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Psychologists & related fields: what is a big methods question that you believe remains somewhat unanswered & that you'd love to see adressed? There may be an opportunity for a large-scale meta-science project with many teams trying to figure out a question.

Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky

Editorial: Indiana University, Ball State and Purdue are gutted without logic or thought Taking an axe to degree programs at Indiana University makes no sense.

Not a good look for Indiana

Humanities education is super important to a thriving civilization and economy

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/07/e...

No but would love to join!

Great ep (as always) Gabe!! Is good trouble still doing open registration for the zoom meeting tomorrow?

Hundreds of NIH grant terminations are 'void and illegal,' federal judge rules A federal judge ruled that some of the grant terminations by the National Institutes of Health on DEI grounds are “void and illegal.”

STAT story about the ruling

www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/n...

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Live from the conference continues, we are now at 98 club karaoke, first come first serve! @essgn.bsky.social

📣 BREAKING NEWS:

Harvard sues Trump administration over foreign student ban, calling move unconstitutional and a threat to academic freedom.

“Harvard is not Harvard without its international students,” the university writes.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Here is your occasional reminder that

The United States has plenty of resources to feed, house, and provide medical care for everyone

We have made a choice as a society that, rather than doing that, we would rather allow people to selfishly hoard these resources

This is a choice

Conceptualising workplace loneliness: a qualitative investigation with UK workers - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Purpose Loneliness has been identified as an important risk factor for mental health problems, and concern about its impact on workers’ health and wellbeing has grown in recent years. While a body of ...

Is workplace loneliness just about feeling isolated from colleagues, or is there more to it?👨‍⚕️👷‍♀️

In our new paper in SPPE, we found that workplace loneliness goes beyond work relationships + can include disconnection from one’s organisation + society at large🧵

doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02925-0

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

The best best best SEM primer out there - it’s free, the bad jokes (mostly) land, and the resources are fantastic - go watch!!

Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.

Like so many of the trends of the 1880’s-1920’s, eugenics is on the rise. Scientists have a moral obligation to speak up.

As someone directly affected by this, let me be clear:

I'd rather lose my job because Harvard chose to fight than keep my job and see a generation of white supremacists parade its corpse around like a war trophy.

Every time you show up - you inspire 10 more people to do so.
#HandsOff says Indiana !!

NCCDPHP Division of Reproductive Health Division of Population Health BCSB EPI branch Prevention Research Translation Branch Office of Smoking and Health NCHHSTP Division of TB elimination -Communication, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch PBEMB GLOBAL Division of HIV and TB Communications Branch SPIN SPICE PBEMB MCHB HIDMSB EHSRB Scientific Integrity Branch NCEH Division of Environmental Science/Practice Asthma and Air Quality branch NCIRD ISD/Partnerships NIOSH Miner safety Health effects lab division Respiratory health division NCBDDD Office of the Director Disability Health NCIPC Division of Violence Prevention Division of Injury Prevention OD Office of Health Equity OCOO Office of Human Resources

New — Here is a running list of Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offices that have either been fully eliminated or gutted into non-functionality as a result of today's mass firings (provided to me directly by a CDC staffer):

It looks like HANDS OFF! rallies will be more accessible than women's healthcare on 4/5 and that's just another reason why YOU should show up to one.

Stand Up for Science is partnering and you can register at: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...

#handsoffscience
@standupforscience.bsky.social

Indy stood UP
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#DiversityDrivesInnovation
#ScienceSavesLives

@rogbryant.bsky.social @gbosslet.bsky.social @ausrob-phd.bsky.social @talk-tara.bsky.social

See you all on the South Lawn of the Indiana statehouse in a few hours

@standupforscience.bsky.social

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

Not tomorrow but it’s coming on Friday!!! Find your local rally - standupforscience2025.org
@standupforscience.bsky.social

Take a good look at who is speaking out. Grad students are running the biggest science protest because no one else would. Institutions are going to be targeted no matter what we do. Might as well go down fighting.

Message to our European colleagues : we can help you create events in your country / cities.

Calling all Hoosiers!!!
#StandUpforScience local rally in Indianapolis is confirmed!

📅 March 7, 2025
⏰ 12PM - 2PM
📍Indiana Statehouse – South Lawn, Indianapolis

Science is for everyone, spread the word 🔥

@standupforscience.bsky.social

#StandUpForScience2025
#ScienceForAll
#ScienceNotSilence

Get in dorks, we're going protesting!

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL

Because science is for everyone!

Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org

#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Get in Dorks, we are going protesting.

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS.

More information to come.

And we will not be quiet about it!!The people of Indiana reject hate and embrace humanity #fuckICEdeportElon

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I will keep all information confidential.

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Neuroscientists - your society has a call to action for you and a page for tracking action alerts.

It's built to take your location & give you specific support on what to say and who to say it to. www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...