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Carlos Alos-Ferrer @alosferrer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Who benefits from behavioral interventions? Ellen Peters great plenary on "Numeracy and the Motivational Mind" at the 2026 IAREP conference (Castellón) is online. @ellenpeters.bsky.social @uji.es #behavioralscience #economicpsychology #BehEcon #behaviouraleconomics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nya8...

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Ellen Peters: Numeracy, Motivational Mind, and Who Benefits from Behavioral Interventions IAREP 2026

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Interested in learning more about how recent and proposed changes made to federal funding affects U.S. communities? Join SCIMap at the webinar below to understand the maps and tools provided by SCIMaP!

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Think math isn't for you? Vicki Abeles' 30-day Count Me In Challenge helps adults rediscover math as creativity, play & empowerment—not anxiety. As a numeracy researcher, I love this. Nicely done & actually fun. [See link in comments] #numeracy

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Brian Zikmund-Fisher @bzikmund.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Cannot overstate the importance of this idea: Patients need appropriately selected comparisons in order to understand the meaning of their health data. Great work @ellenpeters.bsky.social !

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today, our #SCIMaP team released an impact analysis of the White House proposed FY 2027 NIH and NSF budgets. Bottom-line: if enacted, cuts to science and medical research would lead to $35B in economic losses and 150,000 lost jobs in communities all across the US. scienceimpacts.org 🧵

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Without context or comparison , numbers can feel meaningless to patients. We offer 3 types of comparisons that might be helpful. 1. Compare with a plausible alternative option 2. Compare action with no action 3. Compare a patient's risk with that of others jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Using Numerical Comparisons to Help Patients Make Choices

This JAMA Insights explores how using numerical comparisons during patient-clinician encounters can help patients better understand their clinical situation and inform their decision-making.

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Ever wonder how Motel 6 and Motel 8 acquired their names? Was it numerology? A favorite number? They liked some similar name? Nope, they originally charged $6 in 1962 and $8.88 in 1974. #numeracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5lL...

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The $6 Suite: A Hilarious Tale of Motel 6 and Super 8

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David Dunning @daviddunning6.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Around the world, people rate their personal vulnerability to climate change as lower than it is for other people, including their neighbors. Climate change risk for thee but not for me! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Many thanks to cofounder @asinclair.bsky.social & the entire SCIMaP team (scienceimpacts.org) for collaborative work to confront federal cuts to science and medical research; together, our effort was recognized as a 2025 Public Health Hero in @thenation.com. a 🧵 www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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The Public Health Heroes of 2025

The Trump administration wants to destroy our health infrastructure. These warriors aren't letting that happen without a fight.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 19/11/2025

Humans are bad at big numbers. Which makes it easier for billionaires (and trillionaires) to get away with hoarding wealth. Because most people just can't comprehend how much money that is. So, I appreciate this WaPo effort to help people visualize what ridiculous amounts of wealth really mean.

Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
See how your profession stacks up against Musk’s pay.

By Alyssa Fowers and Leslie Shapiro

Every elementary school teacher
On average, Musk will make $3 billion more per year than the 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.

Each figure represents 1,500 elementary school teachers. Together, they made $97 billion last year

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

A woman from the FDA’s Center for Devices & Radiological Health explains how her entire department was gutted That means there’s no staff to alert you if your pacemaker is recalled If an implantable device in your body is toxic or broken This could have catastrophic health impacts & cost lives

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Super interesting test of single blind vs double blind review. @angiefagerlin.bsky.social

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Amidst a government shutdown in which the White House has proposed slashing federal support of science by billions of dollars, our #SCIMaP team continues to assess the impact of research cuts on communities nationwide. Learn more about our efforts: scienceimpacts.org With more to come... a 🧵

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

How we communicate risk statistics can matter as much as what we communicate. I was lucky enough to share this conversation with @hal-hershfield.bsky.social and Mark Meredith, founder of Meredith Wealth Planning. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKHa... #numeracy #risk

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The Behavioral Divide Episode 14: From Numbers to Meaning: Rethinking Risk Communication

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Best consideration deadline, Friday Oct 10: #SCIMaP (scienceimacts.org) seeks to hire a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist at U-Maryland to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research. umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

SCIMaP job opportunity - https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/job/Research-Communications-and-Media-Outreach-Specialist_JR102577

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

T. Joseph Mattingly estimates that the 2025 measles outbreak in Texas will cost $90M. Measles is expensive. It's also preventable. Vaccination increases productivity & reduces costs. Vaccination is healthy for people & the economy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Penny wise, pound foolish: The cost of reduced support for measles prevention

Measles, a vaccine-preventable disease previously declared eliminated in the United States, is reemerging with over 1400 cases reported in 2025. This …

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

New job 🚨: Our #SCIMaP (scienceimpacts.org) team is searching for a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research. Application review starts Oct 10: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

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Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist

Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP: https://scienceimpacts.org/) is committed to visualizing and communicating the lo...

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

NSF invests in science, technology, and education in all 50 states. Cutting it this much will cause substantial losses to communities around the US

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19/09/2025

“What we’re seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government,” said Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College. “Donald Trump is trying to dictate what Americans can say.” to.pbs.org/46AYg7U

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Trump's moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that...

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🚨 New in J of Risk Research 💡 Neg affect-risk perc correlated in 6 waves Yr1 COVID consistent w affect heuristic 💡 Affect preceded risk perc btw waves 💡But paths of risk perc to affect were stronger 💡Why? Waves were 2–22 wk apart and strength of affect-risk relation stronger w less time for thinking

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

It’s hard to make good decisions if you don’t understand numbers. This numeracy shapes the quality of our daily lives in ways we might not realize. Many thanks to the American Psychological Association's award-winning podcast: at.apa.org/qz2 #numeracy #math #numbers #decisionmaking #psychology

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The White House FY26 budget proposal slashes NIH funding of medical research and will lead to economic and job losses in community nationwide. Our (updated) #SCIMaP analysis now includes state-level scorecards Go to scienceimpacts.org/fy26 Click on any state (or House District) to learn more.

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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research

View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Longer posts soon on recent exec orders that threaten the vitality of America's research capacity, but wanted to step back and highlight the release of in-depth analyses that directly confront the economic impacts of administration decisions building on viz at scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research

Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team! Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8 osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

As Trump and his allies in Congress try to gut public funding for PBS, watch this 1971 clip of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the kids of Sesame Street. This is why we need public broadcasting.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Um, that's not science

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

We just went to Dishoom but didn't get to play. Now I want to go back!

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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Experiencing extreme weather events alone isn't enough to drive support for climate policies. People need to believe these events are actually linked to climate change. This is why effective climate communication is so important. Another valuable contribution from the TISP consortium! 👏

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Great advice from @americanredcross.bsky.social about what to look for and what to do when temperatures and humidity get high. www.redcross.org/get-help/how... h/t @maibached.bsky.social

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Heat Check

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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 25/06/2025

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

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Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science

These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget. Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide. Interactive map and shareable report: scienceimpacts.org/fy26 a 🧵

Economic loss due to NIH budget cuts by congressional district, scienceimpacts.org/fy26

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Major update to #SCIMaP visualization of impacts of cuts to federally supported health research. Map now includes information on future economic losses (impact of proposed reduction of NIH IDC to 15%) and current economic losses (impact of terminated NIH grants). scienceimpacts.org

Update to https://scienceimpacts.org to include terminated grants

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Joint w/@asinclair.bsky.social and the #SCIMaP team: brief correspondence in @nathumbehav.nature.com on the impact of NIH indirect cost cuts on the economy and employment, impacts that will only worsen given similar proposals for NSF/DOE + overall science proposal. rdcu.be/eo3Hp

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NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

Nature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I've had the privilege of working with two amazing physicians, Drs. Clara Lee and Paul Han, about communicating with patients. Many thanks to @leilaokahata.bsky.social for her wonderful ability to write press releases, news.uoregon.edu/content/when... @uosojc.bsky.social @uoregon.bsky.social

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When doctors skip the numbers, patients may misjudge health risks

Experts outline five ways to help patients understand risk estimates — and make better decisions

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/05/2025

HAPPY 75th, NSF! We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond. Read on 🧵(1/11):

A chocolate cake with red and white decorations and lit candles shaped as the number 75. Bold text reads: ‘The NSF Turns 75 Today. What has it done over the past 7 decades?’ The background is a celebratory red with a spray-paint texture.

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Jennifer Richeson @jaricheson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Congress needs to block this. This so incredibly detrimental to the health, welfare, and prosperity of the nation.

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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I'm always surprised when I talk to a younger person about the 3/5th "compromise" how often they think it was a good thing for slaves. As if acknowledging partial humanity was the first step towards emancipation. Rather, it was the most craven part of the constitution. Surrender is right

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Your regular reminder that NSF grants built the internet and helped the U.S. dominate tech.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/05/2025

🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Every week people at all career stages are speaking up in public, newsworthy ways and could be part of even more @nytimes.com stories on the consequences of impacts of cuts to federal investment in science, scientists, and communities nationwide. Whether or not we listen to them is a choice. /🧵

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Stand Up for Science rallies were held in communities nationwide a month ago w/speeches by establishment figures, early career scientists, and patient advocates whose future is on the line. Is that not speaking up? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s... There is another narrative here that matters. a 🧵

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Ellen Peters @ellenpeters.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

And every $1 in funding from NIH generates $2.56 in economic activity

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have developed a groundbreaking UNIVERSAL coronavirus vaccine that triggers STONG immune responses AND shows promise in neutralizing MULTIPLE coronaviruses, including those responsible for causing COVID-19, MERS, AND even the “common cold.” 🧪🧵⬇️

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.

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