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Mad in America @mad-in-america.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From Mad in Sweden: Two doctors who assessed the same patient cases arrived at the same psychiatric diagnosis in about 55 percent of the cases. buff.ly/AuoU6bI

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I like it when ref letter requests include memes:

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Know an outstanding mid-career researcher (10-20 years post degree)? Every year, ABCT's Research Facilitation Committee is proud to highlight the amazing science being produced by our membership.  This is a great time to nominate a supervisor, mentor, or friend.

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

1/ Today, an executive order was signed aimed at childhood vaccines. There's no new scientific data for this policy, but there were a LOT of words and confusing rhetoric at the press conference. Here’s what today actually means for you and your family.

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Spent 2-3 days doing a deep dive into the differences between feasibility and pilot studies (and even ordered a book) because I thought I did everything wrong and had no idea what I was doing, but in the end realized that they are overlapping constructs and I'm doing a pretty good job. :) Phew.

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Ok Nice Grafic

ALT: Ok Nice Grafic

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

12 years ago I found the worst table I've ever seen while doing a meta-analysis. Still haunts me to this day (on my facebook feed).

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We're developing alternative ways to shorten questionnaires, given psychology's questionable focus on inter-item correlations. We are looking for datasets: - clinical (mental health) - contains diagnosis - contains long form - contains short form Steep requirements, but maybe someone knows smth?

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Okay so just got asked to review my own paper twice... what if I had accepted? Would anyone have even caught this? These invitations are clearly auto-generated.

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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Call for papers for a special issue of Emotion: "Bridging the gap between emotion and clinical science." Letter of intent deadline: August 31, 2026 bit.ly/3SP2HZy

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Got a reviewer comment saying my N=183 single-arm trial sample is "relatively small". Sorry doc, this trial was run on a budget of $25,000 CDN and took 2 years to recruit.

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Has anyone taught an introductory course on systematic reviews/meta-analysis (undergraduate level) and would be willing to send a syllabus/resources. I am leaning heavily on doing meta in R website, but it doesn't cover everything.

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Huge MAST Lab crew here at CPA2026 in Montreal! #cpa2026

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Had some help collating every journal review I've done since July 2023 (for my 3 year review) and the total unique papers I've reviewed is about... 80. I now declare that I have retired from reviewing! - jk, but I do want to plug a model where the work is spread out across all authors, pls.

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

How many times are we clicking on this per day now? :(

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

*Thanks past self for downloading from Brightspace after every eval while teaching to run stats on assignments.*

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

In another massive data set of more than 1.5 million children ‌born between 1997 and 2022, the use of Tylenol during pregnancy was NOT associated with autism, even after accounting for individual risk factors. Autism was diagnosed in 1.8% of children exposed to Tylenol and 3% of the unexposed group.

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Acetaminophen Exposure During Pregnancy and the Risk of Autism in Offspring

This cohort study evaluates the potential association between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and risk of autism in Danish national registers.

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

NEW: Inflation last year hovered around 2%, but pay in Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office shot up by almost 11%. The premier's team now costs over $8 million in salaries, with average pay north of $160,000. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1175063...

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Cost of Premier Doug Ford’s top staff grew by 11% in 2025 | Globalnews.ca

The Sunshine List shows 50 individuals in the Premier's Office earned an average of $162,000 in 2025, pushing up the total compensation to over $8 million.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

While we’re distracted by new convention centres and island airports. While hospitals fall apart and students forced to take on more debt. While housing isn’t getting built. Flooding the zone.

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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

This is a nuclear bomb to Ontario's democracy. The Ford government wants to obfuscate absolutely everything it does.

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

OMG finally. Huge news for Ontario institutions.

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

People will remember this forever. A must read.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 30/01/2026

Catherine O'Hara, the actor and comedian best known for "Home Alone," "Beetlejuice" and "Schitt's Creek," has died at the age of 71. She died at her home in Los Angeles "following a brief illness," her agency said in a statement.

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

So sad to hear about Catherine O’Hara’s death today. She was an amazing actor and so, so funny. I think we can all agree that Moira brightened up the darkest of days. An amazing Canadian too.

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a woman says " stop acting like a disgrunted pelican "

ALT: a woman says " stop acting like a disgrunted pelican "

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Waiting for the day when we don't have to hear about what DJT says or does.

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data. If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition. eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...

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WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried

If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...

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Society for Affective Science @affectscience.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🚨T-minus 4 days🚨 The deadline for abstract submissions for flash talks and/or posters for 4 of our pre-conferences is FRIDAY (1/09)⏰️ Submit here: bit.ly/49DIv2p With 5 options for preconferences, there's something for everyone! Register today: bit.ly/4jsVsiX #SAS2026

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Just reviewed a revision - the authors used gen AI and made up a new intro and references (roughly 20). First noticed that the text strayed from study’s purpose, then I noticed that all of the new refs were from 2024 or 2025 (implausible), then I started to look up refs to find they don’t exist.

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Society for Affective Science @affectscience.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

💫Become a SAS 2026 Trailblazer Lab! A $500 donation funds student awards, trainee initiatives & keeps conference costs accessible. Sponsorship showcases your dedication to SAS & fosters your lab’s visibility! Contact monika.lohani@utah.edu or vera.vine@queensu.ca to get started!

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Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

When I was just starting out in graduate school, I was obsessed with Paul Ekman's work and read numerous papers and book chapters from him in the stacks of UofT. He inspired me to study emotion. www.paulekman.com/blog/the-pas...

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The Passing of Dr. Paul Ekman

Dr. Paul Ekman, pioneer of emotion science and creator of FACS, has passed away at 91. Read his memorial and share reflections on his life and legacy.

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

💥New preprint!💥 For democracy to be truly representative we need to include many more voices. But young voters (18-25yo) face unique barriers and are often overlooked. We describe these barriers, and propose a psychologically-informed approach to support and increase voter turnout among youth.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 01/11/2025

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

"When I was a kid, we didn't have smartphones. We had to come up with our own extremist views"

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Alex Daros, Ph.D. @daroptimism.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

As I wrote another manuscript review about how the authors didn't actually measure what they purported to measure, and toggled the rating from major revision to reject, I couldn’t help but wonder: have I become the disgruntled reviewer 2?

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This is extortion. Faculty, students, staff, alumni across the country need to get to their Presidents & Trustees today. Just say no. This blackmail only works if most everyone folds. Capitulation now means the end of American higher education for a generation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

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Kinlika @kinlika.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol 2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy. news.ki.se/no-link-betw...

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No link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children

In the largest epidemiologic study to date of the risk of giving birth to a child with autism, ADHD or intellectual disability following acetaminophen use during pregnancy, researchers found no associ...

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Still trying to figure out what MAHA hates more: women or vaccines.

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Maia Szalavitz @maiasz.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Autistic people deserve much better, my latest www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

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Opinion | Autistic People Deserve Better Than This

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