John King @johnaking.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Are the OfS saying trans people are a special case, and people should be allowed to say transphobic things, or do they mean all groups can be the victim of hate speech? Either way, it's a pretty miserable position to take. 020
John King @johnaking.bsky.social · 21/03/2025I don't mean to minimise Meta's egregious bulk copyright violation, but a LLM trained on a million textbooks might be more interesting than one trained on a billion Reddit shitposts. 010
Reposted by John King 🫚🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🫚 @catespice.bsky.social · 14/12/2024NEW ZEALAND! It has been EIGHTEEN MONTHS since Gender Self-ID was made available, and THREE YEARS since the BDMRR Bill passed! And NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED! Not one case of it being misused or abused. Every single submission against it was WRONG. Anti-trans activists NEVER tell the truth. 10872337
Reposted by John KingCandice Odgers @candiceodgers.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Thank you @natureportfolio.bsky.social for making my review of the Anxious Generation open access for parents, policy-makers, and the public. The story told in this book runs counter science and is leading to poor policy decisions that will ultimately fail our kids. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comThe great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes. 12242102
Reposted by John KingGame Therapy UK @gametherapyuk.bsky.social · 25/11/2024We are excitedly anticipating our trip to Dragonmeet in London this year, where we will have a stand. (Find us thanks to @jogbrogzin.bsky.social's fab map below!) Come and say hello! 161
Reposted by John KingDr. Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareemcarr.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Beginning to understand why so many Americans are obsessed with trans issues and panicking about being replaced. They think there are 21x more trans people, 27x more muslims, 15x more jews, 5x more asians, 3x more black people, and 2x more immigrants than there actually are. 27391159
Reposted by John KingRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 23/11/2024D&D Combinatorics xkcd.com/3015 200267292144
Reposted by John KingM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 17/11/2024UK journalists talking about echo chambers when 0.2% of journalists are Black and 2.5% Asian and 51% of the most influential journalists went to private school is a bit of a joke 553073801
Reposted by John KingGergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 17/11/2024How cool is this: this is from the Bluesky firehose! What's so cool about this is: 1. The throwback style 2. That *any* dev can do this! Thanks to there being an API for this (no other social network allows this AFAIK) This API is a big reason to be bullish on Bluesky firehose3d.theo.io 1635156
Reposted by John KingProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Waiting for Trump to announce he's appointing a horse to his cabinet 8366780
Reposted by John KingSarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 18/10/2024This week I presented my Fireworks Bill to Parliament The anti social misuse of fireworks torments many people across Luton - people with young children, pets, wildlife, mental health issues or just those trying to get a good night’s sleep! This law would... 👇 2517934
Reposted by John KingHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 06/11/2024Here’s a starter pack of some of my favourite UK commentators - hopefully helpful to new joiners to get you going. (It is pretty balanced female/male although the Bluesky generated picture always seems to tilt male) go.bsky.app/M4Bt6Wq 78540
John King @johnaking.bsky.social · 01/09/2024matthewbjane.com/blog-posts/b... In which a talented PhD student politely addresses statistical faults that really matter. Clear, detailed, no notes!matthewbjane.comA Statistical Interrogation of “The Case for Causality, Part 1” by Rausch and Haidt – Matthew B. JanéI don’t know anything about the literature on social media and mental health so my focus on this post is to interrogate the statistical approach taken by the article written by Zach Rausch and Jonatho... 140
John King @johnaking.bsky.social · 31/08/2024www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-healt... A very accessible review of new treatments for depression.nationalelfservice.netNew and emerging treatments for major depressive disorderKirsten Lawson focuses on novel and emerging pharmacotherapy and neuromodulation for people with 'treatment resistant depression'. 060
