Yvonne
@llovegood.bsky.social
Consumer researcher.
We contain multitudes - Walt Whitman.
We contain multitudes - Walt Whitman.
Today, I sat on a mini stool with some elders at a kerbside and interviewed them. It was fun! 🤩 I didn’t expect them to agree but it turned out well.
December 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Today, I sat on a mini stool with some elders at a kerbside and interviewed them. It was fun! 🤩 I didn’t expect them to agree but it turned out well.
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𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐥. 💔
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐥. 💔
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
For the first time in 20 years, a bird species has disappeared from the country.
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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In the wild, birds live in diverse communities. But as humans alter the environment these communities start to change.
Scientists have found that we are reducing the ability for nature to absorb these shocks at an ever quicker pace.
Find out what this means 👇🏻
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Scientists have found that we are reducing the ability for nature to absorb these shocks at an ever quicker pace.
Find out what this means 👇🏻
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Bird communities losing their redundancy and risking collapse | Natural History Museum
As animals and plants are removed from an ecosystem its ability to function falters.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In the wild, birds live in diverse communities. But as humans alter the environment these communities start to change.
Scientists have found that we are reducing the ability for nature to absorb these shocks at an ever quicker pace.
Find out what this means 👇🏻
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Scientists have found that we are reducing the ability for nature to absorb these shocks at an ever quicker pace.
Find out what this means 👇🏻
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
In observation today, I watched a model come to life and understood why sample A answered the way they did.
December 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In observation today, I watched a model come to life and understood why sample A answered the way they did.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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"Did you write, 'data available upon request'?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Did you write, 'data available upon request'?"
Had to turn back and use another route into campus today. End Nov and Dec are usually nightmare months for commutes due to flooding.
www.dw.com/en/southeast...
www.dw.com/en/southeast...
Southeast Asia floods: More than 250 deaths reported – DW – 11/28/2025
Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia have been hit by flooding and landslides after days of torrential rainfall. The death toll rose sharply in southern Thailand, with at least 145 now reported dead.
www.dw.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Had to turn back and use another route into campus today. End Nov and Dec are usually nightmare months for commutes due to flooding.
www.dw.com/en/southeast...
www.dw.com/en/southeast...
11pm on 1st Dec according to Malaysian (Singaporean, Thailand and Hong Kong time)
Looking forward to this next week!
During waking hours for people in Europe, Africa, & the Americas.
And the Middle East.
And parts of Asia.
Really almost everywhere except Eastern Asia & Australia/NZ.
Link to register: univ-cotedazur.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
During waking hours for people in Europe, Africa, & the Americas.
And the Middle East.
And parts of Asia.
Really almost everywhere except Eastern Asia & Australia/NZ.
Link to register: univ-cotedazur.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📣 Save the date for the 13th PCI webinar on December 1st, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Simine Vazire (University of Melbourne, Australia) will present "Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis: Lessons from Psychology". For more details and registration, visit: buff.ly/wZNoD2v
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
11pm on 1st Dec according to Malaysian (Singaporean, Thailand and Hong Kong time)
Rare occurrence - car hits tiger at night. It’s usually a wild boar or tapir (when it is dark)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=PFkQ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=PFkQ...
HAIWAN LIAR | Penduduk Diminta Waspada Harimau Belang Cedera Dirempuh Kereta - PERHILITAN
YouTube video by Buletin TV3
m.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Rare occurrence - car hits tiger at night. It’s usually a wild boar or tapir (when it is dark)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=PFkQ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=PFkQ...
Expose by Guardian.
Almost cult-like influencers peddling bogus birth options through social media, leading to baby deaths and dangerous birthing. Monetised misinformation.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Almost cult-like influencers peddling bogus birth options through social media, leading to baby deaths and dangerous birthing. Monetised misinformation.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Expose by Guardian.
Almost cult-like influencers peddling bogus birth options through social media, leading to baby deaths and dangerous birthing. Monetised misinformation.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Almost cult-like influencers peddling bogus birth options through social media, leading to baby deaths and dangerous birthing. Monetised misinformation.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
The South Korean art scene never fails to surprise me. EXO (boyband) accelerated to fame at around the same time as BTS. Growl was their hit single under SMTown management. Now there’s also a jazz version of Growl by SM Jazz Trio. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Bt...
SM Jazz Trio '으르렁 (Growl) (Jazz Ver.)' MV
YouTube video by SMTOWN
m.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The South Korean art scene never fails to surprise me. EXO (boyband) accelerated to fame at around the same time as BTS. Growl was their hit single under SMTown management. Now there’s also a jazz version of Growl by SM Jazz Trio. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Bt...
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If you’re an author, reviewer, or editor and want to learn about Registered Reports from one of the best editors around, go to this webinar!
Nov 19th at 8am Pacific US, 11am Eastern US, 5pm Central Europe (3am Nov 20th for the diehard Australians)
Nov 19th at 8am Pacific US, 11am Eastern US, 5pm Central Europe (3am Nov 20th for the diehard Australians)
Sage webinar on Registered Reports (RRs/RRRs)! I'm excited to participate, and if you have any curiosity about writing a RR or reviewing a RR, please consider joining the webinar. Spread the word-- thanks! @psychscience.bsky.social
📢 Join our upcoming Registered Reports webinar!
Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your research! We will cover the following topics:
- Two-stage review explained
- Tips for Stage 1 protocols
- Common author challenges
Register now: https://ow.ly/R6yH50Xptt0 #RegisteredReports #Webinar
Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your research! We will cover the following topics:
- Two-stage review explained
- Tips for Stage 1 protocols
- Common author challenges
Register now: https://ow.ly/R6yH50Xptt0 #RegisteredReports #Webinar
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you’re an author, reviewer, or editor and want to learn about Registered Reports from one of the best editors around, go to this webinar!
Nov 19th at 8am Pacific US, 11am Eastern US, 5pm Central Europe (3am Nov 20th for the diehard Australians)
Nov 19th at 8am Pacific US, 11am Eastern US, 5pm Central Europe (3am Nov 20th for the diehard Australians)
Was warming down this morning in the gym’s open weights space. I saw a simple set up on the floor but only saw two other people there so figured it wasn’t a class and I would be free to co-exist in that space. While doing my wall sit, I realised the trainer and his client looked a lil too…
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Was warming down this morning in the gym’s open weights space. I saw a simple set up on the floor but only saw two other people there so figured it wasn’t a class and I would be free to co-exist in that space. While doing my wall sit, I realised the trainer and his client looked a lil too…
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From my paper:
"Assuming that student teaching evaluations remain in place as teaching assessments in the immediate term, they could be relabelled ‘student satisfaction surveys’ to better reflect their nature."
I also mention how TMU doesn't allow student evals for *T&P purposes*
"Assuming that student teaching evaluations remain in place as teaching assessments in the immediate term, they could be relabelled ‘student satisfaction surveys’ to better reflect their nature."
I also mention how TMU doesn't allow student evals for *T&P purposes*
April 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
From my paper:
"Assuming that student teaching evaluations remain in place as teaching assessments in the immediate term, they could be relabelled ‘student satisfaction surveys’ to better reflect their nature."
I also mention how TMU doesn't allow student evals for *T&P purposes*
"Assuming that student teaching evaluations remain in place as teaching assessments in the immediate term, they could be relabelled ‘student satisfaction surveys’ to better reflect their nature."
I also mention how TMU doesn't allow student evals for *T&P purposes*
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In this commentary, I argue that student-based teaching evaluations are problematic bc
✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism)
✳️ poor construct validity
✳️ undermine standards and learning
We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.
✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism)
✳️ poor construct validity
✳️ undermine standards and learning
We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.
It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
April 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In this commentary, I argue that student-based teaching evaluations are problematic bc
✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism)
✳️ poor construct validity
✳️ undermine standards and learning
We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.
✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism)
✳️ poor construct validity
✳️ undermine standards and learning
We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.
The wonders of insecta. Wildlife that’s not cute, chubby, furry but uber interesting.
Mindblowing study of a 3800-year-old array of termite mounds in the caatinga shrubland of northeastern Brazil—200 million of them interconnected by tunnels over an area the site of Britain.
A vast 4,000-year-old spatial pattern of termite mounds
Martin et al. show that in Northeast Brazil an estimated 200 million, regularly spaced,
termite mounds are up to 4000 years old. Each mound is 2-4m high by 9 m in diameter;
they occupy 230,000 km2, an...
www.cell.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The wonders of insecta. Wildlife that’s not cute, chubby, furry but uber interesting.
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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it”
Willful ignorance is also motivated by social identity concerns--it is driven by ingroup favoritism + outgroup derogation and fuels conspiracy belies.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Willful ignorance is also motivated by social identity concerns--it is driven by ingroup favoritism + outgroup derogation and fuels conspiracy belies.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it”
Willful ignorance is also motivated by social identity concerns--it is driven by ingroup favoritism + outgroup derogation and fuels conspiracy belies.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Willful ignorance is also motivated by social identity concerns--it is driven by ingroup favoritism + outgroup derogation and fuels conspiracy belies.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Today in perimenopause news, I discovered changing hormones can cause dry eyes. Indication - prolonged itchy eyes, sensitivity to light. And so, my oldie mouldy self needs eye drops. Thank you and hug your mom.
October 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Today in perimenopause news, I discovered changing hormones can cause dry eyes. Indication - prolonged itchy eyes, sensitivity to light. And so, my oldie mouldy self needs eye drops. Thank you and hug your mom.
Figured out dataset XYZ
gumball and darwin from the amazing world of gumball are standing in front of fireworks
ALT: gumball and darwin from the amazing world of gumball are standing in front of fireworks
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Figured out dataset XYZ
What mechanisms allow it to work?
For those who want to block everyone who follows a certain account or likes or reposts a certain post, here's a powerful tool: Blockenheimer (newly reborn).
Use it thoughtfully, because as with blocklists, it's all too easy to accidentally block friends! block.alxtratrstrl.xyz/index.html
Use it thoughtfully, because as with blocklists, it's all too easy to accidentally block friends! block.alxtratrstrl.xyz/index.html
October 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
What mechanisms allow it to work?
Reading AI slop is fatiguing. After a while, the pattern emerges.
October 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Reading AI slop is fatiguing. After a while, the pattern emerges.