Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Their MAGA North strategy failed so now they’re channeling Farage/Brexit? 010
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I'm just baffled that this movie exists, and that it's a documentary not a comedy. When it cut to Nathan Fielder my head exploded. Finally, why isn't she blinking? 130
Reposted by Marc JoanisseAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Ladies & gents: I give you what is easily the dumbest Canadian think-tank paper of the entire fucking decade. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU USE H-INDEXES YOU ABSOLUTE MUPPETS. H-INDEXES ARE CORRELATED WITH AGE & FIELD OF STUDY ALL THIS TELLS YOU IS WHITE SCHOLARS ARE OLDER & MORE LIKELY TO BE IN SCIENCES.macdonaldlaurier.caThe equity excellence trade-off: A study of EDI in the Canada Research Chairs Program | Macdonald-Laurier InstituteThe analysis reveals that EDI has actively weakened Canadian research and reduced overall academic performance at Canadian universities. 710227
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Their analysis also treats all Black, Indigenous and women CRCs as "equity hires". Like, their guiding assumption is all those individuals only got CRCs thanks to EDI principles. 190
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Sadly, I feel like I read a good op-ed about this back in like 2002 110
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026But as others have noted: availability of federal research grants in Canada is already extremely challenging. An influx of new stars just puts more pressure on that system. So will Canadian research show any real growth from this? /3 151
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Some institutions came out very well in this - clearly this was about attracting excellence. Selection process wasn't just an exercise in distributing allocations (which I how these things sometimes go in Canada) /2 120
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Results of the first round of Impact+ Chairs aimed at attracting top scientists to relocate to Canada. It's a mix of good and bad news /1 universityaffairs.ca/news/ottawa-...universityaffairs.caOttawa announces 64 new research chairs in international talent attraction strategy - University AffairsTop-tier researchers from 13 countries to join Canadian universities in first wave of appointments. 151
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026What a brutal week. And, I'd totally forgot about that role 000
Reposted by Marc JoanisseJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Utterly incoherent message from the UAW here, saying the American autoworkers don't support escalation against Canada except they DO support... auto and heavy truck tariffs. uaw.org/uaw-presiden... 1017630
Reposted by Marc JoanisseEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026But mostly, a journey that should take half an hour ends up taking 10 years. Traffic. 13166980
Reposted by Marc Joanissepbkalra.bsky.social @pbkalra.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I’m excited to announce that I will be giving a talk at #CogSci2026 this week! Friday, July 24 Concepts II Session “Similarity Ratings Reveal Expert-Novice Differences in Knowledge Organization “ Brazil East: 15:45 EDT: 14:45 PDT: 11:45am Where: Ipanema room and online 162
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The end of reading. Adults read more than ever, but it's short and shallow texts (like this post, alas) rather than long-form text. It's worse in the US, but I imagine it's just a preview of how things are headed for the rest of us 🎁🔗 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe End of Reading Is HereOptimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. 020
Reposted by Marc JoanisseWestern University @westernu.ca · 27/06/2026At #WesternU’s Mary J. Wright Child and Youth Development Clinic, school and clinical psychologist Katelyn Bryant and PhD student Abigail Withers are working with community partners to expand access to youth psychological care, helping families get answers sooner and at a lower cost. #AllinWesternUbuff.lyMary J. Wright Clinic expands psychology acces - Western NewsWestern University’s Mary J. Wright Child and Youth Development Clinic provides accessible psychological care for children and families in London, Ont. 031
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Elden Ring geoguessr: lostgamer.io/elden-ringlostgamer.ioElden Ring - Guessr - Lostgamer 000
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 20/06/2026I'd want to have a definition of (human?) intelligence that we can all agree on first! 020
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Flying out of London Ont airport with a short connection in Torontostatic.klipy.comAustin Powers: I Also Like To Live DangerouslyALT: Austin Powers: I Also Like To Live Dangerously 040
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 30/05/2026pretty sure that's Stan Kelly. Worth a follow on the 'gram* if you don't already *latest fad 130
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Yes, at least that's how I explained it! But it does give me a bit of a chuckle when I decide whether to cite myself on something :) 010
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 29/05/2026A grad student once compared citing my own work in a paper to liking my own Instagram posts. I think about that a lot. 240
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Does the brain actively predict the next word? Or is it just an artifact of how context-free meanings of previous words naturally anticipate those of upcoming words? 010
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Do you think Facebook Marketplace people go on Hinge and say "Is this still available?" 000
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 16/04/2026You can sometimes spot this unicorn in the form of: "person writing a TiCS/NatRevNeuro paper about the area of research they specialize in" (except "more work to be done" in the niche area their next grant will fund) 120
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Then they'll come up to you at the grocery store in six months and want to talk, and you'll stand there trying to remember either their, or their child's, name 010
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Funding to tri-councils is actually going up. "Science" in this context seems to be cuts to fisheries and agri-foods programs. 110
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I originally misread this and was like, "huh, 2000 subjects is pretty modest for 64 papers." Then I realized it was STUDIES 💀 010
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Olivia, who I hated even before I knew who Sydney Sweeney is 100
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 24/02/2026One more week to submit your abstract! There are some heavy hitters as keynotes, but I will also be there giving a "theme talk" 020
Reposted by Marc JoanisseJörn Diedrichsen @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Language areas in the cerebellar mapped by @coltoncasto.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/language/cer... Very consistent with @carobellum.bsky.social functional atlas, but providing deeper details. By now the "terra incognita" of the cerebellum isn't so "incognita" anymore!thetransmitter.orgCerebellum responds to language like cortical areasOne of four language-responsive cerebellar regions may encode meaningful information, much like the cortical language network in the left hemisphere, according to a new study. 03112
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I'm starting to think Kid Rock is not actually a kid. Has anyone checked his long-form birth certificate? 020
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 08/02/2026One time in 2006 a student wanted to be excused from the final so she could work on Stephen Harper's Conservative Party leadership campaign. Somehow this situation feels way, way different? 010
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Have you tried googling yourself, but misspelling your last name? It's kind of amusing: 110
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 24/01/2026"fringe researchers [...] have used it to produce at least 16 papers purporting to find biological evidence for differences in intelligence between races, ranking ethnicities by I.Q. scores and suggesting Black people earn less because they are not very smart." 000
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Cautionary tale on collecting open science w/human data: ABCD developmental brain dataset was hijacked for race science after investigators failed to safeguard information: 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...nytimes.comGenetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’ 120
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 17/01/2026I work with a surprising number of successful people who have never been told 'no'. Watching them lose their shit when hearing that word for the first time tells me everything I need to know about the "well maybe I'll start my own university then!" mindset. 020
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 16/01/2026You know you've really screwed up your Reactionary Free Speech University™ when Pinker's all, "whoa you guys are nuts" 250
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 11/01/2026I hate to admit, I'm old enough to remember the transition from 5 1/4, which we called floppy/floppies, to 3 1/2. We just kind of kept calling them floppies because that's what the name was. 000
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Is it weird that their Editorial Board lists 2,747 individuals? I feel like that's... weird. www.nature.com/palcomms/jou...nature.comClient Challenge 190
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Also, mandatory coffee at 4 pm, to weed out those slackers who are raising a family and all that It's satire right? 100
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 20/12/2025If the information content of Rev 1 and 2 is really weak, then by all means invite 2 others. But most of the time, reviewers will agree on the critical stuff that directly bears on whether a manuscript should be published. 100
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Or, you know, make a list of people to invite and work your way down that list till you have enough yesses. 100
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Also, fellow action editors, while I have your attention: You don't need to hedge against people saying no by inviting 4+ reviewers all at once. Most invite systems allow you to designate alternate reviewers if your first invites are declined. 100
Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 20/12/2025As an action editor: the number of invites I have to send out to get even two people to say yes is at least 5 or 6. How many would have said yes if they weren't already burnt out from being Rev 3 or 4 on a bunch of other papers? 120
