Bjarte Rettedal
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Bjarte Rettedal
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Do you call them tweets?
Pretty sure he’s doing more damage to the farmers here. Obnoxious and rude, and with no facts to make an argument. I have yet to see any compelling argument for keeping this loophole.
“What is your message to this government?”

“Please back down.”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ inheritance tax protest in Westminster.

#Newsnight
November 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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I have a long list of favourite Onion headlines, but this is by far the funniest of them all

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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hi lovely folks of bsky, i'm finally moving here from twitter!

please rt so i can find my fellow sea peoples
November 14, 2024 at 11:12 AM
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A quick social experiment.

The same tweet, posted at the same time on here and on Twitter, commenting on @joannahs.bsky.social’s brilliant piece on the exodus of criminal barristers.

Bluesky replies on the left.

Twitter on the right.
November 12, 2024 at 8:41 AM
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Ever wonder why dog breeds are so different while cats are all pretty similar? Not just cats, but lions & tigers too! Come see me present on cat & dog evolution at both Saturday shows for Nine Lessons & Carols for Curious People with @robinince.bsky.social! Tickets @ cosmicshambles.com/ninelessons/
November 12, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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Despite recent work & world disappointments, I’m trying to remind myself of some great things that have happened this year. Most excitingly, I was elected to the fellowship of the Royal Society. Words can’t express the feeling of seeing my name in the big book of fellows alongside Darwin and Newton!
November 11, 2024 at 10:53 AM
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@weratedogs.bsky.social Casper wants to know if you think his 1) slightly curvy, super long snout, 2) giant feather tail, or 3) koala ears are the reason he can’t catch.
November 10, 2024 at 9:19 PM
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Lovely interview with Yichen He, superstar researcher who just finished up a postdoc in my lab working on AI methods for “big data” analyses of evolutionary morphology - this interview accompanies our recent review of this field. He’s on the market, so snatch him up! iobopen.com/2024/11/10/a...
AI is set to transform the study of evolutionary morphology – an interview with Yichen He
Yichen He Recently, IOB published an excellent introduction and overview of the current and potential future applications of AI to evolutionary morphology. Opportunities and Challenges in Appl…
iobopen.com
November 10, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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