Joy Losee, Ph.D. @joylosee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026If an author uses AI as part of their writing process for an academic journal article—how do we feel about requesting the conversation history for the paper? It seems that it would decrease ambiguity about what “minor language adjustments” in an AI declaration means and increase transparency. 010
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout 159115352684
Joy Losee, Ph.D. @joylosee.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I’m planning to run my first field experiment this Fall on my university’s campus. What’s your go-to best practices resource for this type of work? 000
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I assigned random gender/ethnicity labels to scientific abstracts from the literature and then asked Claude to do a thematic analysis. Claude identified a clinical versus computational split for female/male authors and a DEI focus for Black/URM authors. All in completely random data. 26865340
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I'll just note that critical race theory predicts quite a lot about the current racial retrenchment and for being *correct* it was pilloried in the press and by some academics. 6049101126
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 08/05/2026guys we just cant get around it, if we want to solve literally anything in this country we HAVE to begin seriously talking about racism. pushing anti-Black racism to the outskirts of our discourse is the cause of literally all of problems, from class struggle to trans rights. its ALL the same fight. 323462
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/04/2026OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay 120111874070
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026NEW: After months of being too scared to leave their homes, more than 500 children have returned to in-person classes at Columbia Heights Public Schools, a huge moment of celebration for school leaders in this Minneapolis suburb once swarming with ICE agents. www.huffpost.com/entry/minnea...huffpost.comOnce Targeted By ICE, Minneapolis-Area School District Celebrates Return Of All StudentsMore than 500 children have been attending school virtually at Columbia Heights Public Schools for months. They were welcomed back with balloons and hugs. 142124516
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026We do now know the NSF is proceeding with dissolving the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division. Congress might reverse it, but it is now already underway. YOU CAN NO LONGER SUBMIT FUNDING PROPOSALS TO SBE. Program officers are being moved to different parts of the agency. Call your Congress member 1279146
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Trump/Vought are planning to eliminate the program that oversees social science funding from the National Science Foundation, and they are not going to wait for Congress to weigh in because they have already shown they believe they have the power of the purse. bsky.app/profile/lizn... 18940354
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Texting daily with a random human peer is more effective at reducing loneliness than texting with a highly supportive chatbot. Next time you feel lonely reach out to a human, any human. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 612657
Joy Losee, Ph.D. @joylosee.bsky.social · 11/03/2026So happy to say I’ve been awarded tenure! My colleagues have been so sweet in reaching out to offer congratulations and hopes that I celebrate. I haven’t celebrated anything in a while and I’m not sure what to do. What have you done or do you plan to do to celebrate tenure? 2182
Joy Losee, Ph.D. @joylosee.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The amount of times I’ve been directly told “Oh, I used AI in your online class because I don’t think it’s important…” is too damn high. 010
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 24/02/2026“…just 2% of all college students—including 3% of Republicans—say they feel they don’t belong on campus due to their political views…71% said their professors create a classroom environment that supports both students who express unpopular opinions and those who may be upset by such views.” 210847
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Julia Strand @juliafstrand.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Just out—a piece I wrote a piece for the APS Observer (@psychscience.bsky.social) in which I share recommendations and resources for running a research lab at a small, liberal arts college. I hope it helps others in the same boat! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...psychologicalscience.orgHow to Set Up and Run an Undergraduate Research LabAPS Fellow Julia Strand offers resources and recommendations to run a productive research lab. 46728
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 27/01/2026There's no way you can keep funding a federal government who's primary mission is to inflict pain on the population. Every federal agency from McMahon at DoE to RFK shredding HHS and everything in between. Every day we let them stay open is more time we'll need to repair the damage they've done 322539811
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 22/01/2026It’s shameful verging on collaborationist that universities slashed DEI rather than fighting the administration on this. 17667171
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 17/12/2025There is no way to stop climate change research at NCAR without doing irreparable damage to weather research. "The idea that you can just pull “vital” weather research activities out of a unique, vibrant scientific environment and expect that they will just continue to roll along is ludicrous." 17831
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/12/2025“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”scientificamerican.comAI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary JournalsThe International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives 12628330
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Cameron Brick @cameronbrick.bsky.social · 08/12/2025More quality evidence is emerging that "pro-environmental behavior" is not a coherent, unitary thing. One behavior is not a proxy for all other behaviors. www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.uba.uva.nl/science/arti... Blankenberg et al. 2025 1/3 5225
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 05/12/2025The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers. 321803426
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 24/11/2025Lots of people are calling out the fact that X is filled with fake MAGA influencers from far away countries, but I wanted to point out that this, not "ideological censorship," is why companies have trust & safety teams that work on stopping inauthentic behavior. 5492122
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses. 751381136
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Holy f@$k! “ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.” This whole video is jaw-dropping. 8471171
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Fabian Guy Neuner @fabianneuner.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Important paper. So far most of the potential solutions I've seen mentioned (in-person surveys, high-quality/validated panels, address-based sampling) cost lots of money and will thus deepen divides based on resources. Something that we'll also need to grapple with. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/55uok...dropbox.com 27525
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/11/2025it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance 8483861945
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · 12/11/2025👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year! Let's start with a student describing her segregated school: "The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education" The twist? The student is white, and her school is private. A JMP 🧵 --> 515677
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · 12/11/20253️⃣ We find white children exposed to academies fared worse as adults. 📉 Human capital index ↓ 0.04 SD 📉 Economic self-sufficiency ↓ 0.06 SD This evidence suggests White families may have sacrificed educational quality to maintain racial segregation. 11/12 26618
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 12/11/2025An unfortunate effect of AI: for all the talk of it enabling “creativity,” many of us feel forced by its utility for plagiarism to move toward more restrictive and surveillant measures in the classroom. In the last few years the classroom is of necessity becoming more locked down than it ever was. 412518
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 07/11/2025A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico. 166110735287
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this. 1155277289519
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 06/10/2025CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true 39107963058
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Steve Rathje @steverathje.bsky.social · 01/10/2025🚨 New preprint 🚨 Across 3 experiments (n = 3,285), we found that interacting with sycophantic (or overly agreeable) AI chatbots entrenched attitudes and led to inflated self-perceptions. Yet, people preferred sycophantic chatbots and viewed them as unbiased! osf.io/preprints/ps... Thread 🧵 6193102
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Erin O'Mara Kunz, Ph.D @erinomarakunz.bsky.social · 15/08/2025I'm teaching a psych class to 70 first year students for the first time, ever. For some, my class will be their first college class. Does anyone have an activity you to the first day/week of class w/ first-years to help them feel connected, get to know classmates, & start on a good foot? 561
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Sean Mackinnon @seanpmackinnon.bsky.social · 18/07/2025So I have been exploring copilot generative AI to better familiarize myself with its output to recognize it more easily when I see it in the wild. This tool falsifies results sections of papers in a way that is NOT easy to detect. wtf are we going to do in science, peer review can't catch this. 2188
Joy Losee, Ph.D. @joylosee.bsky.social · 17/07/2025ChatGPT just wasted 5 of my hours by making up info and insisting it wasn’t lying. I was trying to see if it could actually help me find publicly available datasets with questions about politics in people’s ego networks and was thrilled when it output a long list, but things went quickly downhill… 130
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 11/07/2025"It’s the kind of statistic, several experts said, that is both eye-opening and likely to become more common because of climate change." www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...nbcnews.comU.S. rocked by four 1-in-1,000-year storms in less than a weekClimate change is making severe storms both more common and more intense. 5276110
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 24/06/2025The thing about interdisciplinary work is everyone gets to misunderstand you from a unique angle 314420
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 25/06/2025I'm genuinely not sure what this is supposed to mean but now worried. The National Archives in College Park houses the public records of DOJ, the military, etc. & is used daily by scholars, students, genealogists, etc. Having govt records accessible to the public is part of what makes the govt ours. 514474
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Atima Omara @atimaomara.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her 6874276612477
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/05/2025🚨Hiding under 6 sections of science sounding rhetoric is an edict to appoint officers at each agency that will be responsible for detecting research that isn't "Gold Standard Science" as defined by the White House🚨 Stay tuned for rapid response action! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govRestoring Gold Standard ScienceBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United 51449191
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Scientists are pushing to get their grants reinstated — and some are winning www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/r...statnews.comScientists are pushing to get their grants reinstated — and some are winningThe grant termination letters say there are no appeals. Yet dozens of appeals have succeeded as biomedical researchers lobby and sue to restore funding. 215651
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Please consider who benefits from you becoming complacent, doing less critical thinking, less fact checking. Who benefits from devaluing yours and other people‘s labor. From your data. 112142
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 17/05/20259 people were killed in a tornado last night in KY. The NWS office responsible for that area has faced some of the most extreme cuts by the Trump administration, including the loss of overnight forecasting. Last night, they were rushing to find help for the office. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...nytimes.comAfter Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down 631742965
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I work in grants. From my POV, the solution is not to compete for crumbs, but to put that effort into banding together across institutions to stand up for research. We need to yell at politicians and make sure Americans know what they’ll lose if university research ends. 33821
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Dr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 09/05/2025And in other NSF news... Take action here: www.savensf.comsavensf.comHome | Save NSFSave NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation. Our mission is to support the science... 24234
Reposted by Joy Losee, Ph.D.Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 07/05/2025After the brutal reality of dealing with student papers in the ChatGPT era finally hit me, here are a few tactics that I've found at least somewhat effective in getting students to do their own writing: 🧵 26851280
Joy Losee, Ph.D. @joylosee.bsky.social · 08/05/2025This! I ranted this semester and some students said it was helpful. Many students I caught using AI said they didn’t think anyone cared. 040