Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Great resource for prospective clinical psychology students. (And BTW I'm recruiting) 141
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 23/09/2025buffalo.campuslabs.com/engage/event...buffalo.campuslabs.comMental Health Screening DayDiscover unique opportunities at! Find and attend events, browse and join organizations, and showcase your involvement. 010
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Yes, I had the same thought, but am I horrible if I finish this season of Only Murders in the Building? Probably… 110
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...nytimes.comOpinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health 010
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 26/08/2025www.bbc.com/travel/artic...bbc.comThe Wing King's guide to the best wings in BuffaloNational Buffalo Wing Festival founder Drew Cerza has made it his mission to promote his hometown's iconic dish. Here are what he deems the best wings in town. 010
Reposted by Larry HawkDaniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15/08/2025An abbreviation (ABB) in a journal article (JA) or Grant Application (GA) is rarely worth the words it saves. Every ABB requires cognitive resources (CR) and at my age by the time I'm halfway through a JA or GA I no longer have the CR to remember what your ABB stood for. 12447132
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 14/08/2025The Dept of Psychology at the UB is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Prof or Assoc Prof. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58513ubjobs.buffalo.eduProfessor OR Associate Professor, PsychologyThe Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo (UB). The State University of New York, is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Professor or Associate Professo... 036
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Our lab is recruiting for two full-time post-bac or MA-level research assistants to work on federally-funded smoking/vaping projects, including a lab study of abstinence, a lab/real-world vaping monitoring project, and a smoking cessation trial. Please share. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58448ubjobs.buffalo.eduSenior Research Support Specialist, PsychologyThe Senior Research Support Specialist (SRSS) within the Department of Psychology will join a multidisciplinary team that currently has three ongoing federally funded studies. One is a clinical trial,... 111
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 31/07/2025For all those jokes about Buffalo winters, hers the counterpoint - only city in lower 48 to never hit 100F www.wgrz.com/article/weat...wgrz.comBuffalo is the only U.S. city in the lower 48 to never hit 100 degreesBuffalo joins Anchorage and Honolulu as the only US cities with a population over 100,000 to not reach 100 degrees. 000
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | ‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has 010
Reposted by Larry HawkEdward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Responses to the Sounding Board piece by Prasad and Makary are now posted: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Had I known that character limits would be so liberal I would have submitted a response, but these replies hit on all the key points.nejm.orgAn Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJMTo the Editor: In their Sounding Board article (June 26 issue),1 Prasad and Makary ignore the fact that the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection extend beyond acute outcomes such as hospitalization and de... 57533
Reposted by Larry HawkNorm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I found a fun new way to expose AI bots. 553002744
Reposted by Larry HawkDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/07/2025DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. A key Senate committee has indicated that it will reject Trump’s proposed cuts to science agencies including NASA and the NSF. Keep speaking up and calling your electeds 🗣️🗣️🗣️ 81327438
Reposted by Larry HawkRichard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 12/07/2025What it took to get tenure in the Batman Studies Department in the 1960s, and what it takes to get tenure in Batman Studies today... 9775123
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Love King's simile: "Attempting to combat chronic disease without tobacco control is like attempting a triathlon without a bicycle,”... 010
Reposted by Larry HawkAdam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 10/06/2025RFK Jr claims the ACIP “has never recommended against a vaccine” (www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...). Here’s one example off top of my head - the live attenuated flu vaccine in 2016-18, (from: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...) 1125173
Reposted by Larry HawkJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/06/2025New opportunity to help sustain global health research re-fund-global-health.vercel.app 04540
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Normally I post about science, but… here’s a new favorite from my favorite brewery. Picked this up Friday on my way to Truro, MA to do some remote work. Worked until 9 (pm!) and now the reward. @treehousebrewing.bsky.social 120
Reposted by Larry HawkStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/06/2025“Health concerns are a universal human concern,” @jeremymberg.bsky.social told CNN. “The NIH system… has been unbelievably productive in terms of generating progress on specific diseases.” www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h... #BethesdaDeclaration #StandUpForSciencecnn.comNIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies | CNNStaffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump... 5367117
Reposted by Larry HawkAssociation for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Signed by APS. Read this full community sign-on letter urging Congress to reject the proposed cut to the #NIH budget included in President Trump's FY26 budget request. www.researchamerica.org/wp-content/u...researchamerica.org 062
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Well-deserved congratulations to @jenread.bsky.social on being named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system. www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/storie...buffalo.eduEight named SUNY Distinguished ProfessorsThe UB faculty members were promoted to SUNY's highest faculty rank at the board of trustees' April 29 meeting. 020
Reposted by Larry HawkScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 14/05/2025My ongoing request: If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here. NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred. 15437396
Reposted by Larry HawkUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 16/05/2025In the 1970s and 1980s, Exxon and Shell developed internal models predicting global warming and sea level rise. “But instead of sounding the alarm or shifting business strategies, these companies cast doubt on the science, exaggerated uncertainty, and funded front groups to spread disinformation.”forbes.comDid Big Oil Delay Climate Action With Misinformation?A new UCS report explores how fossil fuel giants spent decades disseminating climate disinformation, delaying action and fueling rising emissions and climate costs. 47539
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 16/05/2025No, this is not my Wordle history - though at first glance I thought it was @jonasdora.bsky.social 's . Turns out it's a cool depiction of interesting data... 120
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I dislike note being straightforward with research participants who are ineligible about why they're ineligible. But I also dislike it when being straightforward leads to their social network gaming the system to get into our projects. So, back to not disclosing reasons ineligible. [Heavy sigh] 010
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025time.com/7285045/resi... Let me have the courage to not be one "...who participates in his own oppression through small daily acts of complicity..." Thanks to @shiragabriel.bsky.social for sharing this with me in another venue.time.comWhy I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of CongressI cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging. 000
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Can any parent watch Netflix’s Adolescence and not cry their eyes out in the last episode? Not this one. 010
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Data showing how much $ each USA state has lost due to NIH funding cuts to date: NC, FL, GA, and TN are in the top 10! www.aamc.org/media/83356/... Great for sharing with friends, family, representatives and senators. Thanks @mitchprinstein.bsky.social for amplifying on LinkedIn, where I saw it.aamc.org 000
Reposted by Larry HawkSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/05/2025THIS is the most devastating constitutional crisis. 27785752625
Reposted by Larry HawkJonathan Foulds PhD @jonathanfoulds.bsky.social · 07/05/202580% if U.S. adults support a policy proposed by both the Trump (2016) and Biden (2020) administrations to lower the permissible nicotine content in cigarettes and cigars to non-addictive levels. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40199553/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govSupport among adults for a policy to lower nicotine levels in cigarettes and cigars - USA, 2023 - PubMedNicotine is highly addictive and plays a dominant role in sustaining commercial tobacco use. This study assesses support for a policy to lower the nicotine levels in both cigarettes and cigars because... 011
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Anyone looking to have their brain stirred? Sorry, the headline just made me laugh. 110
Reposted by Larry HawkDemystifying Clinical Psychology @cudcp-dcp.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Attend our Demystifying Clinical Psychology Conference (May 12th and 13th on zoom)! Registration Link: tinyurl.com/CUDCPDCP2025 Poster Sign Up: tinyurl.com/DCP2025Posters Information about the Graduate Student Organizers: tinyurl.com/DCP2025Organ... Conference Agenda: tinyurl.com/DCP2025Agenda 188
Reposted by Larry HawkThe Onion @theonion.com · 05/05/2025Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now theonion.com/parents... 363788408
Reposted by Larry HawkEthan @drbeef.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Spencer Foundation joins Kapor Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch a rapid response bridge funding program (up to $25,000) for education scholars impacted by the abrupt grant cancellations by the National Science Foundation (NSF)! #AcademicSkyspencer.orgRapid Response Bridge Funding ProgramIn the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap... 07749
Reposted by Larry HawkDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 02/05/2025For those with despair about today's extreme proposed funding cuts for NIH, NSF, NASA, NOAA, etc... remember: CONGRESS 👏 SETS 👏 BUDGET 👏 LEVELS Today's news is simply just the President's **request**. Tell your elected representatives to REJECT this assault on science and scientific training. 19049
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Good grief, I've been perpetuating the tongue-rolling gene myth! But I won't now. 011
Reposted by Larry HawkUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 02/05/2025When science-based safeguards are gutted, people get hurt. Don’t stand for it. Tell Congress to stand up for science and protect the American public.secure.ucs.orgYou Need Science. Science Needs You.To mark the 100th day of the Trump administration—100 days of harm against humanity and direct attacks on science—we need you to support a massive show of solidarity with thousands other scientists an... 0247
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Anyone else ready to call it a day? NIH now prohibiting foreign subawards (grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...) and reducing use of animals in research (www.nih.gov/news-events/...). Meanwhile, NSF is mandating a cap of 15% on indirects (www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...). F****!!! (which means FIGHT!!!) 120
Larry Hawk @larry-hawk.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Wow! Who will the Trump admin choose to lead NSF? Someone with a disdain for science, I suspect. 😢 www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...sciencemagazinedigital.orgScience Magazine - NSF director resigns amid cuts to grants and staff reductionsThe scientist President Donald Trump chose during his first term to lead the National Science Foundation (NSF) resigned last week after apparently being unable to stomach the massive changes Trump... 000
Reposted by Larry HawkAssociation for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies @abctnow.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Did you know May is Mental Health Awareness Month? ABCT has many resources for anyone interested in accessing scientifically based mental health information, as well as a list of self-help books curated by mental health professionals. Explore our resources on our website: www.abct.org/fact-sheets/ 012
Reposted by Larry HawkNature @nature.com · 01/05/2025Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature. go.nature.com/44Ugf9Vgo.nature.comExclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing onesUS science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’. 7241191
Reposted by Larry HawkAidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 01/05/2025If the feds are going to attack higher ed, how can we convince them it would really hurt us if they went after centralized IT, data use agreements, and student evals? 0172
Reposted by Larry HawkMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 01/05/2025NEW: An NIH policy coming in the next week will target — and at least temporarily stop — funding outside the US, threatening thousands of projects and collaborations on topics like infectious diseases and cancer. Some NIH staff have already been told to hold all subaward funds for foreign labs.nature.comExclusive: NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policyMove by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more. 5287188
Reposted by Larry HawkCenter for Open Science @cos.io · 30/04/2025Preregistration—creating a time-stamped, read-only research plan before a study begins—is an open science practice that can strengthen research transparency & integrity. Our new whitepaper offers a practical guide to preregistration essentials. Download & share widely! 💡: osf.io/8eczw/files/o... 0115
Reposted by Larry HawkJAMA @jama.com · 29/04/2025The CONSORT and SPIRIT statements for randomized trials have been updated for 2025 and published in JAMA, with a new focus on open science principles and guidance on trial registration, data access, and conflict of interest reporting. ➡ CONSORT 2025: ja.ma/3Yyu0Hh ➡ SPIRIT 2025: ja.ma/3YjFfn8 01612