DirkvL
@dirkvl.bsky.social
Dad. #Sociology #Interactionism #Ethnomethdology @kingsbschool dirkvl.info
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Took myself to the playground aka the new exhibition The Secret Power of Scents at the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. Smells to bring new life to the collection and its history...and a lot of fun. Was grinning the whole time Thread of highlights!
www.kunstpalast.de/en/event/die...
www.kunstpalast.de/en/event/die...
The Secret Power of Scents - Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
www.kunstpalast.de
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Took myself to the playground aka the new exhibition The Secret Power of Scents at the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. Smells to bring new life to the collection and its history...and a lot of fun. Was grinning the whole time Thread of highlights!
www.kunstpalast.de/en/event/die...
www.kunstpalast.de/en/event/die...
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"As far as green electrification is concerned, China can claim an undeniable, almost embarrassingly total claim to world leadership [..], but it is testimony to the relatively underdeveloped quality of China’s soft power, that the message is as muted as it is." adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Chartbook 414: Slouching towards (Red-Green) utopia. Voicing the muted politics of China's renewable energy revolution.
It can’t be said too often.
adamtooze.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"As far as green electrification is concerned, China can claim an undeniable, almost embarrassingly total claim to world leadership [..], but it is testimony to the relatively underdeveloped quality of China’s soft power, that the message is as muted as it is." adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Many thanks to @sgrosjean.bsky.social for her visit yesterday at the Institute of Informatics at HES-SO Valais-Wallis, and to everyone who participated!
Sylvie gave a talk "From Daily Struggles to Digital Support: Co-Designing an AI-Powered Self-Care Technology with People with Parkinson's".
Sylvie gave a talk "From Daily Struggles to Digital Support: Co-Designing an AI-Powered Self-Care Technology with People with Parkinson's".
October 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Many thanks to @sgrosjean.bsky.social for her visit yesterday at the Institute of Informatics at HES-SO Valais-Wallis, and to everyone who participated!
Sylvie gave a talk "From Daily Struggles to Digital Support: Co-Designing an AI-Powered Self-Care Technology with People with Parkinson's".
Sylvie gave a talk "From Daily Struggles to Digital Support: Co-Designing an AI-Powered Self-Care Technology with People with Parkinson's".
excellent new article on rejection in academic publishing. in @sijournal.bsky.social #sssi #sociology
New on Early View: “From River to Review: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Negotiated Self in Academic Publishing” by Alvenio G. Mozol Jr. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70025 #sssi #sociology #academic #publishing #rejection #autoethnography
We have just published Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.'s article…
We have just published Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.'s article…
New on Early View: “From River to Review: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Negotiated Self in Academic Publishing” by Alvenio G. Mozol Jr. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70025 #sssi #sociology #academic #publishing #rejection #autoethnography
We have just published Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.'s article "From River to Review: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Negotiated Self in Academic Publishing" on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
excellent new article on rejection in academic publishing. in @sijournal.bsky.social #sssi #sociology
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How Maga is interfering in the UK and why Britain is much less well equipped to deal with this kind of ‘foreign interference’ than other countries in Europe.
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
Regimechange leicht gemacht
Zur Zeit des „Empire“ veranstaltete die britische Kolonialregierung in Indien regelmäßig prachtvolle Zeremonien, bei denen die Thronbesteigung eines britischen Monarchen mit großem Prunk und aufwändig...
www.blaetter.de
October 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
How Maga is interfering in the UK and why Britain is much less well equipped to deal with this kind of ‘foreign interference’ than other countries in Europe.
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
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My new paper on how patients use epistemic markers like “I read” and “I heard” is out. I show that epistemic markers allow patients to assert their agency while acknowledging medical authority
#EMCA
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EMCA
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“I read a bit of information”: Epistemic markers as a resource for enacting patients’ agency
As access to online health information grows, patients increasingly arrive at medical consultations informed but uncertain about how to display their …
www.sciencedirect.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My new paper on how patients use epistemic markers like “I read” and “I heard” is out. I show that epistemic markers allow patients to assert their agency while acknowledging medical authority
#EMCA
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EMCA
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Fab blog post on unpacking the notion of 'collaboration' between humans and robots, including video footage.
short blog post (with exciting video!) on our #CSCW2025 paper "Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration", summarising our arguments about human-robot 'collaboration' (is it?)
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration
It is now routine to talk about human-AI collaboration and the possibility of AI systems acting as co-workers or partners for us. It’s…
medium.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Fab blog post on unpacking the notion of 'collaboration' between humans and robots, including video footage.
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short blog post (with exciting video!) on our #CSCW2025 paper "Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration", summarising our arguments about human-robot 'collaboration' (is it?)
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration
It is now routine to talk about human-AI collaboration and the possibility of AI systems acting as co-workers or partners for us. It’s…
medium.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
short blog post (with exciting video!) on our #CSCW2025 paper "Opening Up Human-Robot Collaboration", summarising our arguments about human-robot 'collaboration' (is it?)
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
#EMCA #CSCW
(paper with Hannah Pelikan & @marinanc.bsky.social)
medium.com/acm-cscw/ope...
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*Did you know that a high-tech typesetting machine bankrupted Mark Twain?
*Authors seizing control of their means-of-production, man, that scheme sounds cool but it never works out
www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...
*Authors seizing control of their means-of-production, man, that scheme sounds cool but it never works out
www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...
October 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
*Did you know that a high-tech typesetting machine bankrupted Mark Twain?
*Authors seizing control of their means-of-production, man, that scheme sounds cool but it never works out
www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...
*Authors seizing control of their means-of-production, man, that scheme sounds cool but it never works out
www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...
"War is a Virtual Hell" Bruce Sterling @bruces.bsky.social in Wired's inaugural issue in 1993 www.wired.com/1993/01/virt...
War Is Virtual Hell
Bruce Sterling reports back from the electronic battlefield.
www.wired.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"War is a Virtual Hell" Bruce Sterling @bruces.bsky.social in Wired's inaugural issue in 1993 www.wired.com/1993/01/virt...
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Museum studies people: are there any scholarly texts on new forms of museum interpretation -- Specifically label writing?
September 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Museum studies people: are there any scholarly texts on new forms of museum interpretation -- Specifically label writing?
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration FT (£) on.ft.com/3K9ciGb
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there
on.ft.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration FT (£) on.ft.com/3K9ciGb
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We are presenting our data and analysis on the impact of disposable nappies on child health, school readiness, and pollution to MPs in UK Parliament on 5th Nov. If you want your local MP to attend please do contact them. Details here: senseaboutscience.org/evidence-wee...
The Big Toilet Project
Crunching the numbers on single-use nappies and their impacts on child health, school readiness, and the UK's sustainability targets Wednesday, 5 November, 9:00 to 12:30, Jubilee Room, Westminster Boo...
senseaboutscience.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We are presenting our data and analysis on the impact of disposable nappies on child health, school readiness, and pollution to MPs in UK Parliament on 5th Nov. If you want your local MP to attend please do contact them. Details here: senseaboutscience.org/evidence-wee...
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Two very important graphs.
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
September 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Two very important graphs.
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Speaking to the #PlanningBill, I say large donations should be on the record before Westminster government makes decisions about major developments. Yes you might call it the Jenrick amendment
bit.ly/fulldebatehere
bit.ly/fulldebatehere
September 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Speaking to the #PlanningBill, I say large donations should be on the record before Westminster government makes decisions about major developments. Yes you might call it the Jenrick amendment
bit.ly/fulldebatehere
bit.ly/fulldebatehere
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Something I wrote a year ago that’s infuriatingly relevant
Leaders should finally tell us the truth about migration: it’s here for good | Gaia Vince
It’s time to resist the right’s narrative of immigration as aberration. Nations thrive on it – and they always have done, says author Gaia Vince
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Something I wrote a year ago that’s infuriatingly relevant
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Vaccines have saved 154 million lives worldwide since 1974, have driven down infant mortality by 40%… Reducing vaccinations — through access walls or wilful misinformation (RFK Jr’s lunatic theories/claims) — will kill people – adults and children alike.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives worldwide since 1974, have driven down infant mortality by 40%… Reducing vaccinations — through access walls or wilful misinformation (RFK Jr’s lunatic theories/claims) — will kill people – adults and children alike.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@davidsonofaaron.bsky.social looks like BVB will come to Tottenham again this autumn/winter 😃👌
August 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@davidsonofaaron.bsky.social looks like BVB will come to Tottenham again this autumn/winter 😃👌
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Listen to this success story! 💙
It's a decade since Syrian refugees arrived in Germany. Today, they're an indispensable part of the German workforce – especially in medicine! This is what the media SHOULD be showing you, instead of constantly pandering to the racists who just spread doom and gloom.
It's a decade since Syrian refugees arrived in Germany. Today, they're an indispensable part of the German workforce – especially in medicine! This is what the media SHOULD be showing you, instead of constantly pandering to the racists who just spread doom and gloom.
August 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Listen to this success story! 💙
It's a decade since Syrian refugees arrived in Germany. Today, they're an indispensable part of the German workforce – especially in medicine! This is what the media SHOULD be showing you, instead of constantly pandering to the racists who just spread doom and gloom.
It's a decade since Syrian refugees arrived in Germany. Today, they're an indispensable part of the German workforce – especially in medicine! This is what the media SHOULD be showing you, instead of constantly pandering to the racists who just spread doom and gloom.
Reviewed Symbolic Interaction (@sijournal.bsky.com) by Jason Turowetz (UCSB) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
August 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Reviewed Symbolic Interaction (@sijournal.bsky.com) by Jason Turowetz (UCSB) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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From the Archive: Des Fitzgerald and Felicity Callard, 'Social Science and Neuroscience beyond Interdisciplinarity: Experimental Entanglements' - an account of the dynamics of interaction across the social sciences and neurosciences. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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August 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
From the Archive: Des Fitzgerald and Felicity Callard, 'Social Science and Neuroscience beyond Interdisciplinarity: Experimental Entanglements' - an account of the dynamics of interaction across the social sciences and neurosciences. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Advertising campaign on IG promoting #lewisham by @lewisham.gov.uk
August 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Advertising campaign on IG promoting #lewisham by @lewisham.gov.uk
Lewisham honours forgotten World War One War heroes at Ladywell and Brockley cemetery #Brockley #LAdywell #Lewishham #SE4 #SE6 #SE8 #SE13 lewisham.gov.uk/articles/new...
Lewisham honours forgotten World War One War heroes at Ladywell and Brockley cemetery
Four forgotten fallen from WWI are set to be memorialised thanks to research by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) and Lewisham Council.
lewisham.gov.uk
August 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Lewisham honours forgotten World War One War heroes at Ladywell and Brockley cemetery #Brockley #LAdywell #Lewishham #SE4 #SE6 #SE8 #SE13 lewisham.gov.uk/articles/new...