Reposted by Michael J. KaneRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 16hHis intro is truly remarkable. A race scientist wrote the chapter on evolutionary psychology and anthropology because there isn’t an evolutionary anthropologist in the world who is anti-woke enough to write about ev psych 21529
Reposted by Michael J. KaneRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 16hA new Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology has just been published, in which it is claimed that the human species is polytypic: not only is race biologically meaningful but the races are distinct enough to be considered subspecies. Published by Elgar. In 2026. 4432994
Reposted by Michael J. KaneUnspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 12hHad a few scammy emails today suggesting I need to verify my @bandcamp.com account or lose it. All sent via the Contact Form. Have forwarded to their team, but be on the lookout. They're fake, but some people might be concerned. 023
Reposted by Michael J. KaneDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:science.org‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences researchAgency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year 9657514
Reposted by Michael J. KaneMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 07/10/2026my wife, who found this, reports that this sells for $16, whereas peach seltzer (soft) is a mere $6. so who’s stupid now, stupids? 21103
Reposted by Michael J. KaneMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 07/10/2026great news, fam—they finally found a way to make hard seltzer without the alcohol 3550768
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 06/10/2026BC,NR were terrific. And a surprise cover of Ballad of El Goodo. a great night. 030
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So far so good. Enjoyed the opener and still conscious. 010
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Woke up at 5:20 this morning, taught 2 back-to-back afternoon courses, and just washed down a brewpub smashed burger with a melon IPA. Hoping to stay awake for tonight’s Lily Seabird / Black Country, New Road show in Chapel Hill. 😊🤘 140
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cardinals are gonna put 48 on the Giants today. Pathetic. 000
Reposted by Michael J. KaneErin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... 9489306
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Manuscript revision submitted. Happy Friday, all! 060
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hey all, a late reminder that it's Bandcamp Friday, so please consider purchasing music or merch from artists you care about. Today I bought the new albums by Wild Pink ("Still Coming Down") and The Tubs ("Hard Life"). bandcamp.com/profkanebandcamp.comprofkane's collection | BandcampRock • 155 collection items • 2 followers 000
Reposted by Michael J. Kanehyper mega bummer boy @danceyrselfdean.bsky.social · 02/10/2026if the Beatles dropped Please Please Me in 2020, Abbey Road would be hitting record stores in America TODAY. it's basically over. Cold Turkey is already in the can! 171
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026📣Symposium for Individual Differences in Cognition (SIDIC)📣 If you're attending Psychonomics in San Diego in Nov, please join us for SIDIC (Thur, 11/19, 9-4). Keynote by @yukomunakata.bsky.social plus 10 talks & 10 posters. Full schedule here: caliberlab.wixsite.com/sidic/progra...caliberlab.wixsite.comProgram | SIDIC Conference 064
Reposted by Michael J. KaneMagnus Johansson @pgmj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Our commentary "A Revolution in Search of an Estimand: On the Idionomic Proposal of Hayes et al. (2026)" is now available as a preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... With @rpsychologist.com, @matti.vuorre.com, and Nils Hentati Isacsson.osf.ioOSF 03218
Reposted by Michael J. KaneProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, 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. 🧵 19596013537
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Mark Sandman deserves some love in this thread. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef5O...m.youtube.comMorphine - Have A Lucky Day (1994) UHD / HQ SOUNDYouTube video by Morphine Global Fans 000
Reposted by Michael J. KaneStereogum @stereogum.com · 24/09/2026Morphine announce new album 'Cocoon', featuring recordings that Mark Sandman made before his 1999 deathstereogum.comMorphine Announce Posthumous Album 'Cocoon': Hear Title TrackAs the years pass, it gets harder and harder to believe that Mark Sandman was a real guy — that he made the music that he did, that he looked like that, that he was actually named Mark Sandman, and th... 13712
Reposted by Michael J. KaneSteven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I recorded a podcast with Chuck Klosterman about his great new book ROCK*, a fake history of 20th century rock with real insight! We talked about how he satirized rock criticism in the book, whether rock criticism has a future, & the future of media in general tinyurl.com/3fzzmbs6tinyurl.comRock* Of Ages: Chuck Klosterman In ConversationWatch now (65 mins) | I talk with the best-selling author about his new fake history of 20th century rock music 0444
Reposted by Michael J. KaneMicah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 22/09/2026So… we just found out that GPT sol can complete a complex online behavioral/cognitive study producing nearly indistinguishable behavior and subjective reports… right as we are about to launch. Is this doomsday for online cognitive testing? 3212669
Reposted by Michael J. KaneJan Vanhove @janhove.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New blog post: "Cluster analysis: A skeptic’s guide". In which I ask a few questions that social scientists wishing to identify hidden classes in their data ought to address. janhove.github.io/posts/2026-0... 416347
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Patriots have latelybeen making it extremely difficult to maintain the Eagles and Cowboys as my most hated teams. 120
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's arrived! The book that will save rock 'n' roll. By @stevenhyden.bsky.social 0101
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A win on opening day, at night, against Dallas? im beside myself. 040
Reposted by Michael J. Kanejon christian @jonchristian.net · 09/09/2026NEW: In one of the most horrifying stories I've ever reported, I found that Facebook is hosting huge quantities of AI-generated videos of violent child abuse -- kids being beaten, burned, and far more But the genuinely shocking thing was how little Meta seems to care futurism.com/artificial-i... 461603718
Reposted by Michael J. KaneSteven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Hey, my new book is out today! It’s called IS THIS IT: THE NEVER-ENDING RISE & FALL OF THE STROKES (AND ROCK N ROLL) and it’s available wherever you buy books as a hardcover, Kindle or audiobook! I’m thrilled to have an excerpt over at The Ringer. www.theringer.com/2026/09/08/m...theringer.comHow ‘Is This It’ Launched the Legacy of the StrokesIn an excerpt from his new book, ‘Is This It,’ Steven Hyden looks back on how the New York band’s debut, and the laudatory reactions to it, fit into the early-2000s rock landscape 1619
Reposted by Michael J. KaneBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026SPECIAL REPORT Last month, Alpha School invited people to follow student social media accounts "if curious about life in our high schools." I accepted their offer. What I've found shocks me. Forget the AI and ask instead: Is Alpha Schools a cult? Follow along for a summary of my findings.buildcognitiveresonance.substack.comSPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha SchoolWhat is it like to be a student in Alpha School’s high school boot camp? 481008386
Reposted by Michael J. KaneNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It should be unimaginable that in 2025 alone, seven former NFL players under 48 died as a result of suicide. That is an unforgivable figure the football industrial complex is entirely responsible for. And yet, nothing material changes. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...theguardian.comCTE in football players is a health crisis. It’s time for us to stop watchingA new study offers more evidence that America’s biggest sport produces life-altering head trauma. The NFL will never turn itself off, so it’s on fans to do so 525258
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Probably clearer to say merry starts with “meh” 000
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 04/09/2026In Mary, it‘s ”air” and in merry it’s “ehr“ 210
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I’ve now lived much longer in the southeast, but I still pronounce Mary, marry, & merry all differently, which gives the game away. 020
Reposted by Michael J. KaneColin @colin-fraser.net · 31/08/2026also one of my favs: the possible staircase 3545
Reposted by Michael J. Kaneaaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026UC Irvine Cognitive Sciences is hiring! Focus on social cognition, broadly construed. Come be my colleague :) I am not on the search committee but happy to talk about the campus, environment, careers, etc any time. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10411recruit.ap.uci.eduAssistant Professor - Cognitive SciencesUniversity of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now! 15863
Reposted by Michael J. KaneSanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 03/09/2026Nothing, absolutely nothing, says your nodes need to be circles 57720
Reposted by Michael J. KaneData Colada @datacolada.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Colada[139] Artificial Deadlines Part 2 Evidence of fraud in the 25 year old gradesheet behind the key finding in an influential paper on deadlines and procrastination. datacolada.org/139 816857
Reposted by Michael J. KanePieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Investigative journalism outlet @apache.be , who were the first to discuss the topic of race science in Ghent, have translated their main articles to English apache.be/2026/03/05/s... /1apache.beSelf-declared “race realist” Nathan Cofnas receives an appointment at UGentAmerican ‘woke’-fighter takes Maarten Boudry’s place. 47237
Reposted by Michael J. Kanehammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The new billy joel song is depressing 8781109
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Well, even if they don't, you were right to alert them to it. Let's see what they do... 020
Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026But I do think there's an important difference between just doing a bad job (Editor, reviewers) and what appears to be lying by commission in an important disclosure (the authors). 120