Light summer reading:

In addition to my other concerns about AI (ethical issues, concerns about potential erosion of critical thinking skills and creativity) I'm now pondering the mental health implications of a reliance on technology. Do we risk our own decision making and critical thinking? (1/?)

🎉 The MHPN Annual Conference is next week! ”Building the Future of Health Psychology”. 🗓️ 20 May 2025 | ⏰ 10am-4pm | 💻 Online Don’t miss your chance to be part of shaping the future of health psychology—register now! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/seosagnoeb #HealthPsychology #MHPNConference

When you're trying to be supportive but you're still an academic through and through #AcademicSky

Love this from @dmuleicester.bsky.social and the @leicestertigers.bsky.social! Great advice for students (and, well, anybody) looking to manage stress and wellbeing! www.dmu.ac.uk/current-stud...

How it feels to have time to do some of my Stage 2 write-up #HealthPsychology

🌟 DHP member event 🌟 Are you a Division of Health Psychology member involved in EDI work? Connect with the DHP EDI Taskforce at our free online networking event on 7 May. Register here ⬇️ www.bps.org.uk/event/health... #HealthPsychology #EDI #Networking

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

I've been on AL, so you know what that means... #AcademicBakes

Here's me still brainstorming gender-neutral alternatives to "guys" when Chidi Anagonye found the best way to address a seminar hall ✨️ years ✨️ ago.

We're still awaiting the doi but I just *need* to share the good news: my PhD student Carly Hook has just published her first paper! 🥳 Abstract is below and you can read the full #OpenAccess article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

We've tried to do our bit - find lots of coverage in our Covid collection www.bps.org.uk/collections/... - but @francesryan.bsky.social is right that Long Covid appears to be 'the public health crisis no one wants to talk about'.

It was such a pleasure talking with researchers, healthcare professionals, and people with long-covid at our event last week. The clear consensus is that people with long-covid feel they are being forgotten about - so their voices (and ours!) are as important as ever!

Coming together works. Collective action works. Peaceful democratic action works! It's just that certain powerful individuals don't want us to think that it does. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is this afternoon at 1:30! Tickets are still available if you want to join in the discussions #LongCovid

Open, accessible science is so important but so is good science communication. We need to be diversifying our efforts and reaching different audiences and I think this will need new and exciting approaches!

Setting a new standard for academic meetings with Warren Donnellan:

Calling all health and social care professionals: we're running a (free!) online event Wed 12th March to raise awareness of the psychosocial impacts of long COVID in dialogue with people *living with* long COVID. Tickets are available through Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1249901963...

Just in case you were worried that 'nobody is doing anything' or 'all hope is lost' 🧵👇

Hi! We've created our new Bluesky account and looking forward to connecting with some health psychologists #healthpsychology

A great read and a compelling argument for #SlowAcademia - blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Great letter from @johnamaechi.apsintel.com in @financialtimes.com :

Practitioner training is actually going pretty well actually #HealthPsychology.

Reposting because I think this will be a very useful resource for myself and others in the future. What do you think @brthomas.bsky.social?

The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.

A phenomenal thread that exposes #OpenAI as a money-wasting boondoggle that also is bad for the environment! Terrifically well-informed and contextualized insights from Journalist @karenhao.bsky.social 👇🏾

Oh hey, I never got to share my most recent #AcademicBreakAcademicBake. Check out those textures!!

It's been nice to be social media-free these last few months but I was starting to feel a little... disconnected. As a scientist, academic, and - increasingly - a practitioner, I *need* to be part of a connected community. I hope Bluesky can offer that!