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robareowl.bsky.social

Scientist and writer, parent of twins, Sherlockian. PhD, Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience, CUNY Graduate Center, 2010. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1935/

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Everyone: please add alt text to your images! Not only does it make your post more accessible, but you'll probably get more engagement as many people won't share posts that are missing it. You can set up a reminder by going to Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 2 days ago • 852 comments

Public comments are open for gender marker changes for trans people on passports. DS-11 Application for passport: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... DS-82 Passport Renewal: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... DS-5504 Name Change and Corrections. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

School play gets canceled for "inappropriate content". In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival. www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...

submitted 5 days ago • 93 comments

I didn’t expect to spend 2025 thinking so much about “Civilization and its Discontents,” but here we are.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Every decision, every EO, every cabinet confirmation, every action has a common end result: death. I mean, so many of them are Nazis, it’s not surprising. I just don’t know how many people can be persuaded by this - people for whom death is an unintended consequence - when so many seem to desire it.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

My undergrad college, now sadly closed, required all students to take a statistics class, and a professional ethics class. The more time passes, the wiser this seems. I’m convinced that some grounding in these two subjects is necessary, urgent for a functional, technologically advanced society.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Information hygiene request - please circulate & take action. I’m getting bombarded with frantic fragments. Information flow is crucial right now, and every link in the chain matters. This is a concrete place where you can play a massive role in improving transmission. Start with SIFT method:

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

What’s your sign?

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments