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Maggie Friend

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Developmental Scientist interested in (and reasonably informed about) science, nature, languages, cognition, public health, Smart Growth urbanism, transit, and a bunch of other stuff #SciSky #DevSci #AcademicSky #Urbanism+ #aieducation

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Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · 10h

Top tier journals often require within manuscript replication (e.g., Dev Psych). Then there is the ManyBabies project from focusing on well powered replication studies. Finally, the Open Science Framework making data available for replication. Talk to your mentor and good luck with your research!

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hilarious reading. Is this really the feeling in the Hamptons?

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Sep 9

It sounds like someone is missing grounding at all in evolutionary biology.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Sep 7

I have a colleague who is having trouble getting her vaccine from CVS. Do you mind sharing what pharmacy you used? I used Vons.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Sep 6

Just got mine as well. No problem at all although the pharmacist did share that they don't know when or if there will be another update.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Sep 6

Keep me posted please.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Jul 10

I'm pretty sure he was a reviewer on my first manuscript. He gave me great guidance, sprinkled with humor over my amateur mistakes. About a particularly weak analysis, "it is the wont of every scientist to publish all of their available data."

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Jun 19

This is very nice. Even though it's from UM, it would make a nice introduction to my lifespan course.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Jun 16

Alt Natl Park: "Local authorities provided crowd estimates, which were then reported back and compiled for the final count."

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thanks.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Jun 15

Yeah. Me too. I'm just not fine with casting unnecessary or unjustified doubt on a good resource. Seems like a lot of chest puffing going on in this thread.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Jun 15

Well, I mean we could also use official estimates from the relevant police departments. They at least have good info on the metrics of the location and expertise in estimating crowd size for reasons of public safety.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Jun 15

Agree if the numbers are impossible but it is completely possible that ppl outside the city limits joined the Boston protest. Who is claiming 1M in Boston anyway? I haven't seen that from Alt Natl Park Service. Isn't this thread about whether their numbers are valid?

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Jun 15

His methodology is literally, "According to our back-of-the-envelope math, that puts total attendance somewhere in the 4-6 million people range. That means roughly 1.2-1.8% of the U.S. population attended a No Kings Day event somewhere in the country yesterday." He acknowledges this is unofficial.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Jun 15

There are common metrics for determining crowd size used by both PDs and Natl Park Service. No reason to go all conspiracy theory on this. www.eventhosts.org/wp-content/u....

https://www.eventhosts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Crowd-counting-methodology.pdf#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20if%20your%20event%20area%20is,or%20“cells”%20that%20broadly%20align%20with%20density

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Jun 15

It's also consistent with the Alt Nat Park estimate based on local PD reports. What is the basis of gelliot's "crowdsourcing?"

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · May 28

Revolution, human cognition, and AI. Three powerful strands that, woven together, perfectly capture the tension of the present moment. Well worth 20 minutes of your time.

Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · May 9

In April 2025 I delivered a speech at the ASU+GSV ed-tech conference titled "AI Will Not Revolutionize Education." It touches on human cognition, gen AI, and the nature of scientific and social revolutions. I worked hard at this, I hope you'll watch and share.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0_t...

AI Will Not Revolutionize Education

YouTube video by Cognitive Resonance

www.youtube.com

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · May 28

You did work hard on this. That was a lot to pack into 20 min and it was powerful. Thanks for weaving those threads together.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · May 26

Great analogy.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · May 9

She should be released. She should never have been detained in the first place.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Apr 26

This is just so damned destructive! Really sorry that you have to go through this so early in your career!

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · Apr 5

Why Adolescents Are Especially Vulnerable — And What That Says About Design
Kids aren’t gullible.

They’re developing.
And this study shows: fake news detection tracks closely with brain development.

That has big implications for education—and for the platforms they use.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Apr 5

Thanks for your two cents. I was thinking primarily of travel concerns but I had not factored in lingering concerns about the society.

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Apr 4

Elephant in the room. Who's going to SRCD? Normally there's excitement leading up to it but I'm not seeing it this year. Are we all just overwhelmed? Will we still show up? Some of my students are afraid to travel and I imagine our foreign colleagues will sit this one out. #devpsych #devsci

Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social · Mar 23

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<em>Language Learning</em> | Language Learning Research Club Journal | Wiley Online Library

A one-page Accessible Summary of this article in non-technical language are freely available in the Supporting Information online and at https://oasis-database.org

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