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Prof Neil Martin

@thatneilmartin.bsky.social

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I suppose I'd best get on and fill this in. Psychologist, Prof, writer, former head of department and university research integrity advisor. Research and consultancy: smell/taste; food; horror; comedy; the brain. Email: [email protected]

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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · Jul 14

And so, it begins! (again). NEWS. The 8th edition of Psychology will be out in 2026! This means, I think, that I should start writing it.

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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 7h

"Shhh...", from behind an arras :)

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 7h

I'd like to think that William Franklyn was involved somewhere.

Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 9h

If Celebrity The Traitors was made in 1978 it would involve Frank Muir, Roy Kinnear and Angharad Rees in boiler suits sitting round a big beige hexagonal table in TC7, and would be all over in 27 minutes.

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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, goes on a bit and the denouement is a bit intestinal, but that was funny and very nicely done and the accent’s had calm-it-down lessons.

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 9h

I love a red carpet.

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 9h

Good evening.

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 14h

I'll be honest, they sound much more exciting in Welsh.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 16h

Well, this is excellent. Like what would happen if you put James Joyce, Beachcomber and Auberon Waugh in a Nutribullet.

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of which, I've just started @ianmartin.bsky.social 's anthology of prodigious verbal fannying

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MarshallNotFunny @marshallcartoon.bsky.social · 19h

Spooky goings on at #WestminsterReferenceLibray you can now book free talk and workshop by the hauntingly good
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Things That Go Bump In The Night exhibition - Professional Cartoonists Organisation

Intro by Sarah Boyce: Have you noticed it’s getting darker in the evenings and things are getting spookier? The owl hooting a bit too loudly, the werewolf howling far off in the distance, the gate wei...

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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 19h

Nadine! @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 19h

Stamp duty is a mad tax. Like all tax, it's a choice governments make. Remove it, I presume you find the money elsewhere.

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 19h

"They do the right thing" Liz Truss, Partygate, Suella Braverman, Johnson...

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 19h

That list sounds like a charge sheet.

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 19h

Gastric Band Of Brothers.

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 19h

I think the slogan is now "Back to square 1".

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 19h

"We lowered unemployment!" "We are going to sack thousands of civil servants!" is quite the pivot, @mrjamesob.bsky.social

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Charles (we did this together) wrote a piece about it many years later for the Western Mail. Let me see if I can find suitable *cough* images. Do you want a piece for TF? (You can tell me to bugger off)

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Oh God, Seamas, WHAT ARE YOU MAKING ME DO???*

*Did I mention the suspension, and the further suspension, and the lawyers, and the local education authority, and the lawyers, and the grovelling apologies and...