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Bjørn Sætrevik @satrevik.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19h

In an hour and a half (12:30 UTC / 14:30 CET) I'll give a lightning talk at the online BTS conference about the tool we are putting together for standardizing hypotheses.

Free registration: https://bigteamscienceconference.github.io/
Tool: https://tinyurl.com/hypothesizer
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Sep 9

a friend of a friend in grad school worked with Nowak and I went over to the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics which had its own floor of a building in Harvard Square. I asked how they could afford it and the student said "some rich creep in NY pays for all this"

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Sep 5

Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but I think we should be blasting these data from the rooftops.

Because of the environment of information, people think huge swaths of the populace are anti-vax and that’s simply not true.

Pointing out how much they are in the minority is KEY!

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Sep 5

Polling showing that a majority of Trump’s voters support vaccines was shared with several Republicans lawmakers’ staffers in a closed-door meeting head of RFK Jr.’s Senate hearing, according to two people familiar with the meeting.

Ahead of Kennedy hearing, GOP saw poll showing Trump voters support vaccines

The poll, conducted by veteran Republican pollsters, found that a majority of Trump voters believe vaccines save lives and support immunizations against measles and hepatitis B.

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Julia Bottesini @juliabottesini.com · Sep 3

Important updates to the PsyArXiv policies! If you're a #PsyArXiv user, these are worth taking the time to read. #PsychSciSky

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Sep 3

⚠️ PsyArXiv is updating its policies in light of a higher volume of low quality submissions and our recent switch to a pre-moderation workflow.

Read more about this change here 👉 (buff.ly/8jhqRJu ) and see our updated policies here 👉 (is.gd/paxpolicy ).

Update to PsyArXiv Policy

PsyArXiv is updating its policies to formalize the guidelines that had already been in place. These policies clarify what types of contributions are appropriate to submit to PsyArXiv, and spell out…

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Hannah Lönneker @hloenneker.bsky.social · Sep 3

As part of the Pilot Reporting Task Force, founded at @improvingpsych.org conference 2023, I would like to share a preprint with you: osf.io/preprints/ps.... We are looking for feedback on our perspective piece, promoting more transparency in the reporting of piloting in psychological science. 1/4

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Mary Beth Neff ("Mary-Beth") @mbneff.bsky.social · Sep 3

For those interested, here's our full preprint on the call for more transparent pilot study reporting: osf.io/preprints/ps...

@ihandleyminer.bsky.social #OpenScience #PilotStudies

Mary Beth Neff ("Mary-Beth") @mbneff.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Don't seat the baby near the door" 👶 Thanks to @infantstudies.bsky.social for the chance to discuss our task force work on making pilot study insights more transparent to improve psyc science!

@agataboch.bsky.social #OpenScience #DevPsySky #PilotStudies #PsychScience #Transparency

International Congress of Infant Studies @infantstudies.bsky.social · Sep 2

New on the Baby Blog - Making pilots public and improving developmental science by @agataboch.bsky.social and @mbneff.bsky.social #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #infantstudies infantstudies.org/making-pilot...

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Mary Beth Neff ("Mary-Beth") @mbneff.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Don't seat the baby near the door" 👶 Thanks to @infantstudies.bsky.social for the chance to discuss our task force work on making pilot study insights more transparent to improve psyc science!

@agataboch.bsky.social #OpenScience #DevPsySky #PilotStudies #PsychScience #Transparency

International Congress of Infant Studies @infantstudies.bsky.social · Sep 2

New on the Baby Blog - Making pilots public and improving developmental science by @agataboch.bsky.social and @mbneff.bsky.social #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #infantstudies infantstudies.org/making-pilot...

Text: Latest from the Baby Blog - Making pilots public and improving developmental science by Agata Bochynska and Mary Beth Neff against an image background of an infant lying in a supine position reading a book

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Big Team Science Conference @btscon.bsky.social · Jul 24

REMINDER: abstracts for the 2025 Big Team Science Conference are due in one week (July 31)!

Any and all work related to large collaborative science is welcome!

bigteamscienceconference.github.io/submissions/

submissions

>>> Submit your abstract here! Submissions for all session types are now open! * *Panels, hackathons, and symposia:* maximum 500 words * *Talks, lightning talks, and unconferences:* maximum 250 words ...

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Tom Hardwicke @tomhardwicke.bsky.social · Jul 21

Come and join us at the University of Sydney School of Psychology! 🦘 Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor position usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Psychology

Full time, continuing position, located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Psychology Opportunity to contribute to research and teaching in a world leading Psychology department Base Salary, le...

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PCI Psychology @psych.peercommunityin.org · Jul 16

PCI Psychology is open for submissions! Did you know that you can easily submit your recommended preprint to 20+ PCI Psych friendly journals? See all friendly journals here: psych.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_fr...
#PsychSciSky #SciPub

Fate of PCI recommended preprint

YouTube video by Peer Community In

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Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social · Jul 17

Also, this badly threatens neurodivergent liberation.

Doubtless not the intent of these specific authors but this whole line of enquiry amounts to divide & conquer

Make autistic activists separate from those with co-occuring learning disability so that they cannot advocate for them.

Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · Jul 16

www.nature.com/articles/s41... A big, well funded team tries to sort autistic people into four invented categories, based on 7 other invented categories. Based e.g. on past research that doesn't say what they allege it says. No inclusion of autistic people, discussion of ethics, human rights, etc.

Decomposition of phenotypic heterogeneity in autism reveals underlying genetic programs - Nature Genetics

Classes of autism are uncovered with a generative mixture modeling approach leveraging matched phenotypic and genetic data from a large cohort, revealing different genetic programs underlying their ph...

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · Jul 17

Two permanent Lecturer posts at Birkbeck (equivalent of Assistant Professor). Area of specialisation is open but with teaching needs in ethics & phil of AI, ethics and poli phil, ancient, gender, continental, engaged. Closing date August 28th, start in Jan 2026 'a significant advantage' #philsky

Lecturer in Philosophy (2216) - Birkbeck, University of London

Birkbeck

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jul 16

1. Kevin Gross and I just posted a new science-of-science preprint.

This one explores the looming peer review crisis. As many of you know, it's becoming significantly more difficult for journal editors to find scholars willing to serve as peer reviewers for submitted manuscripts.

Will anyone review this paper? Screening, sorting, and the feedback cycles that imperil peer review

Scholarly publishing relies on peer review to identify the best science. Yet finding willing and qualified reviewers to evaluate manuscripts has become an increasingly challenging task, possibly even ...

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Jul 14

the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago is hiring SIX faculty. open area

Otago is the second-largest research university in New Zealand, and, among other nice things, is located near some of the best wineries on the planet

www.seek.co.nz/job/85709111

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor - Psychology Job in North Dunedin, Otago - SEEK

The University of Otago’s Department of Psychology is a highly ranked, internationally respected hub of research and teaching excellence.

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Mary Beth Neff ("Mary-Beth") @mbneff.bsky.social · Jul 15

wait I didn't expect 'all' kids to be so literal 😅

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Jul 7

📣 Call for Proposals: SIPS-PCI Registered Report Funding Partnership!
The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science and Peer Community In Registered Reports @pci-regreports.bsky.social invite researchers from all areas of psychology to submit empirical research projects for consideration.

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Mary Beth Neff ("Mary-Beth") @mbneff.bsky.social · Jul 7

#DevPsy #PhdSky #PsychSciSky

Mary Beth Neff ("Mary-Beth") @mbneff.bsky.social · Jul 4

Very glad this paper is published, especially in an open science forward journal!

This one means a lot as it triggered so.much.beef. Was often told that I didn't know what I was doing/wasn't going to work - turns out I was right 😜

TL;DR: trust your instincts + rethink using literal competitors

Language Development Research @langdevres.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations to Mary Beth Neff and Ingrid Lossius Falkum on publication of their new paper "Decoupling literalist behavior from children’s early metaphor comprehension abilities" in LDR as part of a special issue on development of metaphor comprehension. ldr.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/8...

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Mary Beth Neff ("Mary-Beth") @mbneff.bsky.social · Jul 4

Very glad this paper is published, especially in an open science forward journal!

This one means a lot as it triggered so.much.beef. Was often told that I didn't know what I was doing/wasn't going to work - turns out I was right 😜

TL;DR: trust your instincts + rethink using literal competitors

Language Development Research @langdevres.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations to Mary Beth Neff and Ingrid Lossius Falkum on publication of their new paper "Decoupling literalist behavior from children’s early metaphor comprehension abilities" in LDR as part of a special issue on development of metaphor comprehension. ldr.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/8...

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Jun 30

Science minister Patrick Vallance has warned that “curiosity-driven” research is one of the “easiest” areas for governments to cut, but stressed it must be “protected and grown” alongside improving the UK’s applied research base
#Metascience2025
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/basic-r...

Basic research funding ‘must be protected and grown’ - Vallance

Funding for curiosity-driven research ‘easiest area’ for governments to cut, warns science minister

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Mary Beth Neff ("Mary-Beth") @mbneff.bsky.social · Jun 29

every successful conference needs a feast with conference friends #SIPS2025
@agataboch.bsky.social @leesplez.bsky.social @flavioazevedo.bsky.social @leticiarmicheli.bsky.social

A table setting with a variety of mezzes from Dobrumba restaurant, Budapest.

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Jun 28

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

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Ekaterina Pronizius @epronizius.bsky.social · Jun 28

Thank you so much for an incredible closing panel discussion. It was an honor to moderate it. @lspitzer.bsky.social @leesplez.bsky.social @martonkovacs.bsky.social @agataboch.bsky.social A. Sarafoglou
One Q. we discussed: How can ECRs contribute to protecting academic freedom? Thoughts? #SIPS2025

Lisa Spitzer @lspitzer.bsky.social · Jun 27

It was such a great experience to be part of the ending session of #SIPS2025 - thank you so much for the invitation @improvingpsych.org! #OpenScience @zpid.bsky.social

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Mary Beth Neff ("Mary-Beth") @mbneff.bsky.social · Jun 27

Always down for more analog conference sessions. Thanks to all our hackathon attendees for a super productive session - - looking forward to more testing of our pilot reporting templates!

#SIPS2025

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Mary Beth Neff ("Mary-Beth") @mbneff.bsky.social · Jun 27

I am so impressed that everyone fit in the shot!

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Lisa Spitzer @lspitzer.bsky.social · Jun 25

#SIPS2025 is officially opened by @priyasilverstein.com in a truly impressive location. ✨ @improvingpsych.org #OpenScience

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