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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 7h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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

newrepublic.com

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 4d

Attending Psychonomics in Denver? Consider arriving early enough to join the 2nd mtg of the Symposium for Individual Differences (SIDIC) on Thurs. Registration is open thru 10/31 & we've got a great program planned, with a keynote by @amiyake.bsky.social
caliberlab.wixsite.com/sidic2025/pr...

Program | SIDIC 2025

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 4d

My only point was that the piece opens with a truly bad argument.

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 4d

If ChatGPT wrote this part of the pro-AI case, which is weak and borderline bad-faith, it supports the Guest-van Roiij critique quite well. I don't recall anyone arguing that these prior tech developments were likely to be problematic in any way, and surely not with any parallel to AI criticism.

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 4d

Attending Psychonomics in Denver? Consider arriving early enough to join the 2nd mtg of the Symposium for Individual Differences (SIDIC) on Thurs. Registration is open thru 10/31 & we've got a great program planned, with a keynote by @amiyake.bsky.social
caliberlab.wixsite.com/sidic2025/pr...

Program | SIDIC 2025

caliberlab.wixsite.com

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Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 7d

Hey, I wrote a big thing about The Cars, a great American band, in conjunction with a new biography.
www.theringer.com/2025/10/01/m...

Oh So Near: The Cars’ Deep (and Deeply Underrated) Influence on the Future of Music

A new biography on the New Wave crew underlines their unsung importance—everyone from the Strokes to the Killers to Nirvana took lessons out of Ric Ocasek’s playbook. So why are the Cars rarely mentio...

www.theringer.com

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 8d

A landmark new study in JAMA Pediatrics shows the HPV vaccine is doing exactly what it promised & more. 17yrs after rollout, adolescent vaccination has slashed HPV infxns not only among those vaccinated but also those unvaccinated, showing powerful herd protection.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Population-Level Effectiveness and Herd Protection 17 Years After HPV Vaccine

This cross-sectional study investigates population-level effectiveness and herd protection in the first 17 years after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women at ...

jamanetwork.com

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 8d

What if there is a tech device that will substantially decrease your risk of dementia?

My new blog post. And yes, I have started using this device.

(Hearing aids. Hearing loss is strongly associated with dementia risk. Hearing aids solve things.)

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ment...

A Tech Device to Prevent Cognitive Decline and Dementia

Imagine if there were a tech device that could substantially decrease your chances of developing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Would you be interested in using it?

www.psychologytoday.com

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Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 19d

My weekly newsletter is now live. Please consider subscribing for links to my writing/pods, as well as newsletter-exclusive things. It's free!

stevenhyden.substack.com/p/the-bland-...

The (Bland) Ballad Of Jesse Welles

Also: A great new Wednesday album and some good heartland rock from Brian Dunne

stevenhyden.substack.com

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Grant Sharples @grantsharpies.bsky.social · 20d

I reviewed the new Wednesday joint

www.pastemagazine.com/music/wednes...

Bleeds Cements Wednesday As Masters of the Short Story

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

www.pastemagazine.com

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Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social · 20d

Can large language models stand in for human participants?
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.

One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.

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The threat of analytic flexibility in using large language models to simulate human data: A call to attention

Social scientists are now using large language models to create "silicon samples" - synthetic datasets intended to stand in for human respondents, aimed at revolutionising human subjects research. How...

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 23d

Nice. I wish more people knew about “Across The Universe” and “Lulu.” Great songwriting.

Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 23d

Are you a fan of Trip Shakespeare, too?

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 24d

Can’t remember the last time I joyously jumped up during a Giants game. Felt good!

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 24d

Bad coaching on both of TN‘s last drives. too conservative after the fumble and too greedy before the field goal attempt

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Governor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social · 26d

Today North Carolina issued statewide standing orders to allow pharmacies across the state to provide COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk adults over 18, including everyone over 65, without a prescription.

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 27d

What about when everything's in ALL CAPS? (I'm looking at you, Turnstile.) I feel like it's hard to know whether it was actually on purpose.

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JAMES HEATHERS @jamesheathers.bsky.social · 28d

This is epic.

Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · Sep 8

Full write-up of the errors and inconsistencies in the results tables (including estimates outside their confidence intervals, sign errors, and many duplicate values 😳):

github.com/sophieehill/...

GitHub - sophieehill/sweeteners: A blog post on errors and inconsistencies in quantiative results reported in Gonçalves et al. (2025), a paper recently published in Neurology, claiming to find an asso...

A blog post on errors and inconsistencies in quantiative results reported in Gonçalves et al. (2025), a paper recently published in Neurology, claiming to find an association between consumption of...

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 28d

Bandcamp offering a cool new feature: Playlists based on purchased items that also incentivize listeners to purchase artists' work: bandcamp.com/about_playli...

Bandcamp Playlists

Like digital mixtapes.

bandcamp.com

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Marcus Crede @marcuscrede.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hey everyone, I'm hoping to get some sense from academics on what kind of financial support (if any) they get from their university/college employers for conference travel. Please chime in and repost if willing.

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · Sep 8

Typically $1000-2000/year for conference travel for faculty. Some proportion of that also for graduate students, varying by year (if second year student or beyond, must be presenting).

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · Sep 8

Same here. I've not missed Facebook for 1 second since leaving several years ago.

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · Sep 8

At least y’all can score a touchdown.

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · Sep 8

That’s one source of hope…

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · Sep 8

This year’s Giants team might finally be the one to have me tap out before the season’s up.

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