Ben Jane

Anyone up for a Folk Funk Friday? Here's a great cassette I bought from 'Jazzman' Gerald's stall in Camden Market around 30 years ago. It's recreated here
Spotify ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2gz...
YouTube ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...

My 17yo, Tom, is playing at Boardmasters for the third year running this weekend.

Saturday @ 1130 with Sleaze
Sunday @ 1240 with Sophie

I asked AI to make me look like Joey Tempest from Europe.
Enjoy.
#TheFinalCountdown

My home for the last 48 hrs.

Thanks, Matt. Just the 33 hrs 😆
I listen to Mulatu Astatke a lot already, so this looks great for more exploration.

If you liked that @mattroser.bsky.social give this a blast....a 5 album boxset I've just found (inspired by a Drift FB post of a new release coming soon). This is this morning's soundtrack!

All set for #Deftones at #EdenProject this evening

Afternoon Soundtrack

Good evening from Plymouth.
Gorgeous sunset over the Tamar.

Good morning from Plymouth!
(...and my first 6am cycle for ages)

Paul McCartney’s Jukebox 1966 Playlist · andychislehurst · 40 items · 508 saves

To celebrate his birthday, here's Paul McCartney’s Jukebox 1966, a playlist featuring tracks that he talked about in interviews or urged others to listen to at the time. The list was published in Steve Turner’s book Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year
▶️👍👍 open.spotify.com/playlist/3op...

Future Adam Curtis material

They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

Alexander Taylor died by "suicide by cop" after coming to believe OpenAI had 'killed' his ChatGPT girlfriend Juliet. He grabbed a knife and ran at police.

His father used ChatGPT when writing his son's obituary. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

The soundtrack to my marking this morning has been this gem by Rosinha De Valenca

The RHS Chelsea Pathway garden looks absolutely stunning at Shekinah in its final home. Huge thanks to Allon and the Modular team, @projectgivingback.bsky.social @pathwayuk.bsky.social @uhpnhs.bsky.social @livewellsouthwest.bsky.social @plymouthcc.bsky.social

Self-Determination Theory Informed Research for Promoting Physical Activity:Contributions, Debates, and Future Directions In this review we evaluate the applications of self-determination theory (SDT) research to promote motivation for physical activity (PA) and exercise.…

NEW PAPER. We review applications of self-determination theory to PA: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
•We review debates within the SDT literature and between SDT and other literatures
•We offer suggestions for future SDT research stemming from advances in technology and behavioral science

Today marks 37 years since the BBC did the greatest ever ‘Meet The Teams’ for the 1988 FA Cup Final.

The graphics, the backdrop of the Wembley terraces, and the music from Top Gun makes this the most 80s thing you’ll see all day.

Absolutely glorious.

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

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This weekend's South-West Coastal Path walk was Talland Bay to Polperro

No problem.

BJ

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Hi there, DQ...

Love your work,

Ben Jane

Joy-Centered Pedagogy in Higher Education (Feb 2025)
doi.org/10.4324/9781...

Highlights of my weekend were seeing my kids doing what they love best.
No1 on stage, No2 in the sea

May Day at the beach #Cawsand #Cornwall

You know it's going to be a good day when this is the view #Plymouth #Cornwall

Understanding barriers to participation in group chronic disease self-management (CDSM) programs: A scoping review.

Kessler et al (2023) doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...

🔍 Barriers & facilitators:
Competing Commitments, Logistics, Perceptions of Illness, Health Service Gaps, Group Dynamics

My brother has just sent me a photo of some barley, wheat, and maize, but it's very low-resolution.

I've asked him to send me an image that's less grainy.

📢 I've just updated my FREE student teaching and learning resource on CORE TRAINING.
Included:
📄 Key research papers
📊 Lecture slides
🎥 Videos & more
www.benjanefitness.com/performance/...

Systematic review of contemporary theories used for co-creation, co-design and co-production in public health.
Messiha et al (2023)
doi.org/10.1093/pubm...

The Corporate Playbook A self-serving myth

The Corporate Playbook
A self-serving myth
insider.iea.org.uk/p/the-corpor...

This from a think tank with well documented tobacco funding (who are also notoriously opaque in who else funds them) is a good read
Typical of the genre

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