Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj.bsky.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg and #cryowurst. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow.
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Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC
Rachel Reeves to curb bike purchases through salary sacrifice in Budget
Introduction of new cap comes after retailers warned some higher-rate taxpayers were exploiting the perk
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November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC
Economists talk about "division of labour" driving efficiency. I realised the other day that we can also have "multiplication of labour", which is where a process requires multiple people to repeat the same task.
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Economists talk about "division of labour" driving efficiency. I realised the other day that we can also have "multiplication of labour", which is where a process requires multiple people to repeat the same task.
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Tired: em dash (long literary pedigree; now terminally associated with AI gotchas).
Wired: Frankendash (a nameless mode of naming the unnameable; gothic af; hey AI bros, let's see _your_ ungodly creation do _this_).
Wired: Frankendash (a nameless mode of naming the unnameable; gothic af; hey AI bros, let's see _your_ ungodly creation do _this_).
For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
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“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Tired: em dash (long literary pedigree; now terminally associated with AI gotchas).
Wired: Frankendash (a nameless mode of naming the unnameable; gothic af; hey AI bros, let's see _your_ ungodly creation do _this_).
Wired: Frankendash (a nameless mode of naming the unnameable; gothic af; hey AI bros, let's see _your_ ungodly creation do _this_).
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After two field expeditions and one year in the making, very pleased to share my second paper from my PhD is now published! ⛰️
We obtained the first dataset of ice-contact lake physical conditions in the Himalaya throughout the critical monsoon and glacier melt season ⬇️
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
We obtained the first dataset of ice-contact lake physical conditions in the Himalaya throughout the critical monsoon and glacier melt season ⬇️
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Monsoon and Glacial Meltwater Input Drive Seasonal Cooling of a Himalayan Ice‐Contact Lake
Lake surface temperatures exceeded 9°C at the surface, and were consistently warmer close to the glacier front, driven by convection
Monsoon-specific meteorological conditions and input of glacia...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
After two field expeditions and one year in the making, very pleased to share my second paper from my PhD is now published! ⛰️
We obtained the first dataset of ice-contact lake physical conditions in the Himalaya throughout the critical monsoon and glacier melt season ⬇️
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
We obtained the first dataset of ice-contact lake physical conditions in the Himalaya throughout the critical monsoon and glacier melt season ⬇️
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Morrisons in Cardiff Bay is the only big supermarket I’ve ever been to that doesn’t have a perfectly flat floor. There’s one aisle where the loaded trolley is constantly trying to move sideways and it’s really difficult to control.
It’s one of those things we usually take for granted!
It’s one of those things we usually take for granted!
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Morrisons in Cardiff Bay is the only big supermarket I’ve ever been to that doesn’t have a perfectly flat floor. There’s one aisle where the loaded trolley is constantly trying to move sideways and it’s really difficult to control.
It’s one of those things we usually take for granted!
It’s one of those things we usually take for granted!
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can't park there mate
August 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
can't park there mate
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And here's the piece Ian and I wrote (the actual Shugar Kane paper) wrote in @nature.com explaining our little 🧪 experiment www.nature.com/articles/d41...
An adventure in predatory publishing: the contents of two medicine cabinets
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
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November 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
And here's the piece Ian and I wrote (the actual Shugar Kane paper) wrote in @nature.com explaining our little 🧪 experiment www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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If you enjoyed the below article, may I offer up the (in)famous Shugar Kane medicine cabinets study. We withdrew the submission when it was accepted and the (predatory) journal wanted $$$. 🧪https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qM0mQDNmYbhbZSobESSTo81ihV2yguFNMNZb13C91V4/edit?usp=sharing
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you enjoyed the below article, may I offer up the (in)famous Shugar Kane medicine cabinets study. We withdrew the submission when it was accepted and the (predatory) journal wanted $$$. 🧪https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qM0mQDNmYbhbZSobESSTo81ihV2yguFNMNZb13C91V4/edit?usp=sharing
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I know people love to donate goods, it feels concrete and satisfying, but a food bank can make that $2 or $5 go soooo much further than you can.
Just donate the cash.
And, then they also don't need to assign staff to sort, manage, and figure out how to distribute the random donations.
Just donate the cash.
And, then they also don't need to assign staff to sort, manage, and figure out how to distribute the random donations.
The science is clear - SNAP reduces food insecurity, improves health outcomes, and lower healthcare costs.
Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that.
We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇
zurl.co/BrvG5
Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that.
We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇
zurl.co/BrvG5
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I know people love to donate goods, it feels concrete and satisfying, but a food bank can make that $2 or $5 go soooo much further than you can.
Just donate the cash.
And, then they also don't need to assign staff to sort, manage, and figure out how to distribute the random donations.
Just donate the cash.
And, then they also don't need to assign staff to sort, manage, and figure out how to distribute the random donations.
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I am happy and proud to present our #platformist team effort out in @nature.com!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We examine if, when, and why #Antarctic #ice shelves will no longer be viable, at the latest, due to changes in #atmosphere and #ocean conditions.
A little 🧵 for the experts...
1/7
I am happy and proud to present our #platformist team effort out in @nature.com!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We examine if, when, and why #Antarctic #ice shelves will no longer be viable, at the latest, due to changes in #atmosphere and #ocean conditions.
A little 🧵 for the experts...
1/7
Ocean warming threatens the viability of 60% of Antarctic ice shelves - Nature
The viability of Antarctic ice shelves under low rates and high rates of global warming is modelled to estimate when it will become unfeasible for the ice shelves to maintain their present-day shape.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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I am happy and proud to present our #platformist team effort out in @nature.com!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We examine if, when, and why #Antarctic #ice shelves will no longer be viable, at the latest, due to changes in #atmosphere and #ocean conditions.
A little 🧵 for the experts...
1/7
I am happy and proud to present our #platformist team effort out in @nature.com!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We examine if, when, and why #Antarctic #ice shelves will no longer be viable, at the latest, due to changes in #atmosphere and #ocean conditions.
A little 🧵 for the experts...
1/7
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And a little thread for the non-expert audience about the take-home messages of our #platformist team effort that is out in @nature.com today!
We explore the viability limits of #Antarctic ice shelves, the floating margins of the ice sheet.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/8
And a little thread for the non-expert audience about the take-home messages of our #platformist team effort that is out in @nature.com today!
We explore the viability limits of #Antarctic ice shelves, the floating margins of the ice sheet.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/8
Ocean warming threatens the viability of 60% of Antarctic ice shelves - Nature
The viability of Antarctic ice shelves under low rates and high rates of global warming is modelled to estimate when it will become unfeasible for the ice shelves to maintain their present-day shape.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🌊🧊🇦🇶
And a little thread for the non-expert audience about the take-home messages of our #platformist team effort that is out in @nature.com today!
We explore the viability limits of #Antarctic ice shelves, the floating margins of the ice sheet.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/8
And a little thread for the non-expert audience about the take-home messages of our #platformist team effort that is out in @nature.com today!
We explore the viability limits of #Antarctic ice shelves, the floating margins of the ice sheet.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/8
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PNAS: Six-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica offers unprecedented window into a warmer Earth via our NSF COLDEX & US Antarctic Program. ❄️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
PNAS: Six-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica offers unprecedented window into a warmer Earth via our NSF COLDEX & US Antarctic Program. ❄️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Alright let me tell you a story about a prominent scientist in my field and my first conference. This was in the days when most had adopted PowerPoint, but some of the older folks still showed up with actual physical slides to show on one of those old fashioned overhead projectors.
Nobody makes enemies by finishing their talk early…
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Alright let me tell you a story about a prominent scientist in my field and my first conference. This was in the days when most had adopted PowerPoint, but some of the older folks still showed up with actual physical slides to show on one of those old fashioned overhead projectors.
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“science number” 😂
- Hey, is your science good?
- Man, my science is like super-good. Look at my science number, it's 4.76 !
- Dude, that's nothing - my science number is 4.93 ! My science is so much gooder than your science !
I guess the dumbing down of society now extends to scientists.
- Man, my science is like super-good. Look at my science number, it's 4.76 !
- Dude, that's nothing - my science number is 4.93 ! My science is so much gooder than your science !
I guess the dumbing down of society now extends to scientists.
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“science number” 😂
As it’s nearly Halloween, I thought I’d share one of my favourite John Finnemore sketches: youtu.be/LDoBVbmWxxM?...
Special Offer - John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
From Series 7 of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme on BBC Radio 4, available to buy on CD or to download from Audible.
Yes, John knows he gave the shop the number 23 in the sketch, but 9 in the…
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October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
As it’s nearly Halloween, I thought I’d share one of my favourite John Finnemore sketches: youtu.be/LDoBVbmWxxM?...
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"I never thought the AI leopards would eat *my* face."
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"I never thought the AI leopards would eat *my* face."
@stephenkb.bsky.social worth a listen, I think, if only to hear Starmer in his own words. Though several times I’ve thought “well, if this topic is important to you, do something! You’re the PM!”
Kier Starmer on Radio 3 right now… he’s making quite a number of policy comments, prompted by the interviewer
October 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
@stephenkb.bsky.social worth a listen, I think, if only to hear Starmer in his own words. Though several times I’ve thought “well, if this topic is important to you, do something! You’re the PM!”
Kier Starmer on Radio 3 right now… he’s making quite a number of policy comments, prompted by the interviewer
October 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Kier Starmer on Radio 3 right now… he’s making quite a number of policy comments, prompted by the interviewer
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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
I have made a tear-off Darkness Calendar for the winter. Every week I can tear off a page and get the sunset times. It starts next week and runs for 14 weeks, by which time we’ll be back to sunset at 1700 here in Cardiff.
October 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I have made a tear-off Darkness Calendar for the winter. Every week I can tear off a page and get the sunset times. It starts next week and runs for 14 weeks, by which time we’ll be back to sunset at 1700 here in Cardiff.
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A policy this expansive would certainly mean mass stripping of permanent residence status from people with ILR (including pensioners and parents of British children) on a scale far beyond anything any democracy has ever done before. There is no public support for such an extreme policy.
Via @sundersays.bsky.social the Conservatives' draft legislation - absolutely clear that it applies to (and is intended to apply to) legal permanent residents claiming state pension (on the basis of their contributions) or child benefit for British kids.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A policy this expansive would certainly mean mass stripping of permanent residence status from people with ILR (including pensioners and parents of British children) on a scale far beyond anything any democracy has ever done before. There is no public support for such an extreme policy.
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This analysis from The Royal Society highlights an extremely important issue facing the UK R&D sector.
Today we have published a new analysis of UK immigration costs, comparing the 2025 costs of skilled worker, researcher and student visas in the UK and 17 other leading science nations. This updates previous analysis from 2019, 2021 and 2024:
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
UK immigration costs: an international comparison of skilled worker, researcher and student visas in 2025 | Royal Society
2025 update to the Royal Society's analyses of upfront immigration costs in the UK and 17 other leading science nations.
royalsociety.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This analysis from The Royal Society highlights an extremely important issue facing the UK R&D sector.
The Conservative proposals to withdraw ILR status from anyone who claims benefits or earns under £38k are absolutely abhorrent. This would lead to a huge deportation of tens of thousands of people who have made the UK their home over a long period - just awful.
October 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Conservative proposals to withdraw ILR status from anyone who claims benefits or earns under £38k are absolutely abhorrent. This would lead to a huge deportation of tens of thousands of people who have made the UK their home over a long period - just awful.
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Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
October 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
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We iPhone 13 Mini holdouts will never win and it’s becoming harder to find replacements but it’s nice to see @sarahoconnorft.ft.com trying. on.ft.com/3IT3RyA
Why can’t I buy a small smartphone?
Capitalism is not giving me what I want, but I’m not behaving like a good free market consumer myself
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October 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
We iPhone 13 Mini holdouts will never win and it’s becoming harder to find replacements but it’s nice to see @sarahoconnorft.ft.com trying. on.ft.com/3IT3RyA