Beth continues to kick ass. So glad this kind of permanent academic position exists in metascience, and so glad @bethclarke.bsky.social is paving the way. Hopefully there will be lots more departments adding metasciencey people like her in the years to come! A pretty smart move if you ask me.

Beth Clarke@bethclarke.bsky.social · last mo.

Very excited to announce that I’ll be joining @zpid.bsky.social in Trier, Germany as a tenure-track Jun.-Prof. in Psychological Metascience in November! 🤸🏻‍♀️✨

Very excited to announce that I’ll be joining @zpid.bsky.social in Trier, Germany as a tenure-track Jun.-Prof. in Psychological Metascience in November! 🤸🏻‍♀️✨

Psychology researchers: Got questions about what kinds of submissions we’re looking for at Psych Science (the journal)? (Short answer: empirical research in any area of psychology!) If you’re at #APS26BCN, stop by the APS booth in the exhibit hall between 4-5pm today to chat with me!

At #wcri2026, @brandonstell.bsky.social makes the point that the “happy face” version of PubPeer didn’t really take off, but that makes sense bc authors of journal articles already hype their work to the max, so there’s often only one direction post publication comments can go, realistically (down).

[Taking a tiny break from Iran-war-induced social media avoidance.] Seeing smart people with a platform express clear & well-articulated indignation is surprisingly reassuring. Thank you to those in the US who keep fighting for humanity. [If it’s ok I’ll go back to hiding now.]

Has transparency improved in clinical psychology? New cross sectional study from us (Bianca Kotoulas, Justine Blackwell & me). Adoption of transparent research practices has increased between 2012, 2018, & 2024, but aside from coi and funding disclosures, they remain uncommon osf.io/preprints/ps...

We're thrilled to open registration for the Utrecht Replication Games. The event will be at the at the University of Utrecht on June 4th. Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...

Excited and nervous for this event tomorrow. Come in person in Berlin, or join online! www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...

Einstein Foundation Berlin@einsteinberlin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

2025 #EinsteinFoundationAward winners' colloquium w/ + @simine.com, psychologist @unimelb.edu.au + Olavo Amaral, coordinator BRI/@redebrrepro.bsky.social + Max Sprang, bioinformatician @unimainz.bsky.social March 13 at @bihatcharite.bsky.social & online www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...

I’m impressed. A nice example of how to handle this with transparency and honesty. Carroll makes a strong case for accountability. This thread makes clear that it’s reasonable to expect some explanation and soul-searching from those who were connected with Epstein.

Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hey, my name is in the Epstein files! I've told the story before, but should probably re-up. TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no. It's not that hard to just say no.

Need a bit of happy news in your timeline? I haven’t read the full report yet, but this thread makes me happy. @tomhardwicke.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social @i4replication.bsky.social

Ana Martinovici@anamartinovici.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This sparks so much joy: "We would like to acknowledge that the original study was first reproduced by the Psychological Science STAR team, who confirmed the computational reproducibility of the results."

Academics: If you’re trying to make sense of how people you know knew Epstein, it’s book agent John Brockman. He’s savvy enough to lay low, but we should be talking about him. Friends don’t let friends sign with Brockman. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pete... And newrepublic.com/article/1548...

How Jeffrey Epstein Bankrolled An Exclusive Intellectual Boys Club And Reaped The Benefits

The Edge Foundation runs what has been called the “world’s smartest website” and held annual “billionaires’ dinners.” It was also financed by Jeffrey Epstein and gave him access to elite circles in sc...

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Just out—a piece I wrote a piece for the APS Observer (@psychscience.bsky.social) in which I share recommendations and resources for running a research lab at a small, liberal arts college. I hope it helps others in the same boat! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

How to Set Up and Run an Undergraduate Research Lab

APS Fellow Julia Strand offers resources and recommendations to run a productive research lab.

psychologicalscience.org

Don Lemon’s Arrest Is a Five-Alarm Fire Moment slate.com/news-and-pol...

Don Lemon’s Arrest Is a Five-Alarm Fire Moment

Late Thursday night, former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents at the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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“many communities in war zones in other countries have outlasted their oppressors. Americans are learning and doing what civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades” theconversation.com/anti-ice-pro... Excellent piece by @oliverkaplan.bsky.social

Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities

Americans are learning and doing the kind of work that civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades: dealing with threats by organizing to help protect their neighbors and communities.

theconversation.com

Oliver Kaplan@oliverkaplan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I wrote something... Hope it’s helpful ☮️ I’ve studied Nonviolent protection movements in war zones for 2 decades. Here’s what I’m seeing in the U.S. theconversation.com/anti-ice-pro...

so ALL of these children just magically *have* orange slices after EVERY soccer game??? ok George Soros

Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day

📅 Mark your calendars for #SIPS2027! The 2027 SIPS conference, organized in collaboration with the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science @aimosinc.bsky.social, will be held in November at the University of Melbourne, Australia. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Yep. This angle shows that what Bovino said — and what Trump, Miller, and DHS wrote —are lies. They’ve again murdered someone trying to help neighbors, and are again slandering that person. Not to cover anything up, but to project their power and impunity. To suppress dissent, and to set an example.

Nicole Foy@nicolefoy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Greg Bovino of Border Patrol begins press conference just now reading the previous DHS statement describing (among other things) Alex Pretti approaching agents in a way that is directly contradicted by footage in this video www.youtube.com/live/_zA-3M-...

I don’t think it’s a complete coincidence that, yesterday, so many of us around the world were in awe of what Minneapolis was doing, and, today, the government brutally murdered one of those courageous people, just to show us they could. They think they’ll scare us into submission. They’re wrong.

Thrilled to share our new paper introducing “validity potential” versus “realised validity” as a key distinction for psychological measurement, with @davidmkaplanx.bsky.social, Alexander Gillett, @suttonprofessor.bsky.social, and @robert-m-ross.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Rethinking psychological measurement: Validity potential versus realised validity

We propose a concept of validity with a novel feature that we argue can facilitate improved measurement validation practices in the psychological scie…

sciencedirect.com

That’s “below-zero temperatures” in Fahrenheit. -22 in degrees Celsius. Minneapolis, you’re amazing.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 6mo ago

Thousands of people have been gathering outside the U.S. Bank Stadium amid subzero temperatures for a march against the federal government’s immigration crackdown.

Comparing registrations to published papers is essential to research integrity - and almost no one does it routinely because it's slow, messy, and time-demanding. RegCheck was built to help make this process easier. Today, we launch RegCheck V2. 🧵 regcheck.app

RegCheck

RegCheck is an AI tool to compare preregistrations with papers instantly.

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Following the news from Iran and Minnesota. It shouldn’t require so much courage just to live. I’m in awe of the people fighting to protect each other and their communities.

The rarest of sights - a big glossy journal publishing negative replications! Yes, we had to bundle 4 replications into one article AND we had to wait 2 (!!) years in peer review, but here we are: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Data sharing helps avoid “smoking gun” claims of topological milestones

Manipulating the topology of electronic bands can realize new states of matter, with possible implications for information technology. A central question is how to tell whether a topological regime ha...

science.org

After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data. If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition. eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...

WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried

If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...

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Some trees around the Sydney area. I love them.

New post! There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost. Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...

Medical breakthroughs in 2025

... and a happy new year.

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What should psychology journals do about this? What’s a reasonable policy/standard to apply to research using online data collection methods?

Dan Goldstein@dggoldst.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We need better ways to tell computers and humans apart Article: The potential existential threat of large language models to online survey research www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Sydney, and Australia, are still grieving the attack on our Jewish community. Since moving to Australia, one of my favorite things about it is that I feel so safe here. It’s devastating to know that that feeling has been taken away for our Jewish friends and neighbors. I’m so sorry.

We all need something uplifting right now, especially in Sydney. Here is “an absolute bloody legend” (according to his owner, but I agree):

Congratulations to @bethclarke.bsky.social on her PhD graduation!! It’s been amazing watching you become the incredible scholar that you are, thanks for letting me come along for the ride! You’re the best! 🎉🥂🌟