Steven Shorrock
@stevenshorrock.bsky.social
Psychologist & transdisciplinary humanistic, systems & design practitioner in aviation & healthcare. Editor. Complexity, work, organisations, safety, autism, alt music, daughter’s musings
FBPsS CPsychol CErgHF PhD 🐝♾️🇫🇷🏴 humanisticsystems.com
FBPsS CPsychol CErgHF PhD 🐝♾️🇫🇷🏴 humanisticsystems.com
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Hindsight 36 | SKYbrary Aviation Safety
HindSight 36 Download the full HindSight 36 magazine here Published in December 2024, HindSight 36 focused on the theme of People In Control: Staying In The Loop
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HindSight magazine issue 36 is out now, on the theme of
🟢 People In Control: Staying In The Loop
skybrary.aero/articles/hin...
A diverse set of articles from a range of different authors in the context of aviation, maritime, rail and road.
🟢 People In Control: Staying In The Loop
skybrary.aero/articles/hin...
A diverse set of articles from a range of different authors in the context of aviation, maritime, rail and road.
Reposted by Steven Shorrock
Putting EHF into practice: five (more) challenges www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Putting EHF into practice: five (more) challenges www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding culture and conversation in organisations with Prof Tom Reader and Prof Elizabeth Stokoe
A EUROCONTROL ‘double bill’ webinar on Tuesday, 24 June 2025 - 13:30 to 15:30 (CEST; Brussels time)
🔗 Register here (free):
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A EUROCONTROL ‘double bill’ webinar on Tuesday, 24 June 2025 - 13:30 to 15:30 (CEST; Brussels time)
🔗 Register here (free):
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June 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Understanding culture and conversation in organisations with Prof Tom Reader and Prof Elizabeth Stokoe
A EUROCONTROL ‘double bill’ webinar on Tuesday, 24 June 2025 - 13:30 to 15:30 (CEST; Brussels time)
🔗 Register here (free):
lnkd.in/e2zc3jFt
A EUROCONTROL ‘double bill’ webinar on Tuesday, 24 June 2025 - 13:30 to 15:30 (CEST; Brussels time)
🔗 Register here (free):
lnkd.in/e2zc3jFt
Please Help to Save Beau’s Vision
This is a friend of my daughter's. She is studying law and will lose her vision if she cannot access treatment only available in the US.
www.gofundme.com/f/save-beaus...
This is a friend of my daughter's. She is studying law and will lose her vision if she cannot access treatment only available in the US.
www.gofundme.com/f/save-beaus...
Donate to Save Beau’s Vision -treatment fund to access tovorafenib, organised by Emma Johnston
My name is Emma and I’m Beau Johnston’s mum. We are in a race a… Emma Johnston needs your support for Save Beau’s Vision -treatment fund to access tovorafenib
www.gofundme.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Please Help to Save Beau’s Vision
This is a friend of my daughter's. She is studying law and will lose her vision if she cannot access treatment only available in the US.
www.gofundme.com/f/save-beaus...
This is a friend of my daughter's. She is studying law and will lose her vision if she cannot access treatment only available in the US.
www.gofundme.com/f/save-beaus...
A very strong start to 2025 on the British and Irish alternative music scene open.spotify.com/playlist/6DD...
British and Irish Alternative 2025
Playlist · Steven Shorrock · 89 items · 4 saves
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May 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A very strong start to 2025 on the British and Irish alternative music scene open.spotify.com/playlist/6DD...
Starbucks’s UK retail business paid no corporation tax last year “after paying £40m in royalty and licence fees to its parent company.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Support local coffee shops
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Support local coffee shops
Starbucks’s UK retail business paid no corporation tax last year
US-owned coffee chain dived to £35m loss after paying £40m in royalty and license fees to parent company
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Starbucks’s UK retail business paid no corporation tax last year “after paying £40m in royalty and licence fees to its parent company.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Support local coffee shops
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Support local coffee shops
High levels of toxic chemicals found in paper receipts used by US retailers
Holding the receipts for 10 seconds absorbs enough bisphenol S to break California’s safety rule
“People can protect themselves by not taking a receipt or asking for an email receipt” 😳 apple.news/ACuZPYCF3Tn-...
Holding the receipts for 10 seconds absorbs enough bisphenol S to break California’s safety rule
“People can protect themselves by not taking a receipt or asking for an email receipt” 😳 apple.news/ACuZPYCF3Tn-...
High levels of toxic chemicals found in paper receipts used by US retailers — The Guardian
Holding the receipts for 10 seconds absorbs enough bisphenol S to break California’s safety rule, research finds
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April 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
High levels of toxic chemicals found in paper receipts used by US retailers
Holding the receipts for 10 seconds absorbs enough bisphenol S to break California’s safety rule
“People can protect themselves by not taking a receipt or asking for an email receipt” 😳 apple.news/ACuZPYCF3Tn-...
Holding the receipts for 10 seconds absorbs enough bisphenol S to break California’s safety rule
“People can protect themselves by not taking a receipt or asking for an email receipt” 😳 apple.news/ACuZPYCF3Tn-...
Common artificial sweetener makes you three times hungrier than sugar
“artificial sweeteners may encourage overeating”
www.newscientist.com/article/2474...
“artificial sweeteners may encourage overeating”
www.newscientist.com/article/2474...
Common artificial sweetener makes you three times hungrier than sugar
A widely used artificial sweetener increases brain activity in regions involved in appetite, suggesting it makes people hungrier
www.newscientist.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Common artificial sweetener makes you three times hungrier than sugar
“artificial sweeteners may encourage overeating”
www.newscientist.com/article/2474...
“artificial sweeteners may encourage overeating”
www.newscientist.com/article/2474...
Over-50s urged to attend bowel cancer screening - BBC News apple.news/AzkZMBF09Tja... If you receive the kit, PLEASE do it straight away.
Over-50s urged to take part in cancer screening — BBC News
Cancer charities say bowel cancer is the fourth most common, but early diagnosis can save lives.
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April 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Over-50s urged to attend bowel cancer screening - BBC News apple.news/AzkZMBF09Tja... If you receive the kit, PLEASE do it straight away.
April 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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As an autistic (level 1) person... I feel like my autism is only about 10% observable (and due to YEARS of masking, you'd have to be looking VERY closely to see it) and 90% internal, which impacts every aspect of how I exist.
And I feel like more people should know this.
And I feel like more people should know this.
April 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
As an autistic (level 1) person... I feel like my autism is only about 10% observable (and due to YEARS of masking, you'd have to be looking VERY closely to see it) and 90% internal, which impacts every aspect of how I exist.
And I feel like more people should know this.
And I feel like more people should know this.
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There is virtually no better commercial you can run for the European defense industry than these two sentences uttered by Trump.
No matter with whom I’m talking about this on this side of the pond, the common understanding is that this is going to severely damage the US industry.
No matter with whom I’m talking about this on this side of the pond, the common understanding is that this is going to severely damage the US industry.
March 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There is virtually no better commercial you can run for the European defense industry than these two sentences uttered by Trump.
No matter with whom I’m talking about this on this side of the pond, the common understanding is that this is going to severely damage the US industry.
No matter with whom I’m talking about this on this side of the pond, the common understanding is that this is going to severely damage the US industry.
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I mean... holy shit.
March 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I mean... holy shit.
German man with green card ‘violently interrogated’ by US border officials - The Guardian apple.news/AVVKtq6wTSt-...
It was bad enough before. Not sure I’ll ever enter US again.
It was bad enough before. Not sure I’ll ever enter US again.
German man with green card ‘violently interrogated’ by US border officials — The Guardian
Berlin checking if US immigration policy has changed after Fabian Schmidt becomes third German to be detained
apple.news
March 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
German man with green card ‘violently interrogated’ by US border officials - The Guardian apple.news/AVVKtq6wTSt-...
It was bad enough before. Not sure I’ll ever enter US again.
It was bad enough before. Not sure I’ll ever enter US again.
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Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Arrest warrant issued for member of Lighthouse life coaching cult exposed by BBC apple.news/A-_ZtxFGwQAO...
Arrest warrant issued for member of cult exposed by BBC — BBC News
The BBC exposed the Lighthouse life-coaching organisation for ruining the lives of its members.
apple.news
March 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Arrest warrant issued for member of Lighthouse life coaching cult exposed by BBC apple.news/A-_ZtxFGwQAO...
15y/o: If you were in prison for something, what would that thing be?
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
15y/o: If you were in prison for something, what would that thing be?
If you were in prison for something, what would that thing be
March 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you were in prison for something, what would that thing be
15y/o: I think the world would be a lot better place if we had a compulsory psychology and sociology at S1 and S2 at high school. Instead we have religious education and now we’re in revision period…with no exam.
March 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
15y/o: I think the world would be a lot better place if we had a compulsory psychology and sociology at S1 and S2 at high school. Instead we have religious education and now we’re in revision period…with no exam.
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5/11 ⚠️ Notably, we found no evidence that physician associates add value in primary care or that anaesthetic associates contribute positively in anaesthetics. If you add cost of supervision, which the studies don’t, it’s very unlikely they are cost-effective
March 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
5/11 ⚠️ Notably, we found no evidence that physician associates add value in primary care or that anaesthetic associates contribute positively in anaesthetics. If you add cost of supervision, which the studies don’t, it’s very unlikely they are cost-effective
Reposted by Steven Shorrock
Yes, if there's one thing our murderously divided polity needs at this point, it's a trusted brand feeding it news tailored to confirm their own biases.
SCOOP: BBC News to create a new department using AI to help give the public more personalised content.
In a note to staff seen by the Guardian, Deborah Turness, CEO of BBC News, says the corporation has been “defying gravity” in reaching audiences amid seismic changes in the way news is consumed.
In a note to staff seen by the Guardian, Deborah Turness, CEO of BBC News, says the corporation has been “defying gravity” in reaching audiences amid seismic changes in the way news is consumed.
BBC News to create AI department to offer more personalised content
Boss says BBC News’s reach is ‘defying gravity’ and it must use AI to ‘support and accelerate our growth’
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Yes, if there's one thing our murderously divided polity needs at this point, it's a trusted brand feeding it news tailored to confirm their own biases.
15y/o: If you could have done a different job, what would it be.
Me: I often think about this. Anthropologist…but there aren’t many jobs. And it’s a bit similar to what I do. Park ranger. I’m drawn to that. Doctor. That was a missed calling in a way. Hmm, what else…?
15: I only asked for one.
Me: I often think about this. Anthropologist…but there aren’t many jobs. And it’s a bit similar to what I do. Park ranger. I’m drawn to that. Doctor. That was a missed calling in a way. Hmm, what else…?
15: I only asked for one.
March 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
15y/o: If you could have done a different job, what would it be.
Me: I often think about this. Anthropologist…but there aren’t many jobs. And it’s a bit similar to what I do. Park ranger. I’m drawn to that. Doctor. That was a missed calling in a way. Hmm, what else…?
15: I only asked for one.
Me: I often think about this. Anthropologist…but there aren’t many jobs. And it’s a bit similar to what I do. Park ranger. I’m drawn to that. Doctor. That was a missed calling in a way. Hmm, what else…?
15: I only asked for one.
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New podcast. Why me not being able to get my bicycle repaired in Limerick is deeply connected to the Portuguese colony of Madeira in 1420 open.spotify.com/episode/4Emb...
February 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
New podcast. Why me not being able to get my bicycle repaired in Limerick is deeply connected to the Portuguese colony of Madeira in 1420 open.spotify.com/episode/4Emb...
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album - The Guardian apple.news/AigIMdoAMToS...
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album — The Guardian
Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK’s plans to let AI train on their work without permission
apple.news
February 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album - The Guardian apple.news/AigIMdoAMToS...
Elon Musk's first month of destroying America will cost us decades - The Verge apple.news/A72jthOvUTh-...
Elon Musk's first month of destroying America will cost us decades — The Verge
Let’s pause and look at what the Elon Musk administration has done so far.
apple.news
February 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Elon Musk's first month of destroying America will cost us decades - The Verge apple.news/A72jthOvUTh-...
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Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
February 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.