Joe Phillips
@polpsychjoe.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics, Cardiff University. Political Psychology. Polarization. Political Communication.
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Reporting showed no problem to be solved: There’s no evidence of a safety threat to women or children by allowing trans individuals to use the bathroom of their preference. Instead, There is substantive research these bills negatively impact trans individuals, including by harassment, and assault.
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reporting showed no problem to be solved: There’s no evidence of a safety threat to women or children by allowing trans individuals to use the bathroom of their preference. Instead, There is substantive research these bills negatively impact trans individuals, including by harassment, and assault.
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this dismantling of the regulatory state and the complete defanging of corporate oversight is probably one of the most important stories of the last twenty years, yet it's of little interest to the press. Here it's relegated off to the opinion section where it can be dismissed as conjecture
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
this dismantling of the regulatory state and the complete defanging of corporate oversight is probably one of the most important stories of the last twenty years, yet it's of little interest to the press. Here it's relegated off to the opinion section where it can be dismissed as conjecture
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This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM