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Steven R. Shaw, PhD

@shawpsych.bsky.social

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School and Applied Child Psychology Program McGill University, Montreal, QC Director of the School Psychology Credibility Project Currently on medical leave

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · Nov 10

Introduction: A long-time hospital-based school psychologist and now a long-time academic. Fighting creeping cynicism by building or rebuilding the structures of research, evidence-based practices, and my life. Also, cooking, Canada, dog, hockey, Emerson, Marx (Groucho), fitness, and coffee.

Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 1h

Hehehe. I will bet you do.

Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 2h

And boom. A Willie Horton shoutout leads to a 2-run Baez bomb and a 7-3 lead.

Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 2h

While my Detroit Tigers are on a rally: A nice little bio of my favorite baseball player of all-time and not even close. He shook my hand when I was six years old--I will never forget it. A special man. I will always be a Tigers fan because of Willie Horton. baseballhall.org/discover/hor...

Horton a hero on and off the field | Baseball Hall of Fame

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 2h

Tigers rally!

Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 2h

Hockey season is underway. Hockey misses Bruce Boudreau behind the bench.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a hockey team .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a hockey team .

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 7h

My favorite unhinged 1990 Movie is Gremlins 2. The great John Glover played Daniel Clamp--a spot-on Donald Trump-inspired villain. As much as I wanted him to be Gremlin chow, he had a redemption arc and became a committee supporter. That's how you know it is fiction.

Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 10h

Agreed. For me, it is ensuring that my existence has purpose. Seems simple, but requires mindful effort.

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 10h

I updated my CV yesterday. I have not done that for over a year--it used to be a scheduled monthly task. Kinda seems like a waste of time and energy. I've moved on, man.

A truck yard sign: My resume is just a list of things I never want to do again.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 13h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 10h

Mickey! That is a happy wee beastie.

Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 10h

I am enjoying writing while on medical leave, but it is very difficult now. Everything takes about 3x longer than in the before times. The output is lean and not very good. But creating is therapeutic, not easy.

a man is sitting at a desk with a keyboard and the words oh my god writing is so hard above him

Alt: a man is sitting at a desk with a keyboard and the words oh my god writing is so hard above him

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 10h

Feeling blessed. Feeling joyful. Seems odd, under the circumstances, but true.

From the demotivation people. A photo of a beautiful orange sky. Sure, everything is fucked, but at least I have my health, which is also fucked.

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 11h

This is the world's most spoiled creature. Fully tucked in, warm, and snuggly.

Indie the Brittany is tucked in, warm, and toasty on the couch.

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 1d

Sleepy, but boopable.

Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 1d

Baseball playoffs (with my team involved), opening hockey season (with optimism for my team), college football, crunchy leaves, apple stuff, classes in session, gourd-based decorating, wonderful weather--October is my favorite month of the year.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 1d

Coffee is a very good thing. And I am grateful for it.

A photos of a lovely cup of coffee. And the caption: coffee is my therapist. Listens without judgment. Always there. Smells amazing.

Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 1d

So we have AI-generated "peer" reviews of manuscripts and the content of the books we write is being sold to make AI sloppy sausage (without author payment or opt out options). I kinda feel like a sucker. Will be working on finding a suitable church door for my 95 theses.

Martin Luther at the church door--saying "I wrote these 95 theses." Actually, I wrote 100. But those last 5 were written while on a bender, so they are a little crazy.

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 1d

I do not want, or see any value, in an AI review of any paper I submit to a journal.

If you do this, I will withdraw my paper and submit elsewhere.

Or simply post as a preprint never to be reviewed. Fuck this enshittification of scholarship.

Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 2d

Oh FFS. Because what overburdened peer review systems really need is more noise between the reviewers & ACs. Yeah, that's the ticket.

aaai.org/aaai-launche...

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Screenshot of AAAI automated review announcement reading:

1. Supplementary First-Stage Reviews: LLM-generated reviews will be included as one component of the
initial review stage, providing an additional perspective alongside traditional human expert evaluations.
2. Discussion Summary Assistance: LLMs will assist the Senior Program Committee (SPC) members by
summarizing reviewer discussions, helping to highlight key points of consensus and disagreement among
human reviewers.

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bingley567 @bingley567.bsky.social · 2d

#iceprotests #miller

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn Indie. She looks like she is laughing in the crunchy leaves.

Indie enjoys tine among the fall leaves.

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 2d

I like the Christmas Yule Log on TV. I am totally here for the Ghoul log on Shudder.

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 2d

Adulting. Sheesh. Existing in society is exhausting. Contemplating going full Jeremiah Johnson and becoming a mountain man. Or less ambitious, a hill man.

A sign: if anyone has any experience with anything or knows anything about something please let me know.

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 2d

Emotional support coffee is sort of like emotional support oxygen--not optional.

Photo of a cat in sunglasses and a headscarf drinking coffee. "Just me and my emotional support coffee against the world."

Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 2d

Experiencing 5 of the 10 most stressful life events in the last 15 months is less than awesome. I'm not going for the record (trying to avoid incarceration and unemployment). On the positive side, this is more of a growth requirement than growth opportunity. Quite a journey and not boring.

Pen on paper quote: Scariest place to be is the same place as last year. Grow.