Dex
@sholingdex.bsky.social
‘Mature’ student at the OU studying astronomy ‘we’re all in the gutter but some of us are looking at stars’
#SaintsFC fan, lager enthusiast
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Karoline Leavitt: “President Trump is a man of conviction.”
34 convictions to be precise.
34 convictions to be precise.
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Karoline Leavitt: “President Trump is a man of conviction.”
34 convictions to be precise.
34 convictions to be precise.
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This week in 1986:
Marco Van Basten and one of the greatest volleys since records began.
Holy Scissorbastard. What a goal.
Marco Van Basten and one of the greatest volleys since records began.
Holy Scissorbastard. What a goal.
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This week in 1986:
Marco Van Basten and one of the greatest volleys since records began.
Holy Scissorbastard. What a goal.
Marco Van Basten and one of the greatest volleys since records began.
Holy Scissorbastard. What a goal.
The tacky gold shit everywhere, concreting over Jackie Kennedy’s rose garden, demolishing the East Wing… all bad
But this is unforgivable… he’s ‘Live, Laugh, Loved’ the fucking White House
But this is unforgivable… he’s ‘Live, Laugh, Loved’ the fucking White House
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The tacky gold shit everywhere, concreting over Jackie Kennedy’s rose garden, demolishing the East Wing… all bad
But this is unforgivable… he’s ‘Live, Laugh, Loved’ the fucking White House
But this is unforgivable… he’s ‘Live, Laugh, Loved’ the fucking White House
I got a score of 3158 on today's Chronophoto: 11/4/2025
Round 1: 640
Round 2: 242
Round 3: 777
Round 4: 575
Round 5: 924
www.chronophoto.app/daily.html
Round 1: 640
Round 2: 242
Round 3: 777
Round 4: 575
Round 5: 924
www.chronophoto.app/daily.html
Chronophoto Daily - Guess the Year a Photo Was Taken
The Chronophoto daily. Play 5 rounds once per day. Test your knowledge of pop culture and history and try to guess the year a picture was taken.
www.chronophoto.app
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I got a score of 3158 on today's Chronophoto: 11/4/2025
Round 1: 640
Round 2: 242
Round 3: 777
Round 4: 575
Round 5: 924
www.chronophoto.app/daily.html
Round 1: 640
Round 2: 242
Round 3: 777
Round 4: 575
Round 5: 924
www.chronophoto.app/daily.html
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When first saw images of this comet with the colors, the strangeness of the tail, I said out loud, "I call BS. This has to be AI." but then I saw many others I thought maybe! We had some technical issues this night, but I was able to pull out this image out. This comet Lemmon is gorgeous!!! 💫📸🔭
November 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
When first saw images of this comet with the colors, the strangeness of the tail, I said out loud, "I call BS. This has to be AI." but then I saw many others I thought maybe! We had some technical issues this night, but I was able to pull out this image out. This comet Lemmon is gorgeous!!! 💫📸🔭
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Science evolves, but consensus matters.
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.
www.livescience.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Science evolves, but consensus matters.
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
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“Settled” doesn’t mean 100% certainty - it means overwhelming evidence.
The earth is round.
Vaccines save lives.
These aren’t 50-50 debates.
Uncertainty shouldn't be an excuse for false balance.
www.livescience.com/...
6/10
The earth is round.
Vaccines save lives.
These aren’t 50-50 debates.
Uncertainty shouldn't be an excuse for false balance.
www.livescience.com/...
6/10
'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers
Live Science spoke with author Thomas Levenson about his new book on the history of germ theory.
www.livescience.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“Settled” doesn’t mean 100% certainty - it means overwhelming evidence.
The earth is round.
Vaccines save lives.
These aren’t 50-50 debates.
Uncertainty shouldn't be an excuse for false balance.
www.livescience.com/...
6/10
The earth is round.
Vaccines save lives.
These aren’t 50-50 debates.
Uncertainty shouldn't be an excuse for false balance.
www.livescience.com/...
6/10
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Dawn Butler was ordered to leave the commons when she called a lying Prime Minister a liar - now the deputy speaker tells her that you can’t call a racist a racist - grotesque protection of the worst people while the decent are hung up to dry
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Dawn Butler was ordered to leave the commons when she called a lying Prime Minister a liar - now the deputy speaker tells her that you can’t call a racist a racist - grotesque protection of the worst people while the decent are hung up to dry
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If people like @itvpeston.bsky.social are unsure whether Sarah Pochin's statement was racist, they should try saying exactly the same thing to their employer and see how it goes.
October 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If people like @itvpeston.bsky.social are unsure whether Sarah Pochin's statement was racist, they should try saying exactly the same thing to their employer and see how it goes.
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Shameful. Normalising racism by pretending she might have a point. Dancing the little dance they want you to dance. What’s happened to you? This isn’t journalism. It’s sponsorship.
October 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Shameful. Normalising racism by pretending she might have a point. Dancing the little dance they want you to dance. What’s happened to you? This isn’t journalism. It’s sponsorship.
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Parents! Carers! Anyone thinking of buying a child a "science kit" for Christmas. For the same / less cost, buy a copy of "Recipes for Wonder" and put together a box of household "ingredients" which will let them do actual science and be a much more personal gift alomshaha.com/portfolio/mr...
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Parents! Carers! Anyone thinking of buying a child a "science kit" for Christmas. For the same / less cost, buy a copy of "Recipes for Wonder" and put together a box of household "ingredients" which will let them do actual science and be a much more personal gift alomshaha.com/portfolio/mr...
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This should be a career ender but it won’t be.
Badenoch should call it out but she won’t.
The media should call it out as racist but they won’t.
We live in a really fucked up country. Not for the reasons Jenrick believes but because of people like him.
Badenoch should call it out but she won’t.
The media should call it out as racist but they won’t.
We live in a really fucked up country. Not for the reasons Jenrick believes but because of people like him.
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit
Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in.
After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This should be a career ender but it won’t be.
Badenoch should call it out but she won’t.
The media should call it out as racist but they won’t.
We live in a really fucked up country. Not for the reasons Jenrick believes but because of people like him.
Badenoch should call it out but she won’t.
The media should call it out as racist but they won’t.
We live in a really fucked up country. Not for the reasons Jenrick believes but because of people like him.
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Every motorway service station should have a 5-a-side football pitch. The score should be continuous throughout the day with travellers swapping in and out via infinite subs.
October 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Every motorway service station should have a 5-a-side football pitch. The score should be continuous throughout the day with travellers swapping in and out via infinite subs.
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The mystery of medical diagnosis!
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The mystery of medical diagnosis!
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Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
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I am very sad to report that Jane Goodall has died. Zoologist, primatologist, and anthropologist. Worlds foremost authority on chimpanzees. 🧪
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I am very sad to report that Jane Goodall has died. Zoologist, primatologist, and anthropologist. Worlds foremost authority on chimpanzees. 🧪
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OFCOM needs to get involved. Is this journalism or is this Reform Party propaganda?
October 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
OFCOM needs to get involved. Is this journalism or is this Reform Party propaganda?
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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This MAGA/MAHA/Trump/RFK Jr/Dr Oz/Dr Bhattacharya press conference right now is quite possibly the worst press conference—from the viewpoints of medicine, public health, & medical ethics—that I’ve ever seen. These men are so shameless & deeply irresponsible. Wherever happened to science & evidence?
September 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This MAGA/MAHA/Trump/RFK Jr/Dr Oz/Dr Bhattacharya press conference right now is quite possibly the worst press conference—from the viewpoints of medicine, public health, & medical ethics—that I’ve ever seen. These men are so shameless & deeply irresponsible. Wherever happened to science & evidence?
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Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT:
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
This MAGA/MAHA/Trump/RFK Jr/Dr Oz/Dr Bhattacharya press conference right now is quite possibly the worst press conference—from the viewpoints of medicine, public health, & medical ethics—that I’ve ever seen. These men are so shameless & deeply irresponsible. Wherever happened to science & evidence?
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT:
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
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Trump blames autism on women taking Tylenol. I'd be sceptical, but this is the guy who told us to drink bleach for Covid, so clearly he's the leading medical mind of a generation.
September 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Trump blames autism on women taking Tylenol. I'd be sceptical, but this is the guy who told us to drink bleach for Covid, so clearly he's the leading medical mind of a generation.
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i feel like we’ve underestimated the power of being able to just… lie. “paracetamol causes autism” no it doesn’t, that isn’t true. so what are you, a journalist, going to do about that?
September 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
i feel like we’ve underestimated the power of being able to just… lie. “paracetamol causes autism” no it doesn’t, that isn’t true. so what are you, a journalist, going to do about that?
Apropos nothing, the rhythm section on Rio (Duran Duran) is fucking incredible… youtu.be/ImVCtchzPco?...
Rio - Duran Duran - Isolated Bass & Drums
YouTube video by Bass Player Center
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September 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Apropos nothing, the rhythm section on Rio (Duran Duran) is fucking incredible… youtu.be/ImVCtchzPco?...