I swear I read smash.

I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me. I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.

The machine in its quest to sound authoritative ended up sounding like a KCPE graduate who scored an 'A' in English Composition. It accidentally replicated the linguistic ghost of the British Empire.
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-... HT @timblackwell.bsky.social @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social

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We are recruiting a Lecturer in Psychology: mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web... and a Teaching Fellow: mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web.... Come and join the Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology 🐶🐵🐴🐘🕷️🧒 www.port.ac.uk/research/res...

Finally this long-last meta-research is done!
We examine the demographics of subject from 1000 Chinese psych journal articles & 27 big-teams science.

Findings: these participant are not representative of the 🇨🇳population, in terms of sex, age, & edu.
@btscon.bsky.social @sakshighai.bsky.social

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I may "steal" this idea someday 🙂‍↕️

Reminds me of our findings comparing unequal sharing in Brazilian versus English kids for my PhD. No differences in amount shared, but on active (UK) versus passive (BR) sharing. BR kids took their share more often. Small effect size (afair) and urban communities though.

Or, invite a Global South speaker ;-)

Thrilled to share our latest paper, out now in Science Advances! We explored the development of cooperative behaviors — fairness, trustworthiness, forgiveness, & honesty —  across five societies, culturally contextualizing them & seeing how they correlate. (1/5) www.science.org/doi/full/10....

If you have about 20 minutes, I would be grateful if you could help my undergraduate student explore whether common empathy questionnaires are actually interchangable in the ways they are used in the social science literature.

Post 1/13 📢🧵

Call for activities proposals !

You are invited to submit proposals for three activities to be held during the upcoming CES2026 conference:

@posit.co this fundamentally undermines me using your products as a teaching tool. Will this be in posit cloud too? If so, instructors need to be able to switch this off in module workspaces.

openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk has info on journals access policies. I believe some journals allow sharing in personal or not for profit websites.

If you like milk science... <dusts off the ol’ blog> On Thanksgiving, a Facebook “human interest story pages” dropped an essay about mother’s milk and me as a milk rese...

<dusts off the ol' blog> to say something about "celebrating science" in the age of AI & current political context.

EVEN THOUGH I HAD OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO DO THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

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Interesado en salud, comportamiento y evolución humana?

Este 10 de diciembre se realizará la Jornada de Investigación “Evolución Biocultural: Aplicaciones y desafíos en salud y comportamiento humano”

El evento es gratis pero con cupos limitados, inscríbase aquí 👇

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I recommend Barbara Sarnecka's book, The writing workshop. The lit review chapter is great.

So, should we keep doing behavioural twin studies? I'm fairly new to them and have a project in early planning stage, feeling a bit unsure...

It is considered a valid test (the revised version, I gathered), taught in psych courses and can be used as evidence in court

I have some bad news for you from Brazil

There are no excuses for this.

So. Why choose an actress with curly hair for Moana if they were going to straighten it?

Methodology

Building with "COP 30 Brasil Amazonia, Belém 2025" on it. A group of people with their backs to the camera, walking.

Several fans forming a wave, featuring Brazilian states climate stripes

A large banner with an image and "Aldeia COP" written on it under a spotlight

Several women sitting in a semi circle. In the center, one of them holds an instrument

Five people on a stage, sitting on chair. A large banner behind them with their pictures and names.

COP 30

Major River Mobilization With More Than 5,000 Leaders from the Amazon Arrives at COP30 | Amazon Watch “The presence of Indigenous Peoples at COP30 is very important, but the struggle doesn’t end here."

200 boats. 5,000 people. Indigenous, quilombola, and riverine leaders filled the waters of Belém this week to say: NO to Ferrogrão. No more destruction.
Their message to #COP30: Implementation without justice for Indigenous & frontline communities isn’t climate action.
https://bit.ly/4pbqihP

😎 Tomorrow, Sunday, is the only day without official agendas here at COP30. If you still don’t know what to do during your break, we’ve gathered some must-see tips in Belém! ☀️

Enjoy 😉! Flavors, cultural heritage, stunning landscapes, and unique experiences await you in the capital of Pará. 💚

a man in a suit says i 'm still a little nervous on a poster for only murders in the building Alt: a man in a suit says i 'm still a little nervous on a poster for only murders in the building

I think this might be something nice to share. This is my first year as a main PhD supervisor! Of three!

Where Do the Children Play? On the need for a world without us

In a world without forest and creeks, where do the children play? My new essay explores peer cultures and the strangeness of Western childhood. Heavily inspired by work from @dorsaamir.bsky.social and Sheina Lew-Levy :)
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It must be real if it's on jobs.ac.uk...!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ976/p...