iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 1h

I swear to god so much of this is literally just people confusing measles and chicken pox

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Kroger just announced the largest layoffs in its history, with plans to cut 3,000 employees as it ramps up use of AI. Reminder that Kroger has spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 and paid its CEO $14M last year — 417x its median worker's pay. AI is turbo-charging corporate greed.

newsweek.com

Kroger plans largest layoffs in its nearly 150-year history

The company's CEO said it was committed to "simplifying" operations and "deploying more resources where they matter most

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Katie Spoon @kspoon.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

We wanted to understand why academics leave their jobs (doi.org/10.1126/scia...). We asked: “Tell us your story: what needs/needed to be different about your position?” I thought we would get a few hundred responses and I’d learn a bit more about the context of academic retention for myself.

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Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty

Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.

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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

it didnt have to be like this

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Netflix is laying off 1,000 workers — its largest layoff ever. In 2025, Netflix had a net income of $11 billion (up 26%). Its CEO was paid $53M (255x more than the median employee). And it just raised prices for the second time in just over a year. Corporate greed in a nutshell.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Apparently NIH shut down the RFI form early. Thank goodness for the @waybackmachine.bsky.social where we can clearly see the deadline was supposed to be 11:59pm. web.archive.org/web/20260821... @maxkozlov.bsky.social @aniloza.bsky.social @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social

Screen shot of the NIH peer review RFI webform showing the deadline of Oct 13 at 11:59 pm.

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Doctors TARDIS @doctorstardis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Someone just fell out and died on Gollliath at Six Flags Over Georgia. All B&M hypers are shut down. Fuuuuuck. It does not shock me that it was Over Georgia that something happen at though.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We had this post on Instagram get flooded with suspected bots late last week…funny enough, engagement dropped to near silence for 48 hours after Ukraine bombed the data centers. Probably not a way to confirm anything, but it’s ramping back up again. Remember, you may be arguing with a Russian bot.

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 12/10/2026

Shoutout to the sales rep in Oregon who sold the slot, didn’t say a word, and kept it moving.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Many NIH staff object to what’s happening at NIH but don’t speak up because of fear. @27unihted.bsky.social 27unihted.substack.com/p/a-culture-...

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A culture of fear and low morale at NIH is eroding scientific integrity

Concern 9 of the Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Can we be honest that so called 'wokeness' meant Black people demanding full social personhood and refusing to be silent about getting murdered/harmed by the state? So yes, that is more threatening to many in this country than is fascism. I think that's been clear.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 10/10/2026

in 2020 my lab quit Microsoft Word and began writing in R Markdown, an open-source document-publishing system that facilitates a clear, permanent link between statements in text (scientific prose) and the code producing analyses and visualizations supporting those statements (scientific analyses)

a preprint generated with R Markdown with the following text

Ecological momentary assessment reveals causal effects
of music enrichment on infant mood
Eun Cho1,∧,∗
, Lidya Yurdum1,2,∧,∗
, Ekanem Ebinne1
, Courtney B. Hilton3
, Estelle Lai3
, Mila Bertolo1,4,5
,
Pip Brown3
, Brooke Milosh6
, Haran Sened7
, Diana I. Tamir7
, and Samuel A. Mehr1,3,∗
1Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
2Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1018WT, Netherlands.
3School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
4Centre for Research in Brain, Language and Music, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 2A8, Canada.
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Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 1A1, Canada.
6Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA.
7Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
∧These authors contributed equally.
*Corresponding authors. E-mails: eun.cho@yale.edu, lidya.yurdum@yale.edu, sam@auckland.ac.nz
Music appears universally in human infancy with self-evident effects: as many parents know intuitively,
infants love to be sung to. The long-term effects of parental singing remain unclear, however. In an offsetdesign exploratory 10-week randomized trial conducted in 2023 (N = 110 families of infants, Mage =
3.67 months, 53% female, 73% White), the study manipulated the frequency of infant-directed singing
via a music enrichment intervention. Results, measured by smartphone-based ecological momentary
assessment (EMA), show that infant-directed singing causes general post-intervention improvements
to infant mood, but not to caregiver mood. The findings show the feasibility of longitudinal EMA
(retention: 92%; EMA response rate: 74%) of infants and the potential of longer-term and higherintensity music enrichment interventions to improve health in infancy.
Keywords: music, infancy, parenting, infant-directed song, ecological moment…

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Micah M. Carlson 🗃️ @micahcarlson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We spent decades defending the dignity of working-class labor without defending working-class access to intellectual power. Who said choosing welding meant you couldn't also learn deconstruction? Or that selecting culinary arts meant you didn't need any additional writing courses?

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is a great reminder for people interested in NIH grant selection that there are elements that are codified in the law by Congressional action. ecfr.io/Title-42/Par...

ecfr.io

42 CFR Part 52h | Scientific Peer Review of… | eCFR.io

Browse 42 CFR Part 52h: Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant… in the current eCFR, with source notes and navigation. Updated through Oct. 5, 2026.

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Note that NIH peer review is statutorily REQUIRED by Congress. This rule change is an attempt to weaken and ultimately bypass that legal mandate.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 10/10/2026

Correct. Vought and Bhattacharya want to do to NIH what they have gotten further with at NSF- turn it into a slush fund for their political preferences. But peer review is popular, and it is required by law. So they are slowly chipping away at peer review process in an effort to break it.

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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The problem is noise, not N: why increasing the sample size isn’t all that. statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/10/10/t...

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The problem is noise, not N: why increasing the sample size isn’t all that. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

APA Women’s Leadership Institute event flyer with “keynote speaker” crossed out with a red X

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If you are an NIH funded scientist and have not commented, you are agreeing that this change is a good idea. If, you, like me, think ditching peer review is a bad idea, take the 5 minutes and post a comment.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026

In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/10/2026

If you have ever read a book to a baby, you will realize it's not a linear experience. The baby wants to turn pages backward, wants to ask questions (if they're old enough), wants to examine the pages and get really excited if they can say "bear!" even if the word "bear!" is not on the page.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is horrifying Tuskegee-level shit.

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just like that: poof & gone. RIP *all* of NSF social, behavioral and economic research (including psyc & cogneuro). I’m speechless.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEW: 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 research

Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DATA CALL ALERT: The OECD is running a survey on researcher career intentions among the member economies. Right now, I'm told that the response rate on the US side is low (to the point that US data may not get published). We need inputs from reliable sources at this moment.

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OECD-EU Research and Development Careers Survey 2026

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I will never forgive or forget a single Republican Senator who voted yes on RFK Jr.’s confirmation as HHS Secretary. But as you know I hold especial contempt for Bill Cassidy (R, Invertebrate) for greasing the skids for RFK Jr. and for the destruction of U.S. public health.

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 03/10/2026

It’s weird to see so many higher education leaders beat their chests about “the decline of trust” from the public while refusing to acknowledge the conservative movement organizing to destroy it. Imagine someone stabbing you repeatedly while you complain about not having enough blood to bleed out.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Damn.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026

Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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Neuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is a disturbing story - two published neuroscience papers that were seemingly completed AI generated retractionwatch.com/2026/10/01/o... It was only detected because of a vigilant peer reviewer on a third submission @deevybee.bsky.social.

retractionwatch.com

When open data are misused

Credit: HALUSTD from Popspixel via Canva When Dorothy Bishop was asked to review a paper for a small neuroscience journal in August, she could tell from the abstract the authors had used a dataset …

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gave a talk in my dept. on the OSF transition. I wrote up a rough script of the session, which could be of interest to others. I synthesize existing resources and provide my own perspectives. Comments and corrections welcome! zenodo.org/records/2306...

the header for a paper describing "Life after OSF" #metascience

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

nytimes.com

National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Words change behavior more than we think People cooperate more when a game is called the “Community Game” than when it is called the “Wall Street Game” Language changes the emotions & social norms we associate with it—and therefore what we choose to do. www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/shaping-be...

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

According to a CNN report, toddlers as young as 2 years are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. A federal law, the Trafficking Victims ... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]

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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 27/09/2026

Google Gemini says that @jevinwest.bsky.social and I aren't to be trusted because in our first lecture, we had a playful example where Jevin presented data the same way that Tim Cook did, and I called bullshit on it. It hallucinates criticism and the only citations are to the lecture itself.

1. The "Explosive Growth" Slide ControversyIronically, the most direct and explicit example of this occurred during their very first "Calling Bullshit" lecture at the University of Washington.The Setup: Jevin West presented a slide to the class showing a graph that purported to show the "explosive, hockey-stick growth" of web traffic to their new Calling Bullshit website. The graph utilized standard marketing axes and compressed timeframes to make the project look like an unmitigated, runaway viral sensation.The "Bullshit": Carl Bergstrom actually had to step in and call "bullshit" on his own co-instructor's slide. When the data was displayed honestly without selective axis truncation or creative smoothing, it showed that while traffic was high initially, it heavily ebbed, flowed, and plateaued over time.The Criticism: While some praised this as a playful, planned pedagogical moment to show that "anyone can fall prey to bad data framing," critics viewed it as a perfect illustration of the double standard: when it serves a personal or professional promotional narrative (like proving your own course is a massive success), the temptation to use flawed, hype-driven metrics is incredibly high.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you need a quick briefing on what's happening in Northern Ireland today, this thread is a good place to start.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Everyone I know who has been diagnosed has said they are happier in general and much more content/productive with work since being diagnosed and getting various forms of help based on the diagnosis.

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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

During the worst cyclospora outbreak on record, Donald Trump wants to cut half the USDA's workforce, shuttering a lab studying the foodborne parasite. Trump and RFK's cuts to food safety programs have only led to chaos and confusion. I joined a coalition of AGs in filing a brief to fight back.

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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

💥💥BOOM💥💥 Costco took its $184M in rebate refund and used it to lower costs targeting products that would have the most impact for members!! Kudos Costco!! www.seattletimes.com/business/cos...

seattletimes.com

Costco clinches $184M in tariff refunds, with more expected

The big-box retailer said the money was reinvested to give "value back to our members." It’s more than a third of the total tariff refunds the company expects.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#2891):

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 25/09/2026

It’s not law enforcement It’s ethnic cleansing

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Monosov Lab @monosovlab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1/11 How does the brain make the heart skip a beat? New preprint: a prefrontal→hypothalamus circuit that controls heart rate. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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