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Nadia Corral Frias @nscorralfrias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Join us the Big Team Science Conference, where I'll be presenting live via Zoom on Tuesday, October 6 from 22:00-22:55 UTC (3 pm Arizona time). "Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Open Science: Recognizing Strengths and Opportunities in the Majority World"

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Big Team Science Conference @btscon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The program for #BTSCON2026 (October 6-8) is out! We’re so excited about our amazing lineup of talks, panels, hackathons, and workshops. Register now (fees are OPTIONAL!) to get access to all sessions and recordings. bigteamscienceconference.github.io

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Big Team Science Conference

The goal of the Big Team Science Conference is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of researchers, funders, and stakeholders to discuss advancements, challenges, and future opportunities relat...

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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Our cats are doppelgängers fr (this is Grizz)

A big fluffy brown cat with white feet and belly lays on his back on some carpet, with three paws in the air. He has not a single thought in his head.

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Tech execs do not have, like, a theory of mind for people who aren’t tech execs. If they did, they wouldn’t be so frequently baffled by how repulsive normal people think their whole deal is right now

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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

As a giants fan, this is the best news of the season. Tugboat.

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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's hard to believe that OECS has now published 200 articles!🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to OECS—our authors, reviewers, readers, and fantastic section editors, and especially @mcxfrank.bsky.social frank.bsky.social and @hbaum.bsky.social Excited for the next chapter!

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Nearly four years ago we asked ourselves, "what would it look like to have a field-leading, completely free reference work for cognitive science"? It's been so fun editing OECS with @asifamajid.bsky.social and @hbaum.bsky.social. I can't believe we have published 200 (!!) articles! oecs.mit.edu

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Martin Zettersten @mzettersten.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Really excited about this new preprint spearheaded by @vboyce.bsky.social w/ @mcxfrank.bsky.social and the Peekbank team. It's a deep-dive into a large looking-while-listening dataset (>3000 children!), evaluating what analytic and design choices really matter for measurement osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The president is a liar. He lies constantly & without hesitation. His lies about American elections are among his most dangerous b/c they are meant to convince a susceptible public that democratic outcomes cannot be trusted. They are antidemocratic lies in service of holding onto power. He’s a liar!

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Biggest experimental study of Africa infant cognition! I’m very proud that we were able to get this project finished, despite COVID restrictions starting a month after our kickoff.

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St Hugh's College @sthughscollege.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Congratulations to Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology @asifamajid.bsky.social on her Humboldt Research Award presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of her entire academic record to date bit.ly/4eYTZR8 #psychology #award

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This week's Experimentology chapter is "Estimation". The most important move in planning an analysis isn't picking your test or your model — it's clearly defining what you're trying to estimate. 🧵 experimentology.io/005-estimat...

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ManyBabies @manybabies.org · 10/06/2026

New ManyBabies publication! Over 10+ years and 5,000+ babies tested, we've learned a ton about how to study the developing mind. In this comment, we discuss three such lessons that are shaping the future of ManyBabies. We'd love to hear your thoughts!

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What 5000 babies can tell us about developing minds and how to study them - Communications Psychology

A decade of ManyBabies research, testing thousands of babies across hundreds of labs, has shown that some, but not all findings in infant research replicate well. Collectively, these projects have sho...

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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Nice write-up of Stanford's CORES and SPORR groups. Very lucky to be part of a great community of folks (including @russpoldrack.org, Steve Goodman, & @mcxfrank.bsky.social, all mentioned here) working to improve how we science

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Stanford centers focus on making science more reliable

CORES and SPORR together extend a long Stanford lineage of reliable science.

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Nature @nature.com · 03/06/2026

Labs are teaming up to run a host of huge projects that aim to bring rigour to cognitive science. go.nature.com/4ej4Kx4

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Can an army of babies and dogs rescue psychology from its reproducibility crisis?

Labs are teaming up to run a host of huge projects that aim to bring rigour to cognitive science.

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Collective action is the most gratifying part of the reform movement. Grassroots groups like the many Many Manys are the most wonderful manifestation of it. Driven by curiosity and purpose, researchers come together to solve big problems with creative collaborations. That's why I science.

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CONNECT partnership @connect-btss.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New article in Nature about Big Team Science with lots of quotes from CONNECT members! @manybabies.org @themanybirds.bsky.social @manydogsproject.bsky.social @cos.io

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/04/2026

holy shit he actually conceded folks, they tell you they’re invincible they tell you they’re inevitable they tell you that you should give up and stop fighting and absolutely none of that is true

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Journalistic malpractice and democratic betrayal.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

it turns out I CAN still be shocked by what he says

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/03/2026

if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things

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Lukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Welcome to #LoveReplicationsWeek Day 4 - with 4 events! - Getting your replication report ready by @r2journal.bsky.social - Large scale replications vs. Meta-analyses by @chbergma.bsky.social - CREP by @jorowags.bsky.social - Writing Reproducible Manuscripts by @mklingelhoeferj.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Bonawitz @ebonawitz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Students need to remember that Inigo Montoya method for emails and greetings: "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” Polite Greeting Name Relevant Personal Link Manage Expectations Keep it BRIEF.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs.

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

If you rank civility over justice at this point you are a collaborator

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Yeah, this is basically where I stand.

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Now up as a reviewed @elife.bsky.social preprint: "Continuous developmental changes in word recognition support language learning across early childhood" elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre... Using data from ~2000 kids ages 1-6, we quantify links between word recognition and early vocabulary growth!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 23/12/2025

you can tell so much about people by whom they give the benefit of the doubt to

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David Barner @drbarner.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Happy to share this new entry on numerical cognition for the OECS. Thanks to @hbaum.bsky.social and @mcxfrank.bsky.social for making this happen! Apologies if your work isn’t cited! Had to limit cites!!! oecs.mit.edu/pub/rek9756r...

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Numerical Cognition

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

What do kids choose to do when they think that someone will help them? What about when no one will help? New paper: "Young children strategically adapt to unreliable social partners" - led by Kat Shannon, with @hyogweon.bsky.social and Willem Frankenhuis. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

"Condoleeza Rice discusses restoring confidence in American democracy" stanforddaily.com/2025/11/12/r...

Tim Robinson in a hot dog costume, captioned "WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE GUY WHO DID THIS" (from "I Think You Should Leave")

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Big Team Science Conference @btscon.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

There's still time to register for the 2025 Big Team Science Conference (October 6-8, live on Zoom)! All fees are OPTIONAL, so you can pay what you'd like (or nothing at all!) to gain access to a ton of amazing BTS content. bigteamscienceconference.github.io/registration/

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registration

>>> Register for the 2025 BTSCON now! *** ### BTSCON Registration Info To balance inclusivity with our funding needs, *registration fees for the Big Team Science Conference are optional*. You can pay ...

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Big Team Science Conference @btscon.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Our full 2025 program and schedule are now up on our website! We've got so many great presentations lined up, you won't want to miss it! bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/

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program

Note: The live conference schedule with links to sessions will be provided to conference registrants via email. To access the live schedule, REGISTER NOW *** >>> View the 2025 BTSCON Program *** > Not...

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.

Experimentology cover: title and curves for distributions.

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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Capybaras lounging in yuzu-filled hot springs is my happy place

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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

It's been a ton of fun to work with @mcxfrank.bsky.social and @asifamajid.bsky.social on this. I'm so lucky to get to support projects like this (and @manybabies.org and @btscon.bsky.social and ...)!

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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Small joys like this (☝️) are the only thing keeping me sane right now

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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Just got an “out of office” reply with the most amazing example of “there’s a German word for that.” Abwesenheitsbenachrichtigung!

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.

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