Dr Simon Robinson
@drsimonrobinson.bsky.social
I study the mind and metanoia - healing through understanding.
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Farage should never be interviewed without being forced to answer for failures of Brexit. That the man whose lies fuelled Brexit vote which has cost UK Billions & who said Liz Truss budget was “best Tory budget since 1986” could be trusted on *anything* is mind-boggling #bbclaura
July 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Farage should never be interviewed without being forced to answer for failures of Brexit. That the man whose lies fuelled Brexit vote which has cost UK Billions & who said Liz Truss budget was “best Tory budget since 1986” could be trusted on *anything* is mind-boggling #bbclaura
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Here at the Royal Institution for the Association of British Science Writers awards ceremony.
Shortlisted for opinion piece of the year.
Wish me luck!
Shortlisted for opinion piece of the year.
Wish me luck!
July 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Here at the Royal Institution for the Association of British Science Writers awards ceremony.
Shortlisted for opinion piece of the year.
Wish me luck!
Shortlisted for opinion piece of the year.
Wish me luck!
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Northumberland Roman Fort mystery over large shoes
Northumberland Roman Fort mystery over large shoes
Eight of the Roman shoes are at least 30cm (11.8in) long - the equivalent of a UK size 13 to 14.
www.bbc.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Northumberland Roman Fort mystery over large shoes
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 11:01 AM
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21% of the UK population or 14.3 million people live in relative poverty. Maybe we should talk about them for a change rather than the tax concerns of Jeremy Clarkson's wealthy children
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 AM
21% of the UK population or 14.3 million people live in relative poverty. Maybe we should talk about them for a change rather than the tax concerns of Jeremy Clarkson's wealthy children
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Admitting that your whole business model is based on theft (see also: "I couldn't run my business if I paid my staff a decent wage") does more for socialist political education than anything I've ever come up with
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Admitting that your whole business model is based on theft (see also: "I couldn't run my business if I paid my staff a decent wage") does more for socialist political education than anything I've ever come up with
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SOCIETY: $2000 is the minimum we need to live each month
DISABLED PEOPLE: So you agree disability should be raised to $2000
SOCIETY: Disabled people are magical & can live off less
DISABLED PEOPLE: No, we can't
SOCIETY: [avoiding eye contact] Disabled people are SO inspiring
DISABLED PEOPLE: So you agree disability should be raised to $2000
SOCIETY: Disabled people are magical & can live off less
DISABLED PEOPLE: No, we can't
SOCIETY: [avoiding eye contact] Disabled people are SO inspiring
January 4, 2024 at 4:46 AM
SOCIETY: $2000 is the minimum we need to live each month
DISABLED PEOPLE: So you agree disability should be raised to $2000
SOCIETY: Disabled people are magical & can live off less
DISABLED PEOPLE: No, we can't
SOCIETY: [avoiding eye contact] Disabled people are SO inspiring
DISABLED PEOPLE: So you agree disability should be raised to $2000
SOCIETY: Disabled people are magical & can live off less
DISABLED PEOPLE: No, we can't
SOCIETY: [avoiding eye contact] Disabled people are SO inspiring
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The ILO submitted to the International Court of Justice the documents about its referral re: the protection of the right to strike in International Labour Law (and ILO Conv 87, specifically). This is likely one of the most important labour cases worldwide this century www.icj-cij.org/case/191
Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87
www.icj-cij.org
December 20, 2023 at 1:50 PM
The ILO submitted to the International Court of Justice the documents about its referral re: the protection of the right to strike in International Labour Law (and ILO Conv 87, specifically). This is likely one of the most important labour cases worldwide this century www.icj-cij.org/case/191
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Scum. Maybe the police should have a look at his hard drive. Comments like that are not normal and suggest many things. The main ones being, no woman is safe in his company and he's not fit for public office.
"A little bit of ROHYPNOL in my wife's
drink every night...is not really illegal if it’s only a little bit”.
SICK SICK SICK
RESIGN RESIGN RESIGN
Tories are totally unit for high office
drink every night...is not really illegal if it’s only a little bit”.
SICK SICK SICK
RESIGN RESIGN RESIGN
Tories are totally unit for high office
December 24, 2023 at 10:25 AM
Scum. Maybe the police should have a look at his hard drive. Comments like that are not normal and suggest many things. The main ones being, no woman is safe in his company and he's not fit for public office.
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Someone been playing with the Home Sec’s Wikipedia page? MT @grumpyolddoc from the bird site.
December 24, 2023 at 10:39 AM
Someone been playing with the Home Sec’s Wikipedia page? MT @grumpyolddoc from the bird site.
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COVID wastewater levels are very high in the majority of U.S. states
(Source: CDC cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI... )
(Source: CDC cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI... )
December 23, 2023 at 2:00 AM
COVID wastewater levels are very high in the majority of U.S. states
(Source: CDC cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI... )
(Source: CDC cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI... )
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My gut was right; rates are way up - 1 in 23 people have covid right now. At least.
Please, I'm begging you, if you're feeling a bit under the weather skip the social events and wear a mask if you absolutely have to go out. Don't ruin people's Christmases.
Please, I'm begging you, if you're feeling a bit under the weather skip the social events and wear a mask if you absolutely have to go out. Don't ruin people's Christmases.
Beyond a shadow of a doubt that England is in its biggest Covid wave for well over a year now, with latest ONS infection survey results published.
An estimated 4.3% of people infected in England as of last week (6% in London!)
I've written about it here
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-in...
An estimated 4.3% of people infected in England as of last week (6% in London!)
I've written about it here
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-in...
England in biggest Covid wave in well over a year - and it's only just begun
Well the latest results of the ONS Covid Winter Infection Survey are in and they are, frankly, eye-popping. The estimate prevalence (percentage of infected people) in England as of a week ago is alrea...
christinapagel.substack.com
December 21, 2023 at 12:15 PM
My gut was right; rates are way up - 1 in 23 people have covid right now. At least.
Please, I'm begging you, if you're feeling a bit under the weather skip the social events and wear a mask if you absolutely have to go out. Don't ruin people's Christmases.
Please, I'm begging you, if you're feeling a bit under the weather skip the social events and wear a mask if you absolutely have to go out. Don't ruin people's Christmases.
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Almost finished writing (with others) a commissioned review on masks. Yes, they work. All the caveats obvs (they don’t if you’re not wearing them etc). And the laboratory evidence is awesome. One of the biggest scandals of the pandemic was (is) how some excellent science was ignored / denigrated.
December 21, 2023 at 11:16 AM
Almost finished writing (with others) a commissioned review on masks. Yes, they work. All the caveats obvs (they don’t if you’re not wearing them etc). And the laboratory evidence is awesome. One of the biggest scandals of the pandemic was (is) how some excellent science was ignored / denigrated.
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Whenever I park in a multi-storey car park, I take a photo of the floor number in case I forget where I parked. Going back through my phone, these pictures resemble a bizarre art project.
December 21, 2023 at 10:06 AM
Whenever I park in a multi-storey car park, I take a photo of the floor number in case I forget where I parked. Going back through my phone, these pictures resemble a bizarre art project.