Bored Aardvark
@boredaardvark.bsky.social
Interests palaeontology, art especially science and paleoart, science, medicine, history, sewing and beading. Most knowledgeable and least likely to engage in arguments about nutrition - what can I say, the pseudoscientific claptrap wears you down.
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The Kobo turned up. First impression was it’s tiny, but the screen is the same size as the kindle paperwhite, and the text seems just as clear with lots of adjustments possible, much more intuitive screen controls particularly screen dimming. Colour looks nice but not sure how much I’ll use it. 1/w
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Kobo turned up. First impression was it’s tiny, but the screen is the same size as the kindle paperwhite, and the text seems just as clear with lots of adjustments possible, much more intuitive screen controls particularly screen dimming. Colour looks nice but not sure how much I’ll use it. 1/w
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US customers: contrary to what you might have heard, art and books from the UK are still TARIFF-FREE! Plus, all import duties are pre-paid by me, so you WON’T have to pay any extra!
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
US customers: contrary to what you might have heard, art and books from the UK are still TARIFF-FREE! Plus, all import duties are pre-paid by me, so you WON’T have to pay any extra!
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
Bollocks to it, tired of giving so much money to Amazon for books and my Kindle battery is very poor now. Going to try a little colour Kobo.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Bollocks to it, tired of giving so much money to Amazon for books and my Kindle battery is very poor now. Going to try a little colour Kobo.
Can we have our country back please. I’ve been banging on about this since the riots but no one seems to care about community staff.
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Can we have our country back please. I’ve been banging on about this since the riots but no one seems to care about community staff.
Ok so Swortdheart by @tkingfisher.com has come out in the UK today. It’s £9.99 on Kindle 😱. Anyone know if the author gets more money if I pay that much? Back to contemplating an alternative eReader (£7.99 on Kobo) - my hands don’t like physical books much and I don’t want to read on a iPad screen.
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Ok so Swortdheart by @tkingfisher.com has come out in the UK today. It’s £9.99 on Kindle 😱. Anyone know if the author gets more money if I pay that much? Back to contemplating an alternative eReader (£7.99 on Kobo) - my hands don’t like physical books much and I don’t want to read on a iPad screen.
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We're going to be pulling AI shrapnel out of the weakly twitching carcass of the British state for decades aren't we?
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We're going to be pulling AI shrapnel out of the weakly twitching carcass of the British state for decades aren't we?
Made it to course 3 of 4 in the AI for healthcare specialisation before losing the will to live. It was basically just a list of algorithms and their supposed applications which we can do perfectly well already e.g. predict length of stay, allocate resources, interpret scans, diagnose disease. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Made it to course 3 of 4 in the AI for healthcare specialisation before losing the will to live. It was basically just a list of algorithms and their supposed applications which we can do perfectly well already e.g. predict length of stay, allocate resources, interpret scans, diagnose disease. 1/2
Gary Lineker?
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Gary Lineker?
Best lift ever.
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Best lift ever.
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IT’s HERE! The trailer from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age!
I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
IT’s HERE! The trailer from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age!
I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
Stepped up a notch with the #AI in healthcare course and I’m now well reminded about the different types of regression. But it’s still not AI guys.
And I’m thinking, if they insist on tying healthcare algorithms in with AI they’re going to just make everyone think they’re as useless as chatGPT.
And I’m thinking, if they insist on tying healthcare algorithms in with AI they’re going to just make everyone think they’re as useless as chatGPT.
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Stepped up a notch with the #AI in healthcare course and I’m now well reminded about the different types of regression. But it’s still not AI guys.
And I’m thinking, if they insist on tying healthcare algorithms in with AI they’re going to just make everyone think they’re as useless as chatGPT.
And I’m thinking, if they insist on tying healthcare algorithms in with AI they’re going to just make everyone think they’re as useless as chatGPT.
So cool. Where an interest in #lichens and #paleontology intersect 😃.
November 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
So cool. Where an interest in #lichens and #paleontology intersect 😃.
Day 5 of my #AI in healthcare course. I have taken to screaming “that’s not fucking AI, we’ve been able to do that for at least 30 years!!!!” at my iPad. My husband has taking to waving a gin bottle at me…..
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Day 5 of my #AI in healthcare course. I have taken to screaming “that’s not fucking AI, we’ve been able to do that for at least 30 years!!!!” at my iPad. My husband has taking to waving a gin bottle at me…..
Please someone save me, for I did not know what I did when I enrolled on AI systems for healthcare. For now I have completed the first module, and comes “the data to decision path for infusion of AI in healthcare”. I don’t think my soul can take anymore 😱.
November 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Please someone save me, for I did not know what I did when I enrolled on AI systems for healthcare. For now I have completed the first module, and comes “the data to decision path for infusion of AI in healthcare”. I don’t think my soul can take anymore 😱.
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If you’d like to hear me talk about what I do, now you can, thanks to Elliot and his fantastic People are Fish YouTube channel (well worth subscribing to if you don’t already):
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vntr...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vntr...
Reimaging Your Favourite Dinosaurs | Ft. DragonsOfWales (Andy Frazer)
YouTube video by People Are Fish
m.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If you’d like to hear me talk about what I do, now you can, thanks to Elliot and his fantastic People are Fish YouTube channel (well worth subscribing to if you don’t already):
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vntr...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vntr...
My GP surgery is advertising for a medical receptionist on minimum wage. No NHS terms and conditions, no pension. FFS - it’s a tough, skilled job and should be a band 4 with NHS pension. Guessing they still get people.
November 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
My GP surgery is advertising for a medical receptionist on minimum wage. No NHS terms and conditions, no pension. FFS - it’s a tough, skilled job and should be a band 4 with NHS pension. Guessing they still get people.
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🦕We’re delighted to announce that DinoCon 2026 will be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Sat 25th & Sun 26th July, 2026!🦖
Tickets will be on sale in January but you can book your room with a massive discount NOW!
More details can be found on our website www.dinocon.co.uk
Tickets will be on sale in January but you can book your room with a massive discount NOW!
More details can be found on our website www.dinocon.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🦕We’re delighted to announce that DinoCon 2026 will be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Sat 25th & Sun 26th July, 2026!🦖
Tickets will be on sale in January but you can book your room with a massive discount NOW!
More details can be found on our website www.dinocon.co.uk
Tickets will be on sale in January but you can book your room with a massive discount NOW!
More details can be found on our website www.dinocon.co.uk
Here’s a proper Halloween Horror - I’m reduced to doing a course on AI in Healthcare because I realised I need to know more about it, so I can explain effectively using the correct jargon why it’s not the bloody messiah.
a man is standing in a doorway and says he 's not the messiah !
ALT: a man is standing in a doorway and says he 's not the messiah !
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here’s a proper Halloween Horror - I’m reduced to doing a course on AI in Healthcare because I realised I need to know more about it, so I can explain effectively using the correct jargon why it’s not the bloody messiah.
“This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.”
Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.”
Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
Haven’t seen this for years. Still relevant.
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Haven’t seen this for years. Still relevant.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
If you’re feeling a bit down, watch the video at the top of this story. Guarantee it will make you smile. And possible cry a bit.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again
The results are astounding and a major advance, say surgeons involved in international research using the pioneering technology.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you’re feeling a bit down, watch the video at the top of this story. Guarantee it will make you smile. And possible cry a bit.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My money is on them spending so much development effort in AI no one wanted that they didn’t do basic maintenance in their cash cow AWS.
Amazon web services having a very bad morning.
Amazon web services having a very bad morning.
October 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
My money is on them spending so much development effort in AI no one wanted that they didn’t do basic maintenance in their cash cow AWS.
Amazon web services having a very bad morning.
Amazon web services having a very bad morning.