Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Want to boost your wellbeing? Help us refine and validate new wellbeing interventions by participating in our new study. See below and further information: cue.secureresearch.ca/studies/NDE 000
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Fun conversation w/Sian Simpson for her Bountiful Poscast series. We spoke about common misconceptions about nature engagement, the role of boredom in fostering creativity and meaning, the concept of "enough," living at human speed, and how nature is part of a bountiful life. youtu.be/rFngRqLSBHoyoutu.beWhat Nature Teaches Us About Living a Good Life with Holli-Anne PassmoreYouTube video by Bountifull Podcast 000
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreForbes @forbes.com · 04/11/2025The rapid proliferation of services powered by artificial intelligence, ranging from the genuinely useful to the frivolous to the unnecessary, has a common element: the need for vast amounts of electricity and water for the data centers that make them possible.forbes.comThe Unsustainable Strain Of AI’s Insatiable Power NeedsThis week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how electric cars could get much cheaper and Rivian’s RJ Scaringe on China’s EV price advantage 33275130
Reposted by Dr H!A! Passmore🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Nature Relatedness Usefully Links Well-Being, the Environment, and Sustainability. The title says it all. Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access). @hapassmore.bsky.social @sagepub.com journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 184
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Two new RCT articles out testing nature-based wellbeing interventions against the most popular Positive Psychology Intervention: 3 Good Things. In both studies, nature-based interventions boosted wb without spending more time in nature, & boosted unique aspects of wb. nmil.ca/pubs/article...nmil.caDr H!A! Passmore : Publications 022
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Looking to boost your wellbeing? We need regular people to participate in research aimed at testing simple wellbeing practices. Visit link for details: cue.secureresearch.ca/studies/EEIScue.secureresearch.caEEIS Study 000
Reposted by Dr H!A! Passmore💙🐶🚴🏻🏊♂️♊️ Victoria🌈💥☀️ @victoriaswimcycle.bsky.social · 27/05/2025 721340789387
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreFrantišek Bartoš @fbartos.bsky.social · 21/05/2025We started a company to provide enterprise-level support for open-source statistical software @jaspstats.bsky.social . Our website with the mission and offers just went online! Is your business paying large licensing fees for statistical software? Are you looking for a change? Check it out!jasp-stats.orgJASP - A Fresh Way to Do StatisticsJASP is an open-source statistics program that is free, friendly, and flexible. Armed with an easy-to-use GUI, JASP allows both classical and Bayesian analyses. 0139
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreJASP Services @jasp-services.com · 21/05/2025Hello world! We are a new company that provides support for organizations and industries who use the JASP open-source stats program. Check out our website www.jasp-services.com and our first blog post www.jasp-services.com/first-post/ Know companies using commercial stats software? Share this info!🙂jasp-services.comHome - JASP Services BV 066
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20/05/2025A fantastic piece by @caseycrownhart.bsky.social + @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social at @technologyreview.com On why the total lack of disclosure from tech companies means we have to rely on estimates - and even those conservative estimates are huge. Imagine what the actual numbers are.........technologyreview.comWe did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next. 414983
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreAdam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 20/05/2025"I've not been using my brain as much....I’m worried about the impact of AI, but I’m not worried about the jobs, I’m worried about losing my mental sharpness." An excellent essay on the limits of AI coding. (Thanks to @mjcrockett.bsky.social for sending me this.) albertofortin.com/writing/codi...albertofortin.comAfter months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain • albertofortin.comI've been building MVPs and SaaS products for 15 years. Let's work together on your next project. 1258
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 16/05/2025New article - woo! (opensource) Passmore, H.-A., Lumber, R., Niemiec, R., & Sofen, L. I. (2025). Creating kinship with nature and boosting well-being: Testing two novel character strengths-based nature connectedness interventions. Journal of Happiness Studies, 26(71). doi.org/10.1007/s109...doi.orgCreating Kinship with Nature and Boosting Well-Being: Testing Two Novel Character Strengths-Based Nature Connectedness Interventions - Journal of Happiness StudiesWe tested the efficacy of engaging in two novel randomized interventions based on character strengths and engaging with nature on boosting nature connectedness and well-being. In Study 1 (N = 134, int... 000
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmorePEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Message from Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation to Danielle Smith - "Pack up your bag and go. You're not welcome here anymore" #cdnpoli 511101389
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreDr. Suzanne Le Menestrel @drsl.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...spencer.orgRapid Response Bridge Funding ProgramIn the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap... 4614505
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreThe Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Changing the narrative on testing… @katyburgess.bsky.social on why retrieval is key to learning. #exams #revision www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukChanging the narrative on testing | BPSKaty Burgess on why retrieval is key to learning. 2105
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreTom Wallis @tsawallis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025It's bonkers that in academic science we spend hours obsessing over the wording of a paper, but often only one person has seen the code that produced the results! 2/N 719954
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreBrian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 30/04/2025Microsoft is spending about 6x the annual budget of the entire NSF on building more server farms. 33822
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreDr van Tilburg @drvantilburg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Emotions can be driven by our gut. Early evidence suggesting aggression may originate in the liver. More evidence of #BrainGut connection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comExploring the metabolic signature of intermittent explosive disorder: Preliminary evidence and potential mechanisms for altered bilirubin metabolismIntermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is characterized by impulsive aggression and emotional dysregulation, yet its systemic biological underpinnings … 032
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreClimate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 28/04/2025We have SO many greats events in the next week or two! Sign up for the next #ClimateCafe to get a taste! www.eventbrite.com/e/1302336075...eventbrite.comMay 7, 2025 Climate Cafe by CPA-NAJoin us to share feelings around climate change to reduce isolation. 022
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreCassie Whiteside @cassiewhiteside.bsky.social · 25/04/2025I’m really looking forward to this. Please join me.climatepsychology.usDon’t Say Climate? Bridging Divides with Katharine Hayhoe — Climate Psychology Alliance North AmericaJoin us in learning how to have conversations about climate in this polarizing time. 064
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 27/04/2025Researchers have been pointing out that these systems are probably “bags of heuristics” from the very beginning but pointing it out early literally cost some of them their jobs. 06327
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreStephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Intuitive finding but important one for urban greening programmes: “… adding greenspace in areas with the least nature yielded 1·4–1·7… times greater health benefits than uniform increases; adding greenspace to areas with the densest populations yielded 2·7 times greater health benefits” 33314
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreMatt Humphries @mjr-humphries.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Let’s protect Ontario’s bike lanes in this provincial election. Call on all parties to #ReverseBill212! @GreenpeaceCA act.gp/3WLGdrwact.gpStop the removal of Ontario’s bike lanesCall on all parties running in the Ontario election to reverse Bill 212 043
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreDr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 25/04/2025I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it. Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You. Done. 3419104
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreDaniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I am hiring a PhD student on the meaningful interpretation of effect sizes as part of my VICI funded project. This is a 4 year paid position in a welcoming and collaborative environment. Find out more or apply at www.tue.nl/werken-bij-t...tue.nlPhD on Metascience 06563
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreProf. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I have been accused many times of caring more about entertaining students than educating them - it's so demonstrably false as to be laughable but I could never get past not recognising that everyone's job is easier and learning happens more successfully... 1/2 #AcademicSky 1357
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 16/04/2025www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...ctvnews.caCanadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United StatesThe association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States. 020
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreCameron Brick @cameronbrick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025One of the most frequent questions I get is how to measure pro-environmental behaviors. I always reply: what is the research question? Finally, someone has provided a flowchart to help. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Florian Lange, 2025: Measurement approaches in climate action research 1/2sciencedirect.comMeasurement approaches in climate action researchBehavioral scientists across disciplines study the determinants of climate actions. They aim to describe, predict, explain, and change the behavioral … 1117
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreSam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you. 103105033370
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 15/04/2025An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said. 4352861318
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Anyone traveling to the US needs to read not at this Link but so the other reports of people being detained. 000
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Super excited about tomorrow's (March 7) talk by Andrew Napier on Exploring Life Crafting as a Pathway to Meaning. Still time to register!! ippanetwork.org/events/upcom...ippanetwork.orgUpcoming Scientific Speaker Series: Exploring Life Crafting as a Pathway to Meaning, with Andrew Napier – IPPA 000
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 20/02/2025@morganpeace.bsky.social Hi Morgan. I would love to connect with you about your research on nature connectedness and meaning in life. If you could email me that would be fantastic. holli-anne.passmore@concordia.ab.ca My website is https:// nmil.canmil.caDr H!A! Passmore : Welcome 010
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreAnna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Prime Minister Trudeau speaking to Americans: "This is a choice that, yes, will harm Canadians, but beyond that, it will have real consequences for you, the American people. ... It will put your jobs at risk. ... It will raise costs for you, including food at the grocery store... Live on the CBC:cbc.caCBC News - Latest Canada, World, Entertainment and Business NewsThe latest news from across Canada and around the world. 316352
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreDaniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Who would have guessed that open access and open science non-profits such as @archive.org and @cos.io are useful just in case your government want to delete scientific data? And yet, here we are. 9980165
Reposted by Dr H!A! Passmore🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book. OK, but a weird day for this one in 🇨🇦: "Imagine you wake up to a new day, have a small breakfast, and then open your web browser to see the headline “Government begins adjusting tax policy to maximize happiness.” 052
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreDavid Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025When we’re unprepared for the next nasty disease emergence it won’t be because humans didn’t know what needed to be done Great article on pathogens, pandemic risk and ecological change in the Anthropocene www.nature.com/articles/s44...nature.comPathogens and planetary change - Nature Reviews BiodiversityThis Review explores the relationship between emerging infectious diseases and biodiversity loss, and how both are connected to global environmental changes in the Anthropocene. 516870
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Another media interview this morning - live on CBC "The Current"! Its wonderful the attention noticing nature is getting for boosting well-being. lnkd.in/ddEJsCZxlnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 000
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Excited to be on CBC news discussing my research! www.cbc.ca/player/play/...cbc.caThe simple thing you can do that might help beat the winter bluesResearchers from Concordia University of Edmonton are looking at how observing nature could impact your mental health. Holli-Anne Passmore is the lead researcher on a project called Noticing Nature In... 022
Reposted by Dr H!A! Passmore🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · 04/01/2025www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWant to get a prescription for nature access in Canada? Here's how it works | CBC NewsWondering how you can get a nature prescription and what to do with it? Here's what you need to know. 133
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreMike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 29/12/2024I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three. 1367222805030
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreFrank Martela @frankmartela.bsky.social · 30/12/2024I can so relate: 😀 ”Too many times I have rediscovered ’my most original ideas’ in pages of books that I have read five or ten years ago, underlined, with my enthusiastic, but forgotten, comments in the margin.” We stand on shoulders of giants - although we often forget which shoulders! 051
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreClimate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Did you miss out on today's Climate Cafe? Sign up for the next on January 6th! www.climatepsychology.us/climate-cafe...climatepsychology.usJanuary 6, 2025 Climate Cafe by CPA-NA — Climate Psychology Alliance North AmericaResearch shows that while most people feel alone with their feelings, the majority of people are concerned about climate change. You are not alone. Talking about these feelings in groups can help make... 0217
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmorePeder M Isager @isager.bsky.social · 20/12/2024New preprint: “Three-Sided Testing to Establish Practical Significance: A Tutorial” (osf.io/preprints/ps...) with @FitzgeraldJack_, proposing an upgraded version of the TOST equivalence test 🧵osf.ioOSF 32816
Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 25/12/2024www.theguardian.com/science/2024...theguardian.comCanadian researchers trial nature trick to boost mood in winterVolunteers asked to go about normal routine while paying more attention to natural world 011
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreSociety for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 23/10/2024In celebration of SIPS's 10th annual meeting, please join us for a virtual warm-up event on December 18, 2024! Early reformers will discuss challenges and improvements in psychological science. Find out more and register: improvingpsych.org/sips-2025-pr... 18348
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreClimate Psychology Alliance of North America @climatena.bsky.social · 10/12/2024And emotionally, the greatest trick was to stoke individual guilt instead of collective rage. 39442
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreKirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Hi! Looking for a job in Forensic Psychology? Well, you're in luck! Come work with us! carleton.ca/deputyprovos...carleton.caAssistant Professor - Psychology (Forensic Psychology) - Office of the Deputy Provost (Academic Operations and Planning)The Department of Psychology at Carleton University invites applications from qualified candidates for a preliminary (tenure-track) appointment in Forensic Psychology at the rank of Assistant Professo... 01219
Reposted by Dr H!A! PassmoreMohsen Joshanloo @mjosh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024In our new article, we aim to demonstrate that the currently dominant understanding of well-being is inherently Western and to highlight that non-Western cultures may conceptualize well-being differently. Open access article: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... 011