John Provis
johnprovis.bsky.social
John Provis
@johnprovis.bsky.social
Talks too much about cement. Talks too much in general. More than 10 views on YouTube; some were even intentional. 🇦🇺 in 🇨🇭, via Yorkshire; escaped after 11y in UK academia. Views obviously(!) nobody's official policy. Often bitten by cats.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Gee Australia must be glad to have spent so much money (and burnt so many other relationships) in support of AUKUS, when our "closest friends" do this...
September 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I'd also be very surprised if it were impossible - at least in a technical sense. Whether unwillingness to act makes it impossible in practice may be another question entirely, though...
September 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I'd fully support this concept.
Actually I've tried in the past to get a journal to do exactly this - but apparently "the setup of the journal's website system" wouldn't let it happen. I will leave the #academicsky community to ponder whether this is due to a lack of capability, or a lack of will..
September 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Oh no - how sad. Anyway...
August 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I believe this is what chemical engineers describe as "chemists discovering that chemical engineering is a properly difficult thing to do"...

(we often say that chemistry is making the first gram of something; chemical engineering is making the next hundred tonnes)
August 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Machine Gun Kiss On The Cheek
August 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM