FraserWSmith
@fraserwsmith.bsky.social
Cognitive Neuroscience - interested in minds, brains, emotions
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
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We’re hiring a permanent Lecturer (R&T) in cog neuro and development / lifespan psychology at @rhulpsychology.bsky.social. Join a supportive, research-intensive dept - with a new MRI scanner on the way 🙂
Info below - and get in touch to learn more!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging
Info below - and get in touch to learn more!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging
🚨We are looking for a scholar to join us as a lecturer (teaching & research contract, full-time, permanent), starting 1 April 2026! The application deadline is 1 December 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Psychology (Research & Teaching)
Full-time, PermanentApplications are invited for a post of Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, starting 1 April 2026. The post is open to ambitious, researc...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We’re hiring a permanent Lecturer (R&T) in cog neuro and development / lifespan psychology at @rhulpsychology.bsky.social. Join a supportive, research-intensive dept - with a new MRI scanner on the way 🙂
Info below - and get in touch to learn more!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging
Info below - and get in touch to learn more!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging
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Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
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Hello, @rspb.bsky.social, @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk.
Where the hell are you?
Where the hell are you?
October 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Hello, @rspb.bsky.social, @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk.
Where the hell are you?
Where the hell are you?
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"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"
on.ft.com/43eYeRZ
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong
People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts
on.ft.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"
on.ft.com/43eYeRZ
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
on.ft.com/43eYeRZ
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
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If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall
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NeuroAI Course
📆 13–24 July 2026
🌍 Online & accessible worldwide across 5 time zones
Already taken our #ComputationalNeuroscience and #DeepLearning courses (or have equivalent experience)? Then you’re ready for the next step: Neuromatch Academy’s #NeuroAI Course!
➡️ neuromatch.io/neuroai-cour...
📆 13–24 July 2026
🌍 Online & accessible worldwide across 5 time zones
Already taken our #ComputationalNeuroscience and #DeepLearning courses (or have equivalent experience)? Then you’re ready for the next step: Neuromatch Academy’s #NeuroAI Course!
➡️ neuromatch.io/neuroai-cour...
October 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
NeuroAI Course
📆 13–24 July 2026
🌍 Online & accessible worldwide across 5 time zones
Already taken our #ComputationalNeuroscience and #DeepLearning courses (or have equivalent experience)? Then you’re ready for the next step: Neuromatch Academy’s #NeuroAI Course!
➡️ neuromatch.io/neuroai-cour...
📆 13–24 July 2026
🌍 Online & accessible worldwide across 5 time zones
Already taken our #ComputationalNeuroscience and #DeepLearning courses (or have equivalent experience)? Then you’re ready for the next step: Neuromatch Academy’s #NeuroAI Course!
➡️ neuromatch.io/neuroai-cour...
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Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
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UK theoretical neuroscience workshop - Dec 16 in London. I'll be speaking at this alongside a load of other cool people. Come along! (It's free.) 🤖🧠🧪
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Home | UK Theoretical Neuro
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September 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
UK theoretical neuroscience workshop - Dec 16 in London. I'll be speaking at this alongside a load of other cool people. Come along! (It's free.) 🤖🧠🧪
dpinotsis.wixsite.com/uk-theoretic...
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Help @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social understand what early-career neuroscientists need. Take just a few minutes to fill out the survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
September 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Help @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social understand what early-career neuroscientists need. Take just a few minutes to fill out the survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
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🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X
Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.
📝 latest Substack 👇🏻
Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.
📝 latest Substack 👇🏻
Why you should leave X
A rallying cry to progressives everywhere...
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September 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X
Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.
📝 latest Substack 👇🏻
Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.
📝 latest Substack 👇🏻
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The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only fo...
skywriter.blue
September 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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Welcome new followers! If the BIU is new to you, you might be surprised to know we’ve been operating at the leading-edge of MRI research for almost 20 years! ⭐️ Please check out the below infographic for more history, and read the full annual report on our website. @bangoruniversity.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Welcome new followers! If the BIU is new to you, you might be surprised to know we’ve been operating at the leading-edge of MRI research for almost 20 years! ⭐️ Please check out the below infographic for more history, and read the full annual report on our website. @bangoruniversity.bsky.social
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Lecturer JOB! There is a fixed-term (2 years) teaching-focussed Lecturer position open in our department! Focus is on (human!) cognitive neuroscience. I'm not part of the recruitment process, but always happy to answer any questions about Bristol and our School. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
July 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Lecturer JOB! There is a fixed-term (2 years) teaching-focussed Lecturer position open in our department! Focus is on (human!) cognitive neuroscience. I'm not part of the recruitment process, but always happy to answer any questions about Bristol and our School. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Final week to apply: come join us in beautiful Norwich and lead our neuroimaging studies into vision and touch for material perception! (Deadline July 28th)
Learn how to integrate neuroimaging results with DNN modelling!
@timkietzmann.bsky.social, @stephanierossit.bsky.social
Learn how to integrate neuroimaging results with DNN modelling!
@timkietzmann.bsky.social, @stephanierossit.bsky.social
We are looking for a post-doc (3 yrs) to lead neuroimaging experiments (using fMRI & EEG) investigating the multimodal basis of material perception
deadline **July 28th**
#neuroskyence
#VisionScience
#PsychSciSky
#compneurosky
@timkietzmann.bsky.social, @stephanierossit.bsky.social
deadline **July 28th**
#neuroskyence
#VisionScience
#PsychSciSky
#compneurosky
@timkietzmann.bsky.social, @stephanierossit.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of East Anglia
Apply for the Senior Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Final week to apply: come join us in beautiful Norwich and lead our neuroimaging studies into vision and touch for material perception! (Deadline July 28th)
Learn how to integrate neuroimaging results with DNN modelling!
@timkietzmann.bsky.social, @stephanierossit.bsky.social
Learn how to integrate neuroimaging results with DNN modelling!
@timkietzmann.bsky.social, @stephanierossit.bsky.social
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A school 30 minutes away from a major research HEI is 2 TIMES LESS likely to receive a scientist visit than a school 15 minutes away 🏫🚗
That’s where I’m a… projects come in! They’re online, no travel involved, so students in any part of the country have the opportunity to connect with scientists.
That’s where I’m a… projects come in! They’re online, no travel involved, so students in any part of the country have the opportunity to connect with scientists.
July 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A school 30 minutes away from a major research HEI is 2 TIMES LESS likely to receive a scientist visit than a school 15 minutes away 🏫🚗
That’s where I’m a… projects come in! They’re online, no travel involved, so students in any part of the country have the opportunity to connect with scientists.
That’s where I’m a… projects come in! They’re online, no travel involved, so students in any part of the country have the opportunity to connect with scientists.
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Big week for the SIGHT trial!
Training kicks off at St George’s NHS Trust (Tues) and Cambridge University Hospitals (Thurs) – covering recruitment, intervention, and outcomes.
Huge thanks to our brilliant team for getting us here! 💪🧠 #SIGHTtrial #ClinicalResearch #StrokeRehab
Training kicks off at St George’s NHS Trust (Tues) and Cambridge University Hospitals (Thurs) – covering recruitment, intervention, and outcomes.
Huge thanks to our brilliant team for getting us here! 💪🧠 #SIGHTtrial #ClinicalResearch #StrokeRehab
July 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Big week for the SIGHT trial!
Training kicks off at St George’s NHS Trust (Tues) and Cambridge University Hospitals (Thurs) – covering recruitment, intervention, and outcomes.
Huge thanks to our brilliant team for getting us here! 💪🧠 #SIGHTtrial #ClinicalResearch #StrokeRehab
Training kicks off at St George’s NHS Trust (Tues) and Cambridge University Hospitals (Thurs) – covering recruitment, intervention, and outcomes.
Huge thanks to our brilliant team for getting us here! 💪🧠 #SIGHTtrial #ClinicalResearch #StrokeRehab
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JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
July 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
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How do you ensure a nation fails to cope with drought? Privatise its water system.
Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot
In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
How do you ensure a nation fails to cope with drought? Privatise its water system.
Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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BREAKING: University of East Anglia plans to axe THREE vital mental health training programmes, putting 19 jobs at risk. These programmes train frontline NHS mental health workers who work directly with vulnerable patients.
July 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
BREAKING: University of East Anglia plans to axe THREE vital mental health training programmes, putting 19 jobs at risk. These programmes train frontline NHS mental health workers who work directly with vulnerable patients.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐄𝐀 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!
𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is chairing the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 @opsyris.bsky.social — bringing together researchers and clinicians to share the latest in psychological stroke research.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is chairing the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 @opsyris.bsky.social — bringing together researchers and clinicians to share the latest in psychological stroke research.
July 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐄𝐀 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!
𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is chairing the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 @opsyris.bsky.social — bringing together researchers and clinicians to share the latest in psychological stroke research.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is chairing the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 @opsyris.bsky.social — bringing together researchers and clinicians to share the latest in psychological stroke research.
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Remember that I used to write blog posts?? It's been an eternity, but I finally wrote another on. This time on leadership
gavinbuckingham.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/l...
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Leadership
A short (let’s see!) blog post about leadership, which has been on my mind lately. But first, a digression. Regular readers will have noticed I’ve not been posting much. This is because…
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July 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Remember that I used to write blog posts?? It's been an eternity, but I finally wrote another on. This time on leadership
gavinbuckingham.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/l...
gavinbuckingham.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/l...
We are looking for a post-doc (3 yrs) to lead neuroimaging experiments (using fMRI & EEG) investigating the multimodal basis of material perception
deadline **July 28th**
#neuroskyence
#VisionScience
#PsychSciSky
#compneurosky
@timkietzmann.bsky.social, @stephanierossit.bsky.social
deadline **July 28th**
#neuroskyence
#VisionScience
#PsychSciSky
#compneurosky
@timkietzmann.bsky.social, @stephanierossit.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of East Anglia
Apply for the Senior Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We are looking for a post-doc (3 yrs) to lead neuroimaging experiments (using fMRI & EEG) investigating the multimodal basis of material perception
deadline **July 28th**
#neuroskyence
#VisionScience
#PsychSciSky
#compneurosky
@timkietzmann.bsky.social, @stephanierossit.bsky.social
deadline **July 28th**
#neuroskyence
#VisionScience
#PsychSciSky
#compneurosky
@timkietzmann.bsky.social, @stephanierossit.bsky.social
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This, to be considered by the House of Commons this afternoon, needs to cause as much political trouble for the government as the welfare bill. Ask your MP to stand up for the right to protest.
July 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This, to be considered by the House of Commons this afternoon, needs to cause as much political trouble for the government as the welfare bill. Ask your MP to stand up for the right to protest.
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We're hiring. We're looking for someone to take the lynchpin role on @imascientist.org.uk
Based in our Central Bath office (with a/c today).
More info: mangorol.la/2025/06/job-...
Based in our Central Bath office (with a/c today).
More info: mangorol.la/2025/06/job-...
June 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We're hiring. We're looking for someone to take the lynchpin role on @imascientist.org.uk
Based in our Central Bath office (with a/c today).
More info: mangorol.la/2025/06/job-...
Based in our Central Bath office (with a/c today).
More info: mangorol.la/2025/06/job-...