Tom Olino

Hhhmmm… I’ve got the screenshot! Highest bidder!

Draw the DAG ;)

It’s my favorite user’s guide. I see it as a set of interrelated statistical Lego sets.

🗑️ <——- a dedicated venue

Sounds effortful.

I'm looking for a postdoc to work on our NIH-funded R01 which is a longitudinal cohort of adolescents (13-20) doing EMA and passive text sensing! Please apply, especially if you have experience in the analysis OR collection of these data.

PLEASE SHARE!!

indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32132

Just got my ~~~certificate~~~ for reviewing for APA journals. There's a link for feedback on the certificates. I made the suggestion that they should integrate CEUs for those who would like them... If you get the survey, maybe raise the same idea!

I was happy to see Bayes theorem in a Super Bowl commercial, until I saw what it was advertising…

Using it as a check for monoticity?

Blunting concepts: The double-edged effect of popularizing psychotherapy language The increasing presence of mental health-related language in everyday conversations gives rise to a worth-exploring tension: while it can enhance mental health literacy and provide individuals with...

Full original article here:

How to Set Up and Run an Undergraduate Research Lab APS Fellow Julia Strand offers resources and recommendations to run a productive research lab.

Just out—a piece I wrote a piece for the APS Observer (@psychscience.bsky.social) in which I share recommendations and resources for running a research lab at a small, liberal arts college. I hope it helps others in the same boat! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

That’s definitely weird! Still guessing that they were hoping for additional time around the time of the original meeting, but dropped the ball (badly).

My best guess is that between the initial review and the rescheduled meeting, one reviewer was unavailable and they swapped in a new reviewer for the rescheduled meeting.

NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics?
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up

Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter

FYI - car fob still works if you run it through the washing machine.

I will never forget saying that Rittenhouse’s valorization was a sign that white men had been deputized in precisely this way. I believe it got me almost banned on Twitter. Anyway.

Some of the reason I just cannot these days is I feel like I already did.

1. I’m not surprised this happened. This is the side of open data sources we don’t talk about: there’s an assumption that everyone will access the data in good faith. (More on this in a min)

2. This is a sneak peak into the kind of BS thay NIH, HHS, and other fed R&D is about fund.

1/?

Hey folks: Check out this grad student-led, interdisciplinary, virtual conference being held in April.

Abstract submissions due end of Feb

What’s more binding? An infinite deal, or a pinky swear?

The Child & Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program (CHAAMP) is hiring a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry, UNC School of Medicine, focused on child/adolescent anxiety & mood disorders with flexibility in research program.
Rolling review.
🔗 unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/312...

Zebra enclosure

You caught a pass like that one!

Interesting - thanks!

Meta - Are you shitposting shitposters?

Anyone have a good resource in comparing bootstrapping and permutation testing? They both do some resampling, but their philosophies are very different.

Trump administration cuts up to $1.9 billion from mental health and addiction treatment programs SAMHSA canceled up to $1.9 billion in grants without staff consultation, accelerating the mental health agency's deterioration under President Trump.

SAMHSA cuts up to $1.9B in mental health, substance abuse grants | STAT www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/s...

From a lab member: “I volunteer at an organization called Justice for Migrant Families. We work to provide support (legal, financial etc) for individuals detained. If you know of anyone in need of help they can call the following number for help (JFMF hotline 716 427 4917).”

Wrong turn on Peace Bridge lands UB researcher in ICE detention University at Buffalo research scientist Shovgi Huseynov made a wrong turn on the Peace Bridge & was arrested. He's now in ICE detention.

This is sickening. UB scientist being held by ICE despite valid visa and no criminal history. Just for making a wrong turn.

www.investigativepost.org/2026/01/14/w...

What initiative are you now leading?