Shaun Wiley

Great news: finally Miles Hewstone is exposed. I stopped citing him years ago, I warned friends/colleagues when I saw them publishing together, I informed as many people as possible about him. We all did. Had this piece been published 15 years ago, everyone would have already known. Shame on Oxford.

a) these changes illustrate how the “smartness” in what’s framed as an individual smart or dumb choice (your major/grad degree) is determined by structural factors in how they’re rewarded, not their intrinsic value
b) the illustration’s especially stark when those structural factors change overnight

We are doing a pilot survey about how prospective PhD students in PSYCHOLOGY make decisions about applying to grad programs. If you are thinking of applying to a program in the future, and have 2-5 minutes to spare, could you take this survey? 🫶

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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library <em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> is an international journal publishing impactful basic and applied social psychological research from all parts of the world.

-- Call for Papers --

Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.

Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025

Break a leg!

While gender equality initiatives have historically been spearheaded by women, male allies' contribution is increasingly recognized—and challenged. Our article examines the pivotal yet neglected intersection of women's leadership and allyship for gender equality. Across two experiments with community samples (total N = 801), we investigate how message framing (common cause vs. women's issue; Experiment 1), intergroup/male versus intragroup/female allies (Experiments 1–2), and transformative versus tokenistic allyship (Experiment 2) affect female leaders' capacity to mobilize both men and women for gender equality. We demonstrate that common cause (vs. women's issue) messages more readily mobilize men for collective action, whereas women's mobilization remains high irrespective of message framing. We also show that a female leader supported by an intergroup/male rather than an intragroup/female ally is more likely to be seen as “one of us,” have greater influence, and be more effective at mobilizing both men and women for collective action (Experiments 1–2). Critically, men are mobilized by transformative allyship (regardless of ally gender) and disengage from both the leader and the cause in response to tokenistic allyship (Experiment 2). While male allies can be important, our results suggest that transformative allyship is essential for mobilization across gender boundaries.

Should 'sisters' be doing it by themselves when it comes to gender equality initiatives? Not really, no!

"It [also] matters whether the approach is arguing for a 'we-change' or a 'she-change'.”

Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

BSky author: @shellkryan.bsky.social

I’m proud of @kellmswartz.bsky.social for this brilliant piece of scholarship. Happy Pub Day, Kelly!

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Abstract and results summary

🚨 New preprint 🚨

Across 3 experiments (n = 3,285), we found that interacting with sycophantic (or overly agreeable) AI chatbots entrenched attitudes and led to inflated self-perceptions.

Yet, people preferred sycophantic chatbots and viewed them as unbiased!

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Did ChatGPT write this?

Experts now rate the U.S. as a "mixed" or "illiberal" democracy Experts say political violence, Trump's attacks against non-partisan agencies and institutions, and partisan gerrymandering are their top concerns

A new report from Bright Line Watch finds experts now rate the U.S. as a "mixed" or "illiberal" democracy. The rating is dragged down by Trump's attacks on institutions, a weak legislature, political violence, and partisan gerrymandering www.gelliottmorris.com/p/experts-no...

View of downtown Portland from Mt. Tabor on a summer day.

Pollo pibil torta from Güero in Portland.

The Mud Sundae with vanilla soft serve, everything cookie chunks, dark chocolate sauce, and maldon sea salt at Cheese and Crack in Portland.

Stairs leading down Mt. Tabor through an evergreen forest in Portland on a summer day.

📍Marked safe from beautiful views and delicious food this summer in Portland.

✨ Happy to share our new publication!

Are Dual- (vs. Single-) Identity Affirmation Interventions More Effective for Enhancing Well-Being and Collective Action Intentions Among Minorities?

👉 doi.org/10.1080/1528...

#socialpsyc
@lapps-enosis-up8.bsky.social
@lapps-upn.bsky.social

Archives errs in releasing too much of Mikie Sherrill's military record to her opponent in governor's race The National Archives admitted a technician had erred in releasing Rep. Mikie Sherill's "entire record."

This is an illegal and dangerous weaponization of the federal government.

That Jack Ciattarelli and the Trump admin are breaking the law and exposing private records for political gain is a violation of anyone who has ever served.

No veteran's record is safe.
www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

The National Archives under the Trump administration released @mikiesherrill.bsky.social full, unredacted Navy personnel file to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.

This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.

One thing you learn in life is that "speaking truth to power" and practicing integrity is easy when your job, your money, your fame, or your office is not on the line. The hard is speaking truth and practicing integrity when any one of those is on the line. That is the test of who you are.

Dudes rock

Excerpt from "The Way We Live Now by Colson Whitehead "We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab, and you had no warning. It was the last time you were going to have Lake Tung Ting shrimp in that entirely suspect Chinese restaurant, and you had no idea. If you had known, perhaps you would have stepped behind the counter and shaken everyone's hand, pulled out the disposable camera and issued posing instructions. But you had no idea. There are unheralded tipping points, a certain number of times that we will unlock the front door of an apartment. At some point you were closer to the last time than you were to the first time, and you didn't even know it. You didn't know that each time you passed the threshold you were saying goodbye."

It's truly hard to believe that it's been 24 years.

As always on this day, from @colsonwhitehead.com: www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/m...

SCOTUS conservatives OK Trump admin's racial profiling of Latinos in low-wage jobs Five of the six Republican appointees to the Supreme Court wrote nothing Monday. But their actions, and Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence, paint an alarming picture.

In dissent, Justice Sotomayor wrote for the Democratic appointees, “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.“

Useful read for some administrators at my institution…

We're hiring TWO social psychologists (one health, one any area of social) at U of Utah! Pls share widely, and reach out if you have any questions! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/186...

The mantra for this era is "fuck you, make me."

Dear journalists:

The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.

Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

'We are watching and taking names': Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump's threats to Chicago Illinois Governor JB Pritzker holds press conference in response to recent threats made by President Donald Trump to send the national guard to Chicago, in a similar manner that he has done so in Los ...

The full 12 minutes of @govpritzker.illinois.gov speech today, which was superb.

(Via Nicole Wallace / @msnbc.com segment.)

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Embracing populism doesn’t hurt right-wing parties. It may help them. New research from Western Europe shows that accommodating extremism doesn’t work.

Embracing populism doesn’t hurt right-wing parties. It may help them.

New research from Western Europe shows that accommodating extremism doesn’t work.

Read the latest from @johnsides.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/embraci...

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I'll be recruiting a grad student to join the UNICORN lab for Fall 2026! If you know any magical students interested in gender/sex, LGBTQ+ issues, intergroup relations, stereotyping & prejudice, social cognition, feminism, issues of bodily autonomy, or anything else I do, please send them my way!

Large Language Models Do Not Simulate Human Psychology

arxiv.org/pdf/2508.06950

Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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