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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott

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President of the Loughborough University Alumni Association

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As Ian Leslie says, this is “huge fun and genuinely educational, full marks to whoever created it” anyhumanever.com
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Any Human Ever
One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived.
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Loughborough University PR @lboropr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
AI agents carry out tasks autonomously on behalf of users. But what are they capable of, and what do we need to know about them? BBC World Service's Tech Life asks Loughborough University's VC and President Professor Nick Jennings - an expert in agentic AI ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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BBC World Service - Tech Life, Understanding AI Agents
What do we need to know about agentic AI?
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
the lie (or misunderstanding) at the heart of this is the idea that a 26-year old graduate should be earning the same as a 42-year old aka the average worker when has that ever been the case?
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
How on earth had I missed this before now? (h/t @financialtimes.com; source: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...)
Can exposure to celebrities from stigmatized groups reduce prejudice? To address this question, we study the case of Mohamed Salah, a visibly Muslim, elite soccer player. Using data on hate crime reports throughout England and 15 million tweets from British soccer fans, we find that after Salah joined Liverpool F.C., hate crimes in the Liverpool area dropped by 16% compared with a synthetic control, and Liverpool F.C. fans halved their rates of posting anti-Muslim tweets relative to fans of other top-flight clubs. An original survey experiment suggests that the salience of Salah’s Muslim identity enabled positive feelings toward Salah to generalize to Muslims more broadly. Our findings provide support for the parasocial contact hypothesis—indicating that positive exposure to out-group celebrities can spark real-world behavioral changes in prejudice.
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Tautology @tautology.uk · 27/01/2026
I'm trying a new "see how well AI image gen is" test. This time I'm going to ask it to draw a map of the world, and then zoom in to Europe, the UK, Yorkshire and York to see when things start to get hazy. All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up. Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
old couple (Robert and his wife Inga), dressed in smart clothes. both look unassuming and like they could be anybodies' grandparents.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/01/2026
Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice
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Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice
Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation finds People are being put at risk of harm by false and misleading health information in Google’s artificial intelligence summaries, a Guardian investigation has found. The company has said its AI Overviews, which use generative AI to provide snapshots of essential information about a topic or question, are “helpful” and “reliable”. Continue reading...
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
How many illegal immigrants are living in the UK? Are they put up in ‘four star hotels’? Are phones and iPads provided? Following comments made by Rylan Clark, BBC Verify Policy Correspondent Ben Chu goes through the data and information for #Newsnight
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Disgraceful #Jota #CommunityShield
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Loughborough English @lboroenglish.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
An English degree remains an excellent choice for HE study. "The latest Data for English Degree Graduates shows comparable employment and wage outcomes to Business, Law and STEM subjects and higher wage growth over 3 years." universityenglish.ac.uk/we-have-a-ne...
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Updated infographic and new Facebook page!
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🏆 44 years at the top! Loughborough University crowned BUCS champions once again — an unbroken legacy of sporting excellence. Proud of every student athlete, coach, staff & supporter who made this happen. Here’s to passion, performance & purple. 💜💛 #BUCS44 #Loughborough #ChampionsAgain
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 19/05/2025
The unbelievable condescension we’re already seeing today towards working class people- suggesting they don’t travel to Europe or their kids might not want to go to university and study in Europe- is quite something to behold.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”
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ALS Advocacy @alsadvocacy.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/fo...
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The Ford Executive Who Kept Score of Colleagues’ Verbal Flubs
Mike O’Brien kept a meticulous log of mixed metaphors and malaprops uttered in meetings over a decade; ‘too many cooks in the soup’
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David Lynch @davidlynchlfc.co.uk · 05/03/2025
That is genuinely one of the greatest results in Liverpool's long history in Europe. Lucky in the first half, resilient in the second, and then they take their big moment when it comes at the death. Work still to do at Anfield but it's remarkable they're taking a lead back there.
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
My former PhD supervisor on fine form here - as entertaining and informative as ever!
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Change of formation or Szoboszlai playing on the left I wonder?
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
What an awful refereeing performance #Liverpool
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Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Howling at Alexander doing "here comes the aeroplane" at this sombre occasion #TheTraitors
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The best part of the Traitors tonight was when viewers thought for a minute that the actual BBC had buried someone alive underground in a coffin
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
It feels like the media ecosystem hasnt adjusted to a new lab govt yet. They approach this govt the same way they learned to approach the last few and clearly are missing the wood from the trees. Its no longer simply govt by press release.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 04/12/2024
In most places in the world, power from new renewables is now cheaper than power from new fossil fuels. Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? The answer: learning curves.
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Some team this #Liverpool #LFC #LivRMA
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/11/2024
Enforced return to office leads workers to seek new jobs
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Enforced return to office leads workers to seek new jobs
Recruitment group says more applicants are turning down offers that do not include hybrid working Recruiters have received a surge in job applications from disgruntled workers at companies that are removing employees’ flexibility over where they work…
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
🧵There's a line of thought that Trump's victory means progressive causes are doomed in the court of public opinion. I don't think that's true, but I do think it shows more thought needs to be given to what ought to be a tautology but infact often isn't - inclusive progressivism.
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Wow how did this manage to get published?
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Uninstalled the hell site from my phone and I feel... Calmer.
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
University tuition fees set to rise in England
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University tuition fees set to rise in England
The education secretary is expected to announce details to MPs in Parliament on Monday afternoon.
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
Good to see the uplifting of tuition fees to help a struggling HE sector but this needs to be a down payment on support and reform. Without reform of the funding model that disadvantages too many young people we're in a race to the bottom that denigrates one of the UKs true world leading sectors.
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
As a millennial board member I cannot agree with this more - diverse boards make better strategic choices.
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Dr Luke Langbein-Stott @drstott.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Well...
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