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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

About as accurate as you’re gonna get, LOL.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

ALL HANDS ON DECK— CONTACT YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS!!

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 16/09/2026

‘Broadview Six’ lawyers demand communications between US attorney’s office and DC

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‘Broadview Six’ lawyers demand communications between US attorney’s office and DC

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@GEICO We’re now into WEEK 6 without our car. It was stolen and recovered one day later, with a missing rearview mirror, dis-attached antenna, and a dent to the door panel. SIX WEEKS and our car is still held captive at the repair shop. WTF?

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Mark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The psychology job market may be showing some early signs of regaining strength, relative to last year. A week ago last year, fewer than 200 jobs had been listed - today, it is nearly 300, a figure we didn't hit till early October in '25. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs

Bar graph showing the number of academic jobs in psychology by area over the years from 2007-2026.

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Department of Communication at the University of Arkansas is hiring a new Assistant Professor in Communication and Democracy as part of a cluster hire in Democracy and the Public Good! uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UAF_Ex...

Assistant Professor of Communication & Democracy position at the University of Arkansas. Apply by October 10, 2025.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Relevant: lindatropp.com/media/pages/...

Academic paper:

When White Americans see
“non-Whites” as a group:
Belief in minority collusion and
support for White identity politics.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Supreme Court allows Trump's mass executions to continue while case proceeds through the appeals process. - NYT (2028)

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Simone Schnall, Ph.D. @simoneschnall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Professorship in Sustainability @cam.ac.uk -- fantastic opportunity for someone with expertise in social psychology, behavioural science, etc.

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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A great way to honor Dolly Parton’s memory is to get your COVID vaccine.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

As with the Iran war and so much else, the best case scenario is that we get back to where we were before. But we won't. It's all pointless fights and degrees of losing, which some future President will have to repair and then get attacked by MAGA for cleaning up their mess.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

year 1: there's still grant funding, but we may need to change how we talk about our work, or what we work on year 2: the government has disappeared one billion dollars of science funding. it is unclear why they did that or where that sits within concepts like "the rule of law"

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Reminder: U.S. public universities are absolute gems.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Weird how deficits are only problems when Dems control the purse.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Want to read an example of scientific malpractice? This thread gets more and more astonishing with each post—>

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Trickle down lawlessness is apparently a thing.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hey SPSP members! The ballot for leadership positions-- SPSP President and two Executive Board positions-- were sent today to members recently. Be sure to check your mail for it and VOTE!!!

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Many myths debunked in this paper. Paper finds that: -faculty partisanship has no effect on students -students ideologically sort into majors; majors don’t affect partisanship -faculty partisanship is uncorrelated with how left/rightwing course content is micah-baum.github.io/files/baum-e...

DO FACULTY AFFECT STUDENT PARTISANSHIP?*
Micah Y. Baum*
Joaquín Endara
Annaliese Paulson®
Abstract
We study whether Democratic college professors make their students more liberal. We link voter data to salary records from 33 state flagships and show that faculty skew Democratic, especially in the humanities and social sciences. We then use student transcripts from one flagship to estimate causal effects. Students become more liberal during college regardless of major and sort toward ideologically similar instructors. Exploiting plausibly random variation in when instructors teach courses, we find no effect of faculty partisanship on student partisanship. Text analysis shows exposure to liberal topics reflects student demand rather than instructor supply, leaving little room for indoctrination.
JEL Codes: 123, D72, H75

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Fabian Hutmacher @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Are you interested in motivated reasoning? Do you want to try some unconventional submission formats? Then this might be for you … Together with @marlephie.bsky.social, Aileen Oeberst, & @kwinter.bsky.social, I will be editing a special issue of @socpsyjournal.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/yc2jyadx

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Call for Papers: “Motivated Reasoning Revisited: New Perspectives on a Well-Established Phenomenon”: A Special Issue of Social Psychology: Social Psychology: Vol 0, No 0

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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I'm thrilled to announce that we are recruiting a new faculty colleague in our Northwestern University Clinical Science program this fall! Please share widely with your colleagues, students, and mentees! psychology.northwestern.edu/people/facul...

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Job Opportunities: Department of Psychology - Northwestern University

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The top of the US govt abusing power with even trivial things *is* the story. Federal law enforcement warped around lies and assuaging one man’s hurt feelings. The cynical, above-it-all attitude of doesn’t matter, stop being hysterical, why not humor him for a bit is part of why we’re in this mess.

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Max Primbs @maxprimbs.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We moved the deadline to August 15th! Last chance to submit your work and be part of our special issue!

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 01/08/2026

A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Informa of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges.

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Federal lawsuit accuses four major publishers of extorting article processing charges

iStock A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses four major publishers of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges…

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The closest thing to old academic Twitter I’ve seen on Bluesky—->

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 31/07/2026

Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.

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Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?

Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“We can’t comment on personnel matters” is often institution-speak for “we’d rather protect our reputation than show you how we handled this.” Adjudicated harassment cases should be given sunlight, not hidden or silenced.

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Stijn Ruiter @stijnruiter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Most procedural justice research has been cross-sectional—making causal claims difficult. Our longitudinal study asks whether police legitimacy reduces delinquency, or whether delinquency shapes legitimacy beliefs. The stronger evidence points to the latter. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Assessing the relationship between police legitimacy beliefs and criminal behaviour over time: A test of causal direction - Amina op de Weegh, Stijn Ruiter, Denis Ribeaud, Manuel Eisner, Amy Nivette, ...

This study investigates the direction of the relationship between police legitimacy beliefs and delinquent behaviour using longitudinal data from Swiss adolesce...

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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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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We have re-opened our search for a 3-year AI-research postdoc at NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics!! The position starts this **September 1st** (or as soon as possible thereafter) and is in person at NYU. If necessary, we will also consider a 1/1/27 start. 1/3

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

As OMB is working through comments WE NEED YOU! Use our action center to CONTACT CONGRESS INCESSANTLY: Fight2win.standupforscience.net Call, Email, sign up to volunteer and we can contact you with virtual constituent meeting opportunities. 3/

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Stand up for Science

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New paper in Political Psychology (@ispp-pops.bsky.social) tested the Social Identity Model of Collective Action during Gen Z protests in Madagascar. They show SIMCA's relevance for post-action social harmony This is also the first data exclusively from Madagascar published in the journal!

Screenshot of article title and abstract. The title is, "Navigating social change and social harmony: Testing SIMCA in Gen Z collective action in Madagascar and its role in reconciliation processes". The abstract is, "The Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA) effectively predicts collective action and social change, but has been less examined in emerging movements and non-WEIRD contexts. This research had two aims: to test SIMCA during the Gen Z mobilization in Madagascar, a largely online movement that culminated in the overthrow of the government in October 2025; and to examine how SIMCA variables relate to post-action activism and reconciliation. Study 1 (N = 959), conducted during the governmental transition, tested SIMCA—including national identification, Gen Z identification, perceived injustice, collective efficacy, and morality—on online collective action support, intention, and participation. Study 2 (N = 258), conducted post-transition, examined associations with activism intention, reconciliation, and forgiveness. Gen Z identification and morality were consistently associated with collective action and activism intention, whereas perceived injustice was primarily linked to ongoing collective action. Collective efficacy showed mixed associations. In contrast, national identification emerged as a key factor of post-action forgiveness. These findings suggest that SIMCA variables are involved not only in social change but also in post-action social harmony. They highlight the distinct roles of politicized and non-politicized identities, underscoring the importance of conceptualizing collective action as a temporally and contextually embedded process."

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Jessie Sun @jessiesun.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Interested in doing a postdoc with me in Auckland, New Zealand? 🇳🇿 See info below on a competitive award opportunity, and please spread the word!

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

How it started / how it’s going

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Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @camhostinar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“Every dollar invested in NIH-funded research returned about $2.50 to the broader economy — a 250% return on investment.” “…sustained NIH funding has generated more than $822 billion in economic activity, supported more than 3.7 million jobs” academicmedicine.aamc.org/stories/how-...

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Client Challenge

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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 12/06/2026

Some STS colleagues and I have put together a list of talking points to help folks submit public comments on the proposed OMB rule jeopardizing federal research grant funding. (We also explain why submitting the comments are so important.) Please circulate widely and submit comments *by July 13*!

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Support for providing public comment to proposed OMB rule on federal grants

Hi all, The TL/DR A new proposed rule would dramatically empower political appointees to control who receives federal grants in the United States and what can be done with them. We provide some basi...

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