Cindy Harmon-Jones
@charmonjones.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Western Sydney University.
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FRUM: “They were best friends. The only photos you ever see of Trump where he’s authentically smiling in the presence of another human being is with Jeffrey Epstein.” (H/T @thebulwark.com )
December 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
FRUM: “They were best friends. The only photos you ever see of Trump where he’s authentically smiling in the presence of another human being is with Jeffrey Epstein.” (H/T @thebulwark.com )
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So, Congress passes a law requiring the release of ALL the Trumpstein files. Any redactions to protect ONLY the victims
Trump DOJ releases a highly redacted and incomplete batch after working on them for months, citing various lame excuses for their non-compliance
This is what a coverup looks like
Trump DOJ releases a highly redacted and incomplete batch after working on them for months, citing various lame excuses for their non-compliance
This is what a coverup looks like
December 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
So, Congress passes a law requiring the release of ALL the Trumpstein files. Any redactions to protect ONLY the victims
Trump DOJ releases a highly redacted and incomplete batch after working on them for months, citing various lame excuses for their non-compliance
This is what a coverup looks like
Trump DOJ releases a highly redacted and incomplete batch after working on them for months, citing various lame excuses for their non-compliance
This is what a coverup looks like
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Kelly: I wish someone would tell him how math works. You know, that the prices are going to go down 500 or 600%. Anyone who's been through like the sixth grade by then knows that that is not a thing.
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Kelly: I wish someone would tell him how math works. You know, that the prices are going to go down 500 or 600%. Anyone who's been through like the sixth grade by then knows that that is not a thing.
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I've been saying for a long, long time that Trump holdovers at the FBI WFO hamstrung the DOJ's investigations into Donald Trump. These new Grassley emails prove it. Example: Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago over multiple attempts to stonewall, and found evidence of multiple crimes.
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I've been saying for a long, long time that Trump holdovers at the FBI WFO hamstrung the DOJ's investigations into Donald Trump. These new Grassley emails prove it. Example: Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago over multiple attempts to stonewall, and found evidence of multiple crimes.
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The time to act is now! What do you say Congress! What!!!
If Jack Smith has found enough evidence of Trump's criminal actions for Jan 6 then he needs to be immediately impeached. And the supreme court shouldn't interfere with it. Treason should not be a presidential immunity act. With scotus given him immunity look at what is going on in Venezuela and such
December 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The time to act is now! What do you say Congress! What!!!
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The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China. n.pr/48Tyoqd
US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion
The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China. n.pr/48Tyoqd
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Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney on Thursday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. n.pr/491ANhm
Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting as Australia's leader pledges new hate laws
Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney on Thursday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney on Thursday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. n.pr/491ANhm
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The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
December 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
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Does anyone know where Kash Patel is? Are they trying to find a jacket for him again?
December 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Does anyone know where Kash Patel is? Are they trying to find a jacket for him again?
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The shooting at Bondi Beach is the first mass shooting in Australia in almost thirty years. I am horrified and sickened by these events, which I am only just learning of now. We don’t know enough about the motive yet, though it appears the target was Jews celebrating Hanukkah (cont…)
December 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The shooting at Bondi Beach is the first mass shooting in Australia in almost thirty years. I am horrified and sickened by these events, which I am only just learning of now. We don’t know enough about the motive yet, though it appears the target was Jews celebrating Hanukkah (cont…)
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Shocking scenes coming out of Australia of a shooting at Bondi Beach. While we wait for answers, my thoughts go out to all those affected, especially the Jewish community who were celebrating the start of Hanukkah on the beach at the time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Bondi Beach: Multiple deaths after shooting, police say, as two detained
Residents are being advised to avoid the area while police attend to the scene.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Shocking scenes coming out of Australia of a shooting at Bondi Beach. While we wait for answers, my thoughts go out to all those affected, especially the Jewish community who were celebrating the start of Hanukkah on the beach at the time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
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Australia: Multiple people have been killed and at least two police officers have been injured in a shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach, New South Wales (NSW) Police sources have told the ABC.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Breaking: 'Multiple' people killed, police officers injured in Bondi Beach shooting
Multiple people have been killed and at least two police officers have been injured in a shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach, NSW Police sources have told the ABC.
www.abc.net.au
December 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Australia: Multiple people have been killed and at least two police officers have been injured in a shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach, New South Wales (NSW) Police sources have told the ABC.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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1st paper in thread. The 2nd & my last submitted paper of 2025 is my big theory paper that took over a year to write. Some of you have generously invited me to speak about it but very few have seen the paper. I propose what I call Racial Contrast Theory, to examine Black-Asian relations
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November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
1st paper in thread. The 2nd & my last submitted paper of 2025 is my big theory paper that took over a year to write. Some of you have generously invited me to speak about it but very few have seen the paper. I propose what I call Racial Contrast Theory, to examine Black-Asian relations
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it *replicated the counterattitudinal effect!*. It just didn't replicate the forced/free choice moderator. That is interesting! Why and when feeling free affects choice matters but nonetheless the central posit--inconsistency driving attitude change (Festinger's not Cooper's) was replicated. And..
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
it *replicated the counterattitudinal effect!*. It just didn't replicate the forced/free choice moderator. That is interesting! Why and when feeling free affects choice matters but nonetheless the central posit--inconsistency driving attitude change (Festinger's not Cooper's) was replicated. And..
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This is all p misleading IMO. I just saw this link so haven't read it yet (but will, though I also think lots of the retweets of this haven't read it as well, given its provenance). I don't see how this counters (eg) Dawson 1999 which goes through 13 millennial cults and finds 12 show the effect 1/n
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is all p misleading IMO. I just saw this link so haven't read it yet (but will, though I also think lots of the retweets of this haven't read it as well, given its provenance). I don't see how this counters (eg) Dawson 1999 which goes through 13 millennial cults and finds 12 show the effect 1/n
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so doubts about the scientific standards of "When Prophecy Fails" are not new, or especially relevant to dissonance theory.
it's not very different from concerns re: the story about ben franklin flying a kite in a lightning storm; relevant for history, not so much for the study of electromagnetism
it's not very different from concerns re: the story about ben franklin flying a kite in a lightning storm; relevant for history, not so much for the study of electromagnetism
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
so doubts about the scientific standards of "When Prophecy Fails" are not new, or especially relevant to dissonance theory.
it's not very different from concerns re: the story about ben franklin flying a kite in a lightning storm; relevant for history, not so much for the study of electromagnetism
it's not very different from concerns re: the story about ben franklin flying a kite in a lightning storm; relevant for history, not so much for the study of electromagnetism
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there now exist decades of research on how members of new religious movements react to false predictions which broadly supports the basic idea, namely, that people rationalize in order to preserve beliefs they've invested a lot into in the face of strong counterevidence
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This is all p misleading IMO. I just saw this link so haven't read it yet (but will, though I also think lots of the retweets of this haven't read it as well, given its provenance). I don't see how this counters (eg) Dawson 1999 which goes through 13 millennial cults and finds 12 show the effect 1/n
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
there now exist decades of research on how members of new religious movements react to false predictions which broadly supports the basic idea, namely, that people rationalize in order to preserve beliefs they've invested a lot into in the face of strong counterevidence
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there are three important issues that have come up:
1) problems with the scientific standards of the narrative nonfiction book, "When Prophecy Fails"
2) a successful but partial replication of one dissonance effect
3) general skepticism about 20th century psychology
1) problems with the scientific standards of the narrative nonfiction book, "When Prophecy Fails"
2) a successful but partial replication of one dissonance effect
3) general skepticism about 20th century psychology
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
there are three important issues that have come up:
1) problems with the scientific standards of the narrative nonfiction book, "When Prophecy Fails"
2) a successful but partial replication of one dissonance effect
3) general skepticism about 20th century psychology
1) problems with the scientific standards of the narrative nonfiction book, "When Prophecy Fails"
2) a successful but partial replication of one dissonance effect
3) general skepticism about 20th century psychology
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The moral of this story (yet again): read the fine print.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The moral of this story (yet again): read the fine print.
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Btw, for those interested in the recent replication attempts of dissonance research, see this excellent thread (6/n):
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there was some discussion on here recently about the scientific legitimacy of cognitive dissonance research. as someone who has spent years investigating this literature, i wanted to make a thread to explain why pessimism is not justified by careful inspection of the evidence
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There’s growing evidence that something was going seriously wrong in the classic early work on cognitive dissonance
Latest revelation: The story in When Prophecy Fails seems to have been fabricated in the most egregious way
But this is not the only one…
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Latest revelation: The story in When Prophecy Fails seems to have been fabricated in the most egregious way
But this is not the only one…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Btw, for those interested in the recent replication attempts of dissonance research, see this excellent thread (6/n):
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In any case, "When Prophesy Fails" was never considered an actual empirical study, but an intriguing anecdote and theoretical analysis.
So if the book is now relegated to the fiction aisle, I think we're with fine that 😁
It's the idea that mattered and all the empirical work it inspired
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So if the book is now relegated to the fiction aisle, I think we're with fine that 😁
It's the idea that mattered and all the empirical work it inspired
5/n
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In any case, "When Prophesy Fails" was never considered an actual empirical study, but an intriguing anecdote and theoretical analysis.
So if the book is now relegated to the fiction aisle, I think we're with fine that 😁
It's the idea that mattered and all the empirical work it inspired
5/n
So if the book is now relegated to the fiction aisle, I think we're with fine that 😁
It's the idea that mattered and all the empirical work it inspired
5/n
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Not sure what to make of the rest of the paper—i.e., the detailed examples of specific events and whether they matched Festinger et al.'s account. The differences often seem small, nuanced, or irrelevant to the theory.
But the conclusion—my goodness!—it's a bit much (4/n):
But the conclusion—my goodness!—it's a bit much (4/n):
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Not sure what to make of the rest of the paper—i.e., the detailed examples of specific events and whether they matched Festinger et al.'s account. The differences often seem small, nuanced, or irrelevant to the theory.
But the conclusion—my goodness!—it's a bit much (4/n):
But the conclusion—my goodness!—it's a bit much (4/n):
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I wondered about the author's background/angle: his affiliation is listed as "Independent Scholar, Washington DC"
And in an earlier paper, a letter to the editor in JAMA, as a "Self-employed political consultant, Columbus, Ohio"
So, perhaps not a psychologist. A political consultant? Unclear.
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And in an earlier paper, a letter to the editor in JAMA, as a "Self-employed political consultant, Columbus, Ohio"
So, perhaps not a psychologist. A political consultant? Unclear.
3/n
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I wondered about the author's background/angle: his affiliation is listed as "Independent Scholar, Washington DC"
And in an earlier paper, a letter to the editor in JAMA, as a "Self-employed political consultant, Columbus, Ohio"
So, perhaps not a psychologist. A political consultant? Unclear.
3/n
And in an earlier paper, a letter to the editor in JAMA, as a "Self-employed political consultant, Columbus, Ohio"
So, perhaps not a psychologist. A political consultant? Unclear.
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