I was hoping the fact there was plenty of factor fexcectorn would mean we'd manage to get it over the line 😢

🤣🤣🤣

Just got a paper rejected from Nature Scientific Reports the other day. Perhaps the problem was that we wrote it ourselves!

A four-panel illustration showing that diabetes can affect people at any stage of life. Top left: A child stands with one foot on a football while checking their blood glucose with a small device. Top right: A pregnant woman sits comfortably on a sofa and checks her blood sugar while another woman looks on supportively. Bottom left: A middle-aged construction worker wearing a hard hat and safety vest checks his glucose monitor while speaking with a colleague. Bottom right: An older woman in a wheelchair reads a book with a smiling young girl beside her, who is holding a cat. The panels are labelled: “Diabetes can… affect people… at any stage… of life.”

Today is #WorldDiabetesDay.

#Diabetes can affect anyone, at any stage of life.

Support at home, school, work and during pregnancy makes a real difference.

Listen, learn and show up for those living with diabetes. More info 🔗 bit.ly/4hUOjY0

Why do some people play their phones out loud on buses & trains? New social norms and behaviour are behind the rise of headphone dodgers on public transport showing zero consideration for those around them

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: are you a headphone dodger? Aoife Ryan-Christensen finds out why some people play their phones out loud on buses and trains - with insights from
@draislingod.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Why do some people play their phones out loud on buses & trains? New social norms and behaviour are behind the rise of headphone dodgers on public transport showing zero consideration for those around them

Are you a headphone dodger? Aoife Ryan-Christensen finds out why some people play their phones out loud on buses and trains - with insights from @draislingod.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

I didn't *think* I was confused, yet I still learned something new!

#vote #connolly4president #aras2025 #speirgorm

When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.

This ad is a new low in smearing for Heather Humphreys. Barristers operate on a taxi-rank basis*, they don’t choose clients. The financial meltdown was caused through a failure to regulate the banks by FG & FF. She really must think the public is as ignorant as herself! #Aras25

Welcome!
This is the official account of the General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology 2026.
Here, we'll be sharing all the important updates and information related to the upcoming congress.
Feel free to visit our official website for more details: easp2026strasbourg.com

ESRC SWDTP | Postgraduate Study - PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter

This is an amazing opportunity for those seeking a PhD programme in Exeter: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...

If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me
- Activism
- Social movements
- Resistance
- Solidarity
- Leadership
- Intergroup conflict

Glad it's not only me this happens to 🤣

🚨Calling All Health and Emergency Service Professionals across Ireland and UK! 🚨🧑‍⚕️🧑‍🚒👮‍♀️
Are you a #nurse, #doctor, #police officer, #firefighter, #paramedic with 2+ years of experience? Have you experienced #burnout in the course of your career?

We want to hear from you!

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness Recent tragedies expose a violent continuum of misogyny in Ireland — from verbal abuse to fatal domestic control and coercion

Louder. LOUDER.

Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness

Israel blocking aid from Gaza is creating ‘chaos and death’, say humanitarian groups Letter signed by agencies including Doctors Without Borders condemns Israeli military attacks on Palestinians More than 100 aid agencies issued a dire warning that “mass starvation” was spreading across Gaza and urged Israel to let humanitarian aid into the besieged strip to alleviate the growing man-made hunger crisis. A letter signed by 109 agencies including Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam International and Amnesty International says the Israeli government is blocking humanitarian organisations from effectively distributing life-saving aid. Continue reading...

Israel blocking aid from Gaza is creating ‘chaos and death’, say humanitarian groups

‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies

Doctors in Gaza are warning hundreds of babies are at risk of death. Israel is blocking deliveries of baby formula - formula that’s needed because their mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed them.

I’m not sure I’ve ever read a worst sentence. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

An excellent thread.

When you figure it out please let me know 🫠

Liverpool parade latest: Child and adult seriously hurt and dozens more injured after car ploughs into Liverpool crowd Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram cautions against speculation, after 27 people were taken to hospital and 20 others were treated at the scene.

Sad news from #Liverpool yesterday and my thoughts with those affected. But media reports of 'panic' as crowds scatter are misplaced, as fleeing imminent danger is a perfectly sensible & rational response
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

David, our Departmental Assistant in Psychology @micireland.bsky.social is hoping to speak to young adults (18-25) in the Limerick area with at least one migrant parent for his postgrad research on second-generation identity and belonging.

Reposts appreciated, #Spéirghorm! Particularly in Limerick.

The phrase "hoop hoop hoop hoop hoop" can be interpreted in a few ways. It's most likely a playful or humorous way of saying "basketball" or referring to playing basketball, as "hoops" is slang for basketball. However, it could also be a simple repetition of the word "hoop" to emphasize the circular shape of a hoop, a ring, or the hula-hoop.

The phrase "making the milk sizzle" likely refers to the act of causing something, particularly a product or idea, to be exciting, interesting, or even to be very hot. It's a metaphor for creating an emotional connection or a sense of excitement around something. The word "sizzle" itself suggests a hissing sound, often associated with food cooking in a pan, and this sound is used to describe the emotional impact of a product or idea on a customer.

The phrase "stringing beans for pleasant means" suggests a pleasant social activity or event, often involving family or friends, where green beans are being prepared or eaten according to the Dictionary of American Regional English.

New game for you all: ask google what a made-up phrase means.

Shared social identity transforms social relations in imaginary crowds

@ukri.org funded.

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A fantastic new masters programme is launching in our department this September - the MSc in Clinical and Community Psychology! Applications open now.

Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) The Center for Open Science (COS) is launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB), which is a large-scale, multi-team effort to help support a transparent and trustworthy foundation in ...

📣 COS is excited to launch the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB)!

Seeking researchers with expertise in quantitative methods in health behavior, public health, epidemiology, health policy, & related fields for this large-scale, multi-team replication effort.

➡️ Details: www.cos.io/rphb

@orlamuldoon.bsky.social helped the public better understand gender-based violence by speaking to media and shaping public discussions. Her work led to concrete policy changes.

This #ERCengage winner's research 👉 bit.ly/4lc3Qnp

@unioflimerick.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
#SciComm

Screenshot of the new Altmetric Explorer integration of Thoughts. #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PsySky #Brain #Machine #Interfaces

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Today Altmetric is announcing a major development in collaboration with the Brain Occipital Lobe Learning Observation Centre Kalhausen-Strasbourg.

From today Altmetric will be able to determine what research paper you're thinking of, regardless of what you're actually writing/saying.
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I had skipped the intro and was laughing to myself about how she wouldn't be able to focus so completely on herself all day if she'd anyone else to be minding or even accommodating. Then I realized I was wrong! The mind boggles. The husband and children aren't mentioned once.

I couldn't get past the entirely absent children 🤣