If you missed it, this week on Opinion Science (a podcast), Aaron Barnes shares a really interesting set of studies on the different influences of 'top-rated' vs. 'best-seller' labels across cultures.

(Plus, how this all goes back to his former life as a child vending machine maven.)

Happy Earth Day, friends.

Upcycled pages from used books on the national parks found at a Goodwill. I quickly set up some wood type on a showcard press to see how ink would hold up on these old book pages. A fitting, if hasty, tribute to the Earth and its accomplishments.

Rise and shine #MPA2024 ! If you're around, I'm presenting some new work I'm excited about at 9:45 this morning. Come by and say hi.

Kai Epstude, K. Peeters, and I have released our editorial - EJSP EASP

Important changes:
1. New article types: Registered reports and Outlook papers; 2. Simplified review process; 3. Open materials and data; 4. Junior consulting editor board.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

I bought stamps at the post office last week. They asked me if it mattered to me which stamps, and I said, 'No.' Then the woman handed me Christmas stamps, and I thought, 'Well, I guess it matters a little.'

It's 'Merry Christmas' for the rest of the year, friends.

Looks like my house is just barely in the path of totality for Monday's eclipse. Like, it would take me 5 minutes to walk past the outer edge.

Bring on that sweet 10-second total eclipse...

I've made it almost all the way through my inbox. As long as nobody emails me ever again, I think I'm all set.

Very cool data visualization.

Last summer, four papers came out simultaneously--3 in Science and 1 in Nature. They presented findings from a massive study on social media and politics in collaboration with Meta.

On this week's Opinion Science (a podcast), Andy Guess shares how the study happened and what they found.

I got a new laptop a couple of weeks ago and opted to just roll with Edge as my browser instead of installing Chrome again.

I don't hate it. Am I okay?