Erin Westgate
@erinwestgate.bsky.social
Social psychologist, studying boredom, interest, and thinking (...and why it's so hard for so many of us!). Assistant Professor @ University of Florida 🐊
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Erin Westgate
@erinwestgate.bsky.social
· Dec 24
Are you living a good life? Take this quiz to find out.
Now is a good time to reflect on the life you’re leading — and what you want out of it.
www.washingtonpost.com
Are you leading a (mostly) happy life, a meaningful life, or a psychologically rich life? Take this fun quiz at the Washington Post and find out!
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...?
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...?
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the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
the bushes were people 😂
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They moved an entire farm and a power station onto the field in five minutes and the Pats can't move a football 10 yards
Genuinely incredible how quickly they can roll all this out in the middle of a football game
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
They moved an entire farm and a power station onto the field in five minutes and the Pats can't move a football 10 yards
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What can you do with a history degree?
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
What can you do with a history degree?
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Bad Bunny has more rushing yards than either team so far
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Bad Bunny has more rushing yards than either team so far
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This is my America.
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
This is my America.
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Higher ed in Florida is spiraling and I hope those students and administrators are ignoring such a silly demand.
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Higher ed in Florida is spiraling and I hope those students and administrators are ignoring such a silly demand.
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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They sang “American Idiot”
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
A rocking start to the Super Bowl.
pagesix.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
They sang “American Idiot”
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Is anyone watching the Super Bowl? Is Bad Bunny winning?
February 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Is anyone watching the Super Bowl? Is Bad Bunny winning?
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These ads reminding me why I have a whole ass research career
February 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
These ads reminding me why I have a whole ass research career
My office for today! Field data collection day #16 at Fanning Springs State Park, for our NSF grant study on whether people underestimate the meaning of novel experiences
February 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
My office for today! Field data collection day #16 at Fanning Springs State Park, for our NSF grant study on whether people underestimate the meaning of novel experiences
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free video for intro lectures on auditory perception
February 8, 2026 at 3:14 AM
free video for intro lectures on auditory perception
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February 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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I can point to the exact moment when my faith in academia died, and it was when my MS advisor had a friend/collaborator get busted for sexually harassing women during Antarctic fieldwork. He defended it to us (his students, majority-women) by saying that in Antarctica, "men turn into animals."
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I can point to the exact moment when my faith in academia died, and it was when my MS advisor had a friend/collaborator get busted for sexually harassing women during Antarctic fieldwork. He defended it to us (his students, majority-women) by saying that in Antarctica, "men turn into animals."
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Lord grant me the confidence of a dog who rearranges all the blankets on a freshly made bed with clean sheets.
February 8, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Lord grant me the confidence of a dog who rearranges all the blankets on a freshly made bed with clean sheets.
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Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
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Thrilled to share our latest paper, out now in Science Advances! We explored the development of cooperative behaviors — fairness, trustworthiness, forgiveness, & honesty — across five societies, culturally contextualizing them & seeing how they correlate. (1/5) www.science.org/doi/full/10....
February 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Thrilled to share our latest paper, out now in Science Advances! We explored the development of cooperative behaviors — fairness, trustworthiness, forgiveness, & honesty — across five societies, culturally contextualizing them & seeing how they correlate. (1/5) www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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You've got to put the fact you're an Olympic athlete in the first sentence. No prof is getting that far into an email.
February 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
You've got to put the fact you're an Olympic athlete in the first sentence. No prof is getting that far into an email.
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
YOU RUIN THE PUBLICATION, DRIVE OFF ALL THE SUBSCRIBERS, DO HIS DIRTY WORK, AND ONLY *THEN* LEAVE?????
YOU RUIN THE PUBLICATION, DRIVE OFF ALL THE SUBSCRIBERS, DO HIS DIRTY WORK, AND ONLY *THEN* LEAVE?????
JUST IN: Washington Post CEO Will Lewis Steps Down Just Days After Cutting Hundreds of Jobs
JUST IN: Washington Post CEO Will Lewis Steps Down Just Days After Cutting Hundreds of Jobs
Washington Post CEO and publisher William Lewis announced on Saturday he's relinquishing his post just days after the paper announced massive layoffs.
The post JUST IN: Washington Post CEO Will Lewis Steps Down Just Days After Cutting Hundreds of Jobs first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
YOU RUIN THE PUBLICATION, DRIVE OFF ALL THE SUBSCRIBERS, DO HIS DIRTY WORK, AND ONLY *THEN* LEAVE?????
YOU RUIN THE PUBLICATION, DRIVE OFF ALL THE SUBSCRIBERS, DO HIS DIRTY WORK, AND ONLY *THEN* LEAVE?????
Back to our spring data collection…there are 7+ manatees in the spring this morning, including this mama and baby!
February 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Back to our spring data collection…there are 7+ manatees in the spring this morning, including this mama and baby!
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Devastated to see what’s happening at a place that I loved because it was the writing home of so many people I loved. what a gutting week
Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Devastated to see what’s happening at a place that I loved because it was the writing home of so many people I loved. what a gutting week
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From the Cooking community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Cooking community
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February 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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As a former editor: PLEASE do this!
A quick e-mail saying: "I don't have time, but try [A] or [B]" can speed up the review process by *weeks*. And it also helps the many junior scientists who need reviewing experience on their CVs, but struggle to get invited.
A quick e-mail saying: "I don't have time, but try [A] or [B]" can speed up the review process by *weeks*. And it also helps the many junior scientists who need reviewing experience on their CVs, but struggle to get invited.
3) When you decline, suggest at least one other reviewer, preferably a junior scientist who tends to do a great job and is likely not on the radar of the editor.
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM
As a former editor: PLEASE do this!
A quick e-mail saying: "I don't have time, but try [A] or [B]" can speed up the review process by *weeks*. And it also helps the many junior scientists who need reviewing experience on their CVs, but struggle to get invited.
A quick e-mail saying: "I don't have time, but try [A] or [B]" can speed up the review process by *weeks*. And it also helps the many junior scientists who need reviewing experience on their CVs, but struggle to get invited.
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We had devastating cuts to @washingtonpost. Our health team of 14 lost 9 reporters yesterday despite it being listed as part of the Post’s new focus.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
We had devastating cuts to @washingtonpost. Our health team of 14 lost 9 reporters yesterday despite it being listed as part of the Post’s new focus.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.