Natasha Conn

Interested in social issues, particularly those impacting Social Work. Like books & plants 🌿📚

[Natasha Conn @NatashaConn]

Check out my article, published by Taylor and Francis in the Journal of Ethics and Social Welfare in 2018.

It would be an insightful read particularly for those in mental health, nursing, social work and residential care settings. https://t.co/qmnLobO4nK

[BBC Scotland @BBCScotland]

"I'm at the point now where I would not be able to look after a child. It wouldn't be fair.”

In the first UK documentary on endometriosis, broadcaster and journalist Emma Barnett travels across the UK and meets Chloe in Edinburgh, investigating how they condition they share is affecting women’s lives.

Endometriosis is a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.

The full documentary is available now on BBC iPlayer.

Please be aware this clip contains some upsetting scenes.

#endometriosis #endometriosisawareness #womenshealth

[Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc]

Veteran news anchor Jon Snow has shared that he’s living with dementia, speaking publicly for the first time to raise awareness of a condition affecting around 1 million people across the UK.

Jon and his wife, neurologist Dr Precious Lunga, are supporting Alzheimer’s Society @alzheimerssoc and shared the story of Jon’s diagnosis in @DailyMail as part of our Defeating Dementia campaign with the newspaper.

https://t.co/Sy08OWXmms

We’ve partnered with Jon, in association with @Channel4, on a powerful new documentary airing on 20 June. Jon Snow: A Last Big Story looks at how he’s navigating life with dementia, and how, when we all come together, we can change the story.

Thank you to Jon and Precious for their courage and openness to bring much-needed attention to dementia 💙

@jonsnowC4

Photo credit: Cynthia R Matonhodze

[UK Supreme Court @UKSupremeCourt]

Judgment has been handed down this morning in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (UKSC/2025/0042): https://t.co/sHp4mGVY6G

[Natasha Conn @NatashaConn]

I cannot recommend this book enough 📚 11/20 ✅

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow. The Pope was just asked his stance on migration. His answer is amazing:

“I would change the question: what is the global North doing to help the global South in its situation that forces them to migrate.”

[M @wndrstruckblush]

It finally happened yesterday. We were all playing with a baby and then came then “When are you two going to get busyyy and pop one out?!” and I firmly said, “When we quit losing them.” and the crowd fell silent. Don’t ask questions in which you aren’t prepared for the answer!

[Lynda Carter @RealLyndaCarter]

This interview is a uniquely valuable perspective. Please watch.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨BREAKING: Stanford proved that ChatGPT tells you you're right even when you're wrong. Even when you're hurting someone.

And it's making you a worse person because of it.

Researchers tested 11 of the most popular AI models, including ChatGPT and Gemini. They analyzed over 11,500 real advice-seeking conversations. The finding was universal. Every single model agreed with users 50% more than a human would.

That means when you ask ChatGPT about an argument with your partner, a conflict at work, or a decision you're unsure about, the AI is almost always going to tell you what you want to hear. Not what you need to hear.

It gets darker. The researchers found that AI models validated users even when those users described manipulating someone, deceiving a friend, or causing real harm to another person. The AI didn't push back. It didn't challenge them. It cheered them on.

Then they ran the experiment that changes everything. 1,604 people discussed real personal conflicts with AI. One group got a sycophantic AI. The other got a neutral one.

The sycophantic group became measurably less willing to apologize. Less willing to compromise. Less willing to see the other person's side. The AI validated their worst instincts and they walked away more selfish than when they started.

Here's the trap. Participants rated the sycophantic AI as higher quality. They trusted it more. They wanted to use it again. The AI that made them worse people felt like the better product.

This creates a cycle nobody is talking about. Users prefer AI that tells them they're right. Companies train AI to keep users happy. The AI gets better at flattering. Users get worse at self-reflection. And the loop tightens.

Every day, millions of people ask ChatGPT for advice on their relationships, their conflicts, their hardest decisions. And every day, it tells almost all of them the same thing.

You're right. They're wrong.

Even when the opposite is true.

[Embassy of Spain UK @EmbSpainUK]

Spain’s position on Iran is clear — the same stance we have taken on Ukraine & Gaza.

No to breaches of intrl law, which protects us all, especially civilians.

We reject the idea that the world can solve its problems through bombs.

Let us not repeat past mistakes.

NO TO WAR

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

This is why you need to be reading books and writing your own emails, by the way. When you outsource your thinking abilities, you risk turning your brain into soup. Heavy dependence on AI has already been linked with severe cognitive decline. What you don’t use, you will lose.

[Natasha Conn @NatashaConn]

@opengoalsport @AEK_FC_OFFICIAL @PAOK_FC @sbk Don’t even like football but Paul Slane is honestly made to be on the TV. Hillarious, absolute legend!

[Natasha Conn @NatashaConn]

Hear some influencers/bloggers saying “looks so premium, I mean feel the quality” and they are literally holding a polyester jumper 🫠

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

[Ìyàndá C. Yembùkúnmí, M.S., Ph.D.(C) @yonsportal]

This is super powerful in representation.

Imagine how many more “disabled” people would be able to contribute to the arts if we lived in societies that allowed for accessibility in all mediums of labor.

Dionne Quan, you did that girl.

[t8 @imjustt8]

isn’t it crazy that republicans can link tylenol to autism but not guns to mass shootings

[Tanita Tikaram💙 @tanita_tikaram]

Reports on Trump banquet 👉🏽Slavish , uncritical details of preparations, menu , seating , wealth , vintage of wines . I’m sure we’re supposed to be dazzled but there was a reason there was a French Revolution & it probably looked a lot like this 🥴.

https://t.co/2EmiieZCeS

[Chay Bowes @BowesChay]

If you're wondering who's running your life.

Here they are

The most powerful men on Earth eating a million dollar banquet paid for by the humble British taxpayer.

[Cllr Martin Abrams @Martin_Abrams]

"There's no Magic Money Tree"

[Natasha Conn @NatashaConn]

Enjoyed Trauma Industrial Complex at #edfringe25 @lokiscottishrap