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Zach Reese, Ph.D.

@zachreese.bsky.social
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Social Psych Prof @ Uni of San Francisco / Anti-Racist / Relationship Scientist

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Zach Reese, Ph.D. @zachreese.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
One of the great joys of this past year has been working with The Greater Good Science Center on their Spreading Love Through the Media project. This summer, I got to don my own journalist hat and write an article for their magazine. Check it out! greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
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Do You Compare Yourself to Your Partner? It’s Not All Bad
Comparison may be the thief of joy, but it’s also an important tool for making predictions and decisions in our love lives.
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Zach Reese, Ph.D. @zachreese.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A student had the gall to sign their email to me, “Class of 2030.” Threw up in my mouth. How dare you
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Zach Reese, Ph.D. @zachreese.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Is my husband sexier than me? Who would ask such a question? In a new paper, collaborators and I find that younger people, those with lower self-esteem, and those in newer relationships are particularly likely to compare their abilities to those of their romantic partners. Read for more details!
Cover page of manuscript entitled “From insecurity to inspiration: predictors of and motives for romantic partner comparison.”
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Happy: Black history Black present Black future Black love Black joy Black health Black healing Black people Black community Black family Black kids Black culture Black creativity Black ingenuity Black legacy Black innovation Black liberation Black resistance Black existence ...month🖤
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Lúl Rýzooo @itsreallycj.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)
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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Are people born wicked or is wickedness thrust upon them? Personality psychologists and social psychologists have long debated whether wickedness is a stable personality trait or a product of context. In this essay, I will…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/12/2024
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. This is what they wrote.
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Zach Reese, Ph.D. @zachreese.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Me: “I’m gonna clear my email inbox by the new year. Clean slate!” Also Me: spends 30 minutes responding to one email; closes laptop; makes waffles
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Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
People are so lonely in this country. Everywhere. All ages. It’s an epidemic. Say hello. Smile. Pay a compliment. It might just be the only human contact that person has today.
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Zach Reese, Ph.D. @zachreese.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Post an Onion headline that lives in your head rent-free
Onion headline: “Horrified Subway Execs Assumed People Were Buying Footlongs to Share with a Friend.” Subheading: “The sandwich chain says it is ‘deeply sorry’ if customers mistakenly believed that eating an entire foot of food could somehow be considered healthy.”
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Zach Reese, Ph.D. @zachreese.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Introduce yourself as a Black TV Character #blacksky
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three cartoon characters are standing in front of a sign that says nickrewind on it
Alt: GIF from Kids TV show, Fairly Odd Parents. Chester and AJ are running gleefully in circles around a scowling Timmy
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