James Thomas
jamesbrighton.bsky.social
James Thomas
@jamesbrighton.bsky.social
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Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title.

If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.

I can tell you what I think of that for free.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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While I'm ranting about politics, here's another point.

Majority governments are a pitiful excuse for democracy.

If you truly care about democracy, about the will of the people, then you should be adamantly opposed to any political party having a majority government.
December 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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So, look, given the WB / Netflix thing,

now may be a good time for you to scoop up any and all Warner Brothers movies you like on Blu or 4K.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Today is the 4th anniversary of the worst ever tragedy in the Channel.

At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.

Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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March 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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This is an excellent idea!!!
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The comment Sara left was under a video of @zoejardiniere.bsky.social talking about how hard it is for Sudanese people fleeing genocide to seek asylum in the U.K….

Happy person with a big heart tho…
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Read in public. Read in private. Read e-books, genre books, comics, fanfiction. Read literature. Read nonfiction. Read books you’ve already read. Listen to audiobooks. Read what you want. There’s no such thing as “doing reading the wrong way.”
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
There is hope.
October 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
December 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM