Jonathan Corbin

Jonathan Corbin

@jonathancorbin.bsky.social

Behavioral scientist. Psych. blogger. “You even picked the ideal weather. Overcast and chilly. Perfect for staying inside and reading" voxpopsci.com

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I have libertarian friends who make great points about the dangers of powerful governments and the value of privacy and free association. I have democratic socialist friends who make great points about the value of universal government services. Continued...

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Everyone please remember who broke this story when corporate media tell us how important White House access is. And remember what they use that access for. Because it wasn’t this.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

As I first reported on Monday, Katie Zacharia is not a lawyer and has never been licensed to practice law. The WSJ reports that she took the California Bar Exam but failed. Nevertheless, Zacharia appeared on media programs for YEARS and repeatedly called herself a lawyer. Here's a super cut:

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No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

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Sen. Ossoff: "Congress is full of congressmen's sons who are only in Congress because their daddies were congressmen, just like Mike Collins, who are perfectly happy to send other people's children to die in a war. How is this war a success, Mike?"

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Can't believe Jean Twenge, the woman who has dedicated her career to manipulating data about teen mental health, would manipulate data about teen sexuality.

Christopher Julian@chrisajulian.bsky.social

I reanalyzed the CDC data behind the LGB “free fall” headline. It rests on a change in bisexual identification among one grade, in one wave, of one survey. Gay or lesbian identification did not change significantly. Calling it a "free fall" is sensational and just gives bad actors talking points.

The same folks wearing cross necklaces and putting church bumper stickers on their cars want you to believe that expressing your values visibly is bad. (This is them trying to take your power)

Jonathan Corbin@jonathancorbin.bsky.social

Hot take: virtue signaling is good, actually. (Something something social norms...)

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So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.

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Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social

Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...

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This spring, I wrote about the problems with the serial rapist model and why It's important to follow the evidence even when the data challenges our belief in a just world. The post is circulating again 💔 so I thought I would share it here. natematias.medium.com/when-science...

natematias.medium.comWhen Science Isn’t Gaslighting You After AllScience can save lives by overturning our deepest, most well-meaning assumptions about the causes of harm

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NEW: GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx told backers on a Zoom call last night that he doesn't regret slamming his wife into a door to teach her a lesson about self-defense. "I'd do it again," Marx said. Marx says she fake cried and physicality is just the nature of their relationship.

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I remember when Obama criticized Fox News and all of DC's Very Important People spent *weeks* taking to their fainting couches at the horror of it.

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social

The president of the United States says that "the New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested" for denying that the arena in which he spoke had empty seats. It's really bad! www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

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ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.

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The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades

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Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

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Silicon Valley Disruptors reinventing Epstein from first principles

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.

There's a list of pernicious, toxic things, deeply embedded in my culture. Auto-downloaded into worldviews by society without consent that are sick, and must be recognized and purged. The idea that larger bodies aren't beautiful is one I especially hate. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comWhy girls have worse mental health than boys - Nature Human BehaviourAnalyses of data from more than 3,000 adolescents found that loneliness and desire for thinness contribute to the higher prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among girls than in boy...

There are also certain male comedians that perpetuate this with their "free speech, I'm so funny and radical by fully embracing toxic norms that have existed for over a century" who can go fuck themselves.

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Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*

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New from Nikole Hannah-Jones: In fighting for every Black child, Did I betray my own? ‘A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge NYC’s unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice’

nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.