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Lisa DeBruine
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#rstats #PsyTeachR #PsySciAcc #OpenResearch #CodingClub #ManyFaces (overwhelmed by social media) 🏳️‍🌈 she/they
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debruine.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen

Tori Amos (first gig 1993)
Melt Banana / The Sun Ra Arkestra
Pussy Riot
Boygenius
Young Fathers (5 times, but the 2015 Art School gig was stunning)

(I saw the pixies in Paris for my 40th birthday, but I don’t want to repeat the quoted poster ;)
soashworth.bsky.social Scott Ashworth @soashworth.bsky.social · 1d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen

Pixies
Breeders & Nirvana
Bikini Kill
Sonic Youth
Shonen Knife
gelbach.bsky.social gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 1d
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

Ozzy & Metallica

SRV & Joe Cocker

Iron Maiden & Yngwie

Jazzfest

U2
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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carnage4life.bsky.social
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
debruine.bsky.social
“&runctitional features” 😩
smutclyde.bsky.social Smut Clyde, X-Ray Haruspex @smutclyde.bsky.social · 2d
Rate your score on Factor Fexcectorn.

Well done, Scientific Reports. pubpeer.com/publications...
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
debruine.bsky.social
🥲
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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bartlettje.bsky.social
We have a new revision on our preprint "Practice what you preach: Designing student assignments that advance open and reproducible science"! We had some of the nicest (but still critical) peer-review comments I've ever received, so that was refreshing.

osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
debruine.bsky.social
A few years old, but this is a fascinating article about how a well-debunked method to teach reading may be at the root of American’s poor reading comprehension

www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
debruine.bsky.social
The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.

scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
Check Research Outputs for Best Practices
A modular, extendable system for automatically checking research outputs for best practices using text search, R code, and/or (optional) LLM queries.
scienceverse.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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rmcelreath.bsky.social
This November, like every November, I am teaching basic research proposal writing to the new phd cohort at my institute. Here is the 2 page template we start with and adapt. Link to LaTeX github.com/rmcelreath/P...
\title[PhD Plan for CANDIDATE]{Department of \mbox{Full Luxury Galactic Metascience}\\PhD Plan for CANDIDATE} % list committee members \author[]{Committee:\\ Prof.~MEMBER1\\ Dr.~MEMBER2\\ Dr.~MEMBER3} \date{\today} \begin{document} \maketitle% this prints the handout title, author, and date \begin{marginfigure}[-5.2cm] \includegraphics[width=3.5cm]{Minerva.pdf} \end{marginfigure} \section{Phenomenon} The subject matter to be addressed. What is the question? Citation for background are useful, but don't do a full lit review (yet).\cite{HenrichMcElreath:2003} Additional references can be included at the end bibliography by using \verb|\nocite|. \nocite{NBGA2005} \section{Theoretical Perspective} The framework for explaining the phenomenon. What are the implications of theory? If more than one theory is relevant, how do the implications differ? What are the current holes in the theory or theories? \section{Approach} Modeling and empirical research approach to address the theory/ies nominated above. Important thing is to \emph{justify} the approach in terms of theory. \section{Specifics of Approach} Outline any special skills, equipment, or techniques that will be required. This includes, in the case of field research, a paragraph on the background of the field location. Data analysis approach needs a sketch. Can use citation\cite{Merowetal2014} for further detail. \section{Expected Products} A list of the (usually 3) articles expected for completion of the PhD. Think of each as a fantasy abstract. \begin{enumerate} \item \emph{The Evolution of Human Uniqueness.} There is wide agreement that humans are unique. But it is rarely asked: Have they always been unique? In this paper, we derive a general uniqueness theorem that states that any unique species must have been less unique at some point in the past. This theorem has implications for the achievement of world peace. \item \emph{Niche Construction, Disease Transmission, and Global Warming: Chaos Deconstructs the Block Chain.} How many buzz words can be combined in a title? In this paper, we find that the natural limit on buzz words in any specific scholarly field is always given by the triangular number $T_n$ where $n$ is one more than the number of tenured faculty in the field. \item \emph{A Bayesian Hierarchical Survival Analysis of Counting Sheep.} Just like all those other models of counting sheep, but this one will be Bayesian. \end{enumerate} \section{Schedule} Outline of the calendar for the work. This is necessarily rough and subject to change. \vspace{1em} \begin{fullwidth} {\centering \begin{longtable}{lll} \toprule \makecell{Date\\(Duration)} & Phase & Comment\\ \midrule \makecell{Jan 2019\\(1 year)} & \makecell{Phase 1} & First wave of being awesome \\ \midrule \makecell{Jan 2020\\(1 year)} & \makecell{Phase 2} & \makecell{Write papers \#1 and \#2} \\ \midrule \makecell{Jan 2021\\(6 months)} & \makecell{Phase 3} & Second wave of awesomeness \\ \midrule \makecell{Jun 2021\\(6 months)} & \makecell{Phase 4} & Write paper \#3 \\ \bottomrule \end{longtable} } \end{fullwidth} \bibliography{bibliography} \bibliographystyle{abbrv}
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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menotti.bsky.social
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
debruine.bsky.social
I was re-listening to the episode of @ifbookspod.bsky.social on The Anxious Generation, and the bit around 1:15 where they’re incredulous about “solutions” to age verification online has aged hilariously, given the recent UK online safety act changes.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
The Anxious Generation
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 08/08/2024 · 2h
podcasts.apple.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
debruine.bsky.social
The Festival of Data Science and AI is next week #DataAIFest

I'll be speaking in a panel on Using AI Ethically in Research on Monday
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

And leading a workshop on Papercheck on Tuesday
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
debruine.bsky.social
I'm finally writing a proper paper about faux, and have so many naming & default choices I regret (it was my first solo R package). Which is a better strategy:

1. Add new functions that work the way I wish the old ones did, but keep the old ones
2. Create a faux2 package and retire faux eventually
October 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
debruine.bsky.social
Please help us, #MetaScience community!

It's time to decide on a forever name for papercheck (scienceverse.github.io/papercheck/). We don't want it to be confused with papercheck.ai, and we plan to check other research artifacts like repo contents, data, code, and prereg. Any suggestions?
Check Scientific Papers for Best Practices
A modular, extendable system for automatically checking scientific papers for best practices using text search, R code, and/or (optional) LLM queries.
scienceverse.github.io
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
debruine.bsky.social
I love the OSF, but I'm going to have to stop using it for student projects if it continues to take 30 seconds every time I load a new page.
October 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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lizziegadd.bsky.social
Adding my voice to the chorus battling to retain an increased focus on people, culture, and environment in the next REF... wonkhe.com/blogs/the-ba...
The battle for people, culture and environment
Lizzie Gadd makes the case for embracing People, Culture and Environment and sets out why reverting to REF 2021 would be a mistake
wonkhe.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
debruine.bsky.social
I'm having an #rdev problem using data in an r package inside a function when calling the function without loading the package. I made a reprex to demonstrate the problem (code in the next post) but I think it has something to do with lazyloading data.

mydata is a data table
myfunc() returns mydata
October 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
debruine.bsky.social
I need #rstats meme help. I've just updated my MSc book and all of the chapters start with a (probably outdated) meme except chapter 10 (next steps). Any ideas?

psyteachr.github.io/reprores-v5
Data Skills for Reproducible Research
This book provides an overview of skills needed for reproducible and open research using the statistical programming language R and tidyverse packages. It covers reproducible workflows, data visualisa...
psyteachr.github.io
September 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
debruine.bsky.social
Excited for today’s seminar by @juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social about the experiences of disabled and neurodivergent students.
September 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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sajedehra.bsky.social
Time is running out to register for our pre-symposium workshop and Meta Research Symposium event at Paul Meehl Graduate School
Check the information and registration links below:

paulmeehlschool.github.io/workshops/
September 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
debruine.bsky.social
This fall I will have a blind student in my coding class for the first time. Do any other instructors or visually impaired coders have advice beyond making sure my book has useful alt-text for the images? #rstats #accessibility

Class book: psyteachr.github.io/reprores-v5/
September 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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bartlettje.bsky.social
Our contribution to an upcoming book on teaching open science was "how to teach reproducible research". There are plenty of lesson plans or individual courses out there but less on how you can build skills across a whole degree.

osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
September 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
debruine.bsky.social
I have discovered the most delicious oatmeal topping ever. Stir in a spoon of biscoff spread and top with flaky sea salt (measure with your heart, it really depends how you're feeling abut sweet vs salty on a given day).
August 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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ricvolpe.bsky.social
Happy to share the first article of my PhD journey at @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @socialai.bsky.social

@debruine.bsky.social, Prof Stumpf and I reviewed ~150 articles from 10 disciplines about trust in AI and synthesised how it forms in affective human-AI relationships: doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
Our categorisation of concepts relevant to trusting emotional support from generative AI, underpinned by four categories: propensity to trust, motivations to depend on (convenience, expertise, empathy, positive regard, and personalisation), perceived risks that produce vulnerabilities (privacy, harm, and organisational control) and assurances that support an unquestioning attitude (credibility, congruence, and accountability). Additionally, attachment and social connectedness sit on a spectrum between motivations and risks as they present positive and negative effects on trust.
August 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
debruine.bsky.social
What was I supposed to do this morning?

Make comments on a draft of the Papercheck paper.

What did I actually do?

Write an R function to add DOIs from OpenAlex to a .bib file (the bibtex citations you get from google scholar bizarrely don't have DOIs)
August 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM