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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New paper! Despite qualitative researchers claiming that generalizability is not a goal, their published work does indeed contain generalizable claims. We document this and provide recommendations for how all researchers can better calibrate their generalizability claims. doi.org/10.1177/2515...

article header for, "Qualitative Researchers Can and Do Generalize: Generalizability Claims in Qualitative Psychological Research". Metascience!

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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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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Blind Professor Moment of the Day: Me: While you answer that question, I will try to get this second projector to work. Student: Professor, there is no projector there. It is gone. Me: Well, I guess that is why it isn't working.

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Dumbledore Welp Meme

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Amanda J. Wright @ajwright.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’m recruiting a PhD student to come work with me in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University! Application cycle: 2027-2028 Application deadline: December 1 Application details & admissions: artsci.tamu.edu/psychologica... Lab website: www.wrightpersonalitylab.com

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 09/09/2026

Psychic toucans who power their weapons by taunting their enemies? Fun. And hilarious!

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy Star Trek Day! This 60th anniversary also coincides with the day before the start of classes....so this GIF seemed appropriate. Joking aside, Star Trek has been in my brain for as long as I can remember, watching TNG with my family as a young kid. It influenced my life in so many ways. 🖖

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Sisko Cheers with a Drink

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

For Star Trek fans who enjoy the card game, Fluxx, four decks (TOS, TNG, DS9, & Voyager) will be available in October. From what I've read, they have been released before, but they are now being re-released. I'm definitely adding to my wish list. www.looneylabs.com/star-trek-fl...

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Star Trek Fluxxes – Product Announcement

Name: Star Trek Fluxx Street Date: October 20th, 2026 Set a course for the final frontier with Star Trek Fluxx! With Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the original series crew, you’ll take command of the E...

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Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Our big Big Five GWAS, out today! Personality Genomics is extremely hot in 2026.

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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 28/08/2026

1/43 Ok folks, after much teasing and anticipation, I'm THRILLED to share our new paper in Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. Not gonna lie: I'm proud of this one, and I hope it makes an impact on the field (so please share!). A thread 🧵👇

To Be a Mental Disorder: Revisiting Behavioral Addictions
Joshua B. Grubbs, * Nicholas C. Borgogna, Beáta Bőthe, Hyoun S. Kim, Rory A. Pfund, Shane W. Kraus

Manuscript to appear in the 2027 edition of Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, this preprint may not
exactly represent the final printed copy.

Grubbs, J.B., Borgogna, N.C., Bőthe, Beáta, Kim, H.S., Pfund, R.A., & Kraus, S.W. (2027) To Be a Mental Disorder: Revisiting Behavioral Addictions. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-061225-045608

Behavioral addictions have been recognized in various forms for centuries, yet only three—Gambling Disorder, Gaming Disorder, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder—are currently included in formal diagnostic systems. In the past decade, research on these conditions has expanded dramatically in both volume and methodological rigor, drawing on longitudinal, neurobiological, and cross-cultural designs and evolving into a truly global science. Even so, the field remains beset by unresolved controversies. Chief among these is a persistent tendency to import substance use disorder concepts—tolerance, withdrawal, and dependence—that lack conceptual and empirical support when applied to behavior. Related challenges concern the over-pathologizing of normal engagement and a reliance on confirmatory, self-report measurement of uncertain validity. We argue that advancing the field requires sustained funding, theory grounded in the disorders themselves, objective and intensive-longitudinal methods, greater diversity, and public health and regulatory attention to increasingly technological environments.

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Lake Ontario sits on the unceded territory of the Haudenosaunee people. Ontario, a name predating the province by 200 years, means "Great Lake" in their language. The name "Ontario" has a richer, older connection to this land than does "America," which is named after an Italian colonizer.

Stones stacked neatly on a rock on the shore of Lake Ontario at Chimney Bluffs, NY

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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 25/08/2026

An exciting extension to the #ggplot2 universe 🍾 I love how Alex has tied the new features to best #dataviz practices, and he even added a coaching option. I’m especially excited about the easy way to place the y-axis title at the top, plus even more shapes that are usable right out of the box 🤘

A scatterplot of iris data with a horizontal ytitle placed at the top of the y axis. In addition, the package allows to add simple annotations.

An overview of the available symbols in ggplotplus.

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Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🚨Job Search announcement 🚨 @psychillinois.bsky.social is searching for an assistant prof in cognitive neuroscience. Come join us! Pls RT 🙏 Full ad: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging

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Assistant Professor- Psychology - College of LAS

Duties & Responsibilities

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paolo @paolopalma.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Was asked to forward this by a colleague: The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto is hiring for an Associate Professor in Counselling or Clinical Psychology. Deadline: October 5, 2026 Salary: Commensurate with experience; upper limit $200k CAD #Psychjob

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Associate Professor - Clinical and Counselling Psychology

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

New Blog post: Which Data Repository Should you Use? In light of OSF closing down, I compare Zenodo, Dataverse, ResearchBox, PsychArchive, and local repositories on six important dimensions. If you want to know which to pick: It depends! daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...

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Which Data Repository Should You Use?

The Center for Open Science has announced that from November 16, 2026, no new projects can be created on the Open Science Framework. After F...

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Katie Corker @katiecorker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

For those looking for alternatives to OSF, I recommend two resources comparing features of other Generalist Repositories. Resources are from GREI, an NIH funded initiative. Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Decision tree: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Generalist Repository Comparison Chart

The Generalist Repository Comparison Chart and FAIRsharing Collection (https://fairsharing.org/collection/GeneralRepositoryComparison) was originally an outcome of the NIH Workshop on the Role of Gene...

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 11/08/2026

Many of you will have seen the recent post about changes at OSF. If you'd like to learn more about how to use other services (particularly Zenodo) to share data and code, see my book chapter on resource sharing. bettercode-book.org/book-sharing...

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12 Sharing Research Objects – Better Code, Better Science

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is going to change things up in my lab for sure. I appreciate OSF for leading the way, and I can't even imagine the costs of OSF Storage over the last decade. I'm looking for recommendations of where to migrate my lab projects, so please feel free to post your recommendations below!

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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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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in cities, and the absolutely HUGE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by Not Just Bikes. Then share it as much as you can. youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo

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These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us

YouTube video by Not Just Bikes

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Whitney Ringwald @whitneyringwald.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Are temperament and personality the same thing? Check out our new preprint tackling this question. Led by the incomparable @kaileylawson.bsky.social, with @rebeccatheshiner.bsky.social, bsky-less Rick Robins This was such a fun one to work on with this team!

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Andrew Przybylski @shuhbillskee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The first official data on the effectiveness of Australia's social media ban is out. Nothing unexpected, but it's worth reading. www.esafety.gov.au/research/soc...

The Office meme of two images from corporate comparing two plots from esafety data on the Australia social media ban.

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Eric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

McGill social psych is now officially hiring at the assistant prof level, hooray Happy to chat with anyone about the position mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...

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Anne Reitz @annereitz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

📢 We’re hiring! Postdoc in Personality Psychology & Psychological Assessment at the University of Greifswald. ✨ Lots of freedom for your own research ✨ Start Oct 2026 or later ✨ Long-term perspective toward a permanent position Deadline: 15 Aug Please share — and feel free to get in touch!

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Research Associate (Postdoc) - Institute of Psychology 26/Sa23

Stellenausschreibung Institut für Psychologie

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

No Scotland, no party. Lovely to be back in Edinburgh for #ECP22!

David Hume statue in Edinburgh. Statue is holding a book. Two orange traffic cones are on the status. One cone on the head, one on the book.

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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Anyone else at ECP in Edinburgh literally watching Arthur’s Seat burn, and if so, what are the evacuation notices and procedures here?

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Amusing update. They are boarding the flight to Barcelona now, and they announced that 80 people are missing (now down to 63). That is going to be a hell of a flight tonight, I think. 🤣

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Just got to the international terminal at Toronto-Pearson during the ending of the match...Spanish fans are cheering up and down the terminal. Here is a small bit after the initial cheer at the end of the game.

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Danielle Navarro @djnavarro.net · 18/07/2026

And so after a very brief hiatus, version 0.7.0 of "learning statistics with R" exists. Full rebuild in quarto, stylistic fixes, "epilogues from 2026" to comment on how the world changed since original publication, and as an added bonus, no longer misgenders the author learningstatisticswithr.com

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Learning Statistics with R

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Well, France decided to show up. 😅

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The French team's ennui in the first half is a good reason to stop doing the third place match of the World Cup.

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Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

New meta by @peterhaehner.bsky.social et al (I'm a little middle author) on individual differences in personality change across the lifespan (229 studies, N = 230k) 10.1037/bul0000525 Cool finding (imo): For all Big Five, variance in change is greatest in youth, declining through young adulthood!

Individual differences in change for each of the Big Five across ages 0 to 80. The trend for each trait is that individual differences in change are decreasing with age.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Just submitted my comment on the new OMB rules for federal grants. Thanks to @fabbs.org for all the helpful resources. 🧪 You still have time to make your voice heard! The comment deadline is Monday July 13th at 11:59pm. fabbs.org/fabbs-omb-co...

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FABBS OMB COMMENT TOOLKIT – FABBS

On May 29, 2026, OMB published a proposed rule to update the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance, which are government-wide policies and requirements rela

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Yeah, this was incredibly unpleasant last night. At a minimum, some warning would have been nice. I assumed it was making up for Canada Day once I realized it was fireworks. But sometimes, I wonder if some people on Council forget that people actually *live* in the city and don't just drive in.

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I know many Falcons fans who are likely thinking this is still far too soon. But damn.

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

1/ We have a PhD position open on 'Mental Disorders as Harmful Stable States'. If you know students interested in the intersection of mental health & statistical modeling (EMA & time series), please encourage them to apply. www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3621...

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PhD Position on "Mental disorders as harmful stable states"

PhD Position on “Mental disorders as harmful stable states” The departments Clinical Psychology and Methodology & Statistics, at the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden Univers...

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Did a 90 minute webinar workshop for APA on depression measurement. They were kind enough to allow me to share this on youtube. youtu.be/5OwYjWao1hs

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What Scale is Best? Understanding Sources of Validity Evidence for Depression Measurement

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Samantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We made an open repository of close relationships measures. Our goal is to catalogue all of the published self-report measures in relationship science. You can help us expand the database by suggesting measures you tend to use in your research, or by uploading your own measures! relascale.com

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RelaScale - Psychological Measures and Constructs

RelaScale is a searchable database of psychological measures and constructs for relationship researchers.

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Andrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Canada is getting ready to ban social media for kids under 16. The quote going around by cabinet minister Marc Miller: "it's obvious why it's a priority. Kids are dying." Every death by suicide is a tragedy but the numbers don't support this claim. I pulled Statistics Canada data to illustrate: 🧵

Graph showing deaths by suicide among 10-14 year olds and 15-19 year olds in Canada, annually from 2000 to 2024. Neither death rates nor actual countable deaths are increasing over time, and for the older group, the year 2024 was the lowest number of deaths by suicide this century.

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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Thrilled to share a new consensus statement just published in Nature Mental Health: "Ambulatory assessment in mental health: expert consensus and recommendations" Glad to have contributed to this group effort. Open-access read cube link here: rdcu.be/fnxDZ

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Ambulatory assessment in mental health: expert consensus and recommendations

Nature Mental Health - This Consensus Report addresses the methodological variability in ambulatory assessment studies within mental health. Utilizing a Delphi-adapted process with 26 experts, it...

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Tim Kaiser @tkaiser.science · 07/12/2022

"The paper has gained significantly in quality from the reviewers' feedback"

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/05/2026

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

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Björn Siepe @bsiepe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Using (multilevel) VAR models? Ever checked how well they actually fit your data? @jmbh.bsky.social & I created VARcheck, an R package for visual model checking for VAR models. Blogpost with workflow: bsiepe.github.io/blog/2026-05... 📝Paper: doi.org/10.31234/osf... 💻Docs: bsiepe.github.io/VARcheck/

The image shows two plots. On the left-hand side, you can see a plot showing empirical & predicted time series in the plot, and a distribution of empirical values on the right-hand side. The R² of the model is 0.28, and the RMSE is 1.28.
On the right side, we see a plot of residuals over time as well as their marginal distribution, again on the ride side of the plot. We also see that the autoregressive coefficient of the residuals is 0.16.

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

At trivia tonight, I somehow remembered the dates for both Mean Girls Day and Mario Day. If I ever needed more proof that I contain multitudes....

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Toad Dancing: Labassecour Lbc Animation

Alt: Toad from the Mario Series Dancing: Labassecour Lbc Animation

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Dr. Kira McCabe @kiraomccabe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

It is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), so I'm sharing info on an upcoming book, Shifting Blind Identities in Higher Education: Stories of Selfhood. It is about how blindness and low vision intersect with other dimensions of identity for both students and faculty in higher education. 1/3

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Shifting Blind Identities in Higher Education

Shifting Blind Identities in Higher Education features accounts of how blindness and low vision intersect with other dimensions of identity for both students and faculty in higher education. Contribut...

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Aaron Fisher @aaronjfisher.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We just got approved to hire a teaching professor in Quantitative Methods! This is the *very* rare tenure track teaching position at Berkeley. I'll be chairing the search committee. Official job ad coming later this summer!

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