Dr Ben Gibson

Light summer reading:

In addition to my other concerns about AI (ethical issues, concerns about potential erosion of critical thinking skills and creativity) I'm now pondering the mental health implications of a reliance on technology. Do we risk our own decision making and critical thinking? (1/?)

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When you're trying to be supportive but you're still an academic through and through #AcademicSky

Wouldn't it be lovely to run one's own little private practice?

Leicester Tigers share their tips for managing stress and wellbeing James Whitcombe, Dan Kelly, Ollie Hassell-Collins and Finn Carnduff all play at the highest level of English club rugby, and know a thing or two about coping with pressure.

Love this from @dmuleicester.bsky.social and the @leicestertigers.bsky.social! Great advice for students (and, well, anybody) looking to manage stress and wellbeing!

www.dmu.ac.uk/current-stud...

How it feels to have time to do some of my Stage 2 write-up #HealthPsychology

Health Psychology EDI networking event | BPS This online networking event is to connect DHP members involved in EDI work and to provide an opportunity for them to connect with the DHP EDI taskforce.

🌟 DHP member event 🌟

Are you a Division of Health Psychology member involved in EDI work? Connect with the DHP EDI Taskforce at our free online networking event on 7 May.

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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

www.crabmuseum.org/visit

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I've been on AL, so you know what that means... #AcademicBakes

The plight of prestige: The subjective experiences of women managing chronic physical illnesses and their emotional well-being in the context of the prestige hierarchy - Carly Hook, Zoe Palfreyman, Be... Chronic illnesses, such as Diabetes and Epilepsy, impact millions globally. Despite the burden of chronic illnesses, a medical hierarchy exists, with many illne...

The DOI is now available! If you haven't checked out Carly's excellent new paper yet, now's your chance: doi.org/10.1177/1359...

Here's me still brainstorming gender-neutral alternatives to "guys" when Chidi Anagonye found the best way to address a seminar hall ✨️ years ✨️ ago.

I love him!?

This was actually Carly's UG dissertation(!!) so though I didn't have the pleasure of supporting the analysis, it was great to help get this work publication-ready - I learnt a lot about illness and prestige along the way! Plus, it's great to contribute to research into women's health!

We're still awaiting the doi but I just *need* to share the good news: my PhD student Carly Hook has just published her first paper! 🥳

Abstract is below and you can read the full #OpenAccess article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Have a great day, team!

I am, thanks Ian! This is really interesting work, and I think that critical engagement with "AI" output will be really important going forwards.

We've tried to do our bit - find lots of coverage in our Covid collection www.bps.org.uk/collections/... - but @francesryan.bsky.social is right that Long Covid appears to be 'the public health crisis no one wants to talk about'.

It was such a pleasure talking with researchers, healthcare professionals, and people with long-covid at our event last week. The clear consensus is that people with long-covid feel they are being forgotten about - so their voices (and ours!) are as important as ever!

ChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information Technology Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persist...

Don't you know that AI is bullshit?*

*that's actually the academic term. See Hicks et al. (2024): doi.org/10.1007/s106...

Did I mention, by the way, that we (@profmarkforshaw.bsky.social + @dr-katschneider.bsky.social) submitted our latest 'crisis' manuscript on Friday?

This time we've conducted a *scoping* review, one that will be touching on themes around activism and online engagement... 👀

Elon Musk targeted me over Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working I’ve always believed the people are powerful. Now we know the world’s richest man does too

Coming together works. Collective action works. Peaceful democratic action works! It's just that certain powerful individuals don't want us to think that it does.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is this afternoon at 1:30! Tickets are still available if you want to join in the discussions #LongCovid

Open, accessible science is so important but so is good science communication. We need to be diversifying our efforts and reaching different audiences and I think this will need new and exciting approaches!

Thanks, Kaitlyn 😭

Setting a new standard for academic meetings with Warren Donnellan:

Can I get a signal boost @dmu-psychology.bsky.social, @dr-klzavaleta.bsky.social?

Long Covid: What’s Missing from the Conversation? Rethinking how to address the psychosocial impact of living with Long Covid - join us online

Calling all health and social care professionals: we're running a (free!) online event Wed 12th March to raise awareness of the psychosocial impacts of long COVID in dialogue with people *living with* long COVID.

Tickets are available through Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1249901963...

Just in case you were worried that 'nobody is doing anything' or 'all hope is lost' 🧵👇

Deal 😎