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Dr H!A! Passmore
@hapassmore.bsky.social
Director of the Nature-Meaning in Life Research Lab, Associate Professor & Department Chair - Psychology, Concordia University of Edmonton. Researching nature, meaning in life, ecoanxiety. website at https://nmil.ca
Fun conversation w/Sian Simpson for her Bountiful Poscast series. We spoke about common misconceptions about nature engagement, the role of boredom in fostering creativity and meaning, the concept of "enough," living at human speed, and how nature is part of a bountiful life. youtu.be/rFngRqLSBHo
What Nature Teaches Us About Living a Good Life with Holli-Anne Passmore
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The rapid proliferation of services powered by artificial intelligence, ranging from the genuinely useful to the frivolous to the unnecessary, has a common element: the need for vast amounts of electricity and water for the data centers that make them possible.
The Unsustainable Strain Of AI’s Insatiable Power Needs
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how electric cars could get much cheaper and Rivian’s RJ Scaringe on China’s EV price advantage
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Nature Relatedness Usefully Links Well-Being, the Environment, and Sustainability. The title says it all. Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access). @hapassmore.bsky.social @sagepub.com journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Two new RCT articles out testing nature-based wellbeing interventions against the most popular Positive Psychology Intervention: 3 Good Things. In both studies, nature-based interventions boosted wb without spending more time in nature, & boosted unique aspects of wb. nmil.ca/pubs/article...
Dr H!A! Passmore : Publications
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We started a company to provide enterprise-level support for open-source statistical software @jaspstats.bsky.social . Our website with the mission and offers just went online! Is your business paying large licensing fees for statistical software? Are you looking for a change? Check it out!
JASP - A Fresh Way to Do Statistics
JASP is an open-source statistics program that is free, friendly, and flexible. Armed with an easy-to-use GUI, JASP allows both classical and Bayesian analyses.
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JASP Services@jasp-services.com · last yr.Hello world! We are a new company that provides support for organizations and industries who use the JASP open-source stats program. Check out our website www.jasp-services.com and our first blog post www.jasp-services.com/first-post/ Know companies using commercial stats software? Share this info!🙂
Hello world! We are a new company that provides support for organizations and industries who use the JASP open-source stats program. Check out our website www.jasp-services.com and our first blog post www.jasp-services.com/first-post/ Know companies using commercial stats software? Share this info!🙂
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A fantastic piece by @caseycrownhart.bsky.social + @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social at @technologyreview.com On why the total lack of disclosure from tech companies means we have to rely on estimates - and even those conservative estimates are huge. Imagine what the actual numbers are.........
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
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"I've not been using my brain as much....I’m worried about the impact of AI, but I’m not worried about the jobs, I’m worried about losing my mental sharpness." An excellent essay on the limits of AI coding. (Thanks to @mjcrockett.bsky.social for sending me this.) albertofortin.com/writing/codi...
After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain • albertofortin.com
I've been building MVPs and SaaS products for 15 years. Let's work together on your next project.
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New article - woo! (opensource) Passmore, H.-A., Lumber, R., Niemiec, R., & Sofen, L. I. (2025). Creating kinship with nature and boosting well-being: Testing two novel character strengths-based nature connectedness interventions. Journal of Happiness Studies, 26(71). doi.org/10.1007/s109...
Creating Kinship with Nature and Boosting Well-Being: Testing Two Novel Character Strengths-Based Nature Connectedness Interventions - Journal of Happiness Studies
We tested the efficacy of engaging in two novel randomized interventions based on character strengths and engaging with nature on boosting nature connectedness and well-being. In Study 1 (N = 134, int...
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Message from Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation to Danielle Smith - "Pack up your bag and go. You're not welcome here anymore" #cdnpoli
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
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Changing the narrative on testing… @katyburgess.bsky.social on why retrieval is key to learning. #exams #revision www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Changing the narrative on testing | BPS
Katy Burgess on why retrieval is key to learning.
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It's bonkers that in academic science we spend hours obsessing over the wording of a paper, but often only one person has seen the code that produced the results! 2/N
Microsoft is spending about 6x the annual budget of the entire NSF on building more server farms.
Techmeme@techmeme.com · last yr.Microsoft's Q3 capex rose 52.9% YoY to $21.4B, vs. $22.4B est.; Microsoft reiterated this month that it would spend $80B on its data center build-out this year (Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Emotions can be driven by our gut. Early evidence suggesting aggression may originate in the liver. More evidence of #BrainGut connection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exploring the metabolic signature of intermittent explosive disorder: Preliminary evidence and potential mechanisms for altered bilirubin metabolism
Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is characterized by impulsive aggression and emotional dysregulation, yet its systemic biological underpinnings …
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We have SO many greats events in the next week or two! Sign up for the next #ClimateCafe to get a taste! www.eventbrite.com/e/1302336075...
May 7, 2025 Climate Cafe by CPA-NA
Join us to share feelings around climate change to reduce isolation.
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Researchers have been pointing out that these systems are probably “bags of heuristics” from the very beginning but pointing it out early literally cost some of them their jobs.
Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · last yr.It’s kinda funny / harrowing that LLMs didn’t get smarter or less brute-force-y, we just got better graphics cards, and more comfortable with wasting obscene energy on what still remains the most overrated madlibs ever. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-...
Intuitive finding but important one for urban greening programmes: “… adding greenspace in areas with the least nature yielded 1·4–1·7… times greater health benefits than uniform increases; adding greenspace to areas with the densest populations yielded 2·7 times greater health benefits”
Greg Fell@felly500.bsky.social · last yr.Green space / health gain Health impact assessment www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Let’s protect Ontario’s bike lanes in this provincial election. Call on all parties to #ReverseBill212! @GreenpeaceCA act.gp/3WLGdrw
Stop the removal of Ontario’s bike lanes
Call on all parties running in the Ontario election to reverse Bill 212
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I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it. Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You. Done.
I am hiring a PhD student on the meaningful interpretation of effect sizes as part of my VICI funded project. This is a 4 year paid position in a welcoming and collaborative environment. Find out more or apply at www.tue.nl/werken-bij-t...
PhD on Metascience
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I have been accused many times of caring more about entertaining students than educating them - it's so demonstrably false as to be laughable but I could never get past not recognising that everyone's job is easier and learning happens more successfully... 1/2 #AcademicSky
One of the most frequent questions I get is how to measure pro-environmental behaviors. I always reply: what is the research question? Finally, someone has provided a flowchart to help. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Florian Lange, 2025: Measurement approaches in climate action research 1/2
Measurement approaches in climate action research
Behavioral scientists across disciplines study the determinants of climate actions. They aim to describe, predict, explain, and change the behavioral …
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Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.