Kevin M. King
@kevinmking.bsky.social
He/him. Something something Self control and quant methods. Professor of Psychology at University of Washington. All opinions are my own and correct. Co-host of https://thatimplementationsciencepodcast.podbean.com/
https://faculty.washington.edu/kingkm
https://faculty.washington.edu/kingkm
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A request for #rstats help.
Motivated by a real-world problem I'm facing, I wrote a package designed to help new users wean themselves off using rm(list=ls()), and nudge them in the direction of better practice.
I would sincerely appreciate feedback before I send it to CRAN
Motivated by a real-world problem I'm facing, I wrote a package designed to help new users wean themselves off using rm(list=ls()), and nudge them in the direction of better practice.
I would sincerely appreciate feedback before I send it to CRAN
Some thoughts on checking the R session – Notes from a data witch
More precisely, some thoughts on an R package I might send to CRAN, and I’d appreciate comments and criticism
blog.djnavarro.net
January 6, 2026 at 5:23 AM
A request for #rstats help.
Motivated by a real-world problem I'm facing, I wrote a package designed to help new users wean themselves off using rm(list=ls()), and nudge them in the direction of better practice.
I would sincerely appreciate feedback before I send it to CRAN
Motivated by a real-world problem I'm facing, I wrote a package designed to help new users wean themselves off using rm(list=ls()), and nudge them in the direction of better practice.
I would sincerely appreciate feedback before I send it to CRAN
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Claudenfreude: the feeling you get when someone gets busted for using AI when they shouldn’t
h/t @ssweatt.bsky.social for coining it
h/t @ssweatt.bsky.social for coining it
January 6, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Claudenfreude: the feeling you get when someone gets busted for using AI when they shouldn’t
h/t @ssweatt.bsky.social for coining it
h/t @ssweatt.bsky.social for coining it
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Join me in congratulating @miriforbes.bsky.social for this recognition of her exceptional work!
Huge honor well deserved!
Huge honor well deserved!
Just learned I've won the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the area of psychopathology, and am feeling pretty delighted!! So grateful to @aidangcw.bsky.social for nominating me, and very proud of the work it's based on.
January 6, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Join me in congratulating @miriforbes.bsky.social for this recognition of her exceptional work!
Huge honor well deserved!
Huge honor well deserved!
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For families like ours — who have a kid moving into middle school / high school — thought I’d reshare these science-backed tips on how to study and learn more effectively. Good luck, everyone!
#EduSky #PsychSciSky #scicomm
#EduSky #PsychSciSky #scicomm
Change How You Study: Secrets from Cognitive Science
YouTube video by Steve Most
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:04 AM
For families like ours — who have a kid moving into middle school / high school — thought I’d reshare these science-backed tips on how to study and learn more effectively. Good luck, everyone!
#EduSky #PsychSciSky #scicomm
#EduSky #PsychSciSky #scicomm
Great takes on cooking sites. ATK and Serious Eats are my go tos
One exception is that the King Arthur Flour website has the best recipes for almost anything baked. Bar none.
One exception is that the King Arthur Flour website has the best recipes for almost anything baked. Bar none.
This is my deepest take if you want to cut the NYT cooking cord.
I think America Test Kitchen is an underrated resource and deserves the credit that people heap upon NYT cooking. It's a superior resource and not just because of my anti-NYT bias. The recipes are well tested but aren't as persnickety as Serious Eats.
January 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Great takes on cooking sites. ATK and Serious Eats are my go tos
One exception is that the King Arthur Flour website has the best recipes for almost anything baked. Bar none.
One exception is that the King Arthur Flour website has the best recipes for almost anything baked. Bar none.
![Screen shot from the show Andor. Someone says to Mon Mothma “They [meaning the Empire] don’t even bother to lie badly anymore.” Mon replies “I suppose that’s the final humiliation.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/bafkreibrxbmhwrnkwo2ztnczubpnzpup3uf6dpyhs7mk2uxpeoeynhjo2q@jpeg)
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Glad to see the conversation continues to grow and data speak to the enormous class bias that is built into bans on standardized testing, which end up only exacerbating them more.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Glad to see the conversation continues to grow and data speak to the enormous class bias that is built into bans on standardized testing, which end up only exacerbating them more.
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THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
December 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers.
100% bangers from Solas, with the original lineup (Karan Casey, John Williams, Seamus Eagan, Winnie Horan, and John Doyle).
www.shanachie.com/album/sunny-...
100% bangers from Solas, with the original lineup (Karan Casey, John Williams, Seamus Eagan, Winnie Horan, and John Doyle).
www.shanachie.com/album/sunny-...
December 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers.
100% bangers from Solas, with the original lineup (Karan Casey, John Williams, Seamus Eagan, Winnie Horan, and John Doyle).
www.shanachie.com/album/sunny-...
100% bangers from Solas, with the original lineup (Karan Casey, John Williams, Seamus Eagan, Winnie Horan, and John Doyle).
www.shanachie.com/album/sunny-...
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Meta-analysis finds that social norms messaging (telling people what others do or think they should do) has no effect on improving health behaviors once publication bias is accounted for.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of social norms messaging approaches for improving health behaviours in developed countries - Nature Human Behaviour
Social norms approaches are widely applied in health promotion. This pre-registered systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs using social norms messaging in developed countries aimed to evaluate th...
www.nature.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Meta-analysis finds that social norms messaging (telling people what others do or think they should do) has no effect on improving health behaviors once publication bias is accounted for.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I mean this is just a fantastic image:
December 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I mean this is just a fantastic image:
This is a great paper on scale norming that also presents a really nice discussion of how people come up with their responses to surveys, and how that can change over time. One read of it has me wanting to put it into my assessment syllabus already.
December 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is a great paper on scale norming that also presents a really nice discussion of how people come up with their responses to surveys, and how that can change over time. One read of it has me wanting to put it into my assessment syllabus already.
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More on the continuing purges at #NIH. Now 13 out of 27 institute directors have been gotten rid of. This is not normal. @jonathanwosen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...
Director of NIH neurological disorders institute is ousted, adding to leadership churn
Walter Koroshetz, director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, will soon be leaving his role, STAT has learned. His departure
www.statnews.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
More on the continuing purges at #NIH. Now 13 out of 27 institute directors have been gotten rid of. This is not normal. @jonathanwosen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...
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1/ If you read this NY Times piece but ACTUALLY want to do something to reduce screen time, there's really only one way to do this w/ an iPhone (and it's not switching to greyscale). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
Opinion | I Killed Color on My Phone. The Result Shocked Me.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
1/ If you read this NY Times piece but ACTUALLY want to do something to reduce screen time, there's really only one way to do this w/ an iPhone (and it's not switching to greyscale). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
Almost a decade ago we celebrated the "12 Beers of Stoutsmas" on Christmas Eve. That was a fun night.
Lots of bourbon barrel stouts, as was popular at the time. If I recall the Abyss was my favorite, and the Tart of Darkness (a sour cherry stout) was the weirdest.
Lots of bourbon barrel stouts, as was popular at the time. If I recall the Abyss was my favorite, and the Tart of Darkness (a sour cherry stout) was the weirdest.
December 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Almost a decade ago we celebrated the "12 Beers of Stoutsmas" on Christmas Eve. That was a fun night.
Lots of bourbon barrel stouts, as was popular at the time. If I recall the Abyss was my favorite, and the Tart of Darkness (a sour cherry stout) was the weirdest.
Lots of bourbon barrel stouts, as was popular at the time. If I recall the Abyss was my favorite, and the Tart of Darkness (a sour cherry stout) was the weirdest.
Among the many other ridiculous themes of this commercial is that somehow Folgers is better than any coffee he could get in West Africa.
Whenever you read something about the accidentally incestuous Folgers commercial, you have to re-watch the accidentally incestuous Folgers commercial, it's a firm rule
Here you go youtu.be/uMwFWDIFVCU?...
Here you go youtu.be/uMwFWDIFVCU?...
December 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Among the many other ridiculous themes of this commercial is that somehow Folgers is better than any coffee he could get in West Africa.
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🤔 DID YOU KNOW?
The Stand Up for Science Foundation is now registered on Fidelity Charitable!
This means you can make tax-deductible donations (even anon!) to SUFS...it's quick, easy, and secure.
Cap off your year end giving by supporting the fight for science!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
The Stand Up for Science Foundation is now registered on Fidelity Charitable!
This means you can make tax-deductible donations (even anon!) to SUFS...it's quick, easy, and secure.
Cap off your year end giving by supporting the fight for science!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🤔 DID YOU KNOW?
The Stand Up for Science Foundation is now registered on Fidelity Charitable!
This means you can make tax-deductible donations (even anon!) to SUFS...it's quick, easy, and secure.
Cap off your year end giving by supporting the fight for science!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
The Stand Up for Science Foundation is now registered on Fidelity Charitable!
This means you can make tax-deductible donations (even anon!) to SUFS...it's quick, easy, and secure.
Cap off your year end giving by supporting the fight for science!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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My last week as Editor of @apajournals.bsky.social Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, and after handling 2400 papers I have thoughts... First, I want to recognize our Top Reviewers of 2025 - thank you all so much for your incredible work. And a huge thanks to all reviewers over the past 6 years!
December 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My last week as Editor of @apajournals.bsky.social Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, and after handling 2400 papers I have thoughts... First, I want to recognize our Top Reviewers of 2025 - thank you all so much for your incredible work. And a huge thanks to all reviewers over the past 6 years!
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Our team is back from the 18th Annual Science of D&I Conference in WA, D.C.!
Highlights: Dr. Aaron Lyon- Redesigning clinical tools for usability. Jon Olson & Mahima J.- Streamlining BASIS training (3hrs ➡️ 1hr). Making science work for communities!
#uwalacrity @nih.gov @academyhealth.bsky.social
Highlights: Dr. Aaron Lyon- Redesigning clinical tools for usability. Jon Olson & Mahima J.- Streamlining BASIS training (3hrs ➡️ 1hr). Making science work for communities!
#uwalacrity @nih.gov @academyhealth.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Our team is back from the 18th Annual Science of D&I Conference in WA, D.C.!
Highlights: Dr. Aaron Lyon- Redesigning clinical tools for usability. Jon Olson & Mahima J.- Streamlining BASIS training (3hrs ➡️ 1hr). Making science work for communities!
#uwalacrity @nih.gov @academyhealth.bsky.social
Highlights: Dr. Aaron Lyon- Redesigning clinical tools for usability. Jon Olson & Mahima J.- Streamlining BASIS training (3hrs ➡️ 1hr). Making science work for communities!
#uwalacrity @nih.gov @academyhealth.bsky.social
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So, early in my career, I did some political psych/political philosophy adjacent work. Think Charles Koch Foundation stuff (free speech, civil discourse, classical liberalism).
Participated in some think tank meetings and small discourse and dialogue sort of stuff.
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Participated in some think tank meetings and small discourse and dialogue sort of stuff.
(1/5)
December 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
So, early in my career, I did some political psych/political philosophy adjacent work. Think Charles Koch Foundation stuff (free speech, civil discourse, classical liberalism).
Participated in some think tank meetings and small discourse and dialogue sort of stuff.
(1/5)
Participated in some think tank meetings and small discourse and dialogue sort of stuff.
(1/5)
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New Children’s Book ‘Good Afternoon Moon’ Celebrates Seattle’s Painfully Early Sunsets: tinyurl.com/yrze7kp8
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
New Children’s Book ‘Good Afternoon Moon’ Celebrates Seattle’s Painfully Early Sunsets: tinyurl.com/yrze7kp8
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Naked Cyclist Wondering Where Everyone Is on Solstice: tinyurl.com/yc34t4hw
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Naked Cyclist Wondering Where Everyone Is on Solstice: tinyurl.com/yc34t4hw
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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More adventures in pizza. This week I made my classic Neapolitan style(ish), and also tried my hand at Maryland style pizza. It's based on the Ledo's pizza recipe, which was given to me by two HS friends who worked there for a summer 25 years ago. Pretty sure I nailed it..
December 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
More adventures in pizza. This week I made my classic Neapolitan style(ish), and also tried my hand at Maryland style pizza. It's based on the Ledo's pizza recipe, which was given to me by two HS friends who worked there for a summer 25 years ago. Pretty sure I nailed it..