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Bill Chopik

@chops310.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of Social/Personality Psychology at Michigan State University

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@chops310.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:36 PM

I'd now like to read to you from the book of Ephesians. What is a network of symptoms truly? That is the question.

@hadas.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 6:51 AMReposted by @chops310.bsky.social

sure, sex is great but

@chops310.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:01 PM

@chops310.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 8:10 PM

We've been running studies of friend groups. Lots of fun, mostly because friend groups can be so varied and different (and sometimes the same). For example, here's a group of four friends that I showed during my talk today. Their accomplishments are all very similar and equally impressive

@chops310.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 12:57 PM

Trying to sneak into a conference without paying. Think I'll get caught?

@chops310.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 7:26 AM

@chops310.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 3:52 PM

@chops310.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 9:19 AM

Yep--the items are old/archaic (hoping to build an index with less problematic ones, satisfaction w/current friendships). However, other polling with straightforward items suggests friend networks are indeed shrinking (eg, Pew). But I wish I could time travel to 1975 and shake the researchers

@chops310.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 2:46 AM

There's literally what the project is about!

@chops310.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 2:36 PM

In 46,000 people, people's desire for close friends ("I often wish I had more good friends") declines across life. Recent cohorts of younger people desire fewer and fewer good friends. But they otherwise follow the same trajectory. I wonder what people born in the 2000s will look like some day.

@emily.gorcen.skiSep 28, 2026, 10:23 AMReposted by @chops310.bsky.social

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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@chops310.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 8:23 AM

Someone had to do it.

@tvhilton.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 4:23 PMReposted by @chops310.bsky.social

Anyone: Sometimes I enjoy certain things Bluesky: ^^^HISTORY’S GREATEST MONSTER

@chops310.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 4:09 PM

Hey everyone, I'm struggling to pay an APC for my Frontiers article titled "Predatory Open Access Publishers are the Death Knell for Modern Scientists." If you could contribute to my GoFundMe, I'd really appreciate it. If not, that's okay. I can just post a preprint or something.

@chops310.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 8:19 PM

Guys, I'm scared.

@chops310.bsky.socialSep 20, 2026, 9:12 PM

@snarkysillysad.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 12:43 PMReposted by @chops310.bsky.social

She deserves that dog: 🔊 #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

@chops310.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 1:55 PM

"Excellent prompt! Here's a post you can use for your discussion board. Let me know if you want it to sound more formal or reference made-up sources about how the sky is blue" -ChatGPT

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