Reposted by Sander HermsenAndy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My Glock system went rogue and issued 9mm agents which accessed the internal organs of several victims. Please give me billions of dollars to help me regulate the behavior of the gun whose trigger I keep pulling. 4403145
Reposted by Sander HermsenOrbital Radar @orbitalradar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hundreds of imaging satellites photograph every point on Earth every day. But which ones watch your sky? Satellite Eye tells you exactly when they pass, their camera sharpness, and shows real Sentinel-2 and NASA imagery. Get your surveillance score now: orbitalradar.com/satellite-eye…orbitalradar.comSatellite Eye — Who50+ imaging satellites photograph your location every day. Enter any city to see your surveillance score, live satellite passes, and real satellite imagery of your area. 2178
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026‘German has a word for everything’-experience of the day: Erstverschlechterung (lit: fore-worsening), the notion that when you change things, they tend to get worse a bit before they start getting better. Example: medication side-effects occurring before the healing effect starts 110
Reposted by Sander HermsenCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 07/09/2026With some delay, my op-Ed on the dramatic Saxony-Anhalt election. It is high time we focus our political struggle on strengthening democracy, rather than merely weakening the far right. To do this, we must show realism, resilience and restraint.theguardian.comThe AfD’s win in Germany is a dark day for Europe. Time is running out to stop the far right | Cas MuddeThis party is among the most extreme in Europe. To protect our democracies, liberal parties must urgently change their tactics, says Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today 19351174
Reposted by Sander HermsenMeg @justdrinkyourtea.bsky.social · 15/08/2026“It is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it.” -Becky Chambers 0134
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Unpopular opinion (?), but I love an East->West jetlag: the only time I get to experience the everyday benefits morning people always have Waking up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the crack of dawn, and having your productivity peak with noone else around. No wonder morning people rule the world 130
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Finally had time for Ursula K Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. If there’s any more proof you need that even the most fundamental scientific endeavour is deeply political, if only because of the system that makes the work possible, this is the book for you 140
Reposted by Sander HermsenJodi Pickens 🏳️🌈🖖✨ @jodipickens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Art question 🎨 What painting, photograph, sculpture, or piece of visual art has stayed with you long after you first saw it? Not necessarily your favorite. The one that lingered. 65772281
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The negative effects of even a small amount of alcohol on our health are indisputable. It’s fascinating to watch what happens when this fact gets communicated to the general public: Health promotors seem incapable of considering the value of drinking alcohol as a social practice 110
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Grappig zo’n NK Wielrennen rond m’n huis, maar die helicopter van de NOS mag onderhand echt wel weg 100
Reposted by Sander HermsenKatrin Auspurg @kauspurg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026There’s been a lot of buzz around the Borjas/Breznau (2026) paper (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and potential ideological bias in research. We took a closer look at the data. Could there be a "bias in bias research"? Here is what we found: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...econstor.eu 14022
Reposted by Sander HermsenMark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Establishing-an-effect, theory-of-the-effect, and theoretical framework Three strategies for claiming research progress by Dal et al. (2026): doi.org/10.1002/jcpy... 1175
Reposted by Sander HermsenUCL Centre for Behaviour Change @ucl-cbc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026We're really pleased you were able to present your work on Co-Creation at the Behaviour Change Conference 2026. Thank you for attending #BCConf2026! 052
Reposted by Sander HermsenShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 20/06/2026the real takeaway from the World Cup is that if you don't have immigrants on your team, it probably sucks 985583726
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Wonder what caused them to put that here? 🧐 120
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026“Cloak room”. I love that term. Please madam, take my cloak. Will you also look after my dagger? 010
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Launching the Prevention Hub Co-Creation Toolkit at the Behaviour Change Conference 2026 #BCConf2026 in Lisbon 161
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026So… the public health practitioner is a professional mansplainer, and the behavioural scientist can’t spell. Thanks AI 🙄 #BCConf2026 010
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Using ontologies to inform behaviour change intervention development seems promising (see www.humanbehaviourchange.org), but as yet there’s been a lack of usable tools to do so. CACTIS 1.7.2 robertjwest.github.io/Unlocking-Be... and PAT the Paper Authoring Tool look useful there #BCConf2026 132
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Marijn de Bruin delivers his amazing, incredibly information-dense keynote on his perspective on strengthening behavioural science for societal impact #BCConf2026 “As a field, we’re just out of puberty, but we’re ready for the next step upwards” 142
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Susan Michie @susanmichie.bsky.social, Marta Marques, and Felix Naughton open the #BCConf2026. Delegates from over 40 countries, with much attention to behaviour change for climate and planetary health 131
Reposted by Sander HermsenPessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026In 1908 the Lancet called for an 18+ age limit on reading in bed for U.K. children. 321164514
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026On my way to magical and marvellous Lisbon for the Behaviour Change Conference 2026 #BCConf2026! I will be presenting the brand new Prevention Hub #Cocreation #Toolkit (more about the toolkit soon!), as well as chairing a session on digital health. 110
Reposted by Sander HermsenJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 14/06/2026"It is not the duty of government to abandon online territory, to cede it as ungovernable. It is the duty of the government to provide safe public spaces, both online and offline. Children need those on the internet just as much as they need them in their neighbourhood."jamesrball.comA teen social media ban is an admission of total and utter failure to govern online spacesThe UK government is currently calling for steps that fall short of a teen social media ban. Here's why it shouldn't take the next step. 110934
Reposted by Sander HermsenK. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"There are a whole lot of ways to be perfect," she says, "and not one of them is attained through punishment." 031
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026“After not playing a single minute in the world cup, he went on to pursue a career as a mailman in Helmond, a small city in the Dutch south” 000
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Finally! A good use case for AI. Now you can find out what you would have looked like as a member of the famous 1988 Netherlands football team, the only time we didn’t come second ek88look.nl Mine looks, well, let’s just say it has strong ‘eternal bench sitter’ vibes 😂 000
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026If you, like me, have too many books already, then avoid the Weirdos Book Club podcast by Sarah Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd at all cost. Last week, I bought Flesh by David Szalay after listening to their lovely conversation with him, and just now I bought this week’s book: Matt Haig’s Midnight Train 110
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Academic journals: if you send me a review request on Friday after office hours, and then send me a reminder in that same weekend, I’ll deny the request. If you can’t even be bothered to set up your automated invitation process to respect work-life balance, I’m not going to do the free labour 030
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026What do you say, people? Shall I push it? Tempting… #streetart #nijmegen 040
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Inspiring and promising approach to weaning off big tech: public sector from France, Germany, and the Netherlands join forces to co-develop open-source public tools #digitalsovereignty #transparency interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/o...interoperable-europe.ec.europa.euHow France, Germany, and the Netherlands co-developed public toolsWhat happens when three European public administrations shift from coordination to co-developing digital tools? Since 2023, the DINUM (French OSPO), its German counterpart, and the Netherlands have ta... 041
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Will I see you in Lisbon at the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change Conference 2026? I will be there, presenting some exciting new work there: a co-creation and co-design toolkit aimed specifically at health researchers. 120
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Admit it, a monorail makes an otherwise rather drab city look like something out of a sci-fi film. Let’s build monorails! 060
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Rutte was a terrible PM, always smiling whilst carrying out unnecessary austerity measures to enrich the corporate world. Gutting to see that he’s now doing even more damage as Trump’s lapdog 020
Reposted by Sander HermsenCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Aesop: I TOLD YOU 10278892412
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026What do you like better, actual writing by Ursula Le Guin and Hilary Mantel, or pretend writing produced by the plagiarism machine trained illegally on their works? Now you can take the test! Pro tip: if you just choose the shorter options, you will always pick ‘written by a human’. AI is wordy 031
Reposted by Sander HermsenUCL Centre for Behaviour Change @ucl-cbc.bsky.social · 17/02/2026We’re thrilled to have received so many high‑quality submissions for #BCConf2026. Huge congratulations to everyone accepted for an oral or poster presentation 👏 It’s shaping up to be our biggest conference yet. Don’t miss out - early‑bird rates end 31 March: www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... 053
Reposted by Sander HermsenUCL Centre for Behaviour Change @ucl-cbc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Introducing our first #BCConf2026 keynote: @marijndebruin.bsky.social, Radboud University Medical Center. Prof de Bruin's keynote will reflect on the role we can all play in building behavioural science capacity. Book by 31 March to secure the early-bird rate. 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... 073
Reposted by Sander HermsenUCL Centre for Behaviour Change @ucl-cbc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026📢 Late‑breaking call for abstracts - if you don’t already have a poster accepted for #BCConf2026, this is your chance to submit for a poster presentation. Be part of our biggest and best conference yet - and please share. 👉 Deadline: 09:00 (GMT) Monday 9 March www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... 022
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Saw this do the rounds on LinkedIn: “My nutrition app suggested I should try alcohol more often.” Probably fake, right? Or is it? 210
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Question: is there a Creative Commons licence that grants people a full licence to use content, except for the training of an LLM? Previously, I have used CC BY-SA for some of my work. Is there something like CC BY-SA-NoAI? #llms #AI #CC #creativecommons #licensing #licence 122
Reposted by Sander HermsenProf Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 07/02/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connectiontheguardian.com‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilitiesDespite the ban’s aim to protect young people, experts are concerned that those in marginalised communities or living with disabilities could lose vital support networks 29522228
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you had in college: (well, in uni, same thing surely?) 1. Writing film scenarios 2. Audiovisual communication 3. Persuasion and attitude change 4. Philosophy of the cognitive sciences 5. Interpersonal relations and power 030
Reposted by Sander HermsenAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/01/2026If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word. 6190277383
Reposted by Sander HermsenRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶 601593841
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Two years and five months into my job at Radboud University Medical Centre, and for the first time I dared use one of the many kick scooters standing around the tunnels connecting the hospital buildings, shaving 97% off my travel time between meetings. This is what innovation looks like 010
Reposted by Sander HermsenPalaeo @palaeosinensis.com · 18/01/2026A Smilodon for the ice age. Protect your neighbors. #pleistocene #sabertooth #megafauna #iceage 1330761191
Reposted by Sander HermsenArchitecture @architecture.bsky.social · 19/01/2026A cool guide to architecture 214537
Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 14/01/2026The Foucault pendulum in the faculty of science at our uni has stopped swinging 😱 So that means earth has stopped turning? No wonder with everything going on and all 😳😭 200