Osiris Rankin
@osirisrankin.bsky.social
Clinical psychology PhD student at Harvard. Community college graduate. Current resident of Nova Scotia. I study people’s ideas about life, death, suicide, & seeking support | Science of science | Diversity
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Osiris Rankin
@osirisrankin.bsky.social
· Nov 25
I created a feed for people who are interested in suicidology, or research on suicide, self harm, and related topics. It also tends to pick up other public reports, like newspaper articles, and job postings, which feels like more of a feature than a bug.
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#suicideresearch
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#suicideresearch
I like to put on old mystery and detective shows, like Perry Mason, to calm down. The familiarity of voices in the background helps.
One of the biggest papercuts in moving to Canada was losing access to Magnum PI on the Roku channel.
One of the biggest papercuts in moving to Canada was losing access to Magnum PI on the Roku channel.
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I like to put on old mystery and detective shows, like Perry Mason, to calm down. The familiarity of voices in the background helps.
One of the biggest papercuts in moving to Canada was losing access to Magnum PI on the Roku channel.
One of the biggest papercuts in moving to Canada was losing access to Magnum PI on the Roku channel.
Daniel is one of my favorite people I’ve worked with at any job, and I’ve had A LOT of jobs. Highly recommend!
The Suicide Prevention Research Lab at UMass Amherst is hiring! We are looking for a lab manager to help grow our new lab with a start date of summer 2026.
Share and apply!
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Share and apply!
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Technical Assistant I (Lab Manager, Suicide Prevention Research Lab) - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Technical Assistant I (Lab Manager, Suicide Prevention Research Lab)
Executive Area: Academic Affairs
College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Psychology and Brain Sci
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February 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Daniel is one of my favorite people I’ve worked with at any job, and I’ve had A LOT of jobs. Highly recommend!
This weekend:
I watched UNC beat Duke with my wife and son.
I watched the Super Bowl (while working to finish this dissertation).
I used a semi-automated approach to screen 944,000 research documents.
I watched UNC beat Duke with my wife and son.
I watched the Super Bowl (while working to finish this dissertation).
I used a semi-automated approach to screen 944,000 research documents.
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
This weekend:
I watched UNC beat Duke with my wife and son.
I watched the Super Bowl (while working to finish this dissertation).
I used a semi-automated approach to screen 944,000 research documents.
I watched UNC beat Duke with my wife and son.
I watched the Super Bowl (while working to finish this dissertation).
I used a semi-automated approach to screen 944,000 research documents.
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New preprint! We investigate the risk of algorithmic bias (across race/ethnicity, gender, and their intersection) in machine learning models predicting suicide attempts across 3 clinical settings in over 1.2 million patients.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
New preprint! We investigate the risk of algorithmic bias (across race/ethnicity, gender, and their intersection) in machine learning models predicting suicide attempts across 3 clinical settings in over 1.2 million patients.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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New viewpoint article, "It is time to take chronic suicidal ideation seriously", with Evan Kleiman and @katieleedg.bsky.social now published in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science!
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APA PsycNet
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February 9, 2026 at 11:27 PM
New viewpoint article, "It is time to take chronic suicidal ideation seriously", with Evan Kleiman and @katieleedg.bsky.social now published in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science!
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
In (un)health and science news…
ICE agents are using an app developed by Palantir that draws on the health records of millions of Americans to find and detain illegal immigrants
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
In (un)health and science news…
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Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
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We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
forms.gle
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
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🆕Please share
10th Suicide and Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum, 11-12 June 2026
Call for Abstracts: Closing date 27th March 2026
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10th Suicide and Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum, 11-12 June 2026
Call for Abstracts: Closing date 27th March 2026
suicideresearch.info/10th-suicide...
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🆕Please share
10th Suicide and Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum, 11-12 June 2026
Call for Abstracts: Closing date 27th March 2026
suicideresearch.info/10th-suicide...
10th Suicide and Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum, 11-12 June 2026
Call for Abstracts: Closing date 27th March 2026
suicideresearch.info/10th-suicide...
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📢 Now accepting applications for the CSRP Pilot Grant Program!
🔗 Read more and apply:
csrp.mgh.harvard.edu/funding-oppo...
🔗 Read more and apply:
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December 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📢 Now accepting applications for the CSRP Pilot Grant Program!
🔗 Read more and apply:
csrp.mgh.harvard.edu/funding-oppo...
🔗 Read more and apply:
csrp.mgh.harvard.edu/funding-oppo...
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Are you someone "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure" and are interested in a two-year, funded post-doctoral fellowship at a German University to do that work? Then check out the link below! #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Early Career Rescue Fellowship | Universität Tübingen
Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), the Tübingen College of Fellows (CoF), and the…
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December 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Are you someone "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure" and are interested in a two-year, funded post-doctoral fellowship at a German University to do that work? Then check out the link below! #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Every breakthrough in suicide prevention starts with data, research, and support. And it starts with people like you.
Your #GivingTuesday donation drives the science behind that incredible outreach, funding critical prevention efforts.
Give today: afsp.org/givingtuesday
Your #GivingTuesday donation drives the science behind that incredible outreach, funding critical prevention efforts.
Give today: afsp.org/givingtuesday
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Every breakthrough in suicide prevention starts with data, research, and support. And it starts with people like you.
Your #GivingTuesday donation drives the science behind that incredible outreach, funding critical prevention efforts.
Give today: afsp.org/givingtuesday
Your #GivingTuesday donation drives the science behind that incredible outreach, funding critical prevention efforts.
Give today: afsp.org/givingtuesday
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Introducing the next CSRP Webinar: What Are Crisis Hotlines and How Do They Work? Featuring speakers from 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, Samaritans, Inc., and Crisis Text Line!
🗓️ December 19, 2025 | 10-11AM EST
🔗 Sign up: mgb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ December 19, 2025 | 10-11AM EST
🔗 Sign up: mgb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Introducing the next CSRP Webinar: What Are Crisis Hotlines and How Do They Work? Featuring speakers from 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, Samaritans, Inc., and Crisis Text Line!
🗓️ December 19, 2025 | 10-11AM EST
🔗 Sign up: mgb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ December 19, 2025 | 10-11AM EST
🔗 Sign up: mgb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The patterns have been consistent.
When students protest against racist speech on campus, they’re labeled as coddled snowflakes who need to welcome outdated modes of thought on campus. It’s a free speech issue when folks are defending others rights to say racist or similar ideas.
When students protest against racist speech on campus, they’re labeled as coddled snowflakes who need to welcome outdated modes of thought on campus. It’s a free speech issue when folks are defending others rights to say racist or similar ideas.
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The patterns have been consistent.
When students protest against racist speech on campus, they’re labeled as coddled snowflakes who need to welcome outdated modes of thought on campus. It’s a free speech issue when folks are defending others rights to say racist or similar ideas.
When students protest against racist speech on campus, they’re labeled as coddled snowflakes who need to welcome outdated modes of thought on campus. It’s a free speech issue when folks are defending others rights to say racist or similar ideas.
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Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
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It is not “deal-making.” It is extortion built on Christopher Rufo’s idea of “taking down” one or more elite university.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
Trump’s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It is not “deal-making.” It is extortion built on Christopher Rufo’s idea of “taking down” one or more elite university.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
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The Center for Suicide Research and Prevention invites you to the 2nd Annual CSRP Conference!
💻 Free & virtual
📅 Sept 9, 2025 | 9AM–2PM EST
🌍 Open to all: scientists, clinicians & community leaders
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/csrp-2nd-conf
💻 Free & virtual
📅 Sept 9, 2025 | 9AM–2PM EST
🌍 Open to all: scientists, clinicians & community leaders
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/csrp-2nd-conf
July 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Center for Suicide Research and Prevention invites you to the 2nd Annual CSRP Conference!
💻 Free & virtual
📅 Sept 9, 2025 | 9AM–2PM EST
🌍 Open to all: scientists, clinicians & community leaders
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/csrp-2nd-conf
💻 Free & virtual
📅 Sept 9, 2025 | 9AM–2PM EST
🌍 Open to all: scientists, clinicians & community leaders
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/csrp-2nd-conf
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It’s apparently now too controversial in the United States to say “racism is bad”
Exclusive
FIFA has decided not to show videos or signage which explicitly mention challenging racism or discrimination in US Club World Cup venues
FIFA point to statutes - "politically neutral" - when asked if US political climate played part in decision
www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
FIFA has decided not to show videos or signage which explicitly mention challenging racism or discrimination in US Club World Cup venues
FIFA point to statutes - "politically neutral" - when asked if US political climate played part in decision
www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup
The messaging has not been visible during the opening round of fixtures at the tournament in stadiums or on social media platforms.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It’s apparently now too controversial in the United States to say “racism is bad”
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NIH stops development of HIV vaccine, terminates grants to consortia, including at Duke University.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Devasting.’ NIH cancels future funding plans for HIV vaccine consortia
Researchers decry agency’s decision just as new leads reinvigorate search for long-sought vaccine
www.science.org
May 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
NIH stops development of HIV vaccine, terminates grants to consortia, including at Duke University.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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We’re updating the list of suicide researchers who may take a grad student for 2026:
shorturl.at/yTT9n
Applicants - this year may feel especially heavy. Hope this brings you a little direction, hope, and a reminder that you’re not alone.
You are the future. Let your voice shape what comes next.
shorturl.at/yTT9n
Applicants - this year may feel especially heavy. Hope this brings you a little direction, hope, and a reminder that you’re not alone.
You are the future. Let your voice shape what comes next.
Suicide Researchers
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May 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We’re updating the list of suicide researchers who may take a grad student for 2026:
shorturl.at/yTT9n
Applicants - this year may feel especially heavy. Hope this brings you a little direction, hope, and a reminder that you’re not alone.
You are the future. Let your voice shape what comes next.
shorturl.at/yTT9n
Applicants - this year may feel especially heavy. Hope this brings you a little direction, hope, and a reminder that you’re not alone.
You are the future. Let your voice shape what comes next.
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You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
May 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...