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Linda Skitka
@lindaskitka.bsky.social
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Emerita Distinguished Professor, U of Illinois Chicago | Michigan & Cal-Berkeley Grad | Social, Political, and Moral Psychologist | Endlessly Curious | https://sites.google.com/view/lindaskitka

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Linda J. Skitka is a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Skitka's research bridges a number of areas of inquiry including social, political, and moral psychology. .. more

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 7h
Pumpkin, with a homemade caramel base, cherry-berry, and apple. May skip dinner and head straight for dessert!

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 7h
Getting ready!

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka

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Human Behavior & Evolution Society @humbehevosoc.bsky.social · 1d
ASU Psychology is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to study contemporary antisemitism (supervised by Drs. Neuberg & Barlev). Full-time research, NIH salary scale, start date Jan 12, 2026 (flexible).
Deadline: Dec 17, 2025.
More info: apply.interfolio.com/177756
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 1d
Right?!

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Mario Gollwitzer, Jill A. Jacobson

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · 1d
At ZPID we are searching for a tenure track assistant professor for Psychological Metascience in joint appointment with @unitrier.bsky.social preferably someone who has conducted quantitative research in metascience in psychology or related disciplines. Questions? Feel free to contact me personally.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 1d
My pie take? Pie isn’t only for dessert: It’s also a breakfast food. Yes, even with ice cream.
a person is scooping ice cream on top of a pie on a plate
ALT: a person is scooping ice cream on top of a pie on a plate
media.tenor.com

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Cathy N. Davidson

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d
Average electricity cost increase since Jan:

Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%

NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%

Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 2d
OMGoddess!!!!

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2d
Not family, but one time in grad school, my now-husband and I hosted a holiday party for friends. There was an apple pie, and rather than cut a slice like a normal person, one of the guests took the serving spoon out of the baked ziti and--without cleaning it--scooped the *middle* out of the pie.
clairewillett.bsky.social Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2d
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Martin Drenthen

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 3d
And what does this say about all the social media research based on Twitter/X, which has helped fuel the moral panic about the role of social media in contemporary politics?
viperwave.bsky.social Rocky @viperwave.bsky.social · 3d
The location ID on twitter revealing that 99% of the horrible shit on that website is just posted by people in India honestly soothed me a lot. Its literally all just fake.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 3d
I guess in that vein— the challenges that LLM etc. will present for on-line data collection might create the incentives we need to return to our roots: behavioral research in the lab and field.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 3d
It belatedly occurs to me, Kate, that so much in these kids’ lives is utterly dystopian. If you’re going to have the challenges discussion, can you balance it with a good news/exciting frontiers counterpoint? We have to give young people more hope than (waves hands) all of this.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele, Linda J. Skitka , and 9 more

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 3d
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.

Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 4d
The increasing difficulty of getting high quality data given contaminated samples, something that is about to get much worse than it already is (see www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...)
The potential existential threat of large language models to online survey research | PNAS
The advancement of large language models poses a severe, potentially existential threat to online survey research, a fundamental tool for data coll...
www.pnas.org

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Gordon Pennycook, Linda J. Skitka

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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · 5d
PS is excited to announce the launch of "Individual Differences in Cognition” (IDIC), an open-access journal on research in cognitive psychology, science, and neuroscience. Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R.A. Conway & Michael J. Kane. Manuscripts accepted this spring. More information coming soon!
Andrew R. A. Conway Michael J. Kane

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 5d
OMG. Sending empathy and care.

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Jens Rydgren

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Jeannette Eggers @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social · 5d
Can the far-right be tamed by government inclusion? The short answer is no, on the contrary. The longer answer can be found in this pre-print, which analyzed an impressive amount of data (1,237 cabinets in 57 democracies from 1976 to 2023):

osf.io/preprints/so...
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 5d
The Schadenfreude of watching conservative punditry lose their f*cking minds over this will be a short term endorphin hit as well ;-).

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 5d
Pretty welcome comedic relief in an otherwise dystopian timeline.

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, William J. Brady, Rebecca Sear , and 1 more

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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 6d
So there you have it, twin study estimates were greatly inflated, and molecular data sets the record straight. I walk through possible counter-arguments, but ultimately the uncomfortable truth is that genes contribute to traits much less than we always thought.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 6d
When violent crimes were related to protesting abortion access, moral disagreement affected procedural and outcome fairness judgments of punishment (more fair), but agreement did not (Mullen & Skitka, 2006, JPSP). Crime severity may be an imp moderator.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 6d
Very interesting set of studies about how agreement with punished acts undermines the perceived legitimacy of the punisher. Reminds me a bit of the Mullen & Nadler (2008) study that found that people were more likely to steal a borrowed pen from the researcher after being exposed to an unjust law.

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Michael W. Kraus

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Raihan Alam @raihanalam.bsky.social · 6d
Stoked to share this paper with @tagerai.bsky.social in PSPB! What happens when you see punishers punish others for acts you see as moral?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Moral Agreement With Punished Acts Decreases Perceptions of Punisher Legitimacy and Willingness to Obey the Law - Raihan Alam, Tage S. Rai, 2025
Punishment is a critical mechanism through which society regulates behavior, yet its efficacy depends on how observers interpret the legitimacy of punishers. Ac...
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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 6d
Okay. These Grok replies about how Elon surpasses everything and everyone are each and every one of them wild, but I can never resist Trolleyology examples:
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d
I literally could not stop myself from inappropriately laughing out loud for real

Reposted by David Darmofal

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 6d
On the good news front in Illinois—>
chicago.suntimes.com Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d
Undergraduate enrollment was up by 3.7% at public universities across Illinois, according to state data released this week. The number of Black students enrolled at public universities across Illinois increased by nearly 10%. Latino student enrollment was up more than 8%.
Illinois public university enrollment rises, driven by gains for Black, Latino students
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