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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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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 13m

'Crossroads from My Window', Battersea Rise (1932) by Leonora Kathleen Green

(Wandsworth Heritage Collection)

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Kim Newman @annodracula.bsky.social · 2h

At the premiere of the restored version of The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), I was on a panel discussion with Lucy Bolton, Wayne Drew, Melvyn Hayes, Mike Muncer and David Pirie.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFcw...

Exclusive Q&A from The Curse of Frankenstein Premiere Behind the Scenes with Hammer Experts

YouTube video by Hammer

www.youtube.com

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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 2h

New from The Quarterly Journal of Arboreal Ursine Gastroenterology & Papal Hinterlands

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4h

'While researchers typically publish in academic journals and books, the authors found, higher education managers are more likely to consult practice-oriented journals, newsletters, conference inputs and social media platforms such as LinkedIn.'

Physician, heal thyself.

HE research ‘rarely informs administrators’ decisions’

Knowledge transfer should include the university itself, says thinktank after identifying disconnect between managers and those who study them

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Threatening Music Notation @musicnotation.bsky.social · 4h

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LostReelsUK @lostreelsuk.bsky.social · 12h

ANNOUNCEMENT. Lost Reels returns to The ICA with the Best Christmas War Film you’ve never seen – Keith Gordon’s superlative A MIDNIGHT CLEAR (1992). Completely unavailable in the UK and followed by a Q&A with writer/director Keith Gordon. Tickets here: ica.art/films/a-midnight-clear-q-a

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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 12h

Misread Prison Brides as Peston Brides on the EPG and that would be quite the 2-part series.

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Yoo-Min @ LFF @mxsyf.bsky.social · 12h

@lffstubs.bsky.social
These tickets are still available and selling them now for £8 each

Yoo-Min @ LFF @mxsyf.bsky.social · 2d

@lffstubs.bsky.social
I am selling single tickets for the films below:

Roofman - 15/10 14:30 Front Stalls
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere - 16/10 11:30 Balcony
Blknws: Terms & Conditions 19/10 15:00 Curzon Soho

Each ticket for £10
DM me if you're interested

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 12h

Mandatory Red Carpet Photo

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

Speaking of glamour and mutilated bodies, the bloke on this carriage has spent the last seven stops puncturing the spots on his chest.

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 15h

Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...

In 1916 the BMJ published an article about the work done by James Shearer, an American physician working in the British Army as a sergeant (because he had no British qualification). He had described a
"delineator" which was better than x rays for portraying gunshot wounds. This caused a sensation and a lot of interest — but on investigation the work was found to have been invented. The BMJ published a retraction, but Shearer was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by firing squad.

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

Those are only poker faces if you had been literally hit in the face by a poker

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

I definitely have those Save It energy stickers (tho those might be from the 70s come to think of it :) )

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 15h

I was in the stalls sitting next to a glamourpuss and, for most of the film (and it was a long film to be the most of), all I could concentrate on was her perfume. Which was exquisite. At the end, I asked her what it was so I’ve added another potion to my bestiary of olfactory delights 😍

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 15h

Sumptuous (obviously), terrific performances (obviously), does what previous films have not done with Frankenstein (well, yes and no), could do with temporal shaving? (obviously, again). Very promethean monster, and reminds you of Last V of the Demeter

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 15h

Evening.

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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 15h

Can I make a tiny suggestion? Excrement in a toilet bowl is desirable because where else would you want it? I know what the q wants to ask but adding “unflushed” makes this clear. For wording consistency, I’d write “…chocolates in a bowl” because bowl of chocolates is a trope (and consistency etc)

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · Jun 20

Every guy with a tragic backstory (in a movie):

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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 22h

SCIENCE. ⬇️

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 23h

Make an effect size prediction!

@jamiecummins.bsky.social and I are replicating Balcetis & Dunning's (2010) "chocolate is more desirable than poop" (Cohen's d = 4.52)

Let us known in the replies what effect size you think we'll find. Details of the study in the thread below.

Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 22h

Oh lord, yes. I recorded the whole of the Seventh Voyage of Sinbad on BASF cassettes.

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

This clip show about bawdy 70s UK comedies is on TPTV and I will never have a go at Channel 5 ever again.

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

Very much. Me and another keen observer on here are particularly joyful about pop psychology bollocks masquerading as scholarship.

Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone writing about the influence of these thinkers really needs to provide detail on what they have actually written. Most of it is incoherent, lacking any substance and often downright weird.

Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Reading Thiel, Yarvin, Peterson et al. makes you realise what passes for intellectual iconoclasm these days is all absolute bollocks. Why anyone gives any of these people the time of day let alone credibility is baffling.

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

This does nothing to undermine the hypothesis that the 1970s was a decade of sex offenders.

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

Can't help feeling this is an ad.

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Tollytb🇮🇪🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇧 @tollytb.bsky.social · 2d

"Do you still get paid in Roubles Ted?"
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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 1d

If you've never heard of Molly Mae outside that washing powder advert, who else have you never heard of?

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1d

So much talk of economics and far right radicalisation but my increasingly view is we are all - myself included - underestimating the impact of both internet culture and (more importantly) the economics of the internet/social media on politics and radicalisation

Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 1d

Last night I heard of another friend of a friend who has been lost to a rabbit hole of online propaganda. We need to start treating this as a serious public health concern.