Niall Boyce
@nboyce.bsky.social
Brain, mind, science, & culture. Former E-i-C of The Lancet Psychiatry. Head of Knowledge+Measurement in Mental Health at Wellcome. Early modernist+Modernist. Views mine.
If there's any indication that the email took 10 years to write, maybe.
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If there's any indication that the email took 10 years to write, maybe.
Interesting, but I'm not convinced: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
(Ekirch's rebuttal here, and my response: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... & www.cambridge.org/core/journal... )
(Ekirch's rebuttal here, and my response: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... & www.cambridge.org/core/journal... )
Have we lost sleep? A reconsideration of segmented sleep in early modern England | Medical History | Cambridge Core
Have we lost sleep? A reconsideration of segmented sleep in early modern England - Volume 67 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Interesting, but I'm not convinced: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
(Ekirch's rebuttal here, and my response: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... & www.cambridge.org/core/journal... )
(Ekirch's rebuttal here, and my response: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... & www.cambridge.org/core/journal... )
Also excellent use of MRI for the cover art. It is perfect.
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Also excellent use of MRI for the cover art. It is perfect.
"Champagne elation and planetary subjugation" sounds a little like an Oasis lyric.
September 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Champagne elation and planetary subjugation" sounds a little like an Oasis lyric.
Photo suggests it might be Lynchian.
September 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Photo suggests it might be Lynchian.
Ah, the Canute manoeuvre.
August 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Ah, the Canute manoeuvre.
Ah yes, I seem to remember one of those being kicked off by a mailout for a course on rationalising use of email.
August 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Ah yes, I seem to remember one of those being kicked off by a mailout for a course on rationalising use of email.
I went to a Marvel movie a few days after seeing 'Phantom Thread', found myself getting bored, and realised I had reached the point in life at which couturiers are more interesting than superheroes.
August 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I went to a Marvel movie a few days after seeing 'Phantom Thread', found myself getting bored, and realised I had reached the point in life at which couturiers are more interesting than superheroes.
Too late to change the setting to Christmas in Australia, I assume.
August 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Too late to change the setting to Christmas in Australia, I assume.
I like this initiative from @samjordison.bsky.social samj.substack.com/p/books-by-p...
Books by people vs books by AI
Announcing a new book certification scheme that enables publishers to prove their books are written by humans
samj.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I like this initiative from @samjordison.bsky.social samj.substack.com/p/books-by-p...
It's like watching a conversation between someone from the past, and someone from the present.
August 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It's like watching a conversation between someone from the past, and someone from the present.
To be fair, it does help keep meetings short and to the point.
June 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
To be fair, it does help keep meetings short and to the point.
Maybe so, but please turn this idea into a novel.
June 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Maybe so, but please turn this idea into a novel.
That’s the thing that struck me about ‘Flow’: how it’s totally free of postmodern wisecrackery (I know there’s no dialogue, of course, but I mean more in terms of the film’s tone and attitude).
June 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
That’s the thing that struck me about ‘Flow’: how it’s totally free of postmodern wisecrackery (I know there’s no dialogue, of course, but I mean more in terms of the film’s tone and attitude).
I saw it on the big screen last year, and the run down the Eiffel Tower was *overwhelming*.
June 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I saw it on the big screen last year, and the run down the Eiffel Tower was *overwhelming*.