Cedar Riener
@criener.bsky.social
College professor, cognitive psychologist, textbook author. Also interested in science writing, social justice, politics and anti-racism. Proud member of AAUP & AFT Local 6741. Personal account. Views are my own and do not represent RMC, AAAS or SCHEV
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My friends who are in tech are getting destroyed by AI.
My friends who are established writers are like "bring it, Claude, I'll have your ass hanging on a flagpole by morning."
Just anecdotal, but still.
My friends who are established writers are like "bring it, Claude, I'll have your ass hanging on a flagpole by morning."
Just anecdotal, but still.
a lot of "AI hype" discourse makes more sense when you realize that a lot of initial LLM/GenAI hype envisioned replacing artists and PhDs, and its actual impacts have been much greater on coders and other tech workers
creatives/experts see "AI" as underperforming hype, techies see it overperforming
creatives/experts see "AI" as underperforming hype, techies see it overperforming
February 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
My friends who are in tech are getting destroyed by AI.
My friends who are established writers are like "bring it, Claude, I'll have your ass hanging on a flagpole by morning."
Just anecdotal, but still.
My friends who are established writers are like "bring it, Claude, I'll have your ass hanging on a flagpole by morning."
Just anecdotal, but still.
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I fear that men are about to do what men do. They are about to characterize any sober thinking about power as non-technical and therefore unserious.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I fear that men are about to do what men do. They are about to characterize any sober thinking about power as non-technical and therefore unserious.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
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I think people outside of tech don't understand that the workers who have been cut are disproportionately from underrepresented and marginalized groups, are those doing "soft" (more human) roles like design, HR (especially inclusion), and product work, and were often quiet targeting of advocates.
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I think people outside of tech don't understand that the workers who have been cut are disproportionately from underrepresented and marginalized groups, are those doing "soft" (more human) roles like design, HR (especially inclusion), and product work, and were often quiet targeting of advocates.
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Those *same* authoritarian tycoons have destroyed the jobs of *fifty times* as many workers in the tech industry in the last 3 years as have lost jobs in journalism. (I say that for scale, not comparison — I know journalism has been suffering longer.) Those workers are targeted for the same reasons.
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Those *same* authoritarian tycoons have destroyed the jobs of *fifty times* as many workers in the tech industry in the last 3 years as have lost jobs in journalism. (I say that for scale, not comparison — I know journalism has been suffering longer.) Those workers are targeted for the same reasons.
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I will admit I'm hot-headed about tech worker issues, so I'l try to be more even-handed in articulating this: Think of the genuine, real grief we feel because of the decimation our good, valued friends in journalism have been enduring over recent years. We know they're victims of heartless tycoons.
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I will admit I'm hot-headed about tech worker issues, so I'l try to be more even-handed in articulating this: Think of the genuine, real grief we feel because of the decimation our good, valued friends in journalism have been enduring over recent years. We know they're victims of heartless tycoons.
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I went to the same dentist for years in my 20s and 30s. I left because he made disparaging comments about women, and I called him on it, told him he was being “sexist.” I remember his assistants freezing as I said the word.
Funny story! He’s in the Epstein files!
Funny story! He’s in the Epstein files!
February 11, 2026 at 4:31 AM
I went to the same dentist for years in my 20s and 30s. I left because he made disparaging comments about women, and I called him on it, told him he was being “sexist.” I remember his assistants freezing as I said the word.
Funny story! He’s in the Epstein files!
Funny story! He’s in the Epstein files!
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🧵Happy to announce, "The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale: Development, validation, and associations with workplace outcomes" is now published! 😀🥳 (see replies below for more info)
Official version: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open-access version: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Official version: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open-access version: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale: Development, validation, and associations with workplace outcomes
From boardrooms and brown bags to emails and earnings calls, business culture often seems overrun by “corporate bullshit,” a semantically empty and of…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
🧵Happy to announce, "The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale: Development, validation, and associations with workplace outcomes" is now published! 😀🥳 (see replies below for more info)
Official version: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open-access version: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Official version: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open-access version: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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In Your Hands: Promoting Early Diverse Deaf Engagement in the Cognitive Sciences was funded by the @cogscisociety.bsky.social Broadening Participation in Cognitive Science Initiative.
@yellowmisaru.bsky.social and I are excited to share the video developed by our team! ☺️
youtu.be/DDs56EujTNo?...
@yellowmisaru.bsky.social and I are excited to share the video developed by our team! ☺️
youtu.be/DDs56EujTNo?...
Signing Scientists: Introduction to Cognitive Science in ASL
YouTube video by Signing Scientists
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
In Your Hands: Promoting Early Diverse Deaf Engagement in the Cognitive Sciences was funded by the @cogscisociety.bsky.social Broadening Participation in Cognitive Science Initiative.
@yellowmisaru.bsky.social and I are excited to share the video developed by our team! ☺️
youtu.be/DDs56EujTNo?...
@yellowmisaru.bsky.social and I are excited to share the video developed by our team! ☺️
youtu.be/DDs56EujTNo?...
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So some economic indicators are okay, maybe even good, some are not great.
It is however very funny that president Bring Back Manly Manufacturing Jobs is seeing all his job growth in private health care & education.
It is however very funny that president Bring Back Manly Manufacturing Jobs is seeing all his job growth in private health care & education.
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
So some economic indicators are okay, maybe even good, some are not great.
It is however very funny that president Bring Back Manly Manufacturing Jobs is seeing all his job growth in private health care & education.
It is however very funny that president Bring Back Manly Manufacturing Jobs is seeing all his job growth in private health care & education.
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another visualization
February 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
another visualization
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We are fully in the @gabrielwinant.bsky.social economy where all job growth is in nursing and the retirees living off the proceeds of the last accumulation cycle are furious at their Filipina nurse because of it
The job market was already dependent on health care for most of its growth, but the pattern is even more dramatic after today's revisions. Private-sector employment would have fallen outright last year if it weren't for health care. #NumbersDay
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
We are fully in the @gabrielwinant.bsky.social economy where all job growth is in nursing and the retirees living off the proceeds of the last accumulation cycle are furious at their Filipina nurse because of it
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Bluesky in a nutshell.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
February 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Bluesky in a nutshell.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
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This is as good as any contrast between Trump and Biden: state capacity to help people from predatory capital is done. Instead the only growth in state capacity is is in building its coercive powers.
Kate is a reporter for the American Banker. Trump’s DOJ & CFPB turn a predatory lending discrimination lawsuit into an anti-immigrant crusade. Instead of providing restitution for victims of discrimination they use $ to fund more police resources aimed at “illegals.” (Full article paywalled.)
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This is as good as any contrast between Trump and Biden: state capacity to help people from predatory capital is done. Instead the only growth in state capacity is is in building its coercive powers.
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That was a wild 10 days. Barely remember any of them.
FAA: The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted. There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal.
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
That was a wild 10 days. Barely remember any of them.
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All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
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After the Trump regime empties out its concentration camps by deporting all the dark-skinned immigrants it rounds up, those camps will still be operational and ready for use against the next groups of people the regime targets as enemies. Such as, perhaps, you.
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
After the Trump regime empties out its concentration camps by deporting all the dark-skinned immigrants it rounds up, those camps will still be operational and ready for use against the next groups of people the regime targets as enemies. Such as, perhaps, you.
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It is absolutely insane that they tried to prosecute members of Congress for telling people not to break the law.
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
It is absolutely insane that they tried to prosecute members of Congress for telling people not to break the law.
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Really have to hand it to the @WeRateDogs guy, who's consistently using his massive platform for good. In this case discussing how Ring is trying to manufacture consent for using its products for immigration—AND ABORTION—monitoring.
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Really have to hand it to the @WeRateDogs guy, who's consistently using his massive platform for good. In this case discussing how Ring is trying to manufacture consent for using its products for immigration—AND ABORTION—monitoring.
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*my biggest and most exhausted sigh*
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
*my biggest and most exhausted sigh*
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
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February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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I'll do a lil thread but i general I'm a big fan of Damani White-Lewis's work on faculty hiring
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Do Rubrics Live up to Their Promise? Examining How Rubrics Mitigate Bias in Faculty Hiring
Many colleges and universities now require faculty search committees to use rubrics when evaluating faculty job candidates, as proponents believe these “decision-support tools” can reduce the impac...
www.tandfonline.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I'll do a lil thread but i general I'm a big fan of Damani White-Lewis's work on faculty hiring
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...