Stefanie, PhD
@stanc1ss.bsky.social
Radical behaviorist. Italian American. Feminist. Mountaineering and snowboarding enthusiast. Opinions are mine. (She/her)
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Stefanie, PhD
@stanc1ss.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Oh hi, BlyeSky! Good to see all your friendly faces. Let’s chat science.
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Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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"If you think Covid was bad, this will be so much worse."
SUfS CEO @cdelawalla.bsky.social with @meiselasb.bsky.social on @meidastouch.com
👀 WATCH IN FULL HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_dyh9F-JUg
🐥 Take Action with us HERE: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
SUfS CEO @cdelawalla.bsky.social with @meiselasb.bsky.social on @meidastouch.com
👀 WATCH IN FULL HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_dyh9F-JUg
🐥 Take Action with us HERE: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"If you think Covid was bad, this will be so much worse."
SUfS CEO @cdelawalla.bsky.social with @meiselasb.bsky.social on @meidastouch.com
👀 WATCH IN FULL HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_dyh9F-JUg
🐥 Take Action with us HERE: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
SUfS CEO @cdelawalla.bsky.social with @meiselasb.bsky.social on @meidastouch.com
👀 WATCH IN FULL HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_dyh9F-JUg
🐥 Take Action with us HERE: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
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New preprint from my lab, in collab with Drs. Brett Gelino, @juststrickland.bsky.social, and Tory Spindle.
Initial Validation of Oral Nicotine Pouch Purchase Tasks in a Crowdsourced Sample of Adult Pouch Consumers
(Manuscript under review)
URL: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#BehavioralEconomics
Initial Validation of Oral Nicotine Pouch Purchase Tasks in a Crowdsourced Sample of Adult Pouch Consumers
(Manuscript under review)
URL: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#BehavioralEconomics
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New preprint from my lab, in collab with Drs. Brett Gelino, @juststrickland.bsky.social, and Tory Spindle.
Initial Validation of Oral Nicotine Pouch Purchase Tasks in a Crowdsourced Sample of Adult Pouch Consumers
(Manuscript under review)
URL: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#BehavioralEconomics
Initial Validation of Oral Nicotine Pouch Purchase Tasks in a Crowdsourced Sample of Adult Pouch Consumers
(Manuscript under review)
URL: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#BehavioralEconomics
I’m of the belief that part of the reason we are where we are as a country is because we no longer enforce social consequences. We seem to care more about protecting our inner peace and good vibes rather than confronting bad behavior, like racism and bigotry. Let’s change this.
December 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I’m of the belief that part of the reason we are where we are as a country is because we no longer enforce social consequences. We seem to care more about protecting our inner peace and good vibes rather than confronting bad behavior, like racism and bigotry. Let’s change this.
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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I still don't get this. The journal is asking for my opinion, not GenAI's. We don't even get any public credit for doing reviews... it's as close to a thankless task as you can get in academic research. So if someone don't have time to do a review solo, then why not just decline?
53% of researchers say they have used AI when peer reviewing articles, according to a survey by Frontiers. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
Policies should reflect the ‘new reality’ of researchers’ increasing reliance on tools that can summarize manuscripts and draft reports.
www.nature.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I still don't get this. The journal is asking for my opinion, not GenAI's. We don't even get any public credit for doing reviews... it's as close to a thankless task as you can get in academic research. So if someone don't have time to do a review solo, then why not just decline?
Little Disasters. Woof. That one was hard to watch as a parent.
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Little Disasters. Woof. That one was hard to watch as a parent.
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Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social this doesn’t qualify as weirdtok but it’s too delightful not to share. Pure joy at one of life’s most wonderful experiences.
December 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social this doesn’t qualify as weirdtok but it’s too delightful not to share. Pure joy at one of life’s most wonderful experiences.
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I would love to read a study of how our use of language has changed when we talk to customer service now because we know we are talking to a machine
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I would love to read a study of how our use of language has changed when we talk to customer service now because we know we are talking to a machine
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It's so depressing to have teaching experience, publications, and everything and be unable to make any progress in the job market over 2 years post PhD. This is supposed to be a period of development for early career researchers but how do we develop when we can't find any jobs?
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It's so depressing to have teaching experience, publications, and everything and be unable to make any progress in the job market over 2 years post PhD. This is supposed to be a period of development for early career researchers but how do we develop when we can't find any jobs?
Absolutely the most solemn place I’ve ever visited. The stories of our sailors at Pearl Harbor 84 years ago brought me to tears. Thinking of them today. #PearlHarbor
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Absolutely the most solemn place I’ve ever visited. The stories of our sailors at Pearl Harbor 84 years ago brought me to tears. Thinking of them today. #PearlHarbor
In the end, the story will be how many companies and organizations appeased a fascist dictator for their own benefits. May they fail in the end.
December 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In the end, the story will be how many companies and organizations appeased a fascist dictator for their own benefits. May they fail in the end.
I named my fists Snap and Crackle cause they gonna POP!
I named my fists One Way and Another because I’m gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I named my fists Snap and Crackle cause they gonna POP!
As a decision researcher, I often think about the decisions our military officers are faced with. In some cases, making the right decision can cost you everything. I’m convinced this admiral chose to refuse illegal orders over advancing his career. Courageous!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
As a decision researcher, I often think about the decisions our military officers are faced with. In some cases, making the right decision can cost you everything. I’m convinced this admiral chose to refuse illegal orders over advancing his career. Courageous!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the universe’s most ancient stars
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The James Webb Telescope May Have Seen the First Stars in the Universe
Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the universe’s most ancient stars
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the universe’s most ancient stars
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
One man with no medical or scientific training forcing his crackpot ideas on a nation.
A crackpot with control over the infrastructure trying to force reality to bend to his fringe beliefs.
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
One man with no medical or scientific training forcing his crackpot ideas on a nation.
With all the discussion about illegal orders with service members, I think it’s important to remember (or learn) the process by which orders are passed down. There is a reason when Trump said “can’t we just shoot them” it was not passed down to our service members, bc it was an illegal order.
“Without concrete examples, legal context or acknowledgment of process, such as the role of commanders and JAGs, the video oversimplifies a complex legal area that service members navigate at real personal risk.”
www.military.com/feature/2025...
www.military.com/feature/2025...
When Lawmakers Lecture the Military: Why the “Unlawful Orders” Video Invites Confusion
A group of Democratic lawmakers released a video telling service members they must refuse unlawful orders, a message that is legally correct but poorly delivered. The video offered no examples or lega...
www.military.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
With all the discussion about illegal orders with service members, I think it’s important to remember (or learn) the process by which orders are passed down. There is a reason when Trump said “can’t we just shoot them” it was not passed down to our service members, bc it was an illegal order.
“Without concrete examples, legal context or acknowledgment of process, such as the role of commanders and JAGs, the video oversimplifies a complex legal area that service members navigate at real personal risk.”
www.military.com/feature/2025...
www.military.com/feature/2025...
When Lawmakers Lecture the Military: Why the “Unlawful Orders” Video Invites Confusion
A group of Democratic lawmakers released a video telling service members they must refuse unlawful orders, a message that is legally correct but poorly delivered. The video offered no examples or lega...
www.military.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Without concrete examples, legal context or acknowledgment of process, such as the role of commanders and JAGs, the video oversimplifies a complex legal area that service members navigate at real personal risk.”
www.military.com/feature/2025...
www.military.com/feature/2025...
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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LLMs have not compromised survey research any more (at this point) than they were already compromised by the explosion of low-quality/spam responders.
Prolific and MTurk have been poisoned wells for a few years now, LLMs won’t dramatically depreciate them further
Prolific and MTurk have been poisoned wells for a few years now, LLMs won’t dramatically depreciate them further
Just so that we're on the same page: This paper tells us what is *possible* not what is *true*
This is definitely a concern, but (FWIW) I am highly skeptical that typical survey respondents have the technical skills (let alone the inclination) to do all of this.
This is definitely a concern, but (FWIW) I am highly skeptical that typical survey respondents have the technical skills (let alone the inclination) to do all of this.
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
LLMs have not compromised survey research any more (at this point) than they were already compromised by the explosion of low-quality/spam responders.
Prolific and MTurk have been poisoned wells for a few years now, LLMs won’t dramatically depreciate them further
Prolific and MTurk have been poisoned wells for a few years now, LLMs won’t dramatically depreciate them further
Just walking at the park.
📸 My husband
📸 My husband
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Just walking at the park.
📸 My husband
📸 My husband
Trump says gas prices are coming down. And yet…
Gas on post yesterday: $2.53
Gas on post today: $2.85
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
Gas on post yesterday: $2.53
Gas on post today: $2.85
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Trump says gas prices are coming down. And yet…
Gas on post yesterday: $2.53
Gas on post today: $2.85
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
Gas on post yesterday: $2.53
Gas on post today: $2.85
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
All these people complaining about giving kids food but not one person complaining about the gov subsidies the rich get to build their stadiums and buildings while they also pay no taxes 🙄
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
All these people complaining about giving kids food but not one person complaining about the gov subsidies the rich get to build their stadiums and buildings while they also pay no taxes 🙄
Winner of the internet! 🤣
If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Winner of the internet! 🤣