Roger Giner-Sorolla
@rogerthegs.bsky.social
Social psychology Professor at University of Kent in England. Moral emotions, collective apologies, scientific reporting reform, ironic enjoyment, and more. Opinions are my own and do not represent any employer.
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Delighted to share that the Open Research Games Portal by @forrt.bsky.social is now live! You can browse #Games4Research and #OpenScience and add your pedagogical feedback, even add your own #research games.
forrt.org/games/
#GameBasedLearning #GameStudies #acadmicSky #eduSky
forrt.org/games/
#GameBasedLearning #GameStudies #acadmicSky #eduSky
Open Research Games Portal
Integrating open and reproducible science into higher education
forrt.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Delighted to share that the Open Research Games Portal by @forrt.bsky.social is now live! You can browse #Games4Research and #OpenScience and add your pedagogical feedback, even add your own #research games.
forrt.org/games/
#GameBasedLearning #GameStudies #acadmicSky #eduSky
forrt.org/games/
#GameBasedLearning #GameStudies #acadmicSky #eduSky
Rock songs about going on tour, they're either self-pitying or self-glorifying.
Glory:
Travelin' Band
We're An American Band
Pity:
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Beth
Glory:
Travelin' Band
We're An American Band
Pity:
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Beth
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Rock songs about going on tour, they're either self-pitying or self-glorifying.
Glory:
Travelin' Band
We're An American Band
Pity:
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Beth
Glory:
Travelin' Band
We're An American Band
Pity:
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Beth
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The thing about being a woman and navigating the world, is that you are never safe from being sexually harassed by strangers even if you are a freaking head of state.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mexico president to seek charges after being groped on street
Claudia Sheinbaum says she is pressing charges because "a line must be drawn" against the harassment of Mexican women.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The thing about being a woman and navigating the world, is that you are never safe from being sexually harassed by strangers even if you are a freaking head of state.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Still thinking about Zohran’s full-throated defense of immigration and how long i’ve waited for it. No bullshit about border security or “legal” immigrants but just unabashed support for immigrants. How many people feel so much more seen today? I know I do. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Still thinking about Zohran’s full-throated defense of immigration and how long i’ve waited for it. No bullshit about border security or “legal” immigrants but just unabashed support for immigrants. How many people feel so much more seen today? I know I do. 1/
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
Recruited by a racist ghost to do gleeful violence ... welcome to 2025
November 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Recruited by a racist ghost to do gleeful violence ... welcome to 2025
Now this is weird. A whole job lot of "realistic photographer statues" just went up on Craigslist, whatever those are.
Heidi Klum debuts her costume at her #Halloween Celebration in NYC.
November 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Now this is weird. A whole job lot of "realistic photographer statues" just went up on Craigslist, whatever those are.
Kids today. So easy to understand.
The 23 Skidoo generation has finally passed.
A new prime number takes the stage.
The 23 Skidoo generation has finally passed.
A new prime number takes the stage.
November 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Kids today. So easy to understand.
The 23 Skidoo generation has finally passed.
A new prime number takes the stage.
The 23 Skidoo generation has finally passed.
A new prime number takes the stage.
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Did you want students and schools to adopt calculators when those first came out? How about statistical packages for data analysis instead of doing everything by hand?
Sure.
Would your answer be different if the calculators and stat packages had 30-50% error rates?
Should we push AI in schools?
Sure.
Would your answer be different if the calculators and stat packages had 30-50% error rates?
Should we push AI in schools?
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Did you want students and schools to adopt calculators when those first came out? How about statistical packages for data analysis instead of doing everything by hand?
Sure.
Would your answer be different if the calculators and stat packages had 30-50% error rates?
Should we push AI in schools?
Sure.
Would your answer be different if the calculators and stat packages had 30-50% error rates?
Should we push AI in schools?
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In a vast antique desert
All boundless and bare
Cold sneer of Ozymandias
Lookin' on in despair
His legs were all trunkless
But stamped on things without life
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed
I saw those passions survive
All boundless and bare
Cold sneer of Ozymandias
Lookin' on in despair
His legs were all trunkless
But stamped on things without life
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed
I saw those passions survive
Your chilly sneer
Of cold command
Your trunkless legs
Upon the sand
Once awed the Persian, Turk,
And Damascene
A pedastal
Beside your smirk
Proclaims “Look up,
You lazy jerk!
Behold the mighty work
Of great
Jolene.”
Of cold command
Your trunkless legs
Upon the sand
Once awed the Persian, Turk,
And Damascene
A pedastal
Beside your smirk
Proclaims “Look up,
You lazy jerk!
Behold the mighty work
Of great
Jolene.”
i never saw two trunkless legs
i never hope to see 'em
but i can tell you, anyhow,
i'd rather see than be 'em
i never hope to see 'em
but i can tell you, anyhow,
i'd rather see than be 'em
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In a vast antique desert
All boundless and bare
Cold sneer of Ozymandias
Lookin' on in despair
His legs were all trunkless
But stamped on things without life
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed
I saw those passions survive
All boundless and bare
Cold sneer of Ozymandias
Lookin' on in despair
His legs were all trunkless
But stamped on things without life
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed
I saw those passions survive
a Dios rogando y con el palo dando
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
a Dios rogando y con el palo dando
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"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
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Tired: moral dumbfounding
Wired: *moral* dumbfounding
Wired: *moral* dumbfounding
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Tired: moral dumbfounding
Wired: *moral* dumbfounding
Wired: *moral* dumbfounding
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i'm sure the "faculty forum" on "reducing burnout" and "enhancing resilience" will include helpful things like "join your faculty union" and "here's a bucket of money" and "we hired a bunch of new full time faculty to reduce the teaching load across the university"
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
i'm sure the "faculty forum" on "reducing burnout" and "enhancing resilience" will include helpful things like "join your faculty union" and "here's a bucket of money" and "we hired a bunch of new full time faculty to reduce the teaching load across the university"
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<elon musk voice> We must RETVRN to the classic literature of the Western Canon which, from Tolkien on back through Shakespeare and Beowulf to the Ancient Greeks, is unfailingly about how if you just side with the toughest-looking guys in your area then you can’t go wrong </falls and wets pants>
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
<elon musk voice> We must RETVRN to the classic literature of the Western Canon which, from Tolkien on back through Shakespeare and Beowulf to the Ancient Greeks, is unfailingly about how if you just side with the toughest-looking guys in your area then you can’t go wrong </falls and wets pants>
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take this quiz then tell me you can win over low-info "moderates" on policy
it's just vibes all the way down
it's just vibes all the way down
Take this quiz to die instantly www.americansurveycenter.org/quiz/
Beyond the Ballot Quiz - The Survey Center on American Life
www.americansurveycenter.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
take this quiz then tell me you can win over low-info "moderates" on policy
it's just vibes all the way down
it's just vibes all the way down
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Good advice from Stavvy. www.vulture.com/article/stav...
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Good advice from Stavvy. www.vulture.com/article/stav...
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NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
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"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
Here's why Vanderbilt's response to the Trump higher ed 'compact' is not enough | Opinion
With the deadline looming for colleges to sign Trump's "compact," Vanderbilt must resist, says one university professor.
www.tennessean.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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I'm just reading this, and is this the most preposterous thing a HE HR department has done not just this year, but ever? www.leicester.news/de-montfort-...
De Montfort University threatened to report staff to Prevent in response to online meeting
Exclusive: the troubled university is facing allegations of stifling free speech, in yet another spat over job cuts
www.leicester.news
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm just reading this, and is this the most preposterous thing a HE HR department has done not just this year, but ever? www.leicester.news/de-montfort-...
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"Somebody just reminded me that the people on Flight 93, who famously cried out “Let’s Roll” knowing that they were going to die protecting the White House. And this is what Trump has done to it."
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October 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
"Somebody just reminded me that the people on Flight 93, who famously cried out “Let’s Roll” knowing that they were going to die protecting the White House. And this is what Trump has done to it."
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threads.com/@elaineroberts2525
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Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.