Dr Wirth
@doctorw.bsky.social
Professional cancer research scientist and amateur everythingist.
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The BBC should be "impartial", but that doesn't mean refusing to make judgments.
A jury or a football referee should be "impartial": they should not be "partial", or prejudiced, to one side or other.
But that doesn't excuse them from making decisions. It's why we trust them to do so.
A jury or a football referee should be "impartial": they should not be "partial", or prejudiced, to one side or other.
But that doesn't excuse them from making decisions. It's why we trust them to do so.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
The BBC should be "impartial", but that doesn't mean refusing to make judgments.
A jury or a football referee should be "impartial": they should not be "partial", or prejudiced, to one side or other.
But that doesn't excuse them from making decisions. It's why we trust them to do so.
A jury or a football referee should be "impartial": they should not be "partial", or prejudiced, to one side or other.
But that doesn't excuse them from making decisions. It's why we trust them to do so.
[Architect pitching to the owners of Birmingham City]
Have you ever looked at a new stadium and wondered... what's she gonna look like with a chimney on her?
Have you ever looked at a new stadium and wondered... what's she gonna look like with a chimney on her?
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
[Architect pitching to the owners of Birmingham City]
Have you ever looked at a new stadium and wondered... what's she gonna look like with a chimney on her?
Have you ever looked at a new stadium and wondered... what's she gonna look like with a chimney on her?
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Digital Artist: In my work I invented the Gowl Detector as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Gowl Detector from classic art installation Don't Create The Gowl Detector
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Gowl Detector from classic art installation Don't Create The Gowl Detector
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Digital Artist: In my work I invented the Gowl Detector as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Gowl Detector from classic art installation Don't Create The Gowl Detector
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Gowl Detector from classic art installation Don't Create The Gowl Detector
Sometimes I feel like I'm doing well in Duolingo. But I just realised that, in the language I learned at school, I'm on a unit where I argue with a roommate about disagreements regarding the living situation. On the language I've "learned" primarily on Duo I just translated "do you eat bread?"
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Sometimes I feel like I'm doing well in Duolingo. But I just realised that, in the language I learned at school, I'm on a unit where I argue with a roommate about disagreements regarding the living situation. On the language I've "learned" primarily on Duo I just translated "do you eat bread?"
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there is SO MUCH evidence that these lying bastards are lying to us ((c) jeremy paxman) i simply cannot understand any form of journalism that says “just print what they say, plus a rebuttal, and then let the audience make up their own mind”
September 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
there is SO MUCH evidence that these lying bastards are lying to us ((c) jeremy paxman) i simply cannot understand any form of journalism that says “just print what they say, plus a rebuttal, and then let the audience make up their own mind”
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An excellent no nonsense statement from the Women's Institute.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Women's Institute was founded on democratic ideals over 100 years ago and this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is still central to our ethos today.
www.thewi.org.uk
August 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
An excellent no nonsense statement from the Women's Institute.
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Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
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People wonder why the BBC only showed Live Aid on BBC2, but what nobody remembers now is that there was an all-day concert on BBC1 raising money to make the famine much worse, for balance.
July 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
People wonder why the BBC only showed Live Aid on BBC2, but what nobody remembers now is that there was an all-day concert on BBC1 raising money to make the famine much worse, for balance.
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*uses Ouija board*
"Granny, it's me, what's it like there?"
*glass moves in a circle for 20 minutes*
*glass spells out "OK"*
"Granny, it's me, what's it like there?"
*glass moves in a circle for 20 minutes*
*glass spells out "OK"*
July 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
*uses Ouija board*
"Granny, it's me, what's it like there?"
*glass moves in a circle for 20 minutes*
*glass spells out "OK"*
"Granny, it's me, what's it like there?"
*glass moves in a circle for 20 minutes*
*glass spells out "OK"*
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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They say genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.
This smells like the most intelligent bus I've ever been on.
This smells like the most intelligent bus I've ever been on.
June 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
They say genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.
This smells like the most intelligent bus I've ever been on.
This smells like the most intelligent bus I've ever been on.
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To be clear re: the AI newspaper scandal of the day: the AI didn’t screw up here. People did, by trusting it.
May 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
To be clear re: the AI newspaper scandal of the day: the AI didn’t screw up here. People did, by trusting it.
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While I hate to see this happen to a dear friend, I do think it's important to recognise this reality.
It's #MeAwarenessDay #WorldMEDay and I have nothing more eloquent to say than it fucking sucks and I hate it and it's hard to keep going a lot of the time
May 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
While I hate to see this happen to a dear friend, I do think it's important to recognise this reality.
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This is bullshit. You can say there are costs, you can even claim the costs outweigh the benefits. But to say that immigration has caused incalculable damage is not just hugely offensive to millions of people and their families, but simply empirically demonstrably wrong
If you thought the PM’s speech was punchy, his foreword to the immigration white paper says high net migration has done “incalculable damage” to the country.
That is a serious shift in tone for a Labour government/party.
That is a serious shift in tone for a Labour government/party.
May 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This is bullshit. You can say there are costs, you can even claim the costs outweigh the benefits. But to say that immigration has caused incalculable damage is not just hugely offensive to millions of people and their families, but simply empirically demonstrably wrong
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Not too late to email your MP and ask them to vote against this amendment tomorrow 7th May. The link includes an email template.
The UK tomorrow 7 May is going to debate introducing a register of trans people. The rest would be a repeat of history we ought never to forget.
Worth reading: simplyputpsych.co.uk/global-psych...
Worth reading: simplyputpsych.co.uk/global-psych...
Amendment NC21: What It Is, Its Real-World Effects on Trans People, and How to Stop It — Simply Put Psych
Learn what UK Amendment NC21 means, how it threatens trans rights, and why it must be stopped. A guide on its real-world impact, legal risks, and how to take action before the 7 May 2025 vote.
simplyputpsych.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Not too late to email your MP and ask them to vote against this amendment tomorrow 7th May. The link includes an email template.
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The British Medical Association Resident Doctors are the backbone of the NHS, they look after us all in hospital.
They passed this motion at their conference which pulls the “supreme” court judgement to pieces.
They call it
“scientifically illiterate”
and
“biologically nonsensical”
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They passed this motion at their conference which pulls the “supreme” court judgement to pieces.
They call it
“scientifically illiterate”
and
“biologically nonsensical”
1/3
April 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The British Medical Association Resident Doctors are the backbone of the NHS, they look after us all in hospital.
They passed this motion at their conference which pulls the “supreme” court judgement to pieces.
They call it
“scientifically illiterate”
and
“biologically nonsensical”
1/3
They passed this motion at their conference which pulls the “supreme” court judgement to pieces.
They call it
“scientifically illiterate”
and
“biologically nonsensical”
1/3
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Why bother with alternatives when we can just grow more concrete?
April 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Why bother with alternatives when we can just grow more concrete?
I'm confident that our future society will look back on current transphobic attitudes and laws the way our current society views the widespread homophobia of the past.
The introduction of Section 28 marked the peak of homophobic attitudes in the UK.
For the years it was law, the belief that homosexuality was wrong diminished and acceptance grew.
We lost the battle to halt Section 28 but it armed us well to win the war.
Laws can’t crush us.
Keep hope alive. 💜
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For the years it was law, the belief that homosexuality was wrong diminished and acceptance grew.
We lost the battle to halt Section 28 but it armed us well to win the war.
Laws can’t crush us.
Keep hope alive. 💜
16/16
April 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I'm confident that our future society will look back on current transphobic attitudes and laws the way our current society views the widespread homophobia of the past.
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‘Transgender’ people have been with us for over 100 years, and what we would recognise as trans identities are found in our archives - in the UK alone - reaching as far back as the medieval era.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
‘Transgender’ people have been with us for over 100 years, and what we would recognise as trans identities are found in our archives - in the UK alone - reaching as far back as the medieval era.
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If you’re on #DisabilityBenefits, it’s ok to have hobbies, holidays, food deliveries, and so on. Benefits exist so disabled people can live safely, independently, with quality of life. Don’t let government rhetoric make you feel guilty for existing.
April 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
If you’re on #DisabilityBenefits, it’s ok to have hobbies, holidays, food deliveries, and so on. Benefits exist so disabled people can live safely, independently, with quality of life. Don’t let government rhetoric make you feel guilty for existing.
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As Sussex points out in the piece, this ruling means that if a university has a policy against racist speech on campus — which most - if not all - do!!! — then they would also be liable for a big fine on “free speech grounds”
March 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
As Sussex points out in the piece, this ruling means that if a university has a policy against racist speech on campus — which most - if not all - do!!! — then they would also be liable for a big fine on “free speech grounds”
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The Matrix released 26 years ago today 🤯 In its honour, here it is, but all the Agents are Mr Blobby.
March 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The Matrix released 26 years ago today 🤯 In its honour, here it is, but all the Agents are Mr Blobby.