Materialist. Educational Psychologist. Based in West Yorks. Words - https://borrowed-language.ghost.io Music - https://whippetdreamsofnothing.bandcamp.com/album/demos-2https://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mtytz5mxqk2xSchools are all like ‘screen time for your child is bad’ and then buy in a phonics package where skynet teaches your kid how to make vowel sounds through a pair of ‘smart glasses’ that are surgically grafted to their faces26 Aug 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtytz5mxqk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mtyqhroyvs2xIf anyone asks me to prove this ontological position I will point to how, just now, my sister sent me a photo of my mother shooting my nephew in the face with a gigantic water pistol and I immediately had a strong urge to post it with the caption ‘listen to @bloodwork.show’ [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyqhroyvs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mtyqexs2fs2xI’ve been working-up a seminar on the illusory nature of our reified selves, how we are shackled to ideological hierarchies post-hoc by the oppressive structures of capital, and how ultimately subjectivity is a process of *becoming*, produced through our social relations and material conditions26 Aug 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyqexs2fs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mtyigwpojs2xIn researching for my seminar series and thinking about the ideological violence of psychology, I found that 96% of studies in the top psych journals gather data from just 12% of the world’s population (bet you can’t guess their demographic makeup) and then present the findings as universal26 Aug 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyigwpojs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mtvpshag2c2oFun film fact for you here: Did you know that some films written and produced outside of the USA contain entire scenes that don’t even feature a single gun, not even a little one like a desert eagle.25 Aug 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvpshag2c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mtvbrd2ls22zEverytime I see something like this, I just imagine a world where we invested global resources into food, shelter and safety instead [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvbrd2ls22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mtv7wa6zm22zStephen Pinker here, one of the most odious of the prominent American psychology academics, demonstrating the ideological violence at the core of psychology here far better than I managed to in my posts yesterday [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtv7wa6zm22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3msv43aqttc2fReally pleased to announce my new residency in collaboration with @edpsy.bsky.social. A monthly seminar series. #psychology lost its radical thought somewhere along the way. Let’s try to revive it together in our theory, analysis, and practice. Please share widely. https://edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/edpsy-residency-radical-psychology-real-change/o12 Aug 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv43aqttc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mtsxcjaq3c2kThink it’s really important, in the light of Jason Arday’s tragic death, to note that IQ as a construct emerged as liberalism’s attempt retain the racist/sexist/anti-lgbt core of eugenics, whilst discursively claiming to have moved on to something more ‘scientific’ [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsxcjaq3c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mtstqc4nik2kMe trying to put together a slide deck on the ontological foundations of Soviet psychology after two double espressos24 Aug 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtstqc4nik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mtsrnl3svc24IQ alongside psychometrics as a whole is a way of abstracting the individual from their social relations and presenting intelligence (or traits more widely) as fixed and apolitical. It is one of psychology’s most damaging and dangerous practices. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsrnl3svc24https://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mszsf2hw7s2nAs a beer nerd I’ve loved discovering @pelliclemag.com and realising I’m not alone in my love of Batham’s bitter, critique of Kirkstall taking over the Leeds beer scene, and curiosity about banked pints! Been meaning to sub for ages and have just done so! You should too! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszsf2hw7s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mszr5octus2nWho the heck is this guy and why is he sharing my excellent essay on class conflict? [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszr5octus2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3msv47lr6j22fCentral question: how do we theorise and practice a radical psychology that can push back on liberal psychology’s attempts to fit individuals into a system that doesn’t work for them, in favour of changing the systems in which we live in such a way that facilitates human flourishing? [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv47lr6j22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3msv43aqttc2fReally pleased to announce my new residency in collaboration with @edpsy.bsky.social. A monthly seminar series. #psychology lost its radical thought somewhere along the way. Let’s try to revive it together in our theory, analysis, and practice. Please share widely. https://edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/edpsy-residency-radical-psychology-real-change/o12 Aug 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv43aqttc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mssufufi2c2yGonna bring some LinkedIn spice to Bluesky11 Aug 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssufufi2c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mssufixj4c2yThis is a serious account now, for serious people. Professionals.11 Aug 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssufixj4c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mssue4v4cc2yLogging on to do some serious posting11 Aug 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssue4v4cc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3mshyb6crbs2yBeing able to identify that a 5 year old is at risk of future unemployment says nothing of the future potential of that child, no - the fact this is possible to do only communicates just how deeply broken our society is https://bsky.app/profile/theguardian.com/post/3mshvkxmbn62s [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshyb6crbs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3msfr6pfpzc2zGenuinely think @medicinered.bsky.social is such an important podcast for moving psychology beyond liberalism/dualist abstraction/apolitical understandings of mind. It’s no easy listen but it is so much more analytical and accurate than 99% of what passes for #psychology https://pca.st/episode/0ae8ab35-0418-4189-b8a6-73f56e917bc106 Aug 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfr6pfpzc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3ms3nocmehs2pAlso logging on to say @tinycats.bsky.social - I hope you are doing well - the kitten arrives today02 Aug 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3nocmehs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/shocktigan.bsky.social/post/3ms3nkvhpt22pLogging on to say that the problem with liberal analysis is the foreclosure of real systemic change to address underlying causes. Instead we get the tyranny of binaries - mass death vs poor kids suffering during lockdown. Real change would solve both https://borrowed-language.ghost.io/ontology-part-2-mental-health-bodies-matter-and-the-social-field/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:tk2ribl7ehbd6gkvxjdd4ei2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3nkvhpt22p