Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️🌈🧠🎮😻
@dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social
British-Canadian applied social psychologist investigating LGBTQ+ prejudice, stigma, and digital technology use. INQYR Research Associate (https://www.inqyr.org/) and Secretary of Options for Sexual Health. Lifelong gaymer, avid foodie, and cat dad.
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Hello #AcademicSky ! I'm Ashley (he/him) and I proudly work with LGBTQ+ communities at the International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience to study issues impacting their wellbeing inc. stigma, prejudice, resilience, and technology use!
Looking forward to sharing and contributing more here 🤓
Looking forward to sharing and contributing more here 🤓
A lot of growth on this account since I joined in 2023, so by way of reintroduction:
I'm Ashley (he/him)! Here I post about LGBTQ+ research, community work, and my hobbies (video games, travel, cooking, crafts). I'm glad to be connected with you all! 🌈
I'm Ashley (he/him)! Here I post about LGBTQ+ research, community work, and my hobbies (video games, travel, cooking, crafts). I'm glad to be connected with you all! 🌈
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📢 Hiring: Postdoctoral Fellow in LGBTQ Reproductive Health Disparities at Harvard Medical School 🌈🧬
Focus on rigorous epi methods + big data (longitudinal cohorts, EMR, claims) 📊
Ideal for epi/biostats folks who want rich cross-Harvard collaborations
Details👇 Please boost + tag! 📣
Focus on rigorous epi methods + big data (longitudinal cohorts, EMR, claims) 📊
Ideal for epi/biostats folks who want rich cross-Harvard collaborations
Details👇 Please boost + tag! 📣
www.brittanycharlton.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
📢 Hiring: Postdoctoral Fellow in LGBTQ Reproductive Health Disparities at Harvard Medical School 🌈🧬
Focus on rigorous epi methods + big data (longitudinal cohorts, EMR, claims) 📊
Ideal for epi/biostats folks who want rich cross-Harvard collaborations
Details👇 Please boost + tag! 📣
Focus on rigorous epi methods + big data (longitudinal cohorts, EMR, claims) 📊
Ideal for epi/biostats folks who want rich cross-Harvard collaborations
Details👇 Please boost + tag! 📣
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New CfP in Qualitative Research in Psychology:
🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research"
We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like?
📄 Deadline Sept 2026
💬 Happy to answer Qs
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research"
We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like?
📄 Deadline Sept 2026
💬 Happy to answer Qs
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call for Papers: The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research
Call for Papers for Special Issue of Qualitative Research in Psychology The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research Special Issue Guest Editors: Dr Madeleine Pownall, Dr Nicki Lisa Cole, Dr Annayah ...
docs.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:48 AM
New CfP in Qualitative Research in Psychology:
🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research"
We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like?
📄 Deadline Sept 2026
💬 Happy to answer Qs
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research"
We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like?
📄 Deadline Sept 2026
💬 Happy to answer Qs
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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New paper, led by @jngardiner.bsky.social. We look at queer & trans visibility on social media and negotiations of safety for LGBTQ+ young people - drawing from interviews with young people, service providers and LGBTQ+ creators. Reach out if you'd like a copy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Supporting LGBTQ+ young people on social media in times of heightened visibility: challenges, opportunities, strategies
This article explores how LGBTQ+ young people, service providers, and influential LGBTQ+ peers navigate social media visibility in the contemporary political and media climate. Framed by intense po...
www.tandfonline.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:58 PM
New paper, led by @jngardiner.bsky.social. We look at queer & trans visibility on social media and negotiations of safety for LGBTQ+ young people - drawing from interviews with young people, service providers and LGBTQ+ creators. Reach out if you'd like a copy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We should no longer trust data collected on MTurk
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
My guess is that other online data is going to drop in quality due to LLMs. This is going to be an existential crisis for the behavioral sciences.
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
My guess is that other online data is going to drop in quality due to LLMs. This is going to be an existential crisis for the behavioral sciences.
January 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
We should no longer trust data collected on MTurk
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
My guess is that other online data is going to drop in quality due to LLMs. This is going to be an existential crisis for the behavioral sciences.
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
My guess is that other online data is going to drop in quality due to LLMs. This is going to be an existential crisis for the behavioral sciences.
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#MorningReads Anti-DEI legislation is linked to disrupted teaching, worse mental health, and higher intent to leave—especially for LGBQ+ faculty, who report greater impacts and vulnerability shaped by identity and tenure status. #sexres&socpol
Client Challenge
link.springer.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
#MorningReads Anti-DEI legislation is linked to disrupted teaching, worse mental health, and higher intent to leave—especially for LGBQ+ faculty, who report greater impacts and vulnerability shaped by identity and tenure status. #sexres&socpol
The Danganronpa soundtrack is the perfect amount of catchy and repetitive but not so intrusive that it becomes a distraction from my writing (e.g., anything with lyrics or that make me daydream about gaming moments).
Anyway here's what my next 10 hours sounds like ✍️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbLP...
Anyway here's what my next 10 hours sounds like ✍️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbLP...
Danganronpa 2 OST ~ Ikoroshia [イコロシア] ~ [EXTENDED]
YouTube video by Mimimo
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January 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The Danganronpa soundtrack is the perfect amount of catchy and repetitive but not so intrusive that it becomes a distraction from my writing (e.g., anything with lyrics or that make me daydream about gaming moments).
Anyway here's what my next 10 hours sounds like ✍️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbLP...
Anyway here's what my next 10 hours sounds like ✍️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbLP...
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Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
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Saying goodbye to 2025 with one of our most important posts: INQYR's holiday pets! ❤️
Wishing you all a happy and safe New Year; we will see you in 2026! 🥂🎉
Wishing you all a happy and safe New Year; we will see you in 2026! 🥂🎉
December 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Saying goodbye to 2025 with one of our most important posts: INQYR's holiday pets! ❤️
Wishing you all a happy and safe New Year; we will see you in 2026! 🥂🎉
Wishing you all a happy and safe New Year; we will see you in 2026! 🥂🎉
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A sad but unsurprising study: bullying victimization is associated with more than double the odds of suicide attempts among sexual minority people.
December 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A sad but unsurprising study: bullying victimization is associated with more than double the odds of suicide attempts among sexual minority people.
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LGBTQ+ well-being varies sharply worldwide in a global sample (N=82k). Structural and family homophobia strongly reduced well-being—especially for those facing economic precarity. Reducing homophobic stigma should be a public health priority. #SOGIData #LGBTQHealth
Homophobia, economic precarity and the well-being of sexual and gender diverse people in a 153-country survey - Nature Human Behaviour
A cross-country survey among 82,324 sexual and gender diverse people finds that family rejection, homophobic reactions, and institutional stigma and discrimination are linked with individual well-bein...
www.nature.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
LGBTQ+ well-being varies sharply worldwide in a global sample (N=82k). Structural and family homophobia strongly reduced well-being—especially for those facing economic precarity. Reducing homophobic stigma should be a public health priority. #SOGIData #LGBTQHealth
It is endlessly frustrating to see grifters get rewarded for manufacturing the same predictable outrage over and over. This poor trans TA has been made an example of and is being pushed out of her career for simply doing her job.
So gross and cynical, UO decision makers should be ashamed.
So gross and cynical, UO decision makers should be ashamed.
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It is endlessly frustrating to see grifters get rewarded for manufacturing the same predictable outrage over and over. This poor trans TA has been made an example of and is being pushed out of her career for simply doing her job.
So gross and cynical, UO decision makers should be ashamed.
So gross and cynical, UO decision makers should be ashamed.
Christmas dinner: success! 💪
December 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Christmas dinner: success! 💪
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AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
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As @seanjwestwood.bsky.social's terrifying new PNAS article demonstrates, LLMs can now pass almost every attention check, mirror personas, stay consistent across pages, and systematically bias responses in the aggregate.
So here’s a different angle: verify physical presence, not text.
So here’s a different angle: verify physical presence, not text.
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
As @seanjwestwood.bsky.social's terrifying new PNAS article demonstrates, LLMs can now pass almost every attention check, mirror personas, stay consistent across pages, and systematically bias responses in the aggregate.
So here’s a different angle: verify physical presence, not text.
So here’s a different angle: verify physical presence, not text.
Reposted by Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️🌈🧠🎮😻
Call for Proposals / Appel à propositions
Deadline: 15 January, 2026 / Date limite: 15 janvier 2026
EN: https://ow.ly/W5Bj50XKtgB
FR: https://ow.ly/QHoa50XKtgC
Deadline: 15 January, 2026 / Date limite: 15 janvier 2026
EN: https://ow.ly/W5Bj50XKtgB
FR: https://ow.ly/QHoa50XKtgC
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Call for Proposals / Appel à propositions
Deadline: 15 January, 2026 / Date limite: 15 janvier 2026
EN: https://ow.ly/W5Bj50XKtgB
FR: https://ow.ly/QHoa50XKtgC
Deadline: 15 January, 2026 / Date limite: 15 janvier 2026
EN: https://ow.ly/W5Bj50XKtgB
FR: https://ow.ly/QHoa50XKtgC
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🌈🎓 GLO is a new mobile-based app presented by It Gets Better Canada that features an evidence-based curriculum developed by our very own PI Dr. Shelley Craig!
Take an in-depth look at each module and read Shelley's full statement here: www.inqyr.org/glo-app 💜
Take an in-depth look at each module and read Shelley's full statement here: www.inqyr.org/glo-app 💜
December 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🌈🎓 GLO is a new mobile-based app presented by It Gets Better Canada that features an evidence-based curriculum developed by our very own PI Dr. Shelley Craig!
Take an in-depth look at each module and read Shelley's full statement here: www.inqyr.org/glo-app 💜
Take an in-depth look at each module and read Shelley's full statement here: www.inqyr.org/glo-app 💜
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"Remember that an AI girlfriend responding to your loneliness might just be a man in a Nairobi slum, wondering if he'll ever feel real love again"
An important report here
data-workers.org/wp-content/u...
An important report here
data-workers.org/wp-content/u...
data-workers.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Remember that an AI girlfriend responding to your loneliness might just be a man in a Nairobi slum, wondering if he'll ever feel real love again"
An important report here
data-workers.org/wp-content/u...
An important report here
data-workers.org/wp-content/u...
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Stink bugs have problems too
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Stink bugs have problems too
Reposted by Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️🌈🧠🎮😻
Can chatting with AI sway your political beliefs?
A new joint study from the Oxford Internet Institute and AI Security Institute (AISI) offers unprecedented insights into how conversational AI can exert influence over people’s political beliefs.
Read more: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
A new joint study from the Oxford Internet Institute and AI Security Institute (AISI) offers unprecedented insights into how conversational AI can exert influence over people’s political beliefs.
Read more: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Can chatting with AI sway your political beliefs?
A new joint study from the Oxford Internet Institute and AI Security Institute (AISI) offers unprecedented insights into how conversational AI can exert influence over people’s political beliefs.
Read more: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
A new joint study from the Oxford Internet Institute and AI Security Institute (AISI) offers unprecedented insights into how conversational AI can exert influence over people’s political beliefs.
Read more: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
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PhDone ✅ 🥳
Thank you @daraghmcdermott.bsky.social, Dr Beth Jones & Prof. Rusi Jaspal for all your support!
Shout to Professor Adam Bourne (La Trobe University, Melbourne) and Dr Blerina Kellezi (NTU Psychology) for making the viva so enjoyable!
@ntupsychology.bsky.social
Thank you @daraghmcdermott.bsky.social, Dr Beth Jones & Prof. Rusi Jaspal for all your support!
Shout to Professor Adam Bourne (La Trobe University, Melbourne) and Dr Blerina Kellezi (NTU Psychology) for making the viva so enjoyable!
@ntupsychology.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
PhDone ✅ 🥳
Thank you @daraghmcdermott.bsky.social, Dr Beth Jones & Prof. Rusi Jaspal for all your support!
Shout to Professor Adam Bourne (La Trobe University, Melbourne) and Dr Blerina Kellezi (NTU Psychology) for making the viva so enjoyable!
@ntupsychology.bsky.social
Thank you @daraghmcdermott.bsky.social, Dr Beth Jones & Prof. Rusi Jaspal for all your support!
Shout to Professor Adam Bourne (La Trobe University, Melbourne) and Dr Blerina Kellezi (NTU Psychology) for making the viva so enjoyable!
@ntupsychology.bsky.social
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I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
defector.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
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My latest article is now up on ASR. In it, we argue that the U.S. LGBTQ movement is in the midst of a widespread, conflictual process of generational turnover—with important implications for the future of the movement.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My latest article is now up on ASR. In it, we argue that the U.S. LGBTQ movement is in the midst of a widespread, conflictual process of generational turnover—with important implications for the future of the movement.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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🚨 SynthNet is out 🚨
Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🚨 SynthNet is out 🚨
Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3