TFW you have to give a final push to cross off a few more tasks from your list before your vacation.
Christiana Varda
@civi.bsky.social
I spend most of my time thinking and writing about how people think about knowledge claims encountered on social media. Expect to see posts about dogs, indie movies and books. And musings/occasional rants. Based in Cyprus. (She/Her)
My pet peeve? Transcripts that have not been formatted at all.
A kitten foster has turned into a kitten adoption. I'm finally starting to get all the cat memes. Consider this your warning.
Here we are again: About to edit a manuscript I now officially hate. It took everything to open that document again.
"Escapism, it turns out, isn’t always avoidance. Sometimes it’s a way back to yourself." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...
Opinion | The Subversive Joy of BookTok
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It was so nice to meet @vea.bsky.social over coffee IRL today. It honestly felt like I traveled back in time to the good old days when social media fostered connection rather than division.
Somehow it seems I am (yet again) monumentally behind on life. Maybe it's just pre-conference stress.
When your tiny speck of a country makes it into the script, as an obscure reference. It always catches me by surprise and makes me feel seen. Also, Kathryn Hahn as a half Cypriot? I'm on board. 🥰 #Cyprus #TheStudio
Simply beautiful. Unapologetically hopeful. It was the perfect start to my day. In Defense of Despair www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...
In Defense of Despair
The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.
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When you agree to a review, but they don't tell you in advance that you basically have 10 days to do it.
Discovering a special issue on a topic you're immensely interested in, feels akin to receiving a love letter.
🎉 Publication alert! The study reports how trust in scientists varies across countries, considering individual and country-level factors. It also examines people's normative perceptions of science in society and policy making and which issues should be prioritized in science. Key findings:👇🧵
Viktoria Cologna@colognaviktoria.bsky.social · 2y agoOur global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳 With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
Sharing this on behalf of #EARLI SIG 20 'Inquiry Learning', for which I'm JURE Coordinator. We're kicking off 2025 with a new webinar series called "IBL Behind the Scenes". Our first webinar is on 23 January 2025. Registration (and abstract): forms.gle/JdtkRuKwk8VZ...
A lot of the “free speech!” people seem to think their speech stops being free as soon as someone else is free to call BS
Nina Jankowicz@ninajankowicz.com · 2y agoPS fact checks don’t suppress speech, fact checks are actually MORE SPEECH. /end
Two salient facts about Facebook replacing its fact-checking program with community notes: (1) community notes are cheaper. (2) the incoming political regime dislikes fact-checking. So community notes are less trouble. The rest is just framing. Zuck's sole principle is to do what's best for Zuck.
Brian Fung@brianfung.me · 2y agoZuckerberg says Meta plans to eliminate its fact-checking program, move content moderators to Texas to address claims of bias, raise the bar for enforcing its terms and lift certain “restrictions” on immigration and gender talk. Huge shift in platform policy.
Over the past 4–5 years, Facebook has sunset tools (chiefly CrowdTangle) used by researchers and journalists, made data difficult and expensive to get, and iced out academics studying disinformation. Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
If you care about learning, the theories that describe it, and how to improve and apply those theories to educational contexts, then you need to read this by @mattbernacki.bsky.social article! (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky https://buff.ly/3Pn7Dj4
And against all odds, I decided to decorate the house for Xmas. Now I really feel like winter break is fast approaching!
Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!
I'm gonna push myself to write another section of this chapter, and then I'll go out and celebrate with a beer or two. I'm so ready for a vacation, honestly.
It's been a tough, long week, made worse by the spiraling existential crisis set forth by my morning tea routine.
In a recent video, Cypriot MEP Phidias Panagiotou describes the election of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, as undemocratic. However, he overlooks key aspects of the election process in the video, rendering the claim unfounded. More information: bit.ly/4g0mzz0
TFW you need to face the blank page and start writing the manuscript. How's your Monday?
Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half full. Influencer: OMG, you guys! I'm using this glass and let me tell you--it's changed my life!