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Jay Joseph @jayjoseph22.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

In 1981, Leon J. Kamin exposed blatant plagiarism employed by IQ hereditarian Hans Eysenck. 13 years later, @psychscience.bsky.social awarded Eysenck for his supposed "lifetime of distinguished contribution to psychological science." Plagiarism rewarded. www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awar...

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chimpman.bsky.social @chimpman.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Brockley Gentrification Files #88745, the market, May 2026, butchers stall Stalholder: "Didnt see you last week?" Poshos: "No, we were at Badminton" Stallholder: "oh, i used to play badminton at school" Poshos: "no, Badminton, the horse trials?" Stallholder: *blank look* Poshos: "he was riding"

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DDI Alliance @ddialliance.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🌟 Exciting news from the #DDIAlliance! We extend a warm welcome to our newest Associate Members: CONSTANCES Cohort, France Cohortes/FReSH, and Making Sense. We look forward to advancing metadata standards together and growing our collaborative community! ddialliance.org

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Jon Johnson @spuddybike.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

From today’s Guardian, unhelpfully conflating ethnicity and nationality. “the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing have backed plans to release details of nationality”. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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UK police should consider revealing ethnicity of suspects, says new guidance

Disclosure of migration status, and ethnicity, could help keep peace ‘where there are high levels of disinformation’

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European DDI Conference @european-ddi.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

#ESRA25 two excellent hours of metadata and infrastructure discussions on Thursday “New Developments in Using, Sharing, and Re-using Metadata” co-organised by @kwoid.de from a great set of organisations who oil the wheels for European social science to make everyones lives easier.

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 04/04/2025

Today, the Science and Technology Secretary confirmed how UKRI's budget will be allocated to all our councils and key programmes. Find out more and read our budget explainer: www.ukri.org/news/ukri-bu...

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UKRI budget allocations confirmed for 2025 to 2026

Today, the Science and Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, confirmed how UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) budget will be allocated to all UKRI’s councils and key programmes.

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Jon Johnson @spuddybike.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

@gruber.foo Dear sir Regarding your recent post daringfireball.net/linked/2025/... Desert island is a “national treasure” and I demand an immediate retraction of the use of “gimmick” unless you wish the full force of good minded people of the UK to be unleashed upon your veritable publication!

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Jony Ive on ‘Desert Island Discs’

Link to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00289vf

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