Steve Powell
@stevepowell99.bsky.social
mad about causal mapping. Also hit me with: psychology, evaluation, politics, qualitative research, AI.
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "The days of the US trying to convince the world that Saddam Hussein did in fact have weapons of mass destruction despite secretly having no reliable intelligence were, in fact, the good old days."
Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik
It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAE, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:07 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "The days of the US trying to convince the world that Saddam Hussein did in fact have weapons of mass destruction despite secretly having no reliable intelligence were, in fact, the good old days."
Come back 2025, I didn't mean what I said before, please, you were the best just come back please
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Come back 2025, I didn't mean what I said before, please, you were the best just come back please
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🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 AM
🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
I just created a theory of change diagram for free at theorymaker.netlify.app. You can too!
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December 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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www.pogol.net/theorymaker-...
Make even complex diagrams like theories of change easily for free, with optional ai assistance.
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#evaluation #ai #diagramming #systems
Make even complex diagrams like theories of change easily for free, with optional ai assistance.
theorymaker.netlify.app
#evaluation #ai #diagramming #systems
Theorymaker lives again - create a Theory of Change quickly for free - Steve Powell
Since about 2012 (I think) I’ve been providing an app called Theorymaker as a simple text-based way to construct theories of change for evaluators.
www.pogol.net
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
www.pogol.net/theorymaker-...
Make even complex diagrams like theories of change easily for free, with optional ai assistance.
theorymaker.netlify.app
#evaluation #ai #diagramming #systems
Make even complex diagrams like theories of change easily for free, with optional ai assistance.
theorymaker.netlify.app
#evaluation #ai #diagramming #systems
www.pogol.net/theorymaker-...
Make even complex diagrams like theories of change easily for free, with optional ai assistance.
theorymaker.netlify.app
#evaluation #ai #diagramming #systems
Make even complex diagrams like theories of change easily for free, with optional ai assistance.
theorymaker.netlify.app
#evaluation #ai #diagramming #systems
Theorymaker lives again - create a Theory of Change quickly for free - Steve Powell
Since about 2012 (I think) I’ve been providing an app called Theorymaker as a simple text-based way to construct theories of change for evaluators.
www.pogol.net
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
www.pogol.net/theorymaker-...
Make even complex diagrams like theories of change easily for free, with optional ai assistance.
theorymaker.netlify.app
#evaluation #ai #diagramming #systems
Make even complex diagrams like theories of change easily for free, with optional ai assistance.
theorymaker.netlify.app
#evaluation #ai #diagramming #systems
So Denmark contains Greenland which is where Santa lives, right? So this has catastrophic consequences for the world's children?? Were they consulted or even informed??
Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years
PostNord’s decision to end service on 30 December comes after fear over ‘increasing digitalisation’ of Danish society
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
So Denmark contains Greenland which is where Santa lives, right? So this has catastrophic consequences for the world's children?? Were they consulted or even informed??
Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
If you believe that responsible use of GenAI in qualitative research is *possible*, and oppose a blanket NO, feel free to sign this open letter.
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
#ArtificialIntelligence
#Qualitative #SocialPsychology
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
#ArtificialIntelligence
#Qualitative #SocialPsychology
Open Letter: Beyond binary positions: Making space for critical and reflexive GenAI integration in qualitative research .docx
CALL FOR SIGNATURES: Response to the Open Letter rejecting the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research To our colleagues in the qualitative research community: We...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
If you believe that responsible use of GenAI in qualitative research is *possible*, and oppose a blanket NO, feel free to sign this open letter.
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
#ArtificialIntelligence
#Qualitative #SocialPsychology
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
#ArtificialIntelligence
#Qualitative #SocialPsychology
@38degrees.bsky.social your share link after signing a petition includes X but not Bluesky! Please fix! Thanks.
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
@38degrees.bsky.social your share link after signing a petition includes X but not Bluesky! Please fix! Thanks.
38d.gs/w9ae I just signed, please join me!
Sack Sir Robbie Gibb from the BBC board
Robbie Gibb said if he doesn't get his way, he'll blow the BBC up. It's ridiculous that a man like that has a spot on the BBC's board. Our public broadcaster MUST be independent. Agree? Sign to get Gi...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
Omg a moderately moderate rain warning. Slightly elevated probability of more persistent drizzle. Life in the UK, sigh.
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Omg a moderately moderate rain warning. Slightly elevated probability of more persistent drizzle. Life in the UK, sigh.
Me: I'd like to save my document on my computer please.
Microsoft Word: ah you mean save it in the MicroCloud?
Me: No.
Word: How about these other places in your MicroCloud?
Me: No.
Word: This is fun...
Microsoft Word: ah you mean save it in the MicroCloud?
Me: No.
Word: How about these other places in your MicroCloud?
Me: No.
Word: This is fun...
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Me: I'd like to save my document on my computer please.
Microsoft Word: ah you mean save it in the MicroCloud?
Me: No.
Word: How about these other places in your MicroCloud?
Me: No.
Word: This is fun...
Microsoft Word: ah you mean save it in the MicroCloud?
Me: No.
Word: How about these other places in your MicroCloud?
Me: No.
Word: This is fun...
Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-dg-o...
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
act.38degrees.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-dg-o...
I've finished my shocking dossier of things I don't like about the BBC and changes I'd like made. Can I just post it here or do I have to write for the Telegraph?
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I've finished my shocking dossier of things I don't like about the BBC and changes I'd like made. Can I just post it here or do I have to write for the Telegraph?
Corbyn once wore a slightly Russian-looking hat. Miliband once ate a sandwich clumsily. But those were much bigger crimes so it's fair they were never forgotten. Whereas Brexit, who cares?
What I don’t understand is why the British press don’t hang Brexit around Nigel Farage’s neck like a stockade.
It was the single worst act of economic self harm in modern British history.
Why doesn’t the British media force him to own that?
It was the single worst act of economic self harm in modern British history.
Why doesn’t the British media force him to own that?
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Corbyn once wore a slightly Russian-looking hat. Miliband once ate a sandwich clumsily. But those were much bigger crimes so it's fair they were never forgotten. Whereas Brexit, who cares?
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INSANE HEAT IN CHINA
Unstoppable hazardous heat continue with temperatures today up to 38.5C and 25 stations breaking October heat records (6 Tmaxes+19 High Tmins).
Already 3000+ records have fallen in East Asia these 10 days and MANY more are expected next week.
Unstoppable hazardous heat continue with temperatures today up to 38.5C and 25 stations breaking October heat records (6 Tmaxes+19 High Tmins).
Already 3000+ records have fallen in East Asia these 10 days and MANY more are expected next week.
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
INSANE HEAT IN CHINA
Unstoppable hazardous heat continue with temperatures today up to 38.5C and 25 stations breaking October heat records (6 Tmaxes+19 High Tmins).
Already 3000+ records have fallen in East Asia these 10 days and MANY more are expected next week.
Unstoppable hazardous heat continue with temperatures today up to 38.5C and 25 stations breaking October heat records (6 Tmaxes+19 High Tmins).
Already 3000+ records have fallen in East Asia these 10 days and MANY more are expected next week.
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Hi, UK Home Office here, just circling by to tell you that your book club thing has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Sorry can't say why, national security etc. But the reasons if only I could reveal them are terrifying, terrifying.
September 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Hi, UK Home Office here, just circling by to tell you that your book club thing has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Sorry can't say why, national security etc. But the reasons if only I could reveal them are terrifying, terrifying.
Want to make sense of masses of stories in text data?
The Causal Map app does that, and the new version is now FREE for core functionality.
We are launching very soon. If you're interested in getting a sneak peek, reply here!
And it's "Human first, AI next".
#qualitative #QDA #CAQDAS
The Causal Map app does that, and the new version is now FREE for core functionality.
We are launching very soon. If you're interested in getting a sneak peek, reply here!
And it's "Human first, AI next".
#qualitative #QDA #CAQDAS
September 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Want to make sense of masses of stories in text data?
The Causal Map app does that, and the new version is now FREE for core functionality.
We are launching very soon. If you're interested in getting a sneak peek, reply here!
And it's "Human first, AI next".
#qualitative #QDA #CAQDAS
The Causal Map app does that, and the new version is now FREE for core functionality.
We are launching very soon. If you're interested in getting a sneak peek, reply here!
And it's "Human first, AI next".
#qualitative #QDA #CAQDAS
Israel out of the World Cup? Sign now. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
FIFA are rolling out the red carpet for Israel
But together with these brave Italian football coaches, we can do something about it. Join us.
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September 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Israel out of the World Cup? Sign now. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
This appalling fascist rally in London is by far the largest far-right event in the UK ever. Isn't it? #stopfascism
September 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This appalling fascist rally in London is by far the largest far-right event in the UK ever. Isn't it? #stopfascism
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![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
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![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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