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Ian Miles
@ianmiles.bsky.social
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Prof Emeritus, University of Manchester.
Research: foresight, innovation, services, soc change...
HE/HIM -don't mind, but dislike those who find pronouns offensive
No interest in sport
I love music, speculative fiction, play with words and colours.... .. more

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 1d
BBC News - Katie Razzall: A seismic moment that shows rift at top of BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Katie Razzall: A seismic moment that shows rift at top of BBC
There may be more to this than meets the eye, says the BBC's culture and media editor.
www.bbc.com

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 6d
Rfk backpedal on tylenol/autism link. substack.com/redirect/350...
substack.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14d
The body of evidence for persistent activation of the immune system in #LongCovid and related post-infective syndromes
www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
Immunological associations in post-infective fatigue syndromes including Long COVID—a systematic review and meta-analysis
These findings provide cautious support for persistent immune activation in PIFS, but warrant further replication. Future studies should include better documentation of acute infection and PIFS case c...
www.thelancet.com

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 14d
"The Palace got very nervous... they blamed a "media circus" - a circus entirely of their own making."

Journalists were tipped there "may be passing traffic" outside Windsor Lodge on Thursday night... but it never materialised. 👀

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 15d
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.

Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 19d
Some news about the SFE on Substack (including link): sf-encyclopedia.com/news/sfe_on_...
SFE: SFE on Substack –
Welcome to the fourth edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
sf-encyclopedia.com

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 19d
Yes, and wove in strands like Rendlesham Forest UFOs and black Shuck, together with politica/occultl fringe.

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · 20d
Not a movie, but a BBC radio series brilliantly begins with the creators of an unsolved mysteries podcast being drawn into deepening, but ambiguous, paranormal territory, via The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Cf Wikipedia, "The Lovecraft Investigations". Strongly recommended.

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Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute @cruk-mi.bsky.social · 20d
You have just *4 days* left to apply for a #Postdoc position with the fab @sylvaindelaunay.bsky.social

Study how diet affects #RNA modifications to drive cancer progression with:

🔵In vivo models
🔵Patient samples
🔵Long-read #Nanopore seq
🔵 #CRISPR screens

www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/mi-25...
MI/25/57 Postdoctoral Scientist | Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Sylvain Delaunay to study how diet affects RNA modifications to drive cancer progression.
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · Oct 8
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Sep 29
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?

Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.

It undermines police and the law.

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · Sep 27
You need #Oracle ! Alarming story on #TBI #TonyBlairInstitute and its relations with, and for, big tech. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?
www.newstatesman.com

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Aug 21
“He was paid for by the taxpayer!”

Prince Andrew allegedly had 40 escorts "brought to him" in four days during a taxpayer-funded official trip to Thailand, biographer Andrew Lownie says tells The News Agents.

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/prin...
Prince Andrew 'met with 40 escorts on taxpayer-funded Thailand trip', biographer claims | The News Agents
A new biography makes explosive allegations about Prince Andrew's conduct as trade envoy, his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and claims of extreme sexual behaviour during a taxpayer-funded trip. A...
www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · Aug 18
Language was invented to communicate orders and instructions.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Aug 18
Spot on from Olga Rudenko: "Russia could end the war in Ukraine at any moment by stopping its attacks and withdrawing its forces. By simply going home. Mr. Putin could end it with a phone call."

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
Opinion | All Russia Needs to Do Is Go Home
www.nytimes.com

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · Aug 14
enjoy the comments, too.
spacewhalerider.com Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · Aug 13
This is the side of Mimas they don't want you to see (the side without Herschel, the massive crater that makes it look like the Death Star)
The "back side" of Mimas without the massive crater is, well, covered in much smaller craters that pockmark the surface. There's no additional geology to be observed, just endless craters.

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · Aug 13
This is the side of Mimas they don't want you to see (the side without Herschel, the massive crater that makes it look like the Death Star)
The "back side" of Mimas without the massive crater is, well, covered in much smaller craters that pockmark the surface. There's no additional geology to be observed, just endless craters.

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · Aug 8
Call to Action on AGI Governance: I've asked @DavidLammy #FCDO to press the #UN to convene a General Assembly on #AGI governance—before tech outstrips our collective wisdom.
#FutureOfAI www.linkedin.com/posts/ian-mi...

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · Aug 8
The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.

But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
A banner advert for the University of Warwick, which says "Beyond ignores curiousity". This is a spelling error.

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · Aug 4
Why hasnt this good #hydrogen news received more attention? Are there undisclosed problems (scaling up? use in remote or impoverished areas?) www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australias-r...
Australia’s Revolutionary Hydrogen Powder Is Easier and Cheaper to Use for Clean Energy
A mere month of expected output at 2030 production targets would more than satisfy the entire global hydrogen energy demand.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · Jul 31
Sleepwalking into a corporate coup via deregulated Freeports & SEZs?
Read, sign and share the petition calling for full Freeport/SEZ transparency
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Jan 29
Come and see us LIVE! 🎤

The News Agents Live On Stage with HSBC UK is coming to Birmingham Symphony Hall on 17th February! 🎟️

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰: buff.ly/3ZgCiDt

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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · Jan 31
#lLongCovid research at the super Cohen Centre!

Participants needed 🇺🇸
coresinai.bsky.social Cohen Center for Recovery from Complex Chronic Illness @coresinai.bsky.social · Jan 31
Our upcoming trial will evaluate the feasibility of Microtesla Magnetic Therapy (MMT) for addressing cognitive challenges in individuals with #LongCOVID. We are studying those with moderate to severe cognitive impairment.

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · Mar 16
If you really want to know why a former head of MI6 was sending unsolicited briefings on Covid to No.10... read some real reporting by @computerweekly.bsky.social and @bylinetimes.bsky.social

www.computerweekly.com/news/3665534...
Top science journal faced secret attacks from Covid conspiracy theory group | Computer Weekly
One of the world’s most prestigious general science journals, was the target of a two-year long sustained and virulent secret attack by a conspiratorial group of extreme Brexit lobbyists with high-lev...
www.computerweekly.com

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atlanta @atlantarey.bsky.social · May 20
We are having an online protest tomorrow on May 21st 12-4pm to support the MASS LOBBY against disability benefit cuts in Westminster.

If you want to participate, please post as much as you can about the benefit cuts and disability rights tomorrow between 12pm-4pm.

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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · Jul 6
Met police arrest activists holding signs referring to Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Met police arrest activists holding signs referring to Palestine Action
Officers arrest protesters day after direct action group banned as terrorist organisation
www.theguardian.com

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · Jul 10
London is Over, Finished, and Washed Up
By Professor Matt Goodwhinge

From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · Jul 9
From #TheLancet: Despite Secretary #RFK Robert F Kennedy Jr's calls for “radical transparency”, unlogged #data manipulation - mainly substituting "sex" for "gender" is happening big time. Changes are not being made transparently www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Data manipulation within the US Federal Government
A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled gender was renamed sex, and the words were also switched in ...
www.thelancet.com

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Ian Miles @ianmiles.bsky.social · Jul 7
Chipster

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · Jul 6
Watch @oliviablakemp.bsky.social’s brutal takedown of driven grouse shooting in just 90 seconds from last weeks debate in Parliament.

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