Eric E Castro
@eecastro.bsky.social
Psychology instructor; reader; writer; runner.
Professional use here; personal use on Mastodon https://sfba.social/@eecastro
Professional use here; personal use on Mastodon https://sfba.social/@eecastro
Openers: Foxtide, at The Independent in San Francisco. #LiveMusic
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Openers: Foxtide, at The Independent in San Francisco. #LiveMusic
Opening act at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco tonight: Body Double. #LiveMusic
September 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Opening act at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco tonight: Body Double. #LiveMusic
Tonight’s #LiveMusic headliner: The Kooks, at Fox Theater in Oakland
June 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Tonight’s #LiveMusic headliner: The Kooks, at Fox Theater in Oakland
Tonight’s #LiveMusic: opener Loveley the Band, at the Fox Theater in Oakland
June 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Tonight’s #LiveMusic: opener Loveley the Band, at the Fox Theater in Oakland
Just wash your [damn] hands
May 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Just wash your [damn] hands
Today, an important reminder for my Psych students:
February 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today, an important reminder for my Psych students:
First draft of my chapter is due to the editors tomorrow, so it's time to triple-check my APA Style. Thank you @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social!
January 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
First draft of my chapter is due to the editors tomorrow, so it's time to triple-check my APA Style. Thank you @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social!
How are folks here on Bluesky handling these accounts? Is it a simple block? Or is there some other button/ link I should be clicking?
I’d really rather the account not show up as even a “follower”
I’d really rather the account not show up as even a “follower”
January 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
How are folks here on Bluesky handling these accounts? Is it a simple block? Or is there some other button/ link I should be clicking?
I’d really rather the account not show up as even a “follower”
I’d really rather the account not show up as even a “follower”
"last edited Dec 8" Thanks, Google Docs…
That was 33-days ago, and this chapter is due in 22-days. #AcademicWriting
That was 33-days ago, and this chapter is due in 22-days. #AcademicWriting
January 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"last edited Dec 8" Thanks, Google Docs…
That was 33-days ago, and this chapter is due in 22-days. #AcademicWriting
That was 33-days ago, and this chapter is due in 22-days. #AcademicWriting
Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024
In a previous life, I would’ve more interested in this; now it’s just a passing curiousity
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/12/12/teens-social-media-and-technology-2024/
In a previous life, I would’ve more interested in this; now it’s just a passing curiousity
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/12/12/teens-social-media-and-technology-2024/
January 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024
In a previous life, I would’ve more interested in this; now it’s just a passing curiousity
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/12/12/teens-social-media-and-technology-2024/
In a previous life, I would’ve more interested in this; now it’s just a passing curiousity
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/12/12/teens-social-media-and-technology-2024/
This week: get the ERA moved to the next step
January 6, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This week: get the ERA moved to the next step
Per StoryGraph, my for-fun reads from 2024
January 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Per StoryGraph, my for-fun reads from 2024
I continue to support single-payer health care
December 25, 2024 at 2:33 AM
I continue to support single-payer health care
I wrote about the released Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz
December 24, 2024 at 12:47 PM
I wrote about the released Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz
Each week I write to my elected officials about some issue that was on my mind that week. Today, I urged support for single-payer health care
December 14, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Each week I write to my elected officials about some issue that was on my mind that week. Today, I urged support for single-payer health care
For no apparent reason, Mendeley chose to re-import 1200 files… and generated more than 800 duplicate entries while doing it
December 12, 2024 at 8:31 PM
For no apparent reason, Mendeley chose to re-import 1200 files… and generated more than 800 duplicate entries while doing it
Depending on the day, they also got an open-ended question:
December 12, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Depending on the day, they also got an open-ended question:
In each of my classes, I regularly began the week with a simple Likert check-in: struggling to thriving.
119 students responding over the course of the last 19 weeks; three sections of Cognitive Psych, and two of NeuroPsych
119 students responding over the course of the last 19 weeks; three sections of Cognitive Psych, and two of NeuroPsych
December 12, 2024 at 6:10 PM
In each of my classes, I regularly began the week with a simple Likert check-in: struggling to thriving.
119 students responding over the course of the last 19 weeks; three sections of Cognitive Psych, and two of NeuroPsych
119 students responding over the course of the last 19 weeks; three sections of Cognitive Psych, and two of NeuroPsych
Not to brag #AcademicChatter, but I’ll bet YOUR department office doesn’t have vinyl
December 9, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Not to brag #AcademicChatter, but I’ll bet YOUR department office doesn’t have vinyl
December 7, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Since the task is so algorithmic, I thought generative AI could handle APA formatting of a webpage better; it missed the author's name and confabulated the date published. #AcademicWriting
November 25, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Since the task is so algorithmic, I thought generative AI could handle APA formatting of a webpage better; it missed the author's name and confabulated the date published. #AcademicWriting
Pre-2022 and the growth of generative AI, students in my #CognitivePsychology course had a recurring assignment with each chapter, "Make It Stick," modeled after the Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel (2022) book of the same name. #AcademicSky
November 25, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Pre-2022 and the growth of generative AI, students in my #CognitivePsychology course had a recurring assignment with each chapter, "Make It Stick," modeled after the Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel (2022) book of the same name. #AcademicSky
During the #SocialPsych unit, I like to pull out the Ouija board for students to experience the ideomotor effect
November 22, 2024 at 5:40 PM
During the #SocialPsych unit, I like to pull out the Ouija board for students to experience the ideomotor effect
I am near the end of my tolerance for Elsevier's Mendeley reference manager. It is now costing me more time than finding/ setting-up an alternative. BLERG
And this freeze is the result of a lark: not even a paper I need, just a paper I was looking at to procrastinate
#AcademicWriting
And this freeze is the result of a lark: not even a paper I need, just a paper I was looking at to procrastinate
#AcademicWriting
November 16, 2024 at 6:59 PM
I am near the end of my tolerance for Elsevier's Mendeley reference manager. It is now costing me more time than finding/ setting-up an alternative. BLERG
And this freeze is the result of a lark: not even a paper I need, just a paper I was looking at to procrastinate
#AcademicWriting
And this freeze is the result of a lark: not even a paper I need, just a paper I was looking at to procrastinate
#AcademicWriting
I'm not the mental health-kind of psychologist, and this all still hits hard. I absolutely hate to see the health of Americans imperiled by what may be willful ignorance at best and active deception at worst
November 15, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I'm not the mental health-kind of psychologist, and this all still hits hard. I absolutely hate to see the health of Americans imperiled by what may be willful ignorance at best and active deception at worst