Richard Foster
@richardjfoster.bsky.social
Materials Physicist now H&S officer, Injured runner, orienteer, hockey player and cyclist. Failing swimmer. Fights weeds at the allotment and in the garden.
Map drawing person.
Unhealthy interest in politics.
Taskmaster, Only Connect, R4 and Pleasant Green
Map drawing person.
Unhealthy interest in politics.
Taskmaster, Only Connect, R4 and Pleasant Green
I believe that he is advocating for a national health service in one of those tweets.
As a UK citizen I can't believe you don't have one.
As a UK citizen I can't believe you don't have one.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I believe that he is advocating for a national health service in one of those tweets.
As a UK citizen I can't believe you don't have one.
As a UK citizen I can't believe you don't have one.
Schrödinger's wheat
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Schrödinger's wheat
You should clearly ask for constructive criticism on your work and incorporate feedback into your next publication.
If I ever see anyone reading my PhD thesis (likely my only ever 'book' publication), this is what I shall do
Of course this extremely unlikely given it will only be read by 4 people
If I ever see anyone reading my PhD thesis (likely my only ever 'book' publication), this is what I shall do
Of course this extremely unlikely given it will only be read by 4 people
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
You should clearly ask for constructive criticism on your work and incorporate feedback into your next publication.
If I ever see anyone reading my PhD thesis (likely my only ever 'book' publication), this is what I shall do
Of course this extremely unlikely given it will only be read by 4 people
If I ever see anyone reading my PhD thesis (likely my only ever 'book' publication), this is what I shall do
Of course this extremely unlikely given it will only be read by 4 people
My apologies. Of course. West Park
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My apologies. Of course. West Park
So...Lawnswood then?
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
So...Lawnswood then?
We'd never have "double barrelled" village names in the North.
Come on, those are real places in the Cotswolds.
Come on, those are real places in the Cotswolds.
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We'd never have "double barrelled" village names in the North.
Come on, those are real places in the Cotswolds.
Come on, those are real places in the Cotswolds.
It's also a *little* weird for Yougov to poll on what two nutjobs have said.
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's also a *little* weird for Yougov to poll on what two nutjobs have said.
Why does your competition depend on having an account on a social media site run by a white supremacist spreading extreme right wing and facist ideas? And whom engineers the site to spread those poisonous views further
Come on. Be better than this.
Come on. Be better than this.
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Why does your competition depend on having an account on a social media site run by a white supremacist spreading extreme right wing and facist ideas? And whom engineers the site to spread those poisonous views further
Come on. Be better than this.
Come on. Be better than this.
This is a take.
A very wrong, stupid one.
A very wrong, stupid one.
October 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is a take.
A very wrong, stupid one.
A very wrong, stupid one.
So like maternity leave.....
October 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
So like maternity leave.....
Well given that they will abolish the NHS, I suspect that health care for poorer or even general working people won't be a high priority
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Well given that they will abolish the NHS, I suspect that health care for poorer or even general working people won't be a high priority
I think it means that this joke will be the death of you
October 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I think it means that this joke will be the death of you
I can't quite believe a US govt dept asks for (dodgy) AI advice openly on social media.
October 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I can't quite believe a US govt dept asks for (dodgy) AI advice openly on social media.
The story isn't the answer from the idiobot.
Why is a major US government department asking a (dubious at best) AI for advice?
And openly on social media?
Why is a major US government department asking a (dubious at best) AI for advice?
And openly on social media?
October 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The story isn't the answer from the idiobot.
Why is a major US government department asking a (dubious at best) AI for advice?
And openly on social media?
Why is a major US government department asking a (dubious at best) AI for advice?
And openly on social media?
But it is different today.
But given it was 50 years ago, does it not just reflect the age?
Was music political in the 1920s/30s?
But given it was 50 years ago, does it not just reflect the age?
Was music political in the 1920s/30s?
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
But it is different today.
But given it was 50 years ago, does it not just reflect the age?
Was music political in the 1920s/30s?
But given it was 50 years ago, does it not just reflect the age?
Was music political in the 1920s/30s?
Probably reflects the way music has become corporatised.
Also that the dividing lines on class (whilst still important) are less striking than those on age (read: wealth) and education.
Also that the dividing lines on class (whilst still important) are less striking than those on age (read: wealth) and education.
October 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Probably reflects the way music has become corporatised.
Also that the dividing lines on class (whilst still important) are less striking than those on age (read: wealth) and education.
Also that the dividing lines on class (whilst still important) are less striking than those on age (read: wealth) and education.
Yes, I agree.
But it's also a huge mistake (as has been made with both trump and musk imo) is to treat them as some kind of polymath geniuses. Who then become infallible and *they themselves* then believe the same.
It becomes a self reinforcing delusion that their worldview is the right one
But it's also a huge mistake (as has been made with both trump and musk imo) is to treat them as some kind of polymath geniuses. Who then become infallible and *they themselves* then believe the same.
It becomes a self reinforcing delusion that their worldview is the right one
October 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Yes, I agree.
But it's also a huge mistake (as has been made with both trump and musk imo) is to treat them as some kind of polymath geniuses. Who then become infallible and *they themselves* then believe the same.
It becomes a self reinforcing delusion that their worldview is the right one
But it's also a huge mistake (as has been made with both trump and musk imo) is to treat them as some kind of polymath geniuses. Who then become infallible and *they themselves* then believe the same.
It becomes a self reinforcing delusion that their worldview is the right one
I firmly believe that one of the key things we can as humans is to understand:
(a) We are all biased
(b) We all have limits and need to know where they are
(c) We have gaps in our knowledge and should acknowledge it.
(a) We are all biased
(b) We all have limits and need to know where they are
(c) We have gaps in our knowledge and should acknowledge it.
October 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I firmly believe that one of the key things we can as humans is to understand:
(a) We are all biased
(b) We all have limits and need to know where they are
(c) We have gaps in our knowledge and should acknowledge it.
(a) We are all biased
(b) We all have limits and need to know where they are
(c) We have gaps in our knowledge and should acknowledge it.
I'm not saying they are stupid! You misunderstand I think.
I'm saying that their life experience and/or a lack of knowledge *in some (many?) areas* leads to the sorts of warped ideas they come out with.
I'm saying that their life experience and/or a lack of knowledge *in some (many?) areas* leads to the sorts of warped ideas they come out with.
October 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm not saying they are stupid! You misunderstand I think.
I'm saying that their life experience and/or a lack of knowledge *in some (many?) areas* leads to the sorts of warped ideas they come out with.
I'm saying that their life experience and/or a lack of knowledge *in some (many?) areas* leads to the sorts of warped ideas they come out with.
Also. Famously the libertarian right is not big on the arts.
Nor nuance.
Nor data that conflicts with a specific worldview.
Therefore much like conspiracy theories, every thing can be morphed to fit your prior beliefs if you *really* try hard enough
Nor nuance.
Nor data that conflicts with a specific worldview.
Therefore much like conspiracy theories, every thing can be morphed to fit your prior beliefs if you *really* try hard enough
October 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Also. Famously the libertarian right is not big on the arts.
Nor nuance.
Nor data that conflicts with a specific worldview.
Therefore much like conspiracy theories, every thing can be morphed to fit your prior beliefs if you *really* try hard enough
Nor nuance.
Nor data that conflicts with a specific worldview.
Therefore much like conspiracy theories, every thing can be morphed to fit your prior beliefs if you *really* try hard enough
The simplest explanation is that they aren't very bright. Outside a very narrow channel.
October 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The simplest explanation is that they aren't very bright. Outside a very narrow channel.
How is that legal?
October 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
How is that legal?
Why is the 1980s the "utopia" they aspire to?
October 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Why is the 1980s the "utopia" they aspire to?
Not the right kind of free speech obvs
September 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Not the right kind of free speech obvs