One of my current projects is a book that will likely interest of perhaps four or five people (give or take) is a monograph on the history of research on the weapons effect. I start out with a discussion of the conditions (social & research) in the mid-1960s that led to Berkowitz & Lepage (1967). /1

Recently I turned 60. Unless something goes seriously sideways, I am guessing I have a good 10 to 15 years in me to wind down a career. I'm shooting for 15 simply because 40 years in one career seems like a good stopping point. I still have some works in progress to keep me occupied. Stay tuned...

Plagiarism in an editorial by Brad Bushman.

For anyone curious, the profile photo is a selfie taken at a riverfront trail near downtown Fort Smith about a couple years ago (yes, I still work for UAFS). The cover photo was taken at a lookout spot on the way to Mount Magazine last fall.

Last year I noticed some oddities in a 10-year-old article. One of the authors has a rather colorful past (I don't mean that as a compliment), to say the least. Here is one of my blog posts about that article.

ajbenjaminjrbeta.blogspot.com/2025/09/abou...

(Un)Silencing Academia in Times of Epistemic Conflicts:
Navigating Online Violence by
@albertagiorgi.bsky.social & @haeszi.bsky.social

doi.org/10.4324/9781...

cc @veletsianos.bsky.social

I made a mistake with my initial account by being placed on a number of starter packs devoted to the generally liberal politics, which meant that I began to lose touch with psychologists whom I deeply value simply because my feed is inundated with far too many posts.

I still occasionally update my blog: ajbenjaminjrbeta.blogspot.com

Since I am still a notorious procrastinator, it took me longer than planned to set up this account. This is strictly an account I wish to use a a means of communicating with other psychologists (especially reformers) like I once did on Twitter.