Stephen Jones
@stephen-jones.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇪🇺 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 Groningen/Oxford. Language & cognition. Singing. Cycling. Eating.
en ik ben er weer
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
en ik ben er weer
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I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
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A quick shout-out to the very excellent @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social team, who are making local journalism both sustainable and vital
If you want to know about Sheffield, I'd advise that you subscribe
If you want to know about Sheffield, I'd advise that you subscribe
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A quick shout-out to the very excellent @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social team, who are making local journalism both sustainable and vital
If you want to know about Sheffield, I'd advise that you subscribe
If you want to know about Sheffield, I'd advise that you subscribe
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James Watson, der "Entdecker" der DNA, ist verstorben.
Ein guter Anlass, um auf die Geschichte von Rosalin Franklin und auf den Matilda Effekt aufmerksam zu machen.
Ein guter Anlass, um auf die Geschichte von Rosalin Franklin und auf den Matilda Effekt aufmerksam zu machen.
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
James Watson, der "Entdecker" der DNA, ist verstorben.
Ein guter Anlass, um auf die Geschichte von Rosalin Franklin und auf den Matilda Effekt aufmerksam zu machen.
Ein guter Anlass, um auf die Geschichte von Rosalin Franklin und auf den Matilda Effekt aufmerksam zu machen.
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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Happy birthday to the most ridiculous thing I (and possibly anyone) has ever made
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Happy birthday to the most ridiculous thing I (and possibly anyone) has ever made
A movie you've seen more than seven times, with a GIF
November 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A movie you've seen more than seven times, with a GIF
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A movie which you've seen more than seven times with a GIF
November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A movie which you've seen more than seven times with a GIF
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October 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hillingdon. No eastbound trains but many ardently shagging pigeons. This is the life.
October 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Hillingdon. No eastbound trains but many ardently shagging pigeons. This is the life.
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I once went through the Linguistic Atlas of Late Mediaeval English to collect all the attested Middle English spellings of ‘through’ (476).
March 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I once went through the Linguistic Atlas of Late Mediaeval English to collect all the attested Middle English spellings of ‘through’ (476).
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The Oxford train station is small and overcrowded. What could it possibly need, more than extra seats or ticket machines?
A piano. A PIANO. A piano that attracts kids who play Happy Birthday and their parents who butcher the Game of Thrones theme.
Sensory hell.
A piano. A PIANO. A piano that attracts kids who play Happy Birthday and their parents who butcher the Game of Thrones theme.
Sensory hell.
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Oxford train station is small and overcrowded. What could it possibly need, more than extra seats or ticket machines?
A piano. A PIANO. A piano that attracts kids who play Happy Birthday and their parents who butcher the Game of Thrones theme.
Sensory hell.
A piano. A PIANO. A piano that attracts kids who play Happy Birthday and their parents who butcher the Game of Thrones theme.
Sensory hell.
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This person is paying OpenAI two hundred dollars a month to have a chatbot gaslight them about making an excel spreadsheet
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This person is paying OpenAI two hundred dollars a month to have a chatbot gaslight them about making an excel spreadsheet
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Bürotür ist auch dekoriert, das Semester kann kommen
October 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Bürotür ist auch dekoriert, das Semester kann kommen
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google wants to introduce errors into my spreadsheets and attribute them to me
October 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
google wants to introduce errors into my spreadsheets and attribute them to me
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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Note for those who know neither Oxford nor Cambridge: hard though it is to believe, “they punt from the wrong end” is not, in fact, a euphemism.
October 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Note for those who know neither Oxford nor Cambridge: hard though it is to believe, “they punt from the wrong end” is not, in fact, a euphemism.
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Americans like to make fun of British people's teeth. Well - I'm an American and a dentist living in England because my wife got a great job here. And, actually, British teeth are wonderful compared to American teeth. In the US 1 in 3 patients have rotting teeth. Here, 1 in 80.
September 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Americans like to make fun of British people's teeth. Well - I'm an American and a dentist living in England because my wife got a great job here. And, actually, British teeth are wonderful compared to American teeth. In the US 1 in 3 patients have rotting teeth. Here, 1 in 80.
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No I don't want "humane" deportations, for the same reason I don't want "friendly" cops in schools or "understanding" genital inspectors at sporting events.
The problem is the fascism, not that the fascism is rude.
The problem is the fascism, not that the fascism is rude.
July 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
No I don't want "humane" deportations, for the same reason I don't want "friendly" cops in schools or "understanding" genital inspectors at sporting events.
The problem is the fascism, not that the fascism is rude.
The problem is the fascism, not that the fascism is rude.
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You're one of the most respected academic institutions in the world. What are you even doing? You couldn't find one smart person somewhere on campus to tell you not to do this?
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You're one of the most respected academic institutions in the world. What are you even doing? You couldn't find one smart person somewhere on campus to tell you not to do this?
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Maybe this? ideophone.org/find-your-ow... (there's more under the generative AI tag on my blog ideophone.org/tag/generati...)
Find your own voice: against LLM slop in academic writing – The Ideophone
ideophone.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Maybe this? ideophone.org/find-your-ow... (there's more under the generative AI tag on my blog ideophone.org/tag/generati...)
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An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
September 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
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The rest of us can learn not to waste the precious time we have being this stupid.
Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?
The real scientific insights from Bryan Johnson’s immortality quest
Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?
www.newscientist.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The rest of us can learn not to waste the precious time we have being this stupid.
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I got a press release titled "Why Dentistry Needs Disruptors". I haven't opened it yet, but here are my guesses for what it could mean:
1)Your teeth are online and you pay a monthly fee to use them
2)"NFTeeth". Someone else owns the idea of your teeth but you can still use them.
1)Your teeth are online and you pay a monthly fee to use them
2)"NFTeeth". Someone else owns the idea of your teeth but you can still use them.
September 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I got a press release titled "Why Dentistry Needs Disruptors". I haven't opened it yet, but here are my guesses for what it could mean:
1)Your teeth are online and you pay a monthly fee to use them
2)"NFTeeth". Someone else owns the idea of your teeth but you can still use them.
1)Your teeth are online and you pay a monthly fee to use them
2)"NFTeeth". Someone else owns the idea of your teeth but you can still use them.
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”