NEW PUBLICATION: A new multidimensional measure of video game player wellbeing: a 🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... There's much discourse on how video games influence wellbeing - it's very complicated/fragmented, with little to show for. @ukri.org @uniofnottingham.bsky.social [1/]

Brilliant article. It's very crucial to understand that just because the hourly engagement is high doesn't mean it's pathological and debilitating.

Hi reminder to vote for songs #13 and $15 in today's #Eurovision2025 grand final! 🥰

I swear, it's for research purposes.

Insanity, utter insanity. Physical BRPs were scrapped in favour of online immigration profiles. EUSS is done entirely online. So it's genuinely not insane to think that if everything is online, then a person should apply online. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Figure 1 A line plot displaying my productivity dependant on the article writing stage.

The school phone ban is barking at the wrong tree. Blame the social media, not the end-users. Do something about them. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Currently sitting on a breakthrough in video game psychology research. Can't wait until it sees the light of day!

Diary of an academic: Day 1. Dear diary, I noticed something. My enjoyment of work comes from if my statistical tests come out significant. Don't know whether it's good or bad.

I think the biggest annoyance with science, or research in general, is that the statistical packages that aren't R (or ggplot specifically) produce such ugly figures that you spend hours in Microsoft Visio making something that isn't an eyesore to look at.

I had the pleasure to present as an Expert Speaker at the @sydhh.bsky.social workshop, where I talked to a group of 18 - 25 year olds with long-term health conditions about using video games as therapy tools using Sea Hero Quest and Autcraft as examples. @ukri.org @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

You know you fucked up if even the Tories don't agree with you. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Instagram Reels has randomly decided to recommend violent videos to people, myself included. We're talking shootings, gore, surgical procedures, people dying. Social media needs legal enforcement. This is not good.

Funny how JD Vance attacked European democracies, instead of saying what the American plan is for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Why did he do that? Because they don't have a plan. Not besides giving Putin Ukraine on a plate, ready to serve.

me: *teaching* my fitbit:

"We're coming for you", except you're not, not unless the actual case-building procedures change. It's insane that in 2025, domestic abuse victims have to, get this, allow themselves to be abused enough to build up a case that's strong enough to go to court with. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Here we go again: Balatro received a PEGI 18 rating for "gambling", whereas games like FIFA all continue receiving PEGI 3 ratings, despite this promoting lootboxes and microtransactions to children. If this isn't a sign that PEGI needs to change, I don't know what is at this point.

I find it ever so slightly concerning that the BPS membership can cost postgrads at least ~£100 in their first year. Even for those with funding it's expensive, let alone someone who doesn't have funding!

me: *casually doing confirmatory factor analysis* model fit: moderate me: hmm maybe i remove some poor performing factors model fit: bad me: huh, maybe I remove more? model fit: worse me: ???¿??¿?¿¿

Ugh. I do understand that TfL is barely afloat, but this is getting ridiculous. Working a 9-5 in Zone 1, but living in Zone 5 already costs people £10.20/day in transport. It'll be even more now, closer to £10.70/day. www.google.com/amp/s/www.bb...

Social media are dangerous and should be regulated more, but this isn't the way to do it. Australia has just decided to essentially victim-blame their under-16s, instead of querying and demanding change from the social media companies. Shame. #cyberpsychology www.reuters.com/technology/a...

Great interview with Lasana Harris in @psychmag.bsky.social on how our brains dehumanise homeless people and what we can do about it. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Do you like the REBRANDING of the LONDON OVERGROUND? Do you like WOMEN? Then please read this delightful guest post in which @isabelleroughol.com offers a women’s history guided tour along the newly renamed Suffragette line

Current mood: a Bakerloo line train being so fed up with announcements causing noise pollution that it makes enough noise to drown them out.

I don't think enough is said about the trauma that haunts and will haunt Ukrainians for years, maybe even decades. It's shocking to read that 19-30 year olds report feeling embarrassed that they have to look for humanitarian help. And we're 2.5 years in. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Having been to the new office, I'm kinda sad that I'm a remote worker and I don't have a desk. But then again I remembered how much of a pain commuting is anywhere outside of London. I stopped feeling sad.

I usually err on the side of caution with virtue signalling, but the concept of deleting my Twitter account is now stronger than ever, considering how from January it will essentially become a US Government entity.

С днем незалежності України! 🇺🇦 Слава Україні! Героям слава!

Worth mentioning that TurnItIn actually does have an AI detection plugin. The catch? It's a paid-for plugin, not bundled in with base TurnItIn. So if your school/university has a tight budget, it's less likely that you'll be caught using an LLM to write your essay for you.

So... I finally left Twitter for good, primarily because of rage bait being rewarded, but also polarisation in the littlest of debates. So here's the psychological question: is it truly human nature to slash each others' digital throats in the name of belief that pineapple does not belong on pizza?