Cristina Moya
@hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social
evolutionary anthropologist, overly committed to adaptationist logic
https://sites.google.com/site/cristinasolermoya/ Can we agree to fight against this corporate oligarchy? https://indivisible.org/groups
https://sites.google.com/site/cristinasolermoya/ Can we agree to fight against this corporate oligarchy? https://indivisible.org/groups
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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First paper of the PD out!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
We argue that we can think about the start of a new collective ritual as a Stag Hunt Game. But a frequency-independent payoff is needed to get it going. In our case, perceived miracles is such a mechanism!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
We argue that we can think about the start of a new collective ritual as a Stag Hunt Game. But a frequency-independent payoff is needed to get it going. In our case, perceived miracles is such a mechanism!
The emergence of a new pilgrimage as an assurance game | Royal Society Open Science
Pilgrimage has received long-standing scholarly attention, but most theoretical work
focuses on how these rituals can be maintained, rather than the bigger puzzle of how
they emerge. Using empirical i...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
First paper of the PD out!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
We argue that we can think about the start of a new collective ritual as a Stag Hunt Game. But a frequency-independent payoff is needed to get it going. In our case, perceived miracles is such a mechanism!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
We argue that we can think about the start of a new collective ritual as a Stag Hunt Game. But a frequency-independent payoff is needed to get it going. In our case, perceived miracles is such a mechanism!
My favorite part of @nicolasrestrepo.bsky.social 's model is that it provides a theoretically cogent account of why uncertainty is associated with the emergence (and stabilization) of new rituals without assuming specific psychological needs (e.g. for certainty).
UC Davis Researchers Develop Theoretical Model to Determine How Pilgrimages Can Emerge @ucdlands.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...
UC Davis Researchers Develop Theoretical Model to Determine How Pilgrimages Can Emerge
Pilgrimages are ubiquitous across all major world religions.
www.ucdavis.edu
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My favorite part of @nicolasrestrepo.bsky.social 's model is that it provides a theoretically cogent account of why uncertainty is associated with the emergence (and stabilization) of new rituals without assuming specific psychological needs (e.g. for certainty).
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ACE Teaching Innovation Awards empower scholars to incorporate high-quality cultural evolution course materials into their teaching. This is a great opportunity for those from majority-world countries and ECR academics, but everyone can apply!
culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
ACE Teaching Innovation Awards empower scholars to incorporate high-quality cultural evolution course materials into their teaching. This is a great opportunity for those from majority-world countries and ECR academics, but everyone can apply!
culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...
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Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland
Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future
I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks
Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future
I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks
August 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland
Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future
I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks
Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future
I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks
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Update: we are at 379 signatures in support of Lisa Cook and Fed independence!
The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top).
If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top).
If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open letter
Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...
docs.google.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Update: we are at 379 signatures in support of Lisa Cook and Fed independence!
The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top).
If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top).
If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...
www.dropbox.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...
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2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
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🚨 Job Post: Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Focus on Indigenous & local knowledge for social & environmental sustainability.
www.hbes.com/assistant-pr...
Focus on Indigenous & local knowledge for social & environmental sustainability.
www.hbes.com/assistant-pr...
Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge - Stanford - HBES
We seek applicants for a tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor level in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability in the field of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (also referred to as ...
www.hbes.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🚨 Job Post: Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Focus on Indigenous & local knowledge for social & environmental sustainability.
www.hbes.com/assistant-pr...
Focus on Indigenous & local knowledge for social & environmental sustainability.
www.hbes.com/assistant-pr...
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First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
https://go.nature.com/44nH0la
The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
https://go.nature.com/44nH0la
First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
go.nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
https://go.nature.com/44nH0la
The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
https://go.nature.com/44nH0la
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The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
July 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
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Senate Republicans dropped a nearly 1,000-page “Big Beautiful Bill” in the DEAD OF THE NIGHT.
And they want to vote on it TODAY.
Trump is jamming through a bill that rips away health care, closes hospitals, raises grocery and utility bills to give tax breaks to billionaires.
And they want to vote on it TODAY.
Trump is jamming through a bill that rips away health care, closes hospitals, raises grocery and utility bills to give tax breaks to billionaires.
June 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Senate Republicans dropped a nearly 1,000-page “Big Beautiful Bill” in the DEAD OF THE NIGHT.
And they want to vote on it TODAY.
Trump is jamming through a bill that rips away health care, closes hospitals, raises grocery and utility bills to give tax breaks to billionaires.
And they want to vote on it TODAY.
Trump is jamming through a bill that rips away health care, closes hospitals, raises grocery and utility bills to give tax breaks to billionaires.
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OK, #academicsky. If we don't stand up now to support Harvard and UVA, we are LOST. Join our faculty-led movement to stand together against this authoritarian takeover of higher ed in the US: www.standtogetherhighered.org. Sign up on homepage.
June 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
OK, #academicsky. If we don't stand up now to support Harvard and UVA, we are LOST. Join our faculty-led movement to stand together against this authoritarian takeover of higher ed in the US: www.standtogetherhighered.org. Sign up on homepage.
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the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does
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Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
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🎊Fully funded PhD position on cooperative sustainability🌳
Are you curious about
🧒 developmental,
🌍 cross-cultural
🦧 species comparative
research on cooperative sustainability?
All info here or dm me with questions!
career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
Please share! 🙏
Are you curious about
🧒 developmental,
🌍 cross-cultural
🦧 species comparative
research on cooperative sustainability?
All info here or dm me with questions!
career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
Please share! 🙏
Career Opportunities: PhD position Cooperative Sustainability (14208)
career2.successfactors.eu
June 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🎊Fully funded PhD position on cooperative sustainability🌳
Are you curious about
🧒 developmental,
🌍 cross-cultural
🦧 species comparative
research on cooperative sustainability?
All info here or dm me with questions!
career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
Please share! 🙏
Are you curious about
🧒 developmental,
🌍 cross-cultural
🦧 species comparative
research on cooperative sustainability?
All info here or dm me with questions!
career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
Please share! 🙏
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Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
June 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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New NIH Notice rescinding the no DEI, no Israeli boycott term and condition added to NIH grants (covers the whole university)
This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
1/2
This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
1/2
NOT-OD-25-124: Notice of Rescission of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Rescission of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-124. NIH
grants.nih.gov
June 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New NIH Notice rescinding the no DEI, no Israeli boycott term and condition added to NIH grants (covers the whole university)
This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
1/2
This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
1/2
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Join us on the @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social executive committee! Shape the field of cultural evolution alongside amazing colleagues @maximederex.bsky.social, @nicolewen.bsky.social, @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social, @lucymaplin.bsky.social, @ferylbadiani.bsky.social & incoming President Fiona Jordan
It's CES election time! We have FOUR positions that have come up for renewal, so please consider nominating yourself or your colleagues. Nominations close June 20th, with voting from June 30th -July 4th.
June 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Join us on the @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social executive committee! Shape the field of cultural evolution alongside amazing colleagues @maximederex.bsky.social, @nicolewen.bsky.social, @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social, @lucymaplin.bsky.social, @ferylbadiani.bsky.social & incoming President Fiona Jordan
A great introduction to some of the current threats to higher education in the US for anyone who hasn't been paying close attention to this catastrophe.
Universities are places of learning, yes. But they’re also so many other things. Including: science labs. Many of which get federal money for research. That system’s been going on for decades.
June 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A great introduction to some of the current threats to higher education in the US for anyone who hasn't been paying close attention to this catastrophe.
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The Trump administration is working with private companies like Palantir to create detailed reports on every American, which could help them weaponize our personal information in their quest to deport immigrants and punish critics.
This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.
This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Trump administration is working with private companies like Palantir to create detailed reports on every American, which could help them weaponize our personal information in their quest to deport immigrants and punish critics.
This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.
This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.
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June 14. Millions of us are standing up against the tyranny of Donald Trump and standing FOR Americans and our democracy.
Trump wants to make himself a king. But we have no kings here. This is a country of, by, and for The People. Find the No King's event near you at www.nokings.org
Trump wants to make himself a king. But we have no kings here. This is a country of, by, and for The People. Find the No King's event near you at www.nokings.org
May 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
June 14. Millions of us are standing up against the tyranny of Donald Trump and standing FOR Americans and our democracy.
Trump wants to make himself a king. But we have no kings here. This is a country of, by, and for The People. Find the No King's event near you at www.nokings.org
Trump wants to make himself a king. But we have no kings here. This is a country of, by, and for The People. Find the No King's event near you at www.nokings.org
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM