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I think maybe I will print some out and play rigged election bingo with my classes this term. A good way to talk about how disinformation narratives are built.

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Maybe we should all be considered owners of our own “name, image, and likeness” as if we were an athlete. Then someone would have to pay to use our image in any fashion. States should make this the law.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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The only person who is responsible for sexual assault is the person who committed it.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My morning moment of calm. We have a Japanese maple on the patio outside our backdoor. At this time of the year, it makes a beautiful start to my mornings.

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Happiness is plummeting, especially among young people. When I see demoralizing data like this over and over again (e.g., test scores dropping, loneliness on the rise, etc), I just think we need to change course. Defending the status quo seems like such a bad option.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In case anyone else needs it, the magic phrase for shutting down men picking apart a sexual violence case by blaming victims is: “The only people who would say something like that are rape apologists, rapists, or both.” You don’t have to argue with them on merit when their claims have no merit.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I hope everyone who read the DA’s statement remembers Governor Hochul’s condemning it: “In what world does the district attorney not even interview her, or anyone else involved, or even request the full transcript?” (1/2)

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Weird how the article notes that republicans are worried and trying to do little things. But doesn’t directly blame Trump nor describe how the truckers assess responsibility. Almost like @nytimes.com is trying to avoid noting this is directly Trump’s fault. Weird.

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earlier this week I sat at a meeting where an admin showed us AI-generated slides, stopped on a slide that featured an exceptionally cringe and cryptic AI-generated image, and read a very long AI-generated poem about the administrative issue in question. no one should ever have to sit through this

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I used Microsoft Word for typing and editing this article. I can thank Word for pointing out a few spelling mistakes. But those helpful moments now pale in comparison to the number of nonsense suggestions the software made. And it isn’t conscious so can’t be listed as a meaningful coauthor.

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Remembering the Father of Cognitive Psychology

Go Braves I went to grad school in Atlanta. Dick Neisser was a baseball and Braves fun. He would take us to a game occasionally. The last time I visited Neisser, we had a nice dinner and conversation. We sipped scotch as we watched the Braves on TV. www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/rem...

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Ulric (Dick) Neisser was the “father of cognitive psychology” and an advocate for ecological approaches to cognitive research. Neisser was a brilliant synthesizer of diverse thoughts and findings. He ...

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As we’re getting ready to switch to Medicare, we’ve decided to avoid Advantage plans. Largely because of these issues. The insurance companies can bait and switch. Make a plan that sounds good. Then they can change the details each year to decrease benefits and increase profits.

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100%!!! In 2016, the Times focused >> on Clinton's email scandal than on her policy. Over one six-day period, the Times “ran as many cover stories about Hillary Clinton’s emails [10] as they did about all policy issues combined in the 69 days leading up to the election” www.salon.com/2017/12/24/i...

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Is fake news to blame for Trump? Sorry, folks — that's fake news! - Salon.com

Fake news is a bad thing for democracy — but the "failing New York Times" did more damage to Hillary's campaign

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Heather Urry @heatherurry.io · 01/10/2026

To Psychology PhD applicants: We're hosting "Diversifying Psychology: An Open House @ Tufts" starting 15 October 2026. [Register here.](tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...)

Join us for Diversifying Psychology: An Open House @ Tufts
Join us for *Diversifying Psychology: An Open House @ Tufts* for prospective PhD program applicants starting October 15, 2026! Learn about our Psychology PhD program, get to know our faculty, and soak up tips for applying at Tufts and elsewhere. Featuring live conversations with department members and asynchronous resources you can review at your leisure! The Open House starts October 15, 2026. Please register to attend: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8dAO7KkUHinz7HE

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On the question of an independent special prosecutor, Perry asks, as a practical matter, how that would work. Whalen: "Which part, your honor?" Perry: "The part where I appoint an independent person, in the interest of justice, to investigate the Department of Justice?"

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

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Jorge Morales @jorgemorales.me · 01/10/2026

Important argument. Much of it centers the problem of false equivalence (both-sidesing) news reporting that refuses to acknowledge where problems are and how serious the changes will need to be.

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Our lab is growing! We're looking for a graduate student to start next fall (applications due on Dec 1) and a postdoctoral researcher to start soon (ad coming soon; starting date is flexible, probably some time next year). subjectivitylab.org

subjectivitylab.org

The Subjectivity Lab · Duke University · Jorge Morales, PhD

Duke interdisciplinary research group led by Dr. Jorge Morales studying vision, mental imagery, consciousness, and introspection.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There are two things to learn from this: 1) Third Way gets to present what the Democratic Caucus plans will be because they're the ones inside the room making them; 2) Dem staffers often don't realize that they're wholly captured by this centrist consultant-industrial complex. It's fish in water.

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One More Reason Americans Hate AI: It Does Nothing for Them

Paul Krugman on the economic reasons people don’t like AI. “There is also, however, a more prosaic reasons for the public’s dislike of AI: This is a technology of, by and for oligarchs, with hardly any of the benefits trickling down to regular Americans.” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/one-more-r...

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Trillions of dollars in spending, higher interest rates, hardly any jobs

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Cookie wanted and deserved to have her belly rubbed. Clearly she is a good dog.

Cookie, a Bernedoodle with a white chest, black back and copper highlights, lays on her back asking for a belly rub. She is laying on an orange striped blanket with her head on a various colored pillow. She appears to be smiling.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This was an interesting and important article. Public leaders work for the people and shouldn’t be completely insulated from public scrutiny and feedback. Sometimes protests are the only method, especially for justices with lifetime appointments. And protests let people know the social consensus.

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As a transphobic male senator, there is nothing more important to me than protecting women's sports. Here's why it never occurred to me that Jack Smith, a man, would choose to attend a women's college basketball game. by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Looks like Eric Schmitt has a new website--I guess to campaign to be JD's VP. senatorericschmitt.com

$Schmitt Schmitt: (verb) \ˈshmit\ 1. A sudden and urgent gastrointestinal revolt in which the body issues an unmistakable, nonnegotiable evacuation order that causes a considerable mess and great humiliation. 2. To suffer a sudden, public, and spectacular political collapse, especially after overconfidently attempting a partisan attack. 3. To create such an avoidable mess that one’s credibility, message, and electoral prospects are left in tatters. Example: “I ended up with that cyclosporiasis invection from tainted lettuce and I schmitted myself in the grocery store trying to buy some Pepto.” Example: “During the hearing performance, he didn’t land a blow—he completely schmitted himself.”$

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For all my cognitive friends who are familiar with the duck-rabbit, now comes the goat-bird! Going into my lectures!

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can I just say that I really like Bluesky auto numbering threads? And it updates the numbering if you add another post later! Such a nice feature. No more screwing up labeling two posts as post number 4.

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Monsters Inc: Look At Those Numbers Meme

ALT: Monsters Inc: Look At Those Numbers Meme

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I suspect many of us have data in our class test scores that will document pre and post LLM times. I have this data from online tests and intend to check. Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.com

Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy?

We’re starting to learn more about how the technology can change us.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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I've had interviews with reporters about what @maddyjalbert.bsky.social and I wrote about using the term weird to describe policies and people from the 2024 election. So let me note the weird here:

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I'd like to report this. I am in this cartoon and it is painful.

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YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO

Weather in the Pacific NW? Turning to fall. Rain, I don't mind (Expect more songs from the rain playlist over the coming months. Today is really wet.) youtu.be/cK5G8fPmWeA?...

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The Beatles - Rain

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm recruiting 1-2 PhD students to join our lab in Fall 2027, through either Computer Science or Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder! Looking for people with interests in NLP plus [healthcare | literary studies | narratives | social media | etc.]. Join us! 🏔️☀️

cls-lab.com

CLS Lab — Culture, Language, & Systems | University of Colorado Boulder

The Culture, Language, & Systems Lab at CU Boulder studies the language systems that transmit and shape modern culture, from internet platforms to literary archives to language models.

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sen Eric Schmidt to Smith: "Is this NOT a picture of you in Atlanta on February 3, 2024?"

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Theft of intellectual property. Anthropic claimed its AI system didn't input user queries as its knowledge. But given how often these AI agents are breaking into a variety of online data, I think we can easily conclude that they stole intellectual property to claim they had discovered something.

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I'll save you the click-through: A lab at University of Copenhagen had been feeding draft manuscripts & data into "Claude Science" & then Anthropic announces a discovery that this lab made a year ago but hasn't published yet. It's plausible that Claude found the same signatures independently...

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Enshittification HR sent a high priority email yesterday asking me to sign up for direct deposit of my paycheck . I’ve done direct deposit for decades. Today’s email went out canceling this request. I can only imagine how many responses they got. At least set up for no reply all. Was it AI?

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The incompetence of the Republicans. Just wow. And getting called out in real time as they try to create a new conspiracy theory.

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Yes Google, I will watch some games in the WNBA playoffs. No Google, I don’t care to follow the stories in your AI mode.

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seems like a big deal. Hold the oligarchs responsible for their horrible behavior and serious harm.

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The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783

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Doesn’t this mean that President Trump is failing?

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