Michael Larkin
@ipanalysis.bsky.social
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/
https://collaborativeresearch.co.uk/
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the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators
People on BlueSky: AI is useless! A stochastic parrot!
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
arxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators
It can be a huge relief, if you are not NT, when you realise that 'thoughts' and 'feelings' are basically the same phenomenon. It is less of a relief when you have to unpick the legacy of psychological theory and practice from that position.
I'm fascinating by how many concepts are really markers of our ignorance. Amélie Rorty says here that 'emotion' is one, a grab bag of leftovers from supposedly clearer concepts like will & reason.
We also have chance (Darwin's Origin), freedom (Kant's Groundwork), élan vital (Bergson). #philsky
We also have chance (Darwin's Origin), freedom (Kant's Groundwork), élan vital (Bergson). #philsky
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It can be a huge relief, if you are not NT, when you realise that 'thoughts' and 'feelings' are basically the same phenomenon. It is less of a relief when you have to unpick the legacy of psychological theory and practice from that position.
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Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
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This is really good
Another great piece by @gonebabygone.bsky.social on RFK and Trump's efforts to claw back all of the progress made by people with autism over the years.
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
I will not give up that which I have tasted
Promotion of the myth
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is really good
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The brilliant @alice-gregory.bsky.social asks what smart phone bans mean for kids like hers who needs their phone to stay alive
The kids fotgotten by the calls to ban phones
@dawnwatling.bsky.social @parthaskar.bsky.social @candiceodgers.bsky.social
psyche.co/notes-to-sel...
@dawnwatling.bsky.social @parthaskar.bsky.social @candiceodgers.bsky.social
psyche.co/notes-to-sel...
The kids forgotten by calls to ban phones | Psyche Notes to Self
Campaigns calling for smartphone-free childhoods might be well meaning, but the choice is not so simple for all families
psyche.co
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The brilliant @alice-gregory.bsky.social asks what smart phone bans mean for kids like hers who needs their phone to stay alive
At least we won't meet them in the playoffs
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
At least we won't meet them in the playoffs
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I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
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On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we must commit to funding trauma-informed services, making the criminal justice system fit for purpose, and driving systemic change to end male violence.
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we must commit to funding trauma-informed services, making the criminal justice system fit for purpose, and driving systemic change to end male violence.
Excited to see that this is on the way. The two preview tracks have had a lot of play.
The last of the Mint Mile pre-orders have shipped!
Hope you'll join us at the "andwhichstray" listening party tonight on Bandcamp at 9:00 pm ET.
mintmile.bandcamp.com/merch/mint-m...
Hope you'll join us at the "andwhichstray" listening party tonight on Bandcamp at 9:00 pm ET.
mintmile.bandcamp.com/merch/mint-m...
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Excited to see that this is on the way. The two preview tracks have had a lot of play.
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That was fun! the (mini) Mekons and Jon Langfords Men of Gwent playing on a ship motored on the Thames! Susie from The Mekons joined Men of Gwent for one number and they returned the favour by joking The Mekons for a few too! Good fun (even if everyone bumped their heads on low beams!).
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
That was fun! the (mini) Mekons and Jon Langfords Men of Gwent playing on a ship motored on the Thames! Susie from The Mekons joined Men of Gwent for one number and they returned the favour by joking The Mekons for a few too! Good fun (even if everyone bumped their heads on low beams!).
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Proposal Deadline: November 23 — 2025 RUTHELLEN JOSSELSON STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS — SQIP is offering 5 awards up to $500 each to support graduate students currently enrolled in programs in psychology or related fields to complete projects based in #qualitative approaches www.sqip.org/post/2025-ru...
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Proposal Deadline: November 23 — 2025 RUTHELLEN JOSSELSON STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS — SQIP is offering 5 awards up to $500 each to support graduate students currently enrolled in programs in psychology or related fields to complete projects based in #qualitative approaches www.sqip.org/post/2025-ru...
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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I just want to look away from news like this but I think we must not
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study
Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I just want to look away from news like this but I think we must not
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sometimes when the football and cricket go disastrously wrong and the news is hide behind the sofa horrible the only answer is to bake a Cholla…
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Sometimes when the football and cricket go disastrously wrong and the news is hide behind the sofa horrible the only answer is to bake a Cholla…
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Grant Hart - 2541 [USA, alternative rock] (1988) - Former Hüsker Dü drummer drops this solo gem on his way to illustrious obscurity
https://redd.it/1p1nhfx
https://youtu.be/lCsYUIQ3sZo
https://redd.it/1p1nhfx
https://youtu.be/lCsYUIQ3sZo
Grant Hart - 2541 [USA, alternative rock] (1988) - Former Hüsker Dü drummer drops this solo gem on his way to illustrious obscurity
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Grant Hart - 2541 [USA, alternative rock] (1988) - Former Hüsker Dü drummer drops this solo gem on his way to illustrious obscurity
https://redd.it/1p1nhfx
https://youtu.be/lCsYUIQ3sZo
https://redd.it/1p1nhfx
https://youtu.be/lCsYUIQ3sZo
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"The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark"
from @casmudde.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
from @casmudde.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark"
from @casmudde.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
from @casmudde.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
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Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry
Submit work that examines how Hacking’s historical and pragmatic approach to philosophy has reshaped inquiries into psychiatry.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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I'm doing 2 nights in March at Roulette in Brooklyn with EVERYTHING — Guitar Quartet, Louies, How to Rescue Things, Corsano/Orcutt PLUS sets by everyone whose records I've released.
Get details and tickets now!
FRIDAY 3/20: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
SATURDAY 3/21: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
Get details and tickets now!
FRIDAY 3/20: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
SATURDAY 3/21: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm doing 2 nights in March at Roulette in Brooklyn with EVERYTHING — Guitar Quartet, Louies, How to Rescue Things, Corsano/Orcutt PLUS sets by everyone whose records I've released.
Get details and tickets now!
FRIDAY 3/20: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
SATURDAY 3/21: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
Get details and tickets now!
FRIDAY 3/20: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
SATURDAY 3/21: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
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For like ten years now but nobody listened
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
For like ten years now but nobody listened
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Our govt is adapting to the impacts of climate change. And it's opposite to the transformative adaptation we need.
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
This is a great article from @theconversation.com
@climatemajority.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
This is a great article from @theconversation.com
@climatemajority.bsky.social
How the rich world is fortifying itself against climate migration
Climate change is already linked to mass deportation – and the worst is still to come.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our govt is adapting to the impacts of climate change. And it's opposite to the transformative adaptation we need.
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
This is a great article from @theconversation.com
@climatemajority.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
This is a great article from @theconversation.com
@climatemajority.bsky.social
I work in science, and can reassure you that the most plausible relationship between these two largely independent phenomena is that autism has made a causal contribution to the development of vaccines.
This is so embarrassing and bad
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I work in science, and can reassure you that the most plausible relationship between these two largely independent phenomena is that autism has made a causal contribution to the development of vaccines.
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trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”