Richard Bentall #FPBE
@richardbentall.bsky.social
Political refugee from the cesspit formerly known as Twitter; clinical psychology professor; husband of lovely Sam; dad of two amazing kids and two wonderful stepkids; radicalized by the idiocy of Brexit. Obviously, my views are not those of my employer.
I am asking myself that.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am asking myself that.
I don't believe it will happen.
In the US it will run up against the first ammendment. In the UK it would involve Trump being cross-examined about January 6th, and what damages could ge claim (he won the election)?
Remember he promised to sue the NYT over the Epstein birthday card. Didn't happen.
In the US it will run up against the first ammendment. In the UK it would involve Trump being cross-examined about January 6th, and what damages could ge claim (he won the election)?
Remember he promised to sue the NYT over the Epstein birthday card. Didn't happen.
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I don't believe it will happen.
In the US it will run up against the first ammendment. In the UK it would involve Trump being cross-examined about January 6th, and what damages could ge claim (he won the election)?
Remember he promised to sue the NYT over the Epstein birthday card. Didn't happen.
In the US it will run up against the first ammendment. In the UK it would involve Trump being cross-examined about January 6th, and what damages could ge claim (he won the election)?
Remember he promised to sue the NYT over the Epstein birthday card. Didn't happen.
X is indeed a hideous place. Second only to racism and instigation of violence is a torrent of misinformation about vaccines designed to undermine public health. It looks orchestrated to me (by Musk? by Russia?) - a clear and present danger to social cohesion, peace and democracy.
It should be shut
It should be shut
November 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
X is indeed a hideous place. Second only to racism and instigation of violence is a torrent of misinformation about vaccines designed to undermine public health. It looks orchestrated to me (by Musk? by Russia?) - a clear and present danger to social cohesion, peace and democracy.
It should be shut
It should be shut
We will definitely run this again with a better balance between social and economic items (have a project comparing social and economic conservatism ongoing with a pre-existing dataset). The algorithms are all referenced and available in R.
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We will definitely run this again with a better balance between social and economic items (have a project comparing social and economic conservatism ongoing with a pre-existing dataset). The algorithms are all referenced and available in R.
Breaking news: If you study subjects that make you more empathetic with vulnerable people, you end up caring about them more (left-wing). If you study how to extract more money from people, you end up caring for them less (right-wing).
Who knew?
Who knew?
November 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Breaking news: If you study subjects that make you more empathetic with vulnerable people, you end up caring about them more (left-wing). If you study how to extract more money from people, you end up caring for them less (right-wing).
Who knew?
Who knew?