‘They’re selling everything as trauma’: how our emotional pain became a product | Katherine Rowland

‘They’re selling everything as trauma’: how our emotional pain became a product | Katherine Rowland

In an economy that rewards confession and self-labeling, pain is no longer something to survive – but something to brand, sell, and curate

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Sometimes, distrust of machines can be a rational reaction.

Why do some of us love AI, while others hate it? The answer is in how our brains perceive risk and trust

Sometimes, distrust of machines can be a rational reaction.

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Really pleased to see this finally out there 😊

IJCL@ijcl.bsky.social · 9mo ago

OUT NOW: @leighharrington.bsky.social , @drkevingerigk.bsky.social & Maria Fano Gonzalez offer a corpus-assisted discourse analysis of representations of fuel poverty and the (new) fuel poor in UK newspapers Work carried out in association with fuelpovertyresearch.net doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...

Fascinating data. There are three things here that really matter to people, and they think matter to everyone: Healthcare Economy Prices There is ONE thing that they assume matters to everyone, because it dominates so much of the narrative, but it is NOT affecting them personally: Immigration

Stephan Geering@stephangeering.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Fantastic piece. This graph particularly caught my eye. What is going on here?

Lancaster University can't slash its workforce and still provide the same level of provision to students Our members at will fight these cuts www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...

Union vows to fight Lancaster University threat to axe one in five academics

UCU has vowed to fight Lancaster University management over its threat to cut hundreds of jobs.

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If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully. You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers. Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.

here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

What parents need to know about misogynistic communities online.

What parents need to know to talk to their children about the manosphere

What parents need to know about misogynistic communities online.

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We cannot afford to continually undervalue the future.

The UK has closed its flagship sustainable farming scheme, choosing short-term cuts over long-term security

We cannot afford to continually undervalue the future.

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We're recruiting! New fully funded PhD studentship in Forensic Linguistics, starting October 2025: 'Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence'. Would you like to work on a research project with @felicitydeamer.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social? Apply now 👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence at Aston University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence at Aston University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Our #internationalwomensday jigsaw is complete! 🧩 Thank you to everyone who got involved 💪

‘The coal fire was where most of our participants let their minds linger.’

Heat pumps have a cosiness problem

‘The coal fire was where most of our participants let their minds linger.’

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🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Abandoning research participants is an unconscionable betrayal

In 1964, the Declaration of Helsinki created a set of universal ethical principles to protect human participants in health research.1 Described as “the cornerstone of research ethics,”2 these principl...

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A reminder that we are hosting the BAAL Health and Science Communication SIG event on the topic of Inequalities, inclusion and innovation Day 1: Friday 21 March, Lancaster University (hybrid) Day 2: Tuesday 25 March (online only) Registration is open and FREE: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

BAAL Health & Science SIG@baal-health-sig.bsky.social · last yr.

We are delighted to confirm our #2025 Workshop series: Inequalities, inclusion and innovation. In person @lancslinguistics.bsky.social on 21/03/25 and online on 25/03/25. Plenaries @elenasemino.bsky.social & @fmfederici.bsky.social All welcome: register via website - baalhealthsci.wordpress.com

Appreciating the focus on the reality for staff, who are not at fault for this marketised deathspiral and have fought it every step of the way, and universities as a public good. Not a transaction about individual students' future pay cheque, but a good that serves us all.

The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial

Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed

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Our new paper just got published at Nature Human Behavior! www.nature.com/articles/s41... We study trust in science in 68 countries and how it relates to other variables. It was wild to be part of this project 👌✨

Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour

What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.

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20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it. The law only ever serves capital.

Please Follow the Official Guardian Account@guardian-world-rss.bsky.social · 3y ago

‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

We've got good news! Information regarding our 2025 International Summer School in Forensic Linguistic Analysis is now online - check it out now 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for... #ISSFLA25 #academicsky #linguistics #forensiclinguistics

🚨As I am leaving my current post at Manchester at Christmas, an 8 month Lectureship in Discourse Analysis and Stylistics (Teaching-focussed) is now being advertised. Deadline 12th Dec. Please share widely! It’s an excellent department! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Lecturer in Discourse Analysis and Stylistics (Teaching-Focused):Oxford Road

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This is both sad and infuriating. www.bbc.com/news/article...

'Refused service again with my guide dog, I'm done speaking out'

Sean Dilley is inundated with abuse on social media whenever he posts about discrimination issues.

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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...