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Kevin Riggs
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Experimental psychologist at the Uni of Hull studying Theory of mind and knowledge processing. Also physics, philosophy, beer and drums. A bit deaf.
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Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
FINANCIAL TIMES I was amused - and saddened - to read the latest instalment of the Brexiters' excuses for the poor performance over recent years of the UK economy and the UK's politics. In "Implementation of Brexit became a business fiasco" (Markets Insight, December 19), Paul Marshall acknowledges the cost of the UK's decision to leave the EU. But rather than acknowledge that his analysis was wrong - cutting ties with your biggest trading partner is never a good idea - Marshall blames bad implementation, and the fact that the EU didn't cut the UK some slack. Implementation of Brexit by the UK has indeed been poor, but that's a direct consequence of the political crisis that everyone should have expected following such a major decision on the back of one simple 52/48 referendum vote at the conclusion of a mind-bogglingly uninformed debate by both sides. That includes the Brexiters' naive insistence that the EU would bend to UK demands and grant it all sorts of privileges not enjoyed by others. So, the roughly 8 per cent of GDP loss in UK output since the Brexit decision in 2016 is easily explained by three perfectly predictable factors: it was a bad economic decision; it has split UK society politically; and the EU27 has moved on. It's time for those who led the UK down this disastrous path to stand up and acknowledge their wrong analysis and naive understanding of Europe. Until that happens, how can one even hope that the UK will begin to heal? Erik Fossing Nielsen Senior Adviser, Independent Economics (a London-based economics advisory firm); Former Chief Economist, UniCredit, and Former Chief European Economist, Goldman Sachs, Berlin, Germany
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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A letter circulating online calls on Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, to resign and is said to come from someone named Peter Singer. To be clear: if such a letter exists, it is not from me, and I do not support any call for the Prime Minister to resign.
December 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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realpaullewis.bsky.social
Wait until Trump finds out what Jonathan Meades, correctly, said about him on the BBC some years back.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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philimprint.bsky.social
Just published:

Devin Sanchez Curry, (2025) “On IQ and other Sciencey Descriptions of Minds”, Philosophers' Imprint 25: 28. doi: doi.org/10.3998/phim...
On IQ and other Sciencey Descriptions of Minds
Philosophers of mind (from eliminative materialists to psychofunctionalists to interpretivists) generally assume that a normative ideal delimits which mental phenomena exist (though they disagree abou...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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timcrane.bsky.social
I wrote something about analytic Philospphy, and Christoph Schuringa’s book for the Ideas Letter @stefanschubert.bsky.social @lbenardo.bsky.social www.theideasletter.org/essay/bloodl...
“Bloodless Pedantry” - The Ideas Letter
The academic study of philosophy tends to inspire contempt, from within and from without. Stephen Hawking’s pompous pronouncement in 2010 that “philosophy is dead” is just one version of a…
www.theideasletter.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Tylenol’s lawyers
a man laughs while talking on a phone outside
ALT: a man laughs while talking on a phone outside
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September 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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guylongworth.bsky.social
Terminator 2’s let himself go.
Silvery bench.
September 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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scottwortley.bsky.social
Dunning Kruger defecting to Reform is another win for nominative determinism
September 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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burgoynetec.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
profriggsy.bsky.social
Brilliant.
dsquareddigest.bsky.social Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · Sep 7
"hahaha I am such a massive nerd about politics I bloody love politics, I love going to party conferences. No I'm not going to write about policy that sort of thing is of no interest at all to a fellow like me"

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Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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mandywest.bsky.social
As it’s #WorldSwiftDay here is a montage of Swift photos I’ve taken. One of the most challenging birds to capture in flight as they are super fast and turn on a sixpence. They are one of my favourite birds and I love to listen to them “ screaming” over the rooftops ❤️
June 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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profriggsy.bsky.social
JOB!

3yr funded post-doc in Theory of Mind inspired by the knowledge first epistemology of Williamson, and the work of @jsphillips.bsky.social. Looking at knowledge and ignorance processing in adults with me and Richard O'Connor at the Uni of Hull. Please re-post.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE794/p...
May 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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guylongworth.bsky.social
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/latest/insig...
The financial impact of government policy decisions on universities
We estimate the net impact of government policy decisions taking effect in 2025–26 will be a £1.4 billion reduction in funding.
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk
June 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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letstido.bsky.social
Happy to share our latest study on (Un)intentionality bias in action observation! We found that people perceive ambiguous actions as intentional—especially when posture aligns with the goal. This bias shifts with schizotypal cognitive traits.

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(Un)intentionality bias in action observation revisited
When observing individuals in action, we often infer their goals and intentions. Yet, in situations where actions are ambiguous and could be either in…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
profriggsy.bsky.social
JOB!

3yr funded post-doc in Theory of Mind inspired by the knowledge first epistemology of Williamson, and the work of @jsphillips.bsky.social. Looking at knowledge and ignorance processing in adults with me and Richard O'Connor at the Uni of Hull. Please re-post.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE794/p...
May 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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At least we have this to look forward to…
May 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
profriggsy.bsky.social
And yes, I did go to the beach. Once.
May 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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And another....
May 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
profriggsy.bsky.social
In Thailand. Not thinking about politics or HE in the UK....
May 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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pickardje.bsky.social
latest Craig Brown satirical diary in Private Eye
LIZ TRUSS, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom WEDNESDAY: I board a rural bus. The driver clearly doesn't recognise me, because he fails to smile. "Norwich please" I say. He replies by saying the bus is going to Swaftham and Thetford. I politely correct him. "Yes, but I want to go to Norwich". The driver looks at me. I can tell he's mentally undressing me. Believe me, we women have an instinct for that sort of thing. Okay, my daughters insist I'm looking a million dollars in my figure-hugging bright pink suit - coat, shirt, culottes and matching bag - but that doesn't give him the right to stare at me in that way. "Swaftham and Thetford only," he repeats. "For Norwich, you'll want the number 22, change at Watlington." Believe me, these people fight dirty. Someone has to make a bold stand against the draconian forces of the unelected state, so I exited the woke bus with dignity. First 9-I1. Then the so-called Covid lockdown. And now it's our rural bus-routes that have been captured by the rampant anti-West ideologues. Before this woke madness, any bus would happily take you door-to-door. But now they'll only go in one direction - leaving the little matter of when and where entirely up to them! They've literally got a gun to our heads! And was it just me, or did I spot Greta Thunberg and the Governor of the Bank of England sitting together in the back of that bus, grinning in triumph as they left me stranded by the side of the road?
May 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
there has to be something severely wrong with you psychologically to sit there while people bull shit you like this
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 30
Bondi: "President, you first 100 days has far exceeded that of ANY other presidency in this country. Ever. Ever. Never seen anything like it. Thank you."
April 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Finally, the correct tariff formula (from Private Eye)
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
profriggsy.bsky.social
Brilliant...
krissychula.bsky.social Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · Apr 6
This is high art
April 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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spiritof44.bsky.social
Once a cunt, always a cunt.

Johnson, a bumbling parody who in a nasty & snide way tooled himself a political career, despite being fake & phoney.
A self-aggrandizing ruling class oik who fails to understand the rest of humanity.
The arse-end of a pantomime horse.

Desperate and irrelevant #STFU
April 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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parodypm.bsky.social
Good. Fuck off.
Article says 'Rachel Reeves is making us move to Italy'. A couple worth half a billion say they have no choice due to changes to the non dom rules. Pictured is a woman in front of a castle, wearing a ridiculous billowing dress like a wedding cake.
April 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM