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Research by Norman & Green suggests political identity outweighs all other social identities in informing people's attitudes towards others (and the behaviours they project onto others): https://buff.ly/4ielYel

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Jenny Roth and colleagues find that election outcomes may actually ease social tensions. Their study of the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly Elections shows that supporters of the winning party experienced reduced threat and interparty bias. Read the full open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

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At least 12 universities now have hiring freezes and nearly 30 have cut PhD admissions this year If you hear of other places you can add them to this google doc:

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I think the most wrong I have ever been as a political scientist was when I said in a public forum in 2020 that there would not be political violence in the US (Jan 6 was 2 mos later). Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.

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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

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This is about the fifth major university who announced reductions in PhD admissions this week in response to federal research cuts. Absolutely awful for students who are trying to get into grad school right now.

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Want to find happiness? People are happiest having sex, dancing, at a museum, playing sports, gardening, or socializing. People are less happy at work than any of the other 39 activities they reported engaging in (except for being sick in bed) academic.oup.com/ej/article-a...

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How can we reduce racial bias? By changing 5 point rating systems to dichotomous, thumbs up/thumbs down rating, shows a @nature.com paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Elon Musk is cratering in polls: WaPo: Only 34% approve of Musk's role, 63% worry about his data access CNN: 54% say it's bad Musk was given a big role Majorities disapprove of Trump in CNN, WaPo, Gallup. On the pod, @juliaazari.bsky.social is great on all this: newrepublic.com/article/1917...

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Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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@madalina.bsky.social: sample of 63 countries test several interventions to increase climate policy support. Writing letter to future gen is best. Doom & gloom messaging great for increasing sharing but not for increasing support! #spsp2025 #comppsych

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The “free speech absolutist” owner of X doesn’t like the output of the Community Notes program he has previously championed, so he puts his massive thumb on that scale to ensure it’s labels align with his twisted view of reality.

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American science is under attack. This includes everything from cuts to censorship. This will likely have damaging consequences for fields ranging from medical science to agricultral from national defense to economics. See this letter from the Director of the NIH: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

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📣New Paper 📝 in PNAS: Short-term exposure to filter-bubble recommendation systems has limited polarization effects: Naturalistic experiments on YouTube www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Put down the phone! Escape the noise! Taking a break from smartphones: Study confirms its benefits medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02... From study: "The intervention improved mental health, subjective well-being, and objectively measured ability to sustain attention..."

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Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD

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More and more scientists are joining the ranks of fired federal workers—and fighting back through protests, appeals, and legal challenges.

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How do attitudes become moralized? We find that moral conviction spreads between connected attitudes over time. + Those with highly connected belief systems (ideologues) have highly moralized belief systems! Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃

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Alone time can present opportunities to reflect, recharge, and relax, but the US news is 10x more likely to describe being alone as harmful than beneficial. Is this framing exacerbating loneliness? RCGD researcher Ethan Kross coauthors in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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People often evaluate political messages with a partisan bias. This study shows that partisan cues, group identity, and emotional responses drive biased reasoning, even without a real threat, leading to polarized views on policy and political content. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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People who generally experience higher loneliness are more negatively affected by their smartphone use—specifically, social media. This seems to be a risk factor.

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New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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“The goal of Trump--like all autocrats and dictators--is to make you feel that “resistance is futile,” but history shows that people standing up to that leader has inspired others to do the same.” @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social talks with @deanobeidallah.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

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My book False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things that Aren't True is now available and deliverable from Amazon. Please give it a read, spread the word, and consider writing a (hopefully positive) review! www.amazon.com/dp/0197765270/

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As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index. The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe. #journalism #democracy #freepress rsf.org/en/index

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We are demanding way too many documents from job candidates. How about a resume, and perhaps a sample of work with a list of references, like a normal job application? It’s a massive and undue burden on applicants www.chronicle.com/article/were...

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👀New preprint! In 3 prereg experiments we study how engagement-based algorithms amplify ingroup, moral and emotional (IME) content in ways that disrupt social norm learning (and test one solution!) w/ @joshcjackson.bsky.social and my amazing lab managers @merielcd.bsky.social & Silvan Baier 🧵👇

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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Reality: there is a STRONG consensus about what the large and diverse body of evidence says about vaccines! #VaccinesWork Don't let the doubt mongers win. See clarityfoundation.com/be-confident... 🙏

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I am excited to announce that we are launching a new CENTER FOR CONFLICT & COOPERATION @ NYU @newyorkuniversity.bsky.social See our vision and research team here: www.centerconflictcooperation.com Sign up for our newsletter here: jayvanbavellab.substack.com Please spread the word or reach out!

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Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email ([email protected]) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

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