Dr. Aria Halliday

Broad claims about gender and behavior fall apart when studies include ethnically diverse samples Behavioral economics relies heavily on studies of Western, educated people. A recent analysis provides evidence that ignoring racial diversity within the United States has led to flawed generalization...

"The research suggests that generalizations about human behavior are often flawed because they rely on samples composed largely of White individuals."

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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I’m taking a break from socials in Q1. Email is the best way to contact me. Take care of yourselves and each other.

This is worth mentioning to your friends who traded their ChatGPT for Claude subscriptions - Claude helped kill all of those little girls at school in Iran. Anthropic isn’t ethical AI.

We Must Defend Black History — It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack Historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland discusses how schools have become a key site of struggle amid rising fascism in the US.

We Must Defend Black History — It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack | George Yancy

Historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland discusses how schools have become a key site of struggle amid rising fascism in the US.
truthout.org/articles/we-... | @truthout.org

I've reported 2-3 stories in my career that have sucked the spirit out of my body and this was one of them. But! Seeing the response of the fgc to help their brother genuinely put it right back. Im humbled to have been trusted with this. Help your neighbors friends those in need are all around you.

This is the highbrow version of getting rid of sex ed in schools so that kids don't have the language to describe the abuse they're suffering.

A photo of Jill Scott’s tiny desk

Jill Scott’s long awaited NPR Tiny Desk concert will premiere Monday at noon EST:

Obsessed! Absolutely love Yahya in general and this role is perfection.

Opinion | Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching Richard Campbell writes about how Ida B. Wells paved the way for civil-rights activists who came after her.

OPINION: "[Ida B. Wells'] articles about Black life and racism became popular, appearing in many of the 200 Black newspapers in the U.S. at the time. In 1889, she was invited to join the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight as a reporter and co-owner," Richard Campbell writes.

“Your data is yours and yours always,” said Oura CEO Tom Hale.

This doesn't mean... anything? Oura data *isn't* end-to-end encrypted, it's stored in a way that allows Oura *staff* to access sensitive health data, and Oura's spokesperson has admitted it has received government demands for user data!

Facial recognition + bad data protection structures + "AI" that regularly gets behavioral prediction very badly wrong + glaring holes in tech regulations & privacy laws + a stunning & nakedly bigoted authoritarian regime= a threat surface, a bottleneck, & an arm of oppressive state control, all in 1

P.T. Barnum, the so-called Greatest Showman, made his name by exploiting a blind, elderly Black woman— even pulling out her remaining teeth to convince people she was old enough to be George Washington's nanny— until he worked her to death and sold tickets to her autopsy.

Her name was Joice Heth.

A Profession, If You Can Keep It Imagined meritocracies mean little to extractive institutions.

“The arguments that justify adjunct labor can be and are turned around on those who thought their positions were secure, a point adjuncts have been making for decades.”

You have to read this. Must read this. Nick Shirley is taking his vigilanteism across the country, terrorizing childcare providers well beyond Minnesota.

This is how the American right works. Vicious losers like Shirley get elevated, profit from terrorizing innocent people.

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For those looking for freelance work in the wake of WaPo layoffs: I'm an editor at large overseeing Ideas & Culture at Bloomberg, including our Books coverage. Find me at skillingswo2@bloomberg.net

After 27 Years, Eve Finally Receives Grammy for Uncredited Verse on The Roots’ “You Got Me” Last night, Eve received her second career Grammy at the Recording Academy Honors presented by The Black Music Collective.

Last night, Eve received her second career Grammy at the Recording Academy Honors presented by The Black Music Collective.

A lot of independent bookstores closed yesterday in protest of the gestapo which means today is a good day to shop indies like @loyaltybooks.bsky.social 🌈🤸🏽💙📚

Now Hiring: Acquisitions Editor, History Acquisitions Editor, History UNC Press is seeking a creative, intellectually curious, and mission-driven publishing professional who will acquire general

Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?

We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇


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Health insurance costs are up. Women and LGBTQ+ people are paying the price. After the expiration of ACA subsidies, soaring health care costs have forced some to dip into savings, take on second jobs or go without coverage.

Health insurance costs are up. Women and LGBTQ+ people are paying the price —  as some dip into savings, take on second jobs or go without coverage at all.

written with my colleagues @shefali.bsky.social @bcrodriguez.bsky.social

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

More than 7,800 research grants terminated or frozen. Some 25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies. Proposed budget cuts of 35% — amounting to US$32 billion. These are just a few of the ways Donald Trump has downsized and disrupted US science
go.nature.com/4sTPWdp

Families were promised their children's data would be protected. Instead it was fed into shoddy, pseudoscientific research making claims about race and IQ. Now amplified by AI bots, compounding the harm. We need an honest reckoning with how genomic data can be weaponized for scientific racism.

Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’

🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

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I’m taking a break from socials in Q1. Email is the best way to contact me. Take care of yourselves and each other.

Beneath Jordanelle Reservoir, a little-known chapter of history The site, now underwater, was once home to Japanese Americans seeking safety during World War II.

The site, now underwater, was once home to Japanese Americans seeking safety during World War II.

Young New Yorkers React to Zohran Mamdani's Inauguration Teen Vogue spoke to attendees at the new NYC mayor's block party.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is officially Mayor of New York City! 🎉🗽 We spoke to attendees at the new mayor's block party what they hope he accomplishes in his first term. ⬇️

There is no state in this country where you can live a comfortable life on $15 an hour.

Lawn darts, Four Loko, and Panera death lemonade had a lower body count combined and were banned faster.

And disproportionately affects Black people with uteruses — I’ve seen reporting that 50-80% have the condition. This from the Mayo Clinic says 90% by age 50, it’s outrageous

mcpress.mayoclinic.org/women-health...