Dennis Nigbur
@dennisnigbur.bsky.social
Social psychology professional, amateur mandolin player, football fan. Posting in a personal capacity.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
Which is why the extreme right's waffle about values has nothing to do with Christianity.
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Which is why the extreme right's waffle about values has nothing to do with Christianity.
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Every late ballot counts! You have until Wednesday to post them.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Every late ballot counts! You have until Wednesday to post them.
Surely that's a mandolin?
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Surely that's a mandolin?
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"Taxation is essential for practical action in our economy because we no longer live in simple communities where need is obvious and our neighbour is familiar"
Sue explores how and why, as Christians, we should challenge narratives about tax.
Sue explores how and why, as Christians, we should challenge narratives about tax.
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Taxation is essential for practical action in our economy because we no longer live in simple communities where need is obvious and our neighbour is familiar"
Sue explores how and why, as Christians, we should challenge narratives about tax.
Sue explores how and why, as Christians, we should challenge narratives about tax.
This is what happens when you allow your flag to get hijacked by racists.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is what happens when you allow your flag to get hijacked by racists.
I've been a regular user of @wikipedia.org for many years and became a regular donor about a year ago. It makes sense to support those who provide such a valuable service, and it feels good to invest in what you believe in.
How does a website with no corporate advertising and no paywall stay online?
Only 2% of readers give, but this small group makes all the difference. This grassroots support keeps Wikipedia independent and free.
If you can, donate today ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/give/
Only 2% of readers give, but this small group makes all the difference. This grassroots support keeps Wikipedia independent and free.
If you can, donate today ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/give/
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I've been a regular user of @wikipedia.org for many years and became a regular donor about a year ago. It makes sense to support those who provide such a valuable service, and it feels good to invest in what you believe in.
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"Compared with other European countries, the UK received the fifth largest number of asylum seekers in the year ending March 2025, and the seventeenth largest intake when measured per head of population" - Home Office data
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"Compared with other European countries, the UK received the fifth largest number of asylum seekers in the year ending March 2025, and the seventeenth largest intake when measured per head of population" - Home Office data
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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My blog from mid-March 2020 argued that we shouldn't have delayed lockdown & that the stated reason (that the public wouldn't comply with lockdown) had no basis in behavioural science & that people would likely be more resilient dontpaniccorrectingmythsaboutthecrowd.blogspot.com/2020/03/coro...
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My blog from mid-March 2020 argued that we shouldn't have delayed lockdown & that the stated reason (that the public wouldn't comply with lockdown) had no basis in behavioural science & that people would likely be more resilient dontpaniccorrectingmythsaboutthecrowd.blogspot.com/2020/03/coro...
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Boris Johnson's inept handling of Covid demonstrates why electorates living in normal times should vote for governments as if they were living in times of emergency.
Never presume you can vote for unserious people on the assumption that they will never have to make serious decisions.
Never presume you can vote for unserious people on the assumption that they will never have to make serious decisions.
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Boris Johnson's inept handling of Covid demonstrates why electorates living in normal times should vote for governments as if they were living in times of emergency.
Never presume you can vote for unserious people on the assumption that they will never have to make serious decisions.
Never presume you can vote for unserious people on the assumption that they will never have to make serious decisions.
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Study finds nearly two-thirds of AI-generated citations are fabricated or contain errors
Study finds nearly two-thirds of AI-generated citations are fabricated or contain errors
A recent study warns researchers that AI models frequently invent scientific sources. These "hallucinated" citations and other errors are most common when the topic is obscure, undermining the tool's reliability for academic work.
www.psypost.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Study finds nearly two-thirds of AI-generated citations are fabricated or contain errors
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1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
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Students using AI couldn’t remember anything they’d written minutes earlier while students who used their brains could recite their essays almost verbatim
The connection was severed. Thought from word. Effort from understanding
open.substack.com/pub/thehuman...
The connection was severed. Thought from word. Effort from understanding
open.substack.com/pub/thehuman...
The Well Where Truth Hides
A college student in Boston submitted his essay.
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Students using AI couldn’t remember anything they’d written minutes earlier while students who used their brains could recite their essays almost verbatim
The connection was severed. Thought from word. Effort from understanding
open.substack.com/pub/thehuman...
The connection was severed. Thought from word. Effort from understanding
open.substack.com/pub/thehuman...
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"data centers already accounted for 22% of Ireland's total electricity consumption in 2024. In the Dublin/Meath area, where a third of Ireland's population lives, 48% of the electricity was used by data centers in 2023." @abeba.bsky.social & @krisshrishak.bsky.social
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November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"data centers already accounted for 22% of Ireland's total electricity consumption in 2024. In the Dublin/Meath area, where a third of Ireland's population lives, 48% of the electricity was used by data centers in 2023." @abeba.bsky.social & @krisshrishak.bsky.social
✍🏼 www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
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Mahmood is doing that evil thing of taking ONE very, very extreme example and presenting it as if it is indicative of the entire cohort of asylum seekers rather than the wild exception that it is.
The RW press have and will lap that sort of thing up. Meanwhile the flames of hate burn hotter.
The RW press have and will lap that sort of thing up. Meanwhile the flames of hate burn hotter.
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Mahmood is doing that evil thing of taking ONE very, very extreme example and presenting it as if it is indicative of the entire cohort of asylum seekers rather than the wild exception that it is.
The RW press have and will lap that sort of thing up. Meanwhile the flames of hate burn hotter.
The RW press have and will lap that sort of thing up. Meanwhile the flames of hate burn hotter.
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I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...
Asylum and returns policy statement
This policy statement sets out significant reforms to the UK’s asylum and returns policy.
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...
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The govt's proposed new asylum laws are impractical, ineffectual, and outright cruel. Aping the rhetoric of Reform won't fix the real issues in this country; it will only stir up more false divisions and endanger already vulnerable communities.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The govt's proposed new asylum laws are impractical, ineffectual, and outright cruel. Aping the rhetoric of Reform won't fix the real issues in this country; it will only stir up more false divisions and endanger already vulnerable communities.
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If you’re writing to your MP I’d say this letter is a very good model for tone, content, clarity and length.
Not generic, shows you know who the MP is, references the constituency, urges rather than demands, makes a firm case but not hectoring, not party-political, reference to UK’s historic role.
Not generic, shows you know who the MP is, references the constituency, urges rather than demands, makes a firm case but not hectoring, not party-political, reference to UK’s historic role.
My email to my MP about the Home Secretary's proposed changes to the treatment of asylum seekers & refugees:
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If you’re writing to your MP I’d say this letter is a very good model for tone, content, clarity and length.
Not generic, shows you know who the MP is, references the constituency, urges rather than demands, makes a firm case but not hectoring, not party-political, reference to UK’s historic role.
Not generic, shows you know who the MP is, references the constituency, urges rather than demands, makes a firm case but not hectoring, not party-political, reference to UK’s historic role.
Cultures don't die when they're in contact with others. They die when nobody lives them any more. The patriotic thing to do is to do something positive for the vitality of your culture. Blaming others and trying to keep them away is not patriotic.
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Cultures don't die when they're in contact with others. They die when nobody lives them any more. The patriotic thing to do is to do something positive for the vitality of your culture. Blaming others and trying to keep them away is not patriotic.
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Apart from all the rest, this is completely incompatible with encouraging integration.
Even children born in the UK to refugees will presumably have to be prepared for the possibility that at any moment they and they’re parents will be deported to somewhere they’ve never been.
Even children born in the UK to refugees will presumably have to be prepared for the possibility that at any moment they and they’re parents will be deported to somewhere they’ve never been.
Shabana Mahmood plans to extend the period refugees have to wait for permanent residence in the UK to 20 years, during which time their status will be under repeated review
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Apart from all the rest, this is completely incompatible with encouraging integration.
Even children born in the UK to refugees will presumably have to be prepared for the possibility that at any moment they and they’re parents will be deported to somewhere they’ve never been.
Even children born in the UK to refugees will presumably have to be prepared for the possibility that at any moment they and they’re parents will be deported to somewhere they’ve never been.
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When modern Christians say “it’s not the government’s job to help the poor,” they’re not echoing Jesus, Paul, the prophets, or the early church.
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
When modern Christians say “it’s not the government’s job to help the poor,” they’re not echoing Jesus, Paul, the prophets, or the early church.
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
Going to the game is a good birthday treat! Perhaps there will even be points!
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Going to the game is a good birthday treat! Perhaps there will even be points!
I don't personally like the league tables. They strike me as an example of attempts at quantification and competition doing more harm than good. But looking at this feels nice. God knows we try, and it's heartening to see that our work for student experience is noticed and appreciated.
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I don't personally like the league tables. They strike me as an example of attempts at quantification and competition doing more harm than good. But looking at this feels nice. God knows we try, and it's heartening to see that our work for student experience is noticed and appreciated.
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Gelsenkirchen ist königsblau statt braunblau. Am Sonntag alle wählen gehen, damit das so bleibt!
September 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Gelsenkirchen ist königsblau statt braunblau. Am Sonntag alle wählen gehen, damit das so bleibt!
It was a good first day at the symposium "Sustainability and spirituality: Building ecologies of hope" hosted by the Academy for Sustainable Futures here at Canterbury Christ Church University. So many inspiring talks! Time for me to talk tomorrow and ruin everything. 😉
September 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It was a good first day at the symposium "Sustainability and spirituality: Building ecologies of hope" hosted by the Academy for Sustainable Futures here at Canterbury Christ Church University. So many inspiring talks! Time for me to talk tomorrow and ruin everything. 😉