Ian Butler
@drbutty.bsky.social
Geochemist, petrologist and experimental geoscientist - University of Edinburgh. Cricket, rugby, walking, photography, real ale and the Lake District. Man of Kent, currently exiled in Scotland.
Salisbury Cathedral today - I was avoiding the fringes of Storm Amy. Spectacular architecture, and Magna Carta (did she die in vain?).
October 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Salisbury Cathedral today - I was avoiding the fringes of Storm Amy. Spectacular architecture, and Magna Carta (did she die in vain?).
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Fake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from the real thing www.chemistryworld.com/news/fake-mi...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Research #Ethics #Microscopy #Nanoscience #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #Misconduct #Fraud
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Research #Ethics #Microscopy #Nanoscience #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #Misconduct #Fraud
Fake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from the real thing
Materials scientists warn that raw data and replication studies are needed to tackle the looming threat of near-undetectable AI fraud
www.chemistryworld.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Fake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from the real thing www.chemistryworld.com/news/fake-mi...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Research #Ethics #Microscopy #Nanoscience #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #Misconduct #Fraud
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Research #Ethics #Microscopy #Nanoscience #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #Misconduct #Fraud
F*** me gently! ... Just asked for a 1/3 of an imperial stout (just a third, it's 14% ABV after all). Was warned that it's £9 for a third. HOW MUCH!? That's 27 quid a pint!
Old codger alert, but I can recall when a fiver bought a night out (including a bag of chips).
Old codger alert, but I can recall when a fiver bought a night out (including a bag of chips).
September 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
F*** me gently! ... Just asked for a 1/3 of an imperial stout (just a third, it's 14% ABV after all). Was warned that it's £9 for a third. HOW MUCH!? That's 27 quid a pint!
Old codger alert, but I can recall when a fiver bought a night out (including a bag of chips).
Old codger alert, but I can recall when a fiver bought a night out (including a bag of chips).
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British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
If you make loud phone calls using speakerphone while in a pub, it could be a sign that you're a c**t.
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you make loud phone calls using speakerphone while in a pub, it could be a sign that you're a c**t.
England were thrashed by SA earlier this week, and today England pulled off a record win against SA. It's like modern sides have little or no batting resilience - once a few wickets are lost, the collapse follows soon after. #bbccricket #tms #cricket #EngvSA
September 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
England were thrashed by SA earlier this week, and today England pulled off a record win against SA. It's like modern sides have little or no batting resilience - once a few wickets are lost, the collapse follows soon after. #bbccricket #tms #cricket #EngvSA
Saw this in the latest edition of Elements. A bit harsh, I think ... Molybdenite isn't *that* boring and it's a useful high temp lubricant (where would experiment al petrology be without it?).
September 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Saw this in the latest edition of Elements. A bit harsh, I think ... Molybdenite isn't *that* boring and it's a useful high temp lubricant (where would experiment al petrology be without it?).
From a pub in Brierly Hill - the Fox and Grapes. This was part of a photo montage celebrating the Baggies, including WBA greats like Cyrille Regis (among others). 1931 FA cup final ( WBA 2 Birmingham 1) ... They don't write advertising strap lines like this any more.
August 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
From a pub in Brierly Hill - the Fox and Grapes. This was part of a photo montage celebrating the Baggies, including WBA greats like Cyrille Regis (among others). 1931 FA cup final ( WBA 2 Birmingham 1) ... They don't write advertising strap lines like this any more.
#EngvSwe #Lionesses Never in doubt, that one.
July 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#EngvSwe #Lionesses Never in doubt, that one.
In a viking themed pub in York (Valhalla) ... The signs on the stairs are obviously in case Odin pops in for a draft of mead. The poor old bugger's got no depth perception, after all.
Far less H&S back in the 8th C.
Far less H&S back in the 8th C.
June 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In a viking themed pub in York (Valhalla) ... The signs on the stairs are obviously in case Odin pops in for a draft of mead. The poor old bugger's got no depth perception, after all.
Far less H&S back in the 8th C.
Far less H&S back in the 8th C.
England win by 5 wickets ... But what a test match. Only the third game in history in which both sides have scored more than 350 in each innings. Brilliant by both sides, but ultimately India didn't have the bowling to back up Jasprit Bumrah. #EngvInd #bbccricket #tms
June 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
England win by 5 wickets ... But what a test match. Only the third game in history in which both sides have scored more than 350 in each innings. Brilliant by both sides, but ultimately India didn't have the bowling to back up Jasprit Bumrah. #EngvInd #bbccricket #tms
#EngvWI Joe Root, arrives at the crease at 2-2, still there are 312-7. England are Donald-Ducked without him. Rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot!!!!!
June 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#EngvWI Joe Root, arrives at the crease at 2-2, still there are 312-7. England are Donald-Ducked without him. Rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot!!!!!
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The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
Why did the polar bear have a saucepan?
Experience: I fought off a polar bear with a saucepan www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Experience: I fought off a polar bear with a saucepan www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Experience: I fought off a polar bear with a saucepan
I pulled back the tent flap and there it was, an arm’s length away. So I reached for the closest weapon to hand – my mother’s old porridge-encrusted pot
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Why did the polar bear have a saucepan?
Experience: I fought off a polar bear with a saucepan www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Experience: I fought off a polar bear with a saucepan www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... on hydrogen/brine flow in #geological porous media is out and open access. Time resolved 2D and 3D imaging at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron reveals Haines jumps, intermittent flow and variable H2 connectivity during two phase flow.
April 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... on hydrogen/brine flow in #geological porous media is out and open access. Time resolved 2D and 3D imaging at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron reveals Haines jumps, intermittent flow and variable H2 connectivity during two phase flow.
Superb spring day in #Edinburgh, so time for a visit to the Botanics in the sunshine.
April 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Superb spring day in #Edinburgh, so time for a visit to the Botanics in the sunshine.
New online our group's latest paper using X-ray microtomographic data to study shear band formation in porous sandstone doi.org/10.1016/j.js.... Congratulations to Claudia Elijas-Parra, the lead author, who started this as an internship project.
March 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New online our group's latest paper using X-ray microtomographic data to study shear band formation in porous sandstone doi.org/10.1016/j.js.... Congratulations to Claudia Elijas-Parra, the lead author, who started this as an internship project.
Good to visit the British Museum today - lots of good stuff and nice to see the Assyrian palace friezes open again. Unfortunately the new son et lumiere effects detract from rather than enhance the presentation for me.
February 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Good to visit the British Museum today - lots of good stuff and nice to see the Assyrian palace friezes open again. Unfortunately the new son et lumiere effects detract from rather than enhance the presentation for me.
Enjoying a pint* of beer after just shy of a week working on I13 at the Diamond Light Source. It's bloody lovely (the beer not the beamline, obviously). 🍺
February 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Enjoying a pint* of beer after just shy of a week working on I13 at the Diamond Light Source. It's bloody lovely (the beer not the beamline, obviously). 🍺
February 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Dearc sgiathanach, one of the largest well-preserved pterosaurs from the Jurassic, now fully analysed! The description of this toothy Scottish fella, hot off the press, hit BMC E&E. But what does it tell us about pterosaurs? 🤔
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
January 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Dearc sgiathanach, one of the largest well-preserved pterosaurs from the Jurassic, now fully analysed! The description of this toothy Scottish fella, hot off the press, hit BMC E&E. But what does it tell us about pterosaurs? 🤔
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Coming up for one week spent at the Diamond Light Source (I12 JEEP) doing X-ray microtomography experiments to look at the dynamic failure of rocks at elevated pressure. Using our unique acoustic emission controlled x-ray transparent triaxial cell, Mjölnir. #geology #rockphysics #tomography
January 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Coming up for one week spent at the Diamond Light Source (I12 JEEP) doing X-ray microtomography experiments to look at the dynamic failure of rocks at elevated pressure. Using our unique acoustic emission controlled x-ray transparent triaxial cell, Mjölnir. #geology #rockphysics #tomography