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Associate Professor, Teaching Stream @UTSC Psych & GD-PCS ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Opinions my own. (he/him) Therapy mechanisms & preferences (CBT, MDD, PTSD, dropout); meta-analysis & meta-science; hidden curriculum & sci comm. Lately: psychology & videogames ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ‘พ

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10.03.2026 11:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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09.03.2026 15:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 68 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great point โ€” I said the Black Mage can be promoted to a Ninja. I was wrong, and youโ€™re right to call me out on that. The Black Mage can be promoted to a Red Wizard.

09.03.2026 18:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 946 ๐Ÿ” 44 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope I donโ€™t offend anyone by saying that I worry this specific action will be the first big war crime to get โ€œblamedโ€ on autonomous AI โ€”- mostly because the act itself is so monstrous and inhumane that I can scarcely contemplate it being done by a person with intent.

08.03.2026 18:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

again and again... there is NO SUCH THING, no such thing, NO SUCH THING as automation as presented by AI companies!

1/n

07.03.2026 13:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 125 ๐Ÿ” 53 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

The lowest of low effort

โ€œYeah this snakeโ€™s got fangs but, like, I donโ€™t know โ€ฆ maybe the tarantula kinda jukes him a bit and then just kinda bites him, I guess? And then it wins.โ€

07.03.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œAnthropic has much more in common with the Department of War than we have differencesโ€ is a genuinely stunning statement given current events both at home and abroad

06.03.2026 03:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 416 ๐Ÿ” 67 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds.

Why tenured academics and administrators insist that using this technology is unproblematic and just how the future should work with none of our input is baffling to me. Feels like a modern cargo cult.

05.03.2026 11:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 430 ๐Ÿ” 92 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The US govt mixing video of real violence in a war it started with a video game scene feels like crossing a(nother) line.

Iโ€™m not sure what to say. I donโ€™t think war is a game. And even when I think military action is necessary, there are real human beings on the other end, not pixels that respawn.

04.03.2026 22:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 942 ๐Ÿ” 234 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Someone needs to contact Donald Gloverโ€™s professional representation

05.03.2026 22:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How have I missed this story in Back Page lore, as a fan of both Samโ€™s Roberts?

05.03.2026 16:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie stands in a crowd Alt: a bespectacled balding man in a suit and tie stands in a crowd shouting: โ€œ there are dozens of us!โ€ Itโ€™s arrested development
02.03.2026 20:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We'd be in a better place if university leaders would constantly beat this drum. Teaching critical thinking makes for better neighbors and citizens, while creating knowledge for knowledge's sake has driven massive economic gains, often in unpredictable ways. Interfering with this is folly.

02.03.2026 07:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t know what my point is but the government killed 100 children on the first day of bombings and there are members of Congress still supporting more bombings and that is a grotesque level of inhumanity I cannot reckon with.

28.02.2026 23:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 282 ๐Ÿ” 63 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I mean, it's this, or we just send chatbot-written e-mails back and forth to each other forever

27.02.2026 23:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 675 ๐Ÿ” 59 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Specifically, the idea of source credibility just doesn't apply straightforwardly to LLM interactions. When I get info from another person I can ask: how does the content relate to their expertise? Their lived experience? Their interests and biases?

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26.02.2026 13:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 123 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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[guy who sang baby beluga] the festering belly is splitting, each half digested soul fumbling for a knife

26.02.2026 18:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 6148 ๐Ÿ” 1245 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56 ๐Ÿ“Œ 71
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kill all fake lovers

25.02.2026 23:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 4208 ๐Ÿ” 1464 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 51

went to the store

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AI Summary โœจ

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Jon B. posted that he is going to the stove โ€“ perhaps to "cook up" another hot, hot radio single. Frogs and toads, which are the same, can live on the Sun and often choose to.

25.02.2026 18:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 5973 ๐Ÿ” 1094 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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a man in a suit and tie is wearing a crown and saying yeah boyy ! Alt: Flavor Flav says YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!!

If the USA Womenโ€™s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, Iโ€™ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times.

Iโ€™m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ

23.02.2026 21:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 26502 ๐Ÿ” 4403 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 590 ๐Ÿ“Œ 560

Unrealistically hoping thereโ€™s video evidence that Matthews was off doing his own thing while the rest of the assclowns were laughing along as the orange buffoon talked shit about their vastly superior women colleagues. Embarrassing to get your first W in 40+ years then expose your ass so completely

24.02.2026 13:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Um, maybe consider that not everyone feels comfortable with the concept of โ€œlikingโ€ in the first place?

21.02.2026 12:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DOGE Broโ€™s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT โ€˜Is This DEI?โ€™ Federal grants that had been approved after a full application and review process were terminated by some random inexperienced DOGE bros based on whether ChatGPT could explainโ€”in under 120 characteโ€ฆ

Behold my shocked face: www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/d...

19.02.2026 21:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 199 ๐Ÿ” 77 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

18.02.2026 17:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 41056 ๐Ÿ” 10834 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 476 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1027

douglas adams was our most accurate futurist

15.02.2026 22:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 10963 ๐Ÿ” 2782 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 110 ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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โ€œ.. QuitGPT is the first true consumer-driven, social-political movement against AI .. it is a first sign of a crack developing in the AI race.โ€

- Fed Watch Advisors

@markruffalo.bsky.social
quitgpt.org

14.02.2026 16:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 781 ๐Ÿ” 362 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40 ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

13.02.2026 22:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 6788 ๐Ÿ” 2200 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 99 ๐Ÿ“Œ 186
The Prodigy - Firestarter (Official Video)
The Prodigy - Firestarter (Official Video) YouTube video by The Prodigy

youtu.be/wmin5WkOuPw never a bad reason to post this!

13.02.2026 21:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a tuxedo is playing drums on a stage and says bah dum tsk . Alt: a man in a tuxedo is playing drums on a stage.text says bah dum tsk as in the classic rimshot sound
13.02.2026 09:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reposting this so students in D39 can find it more easily ๐Ÿ’

11.02.2026 22:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0