Robert West
@robertjwest.bsky.social
Based at UCL. Researching tobacco use, human motivation and application of AI to behavioural science. Co-founder of Behaviour Change Wheel and COM-B model.
The word 'may' does a lot of heavy lifting when reporting study findings. Taken literally it makes no substantive claim so can be defended as not overselling, but of course taken literally it carries no meaning either! It's all in the conversational implications.
Trish Greenhalgh@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · last wk.No. Someone did a TINY trial on 47 overweight people, 26 of whom had restricted eating hours. They presented their non peer reviewed findings at a conference. Science journalists who should know better bigged up the press release. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Anyone who dresses like a cross between the Monty Python knight who wouldn't give up and the drummer from Angine de Poitrine gets my vote.
Robert West@robertjwest.bsky.social · 4w agoSensible policies for a happier Clacton. Never voted before? Now's your chance to make a difference. All the main parties have stood aside to avoid splitting the Binface vote 😜. Don't make them regret it.
Sensible policies for a happier Clacton. Never voted before? Now's your chance to make a difference. All the main parties have stood aside to avoid splitting the Binface vote 😜. Don't make them regret it.
Peter Jukes@peterjukes.bsky.social · 4w agoIn politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope
Come on the people of Clacton. This is your chance to make a joke out of the bad joke that is Farage, and make history. Vote Count Binface.
Only someone with a heart of stone wouldn't laugh at the demise of Jenrick's political gambit... playing out here in real time
Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4w agoRobert Jenrick has a meltdown on #C4News He refuses to accept that there are parliamentary rules that Nigel Farage may have broken And insists the only people who can judge Nigel Farage are the people of Clacton 😅 - Whatever you do, please don't share this humiliating clip
It’s not a ‘difficult decision’. It’s a barbaric decision. A *wrong* decision.
Arts Professional@artsprofessional.co.uk · 4w agoPerforming and creative arts university courses will no longer receive funding from a government teaching grant as part of “difficult decisions” about spending priorities, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said.
The 2026 Behaviour Change Conference Programme is live! 🎉 There are still in-person and online places available, so do join us if you haven’t already registered: 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... Workshop registrations will be closing soon - book by 8 May: 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... #BCConf2026
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Our annual conferences bring together industry, academia, government and NGOs to discuss cutting-edge developments in the science and application of behaviour change to a range global challenges.
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I mostly don't post about politics (or at least party politics) here but this video from DoubleDown News is so shocking I thought I should try and get it out. For full disclosure, Paul Holden is part of my wider family. A very brave and incisive journalist. youtu.be/_nQeCCW7vHc?...
UNCOVERED: The SECRET Plot To DESTROY Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Double Down News
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This is an important and sobering read about a 1943 American pamphlet warning citizens what fascism in America would look like. Every bit of it is happening now open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
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the ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens
Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
Large Language models pose an existential threat to online survey research www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... An AI can now evade a comprehensive suite of data quality checks, achieving a 99.8% pass rate on 6,000 trials of standard attention checks.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Statement from Birzeit University on the Israeli military invasion of its campus and shooting of students www.birzeit.edu/en/news/stat...
Statement from Birzeit University on the Israeli military invasion of its campus and shooting of students
As part of its ongoing assault on Palestinian life and institutions, the Israeli occupying army carried out a military invasion of Birzeit University during official working hours, at a time when the ...
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very disappointing. There is a code of conduct for Royal Society fellows - it's not a value judgement to say that Musk has contravened it! see relevant bits of code and the Royal Society stated values below.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 7mo agoMusk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president ft.trib.al/tC0vaAa
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
BREAKING: The Hennepin County District Attorney's office says they have jurisdiction to charge the ICE agent involved in the fatal Minneapolis shooting.
his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
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The US Government has set out very clearly its plans for the US oligarchs (not its people) to dominate the world. They are not hiding it and have thrown out a challenge to countries such as the UK: The US does not see us as an ally but as a vassal state. youtu.be/idkurWogst8?...
This is Trump's new plan for US global dominance
YouTube video by Geopolitical Economy Report
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Please take a few moments to pressure the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers now. goodlaw.social/8f6640
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
Palestine Action activists are in the middle of their hunger strike, and their situation is desperate. Some of them have not eaten for 46 days. They have been refused medical attention, their communic...
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You may be interested in this preprint that Sarah Jackson, Linda Ng Fat and I have just published on improved mental wellbeing following health-behaviour changes. If you have any comments or suggestions please let us know. www.qeios.com/read/NY0ZS1
Benefits to Mental Wellbeing from Making Positive Changes in Health-Related Behaviours: An Ultra-Rapid Review
BACKGROUND AND AIMS. Changes in health-related behaviours that have a longer-term impact on physical health have also been found in many studies to lead to relatively rapid improvements in mental well...
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This will be a big one! www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
Registration for the Building Capability in Behavioural Research Conference 2026 Opens Today!
We are delighted to announce the Building Capability in Behavioural Research 2026 Conference will take place in the Teaching and Learning Building at the University of Birmingham. In partnership with ...
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I've just heard what may be the funniest line ever in a detective story. It's in the brilliant Anthony Horowitz' novel 'Close to Death' whose audiobook is brightening up my gym experience. It is 'There was so much blood, even the police dog threw up.'
Bigly recommend listening to the Unlocking Behaviour Change 'cast from #JamieWest (not sure of his blewski handle) and @robertjwest.bsky.social. Lots of info and insight, entertainingly and efficiently conveyed. #ChickenSexing youtu.be/J0y2Bo4glfk?...
Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 20: Notice the difference!
YouTube video by Unlocking Behaviour Change
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