Mark Hardiman
@drmarkhardiman.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth. #Quaternary #Palaeofire #Geochronology
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"The first sighting of a pine marten in Studland, Dorset, in more than a century!" swanage.news/rare-and-end...
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"The first sighting of a pine marten in Studland, Dorset, in more than a century!" swanage.news/rare-and-end...
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Escaping all this actual fascism by watching a lovely relaxing film about…space bugs.
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Escaping all this actual fascism by watching a lovely relaxing film about…space bugs.
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I’m with Vince.
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I’m with Vince.
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
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Out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social and led by @tillramm.bsky.social! We integrated population genomics, fossils, SDMs, and micro-CT scanning to understand how climate change has influenced extinctions and extant genetic diversity in the threatened Australian mountain dragon #ozherps #genomics
Climate change predicts Quaternary extinctions and extant genetic diversity in a threatened Australian lizard
Ramm et al. show that Quaternary climate change predicts local extinctions and intraspecific
differences in genetic diversity of the threatened Mountain Dragon (Rankinia diemensis).
Their data suggest...
www.cell.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social and led by @tillramm.bsky.social! We integrated population genomics, fossils, SDMs, and micro-CT scanning to understand how climate change has influenced extinctions and extant genetic diversity in the threatened Australian mountain dragon #ozherps #genomics
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There was a headline on BBC News this morning that said “Prince Andrew gives up royal titles”, and it’s rare to encounter a sentence which has quite so comprehensively forgotten how it started.
October 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
There was a headline on BBC News this morning that said “Prince Andrew gives up royal titles”, and it’s rare to encounter a sentence which has quite so comprehensively forgotten how it started.
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Marina Abramović one day, the Stourbridge Town line the next, no other columnist has the range
A genuine treat for £1.60? Try the shortest railway line in Britain | Adrian Chiles
A genuine treat for £1.60? Try the shortest railway line in Britain | Adrian Chiles
There is an even shorter route in Germany, but that runs less frequently - which gives the shuttle train in my home town the moral victory
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Marina Abramović one day, the Stourbridge Town line the next, no other columnist has the range
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Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I would watch this >>
PITCH: a dating show based on supermarket baskets
12 singles are asked to do their weekly shop then pick a partner based only on what the person bought
12 singles are asked to do their weekly shop then pick a partner based only on what the person bought
September 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I would watch this >>
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✨ The #PalAss2025 organisers are preparing something special for icebreaker participants together with Staggeringly Good ! 🥳
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
September 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
✨ The #PalAss2025 organisers are preparing something special for icebreaker participants together with Staggeringly Good ! 🥳
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
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Huge missed headline opportunity here. Microbial life on Mars?
It’s a God awful small affair.
www.earth.com/news/nasa-an...
It’s a God awful small affair.
www.earth.com/news/nasa-an...
NASA announces discovery of life on Mars with high degree of confidence
NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the Red Planet.
www.earth.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Huge missed headline opportunity here. Microbial life on Mars?
It’s a God awful small affair.
www.earth.com/news/nasa-an...
It’s a God awful small affair.
www.earth.com/news/nasa-an...
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One thing I keep thinking about after 28 YEARS LATER is how heavily influenced it is by JG Ballard. Garland already borrowed from Ballard for ANNIHILATION, and I'd say he does again here. The Ralph Fiennes character could be lifted right out of any of Ballard's early environmental apocalypse novels.
September 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One thing I keep thinking about after 28 YEARS LATER is how heavily influenced it is by JG Ballard. Garland already borrowed from Ballard for ANNIHILATION, and I'd say he does again here. The Ralph Fiennes character could be lifted right out of any of Ballard's early environmental apocalypse novels.
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⚠️ We’re excited to announce our invited speakers for the #PalAss Annual Meeting! 🎉
🔗 Registration link ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #meeting
🔗 Registration link ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #meeting
September 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
⚠️ We’re excited to announce our invited speakers for the #PalAss Annual Meeting! 🎉
🔗 Registration link ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #meeting
🔗 Registration link ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #meeting
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Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
This issue is not discussed enough>>
Worrying long term hidden fiscal drag
The family income threshold at which English students maintenance loans start to get reduced is just £25,000/yr.
It has been this level since the 2008/2009 academic year. We have had 64% (CPI) inflation since then. So it's been slashed hugely in real terms
The family income threshold at which English students maintenance loans start to get reduced is just £25,000/yr.
It has been this level since the 2008/2009 academic year. We have had 64% (CPI) inflation since then. So it's been slashed hugely in real terms
September 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This issue is not discussed enough>>
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Children are ***82%*** more likely to be killed when hit by an SUV than by a regular passenger car.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
August 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Children are ***82%*** more likely to be killed when hit by an SUV than by a regular passenger car.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Genuinely think this is a massive story: Google has just released a new image generating AI model that is basically indistinguishable from real life unless you look really, really closely.
August 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Genuinely think this is a massive story: Google has just released a new image generating AI model that is basically indistinguishable from real life unless you look really, really closely.
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I’ve set up a blog for the Practises Make Places project.
This will form part of my creative practice and will be regularly updated from October 🙂
www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com
This will form part of my creative practice and will be regularly updated from October 🙂
www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com
Practises Make Places: Artists’ Responses to ‘Prehistoric’ Monuments
Official Project Blog
www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’ve set up a blog for the Practises Make Places project.
This will form part of my creative practice and will be regularly updated from October 🙂
www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com
This will form part of my creative practice and will be regularly updated from October 🙂
www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com
One for @gsoh31.bsky.social
NEW on Wonkhe: All must have prizes (except Iain Dale) wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
August 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
One for @gsoh31.bsky.social
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Unusual choice of outfit, but I guess he knows what he’s doing
August 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Unusual choice of outfit, but I guess he knows what he’s doing
Fingerscrossed
it's another information crisis. we've had them before eg after the invention of writing & printing. they overwhelm us with info which makes us upset, angry & afraid. there’s often great working-together, thinking-together on the other side. let’s see if we can avoid bloody wars of Reformation!
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Fingerscrossed
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⚠️ We are delighted to announce that registration for the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association is now open!
🔹Join us at the University of Portsmouth from 11th to 15th December 2025.
🔸 Deadline for early-bird registration and abstract submission is 19th September 2025 [1/2]
🔹Join us at the University of Portsmouth from 11th to 15th December 2025.
🔸 Deadline for early-bird registration and abstract submission is 19th September 2025 [1/2]
August 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
⚠️ We are delighted to announce that registration for the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association is now open!
🔹Join us at the University of Portsmouth from 11th to 15th December 2025.
🔸 Deadline for early-bird registration and abstract submission is 19th September 2025 [1/2]
🔹Join us at the University of Portsmouth from 11th to 15th December 2025.
🔸 Deadline for early-bird registration and abstract submission is 19th September 2025 [1/2]
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In case you thought photographs of female students jumping in the air was a modern Daily Telegraph thing, here's the Strand Magazine doing it in 1899. #ALevelResults
August 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
In case you thought photographs of female students jumping in the air was a modern Daily Telegraph thing, here's the Strand Magazine doing it in 1899. #ALevelResults
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Proof they stole training data from me personally
August 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Proof they stole training data from me personally