Backstory on my "Disclosures" joke: That's a slide I really used, in a talk at CPDD. There was a third bullet point: "I was the anthrax mailer." Deleted with regret, lest someone take it seriously. I'm meta-mentioning it here because comedy follows the Rule of Three.

I've transitioned, more or less. To Bluesky. I'll still look in on some of your doings here, for now, but I'll do my interacting on Bluesky. I would love to see you there.

@KatieWitkiewitz Things are picking up serious starter-pack steam over at Bluesky. If you've ever liked what was good about Twitter (as I sure did), bring it to Bluesky.

I think this is the first year we've ever created a pumpkin situation here. Jack o'liberty. Treats were issued a moment ago to a smol RBG.

@ErinWestgate I am so glad, Erin! Good doggo.

@kirstenelins "don't Overlook kratom"

@krichard1212 The authors say: "Gender was included as a binary variable...Although there is a non-binary response option, this was not included...as the study focuses more on the biological sex differences." They don't try to explain how cognition causes biological sex differences.

@Megarittz Last I heard, it's still more of a West Coast thing (doi 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111419), but that's a couple years old. We'll soon be doing a study here in Baltimore where we'll ask.

@thebandlab Aw, you're not even trying! All it takes is a Google Scholar search on the phrase "as a former professional magician" (with the enclosing quotes).

@Komaniecki_R Two more come to mind: Led Zeppelin and Spirit Oasis and Neil Innes And two with no lawsuit filed: Derek & the Dominoes and Rita Coolidge ("Layla") TLC and Paul McCartney ("Waterfalls")

I remember when the M stood only for "momentary."

Corrected version of screenshot, minus inadvertent duplication. Suddenly I'm a PNAS retraction.

@ErinWestgate PSYCHOLOGICALLY RICH.

@ErinWestgate Even if you don't care that "females" is what women are called by incels, there's also the fact that "men" and "women" pack more data (sex, species, and developmental stage) into fewer letters than "males" and "females." Win/win.

@EmeryNoahN And why does the image make me want to call a plumber?

@JennCVeilleux I use contractions everywhere I think I can: consent forms, commentaries, book chapters. I haven't seen them cross over yet to peer-reviewed empirical papers. I think it's no more logical than shunning white clothes after Labor Day, but it seems to be still in effect.