🚨New Working Paper!🚨 How do Americans mentally map political coalitions? We often talk as if U.S. politics is just two sorted camps. But when people think about which groups go with which, the picture is more complicated. 🧵👇

The Pentagon removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from their official list of Iran war casualties. They explain that this is because "their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...

Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article)

Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.

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"Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19" by @mzinshteyn.bsky.social apnews.com/article/cali...

White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...

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Despite their oversight role, FCC members have accepted pricey gala tickets from CBS or its parent company, now Paramount. Seven of the 10 commissioners who served since 2016 accepted tickets worth more than $260,000, ProPublica found.

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals

Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...

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So weird how many times spousal abuse is an indicator of even deeper problems that erupt later. If only we could take spousal abuse more seriously as a society. But of course we can't. Sorry, no. Why? Reasons.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3w ago

MAINE— Killer ICE Agent’s ex: “He wanted me to lie about his character. I won’t. He abused me and my daughter… I’ve waited years to speak my truth, and now a man is dead.” They are hiring the worst of the worst.

New meta by @peterhaehner.bsky.social et al (I'm a little middle author) on individual differences in personality change across the lifespan (229 studies, N = 230k) 10.1037/bul0000525 Cool finding (imo): For all Big Five, variance in change is greatest in youth, declining through young adulthood!

Looking to work with a postdoc. Prior experience with fMRI and computational modeling required, interest in psychiatry desired. Fellowship provides three years salary plus independent travel/equipment funds. Send CV and 2-3 manuscripts (preprints OK).

Congrats to @kyleflaw.com, Seoyeon Bae, Liane Young, and @stysyropoulos.bsky.social on their new article in Political Psychology. "Ideological differences in moral concern reflect circle expansion, not inversion" tests the claim that liberals prioritize strangers over their own communities. cont'd

Networking and community connection are important features of the Division 8 program at #APA2026. Join fellow SPSP members and members of other APA divisions for a social hour during the APA Convention! Learn more: https://ow.ly/TfRu50ZlGLi

One year down at Lehigh! 🎉 This year we built the lab, did some cool science, and sent out our very first newsletter (tinyurl.com/5n978emu). I'm also excited to share that I'll be recruiting a PhD student this cycle! If you know any trainees who might be a great fit, please send them my way!

Our latest investigation: How giant trucks and SUVs are far deadlier for pedestrians. “Before the driver knows what’s happened, the pedestrian’s head is under the wheel.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

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The NYU department of psychology is also reinstating the GRE as a requirement for PHD admissions. I heard Yale and Harvard are as well. Now Penn too. If you are applying to psych PHD programs this year be sure to take the exam.

Daniel P. Moriarity@dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨University of Pennsylvania will be re-instating the GRE as a requirement for Psychology PhD admissions for the coming cycle 🚨

our june newsletter is live, featuring Randy Lee! check it out: marginaliascience.substack.com/p/newsletter...

newsletter: june 2026

meet this month's guest editor, Randy Lee!

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9/ Her family was outraged by all the obstacles in her way. “If I took my dog to a vet and it had this problem, that dog would get better treatment,” her stepfather said. Her sister Rowe wracked her brain for ways to help. Then it struck her.

In a small study, an experimental gene-editing treatment dramatically lowered cholesterol levels after just one infusion, scientists reported on Monday. If confirmed in larger studies, researchers hope the findings may lead to a one-and-done way to prevent heart disease in large numbers of people.

One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible.

A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug seemed to reduce LDL long-term in a small trial. The results may point to something “curative,” one expert said.

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Converting to Catholicism so I can tell my bosses using unregulated AI is against my religion and I will sue them like that cake lady who hated gay people if they make me use it

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2mo ago

Pope Leo XIV called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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This is one of the most exciting pieces of science I have had the privilege to be involved in, led by @rui-xu.bsky.social‬, Bob Desimone, and Mark Richardson: the discovery of actual long-range monosynaptic connections in the human brain! For example the FFA connects to the rTPJ, how cool is that?

Rui Xu@rui-xu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New preprint as my first post! "Monosynaptic connections link functionally similar regions in human cortex." We use electrical stimulation + fMRI in epilepsy patients to map whole-brain monosynaptic connectivity at 42 cortical sites. doi.org/10.64898/202... 1/n

NEW: Records released tonight show that Reynolds, makers of Vuse vapes, gave $5 Million to MAGA Inc. days before the FDA wrote a policy that could allow them to make millions selling flavored vapes. Via @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...

A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision

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Hiring! Athulya Aravind and I are looking for a full-time Postgraduate Associate at Yale (Linguistics/Psychology). The position is designed as preparation for PhD applications in linguistics, cog sci, or psychology, including structured mentoring and research training. tinyurl.com/mrxjya5t

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com There are many reasons to block the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros., Mark Ruffalo and Matt Stoller write. But first, Hollywood must overcome its “deep, ugly and pervasive fear of speaking out.”

Opinion | The Paramount Merger Can (and Should) Be Stopped

It’s not too late to stop the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. And we have a blueprint for how to win.

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Scores of CDC employees, including those undergoing cancer treatment, or who have severe mobility issues or serious bowel disorders have been told they cannot work from home. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/h...

Employees With Medical Conditions Challenge C.D.C. In-Office Requirement

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Yay for publishing null results! We didn't find an effect of *character* gender on kids' expectations or evaluations of empathy, but we did find one effect of participant gender: girls valued empathy more than boys in character evaluations. Maybe a clue about about the origins of later stereotypes?

Alexis Smith-Flores@asmithflores.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 New paper w/ honors student Majo Guerrero & @lindseypowell.bsky.social: 4–7-year-olds did not expect girls to be more empathic than boys, nor did they judge girls more harshly for counter-empathizing, suggesting stereotypes about empathy may emerge later in development. doi.org/10.1080/1524...

🎉 New paper w/ honors student Majo Guerrero & @lindseypowell.bsky.social: 4–7-year-olds did not expect girls to be more empathic than boys, nor did they judge girls more harshly for counter-empathizing, suggesting stereotypes about empathy may emerge later in development. doi.org/10.1080/1524...

Examining Gender Differences in Children’s Reasoning About Empathy

This study investigated whether children exhibit gendered expectations and evaluations of empathy, exploring the developmental origins of stereotypes observed in adults. A sample of 112 children (M...

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Just a friendly reminder that I'll be hosting an @spspnews.bsky.social virtual workshop on summer internships and other professional opportunities in industry tomorrow (5/8) from 3–4pm ET. Please RSVP here! (registration link issue has been resolved): community.spsp.org/events/j7Tzz...

Nathan Liang@nathanliang.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm excited to share that I'll be hosting an SPSP Free-Form Fridays session next Friday (5/8) from 3–4pm ET on navigating summer internships (and professional opportunities, broadly!) in industry. Big thanks to @spspnews.bsky.social for organizing! spsp.org/professional...

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: President Trump has responded to ticket prices for the USMNT’s World Cup opener against Paraguay in June by saying he “wouldn’t pay it either.”

Trump says he ‘wouldn’t pay it either’ in response to USMNT World Cup ticket prices

FIFA, world football’s governing body, has been widely criticised for ticket prices at this summer’s tournament.

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This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

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This is such incredible bullshit. I am alive, thriving, and writing books on health policy/politics thanks to antidepressants. Antidepressants aren't for everyone, but they can be literal lifesavers. Attacking their prescribing & use is stigmatizing and dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants

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Where did this year's #psychjobs market end up? Thanks to an unusually high number late postings, not as bad as it was looking earlier in the year. Still, this is the smallest number of jobs posted since 2012, representing a 26% decline from last year (~2/3rds the size of the covid drop in 2020).

Mark Thornton@markthornton.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Another ~monthly update on the state of the #psychjobs market: more jobs continue to trickle in, though at a decreasing pace. We've nearly hit parity with covid in absolute terms, although the prior year baseline was higher this year than that, so we still see a slightly larger relative decrease.

$2.45 billion NIH grant cuts and ~2300 terminated active research grants were DOGE'd in early 2025 Who were most affected? www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... Early career and women researchers