Mickey Carroll

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How to inoculate yourself (and others) against viral misinformation Author Sander van Linden explains how to build immunity against misinformation, similar to vaccines that protect against pathogens.

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists was founded by Einstein. Today in the face of mounting attacks on the scientific enterprise, I'm honored to have done a Q&A about how to vaccinate each other against the increasing deluge of misinformation. @thebulletin.org

thebulletin.org/2025/02/how-...

Snapchat 'asleep at the wheel' when it comes to suicide and self-harm content, says children's charity Just 2% of reported suicide and self-harm content on Snapchat was removed between January and July last year, according to Snapchat's latest transparency report.

Internet safety campaigners told me they were shocked by how little suicide and self harm content was removed by Snapchat ⬇️

@mollyroseorg.bsky.social

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Illegal casinos are using Roblox to draw children into online gambling A Sky News investigation has found a network of illegal casinos allowing children to gamble using their accounts on the hugely popular children's game Roblox. In response to our investigation, the Gam...

Illegal online casinos are using Roblox to draw children as young as 12 into online gambling - @bvdm.bsky.social and
I have been investigating for Sky News:

Get them in the pressure cooker, quick!

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Did anyone else think the Duolingo 'year wrapped' was a fancy way of it saying your streak was over?

I am way too invested in that owl. My heart genuinely started thumping while I speed-tapped through the slates to see if I had lost it all.

Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

me and ar beth do a little doctor who podcast, and we ruddy love it! if you've ever had an interest in doctor who, or just want to hear us chat, do come and join us!

'Dangerous' and 'ineffective' labels on menus don't reduce how many calories people eat, study finds Mandatory calorie labels on food menus were introduced by the government in 2022. Now, a study suggests they may not be effective at reducing the amount of calories people eat.

Y’day, eating disorder charity Beat told me calorie labelling on menus should be scrapped after new research from Liverpool Uni showed the policy made no difference to how many calories people ate.

It is damaging for people recovering from eating disorders though.

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A matched case-control analysis of autonomous vs human-driven vehicle accidents - Nature Communications Through a matched case-control analysis this study reveals accident risk disparities between autonomous and human-driven vehicles. It suggests that accidents of vehicles equipped with Advanced Driving...

Hello everyone, it is indeed me! That was a peer-reviewed study published in the science journal Nature. But yes, I think *turning* is probably quite important in the whole act of driving…

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The basin next to our house in East London was showing off a bit this morning

Google's AI chatbot Gemini tells user to 'please die' and 'you are a waste of time and resources' Gemini is supposed to have restrictions that stop it from encouraging or enabling dangerous activities, including suicide, but somehow, it still managed to tell one "thoroughly freaked out" user to "p...

Google's chatbot has told a user they are "a burden on society" and to ""Please die. Please."

I spoke to the @mollyroseorg.bsky.social and @andyburrows.bsky.social told us they "are increasingly concerned about some of the chilling output coming from chatbots."

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🧡 might just take you up on that, haven't seen you since magical Estonia!

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The view is incredible!

King Richard III given Yorkshire accent using state-of-the-art technology Richard III was king of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. More than a decade after his remains were found in a Leicester car park, an expert team has managed to recr...

Liverpool's Face Lab is extraordinary.

As well as recreating things like Richard III's voice (w. a Northern accent 💪), they recreate the faces of migrants who died crossing oceans so their communities can identify them.

Charlotte Leeming's story on Richard III here: news.sky.com/story/king-r...

Using the internet may help older people's mental health, says new study Around a quarter of people aged 50 and over in the UK said they were "often or always lonely", according to a government survey published last year. Now, researchers say making sure older people have ...

Maybe the internet doesn't ruin everything after all!

Study out yesterday showed that using the internet helped over-50s have a higher sense of wellbeing and fewer depressive episodes.

Read my coverage here: news.sky.com/story/using-...

Using the internet may help older people's mental health, says new study Around a quarter of people aged 50 and over in the UK said they were "often or always lonely", according to a government survey published last year. Now, researchers say making sure older people have ...

People over 50 who use internet to search for info, shop and communicate are less depressed and healthier, study finds

@mickeycarroll.bsky.social

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It's true - despite writing the story below... this post is my first on Bluesky! Hello 👋 and if you're interested whether this place can truly challenge X, give it a read: