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Lisa Fazio
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Associate prof of psychology Vanderbilt Univ, studies how adults and children learn true and false information, she/her, lkfazio.com

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · Oct 24
"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."

My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.

www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
Here's why Vanderbilt's response to the Trump higher ed 'compact' is not enough | Opinion
With the deadline looming for colleges to sign Trump's "compact," Vanderbilt must resist, says one university professor.
www.tennessean.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13h
Someone who bought a frog facts advent calendar for a friend's kid last year just emailed me.

Apparently that kid got a different advent calendar this year, and when he opened it he said, “These are HORRIBLE! They’re not teaching me anything about frogs!”

This kid gets it.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d
The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*

Just working the refs.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d
top notch mascottin'

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d
Still haven't read the full agreement because I deserve nice things occasionally. But there's really a need for a propublica-type investigation into the social network of these boards, presidents, & donors with the admin. At the same time, exploring the similarities and differences across deals.
cantb.bsky.social Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 1d
I would love to see detailed reporting about how these deals come together. This one looks like an inside job even more than Columbia’s.
cantb.bsky.social Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 2d
I’ll look at it in more depth later but Northwestern’s agreement seems more campus-specific than previous deals and imposes restrictions on campus conduct beyond what others ave agreed to. Northwestern seems to have surrendered autonomy to a shocking extent. www.northwestern.edu/president/do...

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Ann Bartow

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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 1d
I would love to see detailed reporting about how these deals come together. This one looks like an inside job even more than Columbia’s.
cantb.bsky.social Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 2d
I’ll look at it in more depth later but Northwestern’s agreement seems more campus-specific than previous deals and imposes restrictions on campus conduct beyond what others ave agreed to. Northwestern seems to have surrendered autonomy to a shocking extent. www.northwestern.edu/president/do...
www.northwestern.edu

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Brendan Nyhan, Scott L. Greer

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 2d
Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...
Lopez Belloza made it through security but was stopped as she was about to board the plane, Pomerleau said. "They wouldn't tell her why she was being detained. She didn't understand it at all," Pomerleau said. She was then taken to the Burlington ICE field office, then flown to Texas, Pomerleau said. The Department of Homeland Security and Babson College did not immediately respond to a request for comment. After a frantic 48-hour search, her family received a call from her on Saturday from Honduras, a country she had not lived in since she was a child. The federal government had quickly deported her, the lawyers said, and Lopez Belloza had found her way to her grandparents' house and called her father.

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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 2d
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?

"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 2d
Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )
www.northwestern.edu

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 3d
Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
Illustration of federal employees, in their work wear, who issued statements opposing their agencies' harmful policies: NIH, NSF, EPA, USAID, CDC, FEMA, NASA.

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Christina Stephens 🐯✨ @christinastephens.bsky.social · 4d
5:45 pm on Thanksgiving Eve?

Now THIS is how you news dump.
A screenshot from the espn app says Sources: Brian Kelly has been informed in writing that he's been terminated by LSU without cause. This means LSU is set to owe him the nearly $54 million remaining on his contract.

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legal cat 🐾👻 @legalcat.bsky.social · 4d
remember to stream your family fights live tomorrow! share that holiday spirit with those of us without our own seasonal tension!

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d
Thanks Nicole ❤️

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d
😂😂😂 I still have multiple other things with Dec 1 deadlines, but at least the letters are in

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d
Just submitted my last set!!

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
Does blinding--i.e., concealing applicants' identities--reduce gender gaps in academic conference paper acceptances?

Nope!

Does blinding do anything?

It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.

haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d
Oh nice, you've just managed to justify my whimsical impulse purchase! It is easier to subtly check the time on the ring than a typical watch

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d
I know, they really seem like a crazy april fools prank! But it's real and has watch, calendar and stopwatch functions and a backlight. So pleasantly ridiculous.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d
Right! The buttons might be too small to ever press, but how cool would it be!

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 4d
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.

Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d
Managed to snag one of the new Casio ring watches and it's making me very happy. It's just so absolutely ridiculous!
Woman's hand with orangey-red nail polish and on her index finger a gold digital watch miniaturized so it can be worn as a ring

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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 4d
Look babes, I know there's not been a lot to look forward to lately, but we gotta keep our spirits up. It's an imperative. And I know one small thing I can do to help

So just to let you know we are about to be so back

#jamvent
Four advent calendars: fly by jing (12 days), dandelion chocolate, taskmaster, and of course bonne maman. And my mug of tea

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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 4d
So, is "When Prophesy Fails"—the foundation of cognitive dissonance theory—debunked?

Unclear. The article making this claim is... odd.

It describes Festinger and Schachter as leftwing radicals, critiques the political slant of their funding, generally refers to their work as failed...

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briandavidearp.bsky.social Brian D. Earp, PhD @briandavidearp.bsky.social · 6d
Wow - debunking “When Prophesy Fails” - the canonical foundation of cognitive dissonance theory onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, David R. Miller, David Darmofal

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d
Some may take comfort in Trump not being able (yet) to jail his enemies, but these attacks are costly and deter people from opposing him. In that way, they tilt the playing field even when the efforts at retribution are not fully successful. Precisely what competitive authoritarian regimes look like
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d
NYT: “.. Trump is facing obstacles as he tries to use the Justice Department to investigate, prosecute and jail those he targets.”

But his appointees “are harnessing a range of departments .. and rarely used powers outside the Justice Department to inflict pain.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d
Agreed, I'd put it in the results but clearly labeled (almost every paper I publish has a mix of preregistered and posthoc analyses). Sometimes the data points you to new interesting ideas and sometimes you just didn't think of something ahead of time.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d
Things are going great at Musk's Nashville Loop project

Crews Walk Out on Nashville Tunnel, Claiming Boring Company Failed to Pay Workers and Snubbed OSHA Concerns nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
Local contractor employees stop Music City Loop work - Nashville Banner
Willie Shane and his crew walk off the Music City Loop project, citing safety concerns and payment issues with The Boring Company.
nashvillebanner.com

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 4d
"Trump governs much like he once ran his beauty pageants. Women decorate his atmosphere. They must not challenge him for leadership of it."

As always, insightful commentary from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | Has Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Seen the Light?
www.nytimes.com

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 5d
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)

RTs appreciated.

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Gerrit De Vynck @gerritd.bsky.social · 5d
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Brian Keegan

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 5d
Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.

My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com