Dani Cosme

Many are appropriately outraged by Altman’s comments here implying that raising a human child is akin to “training” an AI model.

This is part of a broader pattern where AI industry leaders use language that collapses the boundary between human and machine.

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🧵New paper out in @commspsychol.nature.com We tested whether language-based assessments (LBAs) can predict not just subjective well-being (life satisfaction) but also psychological well-being (autonomy). Across 3 studies, we found that LBAs work well for some constructs—but not all! 1/

This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop

And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)

RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org

My lab at UW Madison is hiring a new lab manager! I’m looking for a motivated and detail-oriented person to help run the lab’s day-to-day, including our ongoing neuroimaging and behavioral studies. This is especially well suited for graduating undergrads thinking about grad school. Link below

New from SAS! We’re launching a Teaching Resource Repository and inviting members to share syllabi, slides, readings, and assignments. Help build a shared teaching hub for affective science—submit by Feb 15 (ongoing after!) #sas2026

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McGill is hiring a faculty lecturer in social psychology, in a (non-adjunct) permanent teaching position.

Please consider being my colleague, Montreal is really great: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

Public luxury! You love to see it.

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

‼️‼️‼️‼️ This is huge ‼️‼️‼️‼️

I want you to stop and think about what kind of country we're living in when a major metropolitan paper is publishing this story. Is that the kind of country you want to live in? I sure hope not.

“Some 10,109 doctoral-trained experts in science and related fields left their jobs last year…That exodus was only 3% of the 335,192 federal workers … but represents 14% of the total number of Ph.D.s in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) or health fields employed at the end of 2024”

📣 Our introduction to structural causal models in science studies is now published:
doi.org/10.1162/QSS....

@tklebel.bsky.social and I tried to make our introduction as accessible as possible. We illustrate the theory by three case studies based on a simulated model of Open Science. 🧵(1/6)

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.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

'Beyond the politics of demand: Prefigurative politics and the future of collective action research'

New pre-print from @swedishprotests.bsky.social @metesefauysal.bsky.social and others with important argument about how social psych approaches collective action

osf.io/preprints/ps...

Amidst a government shutdown in which the White House has proposed slashing federal support of science by billions of dollars, our #SCIMaP team continues to assess the impact of research cuts on communities nationwide.

Learn more about our efforts: scienceimpacts.org

With more to come...

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Excited to share that our commentary on youth voting has now been published at Social and Personality Psychology Compass! 🎉

doi.org/10.1111/spc3...

Critical wavefield exploration. Addressing gun violence. What the mainstream press can learn from non-profit prison news. These were some of the topics explored last month at Annenberg.

Learn more on our website: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

“The findings confirmed that, even when holding the facts and platform constant, learning from synthesized LLM responses led to shallower knowledge compared to gathering, interpreting and synthesizing information for oneself via standard web links.”

Check out this overview of amazing work on youth voting! 🗳️ @dcosme.bsky.social and colleagues present a developmentally-informed approach that will support youth civic engagement and break the disempowerment cycle. This is so important, because young people are the future of our communities.

It was a delight to share insights from our research on youth voting with @asc.upenn.edu on behalf of my fabulous collaborators @curse10.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @diegoreinero.bsky.social @falklab.bsky.social!

Youth Voter Turnout: Annenberg Expert Unpacks the Issue

Annenberg researcher @dcosme.bsky.social examines ways to motivate and support youth to vote. We spoke to her about a recent commentary she and her team wrote on how to support youth in overcoming voting barriers:

Come join our team!

Check out our new preprint, led by @dcosme.bsky.social, highlighting evidence-based strategies to motivate youth to vote!

💥New preprint!💥

For democracy to be truly representative we need to include many more voices. But young voters (18-25yo) face unique barriers and are often overlooked.

We describe these barriers, and propose a psychologically-informed approach to support and increase voter turnout among youth.

Thanks so much, Kaitlyn!

Young Voters Power Mamdani Victory, Shape Key 2025 Elections Authors: Alberto Medina, Sara Suzuki, Ruby Belle Booth   In one of their first major opportunities to shape the political landscape since the last presidential election, young voters played a major...

For more on youth voting in last Tuesday’s elections see: circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea...

Huge shout out to my amazing collaborators @curse10.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @diegoreinero.bsky.social @falklab.bsky.social at @asc.upenn.edu @appc.upenn.edu and our youth partners at Penn Leads the Vote who inspired and informed this work!