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Linda Skitka

@lindaskitka.bsky.social
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Emerita Distinguished Professor, U of Illinois Chicago | Michigan & Cal-Berkeley Grad | Social, Political, and Moral Psychologist | Endlessly Curious | sites.google.com/view/lindaskitka

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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Apply to join the moral psychology conversation in Philly! #socialpsych #psychscisky @spspnews.bsky.social @psuliberalarts.bsky.social @ssripennstate.bsky.social @prcpennstate.bsky.social @rockethics.bsky.social
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Do yourself a favor. Read these 7 pages by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social right now. It is the most concise explanation of the current situation in U.S. politics I've seen and it captures why calls to reduce "polarization" can ultimately worsen the problem 🧵 www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...
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Polarization Is Not the Problem | Journal of Democracy
Americans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress.
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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Private health insurance means we pay more and die younger just so they can profit.
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How not to use expert sources—>
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This—>
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scientists beware.
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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 · 17/09/2026
Congratulations, Calvin!
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
GOOD.
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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 · 16/09/2026
One weeps to see it.
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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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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So much for the deficit.
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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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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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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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Spooky Back From The Dead 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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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I signed. Won’t you?
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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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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Now that's a fucking headline. www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconn...
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Mitch McConnell is getting more paid time off than women who give birth
Senator Mitch McConnell has continued to receive his full salary while being absent from the Senate for medical reasons.
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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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Yale School of Public Health @yalesph.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“A system that covers everyone, costs $1 trillion less, and averts more than 100,000 deaths annually requires no new discovery to implement, only enactment,” wrote the study authors. 2/
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’ve been retired since 2022, something I make clear on my website. Let’s just say I don’t think the students making these inquiries are particularly discerning, given I still get 5-6 requests from HS students to do an internship or serve as a research assistant with me a year.
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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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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
More of this please.
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Karen (yes, yes, I know 😈) @karkin64.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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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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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Amen.
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Also on the Oxford comma team, full stop.
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Boo hiss.
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
3/2 (LOL) Testing competing hypotheses is awesome because it shifts the focus from hypothesis confirmation to genuine hypothesis testing— which is the real fun of doing research, right (i.e., not knowing the answer until the data comes in)?! Bonus: Reviewers generally love it.
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
That considered flattering and unflattering interpretations of lib/cons takes/positions. The cool thing is that the results often challenged my priors, which led to an even deeper commitment to always test competing hypotheses. 2/2
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Social media has made it hard to separate our personal and our professional takes on things. The best protection I found against accusations of political bias in my research was to always sincerely test competing hypotheses 1/2
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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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