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Dr Simon Stewart

@drsimonstewart.bsky.social

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Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Psychology. Discursive psychology, Critical Discourse, and Conversation Analysis. https://drsimonstewart.blogspot.com/?m=1

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 6

It's hard not to notice how the UK "financial papers" POUNCE on temporary reductions in the pound, but then act utterly oblivious to the clear, long-term trends. It's almost like there's an obvious agenda at play.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 5

Movie budgets and video game budgets are bullshit.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 5

The one thing snake oil grifters can help doing is offering panacea.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 4

It's kept me safer in Turkey for a long time. The built-in VPN from pixel devices (7 and later) does the trick for me.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 4

No.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 4

It also makes all of your browsing information private, so your internet usage cannot be directly monitored, so even if your location is not changed, what you are doing with your device cannot be discerned.

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 4

Pretty much. I do hope it won't last.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 4

I'm in Turkey right now and a VPN is essential. When I'm back in the UK I think it will be on all the time.

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 4

I often forget how useful a VPN can be.

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 4

Even here it's not great.

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · Aug 3

Children getting blood vessel damage was known from 2020!! #Longcovid All children are at risk. Each reinfection carries cumulative risk of damage. studyfinds.org/children-wit...

Virtually all children infected with COVID-19 show signs of blood vessel damage, study shows

Making matters worse, this sign of cardiovascular damage is being seen in asymptomatic children as well as kids experiencing COVID symptoms.

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Aug 3

Many of us "cannot live with it". It can and will cause irreparable harm and/or kill us.

And when I say many of us, that includes many who don't realise, or refuse to believe this.

Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · Aug 3

‘Learn to live with it’ is another appalling phrase that was so ableist. So many vulnerable people have died because they couldn’t live with it. I have pointed out to folks I’m clinically vulnerable and they happily say this back to me. It’s offensive.

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 31

Frozen grapes on a hot day. Elite snack.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 31

www.bbc.com/news/article... "Distinguished lawyers". That's bullshit, and what they are saying is bullshit.

Lawyers warn Starmer recognising Palestinian state could break international law

Sir Keir Starmer says the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September if conditions are not met.

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 31

That's just noise coming from a face.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 31

I look forward to the trend of cartoonish facial expressions on YouTube thumbnails coming to an end. There are only so many performatively shocked/surprised/mildly annoyed/excited faces I can take in a given day.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 30

a cartoon character from how to train your dragon is standing in a field of grass .

ALT: a cartoon character from how to train your dragon is standing in a field of grass .

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 30

I hope that dragon is well trained 😊

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 30

And this is exactly why we need to reject the "embrace AI" rhetoric.

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Cadbury Creme Egg Enthusiast @thx3188.bsky.social · Jul 30

it isn't AI
it's a glorified autocomplete
it's predictive text
it isn't intelligent
it does not think
therefore it does not make things up
it just posts text slop that pattern matches the ones & zeroes it sees that the user posted based on other ones & zeroes it scraped from its plagiarism library

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 30

IMMEDIATELY* going into my collective action lecture

*Once I'm back from annual leave.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Jul 30

A year since the wave of riots in which hotels housing asylum-seekers were attacked. Our study examined events in three locations, finding only limited evidence of intentions to protest.
@qeios.bsky.social

Funded by @ukri.org
@behaviourresuk.bsky.social

www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP

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Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 29

And the idea of "banning VPN services" is possibly one of the most pig ignorant things to come from this whole catastrophe.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 29

It's getting to the point where I'm seriously considering keeping "That's bullshit" in my clipboard to paste as needed.

Dr Simon Stewart @drsimonstewart.bsky.social · Jul 29

The UK online safety act is useless, and in no way fit for purpose. Please, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social, stop letting people cobble together laws about which they have not the first clue! Ideologically driven vibes help nobody.

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