Jonathan Corbin
@jonathancorbin.bsky.social
Behavioral scientist. Psych. blogger.
“You even picked the ideal weather. Overcast and chilly. Perfect for staying inside and reading"
voxpopsci.com
“You even picked the ideal weather. Overcast and chilly. Perfect for staying inside and reading"
voxpopsci.com
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I have libertarian friends who make great points about the dangers of powerful governments and the value of privacy and free association.
I have democratic socialist friends who make great points about the value of universal government services.
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I have democratic socialist friends who make great points about the value of universal government services.
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How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io
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Will #Virginia's incoming Attorney General @jonesjay.bsky.social "think of the children" and act against Elon Musk's pedophilia machine Grok which is churning out #CSAM (child sexual abuse material)?
We know that Bimbo Bondi won't act.
Will the #EU do so?
We know that Bimbo Bondi won't act.
Will the #EU do so?
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Will #Virginia's incoming Attorney General @jonesjay.bsky.social "think of the children" and act against Elon Musk's pedophilia machine Grok which is churning out #CSAM (child sexual abuse material)?
We know that Bimbo Bondi won't act.
Will the #EU do so?
We know that Bimbo Bondi won't act.
Will the #EU do so?
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Cog Diss is a hell of a drug.
Motivated Reasoning is a hell of a drug.
Sometimes the desire to stay within the ingroup outweighs our potential logical thinking.
"Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia"
#WorkingToFix2026
Motivated Reasoning is a hell of a drug.
Sometimes the desire to stay within the ingroup outweighs our potential logical thinking.
"Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia"
#WorkingToFix2026
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Cog Diss is a hell of a drug.
Motivated Reasoning is a hell of a drug.
Sometimes the desire to stay within the ingroup outweighs our potential logical thinking.
"Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia"
#WorkingToFix2026
Motivated Reasoning is a hell of a drug.
Sometimes the desire to stay within the ingroup outweighs our potential logical thinking.
"Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia"
#WorkingToFix2026
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Stick a pin in this for the next time legacy media figures throw themselves a self-pity party as public trust in the media swirls ever further down the toilet.
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Stick a pin in this for the next time legacy media figures throw themselves a self-pity party as public trust in the media swirls ever further down the toilet.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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Trump on why he pardoned notorious drug trafficker Juan Hernandez: “It was a Biden set up. Take any country you want. If someone sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life.”
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Trump on why he pardoned notorious drug trafficker Juan Hernandez: “It was a Biden set up. Take any country you want. If someone sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life.”
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The casualties already coming in. Grandmothers in their apartments….
January 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The casualties already coming in. Grandmothers in their apartments….
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Can someone make it culturally legible that a top Republican voice in the country thinks it’s very fun that he runs a non-consensual porn bot platform?
Are most republicans just unaware of this?
Are most republicans just unaware of this?
January 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Can someone make it culturally legible that a top Republican voice in the country thinks it’s very fun that he runs a non-consensual porn bot platform?
Are most republicans just unaware of this?
Are most republicans just unaware of this?
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A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
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Trump: “We’re going to run Venezuela until a safe transition takes place.”
An invasion.
An invasion.
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Trump: “We’re going to run Venezuela until a safe transition takes place.”
An invasion.
An invasion.
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taxpayer money going to a kiddie porn generator should be a gigantic scandal, like one of the biggest scandals of our lifetimes
January 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
taxpayer money going to a kiddie porn generator should be a gigantic scandal, like one of the biggest scandals of our lifetimes
"X" is gross.
Maybe you don't like some of the discourse on Bluesky, but hey, at least it isn't owned by a Nazi and generating child porn...
www.reuters.com/technology/f...
Maybe you don't like some of the discourse on Bluesky, but hey, at least it isn't owned by a Nazi and generating child porn...
www.reuters.com/technology/f...
January 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
"X" is gross.
Maybe you don't like some of the discourse on Bluesky, but hey, at least it isn't owned by a Nazi and generating child porn...
www.reuters.com/technology/f...
Maybe you don't like some of the discourse on Bluesky, but hey, at least it isn't owned by a Nazi and generating child porn...
www.reuters.com/technology/f...
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Happy New Year. The president just threatened Operation Iranian Freedom.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s ‘Operation Iranian Freedom’
How many foreign wars does the “America First” president intend to start?
www.theatlantic.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Happy New Year. The president just threatened Operation Iranian Freedom.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Made collards, black-eyed peas, cornbread, mashed potatoes and baked tilapia tonight.
Here's to a better New Year y'all.
Here's to a better New Year y'all.
January 2, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Made collards, black-eyed peas, cornbread, mashed potatoes and baked tilapia tonight.
Here's to a better New Year y'all.
Here's to a better New Year y'all.
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The Jan 6 rioters took up a "kill Mike Pence!" chant. And that, apparently, was by design, not by coincidence. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump accused of causing, exploiting Jan 6 riot: Key points in Jack Smith testimony
In blockbuster testimony, the former special counsel batted down allegations of political partisanship, spoke of Trump retaliation threats, and explained why investigators sought phone records from me...
www.independent.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
The Jan 6 rioters took up a "kill Mike Pence!" chant. And that, apparently, was by design, not by coincidence. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
This is the only thing that can make America great.
Diversity is strength.
Diversity is strength.
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 1:59 PM
This is the only thing that can make America great.
Diversity is strength.
Diversity is strength.
My hypothesis: long form videos and text still require conscious engagement and therefore some metacognitive monitoring (e.g., "Is this interesting? Are there other goals I should prioritize?")
Short form videos are 100% passive - they are built to engage habit and shut down conscious processes.
Short form videos are 100% passive - they are built to engage habit and shut down conscious processes.
Yo what the fuck short form videos are bad
Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions
arxiv.org/pdf/2302.03714
Ht: HowTown
Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions
arxiv.org/pdf/2302.03714
Ht: HowTown
December 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My hypothesis: long form videos and text still require conscious engagement and therefore some metacognitive monitoring (e.g., "Is this interesting? Are there other goals I should prioritize?")
Short form videos are 100% passive - they are built to engage habit and shut down conscious processes.
Short form videos are 100% passive - they are built to engage habit and shut down conscious processes.
They skipped the step in enshittification where they give the user a good experience...
what a shocking turn of events
who could’ve seen this coming
who could’ve seen this coming
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:23 AM
They skipped the step in enshittification where they give the user a good experience...
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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As always, the biggest Trump scandals take place right out in the open
Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
www.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
As always, the biggest Trump scandals take place right out in the open
There is no-one thirstier than a 3-year-old at bedtime...
December 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
There is no-one thirstier than a 3-year-old at bedtime...
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Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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Good! An early insight of human centered design is that it was possible to reduce airplane crashes by introducing tactile switches and toggle that did not create confusion or require people to take their eyes away from their core tasks donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-origin...
December 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Good! An early insight of human centered design is that it was possible to reduce airplane crashes by introducing tactile switches and toggle that did not create confusion or require people to take their eyes away from their core tasks donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-origin...