Brian Clegg
brianclegg.bsky.social
Brian Clegg
@brianclegg.bsky.social
Science author and communicator - editor of the www.popularscience.co.uk review site.
I think the assumption in equating fat squirrels with cold winters is they need more fat to stay alive through a very cold winter. But the point wasn't whether or not it was true, more to avoid treating anecdotes as data.
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Are you generating all these Whomemes, or is there an external source?
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
He's a busy boy (though Eversion was 2022)
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous answer re aristocrats. The RS has always been a club that included the dodgy with no interest in good conduct 😉
October 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I agree Elon is no jewel in the RS’s crown, but I think there’s a non sequitur in ‘and therefore an exemplar’ - there have always been dodgy Fellows, they’ve just changed from being aristocrats to billionaires.
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM