One of the things you learn as a scientist is the ability to look at a plot and think, "that just doesn't look right." That's the feeling I got when I saw this plot that Lomborg is currently pushing.

All the different areas welcoming Afghan refugees, many of whom are arriving with literally nothing due to the need to flee for their lives, are listing the ways people can give assistance or clothes etc online. If you can help, click here: gov.uk/help-refugees

Time for my annual Books of the Year - Xmas gift suggestion thread. These are my favourite 15 books I've read this year. Starting with non-fiction, which I've read more of this year than last, and then fiction.

It’s really hard to think of a more perfect demonstration of sticky human behaviour than this whole 5-day-commute → WFH thing 🧵

If you work in a training role or ever create any step-by-step "how to" content, here are three apps you should know. 👇 #ToolTime

What an incredibly powerful story. Reckon some of the wider #bhafc community may be interested in donating for Rachael gofund.me/d3f287f9 North Stand Chat

Get ready for #IWD2023 by following Gender Pay Gap Bot

From the North Stand Concourse. Love the mass pause here as nobody knows what 'Ball 2' means 😂 #bhafc Bring on Wembley!

A big thank you to everyone who suggested roles for #ChatGPT in augmenting learning. Here are some of them. I'd like to hear examples of how generative AI is being used with students in any of these roles, or other innovative pedagogy.

We've launched a brand new, **free** course in time for Learning at Work Week in the UK 🇬🇧 'How to Build Your Career in the UK Civil Service' is created in partnership with Government Campus. Sign up here: apolitical.co/microcourses/e… Government Campus Jonathan Marshall #L&D #LAWW

Listening to AEK - #BHAFC on radio and Albion fans are singing "We are Brighton, Super Brighton, We are Brighton, from the south". To a Greek team. In Athens. Happy days #UTA

One of the most important things educators need to know about learning is that human memory is not like a tape recorder or a computer. It has what Bjork and Bjork call “important peculiarities”, four of which are really important to know when planning teaching ⬇️🧵

One of the key things to know from over 100 years of research on learning is the weird paradox that an important part of learning anything is actually forgetting it. A thread on how to harness this principle for effective learning ⬇️ 🧵

New mini-podcast with Tenby on books 📚 procrastination and learning: howtolearn.org.uk/e/the-book-at-…

How do we enable behaviour change? These authors synthesised findings from 147 meta-analyses to identify which determinants of behaviour are most impactful & which should be targeted for change interventions. Many of the studies focus on large-scale, health-related, environmental