Petra Boynton
@petraboynton.bsky.social
#Safety and #wellbeing advocate and creator of the #PEEPSS Model.
Social Psychologist. #Methodologist. Sometime #AgonyAunt. Advice giving as praxis. Critical #MentalHealth. Lives by the sea.
Come for a #ResearchTip, maybe ask a question, stay for cat pics
Social Psychologist. #Methodologist. Sometime #AgonyAunt. Advice giving as praxis. Critical #MentalHealth. Lives by the sea.
Come for a #ResearchTip, maybe ask a question, stay for cat pics
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Another thing that's happened overnight is we've become fully aware of the number of fossil fuel lobbyists at these talks.
More than 1600 - 1 in every 25 participants, the highest concentration on record.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 1600 - 1 in every 25 participants, the highest concentration on record.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Another thing that's happened overnight is we've become fully aware of the number of fossil fuel lobbyists at these talks.
More than 1600 - 1 in every 25 participants, the highest concentration on record.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 1600 - 1 in every 25 participants, the highest concentration on record.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Confusing situation earlier when a woman walked past me and called me a 'killer whale'. A bit unnecessary, I thought. But I'd forgotten my sweatshirt has orcas embroidered on it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Confusing situation earlier when a woman walked past me and called me a 'killer whale'. A bit unnecessary, I thought. But I'd forgotten my sweatshirt has orcas embroidered on it.
Make time today to read this thread. Really important points made here.
I'm concerned about the health research community rushing to *require* patient/public involvement (PPI) for all methodological research.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Make time today to read this thread. Really important points made here.
So warm this morning I didn't need a coat. It's beautiful out but such a worry, this balmy temperature is not normal.
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
So warm this morning I didn't need a coat. It's beautiful out but such a worry, this balmy temperature is not normal.
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I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
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NEW RESOURCE! Authors explore how Yarning is used in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research. The study emphasises the need for genuine Indigenous leadership and clear reporting. Read more: tinyurl.com/bdddjv28 #IndigenousResearch #ResearchEquity #SciComms
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
NEW RESOURCE! Authors explore how Yarning is used in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research. The study emphasises the need for genuine Indigenous leadership and clear reporting. Read more: tinyurl.com/bdddjv28 #IndigenousResearch #ResearchEquity #SciComms
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'“There is a generation of young scholars who are finding themselves stuck in what feels like a period of protracted adolescence,” wrote one young academic earlier this year, in a series of blogs on the early career researcher experience published by the Society for the Study of French History.' 1/3
Early career researchers feel sharp end of jobs crisis.
As universities shed jobs, those setting out in academia are feeling pain of diminished prospects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
As universities shed jobs, those setting out in academia are feeling pain of diminished prospects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
'“There is a generation of young scholars who are finding themselves stuck in what feels like a period of protracted adolescence,” wrote one young academic earlier this year, in a series of blogs on the early career researcher experience published by the Society for the Study of French History.' 1/3
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We probably all need this right now: Japanese surrealist Tohukiro Kawai’s saintly cats. 🐈 🐱 www.gyokuei.tokyo/globalstore?...
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We probably all need this right now: Japanese surrealist Tohukiro Kawai’s saintly cats. 🐈 🐱 www.gyokuei.tokyo/globalstore?...
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Thank you to @reckless.bsky.social and @kcoxdc.bsky.social for this thoughtful episode and for elevating teachers’ voices (including mine) on this issue.
The problems with AI in schools
Teachers had one big question: What are we even doing here?
www.theverge.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thank you to @reckless.bsky.social and @kcoxdc.bsky.social for this thoughtful episode and for elevating teachers’ voices (including mine) on this issue.
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Looking to chat to graduates who finished uni this year about job hunting - good or bad experiences. Drop me an email - felicity.hannah@bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Looking to chat to graduates who finished uni this year about job hunting - good or bad experiences. Drop me an email - felicity.hannah@bbc.co.uk
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converted to our context: before sending out a review of an abuser's work, you should probably zoom with the people he abused, explaining why his work is so important to laud and why their careers and dignity can be overridden
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
converted to our context: before sending out a review of an abuser's work, you should probably zoom with the people he abused, explaining why his work is so important to laud and why their careers and dignity can be overridden
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Minoan living room is an aspirational aesthetic
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Minoan living room is an aspirational aesthetic
Leaving aside the dogeared poster on my uni kitchen wall proclaimed 'hey kids, it's the 80s, let's go street riot' the points below are well made. The messaging about unis pairing genuine concerns over costs and debt with misinformation on 'useless' degrees and rebel students is, at best, unhelpful
Why do people just report this? May Mailman says that, "Instead of producing citizens who will 'propel our country into the next generation of greatness,' [universities] are, in her view, creating 'indebted students with useless majors who hate our country and like to go to riots.'"
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November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Leaving aside the dogeared poster on my uni kitchen wall proclaimed 'hey kids, it's the 80s, let's go street riot' the points below are well made. The messaging about unis pairing genuine concerns over costs and debt with misinformation on 'useless' degrees and rebel students is, at best, unhelpful
When apps were the next big thing I remember the scramble to launch ones that would fix your relationship, or boost your confidence, or make you less lonely. Most were not well thought out so virtually all never got built, or just disappeared post launch. These AI startups have similar vibes.
Every chatbot startup: “I saw people were lonely so I made a widget.”
A former physician has launched Robyn, an empathetic AI companion | TechCrunch
Robyn wants to position it self as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app
techcrunch.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
When apps were the next big thing I remember the scramble to launch ones that would fix your relationship, or boost your confidence, or make you less lonely. Most were not well thought out so virtually all never got built, or just disappeared post launch. These AI startups have similar vibes.
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
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For the past few years, I have partnered with @blackbirdletterpress.com around this time of year on a handmade notebook. Proceeds support REBUILD. I am so excited to share this year's notebook inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks's words. www.blackbirdletterpress.com/limited-edit... - limited edition
Magnitude and Bond notebook for REBUILD by Blackbird Letterpress — Blackbird Letterpress
Magnitude and Bond notebook for REBUILD by Blackbird Letterpress. Partnering with Mariame Kaba to raise funds findmeatherapist.org. A letterpress printed journal with snippet of Gwendolyn Brooks poem,...
www.blackbirdletterpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
For the past few years, I have partnered with @blackbirdletterpress.com around this time of year on a handmade notebook. Proceeds support REBUILD. I am so excited to share this year's notebook inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks's words. www.blackbirdletterpress.com/limited-edit... - limited edition
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Final reminder: We have 788 folks registered and there's still room for more.
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era
Thursday, 11/13
2pm to 3pm ET
Virtual, hosted by #OneHE
FREE
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
#OnlineLearning
#FacDev
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era
Thursday, 11/13
2pm to 3pm ET
Virtual, hosted by #OneHE
FREE
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
#OnlineLearning
#FacDev
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era – OneHE
onehe.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Final reminder: We have 788 folks registered and there's still room for more.
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era
Thursday, 11/13
2pm to 3pm ET
Virtual, hosted by #OneHE
FREE
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
#OnlineLearning
#FacDev
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era
Thursday, 11/13
2pm to 3pm ET
Virtual, hosted by #OneHE
FREE
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
#OnlineLearning
#FacDev
onehe.org/event/asynch...
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Me: Why did we outsource campus decisions to a corporate consultant?
HR: We haven’t outsourced anything. We’ve merely engaged a strategic partner to collaborate within our priorities and provide insights for our long-term goal of eliminating inefficiencies and streamlining our effective operations.
HR: We haven’t outsourced anything. We’ve merely engaged a strategic partner to collaborate within our priorities and provide insights for our long-term goal of eliminating inefficiencies and streamlining our effective operations.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Me: Why did we outsource campus decisions to a corporate consultant?
HR: We haven’t outsourced anything. We’ve merely engaged a strategic partner to collaborate within our priorities and provide insights for our long-term goal of eliminating inefficiencies and streamlining our effective operations.
HR: We haven’t outsourced anything. We’ve merely engaged a strategic partner to collaborate within our priorities and provide insights for our long-term goal of eliminating inefficiencies and streamlining our effective operations.
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Hi there! We’re the Archive Sector Leadership team at The National Archives UK.
We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Lend us a follow and we’ll keep you updated with opportunities for free training, networking, grants, written guidance and more!
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We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Lend us a follow and we’ll keep you updated with opportunities for free training, networking, grants, written guidance and more!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hi there! We’re the Archive Sector Leadership team at The National Archives UK.
We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Lend us a follow and we’ll keep you updated with opportunities for free training, networking, grants, written guidance and more!
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We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Lend us a follow and we’ll keep you updated with opportunities for free training, networking, grants, written guidance and more!
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To state the obvious, doctors lawyers and priests are not products offered by a company that generates statistically likely text
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
To state the obvious, doctors lawyers and priests are not products offered by a company that generates statistically likely text
People are often surprised to learn that no matter our age, when seeking advice we're most likely to turn to family and friends first. Unless we're estranged, neglected, ashamed, or threatened into silence. To keep others safe support (including AI) shouldn't force secrecy, exclusivity, or mistrust
Dr Ougrin says the transcripts appear to show ChatGPT encouraging an exclusive relationship that marginalises family and other forms of support, which are vital in protecting young people from self-harm and suicidal ideation. www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself? - BBC News
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
People are often surprised to learn that no matter our age, when seeking advice we're most likely to turn to family and friends first. Unless we're estranged, neglected, ashamed, or threatened into silence. To keep others safe support (including AI) shouldn't force secrecy, exclusivity, or mistrust
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Barn owl numbers soar in Cheshire thanks to volunteers. Three decades after a survey found just six breeding pairs in West Cheshire, the Broxton Barn Owl Group now counts around 160 pairs: a 25-fold increase, driven entirely by local volunteers. buff.ly/F2PfqJQ
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Barn owl numbers 'booming' in west Cheshire thanks to volunteers
A 30-year conservation project has led to a "dramatic increase" in barn owl breeding pair numbers.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Barn owl numbers soar in Cheshire thanks to volunteers. Three decades after a survey found just six breeding pairs in West Cheshire, the Broxton Barn Owl Group now counts around 160 pairs: a 25-fold increase, driven entirely by local volunteers. buff.ly/F2PfqJQ
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Exploring youth transitions and outcomes through national datasets. Focusing on secondary, quantitative data - including Understanding Society. Join the @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar - 11 Nov, 12.00- 13.30. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e66aa5...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Exploring youth transitions and outcomes through national datasets. Focusing on secondary, quantitative data - including Understanding Society. Join the @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar - 11 Nov, 12.00- 13.30. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e66aa5...
Abuse during childhood in England and Wales: March 2024 www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Abuse during childhood in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics
Estimates on prevalence and type of abuse experienced during childhood, from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
www.ons.gov.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Abuse during childhood in England and Wales: March 2024 www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...