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Brian Holt

@brianholt.bsky.social
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I teach psychology at a local small college as a tenured faculty member, tend to overthink things, so I try not to overthink things here, I like basketball, have dyslexia, and think stats are pretty cool.

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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Is it me or does Canada really suck at passing? #fifa
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Hey @quantitude.bsky.social .. I just finished listening to your interview with Emily Namey, I appreciate you didn't tease her about having a perfect name for qualitative research, I would have liked to have learned a little bit more about her educational background in particular to math..
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Twitter is just conservative gish gallop. I go there because of a few people I follow but just so much misinformation it's impossible to keep up and counter it.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Nicolas Maduro is a monster. Among other things, he overthrew a presidential election that, deep down, he knew he lost. by Donald J. Trump
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Absolutely wild. Sample rooftop solar costs of $0.50/W in Australia and order of week(s) install time vs $3.3/W and 6 months in San Francisco. 40% of Australian households have rooftop solar.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 21/12/2025
Love this short opinion piece on “mechanical bypass” in analogy to “spiritual bypass”.
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The “machinal bypass” and how we’re using AI to avoid ourselves | PNAS
The “machinal bypass” and how we’re using AI to avoid ourselves
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/11/2025
Imagine turning to the frauds and failures of U.S. mainstream news for advice about how to run a progressive city.
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I could have sworn he gave clownstick the first presidency when he reopened the Clinton email case.
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I need to get back to cleaning up my feed by seeing more #stats posts.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
If there is one lesson to draw from the history of fascism in the interwar period in Europe, it is this: Democracy falls if and when mainstream conservatives and centrist/center-right elites decide to make common cause with extremists because they consider the “radical Left” the more acute threat.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Why does President Trump perceive Harvard as his enemy? Doesn’t he know it’s a place where racist narcissists can receive tenure in the psychology department? by Stephen Pinker
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I found this refreshing. erikengdahl.se/autism/isnt/
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
It pains me to say this but the right sees this more clearly than the liberals and centrists who think education can be apolitical. Fascists know that independent, verifiable knowledge is counter to their politics. Fascists aren't opposed to content, but to empowering understanding.
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
you cannot rebuild american society with this supreme court. you cannot rebuild american society while billionaires pour money into politics. you cannot rebuild by meeting segregationists half way.
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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Gotta say, a tad bitter about this because for many years Dems have said they haven't been able to use the filibuster. It's a good time to show spine, for sure.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
If the government won’t hand over all of our financial data to Elon Musk, I’m going to become an even bigger libertarian.
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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Zero doubt that he made the buys. Zero doubt he'll lie in every single ad, probably egregiously. Zero doubt "conservative" will lap it up and immediately begin parroting every single lie within minutes. Twitter will explode with them in seconds.
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I want to make it clear that Biden’s expansion of the detention facilities in the U.S., as well as Obamas bullshit with Guantanamo, made this possible. When you see so many people yelling that liberal policy leads to fascism, this is what we mean.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
A huge problem right now is that the media is credulously reporting that so many things Trump is doing by EO/edict/OMB or OPM memo is just the end of the matter, that he can do it by fiat. That is not true.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
A spending law, passed by Congress and signed by the President, sets the policy per Article I of the Constitution. A new President can't unilaterally override that policy, even temporarily. And that's the point of this provision of the ICA -- to enforce Congress's power of the purse.
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The nice thing about teaching psychology is that non verbal behavior is one of the things we study, so saying on social media that Musk gave all the indicators that he meant to perform a Nazi salute, and not be fired for saying so.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/01/2025
if there is one funny thing about yesterday’s blitzkrieg of executive orders is that it makes the “democratic opposition went too far last time” crowd look like total dipshits
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A reminder that today is a solemn reflection on a person who forced us with kindness to see that terrorizing black people is not okay. Thank you Dr. Marti. Luther King Jr.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Trump hanging his supporters in DC out to dry in favor of an exclusive inauguration where only his inner circle and top donors can attend is the perfect metaphor for this administration and today’s GOP.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The future (imo) will be filled with a constant ache and continual search for — with increasingly diminished capacity for discovery / identification of — authenticity.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/12/2024
He lived just long enough to see the country he loved collectively, decisively reject the Christian values he embodied.
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
The thing I'm struggling with teaching psych online is that I think I've entered into the full game theory to defend against students using AI to launder their writing. Sisyphus has it easy.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
My favorite part of Star Wars was the scene where the Resistance leaders decide against trying to destroy the Death Star and instead kick in $1 million each for Palpatine's inauguration.
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Forgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
"I don't think I'm allowed to kill something because I am frightened." —Nikki Giovanni 💔 #poem #poems #poetry
I killed a spider
Not a murderous brown recluse
Nor even a black widow
And if the truth were told this
Was only a small spider
Sort of papery spider
Who should have run
When I picked up the book
But she didn't
And she scared me
And I smashed her

I don't think
I'm allowed

To kill something

Because I am

Frightened.
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Brian Hawkins @brianhawkins.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Really shouldn't take zero fucks. If there's more risk in calling out sex trafficking and statutory rape than actually committing it...the institution is already broken.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Matt Yglesias in June vs. Matt Yglesias in December
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Honestly, I blame Merrick Garland for politicizing his office by sitting on his hands.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
I have to parent and act somewhat normal for a couple hours, I guess. Fucking how? Because I have to.
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
The other day, we heard our resident raven couple. Big squawk followed by a whistle click. The kind of click humans make by dropping our tongue. Then saw 1 fly out of a tree, retracted wings & flew/fell upside down for a moment. @carlbergstrom.com
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
Wondering if others (thinking of @aidangcw.bsky.social) have updated versions to Szasz's article on the "myth of mental illness". I'm not looking to refute what he said as I think a lot of it is important. I'm looking for material that helps develop good skepticism around constructs, power, and...
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
I've been accused of teaching psych to community college students. Since 2003. I've got about 3 weeks before the start of the term. Just not feeling it.
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Brian Holt @brianholt.bsky.social · 24/08/2023
Good thoughts here.
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