Now that the Deloitte report, about the government's unlawful administration of mutual obligations, is making international headlines, it's worth looking at what's actually in it (apart from AI slop) and WHY it was actually commissioned

A thread👇

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

amazing (first time for me) visit to royal botanic gardens. incredible flora and fauna (also saw a bandicoot)

are you on a bullet train? sugoi!

the best 12 minute ad for something you (probably) won't need

I'm joining the brilliant @jkarl.bsky.social as co-EIC at Europe's Journal of Psychology. ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop

EJOP is a generalist psych journal, and applies a diamond open access model (no APC). I'd love to see more submissions with rigorous methods & well-calibrated conclusions!

New psychology research suggests voters respond more to feelings than facts

“We’d like to talk to you about your vehicle’s extended warranty.”

"This is what climate misinformation looks like. These claims are common, influential and damaging. They’re often spread for a reason: to slow the uptake of clean alternatives to fossil fuels. Unfortunately, they are shaping public opinion. "

Consider applying for this scholarship if you are a student to attend a course at the ACSPRI Summer Program

Report on Australian Higher Education finds:

🔹️ Council members have no lived experience of universities

🔹️ Council members have COIs with consultancy firms

🔹️ Council meetings are closed affairs that lack transparency

🔹️ Leaders' exorbitant salaries could not be justified

my TV viewing buddy (Bowie) fast asleep during the UCI Elite Men's Road World Championship
#couchpeloton

"Disadvantaged members of society might perceive experts as members of the elite that they feel alienated from and are thus less inclined to leave deliberative power in their hands."

#MetaSci #AcademicSky #SciComm #SocialPsyc 🧪

Socioeconomic Status and Engagement with Science

"Individuals with a more advantaged socio-economic situation are more in contact with science...than their more disadvantaged counterparts."

Fascinating new work by @lucillalosi.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1177/0963...

"Social media and mainstream media also play an important role in limiting the circulation of misinformation. As Australians increasingly rely on social media for news, mainstream media can provide credible information and counter misinformation through their online story posts" @acarson.bsky.social

vivid memories of playing this with my older brother when we lived in Lisbon. he would buy sets of players, repaint some and glue them. we had players with no hair, and some that due to glue accidents became really short. all up, a lot of fun when we weren't playing football out in the streets.

we stopped after 4 episodes. honestly should have stopped after 2. the narrative, and character arcs were very boring in what could have been a good show.

Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains

‘This Is Like Something Out Of A David Lynch Film,’ Says Man Driving Car With Headlights On

Autism, vaccines and paracetamol - how Trump and RFK put conspiracies at the heart of US health policy www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Me: "Their erosion in trust in scientific institutions is tremendously damaging."

the halcyon days when Covfefe was our greatest concern

here are two examples of expert science communication around the links between paracetamol/tylenol and autism--responding to medical myths.

on the left is a good example, where the myth is raised, explained, evidence provided to explain lack of support for the myth.

one on the right, not so much.