Chuma Owuamalam

Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.

This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.

I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.

People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.

I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

Fela Kuti: Fear No Man podcast review — epic portrait of the Afrobeat pioneer Wide-ranging new series explores the Nigerian musician’s life, loves and rebel politics

It's Monday so here's my @FT column on an epic new podcast on Fela Kuti, hosted by Jad Abumrad, which examines the Afrobeat pioneer's life, loves, sounds and politics. The series is vast and wide-ranging and, after 12 eps, I still didn't want it to end. www.ft.com/content/2737...

I wonder who benefits from executing the contract.... So perhaps all this to make a buck or two?

The resistance reaches into Trump country As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on Oct. 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground.

interesting!

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Like withholding the payment of taxes?

...or quite simply that they prefer not to say (i.e., lean to either direction), especially in today's politically charged climate.

WTAF!!!

Want to do a PhD in Psychology at Durham? I'm looking to supervise candidates interested in researching #PMDD and/or #neurodivergence - drop me a message to chat or discuss ideas!

Do people lie to benefit the in-group and harm the out-group?

In a new paper, we found that people lied 9% more to help in-group members than out-group members! This is evidence of coalitional dishonesty

Democrats & Republicans both lied anonymously to double in-group members earnings (N=5,230)

Next Friday 24th October at 1pm, I will be giving my Inugural Lecture!
All are extremely welcome. If you would like to attend online (or in person), please can you complete this form? Then I can send you a meeting link and/or if you'd like the recording

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Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

Politically Extreme Individuals Exhibit Similar Neural
Processing Despite Ideological Differences

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Statistics in the era of AI How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?

Interesting....

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How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?

Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):

This is Modern Day 2025 !! Pay Attention !!

A social identity model of system attitudes (SIMSA): Multiple explanations of system justification by the disadvantaged that do not depend on a separate system justification motive System justification theory (SJT) assumes that social identity theory (SIT) cannot fully account for system justification by members of low-status (disadvantaged) groups. Contrary to this claim, we...

There are different ways of interpreting the effect of system threat. In my work with @chuma73.bsky.social et al., we argue that it can be viewed from the perspective of social identity theory "as a case of increased superordinate ingroup bias following a threat to the superordinate ingroup."

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’

Every time this man opens his mouth nowadays something extremely unpleasant and largely misleading comes out. What fresh hell is a ‘golden ticket’ - it’s a basic human right to family reunion you [redacted]

The Australia Institute Research that matters. Cooking the books at the Australian National University An analysis of the ANU accounts Audited financial statements show that the ANU made a 'profit' of $90 million in 2024 and $136 million in 2023. Despite such strong financial results, ANU leadership justifies cuts to staffing and courses by pointing to 'underlying operating deficits'. The underlying deficit changes the audited result in ways that cannot be justified. They appear designed to present a 'crisis' that is contradicted by the audited financial statements. David Richardson and Richard Denniss

Is the ANU cooking the books? It appears so.

ANU financial crisis ‘claims are directly contradicted by the audited financial statements found in the ANU
Annual Report’, report shows. @australiainstitute.org.au australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/u...

Just because a white lady is angry, does not mean what she is saaying is accurate. In fact, in this case, if he had a gun and was in tyhe mindset that she was accusing him of, that gun would have been the last thing she ever saw. This is a typical MAGA tactic...even used in the elections...remember?

High standard of English to be required for leave to remain, Mahmood to pledge Home secretary to set out proposed tougher conditions including not taking benefits and ‘spotless’ criminal record

This is grim - inc making volunteering a requirement when people are working long hours and facing high childcare costs, exacerbated by visas limiting labour mobility and no recourse to public funds, and penalising claiming benefits for those who have that option www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Simonsohn has now posted a blog response to our recent paper about the poor statistical properties of the P curve. @clintin.bsky.social and I are finishing up a less-technical paper that will serve as a response. But I wanted to address a meta-issue *around* this that may clarify some things. 1/x

Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee sparks a global race to grab top talent — CNBC The six-figure H-1B visa fee has jolted companies that have long relied on the program to bring in top global talent.

Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee sparks a global race to grab top talent

The U.K., Europe, Middle East and Asia are thought to be among those that stand to benefit in the race to recruit top global talent.
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Sam is right to say that the correct argument is that a Reform government CAN & probably would attempt things that are ethically reprehensible + currently unlawful + broadly unpopular if they commit to using majority power in the UK political system to repeal all judicial limits on govt + parliament

Assistant Professor in Psychology Ref: 40866 (Fixed Term, Maternity Cover) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

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“DEI in disguise”? What does that even mean? How about we stop accepting the premise that there is something illegal or even improper about DEI to begin with.

Frontiers | No relationship between gender stereotypes and mental rotation in preschool girls Gender stereotypes about spatial ability have been proposed as a contributing factor to the gender gap in STEM. This goal of this study was to investigate wh...

New paper from the Jansen lab at @uniregensburg.bsky.social surprisingly found a positive relationship between stereotype-consistent associations and mental rotation accuracy in preschool girls, highlighting the complexities within this field of research.

Read more at
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Chaos is the point. They want to keep us on our toes.
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We are The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2026 and ranked third overall in its Good University Guide. Congratulations to our global university community on this success. 🎉

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Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.