | ABCT: Live Webinar October 30 - Doing Affirmative Cognitive Behavior Therapy with LGBTQ+ Young People with Dr. Jeffrey Cohen

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t understand why people still do comparative psychotherapy studies with these sample sizes. With N=110, you’d normally only be well-powered to detect a medium-large effect size difference…

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 14h

A more snobby attitude of mine is how much it bothers me this works. To be frank, Weiss and the Free Press people always seem really obviously to be what they are to me - right wing shills. If anyone is actually fooled by the "I'm just a concerned centrist" schtick they seem incredibly stupid to me.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

another thing Weiss does is give other very dull people a vehicle to spout bog-standard right-wing ideas and pretend they're being iconoclasts or innovative.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 1d

Weiss very intentionally does not describe herself as a conservative or Republican and wraps her politics in terms like "free press." That makes more useful at advancing Trumpism than explicitly right-wing figures. newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 22h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 23h

Another great example. Sometimes when I’m having a bad day if I’ve watched “300” I look at geese like “I wish you would”

Earl Verdant @earlverdant.bsky.social · 1d

Geese are terrifying. My dog will take a look and think about taking a run at one, and I just tell her "get to steppin'...you don't want none of that".

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 23h

I started watching and was ambivalent about it. Still haven’t left the pods though and a lot of the magic happens outside

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

i have met a number of pigs, including pigs i later went on to eat (we have small farmers in our family) and quite frankly, getting to know pigs has made me feel even less bad about eating them

they would 100% eat us if given the chance

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 23h

A lot of animals have a bad vibe and we don’t acknowledge that enough.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

i have met a number of pigs, including pigs i later went on to eat (we have small farmers in our family) and quite frankly, getting to know pigs has made me feel even less bad about eating them

they would 100% eat us if given the chance

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 1d

I’m opposed to AI on ethical grounds.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever anarchism — or any idea more radical than the status quo — gets dismissed as unserious, it's worth remembering the current system runs on things like "we put all the money on a scam machine that tells rich dipshits they're god."

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 2d

When rich people believe, or pretend to believe, stupid things (tennis edition)
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/10/06/w...

When rich people believe, or pretend to believe, stupid things (tennis edition) | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

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Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social · 2d

Interested in understanding how young humans think about social relationships? I am reading PhD applications this year! **Please note**, that Harvard now requires the GRE. More information here: www.ashleyjthomas.com/workwithme

WANT TO WORK WITH ME? | Mysite

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 2d

So OTOH he is right. OTOH I don’t believe for a second he has a bad score let alone a 0 finance.yahoo.com/news/fico-sc...

'My FICO Score Is Zero,' Says Dave Ramsey. He 'Can't Rent An Apartment,' But Can Buy The Whole Apartment Complex

Dave Ramsey is often unapologetic when it comes to the credit industry. In last year’s talk about his signature “7 Baby Steps,” the personal finance expert made one thing unmistakable: you don’t need ...

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

1000% a thing that needs to be talked about more because we all know this guy

Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 3d

follow-up: In the Bay Area tech ecosystem we don't talk enough about the male "personality hire"; "personality hire" is a feminized term, yet there are dudes all over the Bay who can schmooze well and write a good strategy deck and the single biggest cause of startup failure is lack of execution

Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 3d

I think I might have read the grossest CMB profile I have in a while from some SF executive coach/founder guy; most performative "I am wealthy and probably a terrible person but I'm trying very hard to look deep and mindful" stuff I've seen, and he's not even that attractive

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 3d

Feels like a situation where -- and look, I'm just spitballing here -- the media could take some reporters and cameras to various parts of Portland and report what they see rather than just do stenography for someone with a long history trying to game the system with lies and exaggeration.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.

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Miriam @miriamboosh.bsky.social · 3d

Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.

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

3/ I have fewer Indianapolis recs but it’s quite walkable and the food tends to be good.

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

2/ bowling, laser tag, and axe throwing. The Comedy Attic usually has an interesting lineup. Kirkwood street is very “drunken undergrads” but worth checking out IMHO. Several cute trails around time including Pate Hollow if you have a car.

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

1/ Restaurants: Samira’s, Malibu Grill, The Elm, Cardinal Spirits, and Yatagarasu Ramen. The square is really the best place nightlife-wise. “The Back Door” is the gay club and probably funnest place to dance, the Root Cellar is maybe second. Hoosier Alley is a cool place to hang that has

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · Jul 4

why did one straw break the camel’s back?
here’s the secret:
the million other straws underneath it.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 4d

In Missouri, House District2
38,000 are enrolled in ACA marketplace plans (8% of population)
33,000 received subsidies

if the Congress does not extend the enhanced subsidies set to expire, premiums will rise an estimated 75%
www.kff.org/affordable-c...

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 4d

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STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America...

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