Dr Mike Ward
@schroedinger99.bsky.social
Retired data-modeller with background in genetics & philosophy of science. grandfather, sceptic, deracinated cosmopolitan, citizen of nowhere, & angry old man.
Birthday swag (by @jonnelledge.bsky.social). Let's see how many borders I get through while waiting here at the hospital.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Birthday swag (by @jonnelledge.bsky.social). Let's see how many borders I get through while waiting here at the hospital.
Just sitting down for..
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Just sitting down for..
1) Meanwhile, over on the Hell-Site, Matt Goodwin is presenting another chapter of How to Lie with Statistics:
I can only assume that MG is saying here that 42.3% of Bangladeshi people in prison are there because they committed sex offences?
I can only assume that MG is saying here that 42.3% of Bangladeshi people in prison are there because they committed sex offences?
November 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
1) Meanwhile, over on the Hell-Site, Matt Goodwin is presenting another chapter of How to Lie with Statistics:
I can only assume that MG is saying here that 42.3% of Bangladeshi people in prison are there because they committed sex offences?
I can only assume that MG is saying here that 42.3% of Bangladeshi people in prison are there because they committed sex offences?
Another Brexit benefit: Taking back control of borders between different parts of our country.
October 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Another Brexit benefit: Taking back control of borders between different parts of our country.
Drs 2, 10*, and 4 a few years ago. (IIRC you had one of the blue ones last time I was there).
*my son
*my son
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Drs 2, 10*, and 4 a few years ago. (IIRC you had one of the blue ones last time I was there).
*my son
*my son
Seems to be Czech based (but hard to say for sure). It's a curious hybrid of fake news, bait and switch, advertorial, and use of your name to con people into clicking on dodgy links:
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Seems to be Czech based (but hard to say for sure). It's a curious hybrid of fake news, bait and switch, advertorial, and use of your name to con people into clicking on dodgy links:
Hi Martin. Hope you had a good break. Are you aware of this scam which uses your image and popped up on my wife's Facebook Account yesterday:
I can send you the URL if you wish but don't want to make it public here.
I can send you the URL if you wish but don't want to make it public here.
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Hi Martin. Hope you had a good break. Are you aware of this scam which uses your image and popped up on my wife's Facebook Account yesterday:
I can send you the URL if you wish but don't want to make it public here.
I can send you the URL if you wish but don't want to make it public here.
This, from Dunty, is brilliant! 😂
.... but in defence of Autumn, here's my grandson crunching leaves with his wellington boots:
.... but in defence of Autumn, here's my grandson crunching leaves with his wellington boots:
October 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This, from Dunty, is brilliant! 😂
.... but in defence of Autumn, here's my grandson crunching leaves with his wellington boots:
.... but in defence of Autumn, here's my grandson crunching leaves with his wellington boots:
1) This in @financialtimes.com Weekend is a bit weird:
"Monomers such as sugars, amino acids, fatty acids and nucleotides are small molecules that bind together to make more complex structures such as proteins."
cc @stephenkb.bsky.social
"Monomers such as sugars, amino acids, fatty acids and nucleotides are small molecules that bind together to make more complex structures such as proteins."
cc @stephenkb.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
1) This in @financialtimes.com Weekend is a bit weird:
"Monomers such as sugars, amino acids, fatty acids and nucleotides are small molecules that bind together to make more complex structures such as proteins."
cc @stephenkb.bsky.social
"Monomers such as sugars, amino acids, fatty acids and nucleotides are small molecules that bind together to make more complex structures such as proteins."
cc @stephenkb.bsky.social
@iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
You guys (comparing/contrasting these guys) reminded me of this statue from GDR times. Why is FE standing and KM sitting? There were jokes at the time this appeared - even in the GDR MSM [sic]. Whoever made this must have been trying to say something?
You guys (comparing/contrasting these guys) reminded me of this statue from GDR times. Why is FE standing and KM sitting? There were jokes at the time this appeared - even in the GDR MSM [sic]. Whoever made this must have been trying to say something?
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
You guys (comparing/contrasting these guys) reminded me of this statue from GDR times. Why is FE standing and KM sitting? There were jokes at the time this appeared - even in the GDR MSM [sic]. Whoever made this must have been trying to say something?
You guys (comparing/contrasting these guys) reminded me of this statue from GDR times. Why is FE standing and KM sitting? There were jokes at the time this appeared - even in the GDR MSM [sic]. Whoever made this must have been trying to say something?
We finally got to go and look around the Brontës' birthplace. Fireplace is original! Amazingly knowledgeable people (all volunteers) running the place and amazing what they've managed to restore or recreate.
brontebirthplace.com
brontebirthplace.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We finally got to go and look around the Brontës' birthplace. Fireplace is original! Amazingly knowledgeable people (all volunteers) running the place and amazing what they've managed to restore or recreate.
brontebirthplace.com
brontebirthplace.com
... though I bristle a bit at the use of "skinhead" as a synonym for "racist thug" - by Doran and Ian, and people they quote. It's all a bit more complicated than that:
("Skinheads" would make a good Origin Story when I think about it.)
("Skinheads" would make a good Origin Story when I think about it.)
September 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
... though I bristle a bit at the use of "skinhead" as a synonym for "racist thug" - by Doran and Ian, and people they quote. It's all a bit more complicated than that:
("Skinheads" would make a good Origin Story when I think about it.)
("Skinheads" would make a good Origin Story when I think about it.)
1) August 9 @newscientist.com had rather too much vague twaddle-bollocks if you ask me, but this excellent letter:
August 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
1) August 9 @newscientist.com had rather too much vague twaddle-bollocks if you ask me, but this excellent letter:
They turn into these
July 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
They turn into these
Etruscan statue of Jacob Rees-Mogg
July 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Etruscan statue of Jacob Rees-Mogg
This has been done already:
June 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This has been done already:
1) Had a promo email from Uber Eats
So we clicked on "Order now" and ordered from the list of restaurants that appeared. But it seems that the 40%/£12 discount doesn't apply to the restaurants in the list that this button takes you to - though the app doesn't tell you this. 🤬
So we clicked on "Order now" and ordered from the list of restaurants that appeared. But it seems that the 40%/£12 discount doesn't apply to the restaurants in the list that this button takes you to - though the app doesn't tell you this. 🤬
May 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
1) Had a promo email from Uber Eats
So we clicked on "Order now" and ordered from the list of restaurants that appeared. But it seems that the 40%/£12 discount doesn't apply to the restaurants in the list that this button takes you to - though the app doesn't tell you this. 🤬
So we clicked on "Order now" and ordered from the list of restaurants that appeared. But it seems that the 40%/£12 discount doesn't apply to the restaurants in the list that this button takes you to - though the app doesn't tell you this. 🤬
Apropos of nowt you've just said (though I applaud that too :-), I recently learned that The Brontës' birthplace in Thornton has been acquired by a bunch of enthusiasts who are turning it into a museum (though it's not open to the public yet AFAIK). Thought you might possibly be interested.
May 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Apropos of nowt you've just said (though I applaud that too :-), I recently learned that The Brontës' birthplace in Thornton has been acquired by a bunch of enthusiasts who are turning it into a museum (though it's not open to the public yet AFAIK). Thought you might possibly be interested.
One of my local curry houses:
:-)
:-)
May 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
One of my local curry houses:
:-)
:-)
6) But it's not just the science which is all over the place. The entire report is riddled with logical inconsistency and confusion. I think my "favourite" passage is this one:
May 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
6) But it's not just the science which is all over the place. The entire report is riddled with logical inconsistency and confusion. I think my "favourite" passage is this one:
I think yours is one of the Peter Cushing DALEKs? (He did live by the seaside - in Whitstable!)
April 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I think yours is one of the Peter Cushing DALEKs? (He did live by the seaside - in Whitstable!)