Prof Stephen Wood
@stephenwood8.bsky.social
Occasional chorister, professional academic
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If only the government had acted earlier to let an unqualified, politically appointed anti-semitism Czar police the thoughts of university campuses, the government could have .. <checks notes> .. persuaded a father/son IS terrorist cell from terroristing.
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Are we really going there?
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Are we really going there?
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If only the government had acted earlier to let an unqualified, politically appointed anti-semitism Czar police the thoughts of university campuses, the government could have .. <checks notes> .. persuaded a father/son IS terrorist cell from terroristing.
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Are we really going there?
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Are we really going there?
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Exciting announcement!
Our Institute is calling for applications for a EMCR 2-year fellowship .
Come and join a great team @turnerinstitute!
Details here:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/ci/en/jo...
Our Institute is calling for applications for a EMCR 2-year fellowship .
Come and join a great team @turnerinstitute!
Details here:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/ci/en/jo...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Exciting announcement!
Our Institute is calling for applications for a EMCR 2-year fellowship .
Come and join a great team @turnerinstitute!
Details here:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/ci/en/jo...
Our Institute is calling for applications for a EMCR 2-year fellowship .
Come and join a great team @turnerinstitute!
Details here:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/ci/en/jo...
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Incredible, not in a good way, how many academics, journalists, and policy folks continue to actively attend the Nazi Bar on a daily basis.
The richest man on the planet has a pinned tweet that's just straight up white nationalism. I can't say I miss Twitter!
December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Incredible, not in a good way, how many academics, journalists, and policy folks continue to actively attend the Nazi Bar on a daily basis.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
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Ahmed the Fruiterer being the everyday hero that saved multiple lives of mostly Jewish people today is the only politics worth a pinch of shit in this act of terrorism
December 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Ahmed the Fruiterer being the everyday hero that saved multiple lives of mostly Jewish people today is the only politics worth a pinch of shit in this act of terrorism
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This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
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I went on a potentially fatal walk with my dog this morning.
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I went on a potentially fatal walk with my dog this morning.
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Head of Dept @tamsinford.bsky.social responds to claims that ADHD is overdiagnosed:
Evidence shows ADHD is underdiagnosed. Around 1 in 20 people meet diagnostic criteria but never receive a diagnosis or access services.
🚫Restricting support harms those already underserved
🧠 bit.ly/48Flieu
Evidence shows ADHD is underdiagnosed. Around 1 in 20 people meet diagnostic criteria but never receive a diagnosis or access services.
🚫Restricting support harms those already underserved
🧠 bit.ly/48Flieu
December 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Head of Dept @tamsinford.bsky.social responds to claims that ADHD is overdiagnosed:
Evidence shows ADHD is underdiagnosed. Around 1 in 20 people meet diagnostic criteria but never receive a diagnosis or access services.
🚫Restricting support harms those already underserved
🧠 bit.ly/48Flieu
Evidence shows ADHD is underdiagnosed. Around 1 in 20 people meet diagnostic criteria but never receive a diagnosis or access services.
🚫Restricting support harms those already underserved
🧠 bit.ly/48Flieu
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We are doing this because media companies hate the platforms (for commercial reasons) and many parents are lazy or don't get it. Solidarity to Ezra and every other kid who just had their world narrowed for no purpose. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off? | Ezra Sholl
As I come to terms with life as a quadriplegic, Instagram and TikTok are a reminder I’m not alone
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
We are doing this because media companies hate the platforms (for commercial reasons) and many parents are lazy or don't get it. Solidarity to Ezra and every other kid who just had their world narrowed for no purpose. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A lovely story about a co-op that was set up in my town to buy a very prominent building, which has long been a community hub.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
How townsfolk bought a beloved building without going to a bank
For its passionate members, saving a historic goldrush-era pub to protect their cooperative was about "economic democracy" and keeping the property out of developers' hands.
www.abc.net.au
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A lovely story about a co-op that was set up in my town to buy a very prominent building, which has long been a community hub.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Preaching to the choir here, but it’s worth getting all the arguments lined up.
Long and absolutely brutal article on AI and the university. Hard to decide what to emphasize...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Preaching to the choir here, but it’s worth getting all the arguments lined up.
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In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
Hmm what would I put here?
Suede
Björk
PJ Harvey
The Cat Empire
Josh Pyke (possible recency bias there)
Suede
Björk
PJ Harvey
The Cat Empire
Josh Pyke (possible recency bias there)
Ok! @schizosemia.bsky.social @aldersonday.bsky.social I will list 5 of the most memorable!
Nick Cave
Rufus Wainwright
The Divine Comedy
Nouvelle Vague
Half Man Half Biscuit
[Arab Strap for a cheeky 6th]
Nick Cave
Rufus Wainwright
The Divine Comedy
Nouvelle Vague
Half Man Half Biscuit
[Arab Strap for a cheeky 6th]
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Leonard Cohen
Nirvana
Public Enemy
Laurie Anderson
Brighde Chaimbeul
Leonard Cohen
Nirvana
Public Enemy
Laurie Anderson
Brighde Chaimbeul
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hmm what would I put here?
Suede
Björk
PJ Harvey
The Cat Empire
Josh Pyke (possible recency bias there)
Suede
Björk
PJ Harvey
The Cat Empire
Josh Pyke (possible recency bias there)
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'Our research shows long-unburnt forests act to limit fire without human intervention – even as the climate changes.
Authorities need to heavily invest in rapid fire detection & attack, training & employing more specialist remote area firefighters.'
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
Authorities need to heavily invest in rapid fire detection & attack, training & employing more specialist remote area firefighters.'
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of destruction can be stopped
After devastating fires in 1939, authorities began burning forests to reduce fuel load. But we now know this creates conditions for even worse fires.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
'Our research shows long-unburnt forests act to limit fire without human intervention – even as the climate changes.
Authorities need to heavily invest in rapid fire detection & attack, training & employing more specialist remote area firefighters.'
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
Authorities need to heavily invest in rapid fire detection & attack, training & employing more specialist remote area firefighters.'
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
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We’ve talked about VR therapy for psychosis for more than a decade, but is the evidence finally catching up?
This new multi-site RCT tests a refined, immersive version of AVATAR therapy for people who still hear distressing voices despite medication.
🧵 THREAD
#Psychosis #VRtherapy #MentalHealth
This new multi-site RCT tests a refined, immersive version of AVATAR therapy for people who still hear distressing voices despite medication.
🧵 THREAD
#Psychosis #VRtherapy #MentalHealth
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
We’ve talked about VR therapy for psychosis for more than a decade, but is the evidence finally catching up?
This new multi-site RCT tests a refined, immersive version of AVATAR therapy for people who still hear distressing voices despite medication.
🧵 THREAD
#Psychosis #VRtherapy #MentalHealth
This new multi-site RCT tests a refined, immersive version of AVATAR therapy for people who still hear distressing voices despite medication.
🧵 THREAD
#Psychosis #VRtherapy #MentalHealth
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This is my prediction
Will the social media ban be like shark nets?
They make people feel better - and politicians can say ‘look what we did to protect you’ - but really they don’t work, may make the issue worse - & stop real solutions being found & implemented 🤔🤔 #auspol
They make people feel better - and politicians can say ‘look what we did to protect you’ - but really they don’t work, may make the issue worse - & stop real solutions being found & implemented 🤔🤔 #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is my prediction
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on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Read our new paper!
How do we close the 17-year evidence-to-practice gap?
Master protocols (which streamline treatment trials) could be adapted to accelerate implementation
Key is long-term, place-based partnerships w/ co-production, collaboration & embedded evaluation
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
How do we close the 17-year evidence-to-practice gap?
Master protocols (which streamline treatment trials) could be adapted to accelerate implementation
Key is long-term, place-based partnerships w/ co-production, collaboration & embedded evaluation
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Could master protocols be adapted for effectiveness-implementation hybrid studies? - BMC Medical Research Methodology
Background Master protocols leverage a common trial infrastructure for launching multiple sub-studies. Translational research aims to progress scientific discoveries toward public health impact, which...
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Read our new paper!
How do we close the 17-year evidence-to-practice gap?
Master protocols (which streamline treatment trials) could be adapted to accelerate implementation
Key is long-term, place-based partnerships w/ co-production, collaboration & embedded evaluation
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
How do we close the 17-year evidence-to-practice gap?
Master protocols (which streamline treatment trials) could be adapted to accelerate implementation
Key is long-term, place-based partnerships w/ co-production, collaboration & embedded evaluation
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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This kind of big modern cruise ship is always so funny to me, because it's basically 'hey, what if we took a bunch of things you like to do on holiday, then added a thing that made it slightly more dangerous that also increases the price and means you can't leave'.
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This kind of big modern cruise ship is always so funny to me, because it's basically 'hey, what if we took a bunch of things you like to do on holiday, then added a thing that made it slightly more dangerous that also increases the price and means you can't leave'.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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"Getting a robot to use the treadmill for you at the gym doesn't make you any fitter"
You don't say?
You don't say?
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"Getting a robot to use the treadmill for you at the gym doesn't make you any fitter"
You don't say?
You don't say?
One of the great threads
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
One of the great threads