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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 1d

Loved this lecture. Shining a light on all the horrors of intensive animal agriculture and the hypocrisies of those who support it.

Ofc I discussed the trolling I’ve received; and how I’ve both risen above it and used it to promote productive change.

Happy World Vegan Day 🌱

#worldveganday

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 2d

Yup.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Zack Polanski and Hasan Piker on Brexit and how it was basically blaming immigrants for underfunded services caused by austerity @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Trust in institutions and misinformation susceptibility both independently explain vaccine skepticism - Scientific Reports

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 2d

Vaccine scepticism is driven by misinformation AND distrust with both being predictors of decisions not to vaccinate during the covid-19 pandemic.

Regarding distrust of the Govt, the researchers found that specific concerns, and not general distrust, were predictive.

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

Scientific Reports - Trust in institutions and misinformation susceptibility both independently explain vaccine skepticism

www.nature.com

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 4d

Unfortunately I’ve spent more time than I’d like looking at the BNP, their propaganda, interviews with their members, and the direct comparison of their egregious rhetoric with the bile Reform spout unfortunately regularly.

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 4d

That’s only partly true. Remember the BNP… they published their Britain First propaganda and gained traction that way. There’s always a way, it’s just digitally is faster, powerfully divisive, and allows for accessible rage baiting.

The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 4d

They’re tapping into structural social inequalities and misdirecting the blame onto the most vulnerable. Same as it ever was. It’s relatively easy to do. Keep the public entertained, and preferably lacking educational opportunities, then tell them their lack of success isn’t their responsibility.

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 4d

Be aware. Be very aware. Musk is whipping up racial violence within the U.K. and he owns the platform upon which much of it is fomented. This is why I got out of X, I won’t fund this sort of unrestrained violent rhetoric. I won’t be associated with it, no matter how you carve it up - it’s wrong.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

Elon Musk continues to try to socialise civil war, political & inter-ethnic violence in Britain. He combines an argument that violence is inevitable with his call at the Tommy Robinson rally for pre-emptive violence, on grounds of an existential threat & the inevitability of violence

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 4d

ChatGPT regularly over promises. “I can make that into an interactive heat map for you. Would you like me to?”

“Ohh yes please”

Cue ‘analysing’ for 20 minutes.

“Are you making the interactive heat map?”

“No. It seems I don’t have access to that”

“Why did you promise it?”

“I’m sorry.”

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 5d

Poverty will explain much of this, until we ensure children are going to school, are fed, and are patented with love, the gaps in attainment will only widen sadly.

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 9d

It’s worth noting that recent estimates have found that 90% of the population’s political opinions are being represented by less than 3% of tweets (for example) online.

The media hyperbole around Farage and Reform is likely to create a minority influence effect 🤦🏻‍♀️

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...

Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov

bylinetimes.com

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 10d

Just waiting for the why no ‘men only’ brigade to complain…

Truth is, the only sensible solution here is a ‘no violent men’ transport system: Then everyone is safe, however they identify.

Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 11d

At last. Some hard talking from Labour.

4% less growth long term isn’t going to help Farage, neither is the fact that the boats did not stop.

But even then, it was never the boats causing inflation, under investment, or inequality was it?

Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11d

Farage “will argue that the heroic liberation dream was traduced by cowardice in the implementation but even that puts him in complicity with disappointment. Simpler to change the subject”

So, don’t let him. His lies got us into this mess. Only truth gets us out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

www.theguardian.com

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 14d

I respect that. And your son is bang on there. It is survival of the cutest! Team owlet seems a happy place to be 😊

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 14d

Ugh.

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 14d

For me it’s intriguing how we demonise some animals over others. And how ‘we’ are often ok with their bad treatment. Not a dig at you whatsoever, more a comment on our speciesism as a society.

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 14d

Beautiful capture but isn’t it odd how people, when confronted with nature, and predation, will typically want the snake to go hungry and the owlet to escape.

People don’t like seeing beautiful creatures killed, yet, many defend paying for that to happen on a staggeringly industrial scale.

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 19d

Sure, is everything ok?

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 21d

People who give a room of 25 five year olds this sort of thing should be held accountable for their actions against parents and grandparents.

My ears are still ringing.

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 26d

This is where we’re at with widespread, ‘legitimised’ misinformation/distortion of truth/propaganda 👇🏻

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 26d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 26d

Wonderful, wonderful woman. And she’s right, don’t give up hope, you can make a difference. We can all do better to help protect our planet 🌍 🌱

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 28d

If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 28d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Musician Billy Bragg and journalist Josh Kaplan debate proposed Israeli Eurovision ban

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 28d

There’s no place in Eurovision for military aggressors, countries run by dictators, or those perpetrating genocidal actions.

I realise individual citizens or singers are not responsible for the actions of their governments or military. But Eurovision, for me, is about unity, acceptance, and joy.

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · Oct 1

Me on Sky News Breakfast: "Russia was banned (from Eurovision) after the invasion of Ukraine and I think that if we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people"
news.sky.com/video/musici...

Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has been an outspoken critic of Israel's actions in Gaza and has a long history of writing about social issues. He discusses the proposals with the Jewish Chronicle journ...

news.sky.com

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you!! 🙏

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 29d

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In case you wished to revisit it!

Out of sight, out of mind: how pescetarians manage dissonance by creating distance

For many, there exists a cognitive inconsistency between the practice of eating non-human animals and the belief that animals are morally relevant. This juxtaposition has fittingly been described a...

www.tandfonline.com