Clare Pearson
@chpearson.bsky.social
Epidemiologist, cancer analyst. Loves swimming, knitting, Swindon Town FC and living by the sea.
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Today "in social media isn't toxic it's just a tool and actually it's rather lovely if you just follow the right people".
If you haven't got/ read John's book(s) then do, and while you're at it his newsletter is far better when you get it than when you don't
If you haven't got/ read John's book(s) then do, and while you're at it his newsletter is far better when you get it than when you don't
nah I've got author's copies and there's something specifically lovely about kids connecting with my work, so I'd love to send one. done the money to a good cause or something
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today "in social media isn't toxic it's just a tool and actually it's rather lovely if you just follow the right people".
If you haven't got/ read John's book(s) then do, and while you're at it his newsletter is far better when you get it than when you don't
If you haven't got/ read John's book(s) then do, and while you're at it his newsletter is far better when you get it than when you don't
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Exactly this.
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Exactly this.
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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Poirot is on ITV3 if you want, m8
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Poirot is on ITV3 if you want, m8
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November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Joey Barton’s lawyer questioning Lucy Ward about his posts likening her and Eni Aluko to Fred and Rose West. Just about the most perfect response I have heard in a very long time.
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Joey Barton’s lawyer questioning Lucy Ward about his posts likening her and Eni Aluko to Fred and Rose West. Just about the most perfect response I have heard in a very long time.
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Bloody foreigners coming over here and saving peoples lives.
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bloody foreigners coming over here and saving peoples lives.
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Dick Cheney won't see your jokes at his expense but the war criminals still among us will and that's good, actually.
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Dick Cheney won't see your jokes at his expense but the war criminals still among us will and that's good, actually.
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This is disastrous; hospices do such important work, not only to give people a good death, but to provide pain management and other services to people with terminal conditions. The staff in hospices work so, so hard and the fact that these institutions depend on charity to operate is a scandal.
Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis
Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis
National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increases
Hospices in England are cutting hundreds of beds and staff because of a funding crisis, despite a sharp rise in demand for palliative care, a damning report warns.
People needing end of life care faced a postcode lottery because access to services was so patchy, the National Audit Office (NAO) reported. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is disastrous; hospices do such important work, not only to give people a good death, but to provide pain management and other services to people with terminal conditions. The staff in hospices work so, so hard and the fact that these institutions depend on charity to operate is a scandal.
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IMPORTANT: DO NOT PRACTICE YOUR 1970S DISCO STRUT ON THE MILITARY FIRING RANGE.
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
IMPORTANT: DO NOT PRACTICE YOUR 1970S DISCO STRUT ON THE MILITARY FIRING RANGE.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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In a weird way, you've got to take your hat off to Jeffrey Epstein for successfully running a sex trafficking ring without a single one of his rich friends finding out about it.
October 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In a weird way, you've got to take your hat off to Jeffrey Epstein for successfully running a sex trafficking ring without a single one of his rich friends finding out about it.
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I don’t think Keir Starmer is a particularly bad person, I think he’s receiving **terrible** advice from people and he’s tied himself in absolute knots in trying not to upset racists.
October 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I don’t think Keir Starmer is a particularly bad person, I think he’s receiving **terrible** advice from people and he’s tied himself in absolute knots in trying not to upset racists.
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Apart from anything else, we're led to believe his dad - the finance director of a large company - took him to the away end at Villa Park and despite being no more than eight years old (born 1982), he had an understanding of the chants, the gestures & how the games were policed.
Righto, Bob.
Righto, Bob.
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Apart from anything else, we're led to believe his dad - the finance director of a large company - took him to the away end at Villa Park and despite being no more than eight years old (born 1982), he had an understanding of the chants, the gestures & how the games were policed.
Righto, Bob.
Righto, Bob.
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NGL, at this stage in the wild swimming cycle, I reckon splitting up would've been the more interesting and original choice
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
NGL, at this stage in the wild swimming cycle, I reckon splitting up would've been the more interesting and original choice
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USE HEADPHONES ON THE TRAIN USE HEADPHONES ON THE TRAIN USE HEADPHONES ON THE TRAIN YOU SELFISH MOTHERFUCKER
my thought process right now is
my thought process right now is
October 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
USE HEADPHONES ON THE TRAIN USE HEADPHONES ON THE TRAIN USE HEADPHONES ON THE TRAIN YOU SELFISH MOTHERFUCKER
my thought process right now is
my thought process right now is
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The whole internet loves Cola Bottle Nate, a lovely guy who almost kills himself eating Haribro cola bottles! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you Mr. Rimmington is racist
October 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The whole internet loves Cola Bottle Nate, a lovely guy who almost kills himself eating Haribro cola bottles! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you Mr. Rimmington is racist
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My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.
If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.
If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.