Chanel Meyers

Lots of good gems here - definitely worth your time

"If you think Claude Code is a better social scientist than you, then you’re probably right. But that means, at some point, you stopped trying to answer interesting/puzzling questions and started trying to win the publish-the-most-articles race."

AI BOOSTER BINGO The squares read: I might get attacked for saying this Imagine what it'll do in 5 years Al critics are just afraid Al is better than you Everyone is doing it "Levels the playing Field" Your time will be spent on work that MATTERS Your time will be spent correcting the Al's errors MORE VOLUME!! Shit outputs? Switch to [alternate LLM] Yes jobs will be cut... Humans aren't perfect either It's FUN!!! No practical advice "Sorry bluesky" Solution to chronic underfunding What if it could cure cancer??? I made something that appears passable No need for pesky underlings Is it accurate? No. But... Framing human work as "bespoke, hand-crafted" Get with it or get left behind!!! Al critics are luddites This was actually written by AI For more free printables please visit www.timvandevall.com, created by Tim van de Vall, copyright 2013 Dutch Renaissance Press LLC

I made a bingo card

Let's say I'm a researcher in a politically controversial topic: flu and hepatitis vaccines for children. I study interventions to increase vaccine uptake.

Would I be doing "activist science" given the anti-vaxx political movement & anti-vaxx govt actions here in the US?

(Inspired by #SPSP2026)

How do you measure a threat in the air? Testing the universal, dynamic, and multifaceted nature of social identity threat Using the SITC Inventory, social identity threat is shown to be dynamic, multifaceted, and nearly universal.

New paper out in Science Advances! I'm really (really) proud of this one. Let's get into it. doi.org/10.1126/scia...

They ran out of rooms by the time I checked in for SPSP so I ended up getting the suite, so after party in my room I guess?? This is practically a studio apartment...bigger than the one I lived in Toronto for sure 🤣

6 years of restraint with that scotch, I think you can drink the next batch faster 🤣. Well deserved. Congrats!!

Instead of yawning when I see all the talks/posters at SPSP that are about AI, I can now say "this is contributing to a scientific monoculture" 🥸

It'd be nice if people just used AI to free us up to do more of the processing instead of just putting out more product.

Valuing the Process vs. the Product in Research On reasonable resistance to using GenAI in research

New post! "Valuing the Process vs. the Product in Research," in which I try to describe some of the tensions around using GenAI/LLMs in scientific research, and why it can be so difficult to have productive conversations on the topic. getsyeducated.substack.com/p/valuing-th...

Um DS9 is probably the most woke, Sisko as command and they basically had a trans character (Dax). But yeah I don't think I ever watched all of it, there's a lot LOL

but also, it's not that good at summarizing

I feel like more people need to watch Star Trek. Like, AI would be cool and all if it actually freed us up to be creative, explore, and have dialogue. But it's just making us all poor and dumb. Current AI is not freeing us from capitalism but ensuring we stay in the trenches!!!

Hey kids, an alternative is that you can totally skip getting a degree by just dropping out and you know what, that is FREE. You might even get some refunds!!

I would love to eat hotpot with you Alysson! ❤️

Omg Alex let's goooo

I only saw the close one which is Haidilao, I have not done my research of other options 😅 is that one better in your opinion?

I learned there is a hotpot place right near the conference center for SPSP and now my only priority is to find someone who will go eat hotpot with me.

I don’t think he code switched once, for real. Respect. 🫡

Bad Bunny wearing an OCASIO 64 jersey

Ocasio gang rise up 🙌🏽🇵🇷

YOU BETTER SHOUT OUT ALL OF AMERICA

Every university that capitulated to Trump’s financial demands looks so fucking stupid right now

Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/

HUGE UPDATE: we confronted Congressman Tom Suozzi. He is one of seven Democrats casting the decisive votes to increase ICE funding by $10,000,000,000. Hideous, grotesque, fascist-loving coward, this man has blood on his hands. We will not forgive and we will not forget.

Yesterday in my seminar our topic was alt right extremism (I swear I dont plan the timing) and everyone got to vent (incl myself!!) But I also saw so much heart, passion, and critical thinking in what students had to say. It makes me hopeful for a brighter future.

Either AI chatbots are spoofing as university students or AI tech companies are hiring undergrad interns to try get the attention of faculty to participate in their AI market research. I thought book publishers ambushing me in my office was annoying...but this is another level...

Hahaha I literally just made this point to my class today...make em say the full thing out loud!

You might think your job has your back, but when push comes to shove, workers often learn that HR's first priority is to protect the company--even when that comes at their expense. In our new paper at ASAP, @mwkraus.bsky.social and I explore how these experiences shape workers' union attitudes.

Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was shot & killed by ICE on Sept 12

ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12

ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14

Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23

The Trump administration says it's illegal to record videos of ICE. Here's what the law says. "Violence is anything that threatens them and their safety, so it is doxing them, it's videotaping them where they're at when they're out on operations," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

reason.com/2026/01/08/y... #ProudBlue. Trump Regime says it is illegal to record ICE. They are 100% wrong. We have a constitutional right to engage with and film public servants. ICE has no special dispensation that allows them to usurp our constitutional rights. Film ICE. Address your grievances

The Heartbreak of Institutional Betrayal In my practice, I'm witnessing a bipartisan heartbreak. I see confusion and deep questioning of some existing systems while watching the real-time dismantling of others.

All of these news stories about the government's actions make me think of research on institutional betrayal.

"Institutional betrayal happens when an institution...fails to protect or actively harms someone who relies on it."
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/iden...