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Paul Fairburn
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Merriam-Webster definition of 'woke': "aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)". I hope it applies to me.
Saw this very accurate headline on a magazine cover "Every day, computers are making people easier to use"...
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
That was a close thing, due to my youthful looks.
July 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Depressing isn't it? The ChatGPT community prefers an astrology AI to a Scholar one.
June 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Who knew? I'm starting to think the Pope is Catholic...
June 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The once great campaigning newspaper (Pilger, Foot, etc.) now can't see a spelling mistake they've put in all caps, on this Youtube post.
May 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The proof is not actually in the pudding. That is all.
February 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Reposted by Paul Fairburn
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The proof is NOT in the pudding.
That is all.
February 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Today's bible reference, Ezekiel 23:20. (Not family friendly reading btw)
August 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM
@northdevondaniel.bsky.social Well - good to see you here, How are you?
August 16, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Don't know who's on here that I'll know, but it's got to better than you know what.
August 16, 2024 at 3:21 PM