Josh Grubbs
@joshuagrubbsphd.com
Very (un)serious person who, occasionally, makes friends along the way… (also an addiction researcher/psychologist)
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1/43 Ok folks, after much teasing and anticipation, I'm THRILLED to share our new paper in Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. Not gonna lie: I'm proud of this one, and I hope it makes an impact on the field (so please share!).
A thread 🧵👇
A thread 🧵👇
it's always leg day.
September 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
it's always leg day.
One of the things that I am most eternally grateful for about the Montessori schools that our children have always been in has been the persistent emphasis on creative writing 
One of my personal opinions is that we need to be having students at all levels doing more creative writing. The last 20+ of writing instruction seems to have shifted towards more regimented genres of composition, but one outcome has been a detachment from writers encountering their own voice.
September 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
One of the things that I am most eternally grateful for about the Montessori schools that our children have always been in has been the persistent emphasis on creative writing 
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In case you missed it--reposting appreciated.
If you are working with folks who are applying this year, you may also want to know about this handy list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... that @allisonharvey.bsky.social has organized!
If you are working with folks who are applying this year, you may also want to know about this handy list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... that @allisonharvey.bsky.social has organized!
September 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM
In case you missed it--reposting appreciated.
If you are working with folks who are applying this year, you may also want to know about this handy list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... that @allisonharvey.bsky.social has organized!
If you are working with folks who are applying this year, you may also want to know about this handy list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... that @allisonharvey.bsky.social has organized!
So, since starting BJJ a few years ago, I’ve trained really consistently with a Brown belt who is about to be promoted to Black in two months (he’s been training for 10+ years, and, in the gym lingo, I was his pet white belt, and now I’m the one of the blues he gets to regularly murder)
September 16, 2026 at 3:09 AM
So, since starting BJJ a few years ago, I’ve trained really consistently with a Brown belt who is about to be promoted to Black in two months (he’s been training for 10+ years, and, in the gym lingo, I was his pet white belt, and now I’m the one of the blues he gets to regularly murder)
Maybe the real artists pulling out of ed sheerans tour are the friends we made along the way
September 16, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Maybe the real artists pulling out of ed sheerans tour are the friends we made along the way
I am not an AI doomer but Trump telling me that AI doomerism is a hoax makes me question my former position
September 16, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I am not an AI doomer but Trump telling me that AI doomerism is a hoax makes me question my former position
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
September 16, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
Friends, I’ve mentioned before that I use Instagram and reddit for my fitness related hobbies more so than here, and this past week, they have been full of buzz about hyrox and I just wanna encourage all of you not to Google it like I did. 
September 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Friends, I’ve mentioned before that I use Instagram and reddit for my fitness related hobbies more so than here, and this past week, they have been full of buzz about hyrox and I just wanna encourage all of you not to Google it like I did. 
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I'll be reviewing applications for a new student or two for UNC-CH's clinical psychology PhD program! Social anxiety, pain, intensive longitudinal data, all that fun stuff.
What prospective applicants get if they email me (so no need): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lab: tarheels.live/rodelab/
What prospective applicants get if they email me (so no need): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lab: tarheels.live/rodelab/
Welcome to the Rodebaugh Lab Website - Rodebaugh Laboratory
Welcome to the Rodebaugh lab website! Here you can learn about what Dr. Rodebaugh & colleagues are working on and what research is being conducted.
tarheels.live
September 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I'll be reviewing applications for a new student or two for UNC-CH's clinical psychology PhD program! Social anxiety, pain, intensive longitudinal data, all that fun stuff.
What prospective applicants get if they email me (so no need): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lab: tarheels.live/rodelab/
What prospective applicants get if they email me (so no need): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lab: tarheels.live/rodelab/
Credit where credit is due: during the Biden administration I was practically apoplectic with the number of “I did that“ stickers on the gas pumps, blaming Biden for gas prices, and constantly muttering about how the president was not responsible for gas prices, and Trump proved me wrong 
September 15, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Credit where credit is due: during the Biden administration I was practically apoplectic with the number of “I did that“ stickers on the gas pumps, blaming Biden for gas prices, and constantly muttering about how the president was not responsible for gas prices, and Trump proved me wrong 
Boromir.
Fall to redemption in the last hours of his life.
And as great as his last words were in the films, his final words in the book were equally beautiful in a different way.
'I tried to take the Ring from Frodo,' he said. 'I am sorry. I have paid.'
Fall to redemption in the last hours of his life.
And as great as his last words were in the films, his final words in the book were equally beautiful in a different way.
'I tried to take the Ring from Frodo,' he said. 'I am sorry. I have paid.'
Name your fav Lord of the Rings character.
September 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Boromir.
Fall to redemption in the last hours of his life.
And as great as his last words were in the films, his final words in the book were equally beautiful in a different way.
'I tried to take the Ring from Frodo,' he said. 'I am sorry. I have paid.'
Fall to redemption in the last hours of his life.
And as great as his last words were in the films, his final words in the book were equally beautiful in a different way.
'I tried to take the Ring from Frodo,' he said. 'I am sorry. I have paid.'
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
September 15, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
The fact that this bollocks is for rejection sensitivity, one of the nonsense themes that is so popular in TikTok “psychology,” is absolutely consistent with my priors on the whole idea
I have encountered a truly bizarre coding scheme for a survey.
People are asked two 6pt scale items for each of 9 stems (concern & expectancy). The total score is calculated by *multiplying* these two together, then averaging those 9 multiplied terms together
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
People are asked two 6pt scale items for each of 9 stems (concern & expectancy). The total score is calculated by *multiplying* these two together, then averaging those 9 multiplied terms together
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
September 14, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The fact that this bollocks is for rejection sensitivity, one of the nonsense themes that is so popular in TikTok “psychology,” is absolutely consistent with my priors on the whole idea
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I know that authors usually don’t pick headlines, but even then, this one is a bit bold for a piece that literally says “There are currently no scientifically valid biomarkers for any psychiatric condition, with the exception of certain proteins used to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease.”
There’s no blood test or brain scan that can diagnose depression, schizophrenia or other major mental illnesses.
But researchers are hard at work on finding those biological markers. The next edition of psychiatry’s diagnostic manual will start to bring more biology into how we understand
But researchers are hard at work on finding those biological markers. The next edition of psychiatry’s diagnostic manual will start to bring more biology into how we understand
I’m part of the team writing the next bible of psychiatry – for the first time, the DSM will use biology to understand mental disorders
Despite advances in neuroscience, the underlying biology of mental illness has remained elusive. The DSM-6 will attempt to integrate neurobiology into how clinicians diagnose and treat psychiatric conditions.
theconversation.com
August 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I know that authors usually don’t pick headlines, but even then, this one is a bit bold for a piece that literally says “There are currently no scientifically valid biomarkers for any psychiatric condition, with the exception of certain proteins used to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease.”
I was only recently exposed to the Union’s parody of the Confederate song Dixie
It’s savage
“Away down South in the land of traitors
Rattlesnakes and alligators
…
Where cotton's king and men are chattels
Union boys will win the battles”
youtu.be/DhSzuhdIkuE?...
It’s savage
“Away down South in the land of traitors
Rattlesnakes and alligators
…
Where cotton's king and men are chattels
Union boys will win the battles”
youtu.be/DhSzuhdIkuE?...
Union Dixie
YouTube video by Tennessee Ernie Ford - Topic
youtu.be
September 14, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I was only recently exposed to the Union’s parody of the Confederate song Dixie
It’s savage
“Away down South in the land of traitors
Rattlesnakes and alligators
…
Where cotton's king and men are chattels
Union boys will win the battles”
youtu.be/DhSzuhdIkuE?...
It’s savage
“Away down South in the land of traitors
Rattlesnakes and alligators
…
Where cotton's king and men are chattels
Union boys will win the battles”
youtu.be/DhSzuhdIkuE?...
First heavy day since this twinge; kept the deadlifts below 350 for two weeks and the squats around 315…
415 moved well today so I’m optimistic the recovery phase is winding down
415 moved well today so I’m optimistic the recovery phase is winding down
September 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
First heavy day since this twinge; kept the deadlifts below 350 for two weeks and the squats around 315…
415 moved well today so I’m optimistic the recovery phase is winding down
415 moved well today so I’m optimistic the recovery phase is winding down
This has turned into a full two days of conversation
Batman, ALL of the x-men *except* magneto, and every avenger except the Hulk absolutely fail and take the ring
Batman, ALL of the x-men *except* magneto, and every avenger except the Hulk absolutely fail and take the ring
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
September 14, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This has turned into a full two days of conversation
Batman, ALL of the x-men *except* magneto, and every avenger except the Hulk absolutely fail and take the ring
Batman, ALL of the x-men *except* magneto, and every avenger except the Hulk absolutely fail and take the ring
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
September 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
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It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
September 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
Bad: garage door opener stopped working today
Good: I figured out why
Bad: it’s the master logic board
Good: I can buy just the part I need
Bad: the opener is 20 years old and a replacement logic board is more expensive than a whole new opener
Good: I know how to replace the whole opener
Good: I figured out why
Bad: it’s the master logic board
Good: I can buy just the part I need
Bad: the opener is 20 years old and a replacement logic board is more expensive than a whole new opener
Good: I know how to replace the whole opener
Handsome Handy Man's Advice
ALT: Handsome Handy Man's Advice
static.klipy.com
September 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Bad: garage door opener stopped working today
Good: I figured out why
Bad: it’s the master logic board
Good: I can buy just the part I need
Bad: the opener is 20 years old and a replacement logic board is more expensive than a whole new opener
Good: I know how to replace the whole opener
Good: I figured out why
Bad: it’s the master logic board
Good: I can buy just the part I need
Bad: the opener is 20 years old and a replacement logic board is more expensive than a whole new opener
Good: I know how to replace the whole opener
His response? “I know that can’t be true, but that would be a way cooler show.”
Not wrong.
Not wrong.
11yo saw a static ad on Disney+ for the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and asked me what their secrets were and I told him they were all shapeshifting velociraptors
September 13, 2026 at 10:10 PM
His response? “I know that can’t be true, but that would be a way cooler show.”
Not wrong.
Not wrong.
One week in and the browns are at the bottom of the AFC north and at least one thing feels right about the world right now
September 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM
One week in and the browns are at the bottom of the AFC north and at least one thing feels right about the world right now
11yo saw a static ad on Disney+ for the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and asked me what their secrets were and I told him they were all shapeshifting velociraptors
September 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
11yo saw a static ad on Disney+ for the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and asked me what their secrets were and I told him they were all shapeshifting velociraptors
Same but for straight bourbon, a natural disinfectant
Yes, eating raw cookie dough is risky. But if I drink piping hot tea at the same time, it will cook the cookie dough in my stomach.
September 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Same but for straight bourbon, a natural disinfectant