If moderation tools were made available only to those who never ever have an unpopular opinion, none of us would have moderation. So I suppose it'd be nice if we stopped the fake incredulity about people using their blocks/mutes as they wish. It's only ever cringe to complain about it.

i resent that netflix won't stop showing me my murdered student's face and i'm unable to hide it from my homepage

“Coming up with universal rules, checklists, or impositions that apply to all of science is futile, and essentially authoritarian.” - @devezer.bsky.social Probably won’t be the most quoted line in the interview but one that I adore. Replace “science” with “people” and it still largely applies!

Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · 2d ago

Q&A with @devezer.bsky.social about metascience, open science, and her work in this area.

it may not be practical or advisable but it is at least plausible that when you're stuck in rooms with a bunch of other weirdos who keep licking each other's asses all day, their butts may indeed end up fairly clean. their mouths tho...

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 21h ago

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4w ago

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

Finally got my camera sensor and lenses professionally cleaned. Hopefully no more smudges or weird spots in my photos for a while 🤞🏼 This alone is a reason to get a different camera for each lens tbh!

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Women Keep Smashing Ultra-Endurance Sports Records Previously Held by Men

In the longest, most punishing global endurance races there are, women have been smashing the records held by men.

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we're back on our bullshit (boat life) for the last couple of weeks this summer. might do a little cruising. sailor cat is ready for new adventures!

yes the jonah hill interview is immensely dunkable but when people go through an intense experience that changes how they view themselves, it takes a while to absorb and assimilate it. until then, it becomes a dominating, all-encompassing force. given the immense fatphobia he must have internalized

> Mark: What’s your take on the replication crisis? > Berna: It’s past time we stopped using the phrase altogether. hear hear!

Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · 2d ago

Q&A with @devezer.bsky.social about metascience, open science, and her work in this area.

Thanks very much for taking the time to do this Berna. It's good to hear some diverse views in this area. I particularly liked your last point about interdisciplinarity and “cross-pollination.” So important for an area like metascience.

And I worry that the movement's messaging could further undermine public trust in science. By fueling the perception that most scientists have something to hide (thus creating the need for transparency). And by feeding the "do your own research" narrative that has undermined trust in scientists. 3/

Price is by far the most legible characteristic in a low-information online marketplace, so yes, people will index on it often. That doesn't mean it's what they *want*. They are satisficing not the object but the process of choosing the object.

Mark has kindly invited me to do this interview. How I got into metascience, how my path diverged from the mainstream and more if you're interested. I enjoyed thinking about his questions. Hope you enjoy reading!

Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · 2d ago

Q&A with @devezer.bsky.social about metascience, open science, and her work in this area.

Perhaps consider placing an order for this awesome book via your library! Mark's thread has some sneak peek into one of the chapters. Here's a preprint of our chapter on exploratory research.

Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Theory and Model Building in Psychology” New book edited by @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social and Alexander Wendt, with chapters by @ufeest.bsky.social, @devezer.bsky.social, @mieronen.bsky.social, and @bringmannlaura.bsky.social. link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

“Theory and Model Building in Psychology” New book edited by @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social and Alexander Wendt, with chapters by @ufeest.bsky.social, @devezer.bsky.social, @mieronen.bsky.social, and @bringmannlaura.bsky.social. link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

wilson's review, while arguably similar in style, is nothing like the apparently normalized ruthlessness in academic peer review, due to the simple fact that nolan's making the movie or its success did not, at all, hinge on her evaluation. so many people being so weird about this is bizarre to me.

tfw you find out that your most loyal post-liker has also been liking all the posts of the worst person you know all along

One of the articles I reviewed this year had a subsection titled 'belonging' and I had to inform the author(s) that none of their data had anything to do with belonging but that was ok, they could call it something else and I even included literature to help build their lit review.

Berna Devezer@devezer.bsky.social · 4d ago

Telling the authors to cut a specific, and particularly controversial, line of argumentation is only one of many paths to pursue but hardly the most plausible one. As a reviewer, I often identify the issues or challenges in my evaluation of a paper, suggest a few alternative paths to address it

Turkish breakfast: A love affair 🥰

jon ben-menachem@jbenmenachem.com · 5d ago

The best breakfast of my life

"And so Arnold began reaching out to other people who said science was untrustworthy and giving them money." A MUST-READ post about open sci/metasci funding, philanthropist agendas, and academic censorship in the name of scientific reform. There's so much I want to quote. Better read it yourself!

Jeff Lockhart@jwlockhart.bsky.social · 5d ago

I wrote about science funding, science reform, and anti-science agendas. scatter.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/s...

if you enjoy deep stretches, this is a killer program. i feel like my whole body is unfeasibly loose rn

35-Min Total Fascia Stretch | Full Body Flexibility Routine

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w/o red meat i'm having difficulty getting enough protein, which is particularly important to avoid losing muscle mass at this age. so i last night made this extra-protein overnight oats and woke up excited to try. a miraculous ~50g protein. sadly it tasted god-awful and i'm never making it again.

nothing that involves human interaction can be orchestrated one-sidedly to preemptively ensure no harm, misunderstanding, changing of minds, blame or guilt. sorry but the whole project is wrong-headed and antithetical to what it means to be a human. there are no formulas, checklists, or guarantees.

Hubby, looking at me intently for a very long moment: You know who you look like right now? Me, expectant and fishing (as I was reading a romance novel): Oh I'm curious, tell me, who? Him, shoving his phone to my face:

BUT, the way to do this is to not "take a stand" for anything, because then you're just an asshole. With romance and sex, we're talking about your most vulnerable self and how you treat other people's most vulnerable selves. A rule of Socratic rigor flies out the window at this point.

i take it as a personal offense that so many people who don't know how to cook, don't respect food, and don't even seem to like food have become food influencers. i don't like this upside down version of the world. it's time to make things make sense again. i demand sense.

I want to be able to perceive this as genuine philosophizing but I can't. It just feels like someone is inventing rules for a game they want to play without having to face consequences if it's not fun for others. Maybe talk to a few women who have had experiences in both flirting and harassment??

Justin Weinberg@dailynous.com · 7d ago

Alex Rails again.

In 2014, we met with old friends in Chamonix for a reunion to attempt Mont Blanc. After a stormy, sleepless night at Tête Rousse, we continued but the weather kept getting worse. Crazy winds & approaching storms. We decided to turn back from Grand Couloir. Four people died on the mountain that day.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm weirdly happy People decided to publish this article. this lady got very close to the peak and decided to turn back because she wasn't totally confident in her technical ability. That's praiseworthy wisdom, and a good example for others. share.google/d8Xi4aZ8aKkW...

It's the unseriousness of the whole thing that gets to me. What is produced as scientific research in one of the top business schools in the country. What they measure and what's being reported have nothing to do with each other. How do they not feel ashamed to circulate this report? (rhetorical)

Stephen Wild@stephenjwild.bsky.social · last wk.

What