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Benedek Kurdi @benedek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚀 Project Implicit’s critical work continues! Our website remains fully operational 24/7, collecting data and launching new studies. We are finalizing a new organizational structure to carry our research and educational mission forward. Thank you to our global community. ➡️ implicit.harvard.edu

September 17, 2026
Project Implicit Continues its Critical Work
We are more excited than ever to not only continue but to expand the scientific collabora-tion at the heart of Project Implicit. With the non-profit that served as our operational home for two decades shutting down, a new organizational structure is being finalized to carry our research and educational mission forward.
In the meantime, the Project Implicit website (http://implicit.harvard.edu/) remains fully operational and continues to collect data 24/7. New studies, programs, and educational ef-forts are actively underway. We expect public data to remain available in perpetuity, and new data from 2026 will be released in January of next year.
We express our deep gratitude to everyone who has helped create, sustain, and grow Pro-ject Implicit. This includes the founders, members of the Board of Directors and the Scien-tific Advisory Board, staff members of the non-profit, international collaborators, and the students across dozens of labs tending to tasks big and small. We are also thankful to our generous donors who have answered our calls and supported our mission, and especially the millions of annual visitors who continue to honor us with their curiosity, time, and data.
We look forward to providing more details in the weeks ahead.
Jordan Axt, McGill University
Yoav Bar-Anan, Tel-Aviv University
Benedek Kurdi, University of Illinois
Calvin Lai, Rutgers University
Ryan Lei, Haverford College
Curtis Phills, University of Oregon
Kate Ratliff, University of Waterloo
Colin Tucker Smith, Wilfrid Laurier University
Jennifer Steele, York University
Heidi Vuletich, University of Denver

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Julia Strand @juliafstrand.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My department is hiring 2 (TWO!) Tenure Track faculty in Developmental Psych and Biological Psych, to start Fall 2027. Deadlines 9/1 (Developmental) and 10/1 (Biological). More info here: www.carleton.edu/psychology/i.... Reach out with questions! carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Carlet...

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Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology

The Carleton Psychology Department is seeking candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Developmental Psychology (preferably with a focus on social, personality, and/or identity de...

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Less helpful now that citation software like Zotero exists, but i just discovered that cmd-T (or cntrl-T) auto-indents your citations. It's the small things sometimes...

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“Research is essential to the task of humanistic formation, even at a teaching-focused college… a prime opportunity to promote the virtues academics are best positioned to model for students: curiosity, persistence, devotion to the truth, and humility in the face of everything we do not know”

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Opinion | The False Choice That Could Kill the Humanities

The tension between teaching and scholarship is not as acute as critics pretend.

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 22/07/2026

Congratulations to the “Project Implicit,” which received🏆2026 SIPS Mission Award! Project Implicit offers online tests to millions of participants, uses those tests to document implicit and explicit biases, and shares massive open datasets to power discoveries in psychology and beyond.

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Project Implicit

Project Implicit runs on small donations, most under $5. That’s what keeps the tests online, the data public, and the science accessible to anyone around the world who is interested in learning about…

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

i know summer is a time for people to be productive, but dear god I have gotten so many review requests.

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Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) Screams Enough!

ALT: Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) Screams Enough!

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The drama of the Senegal-Belgium game makes me understand why straight men love sports. As good as any reality TV show.

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

do people know about china's data sovereignty law? says that data can't leave china. seems like a major issue for cross-cultural work/cross-national collaborations...

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Had fun chatting with Deon about the work my lab does, and the journey to get there!

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

anybody in my network do YPAR? Would love to chat with you if you do!

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I went to go look, and this time last year, NSF SBE had funded 216 awards. This year, they have funded 2.

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

This is, not hyperbolically, catastrophic

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Hilary Barth @hilarybarth.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Postdoctoral fellowship in developmental science at Wesleyan University. Joint in H. Barth & R. T. Dubar labs. Particular focus on undergrad research mentoring. 1 year, extendable to 2 years. Share and apply! wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Applications are invited for a 1-year postdoctoral research fellowship in the Department of Psychology at Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT). The position may be ren...

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I'm at the point of writing where I think nothing I do is interesting. What is this pathology?

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Maybe it's because i'm writing a paper about ethics but we're re-watching Grey's anatomy from the beginning and Izzie Stephens is so un-ethical is makes my blood boil

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I am generally a big fan of @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social's perspectives but today, I am not sorry to say #COYR

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I like the science my lab does and I think it's more important to do now than ever, but uhh...also I'm kinda into event planning (e.g., workshops, conferences)? Did not really expect that to be my post-tenure exploration

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

One thing that I'm increasingly concerned about is people using face database faces in ways that are likely way beyond the scope of what the participants consented to. I hear plenty of discussion around (un)ethical use of AI in writing, but this facet of the AI revolution feels less discussed.

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Eric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Postdoc position! Myself and @jordanaxt.bsky.social are seeking applications for a shared post-doctoral researcher at McGill, beginning Fall 2026. Topic area broadly centered on intergroup dynamics, prejudice, discrimination Full description here: hehmanlab.org/ad 1/2

hehmanlab.org

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

This halftime show is incredibleeeeee The energy is booming off the screen

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Have been thinking of writing something that argues the underrepresentation of non-white samples in dev psych is because of embedded cultures of whiteness into structures -- particularly the primacy of the nuclear family. But where to send something like that

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Project Implicit @projectimplicit.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A generous donor has offered to match $1,000 for any individual or coordinated group donation of $1,000 or more, up to 50 matches total. Group gifts must be coordinated with the Project Implicit team. To participate, contact our team: www.projectimplicit.net/contact-us/

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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 27/01/2026

Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...

A bearded man in nurse's scrubs offers aid to Justice, wearing a blindfold and holding a sword and scales, who has fallen to her knees.

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The genius of Jim Sidanius was (among other things) identifying social dominance orientation as a way that people approach the world.

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Somebody (maybe on here?) recently called airport lounges upper middle class golden corral and this could not be more accurate

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Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Project Implicit is facing an existential threat. After almost 30 years, 60 million visitors, and hundreds of published papers, funding for our work has disappeared. We’ve never held a fundraising drive before, but we need your support to keep our site running. Please consider donating! 🙏

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

For the first time ever, I am done with grading before Christmas. A miracle, or better course design? You decide.

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

It's been a challenging semester in many ways, but I'm taking a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of the past year. 👉 We published 5 papers, covering a range of topics from children's preferences for hierarchy to using neural networks to model person perception

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

You don’t have to be a parent to know this is heartbreaking

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13/12/2025

Brown University now says police do NOT have a shooting suspect in custody and that community members should continue to shelter in place.

DECEMBER 13, 5:11PM:
BrownUAlert: Urgent: Continue to shelter in place.
Remain away from Barus & Holley area. Police do not have a suspect in custody and continue to search for suspects). Brown coordinating with multiple law enforcement agencies on site. Emergency medical on scene. Stay tuned for further safety Stay tuned for further safety information.

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

wondering aloud: might LLMs be the death of humor? If they just generate the probabilistic words/phrases, then you dont get the unexpectedness that is characteristic of humor. Probably not all humor of course -- some of the LLM-generated roasts are somewhat amusing. but not what i'm talking about

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I ate it on a patch of ice walking to work this morning and if that’s not a metaphor for the end of the semester, idk what is

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Corny, but since it's thanksgiving season, I'm thankful that @sakierahudson.bsky.social invited me to be part of a fantastic new paper forthcoming in PIBBS on how intersectionality can be fruitfully and concretely applied in policy. Preprint link here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

osf.io

OSF

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

#AcademicSky anyone remember a Science™️ article published that challenged the orthodoxy that men and women sorted into hunter and gatherer roles, respectively because of evolved biological diffs? I can't google my way to it so hoping someone knows what i'm referring to....

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

My hot take for the day: abolish asking “how are you” as a greeting. takes too much energy to lie and say fine when everyone is just hanging on by a thread

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

One thing I continue valuing about doing work with kids is that you have to interact with them to collect data

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The Wicked marketing has gotten out of hand

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

why even bother having schedules @septaphilly.bsky.social? these days it’s more like show up and see what you get. Maybe it’s on time or maybe it’s 45 min late. or canceled.

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

And the pretty copy-edited version of paper is out here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

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APA PsycNet

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Increasingly believe tenure is protection for sucking at your job when service takes up all your time

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

At a time when so much funding for diversity science has been pulled, I am SO thankful to the American Psychological Foundation (APF) for awarding me & former student (now PhD student!) Lizy Szanton the Springfield Grant to examine kid biases at the intersection of race and gender nonconformity.

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Spanberger's love for her family, and their love for her, is palpable on the screen and it is always so wonderful to see families that love each other like that in politics. But particularly Spanberger's husband crying when she was saying how much she loved him. Men should show their feelings!

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

what is this new fresh hell where NSF is requiring a "one-time code" every time i go to submit a GRFP rec letter.

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

So....what happens to folks hired into "AI & Psych" jobs when the AI bubble bursts? Chase the next hot thing?

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