Matt
@mattwithaphd.bsky.social
(He/Him) Australian VR and Psychology focused behavioural scientist who finally got his PhD. Disabled & Neurodivergent. Supporter of LBGTQIA+ & poly humans. Personal account and opinions are my own.
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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wait you’re telling me that this simple task I’ve been putting off for two weeks, that has tormented me like a two hour task, only took 30 seconds to complete? If only there were a valuable lesson I could learn from this.
Ah well. Nevertheless.
Ah well. Nevertheless.
November 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
wait you’re telling me that this simple task I’ve been putting off for two weeks, that has tormented me like a two hour task, only took 30 seconds to complete? If only there were a valuable lesson I could learn from this.
Ah well. Nevertheless.
Ah well. Nevertheless.
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I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.
I may have lucked into an interview (sometime next year) for the job I was hoping for. Plus less-solid potential work for between now and early next year. Unexpectedly positive!
October 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I may have lucked into an interview (sometime next year) for the job I was hoping for. Plus less-solid potential work for between now and early next year. Unexpectedly positive!
This is FAR too real to be dealing with so early in the day
September 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is FAR too real to be dealing with so early in the day
Working on CV and cover letter stuff when tired is really not fun.
September 27, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Working on CV and cover letter stuff when tired is really not fun.
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Sometimes I feel like a ghost, unable to make meaningful changes to my life, while not being believed when I tell people how much I try.
September 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sometimes I feel like a ghost, unable to make meaningful changes to my life, while not being believed when I tell people how much I try.
I can hear helicopters above my place and hear a protest go past in the street outside and the sad thing is I'm left wondering if it is pro or anti fascist as both seem to be going on at the moment.
September 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I can hear helicopters above my place and hear a protest go past in the street outside and the sad thing is I'm left wondering if it is pro or anti fascist as both seem to be going on at the moment.
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I was so fucking angry when Biden announced that the Covid pandemic was over. It is not over. It is tiresome and politically inconvenient, but it is unfortunately not over.
Big Myth Four: Covid is Over
People mean a variety of things by this, but none of them are right except that the era of public health interventions on Covid appear to be over. Here’s the aggregate wastewater data for the last few years in the US. Notice that big honking peak - LAST YEAR??
People mean a variety of things by this, but none of them are right except that the era of public health interventions on Covid appear to be over. Here’s the aggregate wastewater data for the last few years in the US. Notice that big honking peak - LAST YEAR??
June 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I was so fucking angry when Biden announced that the Covid pandemic was over. It is not over. It is tiresome and politically inconvenient, but it is unfortunately not over.
This is exactly the kind of thing my research wants to avoid/end
June 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is exactly the kind of thing my research wants to avoid/end
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Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”
😂
😂
May 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”
😂
😂
Sometimes I feel like my attempts at certain assessments are absolute dog-water: I obviously couldn't understand the question with confidence, so my only hope is a mercy pass. It goes to show that I don't know what I am talking about because I managed a grade of 95. I keep doing this to myself, lol.
April 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Sometimes I feel like my attempts at certain assessments are absolute dog-water: I obviously couldn't understand the question with confidence, so my only hope is a mercy pass. It goes to show that I don't know what I am talking about because I managed a grade of 95. I keep doing this to myself, lol.
For any trans, NB, agender, or gender diverse folks out there: you're valid, rad, and you deserve better than the way things are right now.
April 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
For any trans, NB, agender, or gender diverse folks out there: you're valid, rad, and you deserve better than the way things are right now.
Good thing: I'm greatly enjoying to finally get into the practical stuff like the WAIS.
Meh thing: Assignments are still very draining.
Bad thing: I've gotten basically no deep sleep for the last 4+ years, apparently, thanks to sleep apnea. Explains some things.
Meh thing: Assignments are still very draining.
Bad thing: I've gotten basically no deep sleep for the last 4+ years, apparently, thanks to sleep apnea. Explains some things.
March 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Good thing: I'm greatly enjoying to finally get into the practical stuff like the WAIS.
Meh thing: Assignments are still very draining.
Bad thing: I've gotten basically no deep sleep for the last 4+ years, apparently, thanks to sleep apnea. Explains some things.
Meh thing: Assignments are still very draining.
Bad thing: I've gotten basically no deep sleep for the last 4+ years, apparently, thanks to sleep apnea. Explains some things.
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It's not that the kid is wrong, it's that he's wrong with utter and serene confidence. When people ask me why I wrote The Death of Expertise, it wasn't ignorance that compelled me to write, it was this kind of unbreakable, completely self-assured ignorance that did it.
Lololol @samseder.bsky.social has to very slowly explain to this dude that government agencies don't pay taxes lolol
March 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's not that the kid is wrong, it's that he's wrong with utter and serene confidence. When people ask me why I wrote The Death of Expertise, it wasn't ignorance that compelled me to write, it was this kind of unbreakable, completely self-assured ignorance that did it.
I don't want to jinx it, but I might get to go to a very cool cyberpsych conference this year!
February 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I don't want to jinx it, but I might get to go to a very cool cyberpsych conference this year!
Today I received my first expression of interest seeking me to supervise a cyberpsychology PhD. While I am not in a position to say yes, it really was a nice (and well timed) mood boost. I must admit sometimes being postdoc but not employed gives a dream (/nightmare) quality to the last 6.5 years.
February 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Today I received my first expression of interest seeking me to supervise a cyberpsychology PhD. While I am not in a position to say yes, it really was a nice (and well timed) mood boost. I must admit sometimes being postdoc but not employed gives a dream (/nightmare) quality to the last 6.5 years.
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Want to know who to follow in cyberpsychology? @nicolafh.bsky.social has made a starter pack! #AcademicSky #Cyberpsychology
go.bsky.app/HkdeCxF
go.bsky.app/HkdeCxF
February 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Want to know who to follow in cyberpsychology? @nicolafh.bsky.social has made a starter pack! #AcademicSky #Cyberpsychology
go.bsky.app/HkdeCxF
go.bsky.app/HkdeCxF
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Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
January 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Everything is just... pretty overwhelming right now, huh?
January 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Everything is just... pretty overwhelming right now, huh?
OK this year better be better than the last one...
December 31, 2024 at 1:21 PM
OK this year better be better than the last one...
Another appointment this week. Slowly crossing things off the list. Making good (eventually) on all that "after the PhD is finished" talk.
December 18, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Another appointment this week. Slowly crossing things off the list. Making good (eventually) on all that "after the PhD is finished" talk.
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No-one ever listened to Gorillaz the same way after this.
November 28, 2024 at 12:48 PM
No-one ever listened to Gorillaz the same way after this.