@bmhughes
Prof Psych • Writer • Galway • he/him New book 'Psychology's Quiet Conservatism': https://link.springer.com/book/9783032077233 Blog: https://thesciencebit.net/ Bio: https://brianmhughes.com/ 📷 https://www.photoblogism.net
If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice
I feel like the deathly dangers of using a knife to get a piece of toast out of the toaster have been somewhat exaggerated
Cis people have had their chance to run Britain, and I think we can all agree they’ve made a right pig’s ear of it. It’s time for them to step aside and let someone else have a go.
Some of you have never been to Boogie Wonderland, and it shows.
The subhead says it all.
"Only one of Einstein’s papers was ever peer-reviewed, by the way, and he was so surprised and upset that he published his paper in a different journal instead..."
A great article on peer-review. #scientificpublishing
“By Hegseth’s standard, any country having any advanced defensive weaponry of any kind can be labeled an imminent threat.”
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1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
Rainwater now coming straight through onto the floor -- stand back ⚡
I am very proud of my meticulously curated door content!
Some electrical wiring, added into the mix, for an extra bonus.🔌
My workspace this Monday morning.
I guess this is what "connecting up our distinctive strengths in new and transformational ways" looks like (when it rains)
I don't think we should host the World Cup, tbh
At least 40 people were killed in a strike on a girls' school in southern Iran, Iranian state media has reported.
A provincial official said Israeli strikes hit the school, according to state media jrnl.ie/6970531
A judge just tossed out Columbia University's disciplinary actions against 22 students over the 2024 Hamilton Hall occupation, finding the school relied on sealed arrest records and held individuals responsible for group actions, violating its own rules.
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Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
Reform: Stop the boats! Deport people!
Starmer: OMG we have to beat the Reform Party! STOP MORE BOATS! DEPORT MORE PEOPLE! ISLAND OF STRANGERS!
Hannah Spencer: Everybody deserves a nice life.
Starmer: Hannah Spencer is more interested in dividing people than uniting them.
"We are also concerned about the increasing marketisation of #HigherEd, where programmes are evaluated primarily through recruitment metrics and short-term labour market alignment...Reducing HE to a narrow economic instrument risks diminishing its broader social & democratic role"
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I always think Ryanair would be a good fit
Don't forget the tech/science/engineering "innovation hubs" and suchlike that make all that (imaginary) moolah
It is difficult to know quite which elephant in the room to start with. Years of wilful austerity and brain-dead resource cuts undermining programme quality might be one
Evaluating the arts using neoliberal terms like “perceived lower occupational return” might be another
Capitalism hates the arts
oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.
Dennis nedry jurrasic park "see nobody cares" meme reads Hey everybody, this guy still posts on X! See? Everyone is horrified and disappointed. They feel it speaks directly to your values.
In order to find yourself you must first lose the crowd🔥
Today @thesicktimes.org: Shielding Cournoyer reviews the book "Invisible Illness."
"Though Mendenhall accurately acknowledges the harm of psychologizing illness, her thesis does exactly that." thesicktimes.org/2026/02/13/i...
Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
It takes a while into this article to find that Lucy's father told her he wouldn't have been upset if Donald Trump had sexually assaulted her.
And then he shot her.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The BMJ' @bmj_latest X.com A series of medical royal colleges are stepping back from Elon Musk's social media platform X after issues of abuse and hatred. Three have left, and two more are reviewing their activity. @stokel reports Then a link to an article.
Oh the replies to this one… long essays on why X should continue to be validated as a legitimate place to share information.
It’s a tool of an authoritarian regime that manipulates information reach. People are starting to realise.
