iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

IPA is a magic spell that makes anyone who can read IPA make the noises with their mouth

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Also, recall that I examined grant title changes for evidence of “remediation” and found 777 grants with titles changed from 2024 to 2025. Here is a word cloud of the removed words.

A word cloud with the largest words being Equity, Disparity, Health, Diverse, and Racial.

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna

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How to stop the revolving door of German academia

Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I can’t believe my life is being affected by the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

If you’ve been following the RFK Jr autism news, then you’ve probably heard that there’s a systematic review “proving” Tylenol causes autism. Here’s my review of that paper👇🏼 open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

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The best evidence Tylenol causes autism isn't great

On Monday, RFK Jr announced Tylenol ‘causes’ autism referencing three studies as evidence. Let's dive in.

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LizW @cave-malum.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Furious American knitters cut off from EU yarn stores sit around fuming surrounded by sharp objects

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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

remember that word gap narratives and ideologies don’t just frame marginalised children as linguistically deficient but also point the finger at their parents for their allegedly inferior parenting skills. the stigma attached to the word gap is intergenerational.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

vocal fry implies the existence of vocal onion ring and vocal tater tot

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P. Kanngiesser/P. K. Hoffmann @patkanngiesser.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Our (short) perspectives piece on challenging dyads as defaults in developmental psychology research is out (open access). Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... With Roman Stengelin (MPI EVA)

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Challenging dyads as defaults in research on childhood social cognition

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Lynne Murphy @lynneguist.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Misused terms in linguistics: a good link to put on the reading list for Child Language Acquisition—which I'm back to teaching this year inference-review.com/article/misu...

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Misused Terms in Linguistics | Evelina Leivada | Inference

Evelina Leivada argues that an effort to improve the terminological clarity and coherence of theoretical and experimental linguistics is long overdue.

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Titus von der Malsburg @tmalsburg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I'm offering a 3-year PhD position with benefits (1-year extension possible). Research topic open but broadly in incremental sentence comprehension. If you're into eye-tracking, even better! No teaching until Summer 2027, light teaching after that (English). Official ad soon. Please share 🙏

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Alastair McAlpine, MD @alastairmca30.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Kennedy provides a bunch of references for his claim that thimerosal in vaccines (barely used anymore) is harmful. If a high-school student submitted this as their reference list, they would fail. I will do what Kennedy didn’t - actually look at them. 🧵

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Matilde Ellen Simonetti @matildellen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

📢 Researchers in bilingualism & word learning! I'm doing a meta-analysis on the bilingual advantage & seeking unpublished data comparing bilinguals vs monolinguals. Summary stats or raw data welcome (confidential). Pre-reg 👉 osf.io/6a7yg/ DM me or share if you know someone! 🙏

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The “Bilingual Advantage” in Word Learning: A Meta-Analysis

Hosted on the Open Science Framework

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Sie ist überall: die Rede vom #Spitzenforscher. Nur: Was soll das überhaupt sein? Über einen Begriff, der das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig degradiert & einem Geniekult zuarbeitet, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich ist. ⬇️ #ArbeitInDerWiss

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Keine Spitze ohne Berg: Zum Begriff des „Spitzenforschers“

Der Begriff des Spitzenforschers degradiert das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig und stützt einen Geniekult, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

In my opinion, Trump's shift on this issue ("stop raiding farms and hotels") demonstrates the US needs to have an honest conversation about the role of undocumented immigrants in this country. And who constitutes this population. I'm afraid the rhetoric has already poisoned the well.

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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

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Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

God they're good

The Onion: "You Sure You're In The Mood For Another Wes Anderson Film With Everything That's Going On?" By Wes Anderson

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Timo B. Roettger @timoroettger.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Updated Preprint: We added 5 high-profile psycholinguistic journals to the sample. Numbers stay the same and are now based on >85k statistical tests in >13k articles across 13 different experimental linguistic journals.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

“There is far too much power in the hands of professors in the German system,” says @leising.bsky.social. My latest @nature.com story digs into efforts to tackle the entrenched structural heirarchy that enables academic bullies.

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Can Germany rein in its academic bullying problem?

Researchers and administrators are exploring ways to restructure a rigid hierarchy that can breed power abuses.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Dafür bin ich auch dankbar, der Nordcampus sieht sehr schön aus!

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We recently sat down with Dr. Celia Rosemberg, Principal Researcher at CONICET & Prof. at the University of Buenos Aires. Here Celia shares recent findings on children learning from overheard speech, highlighting the importance of considering children's entire environment. youtu.be/6ZlfJ_lmw1c?...

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Interview with Dr. Celia Rosemberg

IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Celia Rosemberg, Principal Researcher at the Research Council of Argentina (CONICET, Consejo Nac...

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

🚨4-5 new postdoc positions in language & cognition🚨 😇 One postdoc will work specifically with Eon-Suk Ko and I on the ManyBabies-AtHome project, focusing on infant word recognition in global, remote settings using collaborative, open science practices [shorturl.at/5l3tW]. @manybabies.org

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Matthew B. Jané @matthewbjane.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The meta-analysis on the relationship between Fluoride and IQ by Taylor et al. (2025) that RFK Jr. has cited contains major methodological flaws and data integrity issues that we describe in the following pre-print (submitted to meta-psychology): osf.io/preprints/os...

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

A Boca Mexa burrito to end an amazing day visiting and giving a talk at my old lab at the INCC CNRS in Paris. Also got to see how well Marie (Flohr) is getting along collecting data for her PhD. Delicious day for the mind and stomach!

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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 01/04/2025

Ever stuck choosing the right plot or trying to figure out how to make it look just right? My go-to resource is the R Graph Gallery (r-graph-gallery.com), which is full of examples and clear code for everything from scatterplots to Sankey diagrams! #dataviz #rstats #rladies

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The R Graph Gallery – Help and inspiration for R charts

The R graph gallery displays hundreds of charts made with R, always providing the reproducible code.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

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Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Another paper to review that focuses on the word gap? Another opportunity to require the authors to sit back and reflect on what they're actually doing by reading Megan's paper.

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German Word Nerd Network @gewonnofficial.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

🚨 TRUST Open Lecture – Join Us! 🚨 Is #standardisation in research boosting #replicability or slowing scientific progress? 🤔 📅 March 31 (Mon), 2025 ⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET 📍 Hörsaal H112, IBW-Gebäude, University of Cologne 💻 Live-stream available! Registration info here: sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...

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TRUST Open Lecture

Interested in Scientific Standardisation & Replicability?Come join us in Cologne on 31st March 2025!

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

March 21, 2-3 pm ET: What to do when your federal grant has been stopped or terminated

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Xenia Schmalz @xeniaschmalz.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

We're collecting opinions on #standardisation of #research processes before an event next month. Please feel free to vote & share: www.linkedin.com/posts/leungy... The public event will be a #panel #discussion & will be live streamed. If you're interested in learning more, please get in touch!

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#research #standardisation | Anna Leung

One of my recent tasks is about the pros & cons of #research #standardisation. Would love to have your input for brainstorming. Please vote and help share the…

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CIIPME - CONICET @ciipme-conicet.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

La investigación de la directora del CIIPME, Celia Rosemberg, destacada por el Latinx Caucus de la Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) drive.google.com/file/d/1UlpR...

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Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Christian Uffmann wins linguist prof of 2024. This video is iconic. Definitely worth watching and I say this as someone who is terminally not interested in watching video content. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOl...

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Meet Christian Uffmann! #phonology

YouTube video by HHU

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Lisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Why do a multilab study? Robust evidence Credible evidence when using transparent open practices Large and diverse data set Highly valuable data for reuse Lowering the risk for any one researcher Exchanging methodological expertise and training Foster a collaborative culture

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Benjamin Gagl @benjamingagl.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Hey everyone, we have organized a lecture and panel discussion on the topic "Standardization in Research: Increasing Replicability or Stalling Scientific Progress?" in Cologne on March 31st: sites.google.com/view/gewonn/... @gewonnofficial.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social

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TRUST Open Lecture

Interested in Scientific Standardisation & Replicability?Come join us in Cologne on 31st March 2025!

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Important work coming from Potsdam + Amsterdam with Paul Okyere Omane, characterizing the language environment of infants growing up in Ghana.

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Jen Nycz @jennycz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Labov (1971), Finding out about children's language (a.k.a "the bunny paper") has been published (open access) in Language Variation and Change! #linguistics 🐰

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Finding out about children’s language | Language Variation and Change | Cambridge Core

Finding out about children’s language

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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I call congresspeople while walking to the train 2x week. You can too! And now, in addition to annoying Senators, you can lean on House members and ask them to oppose HR899, which would gut the Dept. of Ed. Schiff and Padilla aren’t responsive, but Congresswoman Chu was! 5calls.org/issue/educat...

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Protect the Department of Education ⭑ 5 Calls

The Trump administration is working to fulfill a campaign promise to abolish the Department of Education. Details are being finalized for an executive …

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Janet Frick @jfrickuga.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Random post in the midst of (gestures) ALL THIS, but I discovered recently that Michael Tomasello got his PhD in my department (UGA Psychology), and so a copy of his dissertation has been sitting on a shelf down the hall from my office for the last 27 years. #psychsky #developmentalpsychology

Conference room in the UGA Psychology building. Large wooden table with black chairs in the middle. Large bookshelves with lots of black bound dissertations around the room. A large wooden desk, which belonged to AS Edwards, is on the left side of the picture.

A copy of Michael Tomasello’s dissertation. Title is “A conceptual analysis of one child’s early use of words” and the name William Michael Tomasello, all embossed in gold lettering on the black bound book

The final page of the dissertation, which includes the following closing paragraph:

“Let me conclude by saying that language, as perhaps no other human phenomenon, brings together all of the most important aspects of human development. Apprenticeship in language use teaches the child both how the culture thinks and how its members interact with each other. Once learned, language provides him with the tools he will need for all his higher endeavors. It even provides him with tools for changing the culture.”

Dissertation title page with some signatures that are hard to read. Dissertation is dated August 1980.

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving. osf.io Contact support@osf.io if you need assistance

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Wiebke Scharff Rethfeldt @w-scharff.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

In my opinion, inclusion and equity aren’t opposites. In my opinion, treating all children the same, despite differing needs, is unfair. Hence, individualized logopedic/SLT support enables true inclusion. And: inclusion mustn’t be used as an excuse for staff cuts at schools.

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Malte Elson @malte.the100.ci · 09/01/2025

Received a devastating letter today that a job search I had applied for was terminated "prematurely". I couldn't remember anything about this, so I looked up when I had sent my application, and it was from October 2020. #JustGermanAcademiaThings

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Katie Von Holzen @katievonholzen.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

This is one of the ways that I use pre-registration. Not surprised that it isn't talked about more frequently, though.

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Wiebke Scharff Rethfeldt @w-scharff.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I would like to express my gratitude for the invitation to the Bremen state parliament! Today, some of my students, research associates and I followed the invitation of the spokesperson for children and families, incl a discussion with MPs on child language health and need for SLTs in schools 🧵

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Betsy Sneller @betsysneller.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Okay, buckle up bsky, it's time for the Tale of the Bunny Paper. Here's the imported thread from twitter where the search all started: bsky.app/profile/bets... (1/n)

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