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Laura King

@kingla.bsky.social
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Personality/social psychologist. Opinions are my own 🏳️‍🌈

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Whitney Ringwald @whitneyringwald.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m accepting applications for PhD students to join my lab in Fall 2027! Our work focuses on psychopathology, personality, classification and assessment, and using AI with intensive longitudinal methods to better understand mental health. See the lab site for more info: ringwaldlab.psych.umn.edu
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Welcome! | Ringwald Lab
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT THE ABILITIES OF YOUNG ADULTS ARE ROUTINELY DENIGRATED IN HIGH PROFILE OUTLETS (“they can’t read! They can’t write!”)🤬 The Quiet Way A.I. Is Hitting the Work Force www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
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The Quiet Way A.I. Is Hitting the Work Force (Gift Article)
Lower wage growth and slower hiring in some sectors may be the result of artificial intelligence, especially for younger workers.
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The way Tiafoe flipped a switch when he saw Michelson’s distress just….so heartwarming 🥹
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Systematic Review: Call for studies exploring social identity processes in support groups Get in touch with @freyamills.bsky.social if you have a study that fits the criteria. Please share.
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What kind of complete jerk do you have to be to piss off Canada?
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If an employer requires multifactor identification to use necessary work resources, shouldn’t that organization provide the devices needed (iPhones)???
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
As a kid my parents would always have conversations about their votes so as not to cancel each other out. I’m having that conversation with my son (22). I feel like those of us who are 60+ might think about having the backs of young adults in our lives.
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In the year of our lord 2026, we had a 7 preregistered study package rejected without review from psych science because in Study 7 the P-Value was .051. For reals 🤯
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
College students are not unable to read. They are not unable to write. Ask yourself who wants to denigrate the abilities of young people. Ask yourself who benefits if employers are convinced young adults are incapable. I’m sick of myths being pushed about young adults. They are BS
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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Eddie Glaude is "really upset"?? He's REALLY UPSET?? HE HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN BY REFUSING TO VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON!!! Do you HEAR YOURSELVES @msnowcomms.bsky.social???
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
If you are a senior academic feeling bitter about not getting enough recognition, for the love of god, put your d*mn vita online and claim your google scholar page!!! From: the person who tried to nominate you.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/03/2026
Friends Trying On Each Other’s Glasses Revel In Glorious Mayhem Of Having Slightly Different Prescriptions theonion.com/friends-trying-on-each…
Friends Trying On Each Other’s Glasses Revel In Glorious Mayhem Of Having Slightly Different Prescriptions
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Curious about how psychological theories are built, tested, and refined in practice? This summer, the Theory Methods Society is launching the very first edition of the summer school Theory Building in Psychology at the University of Amsterdam (July 6–10, 2026). theorymethodssociety.org
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Theory Methods Society –
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Christian Czymara @christian.czymara.com · 04/03/2026
🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We’re #hiring a #PhD candidate at NIDI (The Hague). Together with @frankvantubergen.bsky.social and @glorenz.bsky.social, I will supervise a project on the connection of different dimensions of social cohesion in ethnically diverse schools. Deadline 1 April 2026. More information:
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PhD: Rethinking Social Cohesion in Ethnically Diverse Schools: Linking Horizontal and Vertical Ties
PhD: Rethinking Social Cohesion in Ethnically Diverse Schools: Linking Horizontal and Vertical Ties
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Gotta say I see such progress in Q&As at #SPSP. No comments disguised as questions. & every question prefaced with a kind, positive remark. I so value this progress!
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Edward L. Deci, 83, Dies; Found Self-Determination as a Key to Happiness www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/s...
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Edward L. Deci, 83, Dies; Found Self-Determination as a Key to Happiness
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Competence.
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
TFW your gut just tells you to distance from certain people & it maybe costs you some things professionally, & then they turn up in the Epstein files. It’s weird.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/01/2026
Her vehicle's right front panel cleared the ICE agent who didn't open fire until after he was at the side of her vehicle. He used deadly force on a fleeing individual, which is against DHS policy. This is murder. He needs to be arrested.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 07/01/2026
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
My heart. 💔😞
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Vera Vine @veravine.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Canadian job 👀 🇨🇦 ‼️ Second search this year! Our Dept of Psychology is hiring again, this time at the assoc/full level, for a prestigious, endowed position. Focus is social/affective neuroscience in any area (clinical, social, cog, or dev). Apply by Jan 30! Reposts, pls www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...
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Employment Opportunities | Department of Psychology
Available Positions Position Title Position Details Posting Date Closing Date Queen's University National Scholar (QNS) Senior Faculty Position in Social and/or Affective Neuroscience, Department of P...
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Academic salaries are too low to attract folk who value $. Maybe dangling guaranteed tenure will get their attention…
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Nico Schuck @nicoschuck.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
One week left to apply to the Max Planck School of Cognition! I have worked with several grad students from the programme and it's an impressive group of people. Deadline Dec 1st.
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
@immaculatemis.bsky.social
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Jess Salerno @jesssalerno.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
POSTDOC POSITION in social psychology at Cornell @cornellpsych.bsky.social! We will begin reviewing apps Dec 1st. Please repost! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31185 @spspnews.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social @aplssc.bsky.social @spssi.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social
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Cornell University, Psychology
Job #AJO31185, WDR-00055818(EVG) Postdoctoral Associate, Psychology, Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Phew!
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
My class today had an amazing lecture from @h4x354x0r.bsky.social so grateful for those who bring joy in this sometimes dark world!
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The Hacky Sack Man (@h4x354x0r.bsky.social)
Columbia Missouri's Hacky Sack Man. Old school computing hacker, grandmaster Hacky Sack / Footbag player. Here's a profile piece Vice did on me: https://youtu.be/K2_Gd0Lo0GU?si=rtuZg8RwFgQPbkF Also ha...
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Omg canvas???
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
😡😡😡 Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
To the 149 people “still waiting for me to read” their messages on ResearchGate, sorry but I’ve got >1000 emails in My inbox. Get in line!
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
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Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.
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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....
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Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
This old piece of mine is relevant today: How to think about the risk of autism, using the common yardstick of risk ratios. The only update is that the risk ratio for Tylenol is 1.0, i.e. no added risk. www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
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Opinion | How to Think About the Risk of Autism (Published 2014)
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
For medical matters, rely on your healthcare professionals.
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Joel Le Forestier @joelleforestier.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Announcing SPSP's 2026 Self & Identity precon (bit.ly/4mn2WDT), which will have a timely focus on activist and ally identities. We have a phenomenal set of speakers (Linda Tropp! Kim Rios! Lucy De Souza! Teri Kirby! Dan McAdams!) and are accepting data blitz and poster submissions until Oct 23!
The Self & Identity Preconference provides a forum for discussion and investigation of the complexity of the individual and the collective self. This year's preconference introduces a special focus on activism and allyship, highlighting factors facilitating the formation of activist and ally identities and barriers to identifying as activists or allies. This preconference will explore the impact of context in shaping activist identification and consider the role of the current socio-political climate on our ability to advocate for our "selves" and for others. In addition to several speakers, the preconference will also include presentations by scholarly award winners, a poster session, an early-career data blitz, and a mentoring/networking session.
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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Really troubling. Faculty should expect to be video recorded and have those videos edited and misrepresented. Faculty in southern states are looking to leave — either that location or academia entirely. Blue states could grow higher ed to recruit students and faculty in a red state brain drain.
The survey interviewed nearly 4,000 faculty across the southern U.S., including more than 1,100 from Texas. About a quarter of the Texas professors said they have applied for higher education jobs in other states in the last two years, and more than 25% said they soon intend to start searching for out-of-state positions. Of those who aren’t thinking of leaving, more than one-fifth said they don’t plan to stay in higher education in the long-term.
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Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
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Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Sports Broadcasters: Speaking for marching band parents everywhere, WHY CAN’T YOU SHOW SNIPPETS OF THE HALFTIME SHOW?!?!?
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 05/09/2025
I wonder how all the finance bros who voted for Trump because they wanted to say slurs without consequences feel right now www.axios.com/2025/09/05/j...
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U.S. economy adds only 22,000 jobs as labor market stalls
It's the first jobs report since Trump fired the BLS commissioner and alleged the data was rigged against him.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"If the US government persists down this current path...the world will inevitably witness a tragic increase in child deaths..." Sobering warning from @drsethberkley.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
They were Romulans not Vulcans. Calm down.
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Once the university joined the SEC, we’re shooed off campus on game day afternoons. Priorities!
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Laura King @kingla.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
thinking about all the times I went with my class across the street to the church for Mass in our blue & green plaid uniforms & only the old people on the back to hear us pray & sing. 😥
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Michaelle DiMaggio-Potter @michaelle.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Alarmingly, Black student enrollment is decreasing in the University of Michigan's psychology doctoral program. In my year (last year), there were 5 of us. This year, there is 1 student, representing 2% of the entire cohort. Op Ed from Dr. Kevin Cokley. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/blac...
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Making Psychology White Again: The Impact of Dismantling DEI
The dismantling of DEI will likely lead to a decrease in Black psychologists. For psychology to be a tool for equity and justice, we cannot make psychology (only) White again.
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