Phil(ip) Beaman
@philbeaman.bsky.social
Just to be clear, this is a VERY old photo....
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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
Thar she blows!
September 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Thar she blows!
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Can you think of examples of books, films, TV shows, etc. featuring earworms or other types of imagined music? Please share them here! musicinmyhead.org/inner-music-...
Inner Music in Fiction and Biography - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Inner Music in Fiction and Biography ‘Inner music’ or ‘musical imagery’ refers to the music that one hears in one’s own head. For example, an ‘earworm’ is a catchy piece of music that is stuck in one’...
musicinmyhead.org
August 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Can you think of examples of books, films, TV shows, etc. featuring earworms or other types of imagined music? Please share them here! musicinmyhead.org/inner-music-...
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Imagine if LLMs came out with a "not sure, but here's my best guess? You should verify this information" we would have stopped hearing about them instantly. You know like how we ignore scientists
July 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Sad to hear that Margaret Boden, pioneer in cognitive science and artificial intelligence, has passed away.
Just a few days ago, someone reactivated the post below. I warmly recommend watching the video.
Thank you Margaret for founding and shaping our field.
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
Just a few days ago, someone reactivated the post below. I warmly recommend watching the video.
Thank you Margaret for founding and shaping our field.
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
July 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sad to hear that Margaret Boden, pioneer in cognitive science and artificial intelligence, has passed away.
Just a few days ago, someone reactivated the post below. I warmly recommend watching the video.
Thank you Margaret for founding and shaping our field.
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
Just a few days ago, someone reactivated the post below. I warmly recommend watching the video.
Thank you Margaret for founding and shaping our field.
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
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Bluesky, we have today's winner.
July 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Bluesky, we have today's winner.
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Too good to quote or summarise, just read it all!
How can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...
Which Kind of Science Reform
What hope is there for science reform, if we can't agree on what to reform? Right now, principles are more important than practices.
elevanth.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Too good to quote or summarise, just read it all!
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I'm very happy to write references for students - others did it for me - but I wish employers would remember that we're doing this work for free.
We don't need 6-page forms, demanding 1-5 rankings on 20 criteria.
I taught them History. I don't know what they're like at budgeting & team-building...
We don't need 6-page forms, demanding 1-5 rankings on 20 criteria.
I taught them History. I don't know what they're like at budgeting & team-building...
July 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm very happy to write references for students - others did it for me - but I wish employers would remember that we're doing this work for free.
We don't need 6-page forms, demanding 1-5 rankings on 20 criteria.
I taught them History. I don't know what they're like at budgeting & team-building...
We don't need 6-page forms, demanding 1-5 rankings on 20 criteria.
I taught them History. I don't know what they're like at budgeting & team-building...
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AI is going to revolutionize everything
July 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
AI is going to revolutionize everything
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Me: "What did you learn at journal club today?"
Intern: "That one day I'm going to publish a paper, and a bunch of people are going to sit around a table and rip it apart."
Intern: "That one day I'm going to publish a paper, and a bunch of people are going to sit around a table and rip it apart."
June 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Me: "What did you learn at journal club today?"
Intern: "That one day I'm going to publish a paper, and a bunch of people are going to sit around a table and rip it apart."
Intern: "That one day I'm going to publish a paper, and a bunch of people are going to sit around a table and rip it apart."
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Exceptions to all rules should be mandatory.
Max wanted a bit of a provocative talk tomorrow. So I will talk about which open science should become mandatory. For example, science funders now often require open access publication and data sharing. Which open science practices do you think should become mandatory, and under which circumstances?
At University College Dublin we are delighted to host @lakens.bsky.social from Eindhoven University of Technology. On Wed 4th of June, 12-13, C006 Health Sciences, Prof. Lakens will give a talk on open science and will discuss why it is worth improving our research practices. All welcome!
June 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Exceptions to all rules should be mandatory.
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The Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank, also known as Banc y Ddafad Ddu, was established in Aberystwyth, during the early 19th century.
The number of sheep featured on the bank note corresponded to its value in pounds.
BMSS/61
The number of sheep featured on the bank note corresponded to its value in pounds.
BMSS/61
May 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank, also known as Banc y Ddafad Ddu, was established in Aberystwyth, during the early 19th century.
The number of sheep featured on the bank note corresponded to its value in pounds.
BMSS/61
The number of sheep featured on the bank note corresponded to its value in pounds.
BMSS/61
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJyO... A British punk classic in the style of American blues by an Indian harmonica player. In Paris.
Aki Kumar with Johnny Burgin | Should I Stay (Immigrant Song) | Live in France
YouTube video by akikumar
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April 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJyO... A British punk classic in the style of American blues by an Indian harmonica player. In Paris.
Yesterday:
"Hello Oxfordshire County Council, I'd like to apply for a bus pass for my disabled son. Proof of address? No, he he doesn't have a pension letter, a driving licence, or any utility our credit card bills in his name. He's 14. And learning disabled."
"Hello Oxfordshire County Council, I'd like to apply for a bus pass for my disabled son. Proof of address? No, he he doesn't have a pension letter, a driving licence, or any utility our credit card bills in his name. He's 14. And learning disabled."
April 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Yesterday:
"Hello Oxfordshire County Council, I'd like to apply for a bus pass for my disabled son. Proof of address? No, he he doesn't have a pension letter, a driving licence, or any utility our credit card bills in his name. He's 14. And learning disabled."
"Hello Oxfordshire County Council, I'd like to apply for a bus pass for my disabled son. Proof of address? No, he he doesn't have a pension letter, a driving licence, or any utility our credit card bills in his name. He's 14. And learning disabled."
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Tremendous opportunity for Britain here. Let's see if we can swap our riot-inciters for their cancer researchers.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says she will speak to Trump and the National Security team about whether the US can offer political asylum to British citizens fleeing UK free speech laws.
Reality: UK law does not restrict free speech - only incitement to hate, violence and terror.
Reality: UK law does not restrict free speech - only incitement to hate, violence and terror.
April 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tremendous opportunity for Britain here. Let's see if we can swap our riot-inciters for their cancer researchers.
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
I give the same advice to all my students
Gave some writing tips yesterday when writing for the public. For example I was told that copy editors are taught to delete the first paragraph of anything written by an academic. Instead make your first paragraph so strong and memorable that it would be a crime to remove it.
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I give the same advice to all my students
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Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
I was today days old when I discovered that reporting the results of eye-sight testing for driving licence renewal purposes was ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY in the UK. This is absolutely crazy!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Coroner's call for older driver eye tests after fatal crashes
Visual legal standards for motorists is
www.bbc.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I was today days old when I discovered that reporting the results of eye-sight testing for driving licence renewal purposes was ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY in the UK. This is absolutely crazy!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🎶 Verbs that are nouns that like nouns to be verbs
which do nouns like they're verbs, that do verbs like they're nouns 🎵
. . . to further Blur the lines
which do nouns like they're verbs, that do verbs like they're nouns 🎵
. . . to further Blur the lines
April 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
🎶 Verbs that are nouns that like nouns to be verbs
which do nouns like they're verbs, that do verbs like they're nouns 🎵
. . . to further Blur the lines
which do nouns like they're verbs, that do verbs like they're nouns 🎵
. . . to further Blur the lines
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I’ve been poeming about how my nouns keep conversioning to verbs.
April 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I’ve been poeming about how my nouns keep conversioning to verbs.
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I’ve created a website to look up phonological features (frequency, age of acquisition, neighbors) of real and nonwords. rpomper.github.io/phono/
It’s still in progress (manuscript coming) please let me know if you have any recommendations or feature requests!
(It takes 1-2 minutes to load)
It’s still in progress (manuscript coming) please let me know if you have any recommendations or feature requests!
(It takes 1-2 minutes to load)
April 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I’ve created a website to look up phonological features (frequency, age of acquisition, neighbors) of real and nonwords. rpomper.github.io/phono/
It’s still in progress (manuscript coming) please let me know if you have any recommendations or feature requests!
(It takes 1-2 minutes to load)
It’s still in progress (manuscript coming) please let me know if you have any recommendations or feature requests!
(It takes 1-2 minutes to load)
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Shout out to mitochondria, our oldest friends. Looking back on 2 billion years of friendship and co-operation 🦠🥂
April 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Shout out to mitochondria, our oldest friends. Looking back on 2 billion years of friendship and co-operation 🦠🥂