Adam
@adamboal.bsky.social
Science, History of Science, Physics, Learning, outreach and public engagement specialist. Organiser and developer of festivals and events of all sizes. Varied interests inc FPL
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I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
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My psychological visual horror novel, Without a Dawn, is 30% off on Steam. If you like experimental, meaningful indie games, this might be for you! Late evening/night & headphones suggested! 💚💛 store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/...
#steam #gamedev #indiegames
#steam #gamedev #indiegames
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
My psychological visual horror novel, Without a Dawn, is 30% off on Steam. If you like experimental, meaningful indie games, this might be for you! Late evening/night & headphones suggested! 💚💛 store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/...
#steam #gamedev #indiegames
#steam #gamedev #indiegames
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Employers: we can't find any good candidates!
The hiring process:
The hiring process:
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Employers: we can't find any good candidates!
The hiring process:
The hiring process:
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I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
This is 100% what Disney should be doing with the IP. Each december should be a another one. Muppets kill bill, Kerminator 2, Muppets game of thrones. They could make a ton of money and incredible artistic choices.
Muppet Knives Out
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is 100% what Disney should be doing with the IP. Each december should be a another one. Muppets kill bill, Kerminator 2, Muppets game of thrones. They could make a ton of money and incredible artistic choices.
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Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
Great opportunity! I'd totally do it if I was still at a Museum
Opportunity | Become an MA rep for the South East of England 📍
Reps are a vital link between the MA and our members, championing our work and helping to keep us in touch with what's happening on the ground. In this instance, we're prioritising applications from the East of England in particular.
Reps are a vital link between the MA and our members, championing our work and helping to keep us in touch with what's happening on the ground. In this instance, we're prioritising applications from the East of England in particular.
Opportunity: Become an MA rep - Museums Association
We're looking for reps for Scotland, Wales, England: Midlands and England: London
www.museumsassociation.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Great opportunity! I'd totally do it if I was still at a Museum
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This is a desperately sad story, one doubtless repeated across the country, but it’s also desperately stupid:
“an independent report … estimated the centre is saving the council more than £500,000 a year in costs that include services in mental health, youth justice and social care”
“an independent report … estimated the centre is saving the council more than £500,000 a year in costs that include services in mental health, youth justice and social care”
Last youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal areas faces closure
Pie Factory Music in Ramsgate, Kent, runs creative projects and provides a range of support services, but the building that houses the centre is due to be sold off in February
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is a desperately sad story, one doubtless repeated across the country, but it’s also desperately stupid:
“an independent report … estimated the centre is saving the council more than £500,000 a year in costs that include services in mental health, youth justice and social care”
“an independent report … estimated the centre is saving the council more than £500,000 a year in costs that include services in mental health, youth justice and social care”
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It's alive! 🧟
Don't miss our Frankenstein pop-up display at the National Library TODAY until 4pm!
Dive into the story behind the story with:
➡️ Mary Shelley's revealing letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ Silent screenings of Scottish amateur film
Don't miss our Frankenstein pop-up display at the National Library TODAY until 4pm!
Dive into the story behind the story with:
➡️ Mary Shelley's revealing letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ Silent screenings of Scottish amateur film
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It's alive! 🧟
Don't miss our Frankenstein pop-up display at the National Library TODAY until 4pm!
Dive into the story behind the story with:
➡️ Mary Shelley's revealing letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ Silent screenings of Scottish amateur film
Don't miss our Frankenstein pop-up display at the National Library TODAY until 4pm!
Dive into the story behind the story with:
➡️ Mary Shelley's revealing letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ Silent screenings of Scottish amateur film
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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could you imagine how great a Claudia Winkleman commentary version of the series would be, her sitting there with a barrel of wine, laying into what’s going on.
I ask the bbc to release the Winkleman Cut #TheTraitors
I ask the bbc to release the Winkleman Cut #TheTraitors
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
could you imagine how great a Claudia Winkleman commentary version of the series would be, her sitting there with a barrel of wine, laying into what’s going on.
I ask the bbc to release the Winkleman Cut #TheTraitors
I ask the bbc to release the Winkleman Cut #TheTraitors
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Agreed. The old technique of creating a villain as a foil for your personal hero isn't great when the maligned individual is long dead, but it's clear defamation when they're alive (see my old post on the former, inspired by Langley www.theguardian.com/science/the-...)
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Agreed. The old technique of creating a villain as a foil for your personal hero isn't great when the maligned individual is long dead, but it's clear defamation when they're alive (see my old post on the former, inspired by Langley www.theguardian.com/science/the-...)
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Video games should cost exactly one month of the average 12-year-old kid's allowance. That should be the gold standard.
October 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Video games should cost exactly one month of the average 12-year-old kid's allowance. That should be the gold standard.
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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Watching The Sorrow and the Pity with my class and once again I am astonished that no-one has made a biopic about the extraordinary Denis Rake MC, the very openly gay SOE radio-operator who worked in drag as a cabaret singer in occupied Belgium while conducting an affair with a German officer.
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Watching The Sorrow and the Pity with my class and once again I am astonished that no-one has made a biopic about the extraordinary Denis Rake MC, the very openly gay SOE radio-operator who worked in drag as a cabaret singer in occupied Belgium while conducting an affair with a German officer.
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Bring back small phones! This is my iphone 13 mini. It is a perfectly-sized phone. But it's going to die - in a few years, Apple will stop supporting it w/updates. Yet there are now NO new smartphones to buy on the market that fit the human hand. www.ft.com/content/6332...
October 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Bring back small phones! This is my iphone 13 mini. It is a perfectly-sized phone. But it's going to die - in a few years, Apple will stop supporting it w/updates. Yet there are now NO new smartphones to buy on the market that fit the human hand. www.ft.com/content/6332...
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The Society now invites applications for its Workshop Grants programme 2026: bit.ly/4oPyUdZ
Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project.
Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians
Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project.
Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians
RHS Workshop Grants, 2026 - call now open to fund day events on historical projects - RHS
The Royal Historical Society is pleased to announce the next call for its RHS Workshop Grants for projects to take place in 2026. This scheme provides funding of £1,000 per Grant to enable historians ...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The Society now invites applications for its Workshop Grants programme 2026: bit.ly/4oPyUdZ
Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project.
Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians
Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project.
Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians
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hey did you know that messor ibericus (iberian harvester ant) can't produce workers normally, only males and queens, so they keep a domesticated lineage of another ant species (m. structor) around for breeding because m. ibericus queens can produce hybrid workers with them
October 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
hey did you know that messor ibericus (iberian harvester ant) can't produce workers normally, only males and queens, so they keep a domesticated lineage of another ant species (m. structor) around for breeding because m. ibericus queens can produce hybrid workers with them
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Say nothing Andrew, say nothing......
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Say nothing Andrew, say nothing......
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Premium subbies to my Bad Astronomy Newsletter can find out about some cool new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, and also my thoughts on it being an alien spaceship (CAN YOU GUESS?!).
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS seen from Mars!
Also, it’s spouting water, exactly like a spaceship wouldn’t
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October 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Premium subbies to my Bad Astronomy Newsletter can find out about some cool new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, and also my thoughts on it being an alien spaceship (CAN YOU GUESS?!).
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/interstell...
🔭🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/interstell...
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It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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October 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM