Thomas Gladwin
@tegladwin.bsky.social
Interested in applied and fundamental psychological science; private sector user research/consultancy and independent scientific research. Personal website: tegladwin.com.
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Thomas Gladwin
@tegladwin.bsky.social
· Feb 8
Toward the nature of automatic associations: item-level computational semantic similarity and IAT-based alcohol-valence associations
Automatic associations involving alcohol have been proposed to play a role in drinking behavior. Such associations are often assessed using implicit measures such as the Implicit Association Test (...
www.tandfonline.com
Adding a first post here, shamelessly linking to probably my favourite of my academic papers: Toward the nature of automatic associations: item-level computational semantic similarity and IAT-based alcohol-valence associations. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HQSV7....
Combines an IAT and word2vec.
Combines an IAT and word2vec.
Went to see Eternity today - an "it was fine" one, was unfairly hoping for more of a "Good Place"-level ending I guess.
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Went to see Eternity today - an "it was fine" one, was unfairly hoping for more of a "Good Place"-level ending I guess.
Wooh, finished Silksong. Brilliant game.
Difficulty of it is weird, kind of feels worse in the moment than it ultimately was with hindsight. I guess because while you're in a learning-curve situation you don't know how far away you are from getting through. And of course you only have to win once.
Difficulty of it is weird, kind of feels worse in the moment than it ultimately was with hindsight. I guess because while you're in a learning-curve situation you don't know how far away you are from getting through. And of course you only have to win once.
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Wooh, finished Silksong. Brilliant game.
Difficulty of it is weird, kind of feels worse in the moment than it ultimately was with hindsight. I guess because while you're in a learning-curve situation you don't know how far away you are from getting through. And of course you only have to win once.
Difficulty of it is weird, kind of feels worse in the moment than it ultimately was with hindsight. I guess because while you're in a learning-curve situation you don't know how far away you are from getting through. And of course you only have to win once.
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With the conviction of Nathan Gill the question is ever more urgent; how deep is Russian interference in our society? How big is the threat? | Martin Roche
Via @bylines.scot
Via @bylines.scot
Russia is eating away at our democracy
With the conviction of Nathan Gill the question is ever more urgent; how deep is Russian interference in our society? How big is the threat?
bylines.scot
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
With the conviction of Nathan Gill the question is ever more urgent; how deep is Russian interference in our society? How big is the threat? | Martin Roche
Via @bylines.scot
Via @bylines.scot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Critical opinion about Zack Polanski, fair enough, but I thought the boob-hypnosis thing had been at least partly debunked by now? E.g., metro.co.uk/2025/09/03/g... - seems like it was a mistake to get involved with a dumb article, not an actual belief.
Critical opinion about Zack Polanski, fair enough, but I thought the boob-hypnosis thing had been at least partly debunked by now? E.g., metro.co.uk/2025/09/03/g... - seems like it was a mistake to get involved with a dumb article, not an actual belief.
Make a political hero of Zack Polanski if you want. Just don’t forget to engage your brain | Marina Hyde
The Green party leader is riding high in the polls. But across the political spectrum, uncritical adulation leads nowhere fast, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Critical opinion about Zack Polanski, fair enough, but I thought the boob-hypnosis thing had been at least partly debunked by now? E.g., metro.co.uk/2025/09/03/g... - seems like it was a mistake to get involved with a dumb article, not an actual belief.
Critical opinion about Zack Polanski, fair enough, but I thought the boob-hypnosis thing had been at least partly debunked by now? E.g., metro.co.uk/2025/09/03/g... - seems like it was a mistake to get involved with a dumb article, not an actual belief.
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We've now raised over a quarter of a million!
Thank you!
If you can - please donate to help take the fight to Reform this May:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you!
If you can - please donate to help take the fight to Reform this May:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, we hit our £100,000 target. We're upping our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We've now raised over a quarter of a million!
Thank you!
If you can - please donate to help take the fight to Reform this May:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you!
If you can - please donate to help take the fight to Reform this May:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Only one flag removed by the county council despite over 130 complains. Hundreds left to residents. And now a man in his sixties has been severely beaten by a mob for taking one down. Read the full story here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Left to danger: Norfolk council inaction leads to flag-related violence
As Norfolk refused to act on flag complaints, locals removing them instead found themselves threatened and violently attacked
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Only one flag removed by the county council despite over 130 complains. Hundreds left to residents. And now a man in his sixties has been severely beaten by a mob for taking one down. Read the full story here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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tapping the "please support billionaire free, worker run, reader supported news" holiday edition
Corporate-owned outlets that answer to billionaires are increasingly showing they’re not built for this moment. Independent media is filling the gaps and building something new.
Help us keep building for another year with a gift subscription to one of these awesome outlets:
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Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
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www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
tapping the "please support billionaire free, worker run, reader supported news" holiday edition
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The economic impacts of Brexit: new research from my @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social colleague Paul Mizen et al brings together macro (top-down) and micro (bottom-up) evidence.
They find a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity.
ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impa...
They find a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity.
ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impa...
Brexit’s impact on the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Pawel Smietanka, and Gregory Thwaites argue that there is evidence that Brexit has had a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity i...
ukandeu.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The economic impacts of Brexit: new research from my @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social colleague Paul Mizen et al brings together macro (top-down) and micro (bottom-up) evidence.
They find a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity.
ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impa...
They find a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity.
ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impa...
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We estimate that by the start of 2025, the UK economy was approximately 8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit, based on macro data, and 6% smaller using firm-level micro data”
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth
Economic analysis shows UK GDP per capita grew up to 10% less than similar nations as firms froze spending and productivity slipped.
www.euronews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We estimate that by the start of 2025, the UK economy was approximately 8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit, based on macro data, and 6% smaller using firm-level micro data”
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
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Vigilante far-right 'street patrols' with links to Neo-Nazis and the support of senior Reform UK figures, are falsely claiming police backing, while attempting to infiltrate school networks in order to "protect" local children.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
The Reform-Backed Far-Right Street Patrols Coming to British School Gates
EXCLUSIVE: Nationalist vigilante groups, with links to Neo-Nazis, and the support of senior Reform figures, have been falsely claiming police backing while attempting to infiltrate local school networ...
bylinetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Vigilante far-right 'street patrols' with links to Neo-Nazis and the support of senior Reform UK figures, are falsely claiming police backing, while attempting to infiltrate school networks in order to "protect" local children.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
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Glorious, cathartic, taking no shit at all, Stewart Lee.
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Glorious, cathartic, taking no shit at all, Stewart Lee.
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
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Conservatives yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
Socialism Fear-mongering is Bananas | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Conservatives yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.
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Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
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We launched our Crowdfunder an hour ago - and we've already sailed past £10,000.
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Raise £100,000 to turn our incredible momentum into election wins. Will you help us beat reform in May?
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We launched our Crowdfunder an hour ago - and we've already sailed past £10,000.
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Nothing new to proper software people of course, but my amateur-self found out about the fetch() - Flash combination, which solved a problem in a much smarter way than I was trying to solve it, and I'm spreading the word to any brethren in amateuristic ignorance:
www.tegladwin.com/files/howto/...
www.tegladwin.com/files/howto/...
Thomas Edward Gladwin's homepage
The homepage of Thomas Edward Gladwin.
www.tegladwin.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Nothing new to proper software people of course, but my amateur-self found out about the fetch() - Flash combination, which solved a problem in a much smarter way than I was trying to solve it, and I'm spreading the word to any brethren in amateuristic ignorance:
www.tegladwin.com/files/howto/...
www.tegladwin.com/files/howto/...
Just saw Private Eye has a special report on the Letby murders/unfair-trial case - www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo.... E.g., "With no direct evidence against Letby, it all came down to the hugely varied opinions of independent experts, some of whom were neither independent nor expert."
Special Report: The Lessons of the Lucy Letby Case
After Lucy Letby was convicted in August 2023 of murdering seven babies, a number of experts contacted Eye columnist MD because they
www.private-eye.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just saw Private Eye has a special report on the Letby murders/unfair-trial case - www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo.... E.g., "With no direct evidence against Letby, it all came down to the hugely varied opinions of independent experts, some of whom were neither independent nor expert."
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Whoo, finally finished Graeber's "Debt"! Great book, very eye-opening.
It wasn't exactly a *quick* read though, at least for me - could have a zillion reasons including my own inferiority, but I do wonder whether something like a short version might increase the impact of the ideas.
#Graeber
It wasn't exactly a *quick* read though, at least for me - could have a zillion reasons including my own inferiority, but I do wonder whether something like a short version might increase the impact of the ideas.
#Graeber
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Whoo, finally finished Graeber's "Debt"! Great book, very eye-opening.
It wasn't exactly a *quick* read though, at least for me - could have a zillion reasons including my own inferiority, but I do wonder whether something like a short version might increase the impact of the ideas.
#Graeber
It wasn't exactly a *quick* read though, at least for me - could have a zillion reasons including my own inferiority, but I do wonder whether something like a short version might increase the impact of the ideas.
#Graeber
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.