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Andrew Livingstone
@andrewlivingstone.bsky.social
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Husband, dad, and social psychologist at Uni. of Exeter. Intergroup relations, conflict, emotion, collective action. Student evaluation: 'like an idiot savant'

https://worldmakingthings.org/

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Fergus Neville @fergusneville.bsky.social · 2d
Some thoughts (bletherings?) from me in today’s The Scotsman (Scotland on Sunday) on the social/organisational consequences of Scotland’s World Cup Qualification.

www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
How World Cup joy for Scotland can make us a happier healthier nation
Dr Fergus Neville can see the psychological benefit to Scotland of qualifying for the World Cup
www.scotsman.com

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Andrew Livingstone @andrewlivingstone.bsky.social · 3d
This sort of position seems so at odds with what Allport himself actually wrote. This seems to fall into the more general category of straw-manning original sources in order to create 'space' and contrast for new findings (see also: social identity theory/Tajfel & Turner 1979)

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 5d
The evidence from Farage and the people that surround him screams that there is really no two sides to this story or slipper definitions - not that you’d be able to tell with just how much smoke is being blown around this.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/deep-dive-...
DEEP DIVE: How Does Reform Show Its Racism? Let Me Count the Ways
From “target practice” on refugees to burqa bans in Parliament, the tally tells the story better than Farage ever could.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

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Nils Reimer @reimtime.bsky.social · 5d
This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com

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Alexander Kustov @akoustov.bsky.social · 6d
It looks like in the face of LLMs, just as professors have to go back to in-person and oral assessments to preserve the integrity of teaching, survey researchers have to go back to in-person interviews to preserve the integrity of polling. A lot of change is coming, folks! phys.org/news/2025-11...
Fake survey answers from AI could quietly sway election predictions
Public opinion polls and other surveys rely on data to understand human behavior. New research from Dartmouth reveals that artificial intelligence can now corrupt public opinion surveys at scale—passi...
phys.org

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Richard D. Morey @richarddmorey.bsky.social · 7d
Luckily, you don't need to choose b/c you can use them both! The framing of "p value bad"/"CI good" means that some people never really get that they're based on the same information & the same basic stat. philosophy (some of these points are made here: richarddmorey.medium.com/power-and-pr...)
Power and precision
Why the push for replacing “power” with “precision” is misguided
richarddmorey.medium.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 7d
“to use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly”
Lord Dubs

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Andrew Livingstone @andrewlivingstone.bsky.social · 7d
Horrific, but I try to remind myself that a lot of these aren't even people, and many will be the same person sock-puppeting for money. The big issue is the amplification machine that warps our perception of norms. Let's not take that poison and remember that people are actually good overall

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 7d
'These group processes are much more in play at night…'

@ellarhodespsych.bsky.social meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
'These group processes are much more in play at night' | BPS
Our journalist, Ella Rhodes, meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 7d
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 8d
Starting the week strong with a newly accepted paper in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, co-authored with postdoc @lizsnoland.bsky.social and Sohad Murrar! We merged two largely independent research lines to call for data disaggregation of Asian Americans and MENA Americans
psyarxivbot.bsky.social PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 8d
Unpacking Broad Racial Labels: The Disaggregation of Data on Race and Ethnicity: https://osf.io/eyv7b

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8d
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.

How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8d
2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood

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Mario Gollwitzer @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social · 18d
Are victimhood claims in political party manifestos and election programs on the rise? Yes, they are! Check out a brand new paper authored by @marlenevoit.bsky.social , @lucaskohler.bsky.social et al. -- published yesterday in @polpsyispp.bsky.social. Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/pops....
Victimhood claims in German political manifestos
Political campaigns often work with victimhood claims—stories construed around an (alleged) injustice that needs to be redressed or retaliated against. Notably, scholars have argued that victimhood c...
doi.org

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 18d
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system

1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK

2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc

3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

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Andrew Perfors @perfors.net · 18d
Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.
Slide is titled: You don't need to use LLMs. Science is a process of collaborative meaning making, by which we try to understand the world Even if AI were perfect, we rely on it at our peril — it is not science if we (i.e., humanity as a whole) do not understand and cannot recapitulate all parts of it I very, very rarely use LLMs myself. You can give yourself permission not to. Don’t FOMO yourself into it Conclusion: Don't rely on something you don't understand and can't control If you must use LLMS: 1. Treat them like you would an intern: only use them for things you can easily and thoroughly check 2. Make your process as robust as possible 3. Be aware of your own (human) cognitive biases

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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 18d
While headlines focus on how many people claim asylum in the UK, there's one number that's not even officially counted:

The number of people who die while trying to seek sanctuary here.

We know our policies kill people. Their deaths must not be ignored.

#KnowTheirNames
Image of two lit candles and text which reads "2024 was the deadliest year on record for people seeking asylum in the UK. But our Government still refuses to record these deaths. #KnowTheirNames"

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 20d
When it comes to the ghouls that crawled to the top of the muck heap during the global war on terror (which never ended), there's no one I'd rather read than @attackerman.bsky.social. His Cheney obit is no different. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com

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Berghof Foundation @berghoffnd.bsky.social · 22d
What are the psychological and behavioural dynamics that come to play at the negotiation table?

At our #EUCoP2025 side event on integrating psychology in peacemaking with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we asked experts in both fields how this collaboration can benefit #mediation processes.

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 25d
🎃 carving is for light weights. I tell my kid this every year when he is happily scooping out a pumpkin. I have strong (and painful!) childhood memories of the literal hours it took to get anything like a face on a turnip. But it was worth it 👻 #HappyHalloween
silverpebble2.bsky.social Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 25d
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
A preserved carved turnip jack o'lantern from the 19th century A preserved carved turnip jack o'lantern from the 19th century

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 25d
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
A preserved carved turnip jack o'lantern from the 19th century A preserved carved turnip jack o'lantern from the 19th century

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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · Oct 24
Important, painful, and still timely!
alexahepburn.bsky.social Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · Oct 22
How did a high-stakes meeting between Trump, Vance& Zelenskyy turn from diplomacy to open confrontation?
Lotte van Burgsteden, @christelvaneck.bsky.social &I unpack conversational polarisation as it unfolded live in the Oval Office. @polcommjournal.bsky.social contains link to transcript #openaccess
www.tandfonline.com

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Oct 23
Incredible message from Jo👇

WATCH. LIKE. SHARE.

Vote YES!

#WeAreTheUniversity

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · Oct 23
When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.

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Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · Oct 22
How did a high-stakes meeting between Trump, Vance& Zelenskyy turn from diplomacy to open confrontation?
Lotte van Burgsteden, @christelvaneck.bsky.social &I unpack conversational polarisation as it unfolded live in the Oval Office. @polcommjournal.bsky.social contains link to transcript #openaccess
www.tandfonline.com

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Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · Oct 22
❗ Some essential things that we all need to live decent lives, but too many people are sadly going without.

A thread...🧵

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Oct 21
“Multiverse analyses require thorough, theory-based model selection. Otherwise, they become a ‘dangerous tool’ that drowns valid models in misspecified ones, needlessly eroding trust in science.”

A plea for thoughtful models by @kauspurg.bsky.social

#MetaSci

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Johanna Ray Vollhardt @jrvollhardt.bsky.social · Oct 21
Call for papers for the workshop "From Harm to Hope: Slow Violence, Collective Memory and Everyday Resistance" - March 25 – 26, 2026 Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ikss.zrc-sazu.si/sites/defaul...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Oct 21
This will require a pilot programme. So, can we start with AI counselling this guy on a daily basis until it determines either that he is no longer a complete sociopath or to commit him?
Daniel Priestley @DanielPriestley OH… How did I forget… Create an AI system that calls all people claiming mental health benefits daily. The system is designed to offer mental health counselling at no cost and to make suggestions about how to make improvements. A condition of claiming mental health benefits is that you participate in daily talk therapy with the AI. When the AI determines you are capable of working you switch across to normal benefits. The system can also be expanded to job seeking and career counselling. We now have the technology to help guide people every day towards better choices. 10:22 PM · Oct 20, 2025 · 1,670 Views

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Oct 19
🚨This is not what I expect from a Labour government

THESE SHOCKING cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child - the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund is a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England

youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
Devastating cuts for some of most vulnerable children in England is not what I expect from Labour
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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