Jon Haslam
@jonathanhaslam.bsky.social
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Good to see all the hard work on developing a validated measure of sycophancy wasn't wasted. Once again, thanks to our amazing funders. You were so great, I'll bring you some figs next time I'm in town. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI chatbots are sycophants — researchers say it’s harming science
Nature asked researchers who use artificial intelligence how its propensity for people-pleasing affects their work — and what they are doing to mitigate it.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Good to see all the hard work on developing a validated measure of sycophancy wasn't wasted. Once again, thanks to our amazing funders. You were so great, I'll bring you some figs next time I'm in town. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The importance of scientific sleuthing (although, why was this paper published at all?)
Apple Cider Vinegar For Weight Loss - A Study That May Never Have Happened At All open.substack.com/pub/gidmk/p/...
Apple Cider Vinegar For Weight Loss - A Study That May Never Have Happened At All open.substack.com/pub/gidmk/p/...
Apple Cider Vinegar For Weight Loss - A Study That May Never Have Happened At All
Some fascinating insights into the world of scientific integrity.
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The importance of scientific sleuthing (although, why was this paper published at all?)
Apple Cider Vinegar For Weight Loss - A Study That May Never Have Happened At All open.substack.com/pub/gidmk/p/...
Apple Cider Vinegar For Weight Loss - A Study That May Never Have Happened At All open.substack.com/pub/gidmk/p/...
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NEW BLOG - "Dear Coroner"
I've now collected 135 PFD notices for mental health police contact deaths and there are obvious questions amongst them for the coroners themselves, as well as the agencies to which they direct their concerns.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/d...
I've now collected 135 PFD notices for mental health police contact deaths and there are obvious questions amongst them for the coroners themselves, as well as the agencies to which they direct their concerns.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/d...
Dear Coroner
It’s hard to know how to contact or potentially influence His Majesty’s Coroners without writing to them all individually, which then means you’re either writing in very general t…
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
NEW BLOG - "Dear Coroner"
I've now collected 135 PFD notices for mental health police contact deaths and there are obvious questions amongst them for the coroners themselves, as well as the agencies to which they direct their concerns.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/d...
I've now collected 135 PFD notices for mental health police contact deaths and there are obvious questions amongst them for the coroners themselves, as well as the agencies to which they direct their concerns.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/d...
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1/ How should the UK respond to mounting pressure from climate change, health problems, and global instability? Our Roadmap for Resilience report calls for rapid and urgent action on food, at a scale not seen since WW2.
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
1/ How should the UK respond to mounting pressure from climate change, health problems, and global instability? Our Roadmap for Resilience report calls for rapid and urgent action on food, at a scale not seen since WW2.
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
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stop thinking right now
October 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
stop thinking right now
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Analysts who excel at self-promotion on LinkedIn are worse at their jobs, but experience the highest rates of promotion. klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/self-promo...
Self-promotion works, especially if you are bad at your job
I have come across a recent paper that measures equity analysts self-representation on LinkedIn and the tone they use to describe their research and their views on LinkedIn and in the media.
klementoninvesting.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Analysts who excel at self-promotion on LinkedIn are worse at their jobs, but experience the highest rates of promotion. klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/self-promo...
Google's AI Overview still having trouble with that tricky past-present-future thing.
September 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Google's AI Overview still having trouble with that tricky past-present-future thing.
Delighted to see that our latest newsletter, which included an event being held in Scunthorpe, was delivered to everyone safely.
September 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Delighted to see that our latest newsletter, which included an event being held in Scunthorpe, was delivered to everyone safely.
I wonder if any funders in agri-food offer seed-corn funding that is, actually, funding for seed corn.
September 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I wonder if any funders in agri-food offer seed-corn funding that is, actually, funding for seed corn.
EvaluatiNg The High fat sUgar Salt rEgulations: practice, response and impact across retail settings (ENTHUSE)
a woman with long red hair says obviously in a pixelated image
ALT: a woman with long red hair says obviously in a pixelated image
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September 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
EvaluatiNg The High fat sUgar Salt rEgulations: practice, response and impact across retail settings (ENTHUSE)
This feels like an incredibly modern "look to camera" for a picture that was painted in 1845 (Une famille italienne by Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize) #timetravel
September 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This feels like an incredibly modern "look to camera" for a picture that was painted in 1845 (Une famille italienne by Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize) #timetravel
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Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049
Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049
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🚨 New paper in Science Advances @science.org
Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?
T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments
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Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?
T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments
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July 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🚨 New paper in Science Advances @science.org
Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?
T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments
Thread 🧵1/n
Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?
T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments
Thread 🧵1/n
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This is a thread worth reading. There a quite a few obvious conflicts of interest in the WF… another writing scheme provider was advertising their role in the development of the policy on social media a few weeks ago.
A reason why using researchers/academics is helpful.
bsky.app/profile/warw...
A reason why using researchers/academics is helpful.
bsky.app/profile/warw...
Exclusive: Ruth Miskin announces new handwriting programme for schools – days after government reveals new focus on handwriting, following her advice
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/ruth-mi...
Rival phonics publishers furious about what one described as “institutional capture” of DfE policymaking.
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/ruth-mi...
Rival phonics publishers furious about what one described as “institutional capture” of DfE policymaking.
Education Uncovered | News| Ruth Miskin announces "new handwriting programme" for schools – days after government reveals new focus on handwriting, following her advice
Rival phonics publishers furious about what they see as unfair commercial advantage given to Ms Miskin in formulation of DfE's new writing framework, which Ms Miskin denies.
educationuncovered.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This is a thread worth reading. There a quite a few obvious conflicts of interest in the WF… another writing scheme provider was advertising their role in the development of the policy on social media a few weeks ago.
A reason why using researchers/academics is helpful.
bsky.app/profile/warw...
A reason why using researchers/academics is helpful.
bsky.app/profile/warw...
Might be of interest www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Food Thinkers: Informing and supporting the UK Government’s national roll out and implementation of the new school breakfast club programme in England | City St George's, University of London
Join us to discuss the new school breakfast club programme recently announced by the Department for Education (DfE).
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
June 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Might be of interest www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Here comes the weekend!
June 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Here comes the weekend!
The pub crawl phenomenon has not received sufficient research attention. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "How long did your pub crawl take?" *shrugs* "A period of time." We've all been there.
June 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The pub crawl phenomenon has not received sufficient research attention. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "How long did your pub crawl take?" *shrugs* "A period of time." We've all been there.
If you need the audio from a YouTube video, simply delete the "ube" from the video link (so www.youtube.com/watch?v=blah... becomes www.yout.com/watch?v=blah...) and choose your options. Can't comment for high definition sound, but working well for my purposes.
June 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If you need the audio from a YouTube video, simply delete the "ube" from the video link (so www.youtube.com/watch?v=blah... becomes www.yout.com/watch?v=blah...) and choose your options. Can't comment for high definition sound, but working well for my purposes.
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I’ve had lots of messages about my Guardian article, in which I argued we should stop universal mental health lessons in schools. The messages have fallen into three categories, and I’m reflecting on this here because I think it exposes something interesting in the field (and research in general)
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May 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I’ve had lots of messages about my Guardian article, in which I argued we should stop universal mental health lessons in schools. The messages have fallen into three categories, and I’m reflecting on this here because I think it exposes something interesting in the field (and research in general)
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What makes a good leader? I think about this focus group a lot.
March 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
What makes a good leader? I think about this focus group a lot.
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Interventions aimed at boosting pupils’ understanding of mental health led to longer-term 'increased emotional difficulties' when trialled in schools in England, a study has found
Mental health schemes led to 'emotional difficulties'
Four out of five interventions tested iled to 'adverse' or 'negative' effects on some pupils
buff.ly
February 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Interventions aimed at boosting pupils’ understanding of mental health led to longer-term 'increased emotional difficulties' when trialled in schools in England, a study has found
TIL that you can't open two Excel spreadsheets with the same name, even if they are in different locations.
January 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
TIL that you can't open two Excel spreadsheets with the same name, even if they are in different locations.
Impact of a Content-Rich Literacy Curriculum on Kindergarteners’ Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension, and Content Knowledge. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... Ah, that lovely new-RCT smell. h/t Daniel Muijs in the other place
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Impact of a Content-Rich Literacy Curriculum on Kindergarteners’ Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension, and Content Knowledge. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... Ah, that lovely new-RCT smell. h/t Daniel Muijs in the other place