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Zsuzsa Kaldy @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social · 1d

Have you ever wondered whether going to school IN AND OF ITSELF improves children’s thinking skills? We found that it does! But not by much (about 1/4 standard deviations). Meta-analysis with Jamie Donenfeld and @erikblaser.bsky.social #DevPsySky #PsySciSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

School changes minds: A meta-analysis shows that schooling modestly improves children’s executive functions

Formal schooling places new demands on young children, requiring the inhibition of prepotent responses, sustained attention to instructions, and compl…

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Zsuzsa Kaldy @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social · 1d

I voted for yours - hope it wins!

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8d

IT’S OFFICIAL: We now have more protests planned for October 18 than there were back in June.

It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map.

We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

(next to a map of the 2,100 peaceful protests planned for October 18) NO THRONES.
NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 23d

“Anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage. Trans people are afraid to leave the country, let alone leave their houses. The right-wing ecosystem has gladly spent years creating these conditions, while Democrats have by turns avoided saying anything about them at all” 😞

👉🏻 archive.ph/ewBhT

THE CUT

They Want the Shooter to Be Trans
By Lex McMenamin, a writer and editor at Teen Vogue.

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · Aug 30

💰🦓 Viktor Orbán’s €30M Hatvanpuszta family dacha (ex-Habsburg estate) with zebras and antelopes around is now global news (New York Post etc.) after dominating 🇭🇺 media all summer. The world can see how “pro-family conservatism” simply masks classic post-Soviet kleptocracy.

🎥 by @telexhu.bsky.social

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Society for Philosophy and Psychology @socphilpsych.bsky.social · Aug 20

Children’s reasoning about possible outcomes of events in the present and the future

📣 Work by Esra N. Turan-Küçük & Melissa M. Kibbe

APA PsycNet

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is really excellent on our understandings of - and the reality of - intergenerational inequality.

Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · Jul 29

My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.

WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree

Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.

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Zsuzsa Kaldy @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social · Jul 13

Some universities think they can buy protection

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · Jul 12

“Viewpoint diversity” is a moronic goal without a whole lot of caveats and qualifiers. A physics department hiring phlogiston theorists and an astronomy department hiring flat earthers & geocentrists would increase “viewpoint diversity” and also radically lower the quality of education.

Steve T PhD @thelasttheorist.bsky.social · Jul 11

We nEeD vieWPoiNt DivErsITy

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Jul 13

“It was a delight to catch a glimpse of Khalil in the throes of laughter. He laughed as though each laugh were a physical vessel urgently exiting his body, or a secret he’d held for so long that it had forced its way out.”

Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are In on the Joke

What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · Jul 13

"Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy ..., was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents threw canisters of tear gas at them"

Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · Jul 12

A philosophy professor was assaulted and abducted by ICE while protesting the agency's raid on a farm near his university.

Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous

Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Jul 9

🚨🚨🚨

IT GETS WORSE 😳

"Kristi Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN."

Story: www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Zsuzsa Kaldy @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congrats, Bence!

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Jul 9

🧪 Translation for NSF folks:

Yesterday's SCOTUS decision will likely soon result in these previously blocked actions:

-elimination of NSF divisions as an org unit

-closing Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM, firing its staff

Can still be challenged in court (see below). But still 🤯🤯🤯

Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · Jul 8

The Supreme Court has stayed the AFGE case, which prohibited the Trump administration from moving forward with Reductions-in-Force. Several quick notes based on a cursory skim: 1/

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Zsuzsa Kaldy @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks, @deontbenton.bsky.social and @jinjingjenny1.bsky.social for letting me talk about my career and my beloved mentors 🙂

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Zsuzsa Kaldy @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social · Jul 8

Shameless self-promotion #DevPsy #PhdSky #PsychSciSky

The It's Innate! Podcast @theitsinnatepc.bsky.social · Jul 8

🚨 New Episode! Our recent chat w/ Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy (@zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social ) is up! We chat about her cog sci journey, her work on infant working memory, and a recent paper in which she argues that attention and working memory work in concert to pursue goals. So much fun!

itsinnate.fireside.fm/29

A happy little dance between attention and working memory (with Zsuzsa Kaldy)

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · Jul 6

When birds saw humans give an injured bird special treatment.😅

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · Jul 3

300+ person die-in outside Rep Fitzpatrick’s office opposing the billionaire giveaway 👇👇👇

Indivisible Bucks County @indivisiblebux.bsky.social · Jul 2

Here's the view of the DIE-IN in front of Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick's office building in PA-01, as seen from above.

We want him to VOTE NO on Trump's Billionaire Bailout Budget Bill!

Thank you to Ava Redmond for her drone work!

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Zsuzsa Kaldy @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social · Jul 3

"But just some friendly advice, definitely publish fifteen articles in journals that charge at least $4,000 for an annual individual subscription." Introducing Our University's New, Totally Reasonable Criteria for Promotion and Tenure www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/int...

Introducing Our University’s New, Totally Reasonable Criteria for Promotion and Tenure

Since the founding of our august institution, we have awarded promotion and tenure based on how many pages of your research we could read before fa...

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Benedek Kurdi @benedek.bsky.social · Jul 2

(Unfortunately very timely) write-up by YaleNews on our study regarding pervasive anti-foreigner biases and their association with consequential ballot initiatives: news.yale.edu/2025/07/02/b...

Bias against non-Americans spans demographic and political spectrums

A new study finds pervasive anti-foreign biases in the United States predict voting patterns on ballot initiatives that restrict immigrant rights.

news.yale.edu

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Jun 29

#Palantir goes full fourth Reich.

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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · Jun 28

This month has been a powerful reminder of why we must keep showing up for our LGBTQ+ community. Know that I see you, celebrate you, and this office has your back.

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Zsuzsa Kaldy @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social · Jun 29

Yes, thanks for the correction! When I posted it, the news still reported lower numbers - what at absolutely amazing moment in Budapest in these trying times!

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