Stefanie, PhD
@stanc1ss.bsky.social
Radical behaviorist. Italian American. Feminist. Mountaineering and snowboarding enthusiast. Opinions are mine. (She/her)
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Stefanie, PhD
@stanc1ss.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Oh hi, BlyeSky! Good to see all your friendly faces. Let’s chat science.
Trump says gas prices are coming down. And yet…
Gas on post yesterday: $2.53
Gas on post today: $2.85
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
Gas on post yesterday: $2.53
Gas on post today: $2.85
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Trump says gas prices are coming down. And yet…
Gas on post yesterday: $2.53
Gas on post today: $2.85
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
Gas on post yesterday: $2.53
Gas on post today: $2.85
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
All these people complaining about giving kids food but not one person complaining about the gov subsidies the rich get to build their stadiums and buildings while they also pay no taxes 🙄
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
All these people complaining about giving kids food but not one person complaining about the gov subsidies the rich get to build their stadiums and buildings while they also pay no taxes 🙄
Winner of the internet! 🤣
If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Winner of the internet! 🤣
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We have at least TWO postdoctoral fellowship openings on our @unm.edu @casaa.bsky.social T32 NIAAA Training Grant, best consideration date for applications is Nov 15 2025. Join our phenomenal community and enjoy incredible quality of life in beautiful New Mexico. casaa.unm.edu/training/ins...
Application Process ::
Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions (CASAA) | The University of New Mexico
casaa.unm.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We have at least TWO postdoctoral fellowship openings on our @unm.edu @casaa.bsky.social T32 NIAAA Training Grant, best consideration date for applications is Nov 15 2025. Join our phenomenal community and enjoy incredible quality of life in beautiful New Mexico. casaa.unm.edu/training/ins...
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I am accepting graduate students for the UCI Cognitive Sciences PhD program for Fall 2026. Check out my lab website - www.relcoglab.org for our recent themes. Our funded work focuses on combinatorial reasoning, moral decision-making, and conceptual cognition in humans and large language models.
Relational Cognition Lab
www.relcoglab.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I am accepting graduate students for the UCI Cognitive Sciences PhD program for Fall 2026. Check out my lab website - www.relcoglab.org for our recent themes. Our funded work focuses on combinatorial reasoning, moral decision-making, and conceptual cognition in humans and large language models.
Conversation with a neighbor:
My husband: we live in the house with both garage doors open.
Neighbor: the one with the jeeps? YOU HAVE A KID?!?
🤣😂🤣
My husband: we live in the house with both garage doors open.
Neighbor: the one with the jeeps? YOU HAVE A KID?!?
🤣😂🤣
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Conversation with a neighbor:
My husband: we live in the house with both garage doors open.
Neighbor: the one with the jeeps? YOU HAVE A KID?!?
🤣😂🤣
My husband: we live in the house with both garage doors open.
Neighbor: the one with the jeeps? YOU HAVE A KID?!?
🤣😂🤣
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“Permanent Standard Time gives your body a healthier rhythm. Energy, metabolism, and immune system stay more synchronized, lowering risks of chronic conditions.”
November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“Permanent Standard Time gives your body a healthier rhythm. Energy, metabolism, and immune system stay more synchronized, lowering risks of chronic conditions.”
Random conversation with a neighbor.
My husband: we live in that house with the garage doors open.
Neighbor: the one with the jeeps? YOU HAVE A KID?!?
🤣
My husband: we live in that house with the garage doors open.
Neighbor: the one with the jeeps? YOU HAVE A KID?!?
🤣
November 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Random conversation with a neighbor.
My husband: we live in that house with the garage doors open.
Neighbor: the one with the jeeps? YOU HAVE A KID?!?
🤣
My husband: we live in that house with the garage doors open.
Neighbor: the one with the jeeps? YOU HAVE A KID?!?
🤣
Happy Halloween 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Happy Halloween 🎃
The return to office has led to a new life skill: being able to tell which of my colleagues is walking down the hall by their walk/step pattern.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The return to office has led to a new life skill: being able to tell which of my colleagues is walking down the hall by their walk/step pattern.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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When standards are lowered, it is easier to say your drinking water meets them. Hey EPA doesn’t the P stand for PROTECTION? 🌊🌊
environmentamerica.org/articles/epa...
environmentamerica.org/articles/epa...
EPA moves to allow more PFAS in drinking water
The EPA is moving to weaken its own limits on forever chemicals flowing from your kitchen sink
environmentamerica.org
October 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
When standards are lowered, it is easier to say your drinking water meets them. Hey EPA doesn’t the P stand for PROTECTION? 🌊🌊
environmentamerica.org/articles/epa...
environmentamerica.org/articles/epa...
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A submarine passing by the Seattle skyline.
📸 Kristin L Raught
📸 Kristin L Raught
October 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A submarine passing by the Seattle skyline.
📸 Kristin L Raught
📸 Kristin L Raught
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Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
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Resharing this piece to remind everyone why we have Columbus Day in the first place. #columbusday hint: it’s the white supremacists.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How Italians Became ‘White’ (Published 2019)
Vicious bigotry, reluctant acceptance: an American story.
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Resharing this piece to remind everyone why we have Columbus Day in the first place. #columbusday hint: it’s the white supremacists.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I’m a mom.
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.
I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.
Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.
I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.
Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I’m a mom.
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.
I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.
Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.
I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.
Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
My favorite city I’ve ever lived in!
BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row
Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.
www.choosechicago.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My favorite city I’ve ever lived in!
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PI, postdoc, grad student.
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
PI, postdoc, grad student.
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It seems unbelievable that some journals still keep digitized versions of journal articles from over a hundred years ago *paywalled*!
September 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It seems unbelievable that some journals still keep digitized versions of journal articles from over a hundred years ago *paywalled*!
@sumsung.bsky.social is now putting ads on their refrigerators. This is pure greed for profit. I will never buy another Samsung product if I see an ad on my refrigerator.
September 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
@sumsung.bsky.social is now putting ads on their refrigerators. This is pure greed for profit. I will never buy another Samsung product if I see an ad on my refrigerator.
Saw that one coming a mile away 😔
September 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Saw that one coming a mile away 😔
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Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
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These data centers are coming to the Great Lakes basin because of our water. Humans should be concerned about the impact on the Great Lakes and explain the huge difference between gallons/day used and gallons/day discharged back into the lake. How will this affect me? 🌊🌊
@lakemichigan13.bsky.social
Future expansion of the data center could increase water usage to over 8.4 million gallons per year. Plant in Wisconsin.
www.jsonline.com/story/money/...
Future expansion of the data center could increase water usage to over 8.4 million gallons per year. Plant in Wisconsin.
www.jsonline.com/story/money/...
Microsoft to use 2.8 million gallons of Lake Michigan water in 2026 for Mount Pleasant project
After being sued for documents related to the water usage for the Microsoft data center, the city of Racine has said it released the documents.
www.jsonline.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
These data centers are coming to the Great Lakes basin because of our water. Humans should be concerned about the impact on the Great Lakes and explain the huge difference between gallons/day used and gallons/day discharged back into the lake. How will this affect me? 🌊🌊