Eric Knowles
@ericdknowles.bsky.social
Social and political psychologist. NYU professor. Music appreciator. Californian in Manhattan.
Bottle these expressions.
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Bottle these expressions.
Trump is ~15% in the hole. Happy Friday!
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Trump is ~15% in the hole. Happy Friday!
I can't read "Curd Tart" without spoonerizing it into "Turd Cart." I really just can't.
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I can't read "Curd Tart" without spoonerizing it into "Turd Cart." I really just can't.
Since Trump 2.0, AFFLUENT Americans’ wages have recovered: They’re growing faster than inflation for the first time since Covid.
Low-income Americans? Their wages *had* been keeping pace with inflation. Now, after Trumps’s tariffs and other bullshit, they lag behind.
Reagan is smiling up at us.
Low-income Americans? Their wages *had* been keeping pace with inflation. Now, after Trumps’s tariffs and other bullshit, they lag behind.
Reagan is smiling up at us.
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Since Trump 2.0, AFFLUENT Americans’ wages have recovered: They’re growing faster than inflation for the first time since Covid.
Low-income Americans? Their wages *had* been keeping pace with inflation. Now, after Trumps’s tariffs and other bullshit, they lag behind.
Reagan is smiling up at us.
Low-income Americans? Their wages *had* been keeping pace with inflation. Now, after Trumps’s tariffs and other bullshit, they lag behind.
Reagan is smiling up at us.
It’s so achingly clear that this regime‘s answer to DEI is a record-breaking level of incompetence.
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It’s so achingly clear that this regime‘s answer to DEI is a record-breaking level of incompetence.
Hobbes is being unfair here.
Whether or not it's also a Republican attack line, Pete is straight-up echoing the Marxian argument that identity calculi without consistent class analysis fosters false consciousness. Which it does.
FFS, Pete's dad was a Gramsci scholar!
Whether or not it's also a Republican attack line, Pete is straight-up echoing the Marxian argument that identity calculi without consistent class analysis fosters false consciousness. Which it does.
FFS, Pete's dad was a Gramsci scholar!
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hobbes is being unfair here.
Whether or not it's also a Republican attack line, Pete is straight-up echoing the Marxian argument that identity calculi without consistent class analysis fosters false consciousness. Which it does.
FFS, Pete's dad was a Gramsci scholar!
Whether or not it's also a Republican attack line, Pete is straight-up echoing the Marxian argument that identity calculi without consistent class analysis fosters false consciousness. Which it does.
FFS, Pete's dad was a Gramsci scholar!
They grow up so fast.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
They grow up so fast.
Same-day WAPO editorial drop:
“BOOOO Generalissimo Mamdani, YAYYY Captain of Industry Elon!”
So much for far-left media capture, I guess. What a charade.
“BOOOO Generalissimo Mamdani, YAYYY Captain of Industry Elon!”
So much for far-left media capture, I guess. What a charade.
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Same-day WAPO editorial drop:
“BOOOO Generalissimo Mamdani, YAYYY Captain of Industry Elon!”
So much for far-left media capture, I guess. What a charade.
“BOOOO Generalissimo Mamdani, YAYYY Captain of Industry Elon!”
So much for far-left media capture, I guess. What a charade.
About to tuck in to some Zohran cake at the home of his speech writer’s very (very!) proud parents. 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
About to tuck in to some Zohran cake at the home of his speech writer’s very (very!) proud parents. 🎉
Zohran crushed it!
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Zohran crushed it!
Turns out holding SNAP benefits hostage to hurt the other party is bad politics.
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Turns out holding SNAP benefits hostage to hurt the other party is bad politics.
Tfw the gigantic protest in your city is news on Drudge but missing on the @nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tfw the gigantic protest in your city is news on Drudge but missing on the @nytimes.com
Found this men's room in Prague this summer.
Seems relevant: Middlemist, R. D., Knowles, E. S., & Matter, C. F. (1976). Personal space invasions in the lavatory: Suggestive evidence for arousal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), 541–546. doi.org/10.1037/0022...
Seems relevant: Middlemist, R. D., Knowles, E. S., & Matter, C. F. (1976). Personal space invasions in the lavatory: Suggestive evidence for arousal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), 541–546. doi.org/10.1037/0022...
September 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Found this men's room in Prague this summer.
Seems relevant: Middlemist, R. D., Knowles, E. S., & Matter, C. F. (1976). Personal space invasions in the lavatory: Suggestive evidence for arousal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), 541–546. doi.org/10.1037/0022...
Seems relevant: Middlemist, R. D., Knowles, E. S., & Matter, C. F. (1976). Personal space invasions in the lavatory: Suggestive evidence for arousal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), 541–546. doi.org/10.1037/0022...
_Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe_
July 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
_Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe_
_Mutter mit totem Sohn_
July 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
_Mutter mit totem Sohn_
Structural Determinants of Social Outcomes—Exhibit #49,648:
When one birth cohort (late baby boomers) faces a 50% greater risk of homelessness than do other cohorts, it’s a natural quasi-experiment revealing structural causation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
When one birth cohort (late baby boomers) faces a 50% greater risk of homelessness than do other cohorts, it’s a natural quasi-experiment revealing structural causation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
May 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Structural Determinants of Social Outcomes—Exhibit #49,648:
When one birth cohort (late baby boomers) faces a 50% greater risk of homelessness than do other cohorts, it’s a natural quasi-experiment revealing structural causation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
When one birth cohort (late baby boomers) faces a 50% greater risk of homelessness than do other cohorts, it’s a natural quasi-experiment revealing structural causation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
@nytimes.com, how about an article covering the fact that this guy, Joe Kent, is very likely an actual Nazi.
May 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
@nytimes.com, how about an article covering the fact that this guy, Joe Kent, is very likely an actual Nazi.
Pope Leo XIV retweeted this less than 2 months ago.
This is a defeat for the Church's conservative bloc.
This is a defeat for the Church's conservative bloc.
May 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Pope Leo XIV retweeted this less than 2 months ago.
This is a defeat for the Church's conservative bloc.
This is a defeat for the Church's conservative bloc.
May 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I honestly feel like I logged on to X by mistake lol
May 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I honestly feel like I logged on to X by mistake lol
The Netanyahu regime, which the U.S. supports unquestioningly, lying to cover up a potential war crime is page A14 news.
TL;DR: Red Crescent ambulance crew was unearthed from a mass grave in Rafah. IDF said they weren’t using headlights, flashers, or aid insignia. Cellphone video proves this false.
TL;DR: Red Crescent ambulance crew was unearthed from a mass grave in Rafah. IDF said they weren’t using headlights, flashers, or aid insignia. Cellphone video proves this false.
April 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Netanyahu regime, which the U.S. supports unquestioningly, lying to cover up a potential war crime is page A14 news.
TL;DR: Red Crescent ambulance crew was unearthed from a mass grave in Rafah. IDF said they weren’t using headlights, flashers, or aid insignia. Cellphone video proves this false.
TL;DR: Red Crescent ambulance crew was unearthed from a mass grave in Rafah. IDF said they weren’t using headlights, flashers, or aid insignia. Cellphone video proves this false.
Columbia could have led the way. Instead, they caved.
March 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Columbia could have led the way. Instead, they caved.