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Nora Newcombe

@noranewcombe.bsky.social
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Cognitive and developmental scientist at Temple University

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 11h
When language comes too late: Developmental implications of delayed sign language exposure. New paper by @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/cdpers/aadag021
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When language comes too late: Developmental implications of delayed sign language exposure
Abstract. Deaf children born to hearing parents—who represent the majority of deaf children—often do not have full access to the spoken language input arou
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 16h
early-career academics, if you don't have a website, make yourself one. yes it's annoying but just do it it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 18h
The White House used a "pocket rescission" to cancel $810 million in approved funding across several agencies, including health equity research, by letting it expire without a vote from Congress. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) called the move unlawful. www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...
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Martin Zettersten @mzettersten.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Glad to see this large-scale replication attempt of rule learning in infants finally out. Bottom line: we find no evidence for an effect (650 infants from 30 labs) in a close conceptual replication of Marcus et al. 1999; no effect of potential moderators (e.g., age, method). 1/2
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Imperfect Cognitions @imperfectcognitions.com · 01/10/2026
What happens if two psychiatrists assess the same patient? On today's post, Mateo Boberg, Julie Nordgaard and Mads Gram Henriksen explore how reliable psychiatric diagnoses are in the 21st century. imperfectcognitions.... #newresearch #phisky #philpsy
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The Reliability of Psychiatric Diagnosis
A blog about imperfect cognitions, such as delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, and implicit biases.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope can feel in short supply these days. But I am truly hopeful for the future, in large part because of the community we've built through the Bethesda Declaration. Proud to share these reflections on hope: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.... May they bring you some hope.
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Hope From the Front Lines: Reflections From the Bethesda Declaration Movement | Hope: A Public Health Blueprint for Action
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My team at the NVA Lab has produced a new dashboard for exploring our data on US protests from Jan 2025-May 2026. This snapshot shows the 61k+ protest events (>14.6M+ recorded participants) active in the US since Trump's second inauguration. Link to dashboard in thread.
A platform displaying the data on US protests from the Crowd Counting Consortium. It includes a map of the US with counts of protest events in circular form overlaying the protests' locations. It also includes weekly tallies of protest events and participations, top protest issues, and various filters allowing users to explore events by location, issue, date, political valence, etc. The top of the image shows a total of 61,782 protests with 14,684,201 participants across 55 US states and territories from January 20, 2025 to May 31, 2026.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Noelle Thomas, contemporary UK textile artist #WomensArt
Colourful textile artwork with central stylised horse morif , as well as circles a
and triangles on a dark background
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More: www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/n...
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NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't have
A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.
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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*try* to log into things
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The lead editorial, introducing a series of opinion pieces, in @inquirer.com. Leading the way in journalistic integrity and courage! share.inquirer.com/jFIZr7?utm_s...
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There’s gold in that thar swamp! | Editorial
From crypto to cologne, Bibles to blanket pardons, Donald Trump has turned the White House into a cash cow for himself, his cronies, and his kin.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Janis Goodman, contemporary printmaker #WomensArt #Monday
Print featuring the silhouette of a bird perched among the branches of a tree against a light blue sky
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Francesco Gobbo @franzgbb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After a long journey it's finally out! My work on navigation strategy-dependent hippocampal representations during plnning with Richard Morris is out on @natcomms.nature.com ! rdcu.be/iS72dYSzBxya
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dee Nickerson, contemporary UK painter who explores themes of living in the countryside #womensart
Painting of a landscape with a small female  figure walking amongst  bare trees and yellow fields
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Talia Lerner @talialerner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Exploitation of addiction for profit is at the heart of the design
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I guess it’s worth trying to do some cross field research/teaching/exchange where psych ppl teach measurement, and genetics ppl teach intuitions about how the genetic architecture (and what that is) and heterogenyacross pathways link to heterogeneity across individuals…
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Michelle Greene @mgreenephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨New paper alert! 🚨 The visual system tunes itself to the statistics of its input. How do individual experiences differently tune vision? In this work, @bjbalas.bsky.social and I examined how one individual difference—height—changes the visual diet and how this affects perception. 1/
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Tania Lombrozo @tanialombrozo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WHY WE ASK WHY will be released in October and I'll be on the road! Please join me if you're in or near my stops - Warwick's in La Jolla (Oct 1), Labyrinth in Princeton (Oct 7), Porter Square Books in Cambridge (Oct 15), Brown in Providence (Oct 16), and Manny's in SF (Oct 20).
Image with book tour dates and locations for Tania Lombrozo's book Why We Ask Why
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.surveymonkey.com/r/porcupette
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Help Name the Porcupette!
This is the first porcupette born at Point Defiance Zoo in its 121-year history. The baby is thriving and growing behind the scenes at Wild Wonders. The prehensile-tailed porcupette, born August 17, n...
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks @cogneuronews.bsky.social for a great interview with @kvnguyen.bsky.social on our work on how exactly episodic memory and navigation are related!
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Tom Olino @olinotom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I will be reviewing applications this admissions cycle (pending funding). This time, I'll be looking for folks interested in research within our training clinic. We have implemented ROM, and want to build on that infrastructure. Other research is possible; the primary goal is clinical research.
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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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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They seek him here, they seek him there…..how I loved these books!
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Much of the work is funded by the NIH”. C.T.E. Can’t Be Detected in the Living. New Brain Research Offers Hope. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/s...
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C.T.E. Can’t Be Detected in the Living. New Brain Research Offers Hope. (Gift Article)
Scientists are developing imaging techniques and blood tests that one day may enable doctors to identify the disease definitively in living patients.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ebba Lund (b. #OTD in 1923) was an extraordinary Danish chemical engineer, microbiologist & virologist who lived two distinct lives. Before becoming a towering figure in European #science, she was a fearless #WWII resistance fighter who personally saved hundreds of lives. 🧵 #WomenInSTEM
A close-up, black-and-white Photograph of Ebba Lund (1923–1999), the heroic Danish World War II resistance fighter, chemical engineer, and pioneering microbiologist. Lund is framed centrally against a dark, indistinct background. Her face is illuminated by a warm, genuine smile. Her short, textured, light hair is styled in a casual, piecey crop with soft bangs sweeping across her forehead. She is dressed in a cozy, dark-toned high-neck sweater or turtleneck layered under a thick, textured, knit or crocheted outer garment. The tight composition focuses entirely on her expressive, joyful face, evoking an intimate, friendly, and deeply resilient mood. This portrait carries profound historical significance; it presents the approachable visage of the legendary "Girl with the Red Beret" before pioneering crucial scientific frameworks in environmental virology to track and curb global polio epidemics.
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At the fall equinox , plan for winter-/ Seasonal Sadness www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/l...
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Seasonal Sadness (Gift Article)
Do the darker, colder days affect your mood? What do you do about it if so?
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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 22/09/2026
Established nearly a century ago at the bequest of physicist and psychologist Leonard Troland, the Troland Research Award honors early-career researchers and advances empirical research in experimental psychology. Nominate for the 2027 awards: www.nasonline.org/award/trolan... #NASaward
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Congress was not a fan of the reports circulating this weekend that Vought is pushing for a commission to review all NIH grants www.statnews.com/2026/09/21/t...
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Members of Congress push back on plan to create a commission of political appointees to review NIH grants
Several members of Congress voiced strong opposition about a reported plan to create a panel of political appointees to sign off on NIH grants
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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International Overdose Awareness Day
Learn how to keep your family safe, spot an overdose, and take action in an emergency.
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Many researchers proclaiming the nature-nurture issue dead, but not all of them. And who do newspapers feature? www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Baby girls’ greater interest in faces offers clue to nature v nurture debate
Study finds overall differences between groups of newborns by sex that are likely to be determined by biology
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fascism in the heart of Evanston IL . Thanks to the videographer and to the bystanders who called 911 for a US citizen left bleeding on the street.
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Jamie Reilly 🦜 @reilly-coglab.com · 20/09/2026
My Op Ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on the harms of cutting student supports and the tenuous state of financing American higher education www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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How Temple University failed my daughter on her first day of college | Opinion
My daughter was collateral damage in an ongoing war for ever-higher enrollment numbers and was let down by an on-campus support system that has been weakened by extreme budget cuts.
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Powerful essay. Among many themes, almost casually , the failure of Algebra for All. Gift link. In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pathologist Dr. Elizabeth Stern's pioneering research in cytopathology transformed cervical cancer from a frequently fatal disease into a highly treatable and preventable disease. Her research revolutionized women’s healthcare. She was born #OTD in 1915. #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white portrait of Canadian-American pathologist Dr. Elizabeth Stern (1915–1980), whose pioneering research in cytopathology transformed cervical cancer into a preventable disease. Dr. Stern is positioned slightly at an angle, facing forward with a calm, composed, and serious expression. Her dark hair is styled in a short, neat wave off her forehead, and her gaze is directed toward the camera. She wears a dark, simple collared blouse with subtle dotted textures. The composition focuses entirely on her upper shoulders and head against a stark, light-colored, uncluttered background that provides a high-contrast framing. The lighting is soft and even, highlighting her facial features. The overall mood is formal, dignified, and academic, capturing a historic visual record of an influential woman in STEM.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Brilliant mathematician Emmy Noether was initially barred from teaching at University of Göttingen because she was a woman. She taught for 4 years as a "guest lecturer" under David Hilbert's name. Hilbert, exasperated at the stupidity of the rule: "Gentlemen, this is not a bathing establishment."
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From Algebra to Airplane Crashes, Emmy Noether’s Lasting Influence on Mathematics
Emmy Noether, whom some consider the “Mother of Modern Mathematics,” continues to shape modern research and the studies of mathematicians today; including research into the investigation of airplane c...
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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New preprint! 🎉 I analysed 1660 papers from 4 psychology journals and found materials sharing went from 9% of papers in 2015 to 82% in 2025, and these materials *do* get downloaded — a median of 135 times each. BUT shared code is often hard to run. doi.org/10.31234/osf... Let's walk through it 🧵
Two-panel figure. Panel a is a flow diagram tracking 1,611 empirical psychology articles from publication year (545 in 2015, 552 in 2020, 514 in 2025) to repository-link type: 785 link an OSF project, 85 link another platform, and 741 link no repository. Of those with an OSF link, download counts were retrieved for 670 and not retrieved for 115. Panel b is a line chart of the share of empirical papers linking OSF across 2015, 2020 and 2025. The overall rate, shown as a dashed black line, rises from 9% to 57% to 82%. All four journals rise steeply and end close together: Psychological Science 92%, JESP 89%, JML 83%, Cognition 76%, with Psychological Science highest throughout.Three-panel figure. Panel a: ridgeline plot of downloads per file by material type on a log scale, with the percentage never downloaded labelled for each — archive 16% of 545 files, documents 20% of 2,970, code 12% of 3,471, other 17% of 1,646, data 21% of 10,051, media 35% of 2,120, images 35% of 4,102. Most files cluster between 1 and 10 downloads, with long right tails past 100. Panel b: ridgeline plot of downloads per paper by journal, log scale, with dashed median lines; Psychological Science is highest, then JESP, JML and Cognition. Panel c: stacked bars showing, for documents, data and code separately, the share of papers by download band (0, 1–10, 11–100, more than 100) in 2015, 2020 and 2025. The share exceeding 100 downloads falls sharply over time in all three types, from roughly two-thirds in 2015 to a quarter or less in 2025, as the 1–10 band grows.Four-panel figure. Panel a: statistical languages detected among 333 papers with retrievable code — R 88%, SPSS 12%, Stata 4%, SAS 1%. Panel b: code red flags among those 333 papers — 34% hard-code an absolute path, 40% reference a missing file — above documentation among 672 OSF-linked papers — 21% have a README, 30% are documented by README, description or wiki. Panel c: among 562 Elsevier papers with no repository link, 44% (245) host at least one journal supplementary file but only 14% (77) host data, code or an archive. Panel d: composition of those 448 hosted files — documents 52%, data 21%, media 9%, other 7%, archive 6%, code 3%, images 1%. The code panels are green, the journal-supplement panels blue.Coefficient plot (download predictors)

Dot-and-whisker plot of three standardised predictors of OSF download volume, each with a 95% confidence interval. Repository size (number of files) has the largest effect at about 0.76, citations about 0.38, and altmetric attention about 0.12. All three intervals sit entirely above zero, so each predicts more downloads, with repository size roughly twice the effect of citations and six times that of attention. X-axis: standardised effect, −0.2 to 1.0.
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Catherine Lebel @catherinealebel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Two weeks left to register for #IST2026! Join us in beautiful Banff for tractography validation, methods, clinical & research applications. event.fourwaves.com/ist2026 @tractography.bsky.social
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IST 2026 - Banff
Join IST 2026 - Banff, October 25-29, 2026. Learn more on Fourwaves.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/09/2026
I love this slide. I really don't think the geopolitical implications of the clean energy transition have sunk in for most people.
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Christopher Honey @chrishoney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
1/ How do we sustain mental continuity in the face of interruption? @xianl-explorer.bsky.social found that, while people listen to a story, posterior medial cortex expresses a slowly evolving "background" representation of the story's context, which survived through silence and interfering tasks.
A schematic figure showing an evolving timeline of mental context during an interrupted narrative.
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Mark Wagner @mark-j-wagner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Granule cells predict future dopamine reward. Delayed climbing-fiber signals can reinforce the action that precedes it. Our paper, led by Benjamin Filio, is out today in Nature Neuroscience. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Public PDF: rdcu.be/RscCNeXvkXAa
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Curious what people think of this case? I understand the principle that parents cannot dictate specifics of public education except through school board elections. However, I worry the school board is wrong on this issue. share.inquirer.com/VHuxJg?utm_s...
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Lower Merion asks court to deny parents’ ‘fearmongering’ request to opt out of computers
Seven families in the Montgomery County community have accused the district of forcing a “digital free-for-all” on students.
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Claire Gillan @clairegillan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hey our psychology department is recruiting an assistant professor in developmental psychology - please check it out universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...
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University & College Vacancies
Connecting talent with opportunity in higher education
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Gail Brodholt, London Calling, 2023 UK printmaker #WomensArt #Monday #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print featuring a covered grand railway station with commuters in silhouette on a platform betweem two trains, all bathed in early yellow light
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 13/09/2026
This will be bad for: - the students - the research progress - the universities - the towns the universities are in - the companies hiring students - the states the universities are in - the national economy - national security - the country - the world
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I did an interview, and now it’s in Catalan! There are also links to Spanish and English.
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"MIT wants to rebuild education around the things AI can't replace. That means oral exams, semester portfolios, in-person project work, and a required social component in every subject. The report even floats the idea of rethinking grades entirely..." This is the way forward @tcddublin.bsky.social
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Erin Isbilen @erin-isbilen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happy fall semester, everyone! I have accepted an Assistant Professorship at Yale University in the Child Study Center, School of Medicine, and have started my own lab (complete with a coat of arms which I hand-drew; no AI). The CASTLE Lab eagerly looks forward to future collaborations!
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dr. Euphemia Haynes was the first Black woman to earn a PhD in mathematics (1943). For 47 years, she taught in the public schools of Washington, DC. In 1966, became the first woman to chair the DC Board of #Education. She was born #OTD in 1890. #WomenInSTEM #EduSky
Classy black-and-white studio portrait of Dr. Euphemia Lofton Haynes (1890–1980), a pioneering educator and the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics. She faces forward with a serene, dignified, and intelligent expression. Her dark eyes look directly past the viewer, accompanied by a soft, composed, closed-mouth smile that conveys warmth, resilience, and authority. Her graying hair is meticulously styled upwards in elegant, soft curls, framing her face cleanly.She wears a simple, dark, V-neck dress or blouse, accessorized with a prominent, polished metallic link necklace that follows her neckline and a single matching pearl or button earring visible on her right ear. The backdrop is a neutral, solid studio gradient that transitions smoothly from light grey to dark grey, completely focusing attention on her. The lighting is soft and directional, illuminating the front of her face while leaving a gentle shadow on her left cheek, adding depth and texture to the portrait. The overall mood is deeply respectful, formal, and timelessly professional. This image carries profound historical significance, representing a trailblazing woman who dismantled racial and gender barriers in academia. Beyond her historic 1943 doctoral degree from the Catholic University of America, Dr. Haynes spent forty years reforming the Washington, D.C., public school system, fiercely advocating for integration and quality education for all students.
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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My post on flashbulb memories. No special mechanism needed. Errors get included. With a little note about memory errors by George W Bush and Trump. 25 Years Later, Do You Remember 9/11? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ment...
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25 Years Later, Do You Remember 9/11?
After 25 years, do you remember where you were when you learned about September 11th, 2001? Most people recall hearing the news. Why do we remember? Are our memories accurate?
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Dorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is a real photo from 1913. It hasn’t been colorized. It was made using a technique called the Autochrome Lumière which captured true color using microscopic dyed starch grains as color filters, decades before color film existed. Pretty incredible, no? More below 👇
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