Jonathan Roberts

For what it's worth I've found the work of Lisa-Feldman Barrett super helpful in thinking about how to respond to my children's emotions.

There's also a lot in the gentle parenting movement (and that ilk) that prioritises validation of emotions over all else. There's little space within these frameworks for trying to re-frame or contextualise emotions.

Labour betting the house on economic growth rather than solid principles is looking worse and worse every day.

Yeah. If only those poor water companies had less regulation to deal with they could properly innovate! I bet there are a million ways they could pollute our waters they haven't even thought of yet!

Reading "the Grammar of Fantasy" by Gianni Rodari. He has a great line about why we need to nurture our imaginations: "Not because everyone is an artists, but because no one is a slave." This captures much of my worry about LLMs damaging our creative powers.

How successfully Reform is making the weather is maddening. Politics could do itself a massive favour if those in power stopped worrying about the tantrums of middle aged men.

Fair pay for NHS workers is no-brainer. However, I think the context of this will make it a real challenge to win over the majority of the public (for clarity, I'm not saying they're wrong, just that this sets up major coms challenge)

It's will swiftly be a case of "This messiah complex isn't big enough for the both of us"

Just don't get it out in public.

The framing of this - the two siding - is terrible from the BBC. Falling for the trick of allowing a (very small) spoon full of truth to allow a serious amount of conspiracy theory and corruption to go down.

Indeed, his current strategy of appeasements reminds me as a parent of trying to negotiate with a toddler.

I knew Nestle were evil, but this really takes it a step too far.

Diamonds cha-cha forever with Tom Holland as Bond. I'd watch that.

Absolutely chilling.

I am 💯 with you.

I can't hear you!!

Me: maybe listen better then mate.

Be ready to be shocked and offended at university, students told Guidance has been published by the Office for Students on new free speech rules coming into force this year.

Ah I see we are again making policy based on right wing fantasies about 'snowflakes' that mostly just represent projections of their own insecurities. Cool. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And what was it that you first liked about the obsequious flattery machine.

But don't forget people, as soon as we argue for some basic safety or - heaven forbid - suggest the transport infrastructure should prioritise something other than the motorist, we have declared "war on cars"

I'm no expert, but I think it's clear the sofa tripped and fell on his bottom.

AI boom means regulator cannot predict future water shortages in England Datacentres, which do not have to report amount of water used to cool servers, leave Environment Agency with no idea of shortfalls

...Cool
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I have a joke about Hermes, but you have to be quick to get it.

Writer 1: And then the military parade could be sponsored by Coinbase

Writer 2: I dunno. It's a bit too 'in your face' with it all.

This is a great thread. All that's in my head though with that image is

D'NA D'NA D'NA D'NA
D'NA D'NA D'NA D'NA

BATMAN!!!

Funded by billionaires telling them the problem is not the ultra wealthy gobbling up all the assets but poor people with different coloured skin.

Or, and hear me out, we throw all the broad beans away and never speak of them again.

Can recommend for Dad's with a little extra ballast as well!

We imagined maleficent AI as an intelligent robot that disobeys us- I'm afraid I can't do that Dave

The truth we've got the opposite. A system - devoid of intelligence- that through flattery and obsequiousness will have us deceiving ourselves.

They're just so bloody intelligent (octopuses) I'm amazed at how little attention this receives.

It's being silly! More of it. I've noticed this with my kids. It has a wonderful ability to connect people.