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Daniel Read

@danielread.bsky.social
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Gentilhomme cambrioleur Professor of Behavioural Science, University of Warwick. Google scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=u… Strategic Information Network: sites.google.com/view/strategicinf

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Britain First is planning a "Rally for Remigration" in Coventry where I live. Very depressing that some (unknown) venue has rented them a space. More depressing that this is happening at all.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He is playing Thunderbirds or GI Joe or Action Man.
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Trump claims triumphal arch will serve as a ‘top grade military complex’ to store weapons
US president on Truth Social claims his new plan for the 250ft arch comes at the ‘strong request’ of the US military
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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh no. But fortunately Ted Nugent and The Village People have space in their diaries.
bbc.co.uk
Ed Sheeran's support acts quit tour in support of Macklemore
The star said he was not responsible for Macklemore being dropped from the line-up after he made pro-Palestinian statements on stage.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Some day I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, consider this a gift on your son's wedding day.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 15/09/2026
Nadine Thomas, living with terminal cancer, said: 'We're not worried about dying, we know we're going to die. It's how we die... We are expected to suffer to our very last dying breath which is unfair, it's cruel, it's inhumane.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
West Country assisted dying campaigners call MPs vote 'inhumane'
Terminally ill people in the West Country say they will continue to campaign for assisted dying.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is very unsettling to read. I have been thinking a lot lately about how Milgram's work and Zimbardo's work, often criticised, still describe the world we see all around us all the time.
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‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence
Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham collected the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target Gazans’ homes. They explain how they got these self-professed ‘small cogs’ to talk about the killing
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Elisabeth Holmes could play Vera Claythorne in And Then There Were None.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is literally what is happening. The Onion is using mental accounting as a joke, but it's not!
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Trump Promises To Take $5,000 From Every American If Democrats Win Midterm
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dismayed by defeat of the assisted dying bill. Nothing was won today – no new palliative care funding, no new disability support. And the suffering that brought this bill to parliament remains.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Demonstrating the cruelty of the house of lords. Parliament voted for assisted dying and they left people like Esther Rantzen to suffer.
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Esther Rantzen says she is too fragile to travel to Switzerland to end life
The broadcaster and campaigner says she missed her chance to go before living with cancer became "unbearable".
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I expect one reason for the different response to these protestors and (say) Palestine Action protestors is the risk to police of intervening.
bbc.co.uk
Watch: Anti-migrant boat protesters block roads in Portsmouth
The government condemned "the intimidating and thuggish behaviour" of the demonstrators.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Here's another young woman being attacked and beaten by old Reform men consumed by hate. #RefUKkers
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Turns out Nigel was at Pizza Express in Woking when all this was going on.
bbc.co.uk
Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks
The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This lengthy article lacks the most important number -- how many people appeal a decision compared to how many do not. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Disability benefit: Two out of three NI Pip decisions overturned at tribunal
A woman who has multiple health issues says she was made to feel she was "telling lies" after being turned down for Personal Independence Payment.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Interesting example concerning the concept of profit.
bbc.co.uk
Victoria Beckham's company makes its first profit after 18 years
Beckham's fashion and beauty business makes a £7.3m operating profit after years of losses.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We can do both
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As a doctor, I say this: before we even consider assisted dying, fix how we care for the most vulnerable | Zubir Ahmed
A person’s wish to die can be shaped by whether they have access to proper palliative care – and too many do not, says Labour MP and transplant surgeon Zubir Ahmed
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Frankly, unless I get an offer from AT LEAST The Rocky Planets Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities I am not even looking at you.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
That letter will likely be discussed by hiring committees all over the world.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This article does not point out that this unseen and unavailable film is available on YouTube. Uploaded 8 years ago.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
What an excellent business model: "The gang recruits teenagers to carry out the attacks for cash, but it almost never has to pay out as they often get caught." www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Foxtrot Network: The shadowy gang recruiting teen killers across Europe
The Foxtrot Network is thought to be responsible for about 35 murders in Europe, and uses violence-as-a-service tactics.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
If we want novels to be written by humans in a human-like way we will have to make writing a spectator sport, like chess. I think some novelists will soon sell themselves on guaranteed authenticity, demonstrated by having written the book in a public place or a log cabin without internet access.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
✅ Touring Clacton ✅ Visiting local businesses ✅ Listening to constituents’ concerns ✅ Hi-vis vest Make your Vote Count! #VoteBinface #Clacton
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The coin flip. If we were to use that to explain wealth inequality we would not go far wrong.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you need a classroom example of the finding that bronze recipients are happier than silver ones, look no further than this. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
bbc.co.uk
Highlights - France v England World Cup 2026 - 18 of July
Bukayo Saka scores a hat-trick as England beat France 6-4 in a thriller to record their best men's World Cup finish since 1966.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Those poor cows.
bbc.co.uk
Heatwave reducing milk production, Nuneaton farmer says
Charles Goadby is counting the cost of the warm weather's impact on his herd.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
All these people complaining about this but I don't see the problem. Reciprocity. That is what the make the world work.
bbc.co.uk
World Cup 2026: Balogun available for USA v Belgium after Spain play Portugal
Folarin Balogun to play for USA against Belgium as Lamine Yamal's Spain play Cristiano Ronaldo & Portugal at the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
BBC lead story is another one about asylum seekers. This story does not appear.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/07/2026
Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty
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Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty
The deal on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the rest, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law
An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This headline
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This is upsetting in every way imaginable.
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Concerns over therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prison
Prison officers’ union calls for immediate end to practice at HMYOI Wetherby over fears for child and animal welfare
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We can only hope this terrible decision will be reversed.
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You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law | Geoffrey Robertson
The jurors who found the pro-Palestine activists guilty of criminal damage had no idea their verdict would be treated as a verdict on terrorism, says Geoffrey Robertson KC
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
So there is no deal yet.
bbc.co.uk
Trump and world leaders to speak on last day of G7 ahead of Iran deal signing - follow live
The president, speaking on the final day of G7 summit, says the US could "go back to dropping bombs" if he doesn't like the agreement.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? | George Monbiot
The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
It is a great privilege to have come second in the ballot for Private Member’s Bills. After giving the matter a great deal of thought, I will be reintroducing the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. You can read my full statement on this here or on my website: buff.ly/I78DfUX
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Sarah Wootton @sarahwootton.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
"I believe it undermines public trust in our democracy more widely if we cannot deliver on a measure that is supported by a very large majority of voters in all parts of the country.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Assisted dying bill set to return to the Commons
Labour MP Lauren Edwards to use private members bill to put issue before MPs again
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I expect governments realise that acting against Musk is now like declaring war on a small but powerful country. He is simply too big to treat like a regular citizen. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Elon Musk’s X not facing action from UK government over posts inciting violence in Belfast
Any official reprimand will come from regulator Ofcom, but not for at least two months
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Pope Leo at Sagrada Familia: “We cannot believe in Jesus and make war. We cannot believe in Jesus and kill the innocent. We cannot believe in Jesus and abandon those who suffer, those who weep, those who flee from misery.”
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/06/2026
I think every politician who proposes to ban anything on the internet for teens should be required to propose, as an alternate, a free and accessible and all weather space for teens to hang out in their own hometown
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The list of purchases Peter Murrell made with the embezzled money is quite ludicrous and quite sad. I am sure there will be a comic film made about it pretty soon.
bbc.co.uk
How Peter Murrell covered up his embezzlement of SNP funds
For the first time we hear how Peter Murrell, the estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon, used SNP funds to illicitly purchase more than 1,000 items
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Decades ago, I supported mandatory helmet laws for people riding bikes. Then I was convinced by evidence and the bigger picture that such laws are actually counter-productive in many ways. This NZ article explains some. I support helmets, but not mandatory helmet laws. Build safe infrastructure.
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David Seymour was right to question our compulsory helmet laws
There’s little evidence our mandatory cycle laws improve overall safety, and quite a bit of evidence suggesting they’re doing more harm than good.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Curious pairing
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
These kinds of errors are like human biases, revealing something about how LLMs "represent" the world. Evidently not as we do.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 27/05/2026
“I do not have endless time to wait for politics to catch up. For people like me, this is about whether we get any say over how our lives end and how much suffering we are expected to endure." Hannah Slater, who has terminal breast cancer, is urging MPs to bring back the assisted dying bill.
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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
System 1 and System 2: "He also told the jury that “part of him” had wanted to kill Watkins, while another part had not. “Sometimes what your heart wants is not what your brain wants,” he said."
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Jury discharged at trial of men accused of murdering child abuser Ian Watkins
Judge says it is ‘disappointing’ there will have to be retrial of prisoners accused over Lostprophets singer’s death
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Mini Motley Sanctuary @minisanctuary.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We hate to ask, but our animal sanctuary is struggling under the weight of huge vet bills & hay deliveries If you feel able to help us in anyway, we’d be so grateful Rising costs mean things are really tough We’d be so thankful for any help: gofund.me/f75e616d7 #animalsanctuary #rescueanimals
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