Reposted by Nick FearsJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Red states and blue states alike Equal opportunity damage to biomedical research and the US economy 14716
Reposted by Nick FearsJennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 16/04/2025This proposed budget, which zeroes out many key programs that protect the US, would be catastrophic for American health. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...washingtonpost.comInternal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cutsHHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget. 03321
Reposted by Nick FearsBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 02/03/2025For those who don't know a K01 is a training grant for early career researchers. Typically 4-5years to help them launch their research careers. It protects up to 75% time for research. Rescinding awarded K level grants is throwing a grenade into an already tenuous research pipeline. 211136
Reposted by Nick FearsKevin Griffith @assumenormality.bsky.social · 08/02/2025It's entirely reasonable to both think university indirect rates are too high and a 15% ceiling is too low We want universities to be transparent and efficient But if they have to subsidize the research enterprise, it won't happen at most institutions www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...statnews.comNIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through scienceThe NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15% 2358
Reposted by Nick FearsJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Academic Skyers: I am compiling a list of policies and statements from various universities about how they are handling the "pause" in terms of stopping expenditures (or not). Please respond to this post with your institution and materials. THANK YOU! 139713385
Reposted by Nick FearsBita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 03/01/2025What is worst advice you have ever received from an academic? 577525
Reposted by Nick FearsRose Matthews (they/them) 🏳️🌈 @rosematthews.bsky.social · 04/01/2025#Thread Why Autistic-led autism research matters. I get Google Scholar alerts about newly published research. It’s striking how little of this has any tangible benefits for Autistic people. On the contrary, much of it is potentially harmful. There’s an alarming sub-text. We’re subjects, not people. 510815
Reposted by Nick FearsJenna Finch @jennafinch823.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Does anyone have an assignment they enjoy grading for developmental psych that has students engage with a (or multiple) scientific article(s)? I have tried many iterations of different assignments and want one I look forward to grading. Right now... not enjoying grading AI-written policy letters. 4177
Reposted by Nick FearsPaul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 27/12/2024"even when controlling for specific components of the same evaluation surveys, students tend to give lower overall ratings to female instructors...RateMyProfessors’s overall quality ratings have a greater influence on course enrollment than official evaluations" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comGender Gap in Teaching Evaluations and its Effect on Course EnrollmentsThe disparity in teaching evaluations between male and female instructors is well documented. This paper demonstrates that, even when controlling for … 05026
Reposted by Nick FearsKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Overworked faculty: there's just too much on my plate, and no time left for the really important stuff AI techbros: so hear me out--what if we automated your entire teaching process and then you can go to more meetings 10636111
Nick Fears @nickfears.bsky.social · 15/12/2024One of my barometers for men colleagues is if they know and push back against the course evaluation comments their women colleagues receive. Every woman I know gets horrendous comments and they are all deeply misogynistic and unrelated to the course content. 020
Reposted by Nick FearsAidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 15/12/2024This is presuming the "result" is a good grade in the assessment, whereas the result should be the learning and understanding itself. How we re-centre that is the big question. 35513
Reposted by Nick FearsPatsnotatweetin @dontbemeanto.me · 05/12/2024saying "you only live once" - cliche - thanks for the existential dread - offensive to cats saying "leroy jenkins" - has some flare - here for a good time not a long time - leeeeeeeeeeeeroy jeeeenkkiinns - inoffensive to cats 214422
Nick Fears @nickfears.bsky.social · 05/12/2024My student just unlocked a researcher core memory: she was trying to replicate an analysis for a class project but the values she were getting didn’t make any realistic sense. Turns out the PUBLISHED paper reported incorrect variable coding. After some troubleshooting, we figured out what they did. 141
Reposted by Nick FearsCynthia (NAME REDACTED) @8thcyn.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Time for a reminder that "disability" can mean a wide variety of visible and invisible disabilities, and it doesn't mean lower productivity. 🧵1/9 #disability 16525
Reposted by Nick Fears🌴✨🦋 Kathryn 🦋✨🌴 @kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com · 03/12/2024Every time I read about banning books, I think of this: Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius. If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking. 406230554513
Reposted by Nick FearsGavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Mid-career academics - do you have a formal 'mentor' outside of your line management? Have you sought them out? Are they at a more senior career stage, or at roughly your career stage? 11137
Reposted by Nick FearsSteven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 02/12/2024It's always interesting to hear educational entrepreneurs sell their programs to teachers. The formula seems to be a vague definition of a well-known problem + multiple buzzwords of the moment integrated into a narrative + a healthy dose of neurobabble. 191
Reposted by Nick FearsJeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Fascinating and depressing. Virtually identical trend as we are seeing in the US. 072
Reposted by Nick FearsHadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 26/11/2024I had zero luck with grants. People really didn’t get why what I did was important and never figured out how to explain it to them. 612821
Reposted by Nick FearsTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I think you'll find the shark only killed and ate a very small number of the people who were present in the water, and as you can see everyone else is having a wonderful time 620243
Reposted by Nick FearsAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/12/2024This Thanksgiving weekend, I'm thankful for marta running regular service! That said, it's now December, and according to information reviewed by @thexylom.com, marta still hasn't run full service over two consecutive weekends. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comFor the first time, you can track MARTA Rail's weekend service statistics. 0123
Nick Fears @nickfears.bsky.social · 01/12/2024My students and I spoke about this the other day. The largest impacts on society I will have are through my interactions with them and our community engagement. But that’s also fine with me! 000
Reposted by Nick FearsCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 01/12/2024"After coming into contact with pepper spray" Expert deployment of the exonerative tense by the Athletic. www.nytimes.com/athletic/595... 591419191
Reposted by Nick FearsTom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · 01/12/2024NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t? This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it? 1/8 @thetimes.com 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d... 1901704555
Reposted by Nick FearsAut2Ask 🦦 @aut2ask.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Hi, Kamalla! Can you help me diversify and reach more autistic folks . Im also autistic and advocating to amplify our voices! Check out the below skeet! :) @kamalladreams.bsky.social More info: bit.ly/Aut2askbit.lyAutism Supports (v.2)An autistic led community. The community of Aut2Ask members are aut’ers (otters) 🦦 We need each otter. Us: Autistic folk, caregivers, educators, specialists, community helpers, allies, etc. It's about... 011
Reposted by Nick Fears🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 29/11/2024Every academic right now 1345290580
Reposted by Nick FearsAutistic Lauren 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @autisticlauren.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Asking autistics, have you ever been seen by others as clumsy? 10101
Nick Fears @nickfears.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Love this view for academics with 1 caveat. This path will lead to doing innovative work, BUT our academic systems are not designed to accommodate these types of people because we train and hire people in specific fields. Bridging the gap to be hired takes a lot of explaining and LUCK. 111
Reposted by Nick FearsYeshes.Online 📎🌻🖖♾️ @handle.invalid · 21/11/2024Intolerance of intolerance is the only way to effect tolerance. 011
Reposted by Nick FearsLaura Crane @lauramaycrane.bsky.social · 18/11/2024There's so many autism research (#AutRes) accounts on Bluesky that I now have two Starter Packs! go.bsky.app/B9XV8UA go.bsky.app/Pfbbvot And HUGE apologies if I'm missing people. I've gone from 300 to 2k followers in a week, and my notifications are out of control 😱 2311935
Reposted by Nick FearsLiterary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 18/11/2024“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin 136220833490
Nick Fears @nickfears.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The biggest barriers we run into also including grant reviewers challenging the inclusion of lived experience perspectives of autistic adults on assessments and supports for autistic children. They tend to only want to fund inclusion of caregivers of those children. 361
Reposted by Nick FearsAut2Ask 🦦 @aut2ask.bsky.social · 19/11/2024🧵Autistic Representation in Autism Research Historically, autism research has been conducted ON autistic people rather than with autistic people. In recent years, there has been an increase in research conducted by autistics for autistics. #autres #autsky #autism #research #academia #phd #phdsky 56214
Reposted by Nick FearsSarah Boon - Author @saraheboon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Autism affects my whole body, not just my brain. 722821
Reposted by Nick FearsMatthieu Boisgontier @matthieuboisgontier.com · 17/11/2024This starter pack is intended for researchers in all areas of gait and posture - just let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/UaoaLRZ 333918
Reposted by Nick FearsYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Vaccines do not cause autism. 517150271935
Reposted by Nick FearsElena Tenenbaum @elenatenenbaum.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Welcome Autism Researchers. Couple of starter packs to get you going: Autism Research (@lauramaycrane.bsky.social) go.bsky.app/B9XV8UA Language in Autism (@elenatenenbaum.bsky.social) go.bsky.app/UtaHx7P 1122
Reposted by Nick FearsAut2Ask 🦦 @aut2ask.bsky.social · 15/11/2024I put this together because autistics need to be heard from, not about. That is our ethos at Aut2Ask. I can add you or, please let me know who I should add! Also: find us on IG- @aut2ask. And to learn more: bit.ly/Aut2ask 4810445
Reposted by Nick FearsAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024These guys are going to be horrified by the sheer number of meetings they have to attend and also the fact that I personally can FOIA their emails and daily schedules 321746129
Reposted by Nick FearsSnowfloe @snowfloe.bsky.social · 05/10/2024This totally passed me by at the time. Sharing this link because the times link doesn't work for me. So glad they could get in contact. It's horrible when online, or even long distance friends suddely disappear, cos if something has happened to them, you may never know.bbc.co.ukMy disabled son’s amazing gaming life in the World of WarcraftRobert and Trude thought their son Mats lived a lonely life, but they discovered this was far from true. 25715
Nick Fears @nickfears.bsky.social · 17/09/2024Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #973,581! 020
Reposted by Nick FearsChris Jungerius @cjungerius.bsky.social · 03/01/2024Excited to share my primer on simulation-based power analysis using R, Python, and Julia! Based on @debruine.bsky.social's approach applied to data collected by @kirsten-adam.bsky.social, I hope it's a helpful tool for those starting with simulations. Check it out: cjungerius.github.io/powersim/cjungerius.github.ioPower Simulation: A primer in 3 languages - Power Simulation in a Mixed Effects design using R 17641
Reposted by Nick FearsDanica Kulibert (They/She) 🏳️🌈 @danicajk.bsky.social · 19/11/2023Kennesaw State University is hiring for several faculty positions (3 assistant professor, 1 associate professor, and 3 lecturer positions) in psychology. If interested, please feel free to message me.hr.kennesaw.eduCareers at KSU 069
Reposted by Nick FearsAndrew Perfors @perfors.net · 14/11/2023Hi all! We have TWO tenure track open positions in psychology available at the University of Melbourne (equivalent to assistant and associate professor). Come join us and please share widely. jobs.unimelb.edu.au/mob/en/job/9... 27385