Andrea Lathrop
@cabernet.bsky.social
Wine... Cognitive Science... Photography... tech stuff... former Aslin Lab (Master's) and Eppler Lab (with Jackie Gibson emeritus) so I'm a weird mix of Gibsonian affordances, visual statistical learning and anticipatory eye movements. Sometimes academic.
Pinned
The birthdate I have provided is not my actual birthdate, but I hereby certify that I am over 18, and not legally required to give my actual birthdate to a website.
2026 is going to be my year. I can feel it. (I'll probably need to up-skill.)
January 2, 2026 at 4:06 AM
2026 is going to be my year. I can feel it. (I'll probably need to up-skill.)
This is quite good:
"Simple heuristics to run a research group" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
This is quite good:
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Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
Beautiful:
I am now obsessed with this abandoned subway station www.businessinsider.com/abandoned-ny...
Take a look at the abandoned New York City subway station where Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor
An abandoned New York City subway station briefly returned to public life when mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was sworn in there on January 1.
www.businessinsider.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Beautiful:
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I rarely get this angry, but this pisses me off.
Just because a bunch of fools started calling what they do "cognitive science" when it isn't science, doesn't mean that what we do as cognitive scientists isn't.
Go read Von Eckhardt's "What is cognitive science?" if you doubt me.
Just because a bunch of fools started calling what they do "cognitive science" when it isn't science, doesn't mean that what we do as cognitive scientists isn't.
Go read Von Eckhardt's "What is cognitive science?" if you doubt me.
CogSci: It’s not science. It’s not simple. And it’s not teaching & learning.
This diagram has enraged thousands of teachers thousands of times, because it renders something hugely complex (teaching & learning) as something pretty straight-forward. Yet, the speakers at ten thousand lecterns point…
This diagram has enraged thousands of teachers thousands of times, because it renders something hugely complex (teaching & learning) as something pretty straight-forward. Yet, the speakers at ten thousand lecterns point…
CogSci: It’s not science. It’s not simple. And it’s not teaching & learning.
This diagram has enraged thousands of teachers thousands of times, because it renders something hugely complex (teaching & learning) as something pretty straight-forward. Yet, the speakers at ten thousand lecterns point to it and tell us – ‘Ah, but really, it’s actually far more complex than you would have yourself believe. Because this, colleagues, is Science. And this diagram is but a simplification of what we know – scientifically – happens when children learn.
masteringwritingmastery.wordpress.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I rarely get this angry, but this pisses me off.
Just because a bunch of fools started calling what they do "cognitive science" when it isn't science, doesn't mean that what we do as cognitive scientists isn't.
Go read Von Eckhardt's "What is cognitive science?" if you doubt me.
Just because a bunch of fools started calling what they do "cognitive science" when it isn't science, doesn't mean that what we do as cognitive scientists isn't.
Go read Von Eckhardt's "What is cognitive science?" if you doubt me.
I love that Mamdani is also now the Mayor of Vermont.
January 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I love that Mamdani is also now the Mayor of Vermont.
Interesting thought. I suppose it's an empirical question as to whether something like 7±2 is a necessary constraint to elicit some aspect of human-like, intelligent-like behaviour. (If it isn't, then why build in a superfluous limitation?)
Fascinated by the 7±2 rule! How can AI-driven interactions be designed to respect working memory limitations, ensuring a seamless flow of info? #HCI #CognitivePsychology #AIEthics #CognitivePsychology
January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Interesting thought. I suppose it's an empirical question as to whether something like 7±2 is a necessary constraint to elicit some aspect of human-like, intelligent-like behaviour. (If it isn't, then why build in a superfluous limitation?)
Happy New Year, NYC! Let me know when the rent comes down, so I can move back!
January 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Happy New Year, NYC! Let me know when the rent comes down, so I can move back!
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE PICNIC (1930) 🐕
🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE PICNIC (1930) 🐕
🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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this reminds me of when AOC first got famous and the same types dug up "oppo" which was some video she and a few others had made as a class project in college and it was like, "ooh look at her, how _embarrassing_" and she was just dancing around, beautiful, with this lustrous head of hair
January 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
this reminds me of when AOC first got famous and the same types dug up "oppo" which was some video she and a few others had made as a class project in college and it was like, "ooh look at her, how _embarrassing_" and she was just dancing around, beautiful, with this lustrous head of hair
I think I would prefer to be more demand-side than supply-side in many contexts, particularly with respect to employment, and social and familial relationships. I think I am largely supply-side in all things, and this is the source of my unhappiness.
January 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I think I would prefer to be more demand-side than supply-side in many contexts, particularly with respect to employment, and social and familial relationships. I think I am largely supply-side in all things, and this is the source of my unhappiness.
My New Year's resolution is for people to interrupt me less.
Day 1: My father has already interrupted me at 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:15, 11:30, had me make him lunch, 11:45, 12:10, 12:20, and is now doing a load of laundry less than 12 feet from where I am sitting.
Day 1: My father has already interrupted me at 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:15, 11:30, had me make him lunch, 11:45, 12:10, 12:20, and is now doing a load of laundry less than 12 feet from where I am sitting.
January 1, 2026 at 5:42 PM
My New Year's resolution is for people to interrupt me less.
Day 1: My father has already interrupted me at 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:15, 11:30, had me make him lunch, 11:45, 12:10, 12:20, and is now doing a load of laundry less than 12 feet from where I am sitting.
Day 1: My father has already interrupted me at 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:15, 11:30, had me make him lunch, 11:45, 12:10, 12:20, and is now doing a load of laundry less than 12 feet from where I am sitting.
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This is the most Warner Bros. thing ever to happen at a Disney location. (I hope he is ok!)
Disney park worker hurt shielding crowd from 400-pound runaway prop in Indiana Jones show
"Safety is at the heart of what we do, and that element of the show will be modified as our safety team completes a review of what happened,” a theme park representative said.
www.nbcnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is the most Warner Bros. thing ever to happen at a Disney location. (I hope he is ok!)
Rats. I was hoping for embodied perception of ecological affordances.
January 1, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Rats. I was hoping for embodied perception of ecological affordances.
Decided to (ring in) the New Year by reading a paper. Here is the last paper of 2025/first paper of 2026 I am reading:
www.cs.cornell.edu/~helou/IMRL....
www.cs.cornell.edu/~helou/IMRL....
www.cs.cornell.edu
January 1, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Decided to (ring in) the New Year by reading a paper. Here is the last paper of 2025/first paper of 2026 I am reading:
www.cs.cornell.edu/~helou/IMRL....
www.cs.cornell.edu/~helou/IMRL....
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I am ready for this year to end but not for the next one to start.
January 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I am ready for this year to end but not for the next one to start.
I am not ringing in the new year correctly.
January 1, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I am not ringing in the new year correctly.
Oh, no...
January 1, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Oh, no...
"Somehow, the liberation technology of computing seemed to liberate seven specific companies, and nobody else."
Time for my big year end blogpost about the Atmosphere.
From the personal computing perspective, the cloud has been a disaster — but we shouldn't run away from it.
We can solve a lot of problems by connecting our clouds, turning it into atmospheric computing.
From the personal computing perspective, the cloud has been a disaster — but we shouldn't run away from it.
We can solve a lot of problems by connecting our clouds, turning it into atmospheric computing.
Atmospheric Computing
Cloud computing has been extremely successful, but it lost the values that drove personal computing. We can solve this by evolving forward.
www.pfrazee.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
"Somehow, the liberation technology of computing seemed to liberate seven specific companies, and nobody else."
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![An interoperable world
Atmospheric computing is about building an interoperable world. A cloud in that world can be big or small. It doesn't matter. A bigger cloud will do bigger things, and a smaller clouds will do smaller things. But they'll still talk.
We need a collectivist answer to Big Tech. I'm not just interested in the battles of yesterday; if now is the time of AI, I want a personal AI running on my personal cloud. There is zero reason for us to all become subservient clients to American corporations. The model can change.
The path to a sovereign tech stack is via commodification. The AT Protocol stack is akin to Backend-as-a-Service; it standardizes identity, oauth flows, permissioning, data flows, and more. We are now working with the IETF to form a Working Group [4] and I believe a standard cloud platform is emerging in these specs.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd/bafkreies7fjdkzc2l7uvetkliu5uwalfnyfxxxpi2o4spiso3v45fyldyu@jpeg)
Cog Sci is science. Perhaps you mean that applying Cog Sci to the field of education has not been carried out with randomized controlled trials (because that could be unethical)? Cog Sci is science.
CogSci: It’s not science. It’s not simple. And it’s not teaching & learning.
This diagram has enraged thousands of teachers thousands of times, because it renders something hugely complex (teaching & learning) as something pretty straight-forward. Yet, the speakers at ten thousand lecterns point…
This diagram has enraged thousands of teachers thousands of times, because it renders something hugely complex (teaching & learning) as something pretty straight-forward. Yet, the speakers at ten thousand lecterns point…
CogSci: It’s not science. It’s not simple. And it’s not teaching & learning.
This diagram has enraged thousands of teachers thousands of times, because it renders something hugely complex (teaching & learning) as something pretty straight-forward. Yet, the speakers at ten thousand lecterns point to it and tell us – ‘Ah, but really, it’s actually far more complex than you would have yourself believe. Because this, colleagues, is Science. And this diagram is but a simplification of what we know – scientifically – happens when children learn.
masteringwritingmastery.wordpress.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Cog Sci is science. Perhaps you mean that applying Cog Sci to the field of education has not been carried out with randomized controlled trials (because that could be unethical)? Cog Sci is science.
Hegseth is not a serious person, and should never have been given a serious role. This is horrifying:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Gift Article)
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hegseth is not a serious person, and should never have been given a serious role. This is horrifying:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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This is the one that really gets me. Hegseth treated a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart as a photo op, putting on makeup, telling an aide to “look commanding.” When the Ukrainian asked for honesty about what was going to happen, Hegseth refused to answer, just nodded for the photo. Hollow man.
December 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the one that really gets me. Hegseth treated a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart as a photo op, putting on makeup, telling an aide to “look commanding.” When the Ukrainian asked for honesty about what was going to happen, Hegseth refused to answer, just nodded for the photo. Hollow man.