Stuart Swales🎄
@taynappe.bsky.social
Botherer of the rocks of Highland Perthshire, Scotland.
Open University Geological Society Chairperson (and Webmaster)
For OUGS Social Media follow: https://bsky.app/profile/ougeolsoc.bsky.social
Open University Geological Society Chairperson (and Webmaster)
For OUGS Social Media follow: https://bsky.app/profile/ougeolsoc.bsky.social
Cost inflation eh? At least in the 1960s they could manage OK:
"And though the holes were rather small,
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall"
"And though the holes were rather small,
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall"
Seagull census DENIED over claim it will cost nearly £3m to count them all
Seagull census DENIED over claim it will cost nearly £3m to count them all
Moray-based MSP Douglas Ross’s challenge was blocked at Holyrood in a row over how to tackle the "menace"
dlvr.it
January 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Cost inflation eh? At least in the 1960s they could manage OK:
"And though the holes were rather small,
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall"
"And though the holes were rather small,
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall"
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In retrospect I responded with a ternary diagram and so I suppose I deserved to be blocked
January 28, 2026 at 10:19 PM
In retrospect I responded with a ternary diagram and so I suppose I deserved to be blocked
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Knowing what it's like to help my grandad with computer stuff, if we make him take the AI training we can probably get the AI to kill itself.
January 28, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Knowing what it's like to help my grandad with computer stuff, if we make him take the AI training we can probably get the AI to kill itself.
Sign my petition to restore the internet to late 2019...
OpenAI just released Prism, a LaTeX editor with embedded ChatGPT for free.
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Sign my petition to restore the internet to late 2019...
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Monetisation
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Monetisation
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
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Do you ever feel you’re being excluded?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
January 27, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Do you ever feel you’re being excluded?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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🕷️ Lyme Disease Myth vs Fact 🕷️
Myth: “You’ll always get a bull’s-eye rash if you have Lyme disease.”
Fact: Not everyone develops the classic rash. Lyme can present in many ways.
🔗 Learn more: lymediseaseuk.com/lyme-rash/
#LymeDiseaseUK #LymeFacts #TickAwareness #EarlyDiagnosis
Myth: “You’ll always get a bull’s-eye rash if you have Lyme disease.”
Fact: Not everyone develops the classic rash. Lyme can present in many ways.
🔗 Learn more: lymediseaseuk.com/lyme-rash/
#LymeDiseaseUK #LymeFacts #TickAwareness #EarlyDiagnosis
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 PM
🕷️ Lyme Disease Myth vs Fact 🕷️
Myth: “You’ll always get a bull’s-eye rash if you have Lyme disease.”
Fact: Not everyone develops the classic rash. Lyme can present in many ways.
🔗 Learn more: lymediseaseuk.com/lyme-rash/
#LymeDiseaseUK #LymeFacts #TickAwareness #EarlyDiagnosis
Myth: “You’ll always get a bull’s-eye rash if you have Lyme disease.”
Fact: Not everyone develops the classic rash. Lyme can present in many ways.
🔗 Learn more: lymediseaseuk.com/lyme-rash/
#LymeDiseaseUK #LymeFacts #TickAwareness #EarlyDiagnosis
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He was bound to drop that scarf in some time zone or other.
January 26, 2026 at 2:53 PM
He was bound to drop that scarf in some time zone or other.
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2026 UK Field Trip: The Building Stones of Strata Florida Abbey and St Padarn’s Church, Llanbadarn on Saturday 16th May 2026, led by Tim Palmer, Caroline Palmer & Ruth Siddall of @pavementgeology.bsky.social
£5 GA Member / £15 Non-member
Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#16may
£5 GA Member / £15 Non-member
Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#16may
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
2026 UK Field Trip: The Building Stones of Strata Florida Abbey and St Padarn’s Church, Llanbadarn on Saturday 16th May 2026, led by Tim Palmer, Caroline Palmer & Ruth Siddall of @pavementgeology.bsky.social
£5 GA Member / £15 Non-member
Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#16may
£5 GA Member / £15 Non-member
Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#16may
Extortionate prices! Remembering fish'n'chips for 9 new pence.
January 26, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Extortionate prices! Remembering fish'n'chips for 9 new pence.
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Glaswegian attracts a puzzled gaze by taking his haggis for a walk on Robert Burns' birthday, 25th January 1967 (photo: Keystone).
January 25, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Glaswegian attracts a puzzled gaze by taking his haggis for a walk on Robert Burns' birthday, 25th January 1967 (photo: Keystone).
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To turn off autoplay of videos and gifs, go to Settings, then Content and Media, then uncheck the autoplay box.
January 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM
To turn off autoplay of videos and gifs, go to Settings, then Content and Media, then uncheck the autoplay box.
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Hear us mighty peak, may his theories fuel your fire, his certainty your glow, And may you find his talking points… difficult to swallow slow.
Boom gently, spare the seals, the snow,
Digest him with discretion, take your time, go slow.
Let ash fall softly, let us laugh,
Calm in healthy aftermath
Boom gently, spare the seals, the snow,
Digest him with discretion, take your time, go slow.
Let ash fall softly, let us laugh,
Calm in healthy aftermath
January 23, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Hear us mighty peak, may his theories fuel your fire, his certainty your glow, And may you find his talking points… difficult to swallow slow.
Boom gently, spare the seals, the snow,
Digest him with discretion, take your time, go slow.
Let ash fall softly, let us laugh,
Calm in healthy aftermath
Boom gently, spare the seals, the snow,
Digest him with discretion, take your time, go slow.
Let ash fall softly, let us laugh,
Calm in healthy aftermath
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The A Landscape Fashioned by Geology was a series of books published by Scottish Natural Heritage (now Naturescot) and the British Geological Survey. I got them all from a little bookshop in Glasgow, but you can download them for free from www.scottishgeologytrust.org/geology/reso...
Introductory Publications – Scottish Geology Trust
www.scottishgeologytrust.org
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The A Landscape Fashioned by Geology was a series of books published by Scottish Natural Heritage (now Naturescot) and the British Geological Survey. I got them all from a little bookshop in Glasgow, but you can download them for free from www.scottishgeologytrust.org/geology/reso...
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A Russian court has, for the first time, acknowledged that the cruiser Moskva was destroyed as a result of actions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
January 23, 2026 at 8:40 PM
A Russian court has, for the first time, acknowledged that the cruiser Moskva was destroyed as a result of actions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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How the hell am I going to explain this thing to people who think this account is staunchly against AI?
January 23, 2026 at 12:13 PM
How the hell am I going to explain this thing to people who think this account is staunchly against AI?
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Virtually all their work relied on ChatGPT and they didn't bother backing anything up, and then thought it would be a good idea to tell everyone in a Nature article.
I would be so angry if the professor of a course I needed for my future career was doing all his teaching and grant writing and shit with chatgpt. so embarrassing. Jesus Christ. How did you get a phd if you need help writing an email? You're having 'conversations' with a chatbox?
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Virtually all their work relied on ChatGPT and they didn't bother backing anything up, and then thought it would be a good idea to tell everyone in a Nature article.
You're not following MSA??? ⚒️ #ThinSectionThursday
Clearly a dinosaur footprint there... ;-)
Clearly a dinosaur footprint there... ;-)
Thin Section Thursday!
Zircon in quartzite, possibly making a rude gesture? Ogallala Formation, 10X, crossed polars. Contributed by Maddie Wright. You can contribute too! Send images and a short caption to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Zircon in quartzite, possibly making a rude gesture? Ogallala Formation, 10X, crossed polars. Contributed by Maddie Wright. You can contribute too! Send images and a short caption to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
January 22, 2026 at 2:18 PM
You're not following MSA??? ⚒️ #ThinSectionThursday
Clearly a dinosaur footprint there... ;-)
Clearly a dinosaur footprint there... ;-)
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
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They were still up?
Yahoo and AOL are down
Yahoo and AOL are down
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM
They were still up?
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I've had enough.
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I've had enough.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"During the first cycle the accumulate register is brought to the ALU, which either transmits it or produces zero (according to whether the instruction is MLA or MUL) to initialize the destination register."
"During the first cycle the accumulate register is brought to the ALU, which either transmits it or produces zero (according to whether the instruction is MLA or MUL) to initialize the destination register."
January 21, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"During the first cycle the accumulate register is brought to the ALU, which either transmits it or produces zero (according to whether the instruction is MLA or MUL) to initialize the destination register."
"During the first cycle the accumulate register is brought to the ALU, which either transmits it or produces zero (according to whether the instruction is MLA or MUL) to initialize the destination register."
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Caroline will explore glacier change in regions like the Andes & Himalayas, and what communities can do to adapt to a rapidly warming world.
📅 Mon 26 Jan 2026
🕑 2–3pm
📍 TLC106 or Teams
👉 lnkd.in/e2_jSwzp
A must‑attend for anyone interested in climate resilience and Earth’s disappearing ice.
📅 Mon 26 Jan 2026
🕑 2–3pm
📍 TLC106 or Teams
👉 lnkd.in/e2_jSwzp
A must‑attend for anyone interested in climate resilience and Earth’s disappearing ice.
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Caroline will explore glacier change in regions like the Andes & Himalayas, and what communities can do to adapt to a rapidly warming world.
📅 Mon 26 Jan 2026
🕑 2–3pm
📍 TLC106 or Teams
👉 lnkd.in/e2_jSwzp
A must‑attend for anyone interested in climate resilience and Earth’s disappearing ice.
📅 Mon 26 Jan 2026
🕑 2–3pm
📍 TLC106 or Teams
👉 lnkd.in/e2_jSwzp
A must‑attend for anyone interested in climate resilience and Earth’s disappearing ice.