John Speakman
@speakman.bsky.social
And yet, here we are. Data and technology bureaucrat. Views mine. Slightly American (or slightly British?). He/him. London, UK, again, somewhat to my surprise. Twitter (not there very often): @speakman
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Insanely perfect: fantastic little bouquet of flowers in a glass vase by Daniel Seghers of Antwerp, painter & Jesuit priest, whose day is today.
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Insanely perfect: fantastic little bouquet of flowers in a glass vase by Daniel Seghers of Antwerp, painter & Jesuit priest, whose day is today.
Full moon, Wandsworth Road
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Full moon, Wandsworth Road
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
UPDATE: The publisher intends to retract the paper, but insists it went through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the... by @jacksonwryan.com. No word on how they will make sure this sort of thing never happens again.
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it’s far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it’s far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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No sun - no moon!
No morn - no noon -no dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease …
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, no fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds!
November!
Thomas Hood
November 1844
#BookWormSat 🍂
No morn - no noon -no dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease …
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, no fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds!
November!
Thomas Hood
November 1844
#BookWormSat 🍂
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
No sun - no moon!
No morn - no noon -no dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease …
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, no fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds!
November!
Thomas Hood
November 1844
#BookWormSat 🍂
No morn - no noon -no dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease …
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, no fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds!
November!
Thomas Hood
November 1844
#BookWormSat 🍂
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70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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the absolute joy of public transit that turns up so frequently one needn't look up the timetable
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
the absolute joy of public transit that turns up so frequently one needn't look up the timetable
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Is it 'online training course'?
June 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Is it 'online training course'?
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I’ve been circling around this idea for awhile but didn’t have the skill to summarize what others have now done extremely eloquently:
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I’ve been circling around this idea for awhile but didn’t have the skill to summarize what others have now done extremely eloquently:
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
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I'm not a UX engineer, but I do feel like it's a no brainer that if I delete a suggestion made by autocorrect and proceed to retype with what I had typed originally, it should not autocorrect it again.
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I'm not a UX engineer, but I do feel like it's a no brainer that if I delete a suggestion made by autocorrect and proceed to retype with what I had typed originally, it should not autocorrect it again.
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Today is World Kindness Day. Be strong, we’ll get through it somehow.
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Today is World Kindness Day. Be strong, we’ll get through it somehow.
Also, Thunderbird 2 with a respray
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Also, Thunderbird 2 with a respray
Also from yesterday: after visiting St. Thomas’s, I took a stroll to Gabriel’s Wharf as I heard it’s going to close within a year. It opened while I was at Tommies. We used to go there for lunch and post work food/drink. A bit sad that it’s closing.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Also from yesterday: after visiting St. Thomas’s, I took a stroll to Gabriel’s Wharf as I heard it’s going to close within a year. It opened while I was at Tommies. We used to go there for lunch and post work food/drink. A bit sad that it’s closing.
Back to Tommies, this time as a patient for a bit of blood work. 34 years since I last darkened these doors
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Back to Tommies, this time as a patient for a bit of blood work. 34 years since I last darkened these doors
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Rétro cars voiture 🚘 la Rover 3L Mark III, saloon & coupé
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Rétro cars voiture 🚘 la Rover 3L Mark III, saloon & coupé
Science and innovation is the 2026 theme for LGBT+ History Month, aiming to highlight the contributions of LGBT+ scientists and innovators historically and today, and to raise awareness of the people behind them lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Science and innovation is the 2026 theme for LGBT+ History Month, aiming to highlight the contributions of LGBT+ scientists and innovators historically and today, and to raise awareness of the people behind them lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...