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Barry R

@geospacedman.bsky.social

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@[email protected] is my preferred work-related social media, this here is mostly personal and cultural stuff. Don't follow expecting maps.

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Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 1h

Is there a "Superstitious" setting on smart TVs that sets the volume after 12 to 12a?

Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 6h

New Beastie Boys album just dropped.

Some AI Slop text reading "BISIC ILCOMATIONS"

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 7h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 7h

19.00 ONE-NIL
Prequel to 'The Equalizer'

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Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 8h

"well-managed" peer review died when bad faith journals realised they could make money charging for publication and doing shoddy peer review, and when academics writing in good faith have zero time to write good reviews because its not paid work anyway. An alternative is needed, idk what's best.

Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 22h

Has anyone set up a "Has the ceasefire broken down yet?" web page? I'm trying to be optimistic here, honestly...

Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 22h

Stupid chunk shapes too.

Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 1d

Who gets to be the commenting "experts" though?

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Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social · 1d

Getting rid of academic journals in favor of capturing ongoing comments and suggestions from experts would make the world a better place.

Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · 1d

Against Publishing: universonline.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.

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Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but in the style of the pre-clickbait era of popular science writing!

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Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 1d

If you don't watch Stephen Colbert then why not? You're missing his interview with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, currently doing Waiting for Godot on Broadway. You'll laugh, then you'll cry because Colbert's been cancelled and we may never get things this good again. youtu.be/JRLfBTVRajM

"Two Fish Out Of Water Actors In L.A." - How Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter Became Lifelong Friends

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 1d

"Tiggy Joneses" as nobody but me calls it.

Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 1d

Someone on NextDoor just recommended a company called "R&M Roofing" and all I can think of now is Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer turning up in a van. "Vic, do you like slate?"

Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 1d

He's now running around making an obscene image pointing at the Strava HQ.