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Andrew Livingstone
@andrewlivingstone.bsky.social
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Husband, dad, and social psychologist at Uni. of Exeter. Intergroup relations, conflict, emotion, collective action. Student evaluation: 'like an idiot savant'

https://worldmakingthings.org/

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Mario Gollwitzer @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social · 4d
Are victimhood claims in political party manifestos and election programs on the rise? Yes, they are! Check out a brand new paper authored by @marlenevoit.bsky.social , @lucaskohler.bsky.social et al. -- published yesterday in @polpsyispp.bsky.social. Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/pops....
Victimhood claims in German political manifestos
Political campaigns often work with victimhood claims—stories construed around an (alleged) injustice that needs to be redressed or retaliated against. Notably, scholars have argued that victimhood c...
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 4d
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system

1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK

2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc

3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

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Andrew Perfors @perfors.net · 4d
Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.
Slide is titled: You don't need to use LLMs. Science is a process of collaborative meaning making, by which we try to understand the world Even if AI were perfect, we rely on it at our peril — it is not science if we (i.e., humanity as a whole) do not understand and cannot recapitulate all parts of it I very, very rarely use LLMs myself. You can give yourself permission not to. Don’t FOMO yourself into it Conclusion: Don't rely on something you don't understand and can't control If you must use LLMS: 1. Treat them like you would an intern: only use them for things you can easily and thoroughly check 2. Make your process as robust as possible 3. Be aware of your own (human) cognitive biases

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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 4d
While headlines focus on how many people claim asylum in the UK, there's one number that's not even officially counted:

The number of people who die while trying to seek sanctuary here.

We know our policies kill people. Their deaths must not be ignored.

#KnowTheirNames
Image of two lit candles and text which reads "2024 was the deadliest year on record for people seeking asylum in the UK. But our Government still refuses to record these deaths. #KnowTheirNames"

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 6d
When it comes to the ghouls that crawled to the top of the muck heap during the global war on terror (which never ended), there's no one I'd rather read than @attackerman.bsky.social. His Cheney obit is no different. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com

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Berghof Foundation @berghoffnd.bsky.social · 8d
What are the psychological and behavioural dynamics that come to play at the negotiation table?

At our #EUCoP2025 side event on integrating psychology in peacemaking with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we asked experts in both fields how this collaboration can benefit #mediation processes.

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 11d
🎃 carving is for light weights. I tell my kid this every year when he is happily scooping out a pumpkin. I have strong (and painful!) childhood memories of the literal hours it took to get anything like a face on a turnip. But it was worth it 👻 #HappyHalloween
silverpebble2.bsky.social Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 11d
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
A preserved carved turnip jack o'lantern from the 19th century A preserved carved turnip jack o'lantern from the 19th century

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 11d
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
A preserved carved turnip jack o'lantern from the 19th century A preserved carved turnip jack o'lantern from the 19th century

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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · 17d
Important, painful, and still timely!
alexahepburn.bsky.social Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · 19d
How did a high-stakes meeting between Trump, Vance& Zelenskyy turn from diplomacy to open confrontation?
Lotte van Burgsteden, @christelvaneck.bsky.social &I unpack conversational polarisation as it unfolded live in the Oval Office. @polcommjournal.bsky.social contains link to transcript #openaccess
www.tandfonline.com

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 18d
Incredible message from Jo👇

WATCH. LIKE. SHARE.

Vote YES!

#WeAreTheUniversity

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 19d
When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.

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Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · 19d
How did a high-stakes meeting between Trump, Vance& Zelenskyy turn from diplomacy to open confrontation?
Lotte van Burgsteden, @christelvaneck.bsky.social &I unpack conversational polarisation as it unfolded live in the Oval Office. @polcommjournal.bsky.social contains link to transcript #openaccess
www.tandfonline.com

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Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · 19d
❗ Some essential things that we all need to live decent lives, but too many people are sadly going without.

A thread...🧵

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 20d
“Multiverse analyses require thorough, theory-based model selection. Otherwise, they become a ‘dangerous tool’ that drowns valid models in misspecified ones, needlessly eroding trust in science.”

A plea for thoughtful models by @kauspurg.bsky.social

#MetaSci

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Johanna Ray Vollhardt @jrvollhardt.bsky.social · 20d
Call for papers for the workshop "From Harm to Hope: Slow Violence, Collective Memory and Everyday Resistance" - March 25 – 26, 2026 Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ikss.zrc-sazu.si/sites/defaul...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 21d
This will require a pilot programme. So, can we start with AI counselling this guy on a daily basis until it determines either that he is no longer a complete sociopath or to commit him?
Daniel Priestley @DanielPriestley OH… How did I forget… Create an AI system that calls all people claiming mental health benefits daily. The system is designed to offer mental health counselling at no cost and to make suggestions about how to make improvements. A condition of claiming mental health benefits is that you participate in daily talk therapy with the AI. When the AI determines you are capable of working you switch across to normal benefits. The system can also be expanded to job seeking and career counselling. We now have the technology to help guide people every day towards better choices. 10:22 PM · Oct 20, 2025 · 1,670 Views

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23d
🚨This is not what I expect from a Labour government

THESE SHOCKING cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child - the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund is a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England

youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
Devastating cuts for some of most vulnerable children in England is not what I expect from Labour
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · 24d
#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky

Our new paper out in American Psychologist.

Led by Meleady, with @debshulman.bsky.social, Kotzur, & Crisp.

Contact "ruptures" (going to university; studying abroad) ==> changes in outgroup attitudes longitudinally

psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

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georgiosmasman.bsky.social @georgiosmasman.bsky.social · 25d
"For a band who didn't have a hit, I refer to the song as having your star soccer player on the bench. If the show’s not going well, we’ll put him on and if he can’t save us nobody can." - Jake Burns talking 'Alternative Ulster'
📸 Ben Thomson
#StiffLittleFingers #punkrock

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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · 28d
Our new paper(with Eva Walther & Malgorzata Kossowska)in Current Opinion in Psychology introduces a group-based motivational framework showing that willful ignorance, beyond individual, is also a group strategy shaping identity & conspiracy beliefs.Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“A community of unknowledge”: A Social-Psychological Model of the Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Social Identity-Driven Willful Ignorance and Conspiracy Beliefs
This paper explores willful ignorance as a socially motivated, group-based phenomenon closely tied to conspiracy beliefs. While prior research has emp…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Micaela Varela @micavarela.bsky.social · 28d
Our paper examining the relationship between perceptions of police procedural justice, anger toward the police, and support for disruptive collective action in Chile is now published!

Link to the full paper: doi.org/10.1002/casp...
Police Fairness, Anger and Support for Violent and Non‐Violent Disruptive Actions in Chile
Cross-sectional research has shown that perceptions of injustice and their resultant emotions are associated with increased support for collective actions. In a three-wave longitudinal study of Chile...
doi.org

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The Social Change Lab @socialchangelab.bsky.social · Oct 10
Our new book [Psych of System Change & Resistance to Change] is out! Woot! @winnifredlouis.bsky.social @susilowibisono.bsky.social Kiara Minto & Gi Chonu doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Oct 8
From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Johanna Ray Vollhardt @jrvollhardt.bsky.social · Oct 4
The Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series and network is now here on Blue Sky, please follow for our updates on upcoming talks, recordings from sessions, papers from our presenters, etc.! bsky.app/profile/psyc...
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Johanna Ray Vollhardt @jrvollhardt.bsky.social · Oct 3
The 3rd year of the Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series is starting this month - here is the schedule for the academic year 2025/26. More information, recordings, and form for mailing list to receive registration links here: resistancepsych.blogspot.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Oct 2
The golden ticket is a good description of what the country receives: asylum seekers like my father who worked tirelessly for the community, such as volunteering at Crisis at Christmas on Xmas day, chairing charities, and supporting youth football on Sundays on top of his normal work.
alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · Oct 1
So if I’ve grasped the galaxy-brained strategy here, it’s:
✅ Day 1: reassure target voters that migrants are a problem & you’re ready to make them suffer
✅ Day 2: tell target voters their ideas are racist
✅ Day 3: reassure target voters that migrants are a problem & you’re ready to make them suffer
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · Oct 1
There is no such thing, as Starmer well knows, as a "golden ticket of resettlement and family reunion" for people who have been granted refugee status. This is meaningless guff aimed to play to populist fantasies that refugees get provided with everything. 1/

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Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com

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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · Oct 1
Jane Goodall has died.

She was truly a beacon of light in this world.

I had the good fortune of seeing her speak shortly before COVID arrived. She showed such warmth, compassion, integrity, and intelligence.

Jane, the animals thank you for your selfless work.

www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91
"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...
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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Sep 30
Feeling grateful the address I delivered upon receiving the Lewin Memorial Award has just been published in the September 2025 issue of Journal of Social Issues!

It appears as an open access article, for any and all who may be interested:

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