Day of the Dead celebrations changed during COVID, shaped by anxieties about the ‘shadow pandemic’ of gender violence.

Pleased to be quoted in this - we must pushback on these narratives that scapegoating us for successive governments' policy failures. The enemy is not the wheelchair user or migrant next door, but those legislating to make all our lives harder. www.thenational.scot/news/2558529...

Insights from the latest rheumatology conference highlight the evolving role of B-cell depletion therapy in managing rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Read more on https://bit.ly/4qFCn0n ##rheumatology #RA #lupus #immunology #clinicalnews

More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care

“Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognises the State of Palestine” Prime minister Keir Starmer

UK officially recognises Palestine as a state Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK - alongside Australia and Canada - was taking the step "in the face of growing horror" in the Middle East news.sky.com/story/uk-off...

Every student shines beautifully—but not all in the same way. #UDL helps us see it. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #EdChat #TeacherTwitter

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.

Pretty sure this was one of yours that you saved for a rainy day.

actually important to keep this information warm because an incredible number of people outside of the internet techosphere have no clue they are literally just "a bunch of math tacked onto a random number generator"

Matt Trout has died

British Perl guru Matt Trout dead at 42

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Beautifully waiting for a training session in town with Karen from Dogs for Good. Good boy Gino is doing really well at quiet settles in busy areas. 💚 #disability #AssistanceDogs

I'm a human rights lawyer. If you're exercising your human right to protest on June 14, here are 13 rules I recommend you follow. No paywall. Free access. Please do read and share: www.qasimrashid.com/p/13-rules-t...

OMG YES: "Large language models do not, cannot, and will not “understand” anything at all. They are not emotionally intelligent or smart in any meaningful or recognizably human sense of the word." #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Happy Pride Month 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Be gay do crow stuff #pridemonth #pridecrows

Dr. Mary Alice Bennett shattered barriers as the first woman to earn a Ph.D. from Penn & to lead a psychiatric hospital. She revolutionized mental health care by banning restraints & introducing music, art, crafts for healing. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM tinyurl.com/bdebt6w2

Welcome to my world. #academicsky

"If you find a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." We did! ~ Toni Morrison. Mom could have used this book when her journey started. We hope that this book will provide hope and inspiration to anyone looking for it, and also, simply an enjoyable read.

Link to paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thankyou SO much for your help RTing my workshops I have 3 you can sign up for atm: 🌿botanical illustration 🪶bird illustration & 🐚small museums In all 3 I teach you how creative activity's a neuroscientific hack for anxiety & you'll get a discounts on stationery & my Etsy: workshops.emmamitchell.uk

A very succinct summation of why AI isn't going to be the thing they say it is. There's no road to there from where we are.

Do you have 15 mins to share your views on the future of BPS's own doctoral-level qualifications? We’re keen to hear from a range of stakeholders – including BPS members, non-members, trainees, employers & organisations. Complete the survey: www.bps.org.uk/qualificatio... youtu.be/bSGllpzbyWs

A question for #AcademicChatter - are there any examples of universities that operate as worker co-ops? Either historical or current examples, or university-adjacent institutions?

Last week on Wonkhe: Zoe Torsney urges universities to lead lasting cultural change by embedding support for disabled people through meaningful consultation, not performative awareness.

"The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States." #academicsky apnews.com/article/cana...

Some leaders believe that giving positive feedback will make people lazy. It usually has the opposite effect - energizing and motivating people to keep going. #motivation #feedback #leadership #OHPsych #OHP #IOPsych #iopsychmemes #psychology #psychologymemes #psychmemes #APpsych (rerun)

Psychology associate professor, Dr. Victoria Clarke, has co-authored the third most-cited academic paper of the 21st century, according to renowned international science journal @nature.com

Mobility assistance dogs don’t just help children with walking – they also help improve overall quality of life for the children and their families.

It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.

Super exciting news for me! Finally I have been matched with my new partner, Gino. Thanks to Dogs for Good UK for supporting me and helping this #disabled person have a more functional and better quality of life! #AssistanceDog #Disability #DogsForGood #ADuk

We will submit the job ad for official review now. The PhD position will start in August and we are looking for someone who is interested in neurotechnology (at least B2 level of German will be required though). Please tell candidates who might be interested in applying #neuroskyence

what does ‘misbehaviour’ sound like? in new open access work i ask this question in the context of school discipline policies, looking at how ideologies of ‘im/proper language’ and ‘im/proper behaviour’ coalesce and get co-constructed with one another. doi.org/10.1080/0962...

Thoughts on boycotts: inflict pain on the corporation. Buying a couple 99 cent ebooks from a self-published author on Amazon is fine. Don’t buy a microwave on it. Purity is never the answer. Restraint though and thoughtfulness is.

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

This morning I seen a video on Tik Tok where the creator was being criticised for struggling to work with Autism Quotes: "Only people with physical disabilities should get PIP" "Autism is no excuse not to work" Only 30% of people with Autism are in employment. It's time to educate the ignorant

‘Ceasefire’ is a hollow word for Palestinians – the killings, displacements and denial of aid continue | Nesrine Malik

So happy to have been part of this project - if you're looking for ideas for teaching psychology, do check out the case studies linked below! #ICUPO #ICUP #PsychologicalLiteracy

Just seen it said that we should link learning to real life examples as though it's a theoretical revelation rather than something teachers have always done. Not everything has to be about research. There's plenty of value in people acting intuitively in something as relational as teaching.

‘Cybertruck Man’ a cartoon in defiance of Musk #political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen

⚡️Ukraine, Germany agree to open 'Unity Hub' for Ukrainian refugees in Berlin. "This is a professional space that brings together community, business, and cultural initiatives," National Unity Minister Oleksii Chernyshov said.

“One in 12 in Londoners is illegal migrant”; this was a recent front-page splash in the Telegraph. It contained not just one mistake but several, writes @jdportes.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

Canadian psychologist Doreen Kimura was born 92 years ago today. Her early use of dichotic listening tests allowed her to probe auditory processing between the brain’s hemispheres! She passed away in 2013. #WomenInSTEM #HistSci #PsychSky

So because of the Diversity Equity and Inclusion ban an all girls school in Charleston South Carolina was told by their Army contact that their STEM day, where the students are introduced to women engineers could not be participated in anymore. #deiban #womeninstem www.live5news.com/2025/02/12/a...

Stand with science. Always.