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Simon Beggs
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UCL Neuroscientist. Otherwise dowsed in cocktails and slathered in fetid whimsy. Views unreliable.
Indeed! The first line reads; "A rustic, ordinary-looking English garden hut..." My idea of ordinary is somewhat different.
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Even after all this time, this song immediately evokes memories of this powerful anti-terrorism public service TV advert from 1993: youtu.be/J1wrGs0S0g8?...
I Wanna Be Like You (Cats In The Cradle) 1993 Northern Ireland Anti-Terror PIF
YouTube video by ZerroTheWolf
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This one in Japan left little for the imagination.
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I fear that ship has sailed, at least once it’s out. Checked on the database to see if Meta had scraped LibGen for any of my publications and there they all are!
October 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Prof Selina Wray will join us as our careers keynote, sharing her journey from a working class background and part time work through to a professorship, and Dr Carole Torsney, our research keynote, will tell us about her preclinical research on sex & gender disparities in pain.
October 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"It also demonstrates the fairness of the prize, as Mary Brunkow is a Senior Program Manager (not a professor)". There's another way to interpret that.
October 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
by predominance, take away the care of knowing causes; which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure."

Written by a man not encumbered by an editor's word limit.
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651): "Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man: so that man is distinguished, not only by his reason; but also by this singular passion from other animals; in whom the appetite of food, and other pleasures of sense...
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The PhD programmes won’t require a masters, but the competition is such that if you don’t have a masters and some relevant lab experience then your chances are slim.
September 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Once you’ve done that, there is also a link in the thread to contact the lawyers who are filing the lawsuit with your details and details of your work.
August 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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First party to prioritize getting rid of Teams and SharePoint over screwing with immigrants will coast to landslide victories in national and EU elections
For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products
August 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“It wasn’t like a man, it was like some damned juggernaut”
June 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This is *exactly* what today needed. I am, as ever, in your debt. Cheers!
June 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Very sorry to read this, Stephani. Wishing you all the best for whatever’s next.
May 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
How about using Ancho Reyes instead of vodka? Why am I asking? Will report back!
May 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This is fantastic! The lime really elevates it, can't imagine going back to an El Presidente after this, although I should probably make one now, just to be sure...
May 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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And the office of Pain Policy and Planning was eliminated. That office has coordinated pain research across NIH for ages and played a key role in many important initiatives.
May 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM