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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 1d

I've had a few queries about people running into danger in threatening emergencies, so here is a summary of the response. More information can be found in our practitioner guide:

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 2d

This is from the CitizenAID pocket guide and has also been the official advice: run, hide, tell. But as we have seen in recent days, people caught up in attacks are also motivated to help others, including strangers.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 2d

Rising together: How collective action emerges in the face of an emergency
@drselintekin.bsky.social's event for @bpsofficial.bsky.social

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Rising together: How collective action emerges in the face of an emergency | BPS

Dr Selin Tekin reflects on the first event in the Rising Together series, hosted by the BPS Social Psychology Section.

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 2d

Given the events of the last few days I think it's worth the reminder that rail staff (Northern) also acted with true professionalism in response to the Manchester Arena attack too.
#Huntingdon #Shap #Cat2

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 3d

'Panic'?
It's important to look at what passengers actually did. Not just flight, but also information and assistance:

'Amid a group of six, they were also attempting to stem the flow of blood from the head of the older man who was said to have saved the girl.'

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘It felt like forever’: passengers recount mass stabbing on Cambridgeshire train

Some initially assumed the commotion was a Halloween prank, but soon realised something awful was unfolding

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · 8d

"...if there had been warning, that huge mass of water – that catastrophe; that apocalypse – would still have come down, and all those cars would have been swept away and all those houses would have been flooded. But there wouldn’t have been as many deaths."

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‘Mud on our hands; blood on his’: fury lingers one year after Spain’s deadly floods

Survivors in Valencia call for consequences, particularly for regional president, after country’s worst natural disaster this century

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Ben Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 13d

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12d

How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth

Welsh voters have rejected Labour and Starmerite managerialism. By offering hope and not division we showed the populist right can be beaten, says Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · Oct 7

Pedantic I know, but there should have been an 'Unaffiliated/Other' group in the graph (i.e., mean 'Very Negative' for the groups shown is 48.2% not 41%)

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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · Sep 3

@zoeschlanger.bsky.social from the @theatlantic.com with an under appreciated dynamic in the discussions swirling around FEMA reforms - the role of private sector consultants. Read with this gift link:

Goodbye FEMA, Hello Disaster Consultants

Pushing more responsibility for disaster response onto the states will mean depending more on private contractors.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · Aug 12

When you see these pictures, remember that the exiting civil servant Chair of the UK Climate Change Committee said, not long back, that 2050 would be very much like today

As I said at the time, utter, irresponsible, bollox

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Thousands evacuated in Spain amid deadly wildfires and new heatwave

Temperatures of 44C predicted as blazes rage across Europe

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · Jul 26

See my LinkedIn post Guy

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Jul 5

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Andy Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ revkin.substack.com @revkin.bsky.social · Jul 5

CBS Austin video of the top elected official, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly. Covering disasters like this more than 25 years I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this kind of justification.

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · Jun 29

I visited the museum two weeks ago. The whole place was dark, tired, and uninspiring.

And to realise it was an actual body on display…I don’t know what to say.

…except, Yes! The answer is Yes!

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · Jun 13

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ETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu · Jun 3

Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%

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20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds

A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · Jun 2

Watching the shocking imagery of tourists running off the slopes of Etna ahead of a collapsing pyroclastic cloud is making me think of Galeras, Chouet's harmonic tremors...and most importantly, how we need to continue to develop effective warning systems to keep people safe...even adventurous ones

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · Jun 2

Alan. Great insight, thank you…that is going into a paper I’m writing right now (adding to @LucyGoBag’s ‘needs’ perspective)

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · Jun 1

My first word search in tomorrow's #SDR will be "Article 3"

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Chris Cocking @chriscocking.bsky.social · May 27

Other work I did with @profjohndrury.bsky.social on mass emergencies also found that people co-operate with each other & the idea of selfish 'panic' is a myth. This is shown in the way that #Liverpool has come together after this terrible incident
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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library

Crowd behaviour in emergencies has previously been explained in terms of either ‘mass panic’ or strength of pre-existing social bonds. The present paper reports results from a study comparing high- v...

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Hugh Deeming @hasisd.bsky.social · May 27

All I can take from this NPSA guidance, is the immense challenge involved in countering vehicle-as-weapon threats.

Please, beware the 9 o'clock jury with 'easy' answers.
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