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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 1d

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 1d

“What a lovely fla…(reaches photo 11) WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K!”

👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 2d

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 1d

I did not know that. Good to know.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 2d

Not just vodafone. My bb (onestream) has been down the last hour and downdetector suggests lots of other providers - BT, sky are down for many too.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 2d

Who’s also a Prof. From what I’ve seen the media don’t like calling women who are Profs by their title.

My fav was on BBC news once, interviewing a Prof Dame, but forgetting both titles. Their response was “oh she didn’t ask for her titles to be used.”

Next guest. Prof Sir Hugh Pennington.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 2d

Follow that up by explaining the academic promotion process. They’ll be calling up a psychiatrist to ask you why you’d put yourself through that process.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t date robots! (Including AI).

youtu.be/4uE96qUlJ_4

Don't Date Robots

YouTube video by AtlantisTelegraph

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 2d

“Ah why bother Nick. Just ask ChatGPT to make a Sora video of you banging Taylor Swift to show to all your mates. Then ask it to pretend it is Taylor Swift and ask it to talk dirty with you.”

“Then you won’t need to bother women at all.”

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 2d

Please god no one introduce Peter Thiel to Warhammer 40k. If he finds out about that we’re all f***ed.

He’ll be telling his underlings to build him the Golden Throne.

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 2d

Major amendments and resubmission.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

Reposted by Grant Gibson

Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 3d

Was in conversation wirh a few innovation and med tec peeps recently

Was all a bit "modern stents and TAVI have saved lives. It’s cool. Innovation is going to save lives. And if it’s better than what replaced it then all’s ok...."

I mentioned my old friend “opportunity cost”.

Cue tumbleweed

expert reaction to reports from Politico that the UK government has drawn up proposals to increase the amount the NHS pays pharmaceutical firms for drugs | Science Media Centre

www.sciencemediacentre.org

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 3d

Followed by…

a man in a suit is making a funny face and saying oh no !

ALT: a man in a suit is making a funny face and saying oh no !

media.tenor.com

Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 3d

Just received a BBC news alert that absolutely deserves this gif.

And I had both two of their albums (not anymore, got binned years ago for… well obvious reasons really.

a man with a mustache wearing a green beret and a green shirt .

ALT: a man with a mustache wearing a green beret and a green shirt .

media.tenor.com

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 6d

Really has shades of “have you maybe tried not being depressed?” doesn’t it.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 6d

Yorkshire edition

Slaithwaite
Dodworth
Cudworth

And of course my home Penistone.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 6d

Just seen an FB post saying Mike Ashley is interested in buying Sheffield Wednesday and the first reply said that’s like swapping Jimmy Savile for Jeffrey Epstein.

Ain’t that the truth.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 7d

My beloved pup Zeke has found a new game. Its called trapping himself in the bathroom.

And in this game he… traps himself in the bathroom.

Then starts barking.

He’s done this about ten times today. And twenty yesterday. Including during teams meetings.

Well this time he can stay in there!

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 7d

Honestly today has been a day where the UK’s collective IQ has seemed to drop 10 points.

Historians truly will come to name this political era the enthickenment.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 7d

And to prove I’m agnostic in my criticism of our politics, Starmer saying we don’t want high value Indian migrants coming here is also just so face-thumpingly stupid.

The US tech industry is built on the backs of the Indian tech PhD’s who we’re telling we absolutely don’t want to come here instead.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 7d

Still if the current cuts to the sector continue, there won’t be 100000 places at UK Universities left to cut by the time to Tories make it back to government.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 7d

So, so tired of politicians who only seem to think…

“hmm. What things is the UK really, really good at, and what can we do to absolutely wreck our ability to do these things?”

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 7d

We have a knowledge economy in desperate need of highly skilled and educated workers

I know. Lets reduce the number of University places by 100000 places.

That’ll fix things.

From the party that brought you that other example of massive economic and social self harm, Brexit.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 7d

My god. You’ve found him. The Ackshually meme in human form.

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 8d

Badenoch might have laughed reading them but she didn’t learn anything from them did she.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 8d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social · 8d

So apparently GW are releasing these new alternate Space Marine heads and all the worst people in the hobby are already losing their shit about it.

It does almost make me want to go back on X to watch the meltdown in real time.

Andy Claaaaaarrrghhhhk, Nerdling Herder @andycruns.bsky.social · 9d

Errrrr

#Nerdlings #TheEmperorExpects

A pair of new space marine heads that feel like they skew female

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