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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 2d

Spent this morning listening to the National Youth Council give their perspective on the social media ban in Australia. #sxsw

Takeaways:
🌱 Don't underestimate the power of youth voice
💡Consult and co-create with youth voices
⛔ "Nothing about us, without us"

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 2d

We should be friends

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning, Sydney! Excited to be here this week to speak at #sxsw!

I'll be talking about gaming culture, online safety, and why video games may save us all (as much as it can in this timeline...)

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Anthony Gifford @giff95.bsky.social · 4d

Never dreamt that I would be able to combine two of my favourite things: The Legend of Zelda and LGBTQ+ Psychology ⚔️ 🏳️‍🌈 🧠 🎮

Thank you to @annayahprosser.bsky.social and @drkowert.bsky.social for this opportunity!

Read my chapter “Smash the pot, break the binary”: works.hcommons.org/records/z0qv...

The Psychgeist of Pop Culture - Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda series captivates millions of players worldwide. We have followed Link, Zelda and Ganon through many quests, timelines and consoles. What can playing the Legend of Zelda games teac...

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 4d

It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.

youtube.com/shorts/vp8Gb...

The Psychgeist of Pop Culture | The Legend of Zelda

YouTube video by Psychgeist

youtube.com

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 5d

Forever grateful for any opportunity to speak about the science of games 🎧

pixelparenting.org/violent-vide...

Violent Video Games: The Science Behind the Headlines | Dr. Rachel Kowert - Pixel Parenting

pixelparenting.org

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 7d

But this is amazing

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 7d

What a great adage!

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Tom Thorley @tgthorley.bsky.social · 7d

Currently managing a preteen who is preteening and so rereading @drkowert.bsky.social ‘s article on Better Screen Time: Quality vs Quantity and I’m reminded of my old home economics teacher’s mantra “There are no bad foods, only bad diets!” nurture.is/academy/bett...

“Better” Screen Time is More Than Just Minutes: Quality vs Quantity

What makes some screen time for kids “better” than others? Turns out, “better” isn’t always better. Learn how to balance screen time quantity (time) with quality (content).

nurture.is

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations!!!

Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 7d

Did you know there are ELEVEN books in the Psychgeist of Pop Culture series so far? And all of them are FREE TO READ?

Well there are, and they are.

Also, a brand NEW volume will be released THIS FRIDAY! Can you guess what it is?

rkowert.com/psychgeistof...

Psychgeist of Pop Culture | Rachel Kowert, PhD

Psychgeist of Pop Culture Archive | Rachel Kowert, PhD

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 8d

Did I buy Alchimised twice so I can read it from the book itself and from my iPad? Yes, yes I did.

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 8d

☝️

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 10d

I LOVE everything from @hazelightgames.bsky.social

I LOVE @thevideogamelibrary.org love for books and games

I LOVE @victoriatran.bsky.social love language of sharing memes

Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 16d

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 17d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

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Frames @oxinabox.bsky.social · 11d

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"

I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.

We know exactly how LLMs work.

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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 17d

October's Editor's Choice:

Improving generalizability of developmental research through increased use of homogeneous convenience samples: A Monte Carlo simulation.

Jager, Xia, Putnick, & Bornstein

psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

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@putnickd.bsky.social

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APA PsycNet

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Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social · 12d

Doing some book research into the mid-90s internet - this is a glossary from The Internet For Beginners, Usborne, 1997. It has made me feel very nostalgic

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 11d

I still love that movie

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 11d

New research loading.... (coming soon)

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 13d

Happy Showgirl Eve! ❤️‍🔥 Am I allowed to cry? #ts12

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 14d

3 is pretty great...

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 14d

It is cannon now.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 14d

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯

I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨

youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

Smiling Mychal with hands raised wears an outer space shirt in a library. It is a still from an episode of Reading Rainbow.

LeVar Burton smiles with hands behind his head as he lies down on a colorful pile of books. ENEMY PIE book rests on his chest.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 14d

now where i am from when someone in your office has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in editing spreadsheets we call them "fired"

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 14d

Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an Al model's ability to edit real world spreadsheets. This result

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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 14d

Oooh how fun!

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