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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 8h

I love my gym 😭😭 please

A can of Monster standing around in the free weight section of my gym

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

how my teaching statement is going:

screenshot from a word document that says:
"Teaching:

Teaching is the most important thing we do : )"
and nothing else

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This little shit is my motivation because I just bought it and it commits the gravest sin of them all: barely any bubbles. It's sparkling water for people who don't like sparkling water. I, enlightened, want my gums to burn. 1/10 (holding space for even worse experiences just in case)

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Me on why I favor post-publication peer review:

Screenshot of an interview with Björk where she says: "The minute I start pleasing five peole, I won't please anyone. But if I only please myself, I might please ten people, you see."

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"its been 84 years" meme where 84 is overridden with 8 (because the paper I found was published 8 years ago)

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I swear to god, why the fuck would you want a "Quick Read" for an academic paper, the authors literally provide one themselves?????????

screenshot from google scholar that has a "Quick read" button for a bunch of the papers listed

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You get matched with a panda at the end!!!

Picture of a panda called Cory with heat-shaped eyes, a purple beret and a purple scarf

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Steam doing the train gays a solid

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

not this line of code in my friend's program 😂

a line of code that reads "if(joy!=None):"

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

EX- CUSE- ME??? generative AI tools... are meant... to produce text, not support decision-making. Wtf ( : How the fuck are they supposed to support my decision making if I can't trust the """""information""""" they're giving me to be accurate??? This is from a @yorkuniversity.bsky.social training

A question from a training:
What is the recommended role of generative AI tools?
a) To replace human decision-making
b) To make decisions requiring moral considerations
c) To support human decision-making
(c is supposed to be the "correct" answer)

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Love when my beg button comes with a whole manual of instructions

Photo of a beg button in a Florida beach town with a whole ass instruction manual on how to use it

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

now if I scale the response by a factor of 2, it all lines up. (Which makes sense because the task is REALLY easy!)

same plot as before but I scale up the response by a factor of two and now the two traces match perfectly

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

bad, doesnt make sense, strange, odd, weird, response (red) and stimulus (black) should line up so much better

Plot of position of stimulus and response over time. Response lines up so much worse than expected.

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The other night on Church Street. A miserable 50cm for pedestrians """""cleared"""" versus 8m for cars. And whenever I walk there I see more pedestrians than damn cars.

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Bitch that's a WILD increase in biking trips year over year here in Toronto (per @graphicmatt.com, highly recommend to subscribe to his City Hall Watch newsletter!!!! cityhallwatcher.com)

Graphic showing an increase in cycling on Yonge Street and Sherbourne Street (in Toronto) in 2024 versus previous year by month. Biking increased by 30-40% April to August, 50-65% September to November, and more than 100% in Feburary and March!!!!

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

do brain types know the difference between accuracy and precision as we use it in CogPsy? I have a talk in front of ~ neuroscientists ~ this week, should I show them this lovely little graphic?

The good old dart board graphic that explains the difference between accuracy and precision

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

First past the post is so fucked 😭😭😭 and we're doomed to spend all eternity with that dipshit Doug Ford 😭😭😭

Screenshot from a polling averages page that shows that the conservatives would get only about 40% of the vote but a LARGE majority of the seats

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

These random bits of Threads are the reason I use Instagram about 80% less

Screenshot of a Threads preview off Instagram, saying:

"Masculine vs. Feminine Brain: Nice Guy vs. Kind Man.

Nice guys are stuck in 'feminine brain' mode -- overthinking, avoiding conflict, and craving validation."

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

we love a suburb councillor in full action 😭😭😭

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

PLEASE WHAT IS THIS CITATION, I LOVE IT!!! 😂😭 (our paper they cite is on the perception of object size in different body posters, in humans)

Screenshot of a paper with the title "Asexuality shapes traits in a hybrid fish" that cites one of our papers

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 13/10/2024

I don't know man, check my yelp reviews 😭

Screenshot of a guy on Grindr asking": "R u a good top"

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Well, I guess I know where I'm going this morning

Google maps screenshot that shows a bakery called "Björnsbakari"

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

ARCA AND TOKISCHA ^:=$"^;*(?$$56< dbhu6unxrhj7y

A screenshot off youtube from a preview of a collab between Arca and Tokischa

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

The only not-bad change Grindr has implemented over the past 5 years of enshittification

Screenshot from Grindr showing off a new feature that shows you when you tap someone who also tapped you.

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Obsessed with how naked I apparemtly was for my talk 😂 Also, penises on my slides!!!

Picture from my ECVP talk where I show more sideboob than I thought

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Aberdeen's dedication to Being Grey is really impressive

Photo of a bunch of grey midrise buildings next to a wide grey street in front of a grey sky

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

jetlagged Academic Gay ready for his talk #ecvp2024

Mirror selfie of a 35yo white gay with short hair, sequin shorts and a sleeveless tshirt

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

wow this NASA review thing that I just skimmed (ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citation...) has absolutely no chill

Screenshot that reads "However, it is unclear to what extent these models are propelling the scientific community further or simply repeating and repackaging previous contributions to the literature."

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

This exchange from 10 years ago is peak me 😂 (I'm writing this at 6.20am)

Me (time stamped 7am): I need to sleep
Me (cont): two or three hours would be better but I try to go to bed before 7am

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

Uh, why am I finding a REVERSE Aubert-Fleischl effect? People OVERESTIMATE the speed of my little object when they follow it with their gaze versus when they keep their eyes still???

Boxplots that show slightly higher PSEs (i.e., an overestimation of speed) for Pursuit than for Fixation in two different background conditions

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

If I had 30% Body Fat (I do) I Would Simply Go Out And Hook Up With The Hottest Men You Can Imagine

Screenshot of a YouTube thumbnail (same guy, once with some body fat once shredded) and the video title, which says "If I was Starting at 30% Body Fat, This Is What I Would Do"

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 03/07/2024

A bottom shaming AND bottom shame shaming double whammy, impressive

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

The most important part of getting started on grant writing is to come up with a WITTY, CATCHY, and INTELLIGENT shorthand for its title

Screenshot of the sentence "Dynamic Observers in Dynamic Environments (DynamOE)"

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

Please, Toronto City staff, I love you but please simply ask 1 LGBT association of any kind 😭😭😭 (Via City Hall Watcher newsletter)

Toronto city staff reveals "inclusive" gender options that aren't following best praftices, forcing, e.g., trans people to choose either "man"/"woman" or "transgender"

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Okay Blizzard is evil blablabla etc I agree but there's clearly some fslur working in the World of Warcraft creative team. This pride character outfit is fucking spot on, I know this guy, I am this guy, this is why representation matters

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

Are the authors of my arabic book joking about what I think they are joking about????

screenshot from my Arabic book saying "The pronunciation of the '3' can be practiced by saying 'aa' and slowly placing a finger on your throat (guys, on your adam's apple). Yes, it will kind of sound as if you're getting choked (don't get overexcited though)."

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

I am sure that I agree with this article overall (imho many, many, many, many couples should probably break up, and that would benefit women more than men) but ho boy do I hate this framing around cleanliness

Screenshot of a news article with the headline "A man will say he's a feminist but he doesn't wipe the counters": Lyz Lenz on the veauty of divorce.

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

I think about this photo of my mayor like once a week (source: twitter.com/oliviachow/s...)

Photo of Olivia Chow, now mayor of Toronto, flanked by two half-naked Hot Gays(TM), taken in 2014

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

10 YEARS AGO PARIS WAS NOT A "BIKE-FRIENDLY" CITY!! NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!!!

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 26/01/2024

I am now officially an urbanism dad because I subscribed to the Toronto City Watcher and also because I find the headline of today's update hilarious

screenshot saying "Toronto Budget 2024 (Olivia´s Version) drops next week

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

When I say that we need more men in crop tops rest assured that I am willing to do my part

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

How is the description for "Biker's Paradise" "Daily errands can be accomplished on a bike", that sounds like such a low bar to clear 😭

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Björn Jörges @bjorges.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

this schedule for this (gay) volleyball tournament I am playing is literal early bird propaganda and also homophobia

volleyball tournament schedule indicating that it starts at the god forsaken hour of 8am and last until 4.30pm, rather than a more reasonable schedule between 10am and 6pm or something like that. Fuck this shit!

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