Ryan Carpenter
@rwcarpenterphd.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame in clinical psychology.
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Clear-eyed, fact-based, and written to explain to normies. No “both sidesing.” No “Trump officials disagree.”
No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true.
This is journalism. Well done, @people.com
No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true.
This is journalism. Well done, @people.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Clear-eyed, fact-based, and written to explain to normies. No “both sidesing.” No “Trump officials disagree.”
No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true.
This is journalism. Well done, @people.com
No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true.
This is journalism. Well done, @people.com
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"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed
January 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed
Damn, and here I've been eating imaginary food this entire time
January 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Damn, and here I've been eating imaginary food this entire time
After you listen to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social @yrfatfriend.bsky.social enumerate the many problems with UPFs as a scientific construct, read this NYT article and the linked JAMA study and see how many of them you can find (spoiler: it's all of them)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
Ultraprocessed Foods Linked to Colorectal Cancer Risk in Women Under 50
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:44 PM
After you listen to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social @yrfatfriend.bsky.social enumerate the many problems with UPFs as a scientific construct, read this NYT article and the linked JAMA study and see how many of them you can find (spoiler: it's all of them)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
Just listened to the Maintenance Phase episode on ultraprocessed foods. I highly recommend. It is nutrient rich and dense in scientific fact, just like an all-natural, homemade, whole-food podcast should be
maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com/1411126/epis...
maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com/1411126/epis...
Ultra-Processed Foods - Maintenance Phase
Everyone agrees that processed foods are bad for you. When it comes to defining what they actually are, however, there is considerably less agreement. Support us:Hear bonus episodes on PatreonWat...
maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Just listened to the Maintenance Phase episode on ultraprocessed foods. I highly recommend. It is nutrient rich and dense in scientific fact, just like an all-natural, homemade, whole-food podcast should be
maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com/1411126/epis...
maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com/1411126/epis...
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So as RFK ends annual flu vaccine recommendations for children, hospitalizations and deaths among children are rapidly accelerating--with prior data showing that nearly all the mortality is among those not vaccinated.
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
A 'Super Flu' Is Spiking in the U.S. — and Hitting Kids the Hardest
Multiple states have reported child flu deaths in recent days, as cases and hospitalizations rise sharply across the country.
www.vice.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
So as RFK ends annual flu vaccine recommendations for children, hospitalizations and deaths among children are rapidly accelerating--with prior data showing that nearly all the mortality is among those not vaccinated.
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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Today’s announcement that HHS is drastically altering the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule without a transparent process or clear scientific justification represents the latest reckless step in Secretary Kennedy’s assault on the national vaccine infrastructure.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/497Tj8V
Our statement: https://bit.ly/497Tj8V
January 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Today’s announcement that HHS is drastically altering the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule without a transparent process or clear scientific justification represents the latest reckless step in Secretary Kennedy’s assault on the national vaccine infrastructure.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/497Tj8V
Our statement: https://bit.ly/497Tj8V
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Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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🎆🎇🎆2025 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR🎆🎇🎆
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.
A reminder of how we got here:
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.
A reminder of how we got here:
December 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🎆🎇🎆2025 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR🎆🎇🎆
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.
A reminder of how we got here:
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.
A reminder of how we got here:
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Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
terribleminds.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
I see the promise of AI here, the doors it could unlock.
But is AI the magic key? Or is it the key that's been determined most likely to work based on other keys someone saw once?
To say it without a tortured metaphor: I'm skeptical that AI can translate without putting its own stink on things.
But is AI the magic key? Or is it the key that's been determined most likely to work based on other keys someone saw once?
To say it without a tortured metaphor: I'm skeptical that AI can translate without putting its own stink on things.
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I see the promise of AI here, the doors it could unlock.
But is AI the magic key? Or is it the key that's been determined most likely to work based on other keys someone saw once?
To say it without a tortured metaphor: I'm skeptical that AI can translate without putting its own stink on things.
But is AI the magic key? Or is it the key that's been determined most likely to work based on other keys someone saw once?
To say it without a tortured metaphor: I'm skeptical that AI can translate without putting its own stink on things.
I am in awe of anyone writing in a language other than their first. If tomorrow every major scientific journal started publishing in German, I would have to quit.
Your English may be imperfect, but I am in awe of it.
So I don't know exactly how I feel about all this. Depressed, mostly.
Your English may be imperfect, but I am in awe of it.
So I don't know exactly how I feel about all this. Depressed, mostly.
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I am in awe of anyone writing in a language other than their first. If tomorrow every major scientific journal started publishing in German, I would have to quit.
Your English may be imperfect, but I am in awe of it.
So I don't know exactly how I feel about all this. Depressed, mostly.
Your English may be imperfect, but I am in awe of it.
So I don't know exactly how I feel about all this. Depressed, mostly.
Despite what my colleague said, though, I don't think it's really a time issue.
I think a lot of it is a confidence issue. And I get it.
(I see this in my international students, too. And some of my native English speaking students, for that matter)
I think a lot of it is a confidence issue. And I get it.
(I see this in my international students, too. And some of my native English speaking students, for that matter)
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Despite what my colleague said, though, I don't think it's really a time issue.
I think a lot of it is a confidence issue. And I get it.
(I see this in my international students, too. And some of my native English speaking students, for that matter)
I think a lot of it is a confidence issue. And I get it.
(I see this in my international students, too. And some of my native English speaking students, for that matter)
Why? My colleague offered two reasons:
1. Time. It takes a long time to write a review in a second language
2. To not sound super critical and hurt Americans' feelings 😂 (we love to dance around our words, Germans are direct)
My colleague felt it was appropriate to use AI for language corrections
1. Time. It takes a long time to write a review in a second language
2. To not sound super critical and hurt Americans' feelings 😂 (we love to dance around our words, Germans are direct)
My colleague felt it was appropriate to use AI for language corrections
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Why? My colleague offered two reasons:
1. Time. It takes a long time to write a review in a second language
2. To not sound super critical and hurt Americans' feelings 😂 (we love to dance around our words, Germans are direct)
My colleague felt it was appropriate to use AI for language corrections
1. Time. It takes a long time to write a review in a second language
2. To not sound super critical and hurt Americans' feelings 😂 (we love to dance around our words, Germans are direct)
My colleague felt it was appropriate to use AI for language corrections
Putting aside the hyperbole (sigh, can you even have AI without hyperbole?), I'm not surprised by the numbers.
Last month, I complained to my German co-author that a review we received seemed AI written. Their response: "Most of us non-native speakers do that now."
Last month, I complained to my German co-author that a review we received seemed AI written. Their response: "Most of us non-native speakers do that now."
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Putting aside the hyperbole (sigh, can you even have AI without hyperbole?), I'm not surprised by the numbers.
Last month, I complained to my German co-author that a review we received seemed AI written. Their response: "Most of us non-native speakers do that now."
Last month, I complained to my German co-author that a review we received seemed AI written. Their response: "Most of us non-native speakers do that now."
This is from the Frontiers report the article covers (Nature is so nice to help Frontiers spread the good news of AI!)
Only 16% of North American researchers report regular AI peer review use. Almost nobody reports frequent AI (Nature forgot to mention that), but it's more common in other regions
Only 16% of North American researchers report regular AI peer review use. Almost nobody reports frequent AI (Nature forgot to mention that), but it's more common in other regions
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is from the Frontiers report the article covers (Nature is so nice to help Frontiers spread the good news of AI!)
Only 16% of North American researchers report regular AI peer review use. Almost nobody reports frequent AI (Nature forgot to mention that), but it's more common in other regions
Only 16% of North American researchers report regular AI peer review use. Almost nobody reports frequent AI (Nature forgot to mention that), but it's more common in other regions
So... yeah, this sucks
But I think it sucks in a very specific way, one that I haven't seen people talk about much (probably because academic social media is a soulless LinkedIn shell of itself)
It sucks that some non-native English speakers are now using generative AI for peer review.
But I think it sucks in a very specific way, one that I haven't seen people talk about much (probably because academic social media is a soulless LinkedIn shell of itself)
It sucks that some non-native English speakers are now using generative AI for peer review.
Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So... yeah, this sucks
But I think it sucks in a very specific way, one that I haven't seen people talk about much (probably because academic social media is a soulless LinkedIn shell of itself)
It sucks that some non-native English speakers are now using generative AI for peer review.
But I think it sucks in a very specific way, one that I haven't seen people talk about much (probably because academic social media is a soulless LinkedIn shell of itself)
It sucks that some non-native English speakers are now using generative AI for peer review.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
College football has always been, and will always be, a bad product.
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
College football has always been, and will always be, a bad product.
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Confirmation of the new triage line at 65-70% of proposals. Introduction of a new “competitive but ND” class to permit exception pay pickups.
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Confirmation of the new triage line at 65-70% of proposals. Introduction of a new “competitive but ND” class to permit exception pay pickups.
Just once? Way to brag
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Just once? Way to brag
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
