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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · Mar 2

**SECOND #EMCA Starter Pack!**

The 1st is full: go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX so the 2nd is linked below. If you're a #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology researcher and want to be added (or removed!), reply below.

Repost to keep building our community!

go.bsky.app/6p8x2UZ

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6h

Hmm. Notwithstanding REF2029 'pause', there seems to have been a change in point 18 of CKU guidance (Multiple-weighting of outputs). Now reads: 'Further work will be done to explore the potential use of triple- and quadruple-weighting in REF 2029 and this section will be updated at a later date. 1/2

Section 4 – Contributions to Knowledge and Understanding (CKU) guidance – REF 2029

2029.ref.ac.uk

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 1d

@stokoecartoons.bsky.social (no relation as far as we know!)

Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 1d

From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

Jenrick now proposing sacking judges he doesn't like. I can just about remember when Conservatives cared about things like the rule of law.

George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 1d

The Daily Telegraph: MI5 kept in dark in China spy trial fiasco #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday's actions were all about trying - and failing - and trying - and failing to deploy the National Guard to Portland and Oregon. It's really confusing, so I break it down in this video...

youtu.be/v4ZP_DJKkvE

Trump's authoritarian actions Sunday 5th October 2025 - all about the National Guard

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Dear Gods of all that is stupid...

IT'S REAL.

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 2d

Feathery #sunset clouds above the trees in the Outwoods #Loughborough 🍂

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Wil Housley @wilhousley.bsky.social · 2d

@saulalbert.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
Rein Ove Sikveland

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The conversational action test: Detecting the artificial sociality of artificial intelligence - Saul Albert, William Housley, Rein Ove Sikveland, Elizabeth Stokoe, 2025

Drawing on the “Voigt-Kampff Empathy Test”—a science fiction version of Turing’s famous thought experiment—we propose the Conversational Action Test (CAT): a ne...

journals.sagepub.com

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Peaklass @peaklass.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello! I’m new here and wanted to introduce myself. 👋🏼 I share little moments of beauty from the #peakdistrict countryside, hopefully to inspire you to visit and to bring some joy to your timeline. I’d appreciate a follow if you’re interested in photography, nature and quiet light.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'Staff at some institutions will not get even get the small rise due to them because of a clause in the negotiations that allows for a delay for up to 11 months if a university is facing financial difficulties.' So far, Dundee, Kent, Brunel, Coventry, Swansea.

Five UK universities tell staff they can’t afford pay rises

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 4d

Launch by ex-Observer staff of The Nerve has "hugely exceeded our expectations" in its first week with a beta website and its first newsletter

"We’ve shown what a small, dedicated, collaborative team of women – who’ve worked together for years – can do" pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-lau...

New launch from ex-Observer staff nears 1,000 paying subscribers in a week

The Nerve, the new publication launched by former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr, topped 900 paying subscribers in a week.

pressgazette.co.uk

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 4d

As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.

There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 4d

I think a lot of people don't know this Zoom feature exists: under "React" there's a "Be Right Back" button that mutes your audio, turns off your camera, and puts a label on your square. And then when you come back you just click the "Back" button.

Repost to save us all from "BRB" chat messages!

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 6d

Great to see @theguardian.com taking up the baton on academic fraud after my @livescience.com op-ed!
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 5d

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Dr van Tilburg @drvantilburg.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump administration has stopped funding of PubMed, not considering a vital service.

Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 3d

And here's a 2.5-minute run down of what authoritarian things Trump did on Saturday 4th October...

youtu.be/j44MxnNujgY

Trump's authoritarian actions - Sat 4th October 2025

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Sandy Laping @sandylaping.bsky.social · 2d

you can read about all the actions here: www.trumpactiontracker.info?
it's chilling and it's getting worse, but we won't stop chronicling what's happening.. looking away is not an option

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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 3d

Billy Bragg has started a ‘reclaim the lampposts’ campaign and is happy to supply these stickers for you to attach to lampposts with flags on. If you want to call the Xenophobes out then send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Billy Bragg at Bragg Office PO Box 6830, Bridport DT6 9BH

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 3d

This is another damning picture of Kennedy refusing to meet with senior scientists and get advice about infections or vaccines whilst he spreads disinformation #healthpolicy

A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease

Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

There is no actual democracy in the world where minority parties, controlling <exactly none> of the legislative or executive institutions of the government, are expected to save the governing majority from itself. Only in America, where Murc's Law Trumps everything else.

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3d

There is no benefit to stopping the shutdown. None. GOP and Trump won't stick to any deals made and this is the only lever you have right now. And they will double down and double fuck Dems if they do cave. Don't blink. They own the exec and both house and senate. Let them sort it out.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

The White House is blatantly violating the Constitution, ignoring Congressionally-allocated spending. Approving any budget would put a stamp of approval on the end of checks and balances.

It'll hurt, yes, but it's time for opposition. The political costs will mostly fall on the people in charge.

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 3d

#Autumn colours timeline cleanse 🍂🍄🍁

Autumn fruits and foliage displayed in wood crates

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry I keep talking about this but I’m genuinely alarmed by the growing narrative that poverty is a cause of racism. First it’s super insulting of people on low incomes. Second it normalises & excuses racist takes. And third it deters real action on racism by shifting the whole focus to economics.

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