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Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) @behaviourresuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
If you are applying to the BR-UK Commissioning Fund for an Accelerator Award, please make sure you are familiar with the frequently asked questions document. A word version of the application form is available from our website so you can use this to work offline if easier. tinyurl.com/y7sxzr46
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Our information diet is shaped by a tiny sliver of humanity whose job, identity, or obsession is to post constantly Consuming too much of this diet can distort our perceptions, manipulate our emotions, and fuel intergroup conflict www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/how-social...
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How social media distorts our perceptions
Our information diet is shaped by a tiny sliver of humanity whose job, identity, or obsession is to post constantly
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Again, why critical thinking skills are crucial in education. If people are bombarded with a constant stream of algorithmically selected content that engages them emotionally and we aren't equipping them with critical thinking skills from an early age then things like this are the inevitable outcome
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The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Kindness & compassion should be a given in health & care work, but in a system under immense pressure they can’t be taken for granted. Take the time to learn what it means to learn with kindness & compassion with our course Warm up, included in ShiftWorks. buff.ly/fLEvhvC
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
“Even the smallest contribution made towards a clearer understanding of one’s own position or that of one’s opponent – is a great success. A discussion which you win but which fails to help you to change or to clarify your mind at least a little should be regarded as a sheer loss” (Popper, 1994).
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Edz @edstupple.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Millionaire ‘man of the people’  Public school educated  Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees Opposed to arming Ukraine and NATO Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine  Eurosceptic
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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · 28/07/2025
Methodological considerations for social media intervention studies Perspective by Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Stephen L. Murphy, Laura Lemahieu & Ernst H. W. Koster 🚨FREE🚨web access (with registration) until Aug 28: go.nature.com/45cerHT PDF: rdcu.be/eyaz8
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I'd be inclined to tax them even more - UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise
Exclusive: Lobbyists meet with ministers, and host a darts night with Labour advisers and MPs’ staff
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Edz @edstupple.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Millionaire ‘man of the people’  Public school educated  Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees Disagrees with arming Ukraine  Opposed to NATO Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine  Eurosceptic
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Edz @edstupple.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Millionaire ‘man of the people’  Public school educated  Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees Opposed to arming Ukraine and NATO Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine  Eurosceptic
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Edz @edstupple.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Millionaire ‘man of the people’  Public school educated  Opposed VAT on school feels Disagrees with arming Ukraine  Opposed to NATO Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine  Eurosceptic
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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
"Despite such anthropomorphic language often being used...by the models themselves generating statements like “I believe” or “I hope,” it is implausible that these models possess anything like human beliefs, desires, intentions, emotions, or even the sense of self implied by using the pronoun “I.”
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Why AI chatbots lie to us
A few weeks ago, a colleague of mine needed to collect and format some data from a website, and he asked the latest version of Anthropic’s generative AI system, Claude, for help. Claude cheerfully agr...
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Edz @edstupple.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Millionaire ‘man of the people’  Public school educated  Opposed VAT on school feels Disagrees with arming Ukraine  Opposed to NATO Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine  Eurosceptic
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Philipp Schmid @philippschmid.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
New paper on impact of #healthmisinformation with the amazing Hannah Bauer This meta-analysis aims to help fact-checkers identify dangerous misinfo and to help researchers plan studies on health misinformation. doi.org/10.1080/1041...
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Impact of Exposure to Health Misinformation on Belief in Health Misinformation: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs
Health authorities have labeled health misinformation a major global health threat and academic scholars consider exposure to health misinformation a barrier to an individual’s informed decision-ma...
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
🇩🇪 3-year universal basic income (UBI) study, in which n=120 received UBI, n=1500 did not. Website is pretty neat, check it out for core findings. www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
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Basic Income Pilot Project / Study results
What does a universal basic income really achieve? Find the results of the first long-term German study here.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 23/07/2025
Let's see Len McCluskey's response, but this looks completely outrageous. Tens of millions of members' dues wasted, by a man who claimed to represent working people. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
paper from @danneidle on the limitations of wealth taxes, which probably won't be popular on here but anyway taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/22/u... (NB 'wealth taxes aren't a magic wand' does not='no wealth taxes'; more 'don't pretend that that you won't also need mid to high earner taxes')
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UK wealth tax: high risk and anti-growth
Claims of £24bn from a UK wealth tax ignore delays, capital flight (£200–£500bn) risks to growth and employment. Data, country evidence & better reforms.
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GuyM @guym.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... A feeling of real helplessness. All the World is capable of is gesture politics. We’re not going to stop mass murder in Palestine. Which means we won’t be able to stop it elsewhere.
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UK condemns Israel for depriving Palestinians of ‘human dignity’
David Lammy joins ministers from 27 other countries in issuing call for immediate end to Gaza war
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
A UK wealth tax sounds simple: "tax the super‑rich, fund public services" But it's not. Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029. Here’s the evidence:
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Paul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
A great thread of wealth taxes - and the pitfalls of rushing in without understanding the basics
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 22/07/2025
Some A+ lawyering in this excellent (and presumably extremely complicated to publish) story
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Cillian McHugh @cillianmchugh.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
And Accepted: The Moral Dilution Effect: Irrelevant Information Influences Judgments of Moral Character Started writing this one at a writer's retreat in 2022, very happy to get it over the line! Pre-print available: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Edz @edstupple.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Right, that’s enough fishing for today. Tomorrow’s blue sky will be bluer. The guy who wished my cancer would kill me quicker was a bit much, but you never know what you get from the compassionate left
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MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge @mrccbu.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Recent research from CamCAN shows that, when pulse pressure, the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure, gets too high, it can damage the brain’s “wiring” (white matter), making it harder to think fast and solve puzzles: doi.org/10.1161/HYPE... @camcan-2010.bsky.social
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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 19/07/2025
🚨Boycott CBS CBS operates as a core division within the monopoly, Paramount Global which is: Showtime Comedy Central MTV VH1 BET Nickelodeon Paramount Network CMT TV Land Smithsonian Channel Pluto TV Paramount+ Spineless fucks! Boycott them all!
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European Society for Cognitive Psychology @escop.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
EWOMS (European Working Memory Symposium) Lyon, France 26-28 August 2026 The 2026 theme — Working Memory, Strategy, and Consciousness — aims to bridge traditional cognitive perspectives and neuroscientific approaches to working memory. Abstract submission deadline: 13 March 2026
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ESCOP - EWOMS (European Working Memory Symposium)
ESCOP is a dynamic scientific society that provides a venue within which current research in cognitive psychology and neighboring disciplines can be presented, discussed and encouraged.
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The Institute of Cancer Research @icr.ac.uk · 19/07/2025
Breast cancer test predicts relapse risk after just two weeks of treatment. The simple test, already approved for clinical use – could spare thousands of women with #BreastCancer unnecessary treatment. Read about the findings, published in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social ⤵️ www.icr.ac.uk/about-us/icr...
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🇱🇹 4fouls @4fouls.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin was asked about a potential off-ramp for Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Her reply: LEGENDARY
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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 17/07/2025
I did the thing you are never supposed to do. I wrote a (rough draft of a) textbook: Theories of Rational Decision It's technical, but from a philosophical perspective. It focuses on the normative theory but touches on some behavioral issues as well. raw.githubusercontent.com/kzollman/Rat...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/07/2025
War, as a sitcom. ~AA
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Rejoining the EU is not as straightforward as some think. That’s why Starmer’s approach is the best plan at this time.
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Paul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Jeremy Corbyn can’t be bought. … except by Press TV & the Iranian regime.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
"He just bombed a nursing home." [LAUGHTER]
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Laura Charbit @lauracharbit.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
👀 Just out in Thinking & Reasoning with @boissinesther.bsky.social @mts-raoelison.bsky.social @wimdeneys.bsky.social Curious how intuitive reasoning develops through adolescence? 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KFH5K... Quick summary👇
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Good to see in today’s nature & climate announcements from the govt: - Confirmation that Land Use Framework will be published later this year, with updated principles; - Restatement of 30x30 commitment & how we’re falling far short, action plan coming assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687141...
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
It is now 18 months since the European boss of Fujitsu, which supplied the crap Horizon system and whose officials lied to sub-postmasters and to courts about it, accepted moral responsibility and said the company would cough up. Yet it still hasn’t handed over a bean. 🧵 1/2
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Gregg D Caruso @greggdcaruso.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
A Neuroscience Account of Error Management Theory: Exploring the Evolutionary Foundations of Moral Blame | Are humans adaptively tuned to morally overblame? www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) A Neuroscience Account of Error Management Theory: Exploring the Evolutionary Foundations of Moral Blame
PDF | This project explores how and why natural selection drove the evolution of moral biases. Building on Error Management Theory (EMT), we test... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Only a small % of people engage in toxic activity online, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?
Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out
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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
“People don't realise the scale of the problem of gambling harm in this country.” Labour MP and former Royal Marine @alexballingermp.bsky.social spoke to @zoecrowther.bsky.social about why he wants the government to introduce sweeping gambling reforms and change the taxation system
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Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The 'Modern Internet Age'
Labour MP Alex Ballinger has said that the government move to introduce a statutory levy on gambling is a “drop in the ocean” to tackle the harms c...
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
This is tragic - please please vaccinate your children against measles! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... here is Indie SAGE report on preventable childhood diseases - including measles! Screenshot from report below. please share! independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2
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Measles: Child dies at Alder Hey Children's hospital as cases surge
Seventeen children have been treated at the Liverpool hospital for the virus since June.
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Edz @edstupple.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
‘Debate Me!’ demands the Stranger who doesn’t allow replies to their posts
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Children exploited by gangs to launder money ‘happening everyday’ – charity www.channel4.com/news/childre...
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Children exploited by gangs to launder money ‘happening everyday’ – charity
Thousands of young people are being exploited by criminal gangs to launder money, according to the Children's Society.
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 13/07/2025
Modern theories of emotion (especially “interoceptive inference”) often cite William James as a key inspiration. But what did James actually say about emotion, and is it supported by the data? Here’s a brief look at the core arguments and classic evidence. 🧵
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John Sutton @suttonprofessor.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Traditional indigenous Marshall Islands navigators join cognitive neuroscientists in cutting-edge research on the vast Pacific Ocean: our @memoryplace.bsky.social colleague @pfvelasco.bsky.social studying dynamic intelligence in action www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
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Scientists join indigenous Pacific sailors to investigate traditional navigation skills in the open ocean | About | University of Stirling
Scientists join indigenous Pacific sailors to investigate traditional navigation skills in the open ocean
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 10/07/2025
In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.
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The Machine Stops
The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.
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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Use it or lose it: "on average, half of initial acquisition gains were lost for accuracy-based measures after 6.5 months of intermittent or nonuse, for speed-based performance measures after 13 months of intermittent or nonuse," #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
Screenshot of title page of article published in Psychological Bulletin titled: "Procedural Skill Retention and Decay: A Meta-Analytic Review."
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Jeremy Vine using his 10 year old daughter to dodge tax. I'm pretty certain he doesn't want people to know about this. So be good! #Jeremyvine
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Office for Budget Responsibility: reaching Net Zero cheaper than we thought, not hitting it vastly more costly. You'd like to think this might get reported in our right-wing media, but it won't be.
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OBR: Economic cost of climate change likely 'more severe' than previously thought
Risks associated with climate change mitigation and damage could increase public debt by up to 74 per cent of GDP by 2073, OBR estimates
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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
bar chart showing deaths associate with extreme heat with and without climate change in 12 European cities
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