Ginevra Drinka, PhD

I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it:

Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted

Researchers confirm the detrimental effects of psychopathic traits on job performance A new meta-analysis published in the Journal of Applied Psychology reveals that employees with psychopathic traits tend to exhibit lower task performance and are less likely to help colleagues, while engaging in more counterproductive behaviors.

Researchers confirm the detrimental effects of psychopathic traits on job performance

10000% agree with this statement around watching the pace at which enterprises adopt. What the tech bros don’t understand is that this all relates to the human side of change. They don’t understand humans so that’s why they don’t get it. People are scared to use AI. It will slow adoption for sure.

As the world becomes more uncertain, I’m guessing neuroticism will continue to increase…

🫨😬

Join the mushroom ID group on FB. It’s the only reason I still have a FB account. I use it just for that group. It’s run by mycologists.

The psychological desire to be the “true” victim predicts anti-democratic attitudes Both Republicans and Democrats who engage in “competitive victimhood” are more prone to endorsing policies that undermine democracy. A new study suggests this tendency is driven by a psychological process of viewing the opposing party as less than human.

The psychological desire to be the “true” victim predicts anti-democratic attitudes

I love watching the #London fireworks at 4pm on the West Coast. It’s a great way to ring in the new year before it gets too late and I can start thinking about getting ready for bed because I have the habits of an old lady 😂 #nye #happynewyear

After meeting with a colleague who’s super tuned into the state of IO psych globally - I may be pessimistic about current affairs, but not the state of IO!! #iopsych

This is what I am screaming!!

A campaign in Britain called “ask Angela” where you can ask someone at the bar to get you out of a creepy date if your tinder date isn’t who he says he is

Ugh the Brits are just so civilised. Wish we had this in the states. Found in the pub bathroom on the way out from Christmas lunch

Large Christmas in the great hall at Edinburgh Castle

Merry Christmas from Edinburgh 🎄

Cobbled street looking down Victoria street in Edinburgh with different colored shops

Edinburgh is magical ✨

Yeahhh I’m totally guilty of this. I do it to my English husband who has lived in the US since 2012 😬

Fancy that

Omg

“Dunning-Kruger brigade” 🤣

I think we will rebuild these norms but they might have to become more localized/regionalized

lol exactly. I don’t find these ppl charismatic at all… 🤢

“Charisma” is a helluva drug

Stranger things - bikes

Take me back!!!

The AI hype-machine: Canada’s ill-advised ‘national sprint’ on artificial intelligence - The Citizen Lab Citizen Lab senior fellow Cynthia Khoo speaks with Resh Budhu, host of the Courage My Friends podcast, about the problems with Canada’s ‘national sprint’ on

"You’re assuming any complicated social problem can be solved by technology, when often, on the contrary, technology will make it worse."

citizenlab.ca/2025/11/the-...

Just a reminder for no reason whatsoever that when the #dementia really gets going, all #inhibitions go out the window. Expect this #behavior to accelerate #cognitivedecline

Verge headline: Is language the same as intelligence? The Al industry desperately needs it to be by Benjamin Riley Illustration of a polygonal persons face in profile, laid out a bit like a heat map. The person has an empty speech bubble where their brain should be

Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.

Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Watching SLOMW and that polygraph episode😬

They measure phys arousal, HR, skin conductance and assume that “lying = stress.” anxiety, fear, shame, or discomfort can trigger same signals.

examiner claiming 96% accuracy, refusing to go on camera, and name drop FBI?

..they getting scammed on camera

Horror stories of a ‘feminised workplace’ mask the real crisis in male identity | Finn Mackay Stereotypes that centre men’s worth in their work are strangling sensible debate, and letting down women too, says author Finn Mackay

The problem facing men is that, like femininity, masculinity is defined by backward stereotypes about what men should be. These stereotypes – signs of financial success, respect & seniority at work & in public – have always been out of reach for many men.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

people older than me and people younger than me are equally ignorant of climate change as a global crisis

Captain Planet target audience stands firm

For Decades, Kids Drew Men When Asked to Picture a Scientist. Not Anymore. After half a century of bias in a crayon, children are tinally drawing women in lab coats proof that representation isn't just symbolic, it rewires imagination. Original study: Joumal of Educational Psychology, American Psychological Association; November 2024. HEAR HER STORIES

I did this recently and have way more traffic now 😑