Ben Deaville
@devil66.bsky.social
Physics teacher, head of sixth form, family cook, enjoys history.
October 16, 2024 at 5:02 AM
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UK government to fund £120 blood test that could detect 12 most common cancers.
“Just a couple of drops of blood could tell you if you had lung, breast or bladder cancer, helping end months-long waits for tests and scans".
🧪🩸 🧠🦴🫁 #medsky
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“Just a couple of drops of blood could tell you if you had lung, breast or bladder cancer, helping end months-long waits for tests and scans".
🧪🩸 🧠🦴🫁 #medsky
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Government to fund £120 blood test that could detect 12 most common cancers
Mionco screening has potential to be a ‘gamechanger’ in five years, says health secretary, Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2024 at 9:10 AM
UK government to fund £120 blood test that could detect 12 most common cancers.
“Just a couple of drops of blood could tell you if you had lung, breast or bladder cancer, helping end months-long waits for tests and scans".
🧪🩸 🧠🦴🫁 #medsky
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
“Just a couple of drops of blood could tell you if you had lung, breast or bladder cancer, helping end months-long waits for tests and scans".
🧪🩸 🧠🦴🫁 #medsky
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
October 5, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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In case you don’t believe the same equations describe motion in the atmosphere and the ocean.
September 14, 2024 at 6:01 PM
In case you don’t believe the same equations describe motion in the atmosphere and the ocean.
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars - defector.com/neither-elon...
September 12, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars - defector.com/neither-elon...
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Rats, mould, damp: UK’s biggest student homes provider faces legal action over poor accommodation
Rats, mould, damp: UK’s biggest student homes provider faces legal action over poor accommodation
A tenants’ rights group is fighting for justice for residents of university halls who claim health affected by conditions
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Rats, mould, damp: UK’s biggest student homes provider faces legal action over poor accommodation
We know the benefits of Agrivoltaics, but maybe Solarwilding could be even more beneficial ? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
How to Address Two Environmental Crises at Once
Solar fields turn out to be ideal for pollinators, too.
www.newyorker.com
September 7, 2024 at 3:47 PM
We know the benefits of Agrivoltaics, but maybe Solarwilding could be even more beneficial ? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
This is truely shocking switching to biomas for generating electricity will increase atmospheric carbon for a hundred years(!) before it starts to be one carbon neutral because of how long it takes to grow new trees www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How ‘green’ electricity from wood harms the planet — and people
Many nations have embraced burning wood pellets to produce electricity — under the assumption that it is carbon neutral. But research shows this approach can boost greenhouse-gas emissions and threate...
www.nature.com
September 7, 2024 at 12:26 PM
This is truely shocking switching to biomas for generating electricity will increase atmospheric carbon for a hundred years(!) before it starts to be one carbon neutral because of how long it takes to grow new trees www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The best thing about this story is if you actually read the text, half of the projected number left before the election was even called. Almost as though this is a completely spurious framing.
the idea of 9,000 millionaires leaving Britain sounds dramatic until you remember there are 2,849,000 millionaires in this country
it’s literally a rounding error given the ebb and flow of migration
it’s literally a rounding error given the ebb and flow of migration
September 7, 2024 at 10:59 AM
The best thing about this story is if you actually read the text, half of the projected number left before the election was even called. Almost as though this is a completely spurious framing.
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The Black divers excavating slave shipwrecks: ‘I’m telling my ancestors: I’m with you’
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The Black divers excavating slave shipwrecks: ‘I’m telling my ancestors: I’m with you’
Members of Diving With a Purpose search out and investigate the vessels’ remains, bringing history to light and memorializing lost lives
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2024 at 7:26 AM
The Black divers excavating slave shipwrecks: ‘I’m telling my ancestors: I’m with you’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
It is very worrying if bad actors are able to pollute out scientific knowledge base so insidiously
We're so fucked.
"Our analysis of a selection of questionable GPT-fabricated scientific papers found in Google Scholar shows that many are about applied, often controversial topics susceptible to disinformation: the environment, health, and computing."
"Our analysis of a selection of questionable GPT-fabricated scientific papers found in Google Scholar shows that many are about applied, often controversial topics susceptible to disinformation: the environment, health, and computing."
GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: Key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation | HKS Misinformation Review
Academic journals, archives, and repositories are seeing an increasing number of questionable research papers clearly produced using generative AI. They are often created with widely available, genera...
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu
September 7, 2024 at 8:16 AM
It is very worrying if bad actors are able to pollute out scientific knowledge base so insidiously
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Huge disaster for Vietnam. JTWC: Yagi will hit Haiphong (pop. 2 million) as a 115-kt Cat 4. Yagi “WILL BE SLOW TO WEAKEN AS IT TRAVERSES THE MARSHES OF THE RED RIVER DELTA, DUE TO THE BROWN-WATER EFFECT…A 100-KT TYPHOON OVER OR VERY NEAR HANOI IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY.” 8.6 million live in Hanoi.
September 7, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Huge disaster for Vietnam. JTWC: Yagi will hit Haiphong (pop. 2 million) as a 115-kt Cat 4. Yagi “WILL BE SLOW TO WEAKEN AS IT TRAVERSES THE MARSHES OF THE RED RIVER DELTA, DUE TO THE BROWN-WATER EFFECT…A 100-KT TYPHOON OVER OR VERY NEAR HANOI IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY.” 8.6 million live in Hanoi.
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Are we going to have to have a headline about what every private school does.
Because I could offer various on the theme:
State school cuts back on extra-curriculum provision to cut costs
Junior School absorbs cost of absent SEND provision.
Parents paying more for less
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Because I could offer various on the theme:
State school cuts back on extra-curriculum provision to cut costs
Junior School absorbs cost of absent SEND provision.
Parents paying more for less
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
King William's College to absorb VAT changes for academic year
King William's College says the 20% charge will not be passed on for the spring and summer terms.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Are we going to have to have a headline about what every private school does.
Because I could offer various on the theme:
State school cuts back on extra-curriculum provision to cut costs
Junior School absorbs cost of absent SEND provision.
Parents paying more for less
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Because I could offer various on the theme:
State school cuts back on extra-curriculum provision to cut costs
Junior School absorbs cost of absent SEND provision.
Parents paying more for less
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nasa setback prompts questions about Boeing’s future in space
https://www.ft.com/content/70ef8e9a-671a-49dc-b562-d6fe64ccedcb
https://www.ft.com/content/70ef8e9a-671a-49dc-b562-d6fe64ccedcb
Nasa setback prompts questions about Boeing’s future in space
As the aerospace giant’s woes mount analysts ask whether it should exit a small but prominent business unit
www.ft.com
September 6, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Nasa setback prompts questions about Boeing’s future in space
https://www.ft.com/content/70ef8e9a-671a-49dc-b562-d6fe64ccedcb
https://www.ft.com/content/70ef8e9a-671a-49dc-b562-d6fe64ccedcb
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last year NASA used a superconductor sensitive to single photons to download a video of a cat named Taters from deep space
likes and claps for Taters and the infrared laser that sent him
likes and claps for Taters and the infrared laser that sent him
September 6, 2024 at 12:59 AM
last year NASA used a superconductor sensitive to single photons to download a video of a cat named Taters from deep space
likes and claps for Taters and the infrared laser that sent him
likes and claps for Taters and the infrared laser that sent him
Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it?
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it?
Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I and many others have been looking for alternatives. Who wants to share a platform with the likes of Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson?
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it?
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
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Fuck yes UK.
*stares at Biden & Harris hoping for a scintilla of moral clarity and courage here*
*stares at Biden & Harris hoping for a scintilla of moral clarity and courage here*
This is a strong message by the UK (albeit too late)
After review 30 arms export licenses suspending fearing that the UK might otherwise become complicit in Israel's war crimes
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
After review 30 arms export licenses suspending fearing that the UK might otherwise become complicit in Israel's war crimes
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
UK suspends 30 arms export licences to Israel after review
Foreign Office says review found ‘clear risk’ that UK arms may be used in violation of humanitarian law
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Fuck yes UK.
*stares at Biden & Harris hoping for a scintilla of moral clarity and courage here*
*stares at Biden & Harris hoping for a scintilla of moral clarity and courage here*
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How it starts on TikTok: '...he was alarmed to find how some teenage boys were being shown posts featuring violence and pornography, and promoting misogynistic views, he tells BBC Panorama. He says, in general, teenage girls were recommended very different content based on their interests.'
Social media: Why algorithms show violence to boys
An insider tells the BBC why teenage boys are being targeted with extreme content.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 2, 2024 at 6:01 AM
How it starts on TikTok: '...he was alarmed to find how some teenage boys were being shown posts featuring violence and pornography, and promoting misogynistic views, he tells BBC Panorama. He says, in general, teenage girls were recommended very different content based on their interests.'
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The effect of rain on air-water gas exchange and CO₂ fluxes is a topic I started researching 30 years ago. I’m really pleased to see our latest paper — showing that rain enhances ocean CO₂ uptake — finally in print in @natureportfolio.bsky.social. 🌊
Global ocean carbon uptake enhanced by rainfall - Nature Geoscience
About 6% of the total uptake of carbon dioxide by the ocean is due to rainfall, according to an analysis of satellite observations and ERA5 reanalysis data from 2008 to 2018.
www.nature.com
August 29, 2024 at 4:23 PM
The effect of rain on air-water gas exchange and CO₂ fluxes is a topic I started researching 30 years ago. I’m really pleased to see our latest paper — showing that rain enhances ocean CO₂ uptake — finally in print in @natureportfolio.bsky.social. 🌊
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Here's my perspective on #ErasmusPlus and Starmer as I used to coordinate student and professorial mobility under the scheme at my university. I also benefited from it when I was an undergraduate. 1/3
'UK snubs EU over rejoining Erasmus exchange scheme'
Someone please tell Starmer the election is over.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
Someone please tell Starmer the election is over.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
UK snubs EU over rejoining Erasmus exchange scheme
A government spokesperson says the U.K. has ‘no plans’ to rejoin European program.
www.politico.eu
August 28, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Here's my perspective on #ErasmusPlus and Starmer as I used to coordinate student and professorial mobility under the scheme at my university. I also benefited from it when I was an undergraduate. 1/3
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Excellent.
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Sorry, Labour, but ChatGPT teachers are a lesson in how not to transform our schools | Gaby Hinsliff
The government seems to think AI will allow it to do more with less. But there are plenty of reasons to be doubtful, writes Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Excellent.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is a really useful, thought provoking resource
Three minutes and twenty-three seconds of sane and informative data and analysis of UK immigration from @jdportes.bsky.social . Excellent resource for teaching modern British history in schools & universities. For more on UK im/migration, don't miss All Our Stories @ Migration Museum from 12 Sept.
Jonathan Portes on what the UK would be like without immigration
Jonathan Portes of King's College London argues that the economy and society of the UK would be markedly different without immigrants.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 30, 2024 at 7:27 AM
This is a really useful, thought provoking resource
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Is it possible to actually detect gravitational waves emitted from the collapse of starship warp core bubble IRL?
Um. Yes.
Yes it is.
With some caveats, of course.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/detecting-...
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Um. Yes.
Yes it is.
With some caveats, of course.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/detecting-...
🔭🧪
Detecting starships via gravitational waves as their warp bubbles collapse
Yes, seriously. Also: Me on Penn and Teller’s old TV show debunking stuff.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
August 27, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Is it possible to actually detect gravitational waves emitted from the collapse of starship warp core bubble IRL?
Um. Yes.
Yes it is.
With some caveats, of course.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/detecting-...
🔭🧪
Um. Yes.
Yes it is.
With some caveats, of course.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/detecting-...
🔭🧪
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My first blog of the new academic year (and releasing it on BlueSky first).
🤖 The awkward AI homework question 🤖
“The game has changed. Pandora’s box has been opened and there is no going back. This stuff is impacting student learning right now”.
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/awkward...
🤖 The awkward AI homework question 🤖
“The game has changed. Pandora’s box has been opened and there is no going back. This stuff is impacting student learning right now”.
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/awkward...
The awkward AI homework question | InnerDrive
The awkward AI homework question is based around two problems that both stem from no one being able to detect AI work. Find out more about AI and homework.
www.innerdrive.co.uk
August 26, 2024 at 6:52 AM
My first blog of the new academic year (and releasing it on BlueSky first).
🤖 The awkward AI homework question 🤖
“The game has changed. Pandora’s box has been opened and there is no going back. This stuff is impacting student learning right now”.
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/awkward...
🤖 The awkward AI homework question 🤖
“The game has changed. Pandora’s box has been opened and there is no going back. This stuff is impacting student learning right now”.
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/awkward...