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Does Erskine May mean nothing to you? Did he die in vain? Brave Hungarian peasant boy who forced King John to sign the pledge at Runnymede to make Parliament sit until ten.
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Happy #NewgrangeSolstice livestream day! I love watching it with @heliolithic.bsky.social and @sgthowie.bsky.social every year ❤️
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Happy #NewgrangeSolstice livestream day! I love watching it with @heliolithic.bsky.social and @sgthowie.bsky.social every year ❤️
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Not one of: the
December 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Not one of: the
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Complaints came from a nearby Travelodge, as well as their own landlord
Full story: www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourn...
Full story: www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourn...
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Complaints came from a nearby Travelodge, as well as their own landlord
Full story: www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourn...
Full story: www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourn...
Worth a read. AI will save us all when the focus is on replacing dangerous jobs and precision tech to avoid overexploitation.
Major retailers are selling tuna from fisheries where crews are exploited and abused — and certification schemes fail to prevent it. on.ft.com/3KakoOZ
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Worth a read. AI will save us all when the focus is on replacing dangerous jobs and precision tech to avoid overexploitation.
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Not stars in the night sky but rather clusters of offshore wind turbines in the Southern North Sea, and the ships steering their course around them.
Yesterday's image of the day from Copernicus, acquired by a Sentinel-1 satellite on 15 October 2025.
Yesterday's image of the day from Copernicus, acquired by a Sentinel-1 satellite on 15 October 2025.
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Not stars in the night sky but rather clusters of offshore wind turbines in the Southern North Sea, and the ships steering their course around them.
Yesterday's image of the day from Copernicus, acquired by a Sentinel-1 satellite on 15 October 2025.
Yesterday's image of the day from Copernicus, acquired by a Sentinel-1 satellite on 15 October 2025.
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Thanks to @ringwiss.bsky.social for the heads up that this year's Parliament Christmas jumper is an absolute stunner 😍 www.shop.parliament.uk/products/big...
October 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Thanks to @ringwiss.bsky.social for the heads up that this year's Parliament Christmas jumper is an absolute stunner 😍 www.shop.parliament.uk/products/big...
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"Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics"
Good coverage of the coordinated, anonymous attacks that have hit scientists who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences (me included)
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Good coverage of the coordinated, anonymous attacks that have hit scientists who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences (me included)
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics: Several academic scientists critical of de-extinction projects have become the targets of anonymous smear articles and weaponized copyright infringement claims:...
EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
www.embopress.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics"
Good coverage of the coordinated, anonymous attacks that have hit scientists who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences (me included)
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Good coverage of the coordinated, anonymous attacks that have hit scientists who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences (me included)
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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I just want the good stuff. I want to be able to define the good stuff for myself and for my phone to be on my side in getting what I want not constantly trying to trip me into compulsive loops of self-loathing to get me to buy more stuff. I want the objects I own to support the way I want to live.
August 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I just want the good stuff. I want to be able to define the good stuff for myself and for my phone to be on my side in getting what I want not constantly trying to trip me into compulsive loops of self-loathing to get me to buy more stuff. I want the objects I own to support the way I want to live.
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🚨 Today is the day! Applications close at midnight today!
🌱 Want to make real change in your community, but not sure where to start?
🎓 Then The School for Everyday Democracy could be the programme for you.
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🌱 Want to make real change in your community, but not sure where to start?
🎓 Then The School for Everyday Democracy could be the programme for you.
🧵 👇
August 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 Today is the day! Applications close at midnight today!
🌱 Want to make real change in your community, but not sure where to start?
🎓 Then The School for Everyday Democracy could be the programme for you.
🧵 👇
🌱 Want to make real change in your community, but not sure where to start?
🎓 Then The School for Everyday Democracy could be the programme for you.
🧵 👇
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This claim is starting to REALLY irritate me. It’s endlessly made by people who know lots about AI and very little about cancer research. I’ve never heard it from people who actually research cancer drugs. We also haven’t had any significant drug developments yet through it, let alone massive ones.
Hinton says we are on cusp of “radically advanced new drugs”- huge breakthroughs on cancer in particular.
August 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This claim is starting to REALLY irritate me. It’s endlessly made by people who know lots about AI and very little about cancer research. I’ve never heard it from people who actually research cancer drugs. We also haven’t had any significant drug developments yet through it, let alone massive ones.
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One of the unintentionally impressive things about LLMs is that by dint of huge technical innovation, massive compute costs, and quite a lot of stolen data, they’ve managed to make computers bad at maths.
August 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
One of the unintentionally impressive things about LLMs is that by dint of huge technical innovation, massive compute costs, and quite a lot of stolen data, they’ve managed to make computers bad at maths.
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Also more seriously: I had to read a book in Italian to learn that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any comparable-size city in the world. Multiculturalism works.
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So,as a little thought-experiment, tell me something about the United Kingdom that works well and is actually quite impressive. I am not trying to sound like some boosterish politician. I just genuinely believe that making people believe that all is lost is a convenient pretext for shady characters.
June 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Also more seriously: I had to read a book in Italian to learn that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any comparable-size city in the world. Multiculturalism works.
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If you like gossip and messy bitches you should watch the Watergate documentary on iplayer
June 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If you like gossip and messy bitches you should watch the Watergate documentary on iplayer
This about parks reminded me that not enough is written about how the all bar one chain became successful by designing for women - big glass windows, long bar and open plan space.
Work done by @rowntreepark.bsky.social and in particular the amazing powerhouse that is @abigailgaines.bsky.social.
If you want to know more about this kind of thing, just say because I have All The Data.
If you want to know more about this kind of thing, just say because I have All The Data.
June 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This about parks reminded me that not enough is written about how the all bar one chain became successful by designing for women - big glass windows, long bar and open plan space.
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This comes from engagement work with teenage girls in a park in York.
And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space.
Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there.
Let's do better.
And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space.
Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there.
Let's do better.
June 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This comes from engagement work with teenage girls in a park in York.
And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space.
Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there.
Let's do better.
And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space.
Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there.
Let's do better.
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MPs have accused Apple and Google of “dragging their feet” in combating mobile phone theft for commercial gain.
The Metropolitan Police asked both companies 18 months ago to carry out a key change that they believe will reduce phone crime, but it has not been implemented, MPs were told
The Metropolitan Police asked both companies 18 months ago to carry out a key change that they believe will reduce phone crime, but it has not been implemented, MPs were told
Google and Apple ‘dragging feet’ over mobile phone theft
www.thetimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
MPs have accused Apple and Google of “dragging their feet” in combating mobile phone theft for commercial gain.
The Metropolitan Police asked both companies 18 months ago to carry out a key change that they believe will reduce phone crime, but it has not been implemented, MPs were told
The Metropolitan Police asked both companies 18 months ago to carry out a key change that they believe will reduce phone crime, but it has not been implemented, MPs were told
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MPs have accused Apple and Google of profiting from multimillion-pound phone-snatching operations that are masterminded by crime gangs in Britain, Algeria and China.
MPs accuse Apple and Google of profiting from rise in phone thefts
Firms defend security features after police tell committee 80,000 phones were stolen in London in 2024
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
MPs have accused Apple and Google of profiting from multimillion-pound phone-snatching operations that are masterminded by crime gangs in Britain, Algeria and China.
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On this day in 1381, attempts by a Sheriff called John Bampton to collect unpaid poll taxes in Brentwood, Essex, had era defining consequences when Thomas Baker - from nearby Fobbing - turned the tables on him and forced him and his men to flee empty handed, thus sparking the Peasants Revolt.
a man says " i 'll lead the people in revolt against you "
ALT: a man says " i 'll lead the people in revolt against you "
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May 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
On this day in 1381, attempts by a Sheriff called John Bampton to collect unpaid poll taxes in Brentwood, Essex, had era defining consequences when Thomas Baker - from nearby Fobbing - turned the tables on him and forced him and his men to flee empty handed, thus sparking the Peasants Revolt.
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BHO is having intermittent downtime at the moment.
We're being hammered by AI bots and scrapers, overloading our servers. Our server engineers will be back on the case after the long weekend.
Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is due to third-party bad actors.
We're being hammered by AI bots and scrapers, overloading our servers. Our server engineers will be back on the case after the long weekend.
Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is due to third-party bad actors.
May 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
BHO is having intermittent downtime at the moment.
We're being hammered by AI bots and scrapers, overloading our servers. Our server engineers will be back on the case after the long weekend.
Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is due to third-party bad actors.
We're being hammered by AI bots and scrapers, overloading our servers. Our server engineers will be back on the case after the long weekend.
Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is due to third-party bad actors.
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extraordinary that Thames Water executives are getting *new* bonuses, this time as a result of the £3bn rescue loan from the spring - which loads the company with interest rates of nearly 10%
via me and Gill Plimmer
www.ft.com/content/1f6d...
via me and Gill Plimmer
www.ft.com/content/1f6d...
Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan
Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff
www.ft.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
extraordinary that Thames Water executives are getting *new* bonuses, this time as a result of the £3bn rescue loan from the spring - which loads the company with interest rates of nearly 10%
via me and Gill Plimmer
www.ft.com/content/1f6d...
via me and Gill Plimmer
www.ft.com/content/1f6d...
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It is a telling analogy. Wikipedia has humans arguing through the consensus presentation of information. AI reconstructs patterns of prior human thought with no understanding or debate on meaning or truth. That someone would think a pattern recognition machine that scrapes data without consent is...
April 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It is a telling analogy. Wikipedia has humans arguing through the consensus presentation of information. AI reconstructs patterns of prior human thought with no understanding or debate on meaning or truth. That someone would think a pattern recognition machine that scrapes data without consent is...
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What do you do if you find a baby bird out of the nest?
April 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
What do you do if you find a baby bird out of the nest?
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Actually. How the US benefitted from outsourcing its research interests to experts in universities.
April 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Actually. How the US benefitted from outsourcing its research interests to experts in universities.