Linda Skitka

can't have bad numbers if there are no numbers

This kind of energy consumption is unsustainable.

New paper with @richarddmorey.bsky.social now out in JASA, where we critically examine p-curve. Below is Richard’s excellent summary of the many poor statistical properties of p-curve (with link to paper). I wanted to add some conceptual issues that we also tackle in the paper.

History may not always repeat itself, but it very often rhymes—>

This.

Translation for 🧪 folks:

Vought has been illegally covering up how he’s withholding appropriated $ from NIH, NSF, etc., an appeals court ruled.

The illegal coverup here = hiding data on how OMB/Vought is sending $ to agencies (called “apportionments”)

Holy Shit — sections of the Constitution are vanishing from Congress’ website to help Trump confuse the public, declare his tyranny, and make the US a fascist state.

Will the SCOTUS originalists go along with this crap in the name of “bold action”? Will anyone in power care if they don’t? JFC!

This is the # for RFK Jr's office. I'm sure he's love to hear about what we all think about his $500 million cut to mRNA vaccine research and development.

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

And if universities keep bowing down to the administration, you can bet private gifts will plummet as well.

Trump’s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations

It is not “deal-making.” It is extortion built on Christopher Rufo’s idea of “taking down” one or more elite university.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

i have been thinking a lot about how the entire concept of “the deal” is antithetical to transparency, fair play and rule of law, as larry notes. the deal is necessarily nonstandard, ad hoc and dependent on the whims of the dealmaker

I feel this way to my core.

👇🎯 A lot of folks don't seem to understand that 90+% of our authoritarian problem is the total failure of Article I of the Constitution, not Article III.

We are going to need to re-amend the constitution along the lines of “You see those 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments? We really meant it the first time”

if only universities did a better job of listening to the experts that they employ

And the prize for writing letters? Getting asked to write MORE letters/evaluations!

"Trump’s interference in the sciences is something new. It shares features with the science-damaging policies of Stalin and Hitler, says David Wootton, a historian of science. But in the English-speaking world, it has no precedent, he told me: “This is an unparalleled destruction from within.”

I would classify this more as a reject with encouragement.

an amazing toolkit by Stand Together for Higher Education, for faculty "in response to growing political attacks on academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and the public mission of higher education"

"Use and adapt what you need. Share what works. And above all—Stand Together." lnkd.in/gtXRh39

:-(

My favorite was a course on the history of utopian movements— it started pre-Christ and went forward. Blew my mind.

Thanks Marijke! I hope you are well and have a wonderful holiday!

Many scholars assume moral convictions reflect people’s social identity concerns. New research by Lindsay Novak (not on bsky) and I finds that to the extent moral convictions reflect identity related concerns, they reflect personal more than social identity. x.com/lindsayk_16/...

@jodemocracy.bsky.social's most recent edition has two essential reads for Americans in this moment of authoritarian takeover of our government. They are about what it takes to return to democratic government after authoritarian rule. Both seem to be free... muse.jhu.edu/issue/55125

#psychjobs

York. View from the river Ouse.

Our department @yorkpsychology.bsky.social has 2 open lecturer positions (=tenure-track Assistant Prof). Social psych is one of the priority areas, so consider applying if you study social behavior, incl. intergroup relations, culture, environmental or media psych.

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

a woman is standing in front of a sign that says ' some ' ALT: a woman is standing in front of a sign that says ' some '

Curious: What was the most fun experience you’ve had with your parents as an adult?

I never put it in my CV either, despite doing a TON of them.

Armstrong on the moon

55 years since the first moon landing. Building narratives of can-do-anything, heroes, and doing the biggest things is the forgotten part of being a great nation. Now let's do human dignity.