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Mara Breen

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Professor of psychology at Mount Holyoke College; Cognitive scientist studying speech and music

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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Deadline Oct 16: Assoc or full (tenured) prof, Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment, and Human Communication, Communication Studies, Northwestern Uni. communication.northwestern.edu/docs/soc-sen...
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Mikkel Wallentin @mikkelwallentin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New PhD-opportunity at Aarhus University with a project investigating the cognitive correlates of having no inner speech. Supervised by Johanne Nedergaard and yours truly. Deadline 11 November. Starting date 1 February 2027. Get in touch if you want to know more. phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
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Individual differences in inner speech: Measurement and modelling (5+3), 2026-14
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey you guys, Weizenbaum called and he said: "how easy it is to create and maintain the illusion of understanding, hence perhaps of judgment deserving of credibility. A certain danger lurks there."
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 25/09/2026
FYI to everyone submitting this October NIH cycle You need to re-certify your ScienCV AFTER Sept 26 (tomorrow) for your application or it may not be accepted. Great timing!
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To make sense of speech, listeners must segment sound streams into pieces. Across languages, people do so based more on consonants than vowels. A new @science.org study investigates the phenomenon via EEG recording in humans & dogs, finding that dogs also show consonant bias in word segmentation.🗣️🐶🧪
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Neural evidence that dogs segment the speech they hear with a humanlike consonant bias
Across many human languages, consonants carry more lexical information than vowels. During speech segmentation, humans, unlike nonhuman primates, rely more on consonant than vowel patterns, despite vo...
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Natalie Brito @nataliebrito.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My department is looking to hire 3 new faculty members! Please share widely. Assistant Professor - Cognitive: apply.interfolio.com/193975 Assistant Professor - Social Psychology: apply.interfolio.com/193979 Associate/Full Professor - Mental Health: apply.interfolio.com/193984
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Zurich Cognition Lab @cognition-zurich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Open Postdoc (80%) in our Lab @uzh-ch.bsky.social (PI: Klaus Oberauer) Topics are: Working memory, long-term memory, attention; experiments, individual differences, computational modeling. Start Dec 2026 to Feb 2027, until June 2030. Apply by Oct 15; Questions to: k.oberauer@psychologie.uzh.ch
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 23/09/2026
📢 Assistant Professor of Psychology (Tenure-Track) – Cognitive Psychology Hamilton College Particularly someone studying language &/or memory. 💰 $94,500–$100,360 📅 Review begins: Sept 15, 2026; open til filled 🔗 buff.ly/2BZdFal 📧 Tara McKee (tmckee@hamilton.edu)
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Kou Murayama @koumurayama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sorry I am no longer an active user but just post this job alert: With Peter Dayan and Michiko Sakaki, we are looking for a postdoctoral researcher who could work on cognitive computational modeling wth digital education data. Come to Tübingen!!: uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computational Modeling of Digital Education Data
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do you ever read a series of words
Includes exclusive Hanks for our troops pumpkin brulee
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026
When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.
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Nicolas Audebert @nshaud.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm burnt out of discussing "AI". I don't care for the press releases from big companies. I hate having to comment immediately. I dislike "hot takes". I'm worried we, as scientists, are losing touch with scientific values. We've become customers, salivating at ads marketed to investors. 1/15
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Neil Cohn @neilcohn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Our new paper may be one of coolest studies I've ever done. We show that the structures of visual storytelling in comics aligns with the word order of the languages of the comic authors. Here's what we did... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Syntactic headedness aligns with visual narrative structure
Recent research has highlighted how visual narrative sequences involve similar structures and processing as syntax in language, yet no work has asked …
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Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
👀 JOB: Chair in Psychology @ University of Liverpool www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSU859/chair-in-… Deadline: 30th Sept, full time, permanent "We are particularly seeking an individual with research expertise in neuroscience"
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Chair in Psychology - Grade 10 at University of Liverpool
Discover Chair in Psychology - Grade 10 jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition! I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social 1/
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Laura Bundesen @laurabundesen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Making progress! It’s different than my usual but I’m very happy with it. #SciArt #NeuroArt #FiberArt #Kinusaiga I’m gonna take a break before I tackle the background 😉
A colorful brain facing left done in the kinusaiga tucked fabric style in pinks, yellows, purples and teal. A blend of batiks, fabric with the words Cool and Be Beautiful and varying textures that include velvets, silk and sequins
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Lindsey Powell @lindseypowell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UCSD Psychology is hiring!! We’re seeking a new assistant professor colleague who studies high-level human cognition, broadly construed. Please share and/or apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04646
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Assistant Professor in High-level Human Cognition
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.
The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."
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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I'm recruiting new grad students for fall 2027, looking for students motivated by animal behavior and animal communication. Our main study system is acoustic communication in treefrogs. More details here, please spread the word: reichertlab.com/2026/09/07/r...
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Recruiting grad students for fall 2027
The Reichert Lab in the Department of Biology at Oklahoma State University is recruiting 1-2 graduate students (MS or PhD) for Fall 2027. Our lab does integrative research in animal communication a…
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
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Kate Nave @kathrynnave.eurosky.social · 19/08/2025
I'm still seeing a fair few downloads of the uncorrected pre-print for 'A Drive to Survive – so just re-upping that the proofed and finalised #OpenAccess PDF is available completely free here. direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
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Robert Hawkins @rdhawkins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Stanford Linguistics is hiring an open-rank sociolinguist (Assistant, Associate, or Full). Materials due October 16 for full consideration; start date September 2027. Please share widely!
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Sociolinguistics, Open Rank - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Linguistics at Stanford University seeks applicants for a junior or senior appointment at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor, tenured Associate Professor, or Full Professor...
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Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Stanford Psychology Department is having a search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. Application deadline is 10/15. More infos here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor, Psychology - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Psychology at Stanford University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. In addition ...
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Mara Breen @mbreen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Mount Holyoke College is hiring a clinical developmental psychologist! We’re a research-focused SLAC in beautiful western Mass - we have amazing students and we offer excellent faculty support - app review begins 9/7: mtholyoke.wd504.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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Assistant Professor of Psychology & Education
Job no: R-0000003479 Position Title: Assistant Professor of Psychology & Education Work Type: Faculty Full time In-Person Start Date: 07/01/2027 Job Description: The Department of Psychology and E...
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Dan Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Proud to be a contributor to this American Psychological Association Expert Report: "Children’s and adolescents’ learning with educational technology." www.apa.org/pubs/reports...
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Atsushi Kikumoto @kikumotoatsushi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2027 at the University of Maryland — Cognitive Flexibility Dynamics Lab, studying cognitive control via brain recording (M/EEG, MRI), stimulation (TUS), and computational modeling. Please email me: cfd-lab.com/join
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Call for Papers: XXI International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML 2027) icml2027.eurac.edu/en/call-for-...
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Call for Papers
Since its first edition in 1980, the International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML) has been one of the leading international forums for researchers working on minority languages in contexts su...
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Tim Kietzmann @timkietzmann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📢 We are hiring a full professor in "Intelligence in Biological and Artificial Systems". Come join us at Germany's first and largest cognitive science program. Please share far and wide, and get in touch with any questions. www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/universit...
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129 FB 8 W3 Professorship Intelligence in Biological and Artificial Systems, Institute of Cognitive Science: Uni Osnabrück
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Prof. Dr. Louisa Kulke @loukulke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Postdoc opportunity in Developmental Psychology: research on attention and social development, with lots of methodological opportunities (EEG, eye-tracking, VR, hyperscanning) in a friendly, #OpenScience oriented team at @unibremen.bsky.social: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/462019
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Job Advertisement: Research Associate (Postdoctoral Fellow) (m/f/d)
Institute of Psychology, Department of Developmental and Educational PsychologyFaculty 11 – Human and Health SciencesUniversity of Bremen
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Asher needs 11 more wins @asherball.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The A's just did one of the coolest things I've seen in their broadcast: Just unfiltered audio of the live director calling a Lawrence Butler plate appearance...that went about as well as they could have hoped for.
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 27/08/2026
Psychological Science special issue call 📣 Ever had your research denigrated bc it's "only descriptive", "what's the mechanism though?" and "but what are the theoretical implications?" Now has come your time to shine. Send your best descriptive work! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Psychological Science invites submissions that advance psychological science through careful description of psychological phenomena. Psychological research often focuses on explaining and predicting phenomena before we have a sufficiently detailed understanding of them. It can be difficult to build strong theories on incomplete empirical foundations of the phenomena themselves. Careful descriptive research helps establish shared empirical reference points developed around well-characterized phenomena. As such, descriptive research contributes to psychological science both by improving our understanding of the phenomena themselves and by providing a stronger foundation for future theory-building, explanation, and prediction.

We are interested in manuscripts that:

Deepen our understanding of psychological phenomena, including what they look like, how they vary, and how they unfold;
Draw on a variety of sources of evidence and methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches; research conducted in naturalistic settings; intensive, longitudinal, or small-sample designs; and open or large-scale datasets; 
Provide necessary context for interpreting what is being described, including who is represented in the data, the settings and circumstances in which phenomena occur, and the broader social contexts in which they are situated; and/or
Make a substantive contribution to psychological science through the quality, depth, or significance of the description provided.
The deadline for submitting regular manuscripts is April 15, 2027. Registered Reports will also be considered. The deadline for submitting Stage 1 Registered Reports is November 15, 2026. Authors should indicate in the “Comments to Editor” box during submission that the manuscript is intended for the “Descriptive Research in Psychological Science” special issue.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If you would like to teach theoretical modeling skills to your psychology or cognitive science students, or would like to learn these skills yourself, check out our open online textbook: computationalcognitivescience.github.io/lovelace/
Book cover: orange/yellow background and generated tree in front. Artwork by Danielle Navarro
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Canaan Breiss @canaan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Come be my colleague! I'm not in the committee, but can try to answer (or at least suggest routing for) questions! linguistlist.org/issues/37/27...
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LINGUIST List 37.2706 Jobs: Syntax: Assistant Professor in Syntax, The University of Chicago
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you're looking for a clear AI policy for students, I recommend Berkeley Law's. "Thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education).This policy seeks to ensure that our courses focus on requisite cognitive skills by default" www.law.berkeley.edu/academics/re...
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Artificial Intelligence Policy
Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]
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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is a WILD essay by the brilliant Felicity James on writing and reading essays in the age of AI
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The Wild Essay, Or, the Essayist responds to the University Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment
This is a guide to the essay in the age of AI, when we need it more than ever. How should we encourage our students to read when co-pilot is on hand to read for them? Beset on all sides by summary ...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Statement from Black Leaders in Higher Education: 'We will ask the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) to consider the nature and extent of reporting concerning Professor Arday’s private life and whether relevant editorial standards were upheld.'
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Professor Jason Arday Black Leaders in Higher Education extend our deepest condolences to Professor Jason Arday’s family, friends, colleagues and all those who knew and loved him. We are deeply… | Bl...
Professor Jason Arday Black Leaders in Higher Education extend our deepest condolences to Professor Jason Arday’s family, friends, colleagues and all those who knew and loved him. We are deeply sadde...
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 17/08/2026
If you're wishing you could go back to school for linguistics, here's your annual reminder that Crash Course Linguistics @thecrashcourse.bsky.social exists! I worked on it with linguists @superlinguo.bsky.social and @jessgrieser.com, host Taylor Behnke, @complexly.org and @thoughtcafe.bsky.social!
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What is Linguistics?: Crash Course Linguistics #1
YouTube video by CrashCourse
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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📢 Open positions at @coe-mmbb.bsky.social — the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain in Finland! We are recruiting 5-9 postdoctoral & 2-6 doctoral researchers to join our large, international research community 🇫🇮 #musicscience 🔹 Postdocs: bit.ly/4gADdbx 🔹 Doctoral: bit.ly/4g10xPz
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5-9 Postdoctoral researchers, CoE in Music, Mind, Body and Brain
The Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Music, Mind, Body and Brain at [the Department of Music, Art and Culture studies](https://www.jyu.fi/en/humsoc/mutku) of the University of Jyväskylä is seeking to rec...
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Liina Pylkkänen @liinapy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
✨Excited to announce a new post-doctoral position in my lab, focussed on the neural capacity limits of language processing using magnetoencephalography! Apply here: wp.nyu.edu/neurolinglab...
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Postdoctoral position – NYU Neurolinguistics Lab
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Ben Myring @benmyring.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is wonderful - if you need cheering up then this is a real tonic. ordinaryabundance.com
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Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We have four open positions at @stanfordeducation.bsky.social : teacher education, early learning mechanisms & interventions, Social Sciences/Humanities of Education in a Rapidly Changing World, & K-12 Ethnic Studies Education! Spread the word! ed.stanford.edu/faculty/jobs
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Open Positions | Stanford Graduate School of Education
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browncopsy.bsky.social @browncopsy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Brown University CoPsy is hiring an Associate or Full Professor! Research in AI & cognition, collective behavior, or brain health. Starting July 2027. Apply by Oct 15: apply.interfolio.com/190696
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Thomas Serre @thomasserre.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We're recruiting postdoc fellows in computational neuroscience for Brown's NIH T32 Training Program — brain & cognitive modeling from biophysics to AI, with connections to mental health & psychiatry. US citizens/PRs. Review begins Sept 1. @carneyinstitute @browncopsy apply.interfolio.com/190111
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David Levari @davidlevari.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Here is a clunky but decently functional script to make a local copy of all your private and public OSF projects. You'll have to decide where to keep them. Maybe a flash drive under your mattress? levarilab.com/osf-backup-t...
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OSF Backup Tool — Levari Lab
An R script to make a local copy of projects in your OSF account.
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Logan James @loganjames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
contractor role to annotate bioacoustic datasets! (must be US based). Feel free to message if you have any questions! earthspecies.org/2026/07/29/w...
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We’re Hiring! Bioacoustics Annotators
About Earth Species Project Earth Species Project (ESP) is a non-profit using frontier AI to decode animal communication. We believe the exponential progress we’re seeing in AI offers new ways of l…
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Lisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The following R script downloads your public projects from the OSF. Set the variable "me" to your OSF user ID, which you can find at osf.io/profile after logging in.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...
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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab
Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...
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