Gary Polhill
@garypolhill.bsky.social
Agent-based modeller in human-natural systems with background in AI and NN. (Very) occasional blog posts at https://ecocyborg-manifesto.blog/ All posts my own views at the time and not necessarily those of my employer or any societies to which I belong.
I loved this episode of #StrongMessageHere for raising the issue of news now being speculation as I have been fed up with ‘news’ programmes telling us what might happen rather than what has actually happened. Well worth a listen.
November 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I loved this episode of #StrongMessageHere for raising the issue of news now being speculation as I have been fed up with ‘news’ programmes telling us what might happen rather than what has actually happened. Well worth a listen.
Tragic really. If the supposed Son of God cannot teach us not to be arseholes to each other we must be pretty much doomed…
October 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Tragic really. If the supposed Son of God cannot teach us not to be arseholes to each other we must be pretty much doomed…
He’s not wrong. I predict some sort of civil war in the general vicinity of these isles some time in the next two million years
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
He’s not wrong. I predict some sort of civil war in the general vicinity of these isles some time in the next two million years
Not sure what’s worst, the comments themselves, the fact she thought it fine to say them publicly, or the possibility that rightly drawing attention to them will attract more people to their ideology.
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Not sure what’s worst, the comments themselves, the fact she thought it fine to say them publicly, or the possibility that rightly drawing attention to them will attract more people to their ideology.
It’s time for him to help the police and FBI with their enquiries into sex trafficking
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It’s time for him to help the police and FBI with their enquiries into sex trafficking
Whatever our political affiliation, voting for politicians because of their teeth (and similar fallacies of relevance) is arguably responsible for many of the problems in politics at present.
October 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Whatever our political affiliation, voting for politicians because of their teeth (and similar fallacies of relevance) is arguably responsible for many of the problems in politics at present.
No idea what this is quoting but it rings a bell.
October 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
No idea what this is quoting but it rings a bell.
If they talked too much about the top two causes of death they might lose advertising revenue…
October 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If they talked too much about the top two causes of death they might lose advertising revenue…
More time to think
October 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
More time to think
Once spent an entertaining train ride with a nurse who worked in A&E. The stories she had! Which included one of someone who needed an organ transplant being told by the specialist that since it was a nice day out they’d probably have one from a biker in a few hours.
October 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Once spent an entertaining train ride with a nurse who worked in A&E. The stories she had! Which included one of someone who needed an organ transplant being told by the specialist that since it was a nice day out they’d probably have one from a biker in a few hours.
Fascinating! Does growing rice on peat keep its carbon locked in?
September 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Fascinating! Does growing rice on peat keep its carbon locked in?
Or maybe something that messes with the minds of the sorts of people who’d give something up just in case it did cause autism. Whole foods?
September 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Or maybe something that messes with the minds of the sorts of people who’d give something up just in case it did cause autism. Whole foods?
Stew: the dish that cannot make up its mind whether it’s the soup or main course.
September 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Stew: the dish that cannot make up its mind whether it’s the soup or main course.