paolo
@paolopalma.bsky.social
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New paper from me, out soon in Behavior Research Methods: I'm a lil bit obsessed with good online recruitment and the result is this side-quest paper that made use of data we had collected that recruited people online in three ways (met them on Zoom, validated their email, and Prolific).
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Engagement begins at recruitment: Comparing videoconference verification to passive online screening for participant retention and study engagement: https://osf.io/5qe6c
September 18, 2026 at 4:59 PM
New paper from me, out soon in Behavior Research Methods: I'm a lil bit obsessed with good online recruitment and the result is this side-quest paper that made use of data we had collected that recruited people online in three ways (met them on Zoom, validated their email, and Prolific).
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they added guns to fire emblem
September 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
they added guns to fire emblem
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This is an *excellent* post on cluster analysis. If you ever thought about applying cluster, latent class or latent profile analysis to psychological scales, you absolutely should read this!>
New blog post: "Cluster analysis: A skeptic’s guide".
In which I ask a few questions that social scientists wishing to identify hidden classes in their data ought to address.
janhove.github.io/posts/2026-0...
In which I ask a few questions that social scientists wishing to identify hidden classes in their data ought to address.
janhove.github.io/posts/2026-0...
September 18, 2026 at 8:23 AM
This is an *excellent* post on cluster analysis. If you ever thought about applying cluster, latent class or latent profile analysis to psychological scales, you absolutely should read this!>
What value are you actually bringing as a mentor if you do this. It would’ve been more helpful to not say anything
September 18, 2026 at 4:29 AM
What value are you actually bringing as a mentor if you do this. It would’ve been more helpful to not say anything
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I'm honored to receive the 2026 Early Career Impact Award from FABBS, nominated by SESP. I'm grateful to all the mentors, collaborators, & lab members who make the work possible.🙏
Check out the spotlight on our research exploring interventions to address discrimination: fabbs.org/news/2026/09...
Check out the spotlight on our research exploring interventions to address discrimination: fabbs.org/news/2026/09...
September 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I'm honored to receive the 2026 Early Career Impact Award from FABBS, nominated by SESP. I'm grateful to all the mentors, collaborators, & lab members who make the work possible.🙏
Check out the spotlight on our research exploring interventions to address discrimination: fabbs.org/news/2026/09...
Check out the spotlight on our research exploring interventions to address discrimination: fabbs.org/news/2026/09...
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💡Postdoc Spotlight: Dr. Ngozi Joe-Ikechebelu
Having joined the CTN+ in 2025 as the first Jacquie Sas Postdoctoral Fellow, she's using her role to take a deep dive into the knowledge and practices around HIV #PrEP among Nigerian Youth in Nigeria and Canada.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4rfMTMl
Having joined the CTN+ in 2025 as the first Jacquie Sas Postdoctoral Fellow, she's using her role to take a deep dive into the knowledge and practices around HIV #PrEP among Nigerian Youth in Nigeria and Canada.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4rfMTMl
September 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
💡Postdoc Spotlight: Dr. Ngozi Joe-Ikechebelu
Having joined the CTN+ in 2025 as the first Jacquie Sas Postdoctoral Fellow, she's using her role to take a deep dive into the knowledge and practices around HIV #PrEP among Nigerian Youth in Nigeria and Canada.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4rfMTMl
Having joined the CTN+ in 2025 as the first Jacquie Sas Postdoctoral Fellow, she's using her role to take a deep dive into the knowledge and practices around HIV #PrEP among Nigerian Youth in Nigeria and Canada.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4rfMTMl
delays shipping the new fire emblem game I know this is trump’s doing….
September 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
delays shipping the new fire emblem game I know this is trump’s doing….
did people rediscover starter packs bc whats going on
September 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
did people rediscover starter packs bc whats going on
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Urban trees have different allometries to those in woodland, meaning that standard diameter-based estimates greatly over-estimate the potential for carbon storage. New paper by Davenport et al. 🧪🌍🌲 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Urban trees have different allometries to those in woodland, meaning that standard diameter-based estimates greatly over-estimate the potential for carbon storage. New paper by Davenport et al. 🧪🌍🌲 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Pitching a new series: The Wire (Mother)
Netflix has announced a new reality series titled ‘THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT’.
The series follows 30 participants who enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. They must see if they conform to the roles or if morality wins.
The series follows 30 participants who enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. They must see if they conform to the roles or if morality wins.
September 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Pitching a new series: The Wire (Mother)
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promise kept
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
September 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM
promise kept
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🚨New WP: Protecting users from AI persuasion🚨
🔸A 1-paragraph AI literacy treatment (explaining AIs can be told to pursue non-accuracy goals/to persuade) cuts AI dialogue political persuasion by ~half!
🔸No sig effect on general genAI trust
arxiv.org/abs/2609.16432
w/ @rorchinik.bsky.social
🔸A 1-paragraph AI literacy treatment (explaining AIs can be told to pursue non-accuracy goals/to persuade) cuts AI dialogue political persuasion by ~half!
🔸No sig effect on general genAI trust
arxiv.org/abs/2609.16432
w/ @rorchinik.bsky.social
September 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
🚨New WP: Protecting users from AI persuasion🚨
🔸A 1-paragraph AI literacy treatment (explaining AIs can be told to pursue non-accuracy goals/to persuade) cuts AI dialogue political persuasion by ~half!
🔸No sig effect on general genAI trust
arxiv.org/abs/2609.16432
w/ @rorchinik.bsky.social
🔸A 1-paragraph AI literacy treatment (explaining AIs can be told to pursue non-accuracy goals/to persuade) cuts AI dialogue political persuasion by ~half!
🔸No sig effect on general genAI trust
arxiv.org/abs/2609.16432
w/ @rorchinik.bsky.social
resting b*tch face so bad they told me to smile for my passport photo…
September 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
resting b*tch face so bad they told me to smile for my passport photo…
I’m excited to announce that I’ve been asked to speak at the Ed Sheeran tour 😃 i hope nothing controversial has happened
September 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I’m excited to announce that I’ve been asked to speak at the Ed Sheeran tour 😃 i hope nothing controversial has happened
applying to the same department every year with a slightly different focus because it’s the only one that consistently hires
September 15, 2026 at 2:02 AM
applying to the same department every year with a slightly different focus because it’s the only one that consistently hires
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I am declaring war on 82% of bluesky with this
October 29, 2024 at 1:15 AM
I am declaring war on 82% of bluesky with this
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Trump Promises Americans $5,000 If GOP Maintains Control Of Congress https://theonion.com/trump-promises-americans-5000-if-gop-maintains-control-of-congress/
September 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Trump Promises Americans $5,000 If GOP Maintains Control Of Congress https://theonion.com/trump-promises-americans-5000-if-gop-maintains-control-of-congress/
I was gonna say Hank Hill but information from the new season makes me believe he has too much ambition. Dale on the other hand sits in the "weird m#therf#cker group" where he becomes obsessed by the ring, but it is not due to the ring's influence and the ring is actually trying to escape
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
September 14, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I was gonna say Hank Hill but information from the new season makes me believe he has too much ambition. Dale on the other hand sits in the "weird m#therf#cker group" where he becomes obsessed by the ring, but it is not due to the ring's influence and the ring is actually trying to escape
SpongeBob
I think the inverse is fun think about two — which simple minded, lovable character would fail immediately an spectacularly (Lloyd Christmas)
September 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
SpongeBob
*not understanding causal inference* oh good i’m in the age group most commonly represented in academia (35-68) so that’ll help with my job apps
“Just 1.7 per cent of professors were 65 or older in 2000. By 2024, that proportion had risen to 12.1 per cent. One-quarter of full-time Canadian academic staff are now over age 60, while less than 15 per cent are under 40. There are now more professors aged 69 or older than under 35.”
September 13, 2026 at 11:29 PM
*not understanding causal inference* oh good i’m in the age group most commonly represented in academia (35-68) so that’ll help with my job apps
Ok is every psychologist dabbling in fraud doing a bit
Reviews point out that it reads like AI slop, so I checked.
The book contains 58 references to scientific articles and books. At least 6 are completely hallucinated. Several other are articles irrelevant to the claim.
This is ironic given the author's public statements regarding AI and its misuse.
The book contains 58 references to scientific articles and books. At least 6 are completely hallucinated. Several other are articles irrelevant to the claim.
This is ironic given the author's public statements regarding AI and its misuse.
September 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Ok is every psychologist dabbling in fraud doing a bit
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The AI industry claims their products will "improve efficiency" and "accelerate science" but I'm able to do less science because I have to spend more time screening applicants to my lab. LLM noise drowns out signal- last year I shortlisted unqualified apps, and surely missed some gems.
You’ve also hit on why the tech sector is broken. Post a job on any job board and you have 500 resumes generated off of your exact job description by the end of the day. Companies still need good engineers and there are a ton of good engineers looking for jobs but they can’t connect anymore
September 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The AI industry claims their products will "improve efficiency" and "accelerate science" but I'm able to do less science because I have to spend more time screening applicants to my lab. LLM noise drowns out signal- last year I shortlisted unqualified apps, and surely missed some gems.