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Co-founder of Project Implicit, Society for Improving Psychological Science, and the Center for Open Science; Professor at the University of Virginia

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Brian Arthur Nosek is an American social-cognitive psychologist, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, and the co-founder and director of the Center for Open Science. He also co-founded the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science and Project Implicit. He has been on the faculty of the University of Virginia since 2002. .. more

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 1d

The paper: scholar.google.com/citations?vi...

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 1d

One of my worst: A reviewer wrote "I fear that this paper will get accepted just because of Brian's persistence." Ouch.

After the 3rd R-and-R, I asked the editor to decide. Reject.

I immediately sent it to another journal and it was accepted 1st round and won an award.

Persistence muthafuckas.

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 1d

Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
 CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
 But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.

👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications

The Art of Learning from Rejection

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 1d

Serious proposal: No Kings on the 18th should be a Halloween dress up party.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, Brendan Nyhan, Southern Africa

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Reposted by Cas Mudde, Anna O. Law, Dorothy Bishop , and 9 more Cas Mudde, Anna O. Law, Dorothy Bishop, Nicholas A. Christakis, Brian A. Nosek, Jane Green, Mirya R. Holman, Nazita Lajevardi, Michiel van Meeteren, Aurélien Mondon, Emmanuel Mourlon‐Druol, Anita Gohdes

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 1d

Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications

The Art of Learning from Rejection

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 2d

Well, yes and then no, and then yes again tomorrow (presumably)! Oy!

a woman wearing a neck brace and glasses is giving a thumbs up .

ALT: a woman wearing a neck brace and glasses is giving a thumbs up .

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 2d

Spoke to soon it appears. The fix produced a different problem so they rolled back and will fix it tomorrow. I will delete the original post.

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 2d

Oh and spoke to soon it appears. The fix produced a different problem so they rolled back and will fix it tomorrow.

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 2d

Correct, it should work as it had always worked now.

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 3d

I submitted this one to the internal tracker.

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! I will submit this one to the bug tracker.

Reposted by Brian A. Nosek

Ruben C. Arslan @ruben.the100.ci · 3d

PSA: seems like the update broke the ability to directly download files with a link, like osf.io/XXXX/download this lead to an error in one of my R package vignettes, and presumably will break lots of code.

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you to our users and supporters for your high expectations of COS and the OSF. We are a service organization producing public goods to support research transparency, rigor, and credibility.

We are grateful for your support and work hard every day to earn your trust.

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 4d

Positive counterprogramming to recent science news

**The OSF is back online with a new interface**

This key milestone makes OSF faster and cleaner. Also, now we can deliver more improvements efficiently and effectively.

Please check it out and send feedback to [email protected]

osf.io

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Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, Johannes Breuer

Center for Open Science @cos.io · 4d

🟢 OSF is back online with a refreshed design.

We’ve rolled out the updated OSF design, making it faster, easier to navigate, and ready for future improvements. Log in, explore the new experience, and see what’s changed: osf.io.

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 4d

In fact, you can try right now. And, let us know if it isn't!

[email protected]

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 4d

Many thanks to the product and engineering teams at COS for their incredible dedication to this project.

Special shout-out to our Ukrainian team members for high performance in a challenging context.

Huge thanks to the user community for feedback about how to make OSF better for your needs.

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 4d

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 4d

My whole body is in knots!

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 4d

OSF will be offline for several hours today, starting now. The team is rolling out the new interface!

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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 4d

🚨 Reminder:

OSF will be unavailable today, October 11, from 11:00-22:00 UTC (7 AM-6 PM ET) for scheduled maintenance while we deploy the redesigned interface. Please close any open OSF tabs before this time.

We'll update here if OSF is back online sooner.

🔗 Learn more:

Coming Soon: A New Look for OSF

In early October 2025, the Open Science Framework (OSF) will launch a refreshed design that makes the platform easier to navigate and use. The update modernizes the interface and improves performance, while preserving the familiar workflows that users are accustomed to.

www.cos.io

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 5d

MIT declines to sign the compact: "[it] includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression..independence..and..the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Reposted by Jennifer Bussell, Brian A. Nosek, Janet Murray , and 1 more Jennifer Bussell, Brian A. Nosek, Janet Murray, Michael W. Kraus

Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 5d

MIT Rejects the Compact!
I am so proud.
"The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...

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Reposted by David R. Miller

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 6d

RFK Jr is the OG p-hacker.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Reposted by Brian A. Nosek

Center for Open Science @cos.io · 6d

⚠️ Reminder:
OSF will be unavailable on Saturday, Oct.11 from 11:00-22:00 UTC (7 AM-6 PM ET) for scheduled maintenance as we deploy the redesigned interface. Please close any open OSF tabs before this time.

Thank you for your patience! We'll share an update here if the OSF is back online sooner.

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Lisa W. Fazio, Margaret Mitchell , and 25 more Stephen M. Walt, Lisa W. Fazio, Margaret Mitchell, Richard S.J. Tol, Brian A. Nosek, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Garry Peterson, Joshua S. Weitz, Tom Clark, Steve Peers, Jamie Morgan, Elizabeth Stokoe, Henning Melber, Sanford F. Schram, Daniel W. Drezner, Trevon D. Logan, Smith, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Lesley Bartlett, Zen Faulkes, Kate Starbird, Henry Jones, Pauline Stafford, Jason Williams, Dana Howard, David Darmofal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 7d

Metascientists: Did you know that OSF search improvements make it much easier to study preregistration?

If you search registrations osf.io/search?resou...

and then click on "has related resource" you can, for example, narrow the search to those that shared data, linked a paper, or both.

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Reposted by Brian A. Nosek

Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 8d

Reminder to spread the word about exciting OPPORTUNITY as PKP's Managing Director! It's a very exciting time at @pkp.sfu.ca. So much going on! A true scholar-led open infrastructure project, supporting 55,000+ journals. Read more: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h... #scholcomm #openaccess #openscience

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

pkp.sfu.ca

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Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, Paolo Crosetto, Veli‐Matti Karhulahti

Marin Dacos @marind.bsky.social · 8d

Finland Now Has a National Roadmap for Open Science and Research Funding avointiede.fi/en/news/finl...

Finland Now Has a National Roadmap for Open Science and Research Funding

avointiede.fi

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Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, John Drury, Mohammad Atari

Eric Shuman @ericmshuman.bsky.social · 9d

I am hoping to recruit a Ph.D. student to join the SPARC (Social Psychology of Activism, Resistance, & Change) Lab at @UVAPsyc in Fall 2026! You can find more info about my research on my website (ericshuman.com), and the program here (psychology.as.virginia.edu/social-psych...).

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