@mcseto.bsky.social
Scientist, clinical/forensic psychologist, angler: A skeptical optimist. Research Director & Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa's Institute of Mental Health Research. Incoming Editor-in-Chief for Archives of Sexual Behavior. He/him
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty.
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References: Comparing companion open access journals to their traditional journal counterparts buff.ly/sErc72g
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A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn
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We will be writing more of these. If you’re a scientist and your science has been disrupted, we want to hear from you: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
09.10.2025 14:50 — 👍 86 🔁 58 💬 0 📌 2Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away
Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/
19.09.2025 14:00 — 👍 10509 🔁 2932 💬 195 📌 214Well, that’ll solve the problem
16.09.2025 16:48 — 👍 952 🔁 301 💬 52 📌 10I’m not the first person to make this observation, but this being the biggest story in the world at present really speaks to how much Twitter still serves as a universal assignments editor for English-language journalists.
12.09.2025 11:47 — 👍 6257 🔁 1274 💬 107 📌 63Wanna know more about Einstein's anti-racist work, usually in collaboration with the great actor/singer Paul Robeson? I wrote about it for Smithsonian! (don't tell the White House) www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Pleased to share my inaugural editorial for Archives of Sexual Behavior, sharing my vision for the journal as the incoming Editor-in-Chief
(open access)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Pleased to share my inaugural editorial for Archives of Sexual Behavior, sharing my vision for the journal as the incoming Editor-in-Chief
(open access)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
If you talk to queer and trans kids about the internet they will tell you that it’s full of issues and causes issues for people in general, not just young people—and that they probably wouldn’t be here today without it. It’s a lifeline. It’s the only LGBTQ resource and community many of them have.
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They also investigate dose-dependence -- greater time interacting with the map = greater intervention effectiveness
Based on this research they've created a public website: scienceimpacts.org
![Study 2 Intervention Materials
Base Intervention Text
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide funding for scientific research that
leads to major breakthroughs for cancer, diabetes, dementia, heart disease, infectious
diseases, stroke, mental illness, and more.
NIH funding is also an excellent financial investment. For every dollar NIH invests in
research, an average of $2.56 of economic activity is returned–a gain of over 250%.
The White House recently ordered major changes to NIH funding, which would take
back funds already promised to the states. States have sued to challenge the order,
arguing that the changes are unlawful.
[page break]
There are two major sources of cuts to NIH funding, which will result in current and
future losses.
First, many NIH grants for health research have already been cancelled, interrupting
ongoing studies and clinical trials. These cancelled grants are projected to result in
economic losses of $4.9 Billion and over 21,000 jobs.
Second, another change would greatly reduce NIH funding that covers “indirect
costs” of research. These funds help pay for essential facilities, equipment, skilled staff,
and safety checks needed across many research projects. Medical research would not be
possible without funding to cover indirect costs. In the future, this proposed change to
funding for indirect costs of research would reduce the U.S. economy by about $16
Billion and over 68,000 jobs every year.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c5xrowexysrnn6rn6piltqjz/bafkreid62fezp32bbl53u4iwhrwttks7rwcdbbfqatklh35wmyxzq6o73i@jpeg)
Study 2 Intervention Materials Base Intervention Text The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide funding for scientific research that leads to major breakthroughs for cancer, diabetes, dementia, heart disease, infectious diseases, stroke, mental illness, and more. NIH funding is also an excellent financial investment. For every dollar NIH invests in research, an average of $2.56 of economic activity is returned–a gain of over 250%. The White House recently ordered major changes to NIH funding, which would take back funds already promised to the states. States have sued to challenge the order, arguing that the changes are unlawful. [page break] There are two major sources of cuts to NIH funding, which will result in current and future losses. First, many NIH grants for health research have already been cancelled, interrupting ongoing studies and clinical trials. These cancelled grants are projected to result in economic losses of $4.9 Billion and over 21,000 jobs. Second, another change would greatly reduce NIH funding that covers “indirect costs” of research. These funds help pay for essential facilities, equipment, skilled staff, and safety checks needed across many research projects. Medical research would not be possible without funding to cover indirect costs. In the future, this proposed change to funding for indirect costs of research would reduce the U.S. economy by about $16 Billion and over 68,000 jobs every year.
🧪 New study: Learning about economic impact of NIH funding motivates action to oppose funding cuts.
Evidence from two preregistered, randomized experiments with >5,000 U.S. adults.
Similar change for liberals and conservatives. Preprint from @asinclair.bsky.social et al:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
PSA: go apply the urgent security update to your Apple devices. Don’t wait. Do it right now
20.08.2025 18:28 — 👍 383 🔁 254 💬 11 📌 11The media is completely ignoring that Brown University just agreed to a full bathroom ban and defining trans people out of existence. Even worse, when they mention it, they're describing it as a sports ban. This is not just a sports ban.
The media is hiding what's happening here.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Critical read: As noted by a colleague, from the examples in this article, it is amazing how quickly German physics collapsed (and US exploded) after 1934. #academicsky, #neuroskyence , is there time and a route to prevent the collapse of research in the US?
This is a historic horror that the United States government allows to get worse every day.
30.07.2025 15:11 — 👍 412 🔁 152 💬 0 📌 3From my own academic research, even pre LLMs there was a huge danger of zombie factoids that begin in a respectable publication by mistake and then get reprinted for decades because no one is backtracing to the original source. Once bad info gets into the system it can take years to clear it out.
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How getting tenure changes researchers’ publication habits — and citations www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The age-gated internet is here reason.com/2025/07/28/t...
Social platforms in the UK — including @bsky.app — have started verifying user ages. Consider it a glimpse into our inevitable surveillance-mad future here in the US
I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.
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Education does not protect against age-related cognitive decline, brain aging; it is associated with better memory
From >170,000 participants, age 50+, 33 countries
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In several of the hospitals still functioning in Gaza, nurses are fainting from hunger and dehydration. After restrictions on aid imposed by Israel, medical institutions and staff, already struggling to treat war wounds and illness, are now grappling with rising cases of malnourishment.
27.07.2025 15:05 — 👍 176 🔁 97 💬 21 📌 7people are still getting deported or denied diplomas or fired from jobs for saying that this is happening
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The era of climate migration is upon us.
Residents of Tuvalu are slowly resettling in Australia. This is only the beginning…
www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
Great discussion of two recent systematic reviews on the relationship between personality disorders and criminal behavior/recidivism by @mcseto.bsky.social - content overlap needs to be considered for antisocial personality disorder (and psychopathy): shorturl.at/DenrE
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"Japanese officials said there was no written agreement with Washington — and no legally binding one would be drawn up", and surprise surprise, they deny giving Trump $550b to arbitrarily spend however he wants. www.ft.com/content/c118...
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