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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 18h

TIL the American Red Cross was so serious about the “only voluntary blood donations” thing, they didn’t allow patients who had to frequently have their blood removed for medical reasons to donate it. Because those patients profited from having their blood removed.

The 2022 shortage caused the Red Cross, which only accepts voluntary blood donations, to revise one of its more stringent rules about what constitutes a “voluntary” donation and what does not. There is a genetic disease called hemochromatosis, which causes iron to accumulate in the liver. The condition is treated by frequently drawing blood from these patients, since the red blood cells are rich in iron, and so drawing blood causes their bodies to put iron into regenerating red blood cells rather than concentrating it in the liver. Prior to 2022 the Red Cross didn’t allow these patients to donate blood, because it decided they weren’t voluntary donors because they were receiving a benefit from having their blood drawn. So the blood regularly drawn from these patients was simply discarded. However, starting in August 2022 the Red Cross relaxed this policy and allowed patients with hereditary hemochromatosis to donate blood rather than discard it.23 But the

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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gave a talk in my dept. on the OSF transition. I wrote up a rough script of the session, which could be of interest to others. I synthesize existing resources and provide my own perspectives. Comments and corrections welcome! zenodo.org/records/2306...

the header for a paper describing "Life after OSF" #metascience

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Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

pouring one out for mturk today

“Amazon Mechanical Turk will permanently close on September 30, 2026.”

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 29/09/2026

The US Administration will announce later this week its new $100,000 tax on international students who stay to work ('Optional Practical Training') This is not the H-1B visa tax. It's separate and additional. I analyze some likely effects of the new OPT tax here—> www.iza.org/publications...

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Taxes on International Students: Demand and Supply Response for Post-Graduation Foreign Workers on Optional Practical Training

The US government has proposed various taxes on high-skill immigration. The effects of such taxes hinge on price elasticities of demand and supply tha...

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Sev Harootonian @harootonian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My main PhD paper is finally out in Nature Human Behaviour! The question: what cognitive strategies do people use when they teach, and can we nudge them toward a better one? Work with my PhD mentors @yaelniv.bsky.social, @markkho.bsky.social and @cocoscilab.bsky.social. 1/5

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 28/09/2026

I’m looking into the literature on the effects of marriage on well-being 👀 if you have any favorite studies, please let me know! My main interest is on the causal inference side of things, but I’ll take anything that is interesting 😋

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Amanda J. Wright @ajwright.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Since our paper on the Changing How I Live Life (CHILL) Study is now out in Psychological Science (doi.org/10.1177/0956...), here's a LONG overdue post on the intervention work we've been doing the past few years! Have you ever wanted to change one of your personality traits?

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

See, I refuse to let them make me say I hate technology. Because it’s not true! I LOVE technology. I don’t like weird mean dudes demanding we pour all of earths resources into a project that *they advertise* as world destroying. Because that is incredibly stupid, on its face.

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Natalie Brito @nataliebrito.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My department is looking to hire 3 new faculty members! Please share widely. Assistant Professor - Cognitive: apply.interfolio.com/193975 Assistant Professor - Social Psychology: apply.interfolio.com/193979 Associate/Full Professor - Mental Health: apply.interfolio.com/193984

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/09/2026

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We know that mobility in cities is about space. More specifically, more trips in less space. We’ve seen lots of great images reinforcing that point. This one might be my favourite, from #Santiago, because it ALSO shows the inequality of having buses run in mixed traffic. Dedicated bus-only lanes.

Side-by-side comparison of a Santiago Street, on the left with vehicles, and on the right with the people they carry, showing how much space single occupancy cars take up on our streets in cities. Noteworthy is a cluster of people in the middle where the full bus is sitting stuck in traffic among all those cars with just one person each in them.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/09/2026

"On Monday, I can take a Zoom call from a Mexico City Airbnb that used to be a family’s house, and on Tuesday, I can send an email from a short-term rental in Bali that was once a women’s shelter. I bill my employer for the time I spend on my Instagram." buff.ly/CsWhmEy

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My Remote Job Gives Me the Freedom to Displace People All Over the World

“By working remotely, I break down boundaries. I’m a traveler and a worker, a learner, and a teacher. I’m a digital nomad and a real-life colonist.” 9/14/23 ...

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Bart Penders @penders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Back of the envelope calculations: 3600 years of research time went into the collective application process. The research will fund 3200 years of research. We are 400 research years poorer as a result of this. 1/2

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026

When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026

Google is like guys, guys....wait up guys! Our AI is dangerous too!

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Andrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New paper from me, out soon in Behavior Research Methods: I'm a lil bit obsessed with good online recruitment and the result is this side-quest paper that made use of data we had collected that recruited people online in three ways (met them on Zoom, validated their email, and Prolific). 🧵>>

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Renee Thompson @reneejthompson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

WashU is hiring! I’m chairing a Psychological & Brain Sciences search within a six-department +AI cluster. We welcome AI/ML researchers in mental health, human-AI interaction, assessment/prediction & computational modeling. Open rank; apply by Oct. 1: insideartssci.washu.edu/rules-of-life

insideartsci.washu.edu

Rules of Life

Recruiting interdisciplinary expertise to explore fundamental questions regarding living systems and the physical world

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Daniel Nettle @danielnettle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of 'From Questions to Knowledge: Data Analysis for Psychology and Behavioural Science Using R' mybook.to/questionstok...

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 16/09/2026

More than any higher ed development in recent memory, institutional subsidies for AI at R1 universities prove that austerity is a choice. It is not “too expensive” to invest in a humanities research infrastructure; rather, it is a choice that R1 universities make not to & subsidize AI instead.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

a lot freaks me out about AI but 0% of my anxiety is about AGI. i think this is the part that freaks me out the most right now -- the many many indications that no one is at the wheel and no adults are present

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Good article calling out the costs & consequences of car-centric cities. Any traffic engineer or city planner still working to lock in car dependent sprawl is guilty of professional malpractice. Arguments that “the market wants it” or “elected officials make the actual decisions” just don’t cut it.

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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 16/09/2026

Fully expecting this to be based on a tiny self-selected sample predisposed to aggression, with participants coached on how to act, exaggerated performances for observers, all run by a host with a flair for showmanship but questionable ethical instincts. You know, a direct replication

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.

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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave

Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way

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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As the mom of a recent college graduate and current college freshman and a college prof for 30+ years I am BEGGING you not to do this. Worried About Your College Kid? Now You Can Hire a Local Mom. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/w...

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Worried About Your College Kid? Now You Can Hire a Local Mom.

At some universities, parents can pay to make sure their children are cared for, the way they were back home.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 14/09/2026

Auckland Uni is recruiting a new Dean of Science and is searching both internally and externally If you are a mid-career or senior psych or cognitive science person and are interested in relocating to New Zealand, I encourage you to apply (the School of Psychology is a Science dept here)

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Dean, Faculty of Science | Manukura Pūtaiao

Job Description: * Lead the Faculty and champion the academic pursuit of Science, across all its diversity. * Contribute to the strategic leadership of Aotearoa New Zealand’s top-ranked (#67 QS 2027) ...

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Harrison Ritz @hritz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“Just 1.7 per cent of professors were 65 or older in 2000. By 2024, that proportion had risen to 12.1 per cent. One-quarter of full-time Canadian academic staff are now over age 60, while less than 15 per cent are under 40. There are now more professors aged 69 or older than under 35.”

A graph showing an increase in 65+ staff, and a decrease in every other category

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Kimberly Quinn 🇨🇦 @kimberlyquinn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Kids who didn’t use AI for drafting text scored 28 points higher on average than those who used it almost every day—equivalent of 1½ school years. Correlation doesn’t prove causation, but it does suggest AI may be becoming a crutch."

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 07/07/2026

Increasingly feels like the fluid nature of software is more a hellish trap than a feature Like having people break into your house every night to rearrange your furniture, reprogram the tv, and swap out family pictures for stock photos and ads

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Mark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The psychology job market may be showing some early signs of regaining strength, relative to last year. A week ago last year, fewer than 200 jobs had been listed - today, it is nearly 300, a figure we didn't hit till early October in '25. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs

Bar graph showing the number of academic jobs in psychology by area over the years from 2007-2026.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Everyone knows AI-written academic papers are embarrassing now, including their "authors", which is why even the publishers - who stand to benefit most from AI-amplified publication volumes - are now offering "Affordable human expert editing for AI-drafted or AI-edited manuscripts" 🤯

Screenshot of T&F editing services, reading:

Editing for AI-Assisted Manuscripts
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Affordable human expert editing for AI-drafted or AI-edited manuscripts.

Starting at $0.031/ word

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 12/09/2026

seems like the LLM era has ushered in a change to the canon academic saying 'you should be writing' - now it's more like 'YOU should be writing'

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Ruben C. Arslan @ruben.the100.ci · 11/09/2026

One guy literally found my program with a prompt that included 'make me 50 usd make no mistakes'. Others have the AI look for bounty programs specifically and normally tackle software.

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Teaching complex psychological concepts in a way that excites students can be challenging, but using popular stories can help keep them engaged. Jenna Landy explored this idea when teaching her "Social Psychology & Severance" course. Read more: ow.ly/kVWZ50ZLwwv

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Lindsey Powell @lindseypowell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

UCSD Psychology is hiring!! We’re seeking a new assistant professor colleague who studies high-level human cognition, broadly construed. Please share and/or apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04646

apol-recruit.ucsd.edu

Assistant Professor in High-level Human Cognition

University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!

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Chokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

UW-Madison professor engages in multiple sexual relationships with students, disparages another over their sexual orientation and appearance, creates hostile environment, and department leadership covers it all up. And in true “pass the trash” fashion, moves on to ASU once forced to resign.

captimes.com

UW-Madison students, records detail investigation of professor

Dietram Scheufele resigned after investigators determined he had sexual relationships with two students and engaged in unwelcome sexual conduct with one.

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Data Colada @datacolada.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Colada[139] Artificial Deadlines Part 2 Evidence of fraud in the 25 year old gradesheet behind the key finding in an influential paper on deadlines and procrastination. datacolada.org/139

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Basically, whether or not you like AI at work will depend on how much power you have; to decide how and how not to use it, to avoid being terminated by an AI-enthused manager, and so on. It further underlines what's long been evident: AI is for the bosses.

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Ken Paller @paller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“Contrary to emotional regulation theories of dreaming, these observations suggest that sleep and dreaming are associated with amplified emotional reactivity, at least in the short-term.”

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For the Replicability Project: Health Behavior we need some editors and reviewers of analysis plans for secondary data replications, especially for complex designs including multilevel, weighting, clustering, missing data. Earns coauthorship on the summary paper. Interested? replications@cos.io

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

An important caveat: these polygenic scores cannot read an individual’s personality from their DNA, to know someone’s personality, measure their personality. The value of GWAS is to further our understanding of the bio/psycho/social pathways linking personality, health, behaviour and environments.

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The links we find between personality and a wide array of medical, social and psychological outcome sugests we should take personality seriously as an exposure, a confounder, and a source of study selection. Personality appears highly relevant beyond the disiplinary boundaries of psychology.

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 03/09/2026

We are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. Please apply or forward to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

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Assistant Professor, Psychology - Stanford University, California, United States

The Department of Psychology at Stanford University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. In addition ...

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simine vazire @simine.com · 02/09/2026

Psych Science has retracted Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002). The second author requested the retraction. Both authors agreed to it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... So grateful to @datacolada.bsky.social for these blog posts and the work behind them: datacolada.org/138 and datacolada.org/139 1/2

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have *definitely* found that the longer I am in philosophy the more mellow I am about evaluating other people's work. I personally think grad students are the harshest in general - the stage where you're smart enough to see flaws but haven't yet had the bruising experience of failing to do better.

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🚨& 🧵 Our new Nature paper is out! Across 46 cohorts and up to 1.14M people per Big Five trait, we do GWAS and ask how robust, generalizable and consequential the genetic signals underlying personality really are. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Last year, I publicly complained multiple times (see e.g. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...) that the open access movement had been captured by publishers, and we are now worse off than before open access. Well people got mad at me for saying it. But I think things are still getting worse.

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Yasin Koc @spyasin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Does being a progressive man come at a social cost? Not at all; it pays off. Across 4 prereg. experiments, progressive men were perceived more positively than traditionally masculine men. Ayca’s second PhD paper already published nearing the submission of her PhD! Very proud! doi.org/10.1002/casp...

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