Edz
@edstupple.bsky.social
Be glad you're even alive. Be furious you're going to die.
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If you are applying to the BR-UK Commissioning Fund for an Accelerator Award, please make sure you are familiar with the frequently asked questions document. A word version of the application form is available from our website so you can use this to work offline if easier.
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August 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If you are applying to the BR-UK Commissioning Fund for an Accelerator Award, please make sure you are familiar with the frequently asked questions document. A word version of the application form is available from our website so you can use this to work offline if easier.
tinyurl.com/y7sxzr46
tinyurl.com/y7sxzr46
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Our information diet is shaped by a tiny sliver of humanity whose job, identity, or obsession is to post constantly
Consuming too much of this diet can distort our perceptions, manipulate our emotions, and fuel intergroup conflict
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/how-social...
Consuming too much of this diet can distort our perceptions, manipulate our emotions, and fuel intergroup conflict
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/how-social...
How social media distorts our perceptions
Our information diet is shaped by a tiny sliver of humanity whose job, identity, or obsession is to post constantly
www.powerofusnewsletter.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Our information diet is shaped by a tiny sliver of humanity whose job, identity, or obsession is to post constantly
Consuming too much of this diet can distort our perceptions, manipulate our emotions, and fuel intergroup conflict
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/how-social...
Consuming too much of this diet can distort our perceptions, manipulate our emotions, and fuel intergroup conflict
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/how-social...
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Again, why critical thinking skills are crucial in education. If people are bombarded with a constant stream of algorithmically selected content that engages them emotionally and we aren't equipping them with critical thinking skills from an early age then things like this are the inevitable outcome
think this is sort of interesting as actually.....no you probably didn't need to do "more research" into it? you just had to trust the state and local authorities to know better than you when it came to vaccinating your child? not good that the internet has killed faith in institutions!
July 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Again, why critical thinking skills are crucial in education. If people are bombarded with a constant stream of algorithmically selected content that engages them emotionally and we aren't equipping them with critical thinking skills from an early age then things like this are the inevitable outcome
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Kindness & compassion should be a given in health & care work, but in a system under immense pressure they can’t be taken for granted. Take the time to learn what it means to learn with kindness & compassion with our course Warm up, included in ShiftWorks. buff.ly/fLEvhvC
July 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Kindness & compassion should be a given in health & care work, but in a system under immense pressure they can’t be taken for granted. Take the time to learn what it means to learn with kindness & compassion with our course Warm up, included in ShiftWorks. buff.ly/fLEvhvC
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“Even the smallest contribution made towards a clearer understanding of one’s own position or that of one’s opponent – is a great success. A discussion which you win but which fails to help you to change or to clarify your mind at least a little should be regarded as a sheer loss” (Popper, 1994).
July 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Even the smallest contribution made towards a clearer understanding of one’s own position or that of one’s opponent – is a great success. A discussion which you win but which fails to help you to change or to clarify your mind at least a little should be regarded as a sheer loss” (Popper, 1994).
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Millionaire ‘man of the people’
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Opposed to arming Ukraine and NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Opposed to arming Ukraine and NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
July 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Millionaire ‘man of the people’
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Opposed to arming Ukraine and NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Opposed to arming Ukraine and NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
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Methodological considerations for social media intervention studies
Perspective by Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Stephen L. Murphy, Laura Lemahieu & Ernst H. W. Koster
🚨FREE🚨web access (with registration) until Aug 28: go.nature.com/45cerHT
PDF: rdcu.be/eyaz8
Perspective by Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Stephen L. Murphy, Laura Lemahieu & Ernst H. W. Koster
🚨FREE🚨web access (with registration) until Aug 28: go.nature.com/45cerHT
PDF: rdcu.be/eyaz8
July 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Methodological considerations for social media intervention studies
Perspective by Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Stephen L. Murphy, Laura Lemahieu & Ernst H. W. Koster
🚨FREE🚨web access (with registration) until Aug 28: go.nature.com/45cerHT
PDF: rdcu.be/eyaz8
Perspective by Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Stephen L. Murphy, Laura Lemahieu & Ernst H. W. Koster
🚨FREE🚨web access (with registration) until Aug 28: go.nature.com/45cerHT
PDF: rdcu.be/eyaz8
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I'd be inclined to tax them even more - UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise
Exclusive: Lobbyists meet with ministers, and host a darts night with Labour advisers and MPs’ staff
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I'd be inclined to tax them even more - UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Millionaire ‘man of the people’
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
July 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Millionaire ‘man of the people’
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Millionaire ‘man of the people’
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Opposed to arming Ukraine and NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Opposed to arming Ukraine and NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
July 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Millionaire ‘man of the people’
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Opposed to arming Ukraine and NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Public school educated
Didn’t vote for VAT on school fees
Opposed to arming Ukraine and NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
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Millionaire ‘man of the people’
Public school educated
Opposed VAT on school feels
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Public school educated
Opposed VAT on school feels
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
July 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Millionaire ‘man of the people’
Public school educated
Opposed VAT on school feels
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Public school educated
Opposed VAT on school feels
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
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"Despite such anthropomorphic language often being used...by the models themselves generating statements like “I believe” or “I hope,” it is implausible that these models possess anything like human beliefs, desires, intentions, emotions, or even the sense of self implied by using the pronoun “I.”
Why AI chatbots lie to us
A few weeks ago, a colleague of mine needed to collect and format some data from a website, and he asked the latest version of Anthropic’s generative AI system, Claude, for help. Claude cheerfully agr...
www.science.org
July 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Despite such anthropomorphic language often being used...by the models themselves generating statements like “I believe” or “I hope,” it is implausible that these models possess anything like human beliefs, desires, intentions, emotions, or even the sense of self implied by using the pronoun “I.”
Millionaire ‘man of the people’
Public school educated
Opposed VAT on school feels
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Public school educated
Opposed VAT on school feels
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
July 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Millionaire ‘man of the people’
Public school educated
Opposed VAT on school feels
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
Public school educated
Opposed VAT on school feels
Disagrees with arming Ukraine
Opposed to NATO
Believes NATO provoked Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eurosceptic
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New paper on impact of #healthmisinformation with the amazing
Hannah Bauer This meta-analysis aims to help fact-checkers identify dangerous misinfo and to help researchers plan studies on health misinformation. doi.org/10.1080/1041...
Hannah Bauer This meta-analysis aims to help fact-checkers identify dangerous misinfo and to help researchers plan studies on health misinformation. doi.org/10.1080/1041...
Impact of Exposure to Health Misinformation on Belief in Health Misinformation: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs
Health authorities have labeled health misinformation a major global health threat and academic scholars consider exposure to health misinformation a barrier to an individual’s informed decision-ma...
doi.org
July 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
New paper on impact of #healthmisinformation with the amazing
Hannah Bauer This meta-analysis aims to help fact-checkers identify dangerous misinfo and to help researchers plan studies on health misinformation. doi.org/10.1080/1041...
Hannah Bauer This meta-analysis aims to help fact-checkers identify dangerous misinfo and to help researchers plan studies on health misinformation. doi.org/10.1080/1041...
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🇩🇪 3-year universal basic income (UBI) study, in which n=120 received UBI, n=1500 did not. Website is pretty neat, check it out for core findings.
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
Basic Income Pilot Project / Study results
What does a universal basic income really achieve? Find the results of the first long-term German study here.
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de
July 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🇩🇪 3-year universal basic income (UBI) study, in which n=120 received UBI, n=1500 did not. Website is pretty neat, check it out for core findings.
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
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Let's see Len McCluskey's response, but this looks completely outrageous. Tens of millions of members' dues wasted, by a man who claimed to represent working people. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
July 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Let's see Len McCluskey's response, but this looks completely outrageous. Tens of millions of members' dues wasted, by a man who claimed to represent working people. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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paper from @danneidle on the limitations of wealth taxes, which probably won't be popular on here but anyway
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/22/u... (NB 'wealth taxes aren't a magic wand' does not='no wealth taxes'; more 'don't pretend that that you won't also need mid to high earner taxes')
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/22/u... (NB 'wealth taxes aren't a magic wand' does not='no wealth taxes'; more 'don't pretend that that you won't also need mid to high earner taxes')
UK wealth tax: high risk and anti-growth
Claims of £24bn from a UK wealth tax ignore delays, capital flight (£200–£500bn) risks to growth and employment. Data, country evidence & better reforms.
taxpolicy.org.uk
July 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
paper from @danneidle on the limitations of wealth taxes, which probably won't be popular on here but anyway
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/22/u... (NB 'wealth taxes aren't a magic wand' does not='no wealth taxes'; more 'don't pretend that that you won't also need mid to high earner taxes')
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/22/u... (NB 'wealth taxes aren't a magic wand' does not='no wealth taxes'; more 'don't pretend that that you won't also need mid to high earner taxes')
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
A feeling of real helplessness.
All the World is capable of is gesture politics.
We’re not going to stop mass murder in Palestine.
Which means we won’t be able to stop it elsewhere.
A feeling of real helplessness.
All the World is capable of is gesture politics.
We’re not going to stop mass murder in Palestine.
Which means we won’t be able to stop it elsewhere.
UK condemns Israel for depriving Palestinians of ‘human dignity’
David Lammy joins ministers from 27 other countries in issuing call for immediate end to Gaza war
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
A feeling of real helplessness.
All the World is capable of is gesture politics.
We’re not going to stop mass murder in Palestine.
Which means we won’t be able to stop it elsewhere.
A feeling of real helplessness.
All the World is capable of is gesture politics.
We’re not going to stop mass murder in Palestine.
Which means we won’t be able to stop it elsewhere.
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A UK wealth tax sounds simple: "tax the super‑rich, fund public services"
But it's not.
Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029.
Here’s the evidence:
But it's not.
Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029.
Here’s the evidence:
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A UK wealth tax sounds simple: "tax the super‑rich, fund public services"
But it's not.
Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029.
Here’s the evidence:
But it's not.
Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029.
Here’s the evidence:
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A great thread of wealth taxes - and the pitfalls of rushing in without understanding the basics
A UK wealth tax sounds simple: "tax the super‑rich, fund public services"
But it's not.
Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029.
Here’s the evidence:
But it's not.
Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029.
Here’s the evidence:
July 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A great thread of wealth taxes - and the pitfalls of rushing in without understanding the basics
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Some A+ lawyering in this excellent (and presumably extremely complicated to publish) story
July 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Some A+ lawyering in this excellent (and presumably extremely complicated to publish) story
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And Accepted:
The Moral Dilution Effect: Irrelevant Information Influences Judgments of Moral Character
Started writing this one at a writer's retreat in 2022, very happy to get it over the line!
Pre-print available: osf.io/preprints/ps...
The Moral Dilution Effect: Irrelevant Information Influences Judgments of Moral Character
Started writing this one at a writer's retreat in 2022, very happy to get it over the line!
Pre-print available: osf.io/preprints/ps...
July 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
And Accepted:
The Moral Dilution Effect: Irrelevant Information Influences Judgments of Moral Character
Started writing this one at a writer's retreat in 2022, very happy to get it over the line!
Pre-print available: osf.io/preprints/ps...
The Moral Dilution Effect: Irrelevant Information Influences Judgments of Moral Character
Started writing this one at a writer's retreat in 2022, very happy to get it over the line!
Pre-print available: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Right, that’s enough fishing for today. Tomorrow’s blue sky will be bluer. The guy who wished my cancer would kill me quicker was a bit much, but you never know what you get from the compassionate left
July 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Right, that’s enough fishing for today. Tomorrow’s blue sky will be bluer. The guy who wished my cancer would kill me quicker was a bit much, but you never know what you get from the compassionate left
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Recent research from CamCAN shows that, when pulse pressure, the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure, gets too high, it can damage the brain’s “wiring” (white matter), making it harder to think fast and solve puzzles: doi.org/10.1161/HYPE...
@camcan-2010.bsky.social
@camcan-2010.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Recent research from CamCAN shows that, when pulse pressure, the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure, gets too high, it can damage the brain’s “wiring” (white matter), making it harder to think fast and solve puzzles: doi.org/10.1161/HYPE...
@camcan-2010.bsky.social
@camcan-2010.bsky.social