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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 12h

I'll be at #ACR2025 this weekend and afterwards flying to Florida for a couple of days at Universal Studios Orlando with family

I'm sure ACR will be great, but I'm *really* looking forward to Islands of Adventure and Epic

If you'll be at ACR (or Islands of Adventure) feel free to get in touch! 🤠

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 15h

Read this thread yesterday and I keep thinking back to it (which here is a testament to how interesting this work is!)

Sharing so others could keep thinking back to it too :D

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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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 15h

Here's the thing. I am a lucky person and pay a fair bit in taxes. I can think of no better use for my tax dollars than feeding children, because I think all people are equally deserving of basic humanity.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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chenhaotan.bsky.social @chenhaotan.bsky.social · 15h

On my way to Montreal! Looking forward to meeting old and new friends!

Dang Nguyen @divingwithorcas.bsky.social · 15h

📣 Announcing our poster session at COLM 2025:

On the Effectiveness and Generalization of Race Representations for Debiasing High-Stakes Decisions

I will talk about biases in LLMs and how to mitigate them. Come say hi!

Poster #43, 4:30 PM

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 17h

Watching clips from the Pam Bondi hearing yesterday. It’s so embarrassing.

Senators should be able to ask questions & demand answers from the Executive. They are representatives of the American people in Congress.

Bondi lobbing personal attacks in response. It was childish. She’s our top lawyer?

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Joshua Conrad Jackson @joshcjackson.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Historical Psych Pre-Conference🚨

We have a great lineup of speakers for the #SPSP2026 edition!

Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23 (link below!). Open to folks from any career stage

Any research on psychological change or historical context of social psych is welcome!

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · 1d

Those that save adequate amounts for retirement often spend much less than they can afford once they actually retire. We investigate the effects different anchors and projections have on people's retirement spending behaviour in this new paper.

Undefined benefit: Projections and anchors as guides to retirement decumulation

Most defined contribution retirement income systems assume that retiring participants have the know-how and confidence to turn their lump sum savings …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Dan Goldstein @dggoldst.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Postdoctoral Research Economist positions at Microsoft Research New England or New York City 🚨

www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

Open to PhDs in econ-related fields (e.g. quant marketing, econ-CS). Seeking those with high collaboration potential with the team: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

www.aeaweb.org

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.

Here are six steps experts suggest to help you through the external appeal process.

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

You may have the right to get a denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here’s how experts suggest you do it.

www.propublica.org

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 2d

The decline is occurring as the Trump administration has delayed visa processing, instituted travel bans or restrictions for 19 countries, threatened to deport international students for pro-Palestinian speech, and heightened the vetting of student visa applicants.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August

The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

www.nytimes.com

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Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 7d

The official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz.

In select theaters October 17, on Netflix November 7.

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 2d

It's really upsetting to see the Trump administration calling in the military to police American citizens in American cities

On Sunday, the Secretary "of War" called the *Texas* National Guard to #Chicago (Illinois) and #Portland (Oregon)

May we all have courage to #resist this shit (+ #vote)

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

Really want some more reporting on this

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

time.com

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 3d

As we speak I’ve been revising my part (w/ @jamesross0.bsky.social ) on hypotheses generation AND refinement using LLMs + ML

We use LLMs for its generation then ML for prediction

www.rafaelmbatista.com/jmp

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Preach Brother!👇🏼 👊🏻👏🏼👏🏼💙🇺🇸💙

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 3d

Urbanists should start an annual celebration of public transit.

Call it Dia de los Metros.

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago, man. It’s a city where the community looks out for one another.

I don’t think DHS should be trying to arrest folks without a warrant. Not only is it unconstitutional, it’s sloppy. The whole immigration enforcement under Trump has this feel to it. Cruel, often illegal, and sloppy.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 3d

I love walking through Princeton’s campus, especially on weekends when there’s good weather. It’s a ton of families, couples taking wedding photos, kids playing in the grass, friends picnicking, tour groups admiring the art installations.

It’s busy! In the best of ways. A public space of leisure.

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Eli Finkel @elijfinkel.bsky.social · 3d

📢POSTDOC POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT📢

@nourkteily.bsky.social & I are recruiting a postdoc in the #LitowitzCenter for Enlightened Disagreement. We seek research excellence regarding navigating conflict.

Application deadline: Nov. 17.

Salary: ~$80k.

facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu/apply/MjQzNw==

Northwestern Faculty Search -

facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 4d

Are you a scientist, journalist, or civil society researcher studying New York State's distraction-free school policy, the one that bans internet-enabled devices in schools from bell to bell?

If so, I want to hear from you, as I refine a project to archive & classify published school policies.

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 3d

I'm a sucker for s'more anything. These look *so* good

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 3d

If you are on the academic job market this year, I think it's worth reading this post + consider inquiring about this at places you interview.

Schools that sign this "compact" will be–by nature of what they will now be exposed to–a very different place from the place you applied to. #AcademicSky

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 4d

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 3d

This country would be better off if we listened less to Stephen Miller (including Trump)

All of Miller's posts sound like that conspiracy-loving colleague- no matter the conversation or question, he always finds a way to tie it back to some fringe idea that had nothing to do with the conversation

a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .

media.tenor.com

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