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Benedek Kurdi @benedek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚀 Project Implicit’s critical work continues! Our website remains fully operational 24/7, collecting data and launching new studies. We are finalizing a new organizational structure to carry our research and educational mission forward. Thank you to our global community. ➡️ implicit.harvard.edu

September 17, 2026
Project Implicit Continues its Critical Work
We are more excited than ever to not only continue but to expand the scientific collabora-tion at the heart of Project Implicit. With the non-profit that served as our operational home for two decades shutting down, a new organizational structure is being finalized to carry our research and educational mission forward.
In the meantime, the Project Implicit website (http://implicit.harvard.edu/) remains fully operational and continues to collect data 24/7. New studies, programs, and educational ef-forts are actively underway. We expect public data to remain available in perpetuity, and new data from 2026 will be released in January of next year.
We express our deep gratitude to everyone who has helped create, sustain, and grow Pro-ject Implicit. This includes the founders, members of the Board of Directors and the Scien-tific Advisory Board, staff members of the non-profit, international collaborators, and the students across dozens of labs tending to tasks big and small. We are also thankful to our generous donors who have answered our calls and supported our mission, and especially the millions of annual visitors who continue to honor us with their curiosity, time, and data.
We look forward to providing more details in the weeks ahead.
Jordan Axt, McGill University
Yoav Bar-Anan, Tel-Aviv University
Benedek Kurdi, University of Illinois
Calvin Lai, Rutgers University
Ryan Lei, Haverford College
Curtis Phills, University of Oregon
Kate Ratliff, University of Waterloo
Colin Tucker Smith, Wilfrid Laurier University
Jennifer Steele, York University
Heidi Vuletich, University of Denver

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Colin Tucker Smith @colinsmithpsych.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Sharing a scale that we just published in Sex Roles. It allows you to measure home and work roles for men and women separately (most existing scales fix those into zero-sum decisions). Scale is included in the Appendix. rdcu.be/fyd8f

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Breadmakers and Breadwinners: Measuring Prescriptive Gender Role Beliefs for Men and Women Separately and on a Common Metric

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 22/07/2026

👏Congratulations to everyone who contributed to the project: Benedek Kurdi, @benedek.bsky.social , Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social , Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social , Yoav Bar-Anan, Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social , Curtis Phills, Kate Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social (1/2)

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 22/07/2026

Congratulations to the “Project Implicit,” which received🏆2026 SIPS Mission Award! Project Implicit offers online tests to millions of participants, uses those tests to document implicit and explicit biases, and shares massive open datasets to power discoveries in psychology and beyond.

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Project Implicit

Project Implicit runs on small donations, most under $5. That’s what keeps the tests online, the data public, and the science accessible to anyone around the world who is interested in learning about…

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

What a good day to re-share this gem ❤️

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The Body Serve @thebodyserve.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

We believe Olya and Brenda.

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Friends, tell me where to eat bbq and Tex-Mex in Austin?

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Co-authored a commentary about women's participation in science with ~30 badass women scientists and now there are ~30 badass women scientists who can't write letters supporting my promotion to full professor 🫠

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

TSN is showing seven courts of men’s Miami Open tennis and one court of women’s 👎🏼

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

“Not all polarization is equivalent nor undesirable” New preprint by Felipe Vilanova and @flavioazevedo.bsky.social: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Abstract: This piece critiques the dominant assumption in social and political psychology, as well as in political science and other disciplines, that polarization is inherently undesirable and should therefore be reduced under all circumstances. We argue that this premise reflects a neutrality bias (or depoliticizing bias) that obscures the asymmetrical nature of contemporary political conflict. We distinguish democratic polarization—agonistic contestation among actors who accept multicultural pluralism, democratic institutions and election outcomes, civil and human rights, and epistemic accountability—from anti-democratic polarization, in which conflict is strategically mobilized to delegitimize opponents, erode institutional constraints, and normalize dehumanization, scapegoating, misinformation, anti-scientific, and conspiratorial narratives as a route to political power. In a global context marked by the growing...

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Eva A. García Ferrés @egarciaferres.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

👋 🗣️ People of SPSP: I am super excited to present two sets of projects this week at SPSP! The first project looks at the experience of collective resignation (or disaffected consent) with the U.S. economic system among U.S. adults for the past 5 years. TLDR: too many people feel resigned

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Project Implicit @projectimplicit.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Incredibly grateful to the folks who have committed $5,000 to Project Implicit since our announcement of matching funds last week! A generous donor is currently offering an additional $1,000 for any individual or group donation of $1,000 or more. Group gifts can be coordinated with our team.

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Every psych department has its quirks but the elevator is currently broken in all of them.

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Abhay Alaukik @aalaukik.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

(Mic check 1-2-3) I'm on the job market🚨 I’m a social psychologist building computational models to study social cognition, attitudes, polarization, and how people update beliefs. Evidence accumulation models, Hierarchical Bayes, Agent-based models, NLP, etc. Interested in formal theorizing!

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

If you want to know more about how sexual violence has shaped higher education and set the stage for gender inequality across the rest of society, I wrote a book about it:

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On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Reading about the new revelations about academia in the Epstein files, I can’t help but think about how many schools have a presidential appeal in their Title IX policies. Which means that the university president could decide the outcome of any Title IX case at their discretion.

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Marcel Roman @mfroman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Are police more right-wing and biased against marginalized groups than the general public? If so, why? My new article in @pnas.org w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧵1/n

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Snow day today! First school cancelation of the year. Kid 1 went to bed with her pyjamas inside out; kid 2 put a spoon under her pillow. So we'll never know what caused it ❄️ 🇨🇦

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Please consider a donation sustain this critical service for research and education about implicit social cognition. The website has generated very useful data and discussion to understand the strengths, weaknesses, and processes of implicit measurement.

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Erin Westgate @erinwestgate.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Project Implicit is one of the longest-running data collection projects in social psychology. In addition to IATs, Project Implicit has been collecting data on visitors’ attitudes, explicit bias, and stereotypes for almost thirty years. Now it is in danger. I will be donating; I hope you will too.

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Project Implicit @projectimplicit.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Project Implicit is a research nonprofit behind tools millions use to understand bias. Like many public science orgs, sustaining this work has become increasingly difficult. We are at risk of closing without additional support. Help protect this impt work by donating here: 4agc.com/donate/impli...

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Have you used Project Implicit for class demo or research? I know I have. Project Implicit fundamentally changed social psych research and public discourse. Its impact is too big to write in one post. But all this work is in jeopardy, so pls join me in donating to sustain Project Implicit!!

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Project Implicit

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Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Project Implicit is facing an existential threat. After almost 30 years, 60 million visitors, and hundreds of published papers, funding for our work has disappeared. We’ve never held a fundraising drive before, but we need your support to keep our site running. Please consider donating! 🙏

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Anyone in Pittsburgh want to weigh in on whether the Science Center or Museum of Natural History would be more fun for two grownups (ish) and an 8yo and 11yo? Going to lunch with family and a Pens game in the evening so only time for one or the other.

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

New paper in press at JPSP! An adversarial collaboration focusing on a large-scale test of how strongly implicit racial attitudes predict discriminatory behavior. Pre-print here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

These responses are so helpful and interesting. Thank you all... and keep them coming!

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Social psych friends, please help me out with a class discussion by responding to the following (and sharing): What do you see as the biggest challenge for social and personality psychology in the immediate future? What should we as a field be doing better than we are now?

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19/11/2025

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Clean blankets and sleeping bags are desperately needed at the 100 Victoria Street North encampment in Kitchener. Please drop off donations at the table at the front of the encampment.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

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Samantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

For potential grad students: if you're interested in this kind of work on assessing and improving close relationships measures, our group just got a grant to do five more years of it. Join our team!

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Psych friends: Does anyone have an undergrad lecture (slides, notes, activities) on theory-building and/or generating hypotheses? If so, willing to share?

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Dear Canadians: Where is this “the cottage” that all of you are going to next week and how do I get there?

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

What a blast of joy in these terrible times to see Venus Williams out there on the court ❤️🎾

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Samantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Western University is offering new scholarships of up to 40k CAD for four years to doctoral students who are studying at, have an offer from, or have had an offer rescinded from one of the top 100 American universities. Come and study with me or one of my colleagues!

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Tammy Coxen @tammylc.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Bluesky hive mind - has anyone ever forwarded US mail to Canada, and how was the experience? Did things arrive in anything like a timely manner?

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The UF Provost just announced the ten new Distinguished Professors, one of the highest honors at the university and one that comes with a 9% pay raise 🐊 Want to know how many of the ten are women? A whopping…. None.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

If you’ve got a badge and a gun but think your actions are shameful enough to need a mask, you should quit.

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Can someone in Canada please tell me how you watch WTA matches? 🎾 TSN+ is only showing ATP live. Tennis Channel+ doesn't work outside of the U.S. HELP?!

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Here it is, the sum total of the (physical) things I am taking with me after 12+ years at the University of Florida. Today, I mourn. Tomorrow, onward!

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

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What Are People Still Doing on X?

Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I feel grateful and fortunate to have international students in my lab, as well as numerous international collaborators and colleagues. You all make my science better. It pains me to think of the anxiety this causes all of you. I hope that universities come together and fight for what is right.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Fight or Flight: The Impact of Post-Tenure Evaluations on Faculty Productivity and Selection
30 Pages Posted: 19 May 2025
Simon Quach
University of Southern California

Zhengyi Yu
University of Southern California - Department of Economics

Date Written: May 15, 2025

Abstract
This paper examines the labor market effects of Florida's 2022 post-tenure review policy, which weakened tenure protections at public universities. Using a differencein-differences approach, we compare faculty outcomes in Florida to nearby states. We find the policy increased faculty exits-particularly among high-performing researchers-indicating a brain drain rather than improved selection. Additionally, we detect no productivity gains among incumbents and observe a decline in the research output of new hires. Overall, the findings suggest that reducing tenure protections negatively affects the research capacity and competitiveness of public universities.

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Kate A. Ratliff @kateratliff.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I’ve waited my whole life to be summoned for jury duty and finally got picked… for the day I move to Canada 🍁

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Colin Tucker Smith @colinsmithpsych.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Three more weeks until I’m a Canadian!

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