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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 10h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 2d

A Grand Gallery indeed at the National Museum of Scotland:

Sunshine and shadows at in the Grand Gallery atrium at the National Museum of Scotland

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 2d

Where’s a girl supposed to go for a late night butterbean kebab now 😭

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 2d

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 3d

Sic transit gardia mundi www.bbc.com/news/article...

Cambridge kebab shop beloved by students shuts after 76 years

A takeaway, loved by Stephen Fry and Michael Portillo, closes for good, says the college landlord.

www.bbc.com

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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: Mood, "Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

sociologicalscience.com

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 7d

Not bad London, not bad

St Paul’s and the National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · 9d

Teacher bias or unobserved ability? @ssreditorial.bsky.social paper w/ @marespadafor.bsky.social Test score error & omitted behavior = 🐘 in the (class)room to identify SES discrimination. Still, beyond "true ability", well-off (low-performing) kids get higher teacher ratings: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 9d

There's a really nice new study using phone data from Americans who relocated from one city to another to look at the effect of walkable environments on physical activity. E.g., people move TO New York and walk more, they move FROM New York and walk less www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature

By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walkability of environments result in increases in daily physical activity, providing evidence of the importance of the built environment on physical health.

www.nature.com

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 12d

On digital ID: I’d have liked it if Sweden (BankID) had also congratulated me for keeping an iPhone going for this long

Message from BankID: Your phone needs an update. If your device cannot be updated, you need to change it

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 15d

We are excited for the start of this term's Inequalities Seminar Series!

In our first seminar, @katymorris.bsky.social explores the effects of income misperceptions on inequality beliefs and preferences.

🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/VGrS38l
💻 Attend online: buff.ly/U7CxSmD

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 14d

The educational #wealth divide in #Europe
New study by Andrea Pietrolucci, Jascha Dräger, Nora Müller, and Marco Albertini,: Beyond income, parental wealth shapes young people’s chances of entering higher education.
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The educational wealth divide in Europe: Post-secondary enrollment gaps across parental wealth components and countries

Parental wealth is a crucial dimension of socioeconomic status (SES) and plays a significant role in the intergenerational transmission of educational…

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 15d

This Londoner is happy to be dropping by @lseinequalities.bsky.social next week to present findings from a survey experiment project with Kattalina Berriochoa and Andrew McNeil

Sign up is below; zap if you fancy an overpriced flat white (in London most of the week)

LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 15d

We are excited for the start of this term's Inequalities Seminar Series!

In our first seminar, @katymorris.bsky.social explores the effects of income misperceptions on inequality beliefs and preferences.

🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/VGrS38l
💻 Attend online: buff.ly/U7CxSmD

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations sir!

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 16d

Fantastic - congratulations Theresa!

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 16d

Blues and greens @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

Even Södra huset looks beautiful in the sunshine

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Leo Azzollini @leoazzollini.bsky.social · 19d

Billions of 🇪🇺 money flow into regional development.
But do citizens trust the EU more in return?

🔬 Find out in this Electoral Studies article with Paul Maneuvrier-Hervieu and Anne-Marie Jeannet.

❗Spoiler: EU 💶 regional funds do build trust in the 🇪🇺 , especially among working-class citizens.

Cultivating trust? The role of European Union investments in bridging rural-urban divides

Over the last decades, agricultural policies and structural investment funds for regional development have been central to European integration. Howev…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 20d

What beautiful graphics 😍

Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 20d

The next ECSR conference is brought to you by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie!

Trinity College Dublin, 15-16 June 2026
www.ecsr2026.net

#ECSR2026

Abstract submission deadline: 11 January 2026

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 20d

Academic publishers that do not provide embedded metadata for @zotero.org etc, what are you even doing?

Today I'm looking at you, Routledge

Routledge being useless and forcing me to go to Amazon

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats, Mikko!

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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...