Salm
@jsalmon.bsky.social
Prog rock
HealthTech Engineering Entrepreneur
Development including IVD, microfluidics and data analysis.
Lives in Luxembourg, works across Europe.
HealthTech Engineering Entrepreneur
Development including IVD, microfluidics and data analysis.
Lives in Luxembourg, works across Europe.
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A winter tour of Luxembourg’s fairytale chateaux – on the country’s free bus network
A winter tour of Luxembourg’s fairytale chateaux – on the country’s free bus network
This tiny country is awash with atmospheric castles, many of which you can stay in, making for a magical wintry break. And it won’t cost you a cent to travel between them
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December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A winter tour of Luxembourg’s fairytale chateaux – on the country’s free bus network
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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – is expected to be announced on Wednesday as part of the UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.
The final details of the announcement were agreed by the two sides on Tuesday, with a plan to allow UK students to participate in the EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
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Comedian Robin Ince quits as host of BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage
Comedian Robin Ince quits as host of BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage
Ince says he resigned after fallout with executives because some of his views had been considered ‘problematic’
The comedian and author Robin Ince has resigned from his role as co-host of the long-running BBC Radio 4 podcast The Infinite Monkey Cage after a fallout with BBC executives over “problematic” opinions and what he described as a lack of “obedience”.
Ince, who has co-presented the popular science show alongside Prof Brian Cox for 16 years, posted on social media that his personal views, aired outside the BBC, “have been considered problematic for some time” and he “felt he had no choice but to resign”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Comedian Robin Ince quits as host of BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage
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Fifty of this year’s album releases I’ve enjoyed … some to a greater extent than others, but listed here alphabetically so as to remain impartial (until year end, at least).
Interested in your thoughts …
Interested in your thoughts …
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Fifty of this year’s album releases I’ve enjoyed … some to a greater extent than others, but listed here alphabetically so as to remain impartial (until year end, at least).
Interested in your thoughts …
Interested in your thoughts …
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.
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You know, we have for nearly 50 years taken it for granted that it is indeed fun to stay at the YMCA, and yet this popular assertion is back only by a single, non-rigorous, musical anecdote, I propose it is time for a study with a control group, which stays at a Holiday Inn Express
October 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You know, we have for nearly 50 years taken it for granted that it is indeed fun to stay at the YMCA, and yet this popular assertion is back only by a single, non-rigorous, musical anecdote, I propose it is time for a study with a control group, which stays at a Holiday Inn Express
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Tories misspell the country they wish to run.....
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Tories misspell the country they wish to run.....
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Niche content, but his story is SO interesting. Thinking of telling next season. A
September 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Niche content, but his story is SO interesting. Thinking of telling next season. A
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"About five minutes later, the arresting officer approached him again. “He said: ‘I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news.’ I said: ‘What’s the good news?’ He said: ‘I’m de-arresting you.’
“And I said: ‘What’s the bad news?’ He said: ‘It’s going to be really embarrassing for me.’"
“And I said: ‘What’s the bad news?’ He said: ‘It’s going to be really embarrassing for me.’"
great story from @robynvinter.bsky.social and @benquinn75.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Protester arrested over ‘Plasticine Action’ T-shirt: ‘How ridiculous is this?’
Miles Pickering says crowd at protest over Palestine Action ban was laughing at ‘silliness’ of scene as he was detained
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"About five minutes later, the arresting officer approached him again. “He said: ‘I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news.’ I said: ‘What’s the good news?’ He said: ‘I’m de-arresting you.’
“And I said: ‘What’s the bad news?’ He said: ‘It’s going to be really embarrassing for me.’"
“And I said: ‘What’s the bad news?’ He said: ‘It’s going to be really embarrassing for me.’"
Okay. I laughed out loud.
“Well, Mr. Deckard,” said Rachel, “why don’t you test me?”
“To see if you’re a replicant? Why?”Deckard was confused.
“Humour me”, said Rachel, playfully. Deckard shrugged, sat down at the table, opened his briefcase, and took out nine photos, three of which contained traffic lights.
“To see if you’re a replicant? Why?”Deckard was confused.
“Humour me”, said Rachel, playfully. Deckard shrugged, sat down at the table, opened his briefcase, and took out nine photos, three of which contained traffic lights.
July 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Okay. I laughed out loud.
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“Well, Mr. Deckard,” said Rachel, “why don’t you test me?”
“To see if you’re a replicant? Why?”Deckard was confused.
“Humour me”, said Rachel, playfully. Deckard shrugged, sat down at the table, opened his briefcase, and took out nine photos, three of which contained traffic lights.
“To see if you’re a replicant? Why?”Deckard was confused.
“Humour me”, said Rachel, playfully. Deckard shrugged, sat down at the table, opened his briefcase, and took out nine photos, three of which contained traffic lights.
July 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“Well, Mr. Deckard,” said Rachel, “why don’t you test me?”
“To see if you’re a replicant? Why?”Deckard was confused.
“Humour me”, said Rachel, playfully. Deckard shrugged, sat down at the table, opened his briefcase, and took out nine photos, three of which contained traffic lights.
“To see if you’re a replicant? Why?”Deckard was confused.
“Humour me”, said Rachel, playfully. Deckard shrugged, sat down at the table, opened his briefcase, and took out nine photos, three of which contained traffic lights.
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This is brilliant.
Both the comment and the video.
Both the comment and the video.
It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
July 31, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This is brilliant.
Both the comment and the video.
Both the comment and the video.
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my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
July 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
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When I entered the SF/F field, I was told you couldn't market SF as humor because (Hitchhiker excepted) it wouldn't sell. Then Redshirts came out and changed all that. Now the field has lots of work explicitly marketed as humor. Do I feel smug about that? Yes.
electricliterature.com/7-new-sci-fi...
electricliterature.com/7-new-sci-fi...
7 New Sci-Fi Comedies You Don’t Want to Miss - Electric Literature
These books are full of intrigue and adventure with lots of laughs along the way
electricliterature.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When I entered the SF/F field, I was told you couldn't market SF as humor because (Hitchhiker excepted) it wouldn't sell. Then Redshirts came out and changed all that. Now the field has lots of work explicitly marketed as humor. Do I feel smug about that? Yes.
electricliterature.com/7-new-sci-fi...
electricliterature.com/7-new-sci-fi...
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![Comic. SALESMAN [pointing at dehumidifier on sale]: This dehumidifier model features built-in WiFi for remote updates. PERSON 2: Great! That will be really useful if they discover a new kind of water.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidyjn3akvg63kod3eeni2n3ninritsjf4n4siub7pnsho4lbp4epa@jpeg)
July 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
“Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.”
“Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.”
Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
“Oh, I feel very angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it.”
“Oh, I feel very angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it.”
Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies
“I had to learn. All my life. The hard way. And the hard way’s pretty hard, but not so hard as the easy way.”
“I had to learn. All my life. The hard way. And the hard way’s pretty hard, but not so hard as the easy way.”
June 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
“Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.”
“Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.”
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#bookreview 📚💙 📚🪐
Fan of?
-Arguing with yourself
-The movie High Noon
-Messing with the wrong people
Try
@angusm.bsky.social's
The Warrior Within
angus.pw/writing/warr...
A man with implanted personalities fails to stay out of it when mercenaries show up looking for a particular someone to kill.
Fan of?
-Arguing with yourself
-The movie High Noon
-Messing with the wrong people
Try
@angusm.bsky.social's
The Warrior Within
angus.pw/writing/warr...
A man with implanted personalities fails to stay out of it when mercenaries show up looking for a particular someone to kill.
June 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#bookreview 📚💙 📚🪐
Fan of?
-Arguing with yourself
-The movie High Noon
-Messing with the wrong people
Try
@angusm.bsky.social's
The Warrior Within
angus.pw/writing/warr...
A man with implanted personalities fails to stay out of it when mercenaries show up looking for a particular someone to kill.
Fan of?
-Arguing with yourself
-The movie High Noon
-Messing with the wrong people
Try
@angusm.bsky.social's
The Warrior Within
angus.pw/writing/warr...
A man with implanted personalities fails to stay out of it when mercenaries show up looking for a particular someone to kill.
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Credit to Merz, he handles this quite deftly.
MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
June 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Credit to Merz, he handles this quite deftly.
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German Chancellor Merz sets the record straight after Trump tries to draw moral equivalence between Russia and Ukrainian actions:
"Ukraine is only targeting military targets. Not civilians, not private [property], not energy infrastructure. This is the difference."
"Ukraine is only targeting military targets. Not civilians, not private [property], not energy infrastructure. This is the difference."
June 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
German Chancellor Merz sets the record straight after Trump tries to draw moral equivalence between Russia and Ukrainian actions:
"Ukraine is only targeting military targets. Not civilians, not private [property], not energy infrastructure. This is the difference."
"Ukraine is only targeting military targets. Not civilians, not private [property], not energy infrastructure. This is the difference."