Dom Weinberg
@domweinberg.bsky.social
Freelance researcher | Youth, mental health, inequality, injustice, civil society, evidence | Formerly UK youth charity sector (YMCA George Williams College / NCVYS) Dutch academia (Utrecht Uni / Erasmus) | he/him
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We shouldn't need to wear protective clothing to stay warm, dry and healthy in our own home.
But since 1 in 4 of us in the UK are living in homes with issues like damp, cold and mould – it's an absurd solution for a very real problem.
Demand change – email your MP today. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
But since 1 in 4 of us in the UK are living in homes with issues like damp, cold and mould – it's an absurd solution for a very real problem.
Demand change – email your MP today. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We shouldn't need to wear protective clothing to stay warm, dry and healthy in our own home.
But since 1 in 4 of us in the UK are living in homes with issues like damp, cold and mould – it's an absurd solution for a very real problem.
Demand change – email your MP today. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
But since 1 in 4 of us in the UK are living in homes with issues like damp, cold and mould – it's an absurd solution for a very real problem.
Demand change – email your MP today. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
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While Musk must be held accountable for his role in so much suffering and death…
… at this point I need us to dismantle the systems that made this possible.
His success is the manifestation of massive societal failure.
… at this point I need us to dismantle the systems that made this possible.
His success is the manifestation of massive societal failure.
"At the meeting, Musk claimed that Optimus robots 'will eliminate poverty,' 'give everyone amazing medical care,'...He also said the robots could be used for 'containment of future crime' by following criminals around and stopping them from 'doing crime.'"
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www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/t...
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www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/t...
Tesla says shareholders approve Musk's $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favor
Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk's historic pay package at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Austin, Texas.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
While Musk must be held accountable for his role in so much suffering and death…
… at this point I need us to dismantle the systems that made this possible.
His success is the manifestation of massive societal failure.
… at this point I need us to dismantle the systems that made this possible.
His success is the manifestation of massive societal failure.
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Some learning for youth services too here...
Although, it's also more interesting than that, as this paper excerpt (and the conclusion) reveals. By highlighting the limitations of current evaluation practices, there is hope for some de-medicalisation of public mental health discourse
Although, it's also more interesting than that, as this paper excerpt (and the conclusion) reveals. By highlighting the limitations of current evaluation practices, there is hope for some de-medicalisation of public mental health discourse
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Some learning for youth services too here...
Although, it's also more interesting than that, as this paper excerpt (and the conclusion) reveals. By highlighting the limitations of current evaluation practices, there is hope for some de-medicalisation of public mental health discourse
Although, it's also more interesting than that, as this paper excerpt (and the conclusion) reveals. By highlighting the limitations of current evaluation practices, there is hope for some de-medicalisation of public mental health discourse
This bit also struck me:
"racism is not a natural condition of poverty but a political weapon that rich men use to constrain poor people’s political power."
"racism is not a natural condition of poverty but a political weapon that rich men use to constrain poor people’s political power."
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social writes: " They know that “working class” has become a powerful political totem of its own — a discursive sleight of hand used to separate out white voters’ concerns as more legitimate, more materially grounded, more important than other voters’ concerns."
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This bit also struck me:
"racism is not a natural condition of poverty but a political weapon that rich men use to constrain poor people’s political power."
"racism is not a natural condition of poverty but a political weapon that rich men use to constrain poor people’s political power."
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I've a new essay out at The Nation on Trump's mass firings at the CDC earlier this month and what they mean––not just for public health, but for the entirety of US politics.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
October 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I've a new essay out at The Nation on Trump's mass firings at the CDC earlier this month and what they mean––not just for public health, but for the entirety of US politics.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Parents for Future are Finalist in the 2025 Big Syn International Film Festival– the world’s biggest sustainability film festival.
The short film combines humour and creative storytelling to reach people on a human level, and vitally broaden and built support for bold climate action.
The short film combines humour and creative storytelling to reach people on a human level, and vitally broaden and built support for bold climate action.
October 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Parents for Future are Finalist in the 2025 Big Syn International Film Festival– the world’s biggest sustainability film festival.
The short film combines humour and creative storytelling to reach people on a human level, and vitally broaden and built support for bold climate action.
The short film combines humour and creative storytelling to reach people on a human level, and vitally broaden and built support for bold climate action.
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Dr. Jane Goodall discusses who she'd send away from Earth on Elon Musk's spaceship.
*Spoiler* Elon Musk, Netanyahu and Donald Trump were her top 3 picks.
*Spoiler* Elon Musk, Netanyahu and Donald Trump were her top 3 picks.
October 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Dr. Jane Goodall discusses who she'd send away from Earth on Elon Musk's spaceship.
*Spoiler* Elon Musk, Netanyahu and Donald Trump were her top 3 picks.
*Spoiler* Elon Musk, Netanyahu and Donald Trump were her top 3 picks.
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And why call it 'golden ticket'?
Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children?
A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted.
4,671.
Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society?
Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children?
A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted.
4,671.
Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society?
People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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
October 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
And why call it 'golden ticket'?
Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children?
A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted.
4,671.
Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society?
Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children?
A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted.
4,671.
Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society?
"If the public is losing, who’s winning?
We were told that selling off essential services would create a shareholder democracy where ordinary people would have a stake. Instead, we got oligarchy and the concentration of power."
We were told that selling off essential services would create a shareholder democracy where ordinary people would have a stake. Instead, we got oligarchy and the concentration of power."
Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"If the public is losing, who’s winning?
We were told that selling off essential services would create a shareholder democracy where ordinary people would have a stake. Instead, we got oligarchy and the concentration of power."
We were told that selling off essential services would create a shareholder democracy where ordinary people would have a stake. Instead, we got oligarchy and the concentration of power."
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Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
September 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
Can confirm that this weekend provided further evidence for blithe elite complacency. Perhaps I was expecting too much from an alumni dinner, but speeches were completely out of touch with what the times need. The Establishment is unable to understand (or care about) the seriousness of this moment.
think that realistically I would have always been deeply, deeply worried about the rise of far-right ideas in public discourse but I truly never expected this level of blithe elite complacency, turns out I do feel worried but mostly I feel like I'm going insane, watching them do.......nothing at all
Myself I feel powerless to stop this fascist rise precisely because it feels like all our institutions are just rolling over to it.
September 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Can confirm that this weekend provided further evidence for blithe elite complacency. Perhaps I was expecting too much from an alumni dinner, but speeches were completely out of touch with what the times need. The Establishment is unable to understand (or care about) the seriousness of this moment.
Such tedious bothsidesism here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The threat to American democracy (and likely elsewhere, given ripple effects on the rest of the world) comes from its fascist authoritarian right.
Shame the UK Govt/Labour Party/Establishment/BBC remain unable/unwilling to grasp this.
The threat to American democracy (and likely elsewhere, given ripple effects on the rest of the world) comes from its fascist authoritarian right.
Shame the UK Govt/Labour Party/Establishment/BBC remain unable/unwilling to grasp this.
The US is at a dangerous crossroads after Charlie Kirk shooting
This moment has parallels with other periods of discord in US history, but it is more complicated than simply repeating them.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Such tedious bothsidesism here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The threat to American democracy (and likely elsewhere, given ripple effects on the rest of the world) comes from its fascist authoritarian right.
Shame the UK Govt/Labour Party/Establishment/BBC remain unable/unwilling to grasp this.
The threat to American democracy (and likely elsewhere, given ripple effects on the rest of the world) comes from its fascist authoritarian right.
Shame the UK Govt/Labour Party/Establishment/BBC remain unable/unwilling to grasp this.
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Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
September 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
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Esp given assassination of Kirk in US i find Musk's intervention here, calling for dissolution of parliament and a new govt, really scary .
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
September 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Esp given assassination of Kirk in US i find Musk's intervention here, calling for dissolution of parliament and a new govt, really scary .
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
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Another day, another utterly shameful cruelty against refugees announced.
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
September 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Another day, another utterly shameful cruelty against refugees announced.
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
Recognised refugees -
so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger -
will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
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Race Isn’t Biological — So Why Do So Many Still Think It Is?
@kevinlala.bsky.social and @kztwyman.bsky.social blog about their recent paper in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
@kevinlala.bsky.social and @kztwyman.bsky.social blog about their recent paper in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
August 31, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Race Isn’t Biological — So Why Do So Many Still Think It Is?
@kevinlala.bsky.social and @kztwyman.bsky.social blog about their recent paper in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
@kevinlala.bsky.social and @kztwyman.bsky.social blog about their recent paper in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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Britain can’t go on like this. The normalisation of extreme racism via social media & the UK gov cosplaying the far right has brought us to a very dangerous place - perhaps the most dangerous since the 1950s
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters.
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Britain can’t go on like this. The normalisation of extreme racism via social media & the UK gov cosplaying the far right has brought us to a very dangerous place - perhaps the most dangerous since the 1950s
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Students really don't have any say or play any part in what, how, or why data is collected at school and what is done with it.
August 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Students really don't have any say or play any part in what, how, or why data is collected at school and what is done with it.
Would like to think that one day we'll look back and wonder why so many people had so many opinions about such soulless places. ('Soulless places' is generous: soulless doesn't quite capture how actively harmful frequent flying is; and 'non-places' feels more appropriate.)
The UK mostly has really good airports by the standards of their peers. I have never been to a British airport that was by any reasonable international standard 'bad'.
Honestly, I'm full Alan Partridge on this, Gatwick. Door to door from Crystal Palace in less than an hour. Direct access from the train station. Speedy security and if you're lucky you can use the monorail!
August 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Would like to think that one day we'll look back and wonder why so many people had so many opinions about such soulless places. ('Soulless places' is generous: soulless doesn't quite capture how actively harmful frequent flying is; and 'non-places' feels more appropriate.)
Amused by how academic papers always combine rigour with imprecision. (e.g. paragraphs of detail on the systematic literature search strategy seems rather diluted by, "we also asked some experts", with no concern for explaining how the experts were selected or how they identified relevant studies.
August 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Amused by how academic papers always combine rigour with imprecision. (e.g. paragraphs of detail on the systematic literature search strategy seems rather diluted by, "we also asked some experts", with no concern for explaining how the experts were selected or how they identified relevant studies.
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I regret to inform you that Starmer’s been tweeting dehumanising videos of migrants again.
These videos have been shown to increase support for Reform, by increasing salience of migration.
He has to go.
These videos have been shown to increase support for Reform, by increasing salience of migration.
He has to go.
August 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I regret to inform you that Starmer’s been tweeting dehumanising videos of migrants again.
These videos have been shown to increase support for Reform, by increasing salience of migration.
He has to go.
These videos have been shown to increase support for Reform, by increasing salience of migration.
He has to go.
My 4yo - who hears news on radio daily - keeps asking about war in UK (and other countries he's visited/knows people in). How/when to explain that our peaceful lives are partly contingent on the West's killing at home and abroad.
(NB. JH amended figures, but this post is more relevant to my point)
(NB. JH amended figures, but this post is more relevant to my point)
New research published by The Lancet finds that economic sanctions imposed by the USA and EU are associated with more than 500,000 deaths per year since 1970, five times more than deaths by war.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health toll of economic sanctions
Financing for global health is the main topic of discussion in 2025, especially since
the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville earlier
this month. This issue contain...
www.thelancet.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My 4yo - who hears news on radio daily - keeps asking about war in UK (and other countries he's visited/knows people in). How/when to explain that our peaceful lives are partly contingent on the West's killing at home and abroad.
(NB. JH amended figures, but this post is more relevant to my point)
(NB. JH amended figures, but this post is more relevant to my point)
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That this is presented by the media as “policy” is why we are in this mess.
These are not serious people. These are monkey tennis ideas, as divorced from the reality of criminal justice as you might expect from a company fronted by multi-millionaire simpletons.
These are not serious people. These are monkey tennis ideas, as divorced from the reality of criminal justice as you might expect from a company fronted by multi-millionaire simpletons.
🔺Nigel Farage speech: persistent offenders would face life sentences
The Reform UK leader pledged more prison spaces, deportation of criminals and zero-tolerance policing as part of a six-week Lawless Britain campaign drive
The Reform UK leader pledged more prison spaces, deportation of criminals and zero-tolerance policing as part of a six-week Lawless Britain campaign drive
Nigel Farage speech: persistent offenders face life sentences
Nigel Farage speech: persistent offenders would face life sentences
www.thetimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
That this is presented by the media as “policy” is why we are in this mess.
These are not serious people. These are monkey tennis ideas, as divorced from the reality of criminal justice as you might expect from a company fronted by multi-millionaire simpletons.
These are not serious people. These are monkey tennis ideas, as divorced from the reality of criminal justice as you might expect from a company fronted by multi-millionaire simpletons.