Andrew Marcinko
@marcinko.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Behavioural Science at Durham University • Organisational authenticity • Behaviour change • DEI • Team performance
Talent Consultant / Executive Trainer / Keynote Speaker 👨💼
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Talent Consultant / Executive Trainer / Keynote Speaker 👨💼
Villa supporter🦁 Gator grad🐊 Beer aficionado🍺
10 years too late. Her misteps helped lead to Trump's 1st term, tho plenty of blame to go around for that. But she was centrally responsible for Dems total failure to address the threat of autocracy during Biden's term & his disastrous insistence on running in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Pelosi Plans to Retire in 2027 After 39 Years in Congress
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
10 years too late. Her misteps helped lead to Trump's 1st term, tho plenty of blame to go around for that. But she was centrally responsible for Dems total failure to address the threat of autocracy during Biden's term & his disastrous insistence on running in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
“In a free society, all are involved in what some are doing.”
Interesting read www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Interesting read www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“In a free society, all are involved in what some are doing.”
Interesting read www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Interesting read www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Aldi's UK web presence is just an absolute joy.
Are they like this in other countries, or are we just lucky? @aldiukstores.bsky.social
Are they like this in other countries, or are we just lucky? @aldiukstores.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Aldi's UK web presence is just an absolute joy.
Are they like this in other countries, or are we just lucky? @aldiukstores.bsky.social
Are they like this in other countries, or are we just lucky? @aldiukstores.bsky.social
So, Pete Hegseth - an alcoholic, wife abusing, rapist, white supremacist tattoo-covered shitbag whose own mother hates him - spent millions of taxpayer $$$ to get all the country's top military leaders in a room to rant at them about "standards".
Even for MAGA... lol
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Even for MAGA... lol
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass American Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds’ for Military
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So, Pete Hegseth - an alcoholic, wife abusing, rapist, white supremacist tattoo-covered shitbag whose own mother hates him - spent millions of taxpayer $$$ to get all the country's top military leaders in a room to rant at them about "standards".
Even for MAGA... lol
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Even for MAGA... lol
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
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#AcademicSky
Not read @lindatropp.bsky.social 's new #ERSP article yet, but even the title excites me.
Getting us to reaffirm our commitment to the public good.
How could that advice be bad?
To regain lost public trust, the public good *should* be in mind
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Not read @lindatropp.bsky.social 's new #ERSP article yet, but even the title excites me.
Getting us to reaffirm our commitment to the public good.
How could that advice be bad?
To regain lost public trust, the public good *should* be in mind
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
September 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#AcademicSky
Not read @lindatropp.bsky.social 's new #ERSP article yet, but even the title excites me.
Getting us to reaffirm our commitment to the public good.
How could that advice be bad?
To regain lost public trust, the public good *should* be in mind
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Not read @lindatropp.bsky.social 's new #ERSP article yet, but even the title excites me.
Getting us to reaffirm our commitment to the public good.
How could that advice be bad?
To regain lost public trust, the public good *should* be in mind
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Reposted by Andrew Marcinko
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
Reposted by Andrew Marcinko
@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Fees and Funding - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
I don't think ppl have grasped how far into fascism the US already is.
They've taken over the universities in Florida & Texas. They've successfully turned ICE & the FBI into paramilitary forces. The courts are stacked with loyalist judges.
Trump will be running the country until he dies.
They've taken over the universities in Florida & Texas. They've successfully turned ICE & the FBI into paramilitary forces. The courts are stacked with loyalist judges.
Trump will be running the country until he dies.
September 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I don't think ppl have grasped how far into fascism the US already is.
They've taken over the universities in Florida & Texas. They've successfully turned ICE & the FBI into paramilitary forces. The courts are stacked with loyalist judges.
Trump will be running the country until he dies.
They've taken over the universities in Florida & Texas. They've successfully turned ICE & the FBI into paramilitary forces. The courts are stacked with loyalist judges.
Trump will be running the country until he dies.
Early prediction: Trump will use Kirk's death as a pretext to ramp up the authoritarianism for the midterms next year.
Expect armed "poll watchers" (FBI, ICE, and local militias) aggressively checking IDs and intimidating folks in the name of "preventing left wing political violence."
Expect armed "poll watchers" (FBI, ICE, and local militias) aggressively checking IDs and intimidating folks in the name of "preventing left wing political violence."
September 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Early prediction: Trump will use Kirk's death as a pretext to ramp up the authoritarianism for the midterms next year.
Expect armed "poll watchers" (FBI, ICE, and local militias) aggressively checking IDs and intimidating folks in the name of "preventing left wing political violence."
Expect armed "poll watchers" (FBI, ICE, and local militias) aggressively checking IDs and intimidating folks in the name of "preventing left wing political violence."
Reposted by Andrew Marcinko
PhD post! 2 students sought to join the BIRES project, taking a body image intervention developed in Nicaragua and Colombia and examining how (and if!) It can be adapted in other LatAm and African youth.
Please share with your students.
#PsychSciSky
#Anthropology
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Please share with your students.
#PsychSciSky
#Anthropology
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
September 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
PhD post! 2 students sought to join the BIRES project, taking a body image intervention developed in Nicaragua and Colombia and examining how (and if!) It can be adapted in other LatAm and African youth.
Please share with your students.
#PsychSciSky
#Anthropology
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Please share with your students.
#PsychSciSky
#Anthropology
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Unfathomably gross.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
House Panel Releases Drawing for Epstein Apparently Signed by Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Unfathomably gross.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
Wild that this isn't even front page news today. I mean, what are the rules now?
Can the president... unilaterally execute anyone accused of drug-crime...?
Is it international waters? Is it non-citizens? Is it the seriousness of the crime? Where's the line here...?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
Can the president... unilaterally execute anyone accused of drug-crime...?
Is it international waters? Is it non-citizens? Is it the seriousness of the crime? Where's the line here...?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
Trump Says U.S. Attacked Boat Carrying Venezuelan Gang Members, Killing 11
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Wild that this isn't even front page news today. I mean, what are the rules now?
Can the president... unilaterally execute anyone accused of drug-crime...?
Is it international waters? Is it non-citizens? Is it the seriousness of the crime? Where's the line here...?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
Can the president... unilaterally execute anyone accused of drug-crime...?
Is it international waters? Is it non-citizens? Is it the seriousness of the crime? Where's the line here...?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
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I've been talking a lot about how much value #BehaviouralScience can bring to businesses. With that in mind, I put together a 3-week crash course in behavioural science at work.
Check it out! www.futurelearn.com/courses/beha...
I've been talking a lot about how much value #BehaviouralScience can bring to businesses. With that in mind, I put together a 3-week crash course in behavioural science at work.
Check it out! www.futurelearn.com/courses/beha...
August 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
My #FutureLearn course — 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 — is now live!
I've been talking a lot about how much value #BehaviouralScience can bring to businesses. With that in mind, I put together a 3-week crash course in behavioural science at work.
Check it out! www.futurelearn.com/courses/beha...
I've been talking a lot about how much value #BehaviouralScience can bring to businesses. With that in mind, I put together a 3-week crash course in behavioural science at work.
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It is risky for Dems, but not because there's a crime problem.
It's politically risky because 🇺🇸 has a racism problem. Targeting racial minorities is hugely popular with Republicans.
Putting a Black majority city like DC "in its place" is red meat for Trump's base.
It's politically risky because 🇺🇸 has a racism problem. Targeting racial minorities is hugely popular with Republicans.
Putting a Black majority city like DC "in its place" is red meat for Trump's base.
Maggie Haberman Says Pushing Back in Trump Risky for Dems: ‘There Is a Crime Problem Everywhere’
Maggie Haberman Says Pushing Back in Trump Risky for Dems: ‘There Is a Crime Problem Everywhere’
Maggie Haberman said Democrats risk seeming out of touch when they push back on President Donald Trump over his policing takeover.
The post Maggie Haberman Says Pushing Back in Trump Risky for Dems: ‘There Is a Crime Problem Everywhere’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
August 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
It is risky for Dems, but not because there's a crime problem.
It's politically risky because 🇺🇸 has a racism problem. Targeting racial minorities is hugely popular with Republicans.
Putting a Black majority city like DC "in its place" is red meat for Trump's base.
It's politically risky because 🇺🇸 has a racism problem. Targeting racial minorities is hugely popular with Republicans.
Putting a Black majority city like DC "in its place" is red meat for Trump's base.
Reposted by Andrew Marcinko
A senior administration official, as well as other officials, told Rolling Stone that it is a priority of Trump that these kinds of military deployments -- in times of relative calm -- become normalized in American political culture.
More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
August 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A senior administration official, as well as other officials, told Rolling Stone that it is a priority of Trump that these kinds of military deployments -- in times of relative calm -- become normalized in American political culture.
More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
How could anyone have possibly thought the military would stand up to Trump?
How could someone with such stupid thoughts be a high ranking government official?
The ignorance of the political establishment in the States is mindboggling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
How could someone with such stupid thoughts be a high ranking government official?
The ignorance of the political establishment in the States is mindboggling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
Opinion | We Used to Think the Military Would Stand Up to Trump. We Were Wrong.
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
How could anyone have possibly thought the military would stand up to Trump?
How could someone with such stupid thoughts be a high ranking government official?
The ignorance of the political establishment in the States is mindboggling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
How could someone with such stupid thoughts be a high ranking government official?
The ignorance of the political establishment in the States is mindboggling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
If by "arbitrarily", you mean "in a calculated appeal to its racist and anti-intellectual base", then sure.
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If by "arbitrarily", you mean "in a calculated appeal to its racist and anti-intellectual base", then sure.
Grunge is by far the most enduringly cool musical era.
Imagine any other major era-defining musician - for the most part, they'd be cringe if they dropped right now.
Kurt Cobain could do exactly the same everything as 1993 and he'd still be the coolest guy in the world in 2025.
Imagine any other major era-defining musician - for the most part, they'd be cringe if they dropped right now.
Kurt Cobain could do exactly the same everything as 1993 and he'd still be the coolest guy in the world in 2025.
August 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Grunge is by far the most enduringly cool musical era.
Imagine any other major era-defining musician - for the most part, they'd be cringe if they dropped right now.
Kurt Cobain could do exactly the same everything as 1993 and he'd still be the coolest guy in the world in 2025.
Imagine any other major era-defining musician - for the most part, they'd be cringe if they dropped right now.
Kurt Cobain could do exactly the same everything as 1993 and he'd still be the coolest guy in the world in 2025.
Can't get over how dumb this article is.
"Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of ‘Mankeeping’"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
"Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of ‘Mankeeping’"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
July 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Can't get over how dumb this article is.
"Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of ‘Mankeeping’"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
"Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of ‘Mankeeping’"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
This is clearly crisis PR after all the attempted boat sinking last year.
The ability to control the media narrative is famously a key indicator of higher order cognition.
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
The ability to control the media narrative is famously a key indicator of higher order cognition.
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Orcas bring food gifts to humans in puzzling acts of kindness
Dozens of cases of wild orcas bringing fish and birds to humans have been documented. Are they trying to make friends or do they hope to manipulate us?
www.thetimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is clearly crisis PR after all the attempted boat sinking last year.
The ability to control the media narrative is famously a key indicator of higher order cognition.
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
The ability to control the media narrative is famously a key indicator of higher order cognition.
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
The challenge is polarisation, in the same way slavery was an intractable disagreement on the nature of the country with no plausible compromise.
GOP voters cannot abide a multicultural society where White ppl aren't the majority or dominant sociocultural force. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
GOP voters cannot abide a multicultural society where White ppl aren't the majority or dominant sociocultural force. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
How Much Worse Is This Going to Get?
Political violence poses an existential threat to our nation and our freedoms—but it’s not too late.
www.theatlantic.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The challenge is polarisation, in the same way slavery was an intractable disagreement on the nature of the country with no plausible compromise.
GOP voters cannot abide a multicultural society where White ppl aren't the majority or dominant sociocultural force. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
GOP voters cannot abide a multicultural society where White ppl aren't the majority or dominant sociocultural force. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
All Texas Republicans, along with of course Donald Trump, oversaw the gutting of the National Weather Service's local forecasting capacity that could have saved dozens of lives here.
The media shouldn't let them move on from this with the next news cycle.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
The media shouldn't let them move on from this with the next news cycle.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
All Texas Republicans, along with of course Donald Trump, oversaw the gutting of the National Weather Service's local forecasting capacity that could have saved dozens of lives here.
The media shouldn't let them move on from this with the next news cycle.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
The media shouldn't let them move on from this with the next news cycle.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
No matter how much you want to hate the premise of a hot dog eating contest on principle, it's just impossible with quotes like this from the competitors:
"𝑂𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑔𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔."
"𝑂𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑔𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔."
July 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
No matter how much you want to hate the premise of a hot dog eating contest on principle, it's just impossible with quotes like this from the competitors:
"𝑂𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑔𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔."
"𝑂𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑔𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔."
Democrats (and the liberal intelligentsia in general) refuse to understand that the vast majority of voters follow very little political news and have no understanding of how any particular bill or law affects them.
This won't move the needle at all. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
This won't move the needle at all. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
In Trump’s Bill, Democrats See a Path to Win Back Voters
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Democrats (and the liberal intelligentsia in general) refuse to understand that the vast majority of voters follow very little political news and have no understanding of how any particular bill or law affects them.
This won't move the needle at all. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
This won't move the needle at all. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
There's a 0.0% chance that any Trump supporter ever holds Republicans accountable for the outcomes of this bill.
They will blame Democrats and immigrants and continue to vote Republican.
Article is such a wild overestimation of the average voter's competence.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
They will blame Democrats and immigrants and continue to vote Republican.
Article is such a wild overestimation of the average voter's competence.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
They Didn’t Have to Do This
By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.
www.theatlantic.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
There's a 0.0% chance that any Trump supporter ever holds Republicans accountable for the outcomes of this bill.
They will blame Democrats and immigrants and continue to vote Republican.
Article is such a wild overestimation of the average voter's competence.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
They will blame Democrats and immigrants and continue to vote Republican.
Article is such a wild overestimation of the average voter's competence.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...