Rob Holbrook
@robholbrook.bsky.social
Fish geek who also loves Liverpool FC, music (especially playing the trumpet), and food.
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News release for my goby paper! Thanks @morgansherburne.bsky.social for writing this up!
news.umich.edu/they-might-n...
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They might not be giants: U-M study unravels genetics behind why some fish remain tiny
Imagine you are a kind of fish called a goby, part of a huge family of more than 2,000 species.
news.umich.edu
October 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
News release for my goby paper! Thanks @morgansherburne.bsky.social for writing this up!
news.umich.edu/they-might-n...
news.umich.edu/they-might-n...
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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We've got funded PhD places in Psychology available at Swansea - a chance to work on social issues with members of our great team (including me!) www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Psychology: Fully funded PhD Studentship in ESRC Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) PhD Psychology pathway (RS896) - Swansea University
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
www.swansea.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We've got funded PhD places in Psychology available at Swansea - a chance to work on social issues with members of our great team (including me!) www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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AB B♭A
Slightly diminish a band:
Hüsker Don’t
Hüsker Don’t
Slightly diminish a band:
Potentially Some Doubt
Potentially Some Doubt
August 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
AB B♭A
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There used to be a plus symbol at the bottom of people’s avatar if you weren’t following them.
Made it very easy to distinguish, but was removed in the most recent update for no apparent reason.
Now you have to check a person’s profile to tell if you follow them.
More clicks = bad UI design.
Made it very easy to distinguish, but was removed in the most recent update for no apparent reason.
Now you have to check a person’s profile to tell if you follow them.
More clicks = bad UI design.
May 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
There used to be a plus symbol at the bottom of people’s avatar if you weren’t following them.
Made it very easy to distinguish, but was removed in the most recent update for no apparent reason.
Now you have to check a person’s profile to tell if you follow them.
More clicks = bad UI design.
Made it very easy to distinguish, but was removed in the most recent update for no apparent reason.
Now you have to check a person’s profile to tell if you follow them.
More clicks = bad UI design.
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Please bring back the plus symbol that was attached to the profile pictures of accounts that one does not follow.
May 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Please bring back the plus symbol that was attached to the profile pictures of accounts that one does not follow.
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so they're mycoblogging
April 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
so they're mycoblogging
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The whole musical part of the service here, including Lauryn Hill singing The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 😢 and Stevie Wonder singing I Won’t Complain youtu.be/F7uxnZqz-jI?...
March 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The whole musical part of the service here, including Lauryn Hill singing The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 😢 and Stevie Wonder singing I Won’t Complain youtu.be/F7uxnZqz-jI?...
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Lauryn Hill singing Killing Me Softly at Roberta Flack’s memorial, with Wyclef Jean on guitar and Stevie Wonder on harmonica youtu.be/UYMkzyib27Y?...
LAURYN HILL sings for the ROBERTA FLACK Memorial Service Monday, March 10, 2025
YouTube video by Vinyl Talk With Tavis
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March 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Lauryn Hill singing Killing Me Softly at Roberta Flack’s memorial, with Wyclef Jean on guitar and Stevie Wonder on harmonica youtu.be/UYMkzyib27Y?...
Oh my god, some people have given these guys jobs, and then some other people have let them published this. So many opportunities that someone could have explained causal inference to them. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
When One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Many psychological scientists are now calling for a “heterogeneity revolution,” focused on uncovering individual and contextual differences in experimental outcomes.
www.psychologicalscience.org
March 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Oh my god, some people have given these guys jobs, and then some other people have let them published this. So many opportunities that someone could have explained causal inference to them. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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I guess most grant proposals work out like this
March 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I guess most grant proposals work out like this
Week after week, terrible and bizarre decisions from refs in the premier league. Blatant pen, and a red as he’s the last man.
February 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Week after week, terrible and bizarre decisions from refs in the premier league. Blatant pen, and a red as he’s the last man.
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Domesday Clock says it is now Three Seconds to Worcestershire
January 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Domesday Clock says it is now Three Seconds to Worcestershire
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I think modern computer software was a mistake and we should go back to our roots of developing for limited hardware.
The same amount of electricity that could power MS-DOS for a year is now used to ask Copilot how to save a Word document to your local Desktop instead of OneDrive.
The same amount of electricity that could power MS-DOS for a year is now used to ask Copilot how to save a Word document to your local Desktop instead of OneDrive.
January 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I think modern computer software was a mistake and we should go back to our roots of developing for limited hardware.
The same amount of electricity that could power MS-DOS for a year is now used to ask Copilot how to save a Word document to your local Desktop instead of OneDrive.
The same amount of electricity that could power MS-DOS for a year is now used to ask Copilot how to save a Word document to your local Desktop instead of OneDrive.
Haven’t finished it, but what I have read of 47 Borders by @jonnelledge.bsky.social is brilliant. So interesting and engagingly written as usual. Thoroughly recommend!
December 27, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Haven’t finished it, but what I have read of 47 Borders by @jonnelledge.bsky.social is brilliant. So interesting and engagingly written as usual. Thoroughly recommend!
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Applications are open for the James McCune Smith (JMS) Scholarships here
@uofglasgow.bsky.social. which fund Black UK students to undertake PhD research in Glasgow in any field. They provide an enhanced experience and are very well-supported. www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships.... Please share this widely
@uofglasgow.bsky.social. which fund Black UK students to undertake PhD research in Glasgow in any field. They provide an enhanced experience and are very well-supported. www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships.... Please share this widely
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November 19, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Applications are open for the James McCune Smith (JMS) Scholarships here
@uofglasgow.bsky.social. which fund Black UK students to undertake PhD research in Glasgow in any field. They provide an enhanced experience and are very well-supported. www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships.... Please share this widely
@uofglasgow.bsky.social. which fund Black UK students to undertake PhD research in Glasgow in any field. They provide an enhanced experience and are very well-supported. www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships.... Please share this widely
Fax is a real outlier here, but about 15 years. Got 1 (never used a fax machine).
December 2, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Fax is a real outlier here, but about 15 years. Got 1 (never used a fax machine).
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The gif we've all been waiting for.
November 27, 2024 at 10:06 PM
The gif we've all been waiting for.
Should be a second yellow for Mendy there too.
November 27, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Should be a second yellow for Mendy there too.
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"Nonetheless, there is no way of looking at many of these prosecutions and concluding that the system as it stands is working. Buying the right ticket should be easy; people should not be facing court for underpayments worth pocket change."
Me in the Guardian.
Me in the Guardian.
Prosecuting passengers for pocket change? Rail ticketing in Britain has become an absolute farce | Jonn Elledge
The transport secretary, Louise Haigh, is right: innocent people should never feel like criminals for merely buying a ticket, says author Jonn Elledge
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:48 AM
"Nonetheless, there is no way of looking at many of these prosecutions and concluding that the system as it stands is working. Buying the right ticket should be easy; people should not be facing court for underpayments worth pocket change."
Me in the Guardian.
Me in the Guardian.
Hague was the 5th worst choice from the final five candidates.
November 27, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Hague was the 5th worst choice from the final five candidates.
Are Liverpool going to need to employ a 5th Director of Football (Edwards, Ward, Schmadtke, Hughes) in 3 years with Hughes failing to get on top of the contract situation?
November 26, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Are Liverpool going to need to employ a 5th Director of Football (Edwards, Ward, Schmadtke, Hughes) in 3 years with Hughes failing to get on top of the contract situation?