Paul Skarratt
@paulskarratt.bsky.social
Experimental psychologist, socialist, and founding member of the Three Cheeks rock band. All views my own.
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I hope whoever the next US President is, redoes the portraits and plaques like this.
December 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I hope whoever the next US President is, redoes the portraits and plaques like this.
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How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion.
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion.
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
Halt the rise of the far right by giving them exactly what they want.
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Halt the rise of the far right by giving them exactly what they want.
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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Recently been looking at teaching from an outside perspective with my insider knowledge and I don’t think many people realise how impressive it is that there are actual people who can hold the attention of 30 fifteen-year olds about something they haven’t chosen to study for an hour.
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Recently been looking at teaching from an outside perspective with my insider knowledge and I don’t think many people realise how impressive it is that there are actual people who can hold the attention of 30 fifteen-year olds about something they haven’t chosen to study for an hour.
You have to hand it to John Crace in yesterday’s Guardian. This is one hell of an opening paragraph. The metaphor, the idiom, and zero wastage - every single line is a zinger in its own right.
Regardless of the topic, are there any better examples of political sketch-writing than this?
Regardless of the topic, are there any better examples of political sketch-writing than this?
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
You have to hand it to John Crace in yesterday’s Guardian. This is one hell of an opening paragraph. The metaphor, the idiom, and zero wastage - every single line is a zinger in its own right.
Regardless of the topic, are there any better examples of political sketch-writing than this?
Regardless of the topic, are there any better examples of political sketch-writing than this?
Come on, Matthew - they’re animals. They can’t be held to the same behavioural standards as humans.
(Jeez, you’d think a guy who runs a zoo would know this.)
(Jeez, you’d think a guy who runs a zoo would know this.)
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Come on, Matthew - they’re animals. They can’t be held to the same behavioural standards as humans.
(Jeez, you’d think a guy who runs a zoo would know this.)
(Jeez, you’d think a guy who runs a zoo would know this.)
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"What we're saying is there is sufficient prima facie material to warrant an investigation..."
Michael Mansfield KC calls for police open criminal investigation after latest #Covid Inquiry report.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Michael Mansfield KC calls for police open criminal investigation after latest #Covid Inquiry report.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Michael Mansfield KC:
Podcast Episode · Byline Podcast · 26/11/2025 · 21m
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November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"What we're saying is there is sufficient prima facie material to warrant an investigation..."
Michael Mansfield KC calls for police open criminal investigation after latest #Covid Inquiry report.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Michael Mansfield KC calls for police open criminal investigation after latest #Covid Inquiry report.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
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So ... you'll get minimum wage minus the repayments?
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So ... you'll get minimum wage minus the repayments?
Those who think that BJ ‘did his best’ in ‘unprecedented circumstances’ is making two key errors: Failing to appreciate both the power and the data at his disposal. He chose not to use the former and didn’t want to understand the latter.
‘Too little, too late’: report condemns UK’s Covid response
‘Too little, too late’: report condemns UK’s Covid response
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Those who think that BJ ‘did his best’ in ‘unprecedented circumstances’ is making two key errors: Failing to appreciate both the power and the data at his disposal. He chose not to use the former and didn’t want to understand the latter.
‘Too little, too late’: report condemns UK’s Covid response
‘Too little, too late’: report condemns UK’s Covid response
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And today it's the turn of The Times to try and patronise us all.
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
And today it's the turn of The Times to try and patronise us all.
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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The patronising is the giveaway.
If you don’t agree with something, be an adult and lay out your argument.
No need to belittle your opponent.
Referring to people you don’t agree with as “kids” reveals who you are.
Now why would someone on a Murdoch paper have to resort to that?
Beats me.
If you don’t agree with something, be an adult and lay out your argument.
No need to belittle your opponent.
Referring to people you don’t agree with as “kids” reveals who you are.
Now why would someone on a Murdoch paper have to resort to that?
Beats me.
And today it's the turn of The Times to try and patronise us all.
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The patronising is the giveaway.
If you don’t agree with something, be an adult and lay out your argument.
No need to belittle your opponent.
Referring to people you don’t agree with as “kids” reveals who you are.
Now why would someone on a Murdoch paper have to resort to that?
Beats me.
If you don’t agree with something, be an adult and lay out your argument.
No need to belittle your opponent.
Referring to people you don’t agree with as “kids” reveals who you are.
Now why would someone on a Murdoch paper have to resort to that?
Beats me.
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“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
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Reminds me of this…
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reminds me of this…
BA sponsors a documentarian whose raison d'etre is to explore politically sensitive and controversial subject matter, and then pulls sponsorship when he does so.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/25/british-airways-pulls-louis-theroux-podcast-sponsorship-after-bob-vylan-interview
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/25/british-airways-pulls-louis-theroux-podcast-sponsorship-after-bob-vylan-interview
British Airways pulls Louis Theroux podcast sponsorship after Bob Vylan interview
Airline says singer’s defiant interview breached its policy on politically sensitive or controversial subjects
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
BA sponsors a documentarian whose raison d'etre is to explore politically sensitive and controversial subject matter, and then pulls sponsorship when he does so.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/25/british-airways-pulls-louis-theroux-podcast-sponsorship-after-bob-vylan-interview
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/25/british-airways-pulls-louis-theroux-podcast-sponsorship-after-bob-vylan-interview
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A potent and plain-spoken defence of DEI in science - from the experts. Representation *matters*.
October 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A potent and plain-spoken defence of DEI in science - from the experts. Representation *matters*.
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Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
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This government could have taken on the super-rich to tackle inequality.
They chose to fan the flames of racism and embolden the far-right instead.
Our country needs a change in direction, now.
It’s time for a real alternative that redistributes wealth, ownership and power.
They chose to fan the flames of racism and embolden the far-right instead.
Our country needs a change in direction, now.
It’s time for a real alternative that redistributes wealth, ownership and power.
September 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This government could have taken on the super-rich to tackle inequality.
They chose to fan the flames of racism and embolden the far-right instead.
Our country needs a change in direction, now.
It’s time for a real alternative that redistributes wealth, ownership and power.
They chose to fan the flames of racism and embolden the far-right instead.
Our country needs a change in direction, now.
It’s time for a real alternative that redistributes wealth, ownership and power.
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Labour must reset policies, boost purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Median wage £30.432 (£25,431 net), bosses collect up to 1,112 times the average worker pay. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work.
Poorest in Slovenia and Malta better off than the poorest in the UK.
Must redistribute.
Median wage £30.432 (£25,431 net), bosses collect up to 1,112 times the average worker pay. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work.
Poorest in Slovenia and Malta better off than the poorest in the UK.
Must redistribute.
Why the reshuffle alone won’t change the government’s fortunes
"For better electoral fortunes, the government needs to junk neoliberal policies, never-ending austerity; directly invest in infrastructure and redistribute income and wealth."
leftfootforward.org
September 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Labour must reset policies, boost purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Median wage £30.432 (£25,431 net), bosses collect up to 1,112 times the average worker pay. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work.
Poorest in Slovenia and Malta better off than the poorest in the UK.
Must redistribute.
Median wage £30.432 (£25,431 net), bosses collect up to 1,112 times the average worker pay. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work.
Poorest in Slovenia and Malta better off than the poorest in the UK.
Must redistribute.
Now that Alien: Earth is hitting its stride, here’s an exclusive sneak-peek of next week’s Episode 7.
September 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now that Alien: Earth is hitting its stride, here’s an exclusive sneak-peek of next week’s Episode 7.
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What's Nigel Farage's problem with solar panels?
September 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What's Nigel Farage's problem with solar panels?
It is kind of interesting, is it not, that the Guardian’s analysis of the Raynor situation, ostensibly as a left-leaning newspaper, cite Farage’s opinion on this matter rather than, well, anybody else’s? Why not Polanski’s, who has just as many Parliamentary representatives as does Reform?
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It is kind of interesting, is it not, that the Guardian’s analysis of the Raynor situation, ostensibly as a left-leaning newspaper, cite Farage’s opinion on this matter rather than, well, anybody else’s? Why not Polanski’s, who has just as many Parliamentary representatives as does Reform?
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From black bins to green gains: how Leeds transforms waste
Leeds’ recycling and energy recovery facility turns black bin waste into electricity, heat and even roads – cutting landfill for good
By Dr Pam Jarvis
Leeds’ recycling and energy recovery facility turns black bin waste into electricity, heat and even roads – cutting landfill for good
By Dr Pam Jarvis
From black bins to green gains: how Leeds transforms waste
Leeds’ recycling and energy recovery facility turns black bin waste into electricity, heat and even roads – cutting landfill for good
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
From black bins to green gains: how Leeds transforms waste
Leeds’ recycling and energy recovery facility turns black bin waste into electricity, heat and even roads – cutting landfill for good
By Dr Pam Jarvis
Leeds’ recycling and energy recovery facility turns black bin waste into electricity, heat and even roads – cutting landfill for good
By Dr Pam Jarvis
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As we explain in our recent paper, psychology lacks the coordination that is present in other fields. We do studies we can do, instead of getting together to do the studies we should do.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
August 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As we explain in our recent paper, psychology lacks the coordination that is present in other fields. We do studies we can do, instead of getting together to do the studies we should do.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
For those of us who want solar panels but find their cost prohibitive, this seems like a good way forward. It uses collective power to purchase at lower prices, with support from your local council. Check if it’s running in your area and, if not, register interest here:
solartogether.co.uk/landing
solartogether.co.uk/landing
solartogether.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
For those of us who want solar panels but find their cost prohibitive, this seems like a good way forward. It uses collective power to purchase at lower prices, with support from your local council. Check if it’s running in your area and, if not, register interest here:
solartogether.co.uk/landing
solartogether.co.uk/landing