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Michael Larkin
@ipanalysis.bsky.social
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Researcher, phenomenologist, parent to various creatures, some sort of musician, baker, reader, breaker of stuff, liker of seas and hills, sufferer of Boro.

https://collaborativeresearch.co.uk/

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British Psychological Society @bpsofficial.bsky.social · 1d
"One thing we know from the research is it's very hard to predict whether two strangers will end up being compatible."

@pauleastwick.bsky.social chatted to our @psychmag.bsky.social editor Jon Sutton to discover what we've got wrong about love and connection.

💕👉 www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
‘We’re on the cusp of a revitalisation of the organic approaches to dating and social life’ | BPS
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Paul Eastwick, author of ‘Bonded by Evolution: What We’ve Got Wrong About Love and Connection’. Plus an extract.
www.bps.org.uk

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Hard Boiled Egg @perigominas.bsky.social · 2d
Great article. I think though we might all be conflating two issues: reflection and manipulation. On the latter, bad actors and particularly ones with deep pockets are unaeguably using these platforms to normalise some beliefs and positions that until recently were beyond the pale. 1/

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 3d
Call for papers: astonphar.blogspot.com/2026/02/we-e...
Deadline March 20th.
Event May 12th.
Theme: Relationships and mental health.

One-day conference, co-organised by PHaR and the Phenomenology of Mental Health team at UoB.
Phenomenology of Health and Relationships
We enjoyed PHaR2025 so much that we're going again! This time we've teamed up with our friends across the city for a joint event. Deta...
astonphar.blogspot.com

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 3d
"Racist people are firing and laying off Black women at three times the rate of other women."

😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!

"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."

Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
Black Women Are Losing Jobs At Three Times The Rate Of Other Women | Essence
New labor data shows Black women accounted for a disproportionate share of job losses across 2025, especially in federal, education, and care-sector roles.
www.essence.com

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The Register @theregister.com · 3d
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
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Tamsin Ford @tamsinford.bsky.social · 4d
Really proud to involved in this work

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Evaluation of special educational needs and disability provision in English primary schools using administrative health and education data in the ECHILD database | International Journal of P...
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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 4d
A teenage Rasputin takes the sting from a gin

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 4d
A model like NIHR's PGfAR scheme would have been great, but adapted so that follow-on funding had to be led by young people and bring in one or more disciplines missing from the main grant (social policy, implementation science, health economics etc)
thementalelf.bsky.social The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 4d
"Where do we go next on mobilisation into practice"

Ella: it's about finding (or creating) the platforms to deliver co-created tools..

Kadra: ...and synthesising ideas and insights to translate the implications

Simon: we need to make a lot of space for youth voices.

#AMHDMshowcase

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 4d
Young co-researchers from the Agency projects doing us proud
mcpinfoundation.bsky.social The McPin Foundation @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social · 4d
Great to be part of day 2 of the #AMHDMshowcase. Sharing work from the Agency in practice project. Learn more about the project here mcpin.org/project/agen...

@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social

#thisismyplace - As part of Children's Mental Health week

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 4d
You made some excellent points, thank you

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The McPin Foundation @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social · 4d
Great to be part of day 2 of the #AMHDMshowcase. Sharing work from the Agency in practice project. Learn more about the project here mcpin.org/project/agen...

@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social

#thisismyplace - As part of Children's Mental Health week

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Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · 4d
I especially think the Life in the UK test is a dumb way to test how immigrants have acclimatised and integrated. It's a bunch of parrot-learning on facts most British people don't know. Here's a taster: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZcJ...
The Top 10 HARDEST Questions + Summary Notes! Life in the UK Test 2026 Practice 🇬🇧
YouTube video by UK Life Prep
www.youtube.com

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Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social · 4d
Finally out!
TLDR: People don't feel shit cause they believe wild conspiracy theories, they believe CTs cause they feel shit. CT beliefs are often confabulations explaining their existential predicament. I drew on LOTS empirical stuff to try & make this defeasible:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Are Conspiracy Theorists Confabulating? - Review of Philosophy and Psychology
In this paper, I outline the mechanisms of confabulation and how these mechanisms facilitate not only the maintenance of belief in conspiracy theories, but also their initial adoption. I argue by infe...
link.springer.com

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 4d
Follow-on funding can be found for successful projects.

We also need capacity building to support a new generation of researchers.

#AMHDMshowcase

www.ukri.org/blog/evolvin...
Evolving follow-on funding to realise new possibilities
The Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) follow-on funding (FoF) scheme is evolving. Find out what is changing, why it matters and how to apply.
www.ukri.org

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 4d
"Where do we go next on mobilisation into practice"

Ella: it's about finding (or creating) the platforms to deliver co-created tools..

Kadra: ...and synthesising ideas and insights to translate the implications

Simon: we need to make a lot of space for youth voices.

#AMHDMshowcase

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 4d
The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
www.theguardian.com

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 4d
Safe, Happiness, Ratcatcher, Reservoir Dogs, Naked
timmidyett.bsky.social tmydytt @timmidyett.bsky.social · 4d
Safe
The Flowers of Shanghai
Blue Velvet
Paris, Texas
Happiness
andykhouri.bsky.social Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 4d
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:

Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 4d
Busy afternoon at our #projectEPIC meeting yesterday with great talks by Chiara Punzi, Lara Calabrese and Elisabetta Lalumera on how to test #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy
Lara on her scoping review and qualitative study on the experience on epistemic injustice in dementia Elisabetta on whether and how epistemic injustice can be tested Chiara on her qualitative study on the experience of epistemic injustice in paranoia and Lisa chairing Lisa, Chiara, Lara and Elisabetta

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tmydytt @timmidyett.bsky.social · 4d
Safe
The Flowers of Shanghai
Blue Velvet
Paris, Texas
Happiness
andykhouri.bsky.social Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 4d
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:

Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)

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Recovery in the Bin @ritb.bsky.social · 4d
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank
Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political unease
www.theguardian.com

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 5d
This is a peer reviewed book chapter from the Agency projects, funded under #AMHDM. As a team, we thought a lot about what we meant by 'expertise'. Three of us wrote this to articulate some of the key principles. publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/45...

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 5d
In the qualitative study, young people said how important relational stability was for them.

However, caregivers often lack agency, and YP with high mental health needs are likely not to have their needs met.

#AMHDMshowcase

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The McPin Foundation @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social · 5d
As part of #AMHDMshowcase today we heard from young person advisory group members in a panel discussion on involvement of young people in research – impacts and lessons learned. This session was chaired by McPin’s research director @vanessapinfold.bsky.social

@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
Six people seated for panel discussion on stage

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Lisa Tilley @tilley101.bsky.social · 5d
Here's a counterpoint to this grim revival of climate eugenics at Essex (lots of other great research against populationism is available): journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 5d
Yes - e.g Confessions of a Justified Sinner was a couple of decades earlier I think?

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 5d
New CPD podcast from the 'Agency' team open.spotify.com/episode/5ObN...
Agency in youth mental health
open.spotify.com

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Chloé de Canson @chloedecanson.bsky.social · 5d
They have tirelessly advocated for better and more research funding for long COVID. Last year, they put together this exceptional fact sheet for LC awareness day, which I heartily recommend to everyone patientresearchcovid19.com/2025-long-co...
2025 Long COVID Fact Sheet – Patient Led Research Collaborative
patientresearchcovid19.com

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 5d
His biggest achievement so far is beating one of the local firemen at pull-ups

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Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social · 8d
Stracciatella, in a cone, from Di Pola's in Hastings.

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Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 8d
Join the waitlist for Affective Atmospheres — 18–19 Feb at Civic House, Glasgow.
A free, in-person conference Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk

🔗 placememory.net/affective-at...