We've just updated this piece on what academic research says about the BBC's role in the UK So many datapoints relevant to this week's discussions. Perhaps of interest @benansell.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social @michaelsavage.bsky.social reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-und...

This paper is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Very compelling evidence that the extensive covariance of diverse psychopathology is not an artifact of cross-sectional factor analysis. They show extensive "co-morbidity" across generations and within-person, over time. doi.org/10.1037/abn0...

Pet Peeve Studies of only the U.S. should be forced to include “in the United States” in the title. The U.S. is in many ways one of the worst countries to generalize upon and the (often implicit) claim of universalism is based on either chauvinism or ignorance (or both).

And what say you to this, Mr Gates? Now we've got to do all of the emissions cutting plus even more work on adaptation and resilience. Maybe not time to relax? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!

This report will likely be of interest many in the UK #GreySky and #DRR communities. Perhaps also consider supporting Prof Read's initiative to get the UK government to support a climate adaptation and resilience plan! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...

🌍 On #DisasterRiskReduction Day, we’re highlighting how people with disabilities are often overlooked in conflict and natural-hazard-related disasters planning. New blog explores why inclusive disaster risk reduction is vital, especially in conflict-affected regions. www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/con...

The Power of Collective Resilience -- more about the book here www.routledge.com/The-Power-of...

New #article from Espe-Sherwindt et al: Status and Predictors of the Psychological Well-Being of Mothers of Children Following the 2022 Russian Invasion of Uraine TL;DR: social connectedness a strong predictor of mothers' well being www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Here's the link to the preprint. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ms Tuchman raises a very important point. However as one would expect, the situation in the nations of the UK is different. You can find more UK specific information about naloxone, where can get it and how to use it, here: naloxone.org.uk

For the last two years I've been investigating the mental health impacts on disabled people of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (doi.org/10.1017/S204... & doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...). 1/4

The tube strike absolutely inconveniences everyone! But many disabled people play TFL "on hard mode" every day. I'm glad not to live in London, and must plan excessively when I go (although I love it!) Because most of the tube is (largely) permanently inaccessible/always on strike, for me.

Very interesting start to a series indeed! Reminds me very much of this recent, work characterising public perceptions of our universities from @bobbyduffy.bsky.social. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/public-...

I recognised the focus on the length of Mr Polanski's hug with his boyfriend as some kind of thinly veiled homophobia. But the designer stubble thing is new to me, because I'm too young remember George Michael or climate of homophobia and broader LGBTQ+-phobia that went around. Sad we're going back!

Just realised I only ever posted about the most recent of my papers, but never the others. So, warning, shameless self-promotion incoming! :-) All focus on mental health in disaster contexts among disabled people, particularly Covid and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 1/n

Is Home Secretary Cooper seriously considering treating asylum seekers like parcels? I recall some US politician suggested some months ago setting up a Amazon or FedEx style system to handle immigration detention and/or returns? Having studied IDPs/refugees (from Ukraine) feel obliged to object!

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

“Even if climate change plays a big role in the weather event, what turns weather into a disaster is always strongly shaped by vulnerability and exposure". Read @wwattribution.bsky.social Dr @frediotto.bsky.social's comments for @grist.org on the Texas Floods: grist.org/extreme-weat...

Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.

If like me you are British or were 9 at the time of Katrina, this may well be just history to you. I know a great deal about the subsequent trauma, but only relatively recently learned about the sociological, political et cetera context. Mostly from Andy Horowitz's masterful book, Katerina.

@cdelawalla.bsky.social Did I see you/your organisation past a campaign or call for evidence against the $500 million cut to mRNA vaccine funding recently? If so I would love to submit this to it, but I can't find it again? Even on your website? www.england.nhs.uk/2025/08/nhs-...

last fall ~20/70 of my language development students described domain-general in exactly this weird way, and reading it again now is making my brain angry-swim all over again (cmd+F in the slides or the reading would’ve gotten them the answer; my fabulous GSI knew immediately it was bc of LLM use)

On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima: Janis (1951). Air war and emotional stress: Psychological studies of bombing and civilian defense jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Just out: JASP 0.95! With sandboxing, a new plot builder, ESCI, and more. jasp-stats.org/2025/08/02/i...

I am no demographer, let alone former Reith Lecturer, as Prof Ansell is. My grandparents were born in India & migrated here in the 60s. But, as I recall, & am happy to be corrected, some put third-gen immigrants such as myself in the category of immigrant too. So does that make me also a foreigner?

I've voted for @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social @frankadlingtons.bsky.social All are obviously great communicators and movement builders etc but, for me, what stands out is that they are inclusive of everyone. Best of all, they give me hope & "do something" energy! 1/2

Attention, politicians and the commentariat! READ and DIGEST. Also this is really great research!

A year since the wave of riots in which hotels housing asylum-seekers were attacked. Our study examined events in three locations, finding only limited evidence of intentions to protest. @qeios.bsky.social Funded by @ukri.org @behaviourresuk.bsky.social www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP

@ilankelman.bsky.social joins The Standard’s Tech & Science Daily to decode the magnitude 8.8 Kamchatka quake and 4m tsunami waves it unleashed. Discover how these waves form and how communities can stay safe. 🎧 Listen: shows.acast.com/039b783b-a52... #Tsunami #Earthquake #DisasterRiskReduction

@fbartos.bsky.social @maxmaier.bsky.social‬ & EJ Wagenmakers have extended RoBMA with 3-level publication bias-adjusted model-averaged meta-regression models in R along with the usual code-free and intuitive @jaspstats.bsky.social implementation. Nerdy details are osf.io/preprints/ps...

Fascinating paper from @drmcnamara.bsky.social & @profbambra.bsky.social‬ on health inequalities in a time of polycrisis. Worrying implications for now and future. doi.org/10.1177/2755...

🇩🇪 3-year universal basic income (UBI) study, in which n=120 received UBI, n=1500 did not. Website is pretty neat, check it out for core findings. www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en

Oh No! Of course participants are probably misinterpreting the PHQ, i.e. depression screener everybody and her mother has been using forever! Though congrats to @shirleybwang.bsky.social @eikofried.bsky.social et al for warning. I wonder if similar problems are shared by GAD-7 screening for anxiety?

Pithy and discerning, as one would usually expect from Dr Lakens!

This post refers to a (now removed) racist cartoon featuring my local MP (published online yesterday, don't think I saw it in the print paper?). Glad they decided to remove it! But, Mr Harding, as the editor, do you think you should apologise, and then perhaps your cartoonist will follow suit?

#BBCProms First Night is here!

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

This is tragic - please please vaccinate your children against measles! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... here is Indie SAGE report on preventable childhood diseases - including measles! Screenshot from report below. please share! independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2

While I hate that Prof Sir Andrew Pollard and Will Hutton needed to write this, let's hope people (especially those with influence) take heed. I'm talking to you FCDO! observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

How does where we live – urban, rural, or in-between – relate to our mental health? 🌆🏞️ In this cross-national study, we investigate the links between urbanicity, anxiety and depressive disorders in 500,000 adults across the UK, Norway, and New Zealand 🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Very interesting paper! Uses huge multinational samples including in the UK, the UK biobank, as well as cutting edge analyses,- Gamms,- and a brilliant (continuous) measure of urbanity-rurality to look at location differences in mental health. Finds a nuanced and very useful picture!

Remember: there is no such thing as a natural disaster. The hazard may be natural, but how humans prepare and respond is a choice. It’s always a choice.

Concern that Ukraine will be split up casts shadow over reconstruction talks

Posttraumatic belief in a dangerous world: Demographic and clinical correlates in a large-scale epidemiological study. Psychiatry Research. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#CPTSD isn’t just flashbacks. It’s the bone-deep emptiness after years of surviving. It’s feeling hollow where other people feel real. It’s wondering if you even exist when no one is watching.

I will make a disaster/disability centred comment on the NHS 10 year strategy. Yes, Many disabled people and others initially appear digitally excluded. But digitalisation can also be and inclusion/assistive tech strategy. 1/2

Trump spoke of “shylocks,” which is one of the most recognizable antisemitic terms in modern English. Watch who tries to explain this away.

It seems an apt time to re-up our preprint describing crises that (especially academic) clinical psychology faces under fascism, as well as opportunities we see for moving forward with purpose. I neglected to say this in my first post, but feedback is very welcome.