Roger Stone
@rogerstone26.bsky.social
Retired after long career in marketing followed by 4 years teaching secondary maths. Advocate for understanding data and statistics as a key part of numeracy for today's students - and everyone else. Keen runner and walker
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Global antidepressant use
(source OECD, CDC)
(source OECD, CDC)
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Global antidepressant use
(source OECD, CDC)
(source OECD, CDC)
"... we should be judging a school on so much more than test scores."
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Not Excellent at All
Why we need to stop pretending that exam results justify harsh treatment of children
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December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"... we should be judging a school on so much more than test scores."
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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What is it like to find a fake video of yourself promoting supplements on TikTok?
A Full Fact investigation, published exclusively by @theguardian.com, reveals how wellness products are being endorsed on social media by fake AI versions of real experts.
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A Full Fact investigation, published exclusively by @theguardian.com, reveals how wellness products are being endorsed on social media by fake AI versions of real experts.
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AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media
Hundreds of videos on TikTok and elsewhere impersonate experts to sell supplements with unproven effects
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December 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What is it like to find a fake video of yourself promoting supplements on TikTok?
A Full Fact investigation, published exclusively by @theguardian.com, reveals how wellness products are being endorsed on social media by fake AI versions of real experts.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A Full Fact investigation, published exclusively by @theguardian.com, reveals how wellness products are being endorsed on social media by fake AI versions of real experts.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Devastating evidence of Meta ignoring evidence of harm to children in their drive for growth of Facebook traffic. Governments in the US, UK and elsewhere must hold them, and other social media platforms, responsible www.afterbabel.com/p/metas-chil...
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Devastating evidence of Meta ignoring evidence of harm to children in their drive for growth of Facebook traffic. Governments in the US, UK and elsewhere must hold them, and other social media platforms, responsible www.afterbabel.com/p/metas-chil...
A very thoughtful, well researched and clearly explained article debunking myths of all the harm that social media is causing. The "donut" analogy explains social media as fun with some nutritious value, but not the only thing you should consume. www.jmir.org/2024/1/e59585
Ten Myths About the Effect of Social Media Use on Well-Being
This viewpoint reviews the empirical evidence regarding the association between social media use and well-being, including life satisfaction and affective well-being, and the association between socia...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A very thoughtful, well researched and clearly explained article debunking myths of all the harm that social media is causing. The "donut" analogy explains social media as fun with some nutritious value, but not the only thing you should consume. www.jmir.org/2024/1/e59585
The rich have the broadest shoulders. So let's make sure we pay more, not just in absolute terms, but even in percentage the richer we are. We can be proud of paying tax for education, NHS, social security, defence, etc. even while demanding that the money is well spent.
📣 Hundreds of thousands of us are telling the Government: TAX THE SUPER RICH
Today, alongside Greenpeace, Oxfam, Patriotic Millionaires, Tax Justice UK and others, we delivered 724,000 signatures to the Treasury demanding fair taxes to fix our NHS, fund our schools and tackle the climate crisis.
Today, alongside Greenpeace, Oxfam, Patriotic Millionaires, Tax Justice UK and others, we delivered 724,000 signatures to the Treasury demanding fair taxes to fix our NHS, fund our schools and tackle the climate crisis.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The rich have the broadest shoulders. So let's make sure we pay more, not just in absolute terms, but even in percentage the richer we are. We can be proud of paying tax for education, NHS, social security, defence, etc. even while demanding that the money is well spent.
Interested in being part of a health database to help improve NHS practice?
www.ourfuturehealth.org.uk/join/1105
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Our Future Health
Let’s prevent disease together
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November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Interested in being part of a health database to help improve NHS practice?
www.ourfuturehealth.org.uk/join/1105
www.ourfuturehealth.org.uk/join/1105
A little bit of #ggplot2 and #rayshader for the "dimensions" prompt on day 6 of the #30DayMapChallenge! 🌧️
#RStats #DataViz
#RStats #DataViz
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Overviews from Grok and Google Lens are falsely stating that fake images and videos are real depictions of the recent Huntingdon train attack. See the FullFact article that debunks this @fullfact.org
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Grok and Google Lens AI overviews claim fake imagery shows Huntingdon train attack – Full Fact
Grok told users one AI-generated image “appears to be a genuine photo”, while a Google Lens AI overview linked a video which does not show real footage of the incident to Saturday’s stabbings.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Overviews from Grok and Google Lens are falsely stating that fake images and videos are real depictions of the recent Huntingdon train attack. See the FullFact article that debunks this @fullfact.org
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While I champion providing a solid grounding in #numeracy and #dataliteracy as key to education, there must also be space for the arts, which are essential for our development as people and a foundation for #creativity
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November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
While I champion providing a solid grounding in #numeracy and #dataliteracy as key to education, there must also be space for the arts, which are essential for our development as people and a foundation for #creativity
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Great to see the emphasis on media literacy, financial literacy and creativity in the government's new curriculum proposals #ModernWorkforce #2030Skills
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November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Great to see the emphasis on media literacy, financial literacy and creativity in the government's new curriculum proposals #ModernWorkforce #2030Skills
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Why do we talk of #dataliteracy or #statisticalliteracy rather than #datanumeracy or #statisticalnumeracy? It seems more logical to extend the definition of numeracy beyond basuc number skills to include data and statistics rather than attach the label literacy to them.
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Why do we talk of #dataliteracy or #statisticalliteracy rather than #datanumeracy or #statisticalnumeracy? It seems more logical to extend the definition of numeracy beyond basuc number skills to include data and statistics rather than attach the label literacy to them.
Garbage in = garbage out (GIGO). Validate your data before analysis #dataliteracy #2030skills #RSS
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Why We Should All Be Data Quality Detectives – Real World Data Science
Data serves as the foundation of our work. So why isn’t its quality given the prominence it deserves?
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November 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Garbage in = garbage out (GIGO). Validate your data before analysis #dataliteracy #2030skills #RSS
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Great opportunity to engage 16+ students using real world data to develop their analytical skills in #data&statistics #ONS www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/usin...
ONS Data Challenge 2025 - Office for National Statistics
Find out how you can sign up for our exciting initiative for students.
www.ons.gov.uk
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Great opportunity to engage 16+ students using real world data to develop their analytical skills in #data&statistics #ONS www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/usin...
We need to ensure that content created by AI is labelled as such. Otherwise even if the original source notes that it is AI generated, that fact can be lost when the content is shared.
A video being widely shared online appears to show the eye of Hurricane Melissa filmed from above. But it isn’t genuine.
It has been created with AI.
It has been created with AI.
Video appearing to show Hurricane Melissa from above is AI – Full Fact
A viral clip circulating online that seems to show the hurricane filmed from a plane was created using artificial intelligence.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We need to ensure that content created by AI is labelled as such. Otherwise even if the original source notes that it is AI generated, that fact can be lost when the content is shared.
There are great steps being made to keep children safe online as set out in this article. But we need pressure online companies to design algorithms that are safe by design rather than just trying to moderate content. #onlinesafety
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The UK Is Doing the Hard Work of Protecting Children Online
Commentary and advice from Beeban Kidron, who helped start it all
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October 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
There are great steps being made to keep children safe online as set out in this article. But we need pressure online companies to design algorithms that are safe by design rather than just trying to moderate content. #onlinesafety
www.afterbabel.com/p/the-uk-is-...
www.afterbabel.com/p/the-uk-is-...
Specialised #AI is bringing huge benefits. #AGI needs to prove its worth and that it has sufficient guardrails against the risks of bad design (in both senses) and misuse.
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#agi #bigai #ai #smalllangauemodels #innovation | StJohn "Singe" Deakins | 17 comments
Important weekend reading - I caught up with this piece in the The New York Times from Gary Marcus, and it flags a BIG change in the debate about where applied AI is headed vs the #AGI hype:
A quick ...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Specialised #AI is bringing huge benefits. #AGI needs to prove its worth and that it has sufficient guardrails against the risks of bad design (in both senses) and misuse.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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If you have to worry about something, worry about the activity not the medium. naomicfisher.substack.com/p/paper-time
Paper Time
Imagine if we treated paper like we do screens.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you have to worry about something, worry about the activity not the medium. naomicfisher.substack.com/p/paper-time
I love the commitment to rigorous research to evaluate the impact of tutoring on disadvantaged students and then using this to keep on improving @actiontutoring.org.uk actiontutoring.org.uk/behind-the-s...?
Behind the scenes - Preparing for a gold standard evaluation with the Education Endowment Foundation - Action Tutoring
At Action Tutoring, we’re excited to be working with the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) on a gold...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I love the commitment to rigorous research to evaluate the impact of tutoring on disadvantaged students and then using this to keep on improving @actiontutoring.org.uk actiontutoring.org.uk/behind-the-s...?
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Did you know that birthdays are good for your health?
Studies show that people who have more birthdays live longer.
Studies show that people who have more birthdays live longer.
September 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Did you know that birthdays are good for your health?
Studies show that people who have more birthdays live longer.
Studies show that people who have more birthdays live longer.
Rumours and lies are spread so quickly. How can we make truth more spreadable? #fullfact fullfact.org/economy/gove...
The PM hasn’t said state pension will be reduced in April 2026 – Full Fact
There’s no evidence that pensioners will only receive 80% of their pension from next April, as has been claimed online.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Rumours and lies are spread so quickly. How can we make truth more spreadable? #fullfact fullfact.org/economy/gove...
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Congrats to Prof @zparolin.bsky.social, recipient of the David N. Kershaw Award & Prize, recognising significant contributions to #PublicPolicy & analysis before 40!
www.spi.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
@inetoxford.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @appam.bsky.social @mathematicanow.bsky.social
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@inetoxford.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @appam.bsky.social @mathematicanow.bsky.social
Professor Zachary Parolin wins prestigious David N. Kershaw Award
Professor Parolin is recognised for his public policy contributions toward reducing poverty and expanding economic opportunity.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Congrats to Prof @zparolin.bsky.social, recipient of the David N. Kershaw Award & Prize, recognising significant contributions to #PublicPolicy & analysis before 40!
www.spi.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
@inetoxford.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @appam.bsky.social @mathematicanow.bsky.social
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@inetoxford.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @appam.bsky.social @mathematicanow.bsky.social