Eric Knowles
@ericdknowles.bsky.social
Social and political psychologist. NYU professor. Music appreciator. Californian in Manhattan.
They grow up so fast.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
They grow up so fast.
Same-day WAPO editorial drop:
“BOOOO Generalissimo Mamdani, YAYYY Captain of Industry Elon!”
So much for far-left media capture, I guess. What a charade.
“BOOOO Generalissimo Mamdani, YAYYY Captain of Industry Elon!”
So much for far-left media capture, I guess. What a charade.
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Same-day WAPO editorial drop:
“BOOOO Generalissimo Mamdani, YAYYY Captain of Industry Elon!”
So much for far-left media capture, I guess. What a charade.
“BOOOO Generalissimo Mamdani, YAYYY Captain of Industry Elon!”
So much for far-left media capture, I guess. What a charade.
About to tuck in to some Zohran cake at the home of his speech writer’s very (very!) proud parents. 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
About to tuck in to some Zohran cake at the home of his speech writer’s very (very!) proud parents. 🎉
Zohran crushed it!
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Zohran crushed it!
Turns out holding SNAP benefits hostage to hurt the other party is bad politics.
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Turns out holding SNAP benefits hostage to hurt the other party is bad politics.
Tfw the gigantic protest in your city is news on Drudge but missing on the @nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tfw the gigantic protest in your city is news on Drudge but missing on the @nytimes.com
Found this men's room in Prague this summer.
Seems relevant: Middlemist, R. D., Knowles, E. S., & Matter, C. F. (1976). Personal space invasions in the lavatory: Suggestive evidence for arousal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), 541–546. doi.org/10.1037/0022...
Seems relevant: Middlemist, R. D., Knowles, E. S., & Matter, C. F. (1976). Personal space invasions in the lavatory: Suggestive evidence for arousal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), 541–546. doi.org/10.1037/0022...
September 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Found this men's room in Prague this summer.
Seems relevant: Middlemist, R. D., Knowles, E. S., & Matter, C. F. (1976). Personal space invasions in the lavatory: Suggestive evidence for arousal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), 541–546. doi.org/10.1037/0022...
Seems relevant: Middlemist, R. D., Knowles, E. S., & Matter, C. F. (1976). Personal space invasions in the lavatory: Suggestive evidence for arousal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), 541–546. doi.org/10.1037/0022...
_Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe_
July 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
_Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe_
_Mutter mit totem Sohn_
July 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
_Mutter mit totem Sohn_
Structural Determinants of Social Outcomes—Exhibit #49,648:
When one birth cohort (late baby boomers) faces a 50% greater risk of homelessness than do other cohorts, it’s a natural quasi-experiment revealing structural causation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
When one birth cohort (late baby boomers) faces a 50% greater risk of homelessness than do other cohorts, it’s a natural quasi-experiment revealing structural causation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
May 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Structural Determinants of Social Outcomes—Exhibit #49,648:
When one birth cohort (late baby boomers) faces a 50% greater risk of homelessness than do other cohorts, it’s a natural quasi-experiment revealing structural causation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
When one birth cohort (late baby boomers) faces a 50% greater risk of homelessness than do other cohorts, it’s a natural quasi-experiment revealing structural causation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
@nytimes.com, how about an article covering the fact that this guy, Joe Kent, is very likely an actual Nazi.
May 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
@nytimes.com, how about an article covering the fact that this guy, Joe Kent, is very likely an actual Nazi.
Pope Leo XIV retweeted this less than 2 months ago.
This is a defeat for the Church's conservative bloc.
This is a defeat for the Church's conservative bloc.
May 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Pope Leo XIV retweeted this less than 2 months ago.
This is a defeat for the Church's conservative bloc.
This is a defeat for the Church's conservative bloc.
May 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I honestly feel like I logged on to X by mistake lol
May 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I honestly feel like I logged on to X by mistake lol
The Netanyahu regime, which the U.S. supports unquestioningly, lying to cover up a potential war crime is page A14 news.
TL;DR: Red Crescent ambulance crew was unearthed from a mass grave in Rafah. IDF said they weren’t using headlights, flashers, or aid insignia. Cellphone video proves this false.
TL;DR: Red Crescent ambulance crew was unearthed from a mass grave in Rafah. IDF said they weren’t using headlights, flashers, or aid insignia. Cellphone video proves this false.
April 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Netanyahu regime, which the U.S. supports unquestioningly, lying to cover up a potential war crime is page A14 news.
TL;DR: Red Crescent ambulance crew was unearthed from a mass grave in Rafah. IDF said they weren’t using headlights, flashers, or aid insignia. Cellphone video proves this false.
TL;DR: Red Crescent ambulance crew was unearthed from a mass grave in Rafah. IDF said they weren’t using headlights, flashers, or aid insignia. Cellphone video proves this false.
Columbia could have led the way. Instead, they caved.
March 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Columbia could have led the way. Instead, they caved.
Can’t believe this album is *26* years old. Holds up incredibly well.
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Can’t believe this album is *26* years old. Holds up incredibly well.
A great talk series organized by science departments at NYU had to be cancelled because the speakers had concerns for their safety. I’ve received violent threats before, so I get it. It stinks, but it’s an old story: right-wing movements usually target the universities first.
February 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A great talk series organized by science departments at NYU had to be cancelled because the speakers had concerns for their safety. I’ve received violent threats before, so I get it. It stinks, but it’s an old story: right-wing movements usually target the universities first.
@nytimes.com: "taking over," "driving out," "relocating"? Call it what it is. Trump's plan for the region is to ethnically cleanse Gaza and build beach resorts to profit him and his family. Kushner: “Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable ... Move the people out and then clean it up.”
February 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
@nytimes.com: "taking over," "driving out," "relocating"? Call it what it is. Trump's plan for the region is to ethnically cleanse Gaza and build beach resorts to profit him and his family. Kushner: “Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable ... Move the people out and then clean it up.”
Trump urges ethnic cleansing of Gaza so that the US can turn it into a tourist destination. Netanyahu smiles approvingly. Christ, what a sickening mix of racism and greed.
February 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trump urges ethnic cleansing of Gaza so that the US can turn it into a tourist destination. Netanyahu smiles approvingly. Christ, what a sickening mix of racism and greed.
My students just read selections from _The Authoritarian Personality_. In their agenda, if not method, Adorno et al. feel more relevant than ever.
It took 75 years, but the scenario that worried them is now playing out: the rise of an anti-democratic movement targeting universities, all of it.
It took 75 years, but the scenario that worried them is now playing out: the rise of an anti-democratic movement targeting universities, all of it.
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My students just read selections from _The Authoritarian Personality_. In their agenda, if not method, Adorno et al. feel more relevant than ever.
It took 75 years, but the scenario that worried them is now playing out: the rise of an anti-democratic movement targeting universities, all of it.
It took 75 years, but the scenario that worried them is now playing out: the rise of an anti-democratic movement targeting universities, all of it.
If I were @mcuban.bsky.social or another gigantically wealthy Democrat, I’d offer federal workers twice as much to stay in their jobs.
January 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If I were @mcuban.bsky.social or another gigantically wealthy Democrat, I’d offer federal workers twice as much to stay in their jobs.