Brian Hughes
@bmhughes.bsky.social
Prof Psych • Writer • Galway • he/him
New book 'Psychology's Quiet Conservatism': https://link.springer.com/book/9783032077233
Blog: https://thesciencebit.net/
Bio: https://brianmhughes.com/
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New book 'Psychology's Quiet Conservatism': https://link.springer.com/book/9783032077233
Blog: https://thesciencebit.net/
Bio: https://brianmhughes.com/
📷 https://www.photoblogism.net
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Well, now, look what arrived in the post...
Delighted to share that my new book on psychology and the culture wars has now been published.
Writing it was a long, at times depressing, but ultimately satisfying journey for me. I hope you like it
Deets here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Delighted to share that my new book on psychology and the culture wars has now been published.
Writing it was a long, at times depressing, but ultimately satisfying journey for me. I hope you like it
Deets here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Transphobes: "ban gender-affirming care for children - there's no evidence puberty blockers are safe!"
*New clinical trial assessing risks & benefits of puberty blockers announced*
Transphobes: "No - don't do that!"
Telegraph ads by #BootsUK, #Sainsburys, #O2, #Waitrose & #SkyUK
*New clinical trial assessing risks & benefits of puberty blockers announced*
Transphobes: "No - don't do that!"
Telegraph ads by #BootsUK, #Sainsburys, #O2, #Waitrose & #SkyUK
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Transphobes: "ban gender-affirming care for children - there's no evidence puberty blockers are safe!"
*New clinical trial assessing risks & benefits of puberty blockers announced*
Transphobes: "No - don't do that!"
Telegraph ads by #BootsUK, #Sainsburys, #O2, #Waitrose & #SkyUK
*New clinical trial assessing risks & benefits of puberty blockers announced*
Transphobes: "No - don't do that!"
Telegraph ads by #BootsUK, #Sainsburys, #O2, #Waitrose & #SkyUK
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A huge ECJ win for many same-sex couples in Europe
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A huge ECJ win for many same-sex couples in Europe
Filmmaker Margo Harkin has turned down an honorary doctorate from the University of Galway over its refusal to honour a prior commitment to cut ties with the Israeli research institute Technion
www.galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-f...
www.galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-f...
Famous film-maker to refuse degree from University of Galway due to Technion links | GalwayBayFM
She joins Lelia Doolan and the late Margaretta D'Arcy to become the latest to either refuse or return their degrees.
www.galwaybayfm.ie
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Filmmaker Margo Harkin has turned down an honorary doctorate from the University of Galway over its refusal to honour a prior commitment to cut ties with the Israeli research institute Technion
www.galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-f...
www.galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-f...
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Now if only the op-ed pages considered the implications of this for their declining circulation numbers
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Now if only the op-ed pages considered the implications of this for their declining circulation numbers
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Rest in Peace and Power, the incomparable Margaretta D'Arcy. 90 years of activism for #peace. She never gave up.
Ní bheidh a leithéad arís ann.
Ní bheidh a leithéad arís ann.
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Rest in Peace and Power, the incomparable Margaretta D'Arcy. 90 years of activism for #peace. She never gave up.
Ní bheidh a leithéad arís ann.
Ní bheidh a leithéad arís ann.
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the son he always wanted
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the son he always wanted
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
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I know this is just to pressure the minister and they’re awful and all but it’s not “Trans people” its “anyone suspected of being trans” innit
"Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I know this is just to pressure the minister and they’re awful and all but it’s not “Trans people” its “anyone suspected of being trans” innit
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Alf Dubs is a 92 year old man who spent his life fighting for refugees, and in particular for refugee children. He fought the Tories tooth and nail during their last three terms, only to see Labour adopt far-right policies on immigration.
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Alf Dubs is a 92 year old man who spent his life fighting for refugees, and in particular for refugee children. He fought the Tories tooth and nail during their last three terms, only to see Labour adopt far-right policies on immigration.
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
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Meanwhile, north of the Sahara, various countries are doing their utmost to bring them back due to having totally lost the plot.
Congratulations! #CaboVerde, #Mauritius and #Seychelles have eliminated #measles and #rubella, becoming the first sub-Saharan countries to reach this milestone.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Meanwhile, north of the Sahara, various countries are doing their utmost to bring them back due to having totally lost the plot.
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This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
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A few ways this could go:
1) They get it past parliament, it’s wildly successful and retired reactionaries go wild for red, white and blue Labour
2) They get it past parliament, retired reactionaries still hate them
3) It crashes in Parliament and they look like vicious clowns
1) They get it past parliament, it’s wildly successful and retired reactionaries go wild for red, white and blue Labour
2) They get it past parliament, retired reactionaries still hate them
3) It crashes in Parliament and they look like vicious clowns
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A few ways this could go:
1) They get it past parliament, it’s wildly successful and retired reactionaries go wild for red, white and blue Labour
2) They get it past parliament, retired reactionaries still hate them
3) It crashes in Parliament and they look like vicious clowns
1) They get it past parliament, it’s wildly successful and retired reactionaries go wild for red, white and blue Labour
2) They get it past parliament, retired reactionaries still hate them
3) It crashes in Parliament and they look like vicious clowns
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These people are evil.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
These people are evil.
What an unutterably disgusting policy. They should be ashamed of themselves
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
What an unutterably disgusting policy. They should be ashamed of themselves
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A professor in Indiana has been reprimanded for showing this graphic in her class.
What snowflakes the conservative right are!
I think it's an excellent visual aid, and I will certainly now be showing it in *my* classes too.
More info: www.wfyi.org/news/article...
HT @pzmyers.bsky.social
What snowflakes the conservative right are!
I think it's an excellent visual aid, and I will certainly now be showing it in *my* classes too.
More info: www.wfyi.org/news/article...
HT @pzmyers.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A professor in Indiana has been reprimanded for showing this graphic in her class.
What snowflakes the conservative right are!
I think it's an excellent visual aid, and I will certainly now be showing it in *my* classes too.
More info: www.wfyi.org/news/article...
HT @pzmyers.bsky.social
What snowflakes the conservative right are!
I think it's an excellent visual aid, and I will certainly now be showing it in *my* classes too.
More info: www.wfyi.org/news/article...
HT @pzmyers.bsky.social
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“The Far Right doesn’t stay within borders. It’s at work everywhere and it works in sync. The strength in one area magnifies the strength in another. It’s a global threat.”
The Far Right Hits The BBC
The assault on free media gathers pace
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“The Far Right doesn’t stay within borders. It’s at work everywhere and it works in sync. The strength in one area magnifies the strength in another. It’s a global threat.”
How birds got human names
Magpie is short for "Margaret Pie" and I swear I'm not even joking
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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agreed. it's "the guy who makes you uncomfortable for reasons you won't articulate isn't the future. this guy who looks and talks like you is."
You have to understand what pieces like this from the NYT are and are not.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
agreed. it's "the guy who makes you uncomfortable for reasons you won't articulate isn't the future. this guy who looks and talks like you is."
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November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)