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Christina Bergmann

@chbergma.bsky.social

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Cognitive Science, #ManyBabies, Transparent Science, Networking, Communication, and a big helping from the Open Science Buffet Cargo biker, Fairphoner, Parent she/her sie/ihr (Sg)

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · Oct 18

Well hello, new pocket friends! Welcome to this page.

Since you allowed me in your feed, a short introduction: I am a cognitive scientist by training who now works to make academia more open and inclusive by day and contributes to @manybabies.org by night.

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Cognitive Scientist & Language Development, Open/Transparent Science, Recruiting

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Priya Silverstein @priyasilverstein.com · 2d

Check out our new preprint on "How to Develop and Use Open Educational Resources" 📖✨

This iteration will later be published in a new book "Teaching Open Science" edited by @drcpennington.bsky.social and @maddipow.bsky.social. Watch this space! 👀

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 2d

People think the first thing Gutenberg printed was the Bible. This is false. The first things he printed were a political prophecy, propaganda about the Turks’ threat to Christendom, & a popular school text. If you want a parallel to AI, that’s it: making $ from conspiracies, racism, & school slop.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 2d

really nice piece on this btw from @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...

"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer

The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself.  It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 3d

It's absolutely beautiful and horrifying, isn't it

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 4d

Ja Schnitzen jetzt bitte auch noch für Fleisch nutzen...

Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 4d

Hoffe nen Pariser enthält nicht wirklich was draufsteht

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 4d

Ich gestehe: ich war auch noch nie in einem Schacht und... in meinem Perso steht Frau

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Katharina Nocun @kattascha.bsky.social · 5d

Öffentliche Richtigstellung:

Wenn ich in der Vergangenheit irgendwo geschrieben habe, es ginge jetzt „um die Wurst“, meinte ich immer wichtige politische Fragen des aktuellen Zeitgeschehens & kein Fleischerzeugnis!

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 4d

Got invited to give a keynote talk after calling out an all male panel...

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 5d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 5d

Kiddo: Mom, tell me a scary story!

Me: How about the storybooks of my own childhood?

A Page from a storybook with a drawing of a white woman in traditional Slavic dress holding a skull with shining eyes on a stick and walking through a forest. More skulls and a house are in the background, the house has chicken legs

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 5d

cogtales.wordpress.com/2023/04/16/t...

That echoes this sentiment here

The Buffet Approach to Open Science

This article discusses the “buffet approach” to open science and how researchers can selectively adopt open science practices based on their project, skills, and support. The approach e…

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 5d

2) Diversity and representation in infant research: Barriers and bridges toward a globalized science of infant development

Especially the section "Large-scale, diverse collaborations in infant research: The role of big team science"

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 5d

When we do big team science, we want to be open and inclusive. Do we succeed? Only if those with funding and in charge have a humble mindset and are wary of the pitfalls, articulated in 2 important papers:
1) Remote-Control Science in Ecology (that metaphor!)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Remote‐Control Science in Ecology: A Hidden Face of Scientific Neocolonialism

We introduce the concept of “remote-control science” as a modern form of scientific neocolonialism in ecology, where researchers, preferably from the Global North, control projects in the Global Sout...

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 5d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 5d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 6d

Wo wart ihr auf dem Oktoberfest? ... Wird nie ne Gruppe junger Männer gröhlen.

Pfui.

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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 6d

In den Kommentaren schreiben mir Frauen, dass ich da ja nicht hingehen muss.

Ich will ÜBERALL hingehen.
Nie aufs Oktoberfest - aber ansonsten soll das f*cking Patriarchat sich in den Griff bekommen.
Nicht ICH meine Wege ändern müssen.

Gilt auch für Onlinehass btw.
Gibt auch da keine "Teilschuld".

Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 7d

Offiziell gemeldet: 72 Sexualdelikte (2024 56), davon fünf Vergewaltigung (2024 zwei), 24 Schlägereien, Dunkelziffer wohl höher, Alkoholmissbrauch erwartet massiv.

Aber keine*r fordert Überprüfung des Oktoberfestes.

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 6d

Und ich dachte es wird hier sprachlich auf einmal süddeutsch....

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 6d

At best it's a band aid... Sigh

Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 6d

Nobelpreisgewinnerinnen, wie sind genau so wie wir...

Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social · 6d

"Das Nobel-Komitee hatte auch Brunkow zunächst nicht erreichen können. Die Wissenschaftlerin war angesichts der schwedischen Telefonnummer nach eigenen Angaben von einem Spam-Anruf ausgegangen. Sie habe daher das Telefon ausgeschaltet und sich wieder schlafen gelegt."

Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 6d

This might be a lot, but original hypothesis, experimenter/stim designer, recruitment protocol, whether there were e.g. training phases that are not included in the final dataset, how trial procession was triggered... Some of these things are not mentioned in papers but still potentially relevant

Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 6d

This weekend I gave another workshop on #ShamelessSelfPromotion and now you all can apply what I am preaching by self-nominating as new Max Planck Director, for example in psycholinguistics

Go for it, especially if you think you aren't 'good enough'

www.mpg.de/directors
www.mpi.nl/news/help-sh...

Directors

The Max Planck Society offers Directors a unique platform for groundbreaking research and leadership in diverse scientific fields.

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 6d

Kiddo making sure I start my week right with the first question after waking up:

How did the sun come to be?

#YayScience
#ParentProblems

#YesWeGotABookForThat

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Tim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 9d

The myth of meritocracy inspires the implicit assumption that someone’s degree of success reflects their level of competence and skill.

I think that this is one of the most toxic myths of our time.

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Susan Gardner @susangardner.bsky.social · 11d

Someone could make a fortune founding something called the Dumb Store. Flip phones, non-smart TVs, refrigerators, irrigation systems, vacuums, etc

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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 10d

Previous job, where I had to take my leave etc, they kept asking whether I want to come back part time ...
I thought those times were over but nah