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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · 2d

Event:
📅 Thursday 26 February
🕔 5.00pm to 7.00pm
📍 Headington Campus, Sinclair Building, Room 4.01

More info on the MSc psych website:
www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/post...

MSc or PGDip or PGCert in Psychology at Oxford Brookes University

Psychology, PGDip/PGCert or MSc, degree course from the Department of Psychology, Health and Professional Development at Oxford Brookes University

www.brookes.ac.uk

Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking about studying MSc psych?

Discover what it’s like to study Psychology at Oxford Brookes (@obu-hst-research.bsky.social), meet members of the course team & gain a deeper understanding of the curriculum & learning experience.

Find out more and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-bro...

OPEN EVENING 2026

MSc Psychology Conversion Course

Discover what it’s like to study Psychology at Oxford Brookes, meet members of the course team, and gain a deeper understanding of the curriculum and learning experience.

📅 Thursday 26 February
🕔 5.00pm to 7.00pm
📍 Headington Campus, Sinclair Building, Room 4.01

Find out more and register

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Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · 15d

I will share the results again here in a month or so! That way, you may learn more about what your genre may say about you.. Thanks!

Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · 15d

We're looking for participants for a 10-15 minute survey asking about your favourite fiction genre, interests, worries & coping styles.

brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We're trying to better understand how engagement with fiction relates to how you engage with the world - let us know!

Research poster which says: "What does your favourite literary genre say about you? Help us find out! This 10-15 minute survey for an Oxford Brookes University research project asks questions about books you like to read/listen to, as well as some of your interests, worries & coping styles. https://tinyurl.com/Brookesfictionsurvey" on a background image of books.

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Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · 15d

We're looking for participants for a 10-15 minute survey on your favourite TV/film or book genre, as well as your interests, worries, and coping styles.

I promise to report the results back here so you can reflect on what this says about you.. Thanks!

brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Research poster asking for participants: What does your favourite TV/film genre say about you? Help us find out! This 10-15 minute survey for an Oxford Brookes University research project asks questions about TV/film genres you like to watch, as well as some of your interests, worries & coping styles. https://tinyurl.com/Brookesfictionsurvey

Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · May 20

To me it seems more like deeply engrained feudalism; either way, it is as frustrating.

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · May 20

Many of my mutuals are British & interested in human rights. Prob, the vast majority feel that cuts to ppl with disabilities allowances is wrong & feel like there is nothing they can do.

Govt attacked ppl with disabilities in Ireland. The result was they had to increase the allowance*.

Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · May 15

I think because people there are really motivated to learn; they don't want to squander their time and money being at Oxford *not* getting educated.

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Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · May 15

Not in capitalism it isn't (it not being about the outcome but the process). I think that's a major part of the problem.

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Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · Apr 23

Relevant to research on true crime and related fiction: We love the feeling of insight we get from finding or hearing the solution to whodunits, crossculturally!

Marius Mercier @mariusmercier.bsky.social · Apr 22

"What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at midday, and three feet in the evening?"

This riddle is thousands of years old, but why does it stick with us?

In our new paper, we argue that the feeling of insight might explain the lasting success of some cultural products: tinyurl.com/4j756h9a

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Sean Mullen, Ph.D. @drseanmullen.bsky.social · Apr 21

179 experts. 28 countries. 1 message:

Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.

New global consensus just dropped.

link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

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Emily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · Apr 16

A #crab in a fish tank discovered the air pump… and turned it into a personal jacuzzi. Crabs are curious creatures and often interact with their environment in surprisingly playful ways.

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Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · Apr 16

Great talk at #ehbea2025 by @paulajasheppard.bsky.social on family size and child health: inconsistent findings across populations, which would be expected if we focus on asking 'under what conditions/context do we see X', rather than expecting one answer.

Speaker standing in front of projected slide.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Apr 16

Ayesha Ali from @brunelcce.bsky.social presenting on the importance of Spiritual-But-Not-Religious practices providing community for people in Glastonbury, including a slide with the first quote from a male witch I’ve seen so far at #ehbea2025

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Apr 15

Great presentation from @brunelcce.bsky.social’s Julieta Baker on how a high proportion of parents in post-industrial settings have little experience of parenting before having their own kids, and frequently experience parenting problems they don’t know how to solve #ehbea2025

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Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · Mar 24

Did you know that crows participate in true crime investigations?
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdR8RvNy/

Are you a fan of true crime? Participate in our 5-10 minute survey on fiction genre preferences, interests & coping styles!
brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We're still looking for +50 ppl; thnx!

An image depicting a crow dressed up as a Sherlock Holmes with a magnifying glass and deer hunter cap. The artwork is called "Charlek crow Holmes", by illustrator ahlemkhedri (https://medibang.com/author/5450119)

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · Mar 22

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · Mar 20

Thanks to all who have taken part already!

We now have a large number of scifi & thriller fans 🛸🧟, but true crime, horror, drama, and fantasy fans are lagging (among others) 👮👹🧝 - where these fans at?

Take part to tell us why your genre is your favourite & take a 5-10 min break from scrolling!

Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · Mar 18

📺 Feel like a small break from scrolling to tell us about your favourite TV/movie genre?🎞️

Here is a 5-10 minute survey for our latest research project project on understanding the functions of fiction: brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Thanks very much for participating (&/or RT/likes)!

A picture of a woman watching TV, with text superimposed, saying: "What does your favourite TV/movie genre say about you? Help us find out!". Additional text states: "This 5-10 minute survey for an Oxford Brookes University BSc research project asks questions about TV/movie genres you like to watch, as well as some of your interests, worries, and coping styles." and finishes with the URL and the statement: "This survey has received ethical approval from the Psychology Research Ethics Committee at Oxford Brookes University."

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Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · Mar 18

📺 Feel like a small break from scrolling to tell us about your favourite TV/movie genre?🎞️

Here is a 5-10 minute survey for our latest research project project on understanding the functions of fiction: brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Thanks very much for participating (&/or RT/likes)!

Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · Mar 15

Same, but also: Why isn't the Library better? Like even if it has the same information as the Store has, and which you can see in one easy go, it'd be so much easier to remind myself why I got it, and then it'd be easier to see if it's something I feel like.

Valerie van Mulukom @herebehumans.bsky.social · Mar 14

Was this..made in AltaVista

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Mar 14

EvoDemoS 2025 website is now live. The 10th Evolutionary Demography Conference will be held 22-24 September 2025, at Oxford University, organised by @robsalgo.bsky.social and colleagues evodemo2025.weebly.com