Mark Beveridge
@mbeveridge.bsky.social
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The next Turing Seminar will feature Anna Xambó Sedó from @qmul.bsky.social for a talk on: "Sensing the Forest: Let the Forest Speak using the Internet of Things, Acoustic Ecology and Creative AI."
📆 10 December, 13:00 - 14:00
📍 Wills Memorial Building
Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n
📆 10 December, 13:00 - 14:00
📍 Wills Memorial Building
Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The next Turing Seminar will feature Anna Xambó Sedó from @qmul.bsky.social for a talk on: "Sensing the Forest: Let the Forest Speak using the Internet of Things, Acoustic Ecology and Creative AI."
📆 10 December, 13:00 - 14:00
📍 Wills Memorial Building
Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n
📆 10 December, 13:00 - 14:00
📍 Wills Memorial Building
Find out more: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n
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Thanks to everyone who voted for us - we have won Best Fan Media at the FSA Awards 2025. We love you all ❤️
@gunnerblog.bsky.social and @tim-stillman.bsky.social were there to represent Arseblog – and big congrats to the other nominations who produce really top class stuff for their clubs too 👊
@gunnerblog.bsky.social and @tim-stillman.bsky.social were there to represent Arseblog – and big congrats to the other nominations who produce really top class stuff for their clubs too 👊
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thanks to everyone who voted for us - we have won Best Fan Media at the FSA Awards 2025. We love you all ❤️
@gunnerblog.bsky.social and @tim-stillman.bsky.social were there to represent Arseblog – and big congrats to the other nominations who produce really top class stuff for their clubs too 👊
@gunnerblog.bsky.social and @tim-stillman.bsky.social were there to represent Arseblog – and big congrats to the other nominations who produce really top class stuff for their clubs too 👊
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We had such a good time at our Annual Lecture, Research Showcase and private reception events on 'food' on Wednesday. A big thank you to all those who helped make it happen and another big thank you to over 500 of you who came along to make the day so special. The lecture video will be coming soon!
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We had such a good time at our Annual Lecture, Research Showcase and private reception events on 'food' on Wednesday. A big thank you to all those who helped make it happen and another big thank you to over 500 of you who came along to make the day so special. The lecture video will be coming soon!
Attended excellent Cabot Annual Lecture (keynote + panel) yesterday.
Followed on Bluesky [ @cabot-institute.bsky.social ]. (After prev on Twitter)
Followed on Bluesky [ @cabot-institute.bsky.social ]. (After prev on Twitter)
October 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Attended excellent Cabot Annual Lecture (keynote + panel) yesterday.
Followed on Bluesky [ @cabot-institute.bsky.social ]. (After prev on Twitter)
Followed on Bluesky [ @cabot-institute.bsky.social ]. (After prev on Twitter)
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Have we passed peak social media? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com here www.ft.com/content/a072...
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Have we passed peak social media? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com here www.ft.com/content/a072...
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This music video, directed by Kevin McGloughlin for Max Cooper’s song Repetition, features remixed fractal-like forms from the constructed world (roads, skyscrapers, wind turbines, etc.) interspersed with scenes from nature. Totally mesmerizing. [kottke.org]
Max Cooper, Repetition
This music video, directed by Kevin McGloughlin for Max Cooper’s song Repetition, features remixed fractal-like forms from the constructed world (roads, skyscrapers, wind turbines, etc.) interspersed with scenes from n
kottke.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This music video, directed by Kevin McGloughlin for Max Cooper’s song Repetition, features remixed fractal-like forms from the constructed world (roads, skyscrapers, wind turbines, etc.) interspersed with scenes from nature. Totally mesmerizing. [kottke.org]
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🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in!
#rstats
#rstats
ggplot2 styling
This post discusses one function in ggplot2: `theme()`. Find out about the glamour of graphics in this deep-dive article.
www.tidyverse.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in!
#rstats
#rstats
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Fahrner Image Replacement. Faux Columns. Sliding Doors. CSS Sprites. Suckerfish Dropdowns. 2003 was a fabulous year for standards-based web design.
#WebStandards #WebDesignHistory #webdesign #frontend
#WebStandards #WebDesignHistory #webdesign #frontend
Year of A List Apart - The History of the Web
I’d really recommend reading a thread on Eric Meyer’s blog from early 2007. In it, he poses a pretty simple […]
thehistoryoftheweb.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Fahrner Image Replacement. Faux Columns. Sliding Doors. CSS Sprites. Suckerfish Dropdowns. 2003 was a fabulous year for standards-based web design.
#WebStandards #WebDesignHistory #webdesign #frontend
#WebStandards #WebDesignHistory #webdesign #frontend
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ggplot2 4.0.0 is out and the new `paper`, `ink`, `accent` theme variables look super cool! Just pick 2-3 colors 🎨 to make your plots look great! I'm excited to hook this up to brand.yml 😉
September 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ggplot2 4.0.0 is out and the new `paper`, `ink`, `accent` theme variables look super cool! Just pick 2-3 colors 🎨 to make your plots look great! I'm excited to hook this up to brand.yml 😉
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This annual topic rollout is a reminder to myself that I still need to build a data vis course.
But if you ever want to know the ins and outs to WHY we built them and kept them - we builkt distros too! - there are like 50K words in the StatsBomb archives across most of a decade.
But if you ever want to know the ins and outs to WHY we built them and kept them - we builkt distros too! - there are like 50K words in the StatsBomb archives across most of a decade.
Imo circular data vizs like spider/pizza/radar charts are suboptimal ways of displaying information and we should get away from them and use parallel coordinate/line (with standardization) whenever possible. 'Appearing' more interesting ≠ more helpful for interpretation. Sorry footy viz folks.
August 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This annual topic rollout is a reminder to myself that I still need to build a data vis course.
But if you ever want to know the ins and outs to WHY we built them and kept them - we builkt distros too! - there are like 50K words in the StatsBomb archives across most of a decade.
But if you ever want to know the ins and outs to WHY we built them and kept them - we builkt distros too! - there are like 50K words in the StatsBomb archives across most of a decade.
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![Comic. [formatted like forum post thread] POST BY AnteresMike: You could also check out THIS kayak model. I attached a motor to mine, and it’s a little bit of a kludge but it works great. REPLY BY NorthLakeKayak: Oh, hey, AntaresMike! I know you! Honestly I didn’t realize you existed outside of the Animorphs fandom. I haven’t seen you in forever! Uh. So. How are you doing? Kayaking, I guess. Anyway yeah that model is great. [caption] Running into someone on a thread who you know from a totally different part of the internet feels weirdly like running into your teacher into a store.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreie4fvxyvkbop2yhcdeapuahpndvvtsh45ucvy2w5z763ojznbqej4@jpeg)
August 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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The Case of the Terrifyingly Affordable Flashlight. “The tech, value, and products are proof that modern flashlights are absolutely insane and defy logic and manufacturing economics.” [kottke.org]
The Case of the Terrifyingly Affordable Flashlight
In this video, Maurice Moves highlights a pair of flashlights that are extremely useful & well-designed but also shockingly affordable.
Most people never think about flashlights, but as someone who uses one daily for
kottke.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The Case of the Terrifyingly Affordable Flashlight. “The tech, value, and products are proof that modern flashlights are absolutely insane and defy logic and manufacturing economics.” [kottke.org]
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38M! 🎉
August 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
38M! 🎉
[After using RSS for 20+ years (and suffering the killing-off of at least a couple of favoured readers), I too am currently using Inoreader]
Molly White: Curate your own newspaper with RSS. “What if you could take all your favorite newsletters, ditch the data collection, and curate your own newspaper?” [citationneeded.news]
Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read
www.citationneeded.news
August 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
[After using RSS for 20+ years (and suffering the killing-off of at least a couple of favoured readers), I too am currently using Inoreader]
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starting to think some of these AI companies are kind of shitty tbh
If Cloudflare's analysis is correct -- and I've no reason to doubt it -- this is shameful behavior from Perplexity blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-i...
Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives
Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing IPs and ASNs to hide their crawling activity, in direct conflict with explicit no-crawl preferences expressed by websites.
blog.cloudflare.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
starting to think some of these AI companies are kind of shitty tbh
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We convened a roundtable in Manchester to explore how data infrastructure could help more people get physically active. We were joined by regional stakeholders to explore the opportunities emerging around the NHS App, and the implications of the new 10-year health plan.
Data infrastructure for a healthy nation: reflections from our roundtable
We convened a roundtable in Manchester to explore how data infrastructure could help more people get physically active.
buff.ly
August 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We convened a roundtable in Manchester to explore how data infrastructure could help more people get physically active. We were joined by regional stakeholders to explore the opportunities emerging around the NHS App, and the implications of the new 10-year health plan.
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“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled nearly $500 million of grants and contracts for developing mRNA vaccines.” This, like many other Trump regime actions, will result in easily avoided deaths. [nytimes.com]
August 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled nearly $500 million of grants and contracts for developing mRNA vaccines.” This, like many other Trump regime actions, will result in easily avoided deaths. [nytimes.com]
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mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people. “Two vaccine candidates using mRNA technology elicit a potent immune response against HIV, according to an early-stage clinical trial.” The good news lately re: HIV is incredible. Fund this! [nature.com]
mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people
Nature - Results from early-stage trial show that 80% of participants who received one of two HIV vaccine candidates produced antibodies against viral proteins.
www.nature.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people. “Two vaccine candidates using mRNA technology elicit a potent immune response against HIV, according to an early-stage clinical trial.” The good news lately re: HIV is incredible. Fund this! [nature.com]
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Matt Webb on copyrighting your faults. “I think part of growing up is taking what it is that people tease you about at school, and figuring out how to make it a superpower.” [interconnected.org]
August 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Matt Webb on copyrighting your faults. “I think part of growing up is taking what it is that people tease you about at school, and figuring out how to make it a superpower.” [interconnected.org]
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DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
August 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
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Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
July 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
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'It shouldn’t be necessary to make this comparison.
Sources: UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Auschwitz Memorial and Museum'
Mona Chalabi on IG
www.instagram.com/p/DMdSiSju8G...
Sources: UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Auschwitz Memorial and Museum'
Mona Chalabi on IG
www.instagram.com/p/DMdSiSju8G...
July 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
'It shouldn’t be necessary to make this comparison.
Sources: UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Auschwitz Memorial and Museum'
Mona Chalabi on IG
www.instagram.com/p/DMdSiSju8G...
Sources: UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Auschwitz Memorial and Museum'
Mona Chalabi on IG
www.instagram.com/p/DMdSiSju8G...
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An excerpt from Episode 926 with Dr. Mindy Pelz—a must-listen for any woman ready to stop giving her power away and start trusting her body's intelligence.
Watch/subscribe: https://bit.ly/MindyPelz926
✌🏼🌱 – Rich
Watch/subscribe: https://bit.ly/MindyPelz926
✌🏼🌱 – Rich
August 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
An excerpt from Episode 926 with Dr. Mindy Pelz—a must-listen for any woman ready to stop giving her power away and start trusting her body's intelligence.
Watch/subscribe: https://bit.ly/MindyPelz926
✌🏼🌱 – Rich
Watch/subscribe: https://bit.ly/MindyPelz926
✌🏼🌱 – Rich