Jon Massey
@jonnyboy27.bsky.social
Researcher/data scientist/software engineer sort of thing with electronic health data. Also diver, cyclist, ferret keeper
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Is that good
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Is that good
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Performing desirable behaviour and "virtue signalling" is also absolutely core to human society.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Performing desirable behaviour and "virtue signalling" is also absolutely core to human society.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
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🦛 🐋 🐢 The Poole play sculptures have come out of hibernation!
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🦛 🐋 🐢 The Poole play sculptures have come out of hibernation!
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
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Trying to bring a bit of old fashioned classic twitter-era medical discussion to Bluesky!
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Screening Saves Lives! Right??
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trying to bring a bit of old fashioned classic twitter-era medical discussion to Bluesky!
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
Made a short video about the huge Prostate Cancer Screening study just published in @nejm.org. Regular media and social media docs have, predictably, made a hash of the results #medsky
youtu.be/OQ7g1lQ26s0?...
The Joiners and The Croft now under community ownership - hell yeah
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The Joiners and The Croft now under community ownership - hell yeah
Not that anyone cares anymore but here's the source: youtube.com/shorts/ak_gb... . Schmoyoho "some tiktok dj" ?! Get off my lawn etc.
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Not that anyone cares anymore but here's the source: youtube.com/shorts/ak_gb... . Schmoyoho "some tiktok dj" ?! Get off my lawn etc.
La Chouffe, Eccles cakes, and a couple of very playful ferrets - what a great way of spending the evening
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
La Chouffe, Eccles cakes, and a couple of very playful ferrets - what a great way of spending the evening
Been on a real slog lately at work, trying to get access to important data from public body which only makes it available via a badly structured website. I'd be surprised if this website isn't driven by some sort of structured data source (although with the wonkiness of the website maybe not) 1/n
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Been on a real slog lately at work, trying to get access to important data from public body which only makes it available via a badly structured website. I'd be surprised if this website isn't driven by some sort of structured data source (although with the wonkiness of the website maybe not) 1/n
Train pricing insanity:
SRD <-> OXF (change BRI) arr 1024 £83
BRI <-> OXF dep 0900 arr 1024 £33
SRD <-> BRI dep 0835 arr 0846 £1.50
£48.50 more expensive to do the same journey on one ticket instead of two
SRD <-> OXF (change BRI) arr 1024 £83
BRI <-> OXF dep 0900 arr 1024 £33
SRD <-> BRI dep 0835 arr 0846 £1.50
£48.50 more expensive to do the same journey on one ticket instead of two
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Train pricing insanity:
SRD <-> OXF (change BRI) arr 1024 £83
BRI <-> OXF dep 0900 arr 1024 £33
SRD <-> BRI dep 0835 arr 0846 £1.50
£48.50 more expensive to do the same journey on one ticket instead of two
SRD <-> OXF (change BRI) arr 1024 £83
BRI <-> OXF dep 0900 arr 1024 £33
SRD <-> BRI dep 0835 arr 0846 £1.50
£48.50 more expensive to do the same journey on one ticket instead of two
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Inspired by The Jase's video, I realised that the Mr Blobby song also works quite well with the John Lewis advert. But then it took a dark turn...
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Inspired by The Jase's video, I realised that the Mr Blobby song also works quite well with the John Lewis advert. But then it took a dark turn...
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To celebrate the earlier occasion.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN RADIATION ADVENTURE - Mailing Cheney's Heart - Funranium Labs
With the exception of the old Pu-238 pacemaker, as hospitals & mortuaries prefer FedEx for some reason, all of these things have been sent through the mail by the USPS. Whether they should have is the...
www.funraniumlabs.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
To celebrate the earlier occasion.
This is something I worry about for myself, as alluring as the convenience is. I've used it a couple of times to get over the "activation energy" but have rewritten for clarity/style/functionality/belligerence reasons
On the blog: Think for Yourself
"By skimming past the friction necessary for learning, the pursuit of convenience can end up deskilling rather than enhancing skills."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
"By skimming past the friction necessary for learning, the pursuit of convenience can end up deskilling rather than enhancing skills."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
Think for Yourself
Understand and improve on LLM-generated code
kevlinhenney.medium.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is something I worry about for myself, as alluring as the convenience is. I've used it a couple of times to get over the "activation energy" but have rewritten for clarity/style/functionality/belligerence reasons
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Id love to speak to anyone who wants to put in a PhD application to this call and might want me as a supervisor?? Get in touch!
Do you have an idea that could drive innovative responses to addiction to illicit drugs and alcohol? Are you committed to a research career in the field of addiction? Apply for a PhD studentship or fellowship by 15 January 2026 tinyurl.com/5etmhm9e
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Id love to speak to anyone who wants to put in a PhD application to this call and might want me as a supervisor?? Get in touch!
Used them as part of a semi-automated dairy cow health monitoring/ detection system. Got 3 prototypes out in to farms, was working well, then the company got bought out and the new owners pulled the plug. Fun project tho and eventually led into me doing my PhD so can't complain too much
The extremely strange afterlife of the Xbox Kinect camera, which came out 15 years ago today: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...
Ghost hunting, pornography and interactive art: the weird afterlife of Xbox Kinect
Fifteen years since Microsoft’s motion-sensing gaming camera was released for the Xbox 360, artists, roboticists and more are still finding new ways to use it
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Used them as part of a semi-automated dairy cow health monitoring/ detection system. Got 3 prototypes out in to farms, was working well, then the company got bought out and the new owners pulled the plug. Fun project tho and eventually led into me doing my PhD so can't complain too much
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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#BBCNews - China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
#BBCNews - China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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What is a liberal party for? by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social. Some thoughts on party strategy and the controversy over diversity quotas. www.libdemvoice.org/what-is-a-li...
What is a liberal party for?
We've talked a lot about the changes the party has made to diversity quotas for the forthcoming presidential election this week. Presidential candidates Prue and Josh have had their say, as have Rebec...
www.libdemvoice.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What is a liberal party for? by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social. Some thoughts on party strategy and the controversy over diversity quotas. www.libdemvoice.org/what-is-a-li...
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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Arne Slot and Geert Wilders tonight:
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Arne Slot and Geert Wilders tonight:
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Russian fascism is engaged in an existential civilisational battle against liberal democracy, with the Ukrainian working class acting as the first line of defence for Europe.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Russian fascism is engaged in an existential civilisational battle against liberal democracy, with the Ukrainian working class acting as the first line of defence for Europe.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
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Trick or treat, you bald-headed bastard 😂🎃👻👹🍌
#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #Bottom #Terror #Halloween #SpookySeason
#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #Bottom #Terror #Halloween #SpookySeason
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Trick or treat, you bald-headed bastard 😂🎃👻👹🍌
#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #Bottom #Terror #Halloween #SpookySeason
#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #Bottom #Terror #Halloween #SpookySeason
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not to be confused with quesadilla
October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
not to be confused with quesadilla
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The “war on fentanyl” is actually paving the way for even worse drugs to do even more harm to Americans because that’s how these things have always gone and nobody ever wants to hear that. If you haven’t heard of the Iron Law of Prohibition, now is a great time to look it up!
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The “war on fentanyl” is actually paving the way for even worse drugs to do even more harm to Americans because that’s how these things have always gone and nobody ever wants to hear that. If you haven’t heard of the Iron Law of Prohibition, now is a great time to look it up!