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2024-11-01 @ 8.51.16 ∈ In English
Research confirms stereotypes about job-related traits
Stereotypes about which personality traits are associated with different jobs are largely true, an extensive study by psychologists suggests. The findings help to explain why some people thrive in creative professions, others aspire to leadership roles, and still others work in care and counseling.
2024-10-30 @ 11.20.25 ∈ In English
2024-10-28 @ 13.54.51 ∈ In English
(Also available in F-droid, naturally.)
2024-10-24 @ 19.49.49 ∈ In English
TIL
Sealioning - Wikipedia
Sealioning (also sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with relentless requests for evidence, often tangential or previously addressed, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity (“I’m just trying to have a debate”), and feigning ignorance of the subject matter.
2024-10-23 @ 11.12.57 ∈ In English
2024-10-12 @ 16.44.26 ∈ In English
Full moon hazard: 50% rise in wildlife vehicle collisions during moonlit nights
10 years of collision data in Texas [was used] to compare full-moon nights with new-moon nights and their corresponding wildlife-vehicle collisions. Non-wildlife collisions in the same time periods showed no significant differences. […] Previous studies conducted worldwide [have found similar collision trends].
2024-10-12 @ 15.42.02 ∈ In English
2024-10-10 @ 12.27.30 ∈ In English
Carefully exposing children to more misinformation can make them better fact-checkers, study suggests
Researchers found that the children who were the most diligent about fact-checking […] claims were also the ones who saw more false claims […] earlier in the study. Meanwhile, those who had more reliable environments with fewer false claims earlier in the study did almost no fact-checking.
