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Professor of Behavioural Science, University of Warwick. Associate editor, Management Science Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uhMoc_8AAAAJ&hl=en Strategic Information Network: https://sites.google.com/view/strategicinf

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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 5h

The conservative party are doomed to extinction. They are grasping at straws. Proposing policies that no party who expects to manage a country would propose.

Kemi Badenoch Conservative Party conference speech: follow live

The Tory leader is outlining her party's new economic rule designed to cut taxes and government borrowing.

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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 8h

Shakespeare could have watched The Duchess of Malfi.

Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 20h

The typo "Busker Keaton" appears in this article. I recommend it as a great name for a band or even a nom-de-tune for an individual. Move quickly because it will be gone soon.

A relic of horny Hollywood: why The Mummy remains a classic bisexual awakening movie

A floppy-haired Brendan Fraser, a smokey-eyed Rachel Weisz, some grisly scarabs and biblical plagues? Hail to a lost era of multiplex entertainment

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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 1d

Its like a Greek tragedy.

Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 1d

Setting the lowest of low bars.

Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 4d

I expect SurveyMonkey accesses mostly people who spend a lot of time online and perhaps have nothing better to do than answer surveys. But regardless its a pretty interesting study.

Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 4d

The sampling process. I was really hoping to find some obvious nonsense for teaching purposes.

Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 4d

The study is not as badly designed as people are saying. Here is the link. vantagepointdallascounseling.com/research/art...

Artificial Romance: A Study of AI and Human Relationships

Explore how AI relationships are reshaping intimacy and fidelity, and learn reflective questions to stay grounded in human connection. - Vantage Point Counseling Services - Dallas, TX.

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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 5d

The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book. -- Mickey Spillane on addiction to reading.

Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 5d

From today's perspective, it is so difficult to understand how someone like Hitler could have come to power, surrounded himself with loyal supporters, and brought a large proportion of the population with him. Thankfully it will never happen again.

Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 6d

Where is the copy of SIdgwick?

Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 7d

I am sure many GPs believe it is in their interest to not offer online bookings.

Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 7d

I am (still) in favour of digital ID, but it was sold to us as a way to worsen the lives of the worse off.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

‘Reverse Midas touch’: Starmer plan prompts collapse in support for digital IDs

Net public backing for scheme has fallen to -14% after prime minister’s announcement, according to polling * UK politics live – latest updates Public support for digital IDs has collapsed after Keir Starmer announced plans for their introduction, in what has been described as a symptom of the prime minister’s “reverse Midas touch”. Net support for digital ID cards fell from 35% in the early summer to -14% at the weekend after Starmer’s announcement, according to polling by More in Common. Continue reading...

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Daniel Read @danielread.bsky.social · 7d

For those living in the UK, this is great news. Often annoyed by the government but this is a major positive change to health care services. I did not realise the barrier to doing this was the GPs themselves.