Laurel Brehm
@drlearnasaurus.bsky.social
Psycholinguist @ UCSB. Professionally: Language errors and stats. Also: cats, my kids, social justice, shit-posting
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In sum, we report that adults prefer similar labels to refer to similar concepts. This is surprising, because things in the real world that are perceptually similar often have dissimilar labels, and vice versa (e.g., rat-mouse vs. house-mouse).
December 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In sum, we report that adults prefer similar labels to refer to similar concepts. This is surprising, because things in the real world that are perceptually similar often have dissimilar labels, and vice versa (e.g., rat-mouse vs. house-mouse).
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🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
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Launch of new Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards
As announced in Budget 2025 -
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December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
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Happy Christmas everyone, just remember, you'll get to stage 4 soon enough
December 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Happy Christmas everyone, just remember, you'll get to stage 4 soon enough
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New Cambridge Element in Construction Grammar: Syntactic Variation from Individuals to Populations, by Jonathan Dunn, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
cup.org/3L9VdMZ
#cambridgeelements #constructiongrammar
cup.org/3L9VdMZ
#cambridgeelements #constructiongrammar
Syntactic Variation from Individuals to Populations
Cambridge Core - Grammar and Syntax - Syntactic Variation from Individuals to Populations
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December 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New Cambridge Element in Construction Grammar: Syntactic Variation from Individuals to Populations, by Jonathan Dunn, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
cup.org/3L9VdMZ
#cambridgeelements #constructiongrammar
cup.org/3L9VdMZ
#cambridgeelements #constructiongrammar
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The academic job market is 75% qualifications, 5% not being an asshole, and 20% blind luck. Even in the “wokest” fields in the 2010s, there were plenty of white dudes getting jobs because they were excellent, or because they weren’t but still got the benefit of the doubt of being the most qualified.
I’m sorry, this white guy who got a campus visit to Brown and was taken seriously by the committee thinks the only reason he didn’t get the job was because they only cared about race?
I think I can come up with another reason…
I think I can come up with another reason…
![Ethan made it to the final interview round at Brown. After a long back-and-forth with the search committee—a sign, he believes, of internal dissension—he lost out. “They wanted everything through the prism of race,” Ethan recalled. “Unless you place [race] squarely at the center of your research, you’re vulnerable, especially if your identity doesn’t fit the desired profile.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreifkhjwks4newrjgctdlmljukbrtlhsqatgdlfhjjhup7ciuqccfjm@jpeg)
December 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The academic job market is 75% qualifications, 5% not being an asshole, and 20% blind luck. Even in the “wokest” fields in the 2010s, there were plenty of white dudes getting jobs because they were excellent, or because they weren’t but still got the benefit of the doubt of being the most qualified.
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📣
Faculty line in cognitive psychology in my department at Western Washington University.
We just, finally, received permission to search. Details will be posted in early January.
But hey, I just want to get this out so people will be watching.
Nice place and university. I’ve liked it.
Faculty line in cognitive psychology in my department at Western Washington University.
We just, finally, received permission to search. Details will be posted in early January.
But hey, I just want to get this out so people will be watching.
Nice place and university. I’ve liked it.
December 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
📣
Faculty line in cognitive psychology in my department at Western Washington University.
We just, finally, received permission to search. Details will be posted in early January.
But hey, I just want to get this out so people will be watching.
Nice place and university. I’ve liked it.
Faculty line in cognitive psychology in my department at Western Washington University.
We just, finally, received permission to search. Details will be posted in early January.
But hey, I just want to get this out so people will be watching.
Nice place and university. I’ve liked it.
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This is just the Hunger Games
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is just the Hunger Games
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Please consider submitting your manuscript to our special issue in Scientific Reports (deadline March 5th, 2026)
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
Individual differences in speech perception
This Collection welcomes original research articles on studies that investigate individual differences in speech perception.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Please consider submitting your manuscript to our special issue in Scientific Reports (deadline March 5th, 2026)
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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This platform is so important! It allows researchers regardless of their university prestige to do research! So important for leveling the playing field for many developmental psychologist scientist from under resourced institutions. Please consider donating - donations will be matched!
This is a fundraising post!
An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure!
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An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure!
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December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This platform is so important! It allows researchers regardless of their university prestige to do research! So important for leveling the playing field for many developmental psychologist scientist from under resourced institutions. Please consider donating - donations will be matched!
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Me: Semester is over, maybe it will be a chill week
My to-do app: Lol
My to-do app: Lol
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Me: Semester is over, maybe it will be a chill week
My to-do app: Lol
My to-do app: Lol
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Why is this timeline so violent?
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Why is this timeline so violent?
hivemind: Who are some ECRS working in reading lately? I need a larger pool of people to send papers to review....
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
hivemind: Who are some ECRS working in reading lately? I need a larger pool of people to send papers to review....
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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Hey, I want to offer some helpful tips for coping with the cold for ICE folks who might have come from warmer places.
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
Good morning to fuckers in our neighborhood kidnapping our neighbors! Can you see the city skyline? No? You’re wondering if Minneapolis burned down again overnight? Oh no, sweetie. That’s ice crystals in the air . It looks like it will get to around -8F without windchill! Please enjoy your stay!
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hey, I want to offer some helpful tips for coping with the cold for ICE folks who might have come from warmer places.
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Just a daily reminder: trans women are women. Trans people exist. Trans people are human. Human rights cannot be selective of social categories.
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.
Melissa Green, the chief executive of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, said the organisation had taken the decision with the “utmost regret and sadness”, adding it had “no choice” but to exclude trans women from its membership. Continue reading...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just a daily reminder: trans women are women. Trans people exist. Trans people are human. Human rights cannot be selective of social categories.
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it finally happened -- a good student of mine vanished from class about six weeks ago. this student reappeared today and explained that they had been in ICE detention in another state during that time. ICE needs to end. ICE needs to end. ICE needs to end.
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
it finally happened -- a good student of mine vanished from class about six weeks ago. this student reappeared today and explained that they had been in ICE detention in another state during that time. ICE needs to end. ICE needs to end. ICE needs to end.
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I have become sleepy, the needer of bed
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I have become sleepy, the needer of bed
A partial ranking of ‘why did the chicken cross the road’ punchlines from my 2yo:
4. ‘Corn’
3. ‘Hot dog’
2. ‘Knock knock who’s there!’
1. ‘Decided to’
4. ‘Corn’
3. ‘Hot dog’
2. ‘Knock knock who’s there!’
1. ‘Decided to’
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
A partial ranking of ‘why did the chicken cross the road’ punchlines from my 2yo:
4. ‘Corn’
3. ‘Hot dog’
2. ‘Knock knock who’s there!’
1. ‘Decided to’
4. ‘Corn’
3. ‘Hot dog’
2. ‘Knock knock who’s there!’
1. ‘Decided to’
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a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
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Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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This is so cool
Did you know the heart imprints onto the voice? New preprint spearheaded by Marijn Hafkamp, confirming (seemingly forgotten) research from the 80's and testing for the first time possible biomechanical mechanisms (evidence points to heart-lung-voice interactions).
wimpouw.com/files/Hafkam...
wimpouw.com/files/Hafkam...
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This is so cool
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We are hiring at the University of Arizona libraries for a Data Science Specialist/Librarian. Expertise/experience in Python is a must. Not on the search committee, will be your colleague. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Data Science Specialist/Librarian (Assistant or Associate)
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIESData
Science Outreach and ServicesDevelop and lead training opportunities in tools and
resources such as data visualization, data...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We are hiring at the University of Arizona libraries for a Data Science Specialist/Librarian. Expertise/experience in Python is a must. Not on the search committee, will be your colleague. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...