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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 7h

In the baggage hall at Aldergrove, where the ghosts of my parents still linger, waiting to scoop the grandchildren into their arms.

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 9h

Reality bites. At least I hope it still does.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 9h

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool on.ft.com/4qarx21 | opinion

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 10h

20th Colin Barrett’s “Wild Houses” rattles along at a good pace. It’s well told and observed - you’re in safe hands. But somehow I wasn’t quite as swept away by this tale of drug dealing shenanigans in Ballina as the celebrated authors whose pull quotes adorn the cover. #BooksOf2025

Paperback copy of Wild Houses sitting on a wooden table. The black silhouette of a goat on a red background dominates the front cover, alongside the title in white letters and the author’s name in light green below.

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Joachim Frank @joachim123.bsky.social · 23h

My OpEd piece in US News & World Report, about not wanting my life to be book-ended by two fascist regimes and about the state of higher education in this country,

www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

has now been republished in German translation by JOSHA:

josha-journal.org/en/categorie...

www.usnews.com

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Kwasi @olu-gh.bsky.social · 21h

For those of you who haven't seen Rye Lane, or who would like to see it again, it is on iPlayer. You are welcome.

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 1d

Bad news for my kids if true…!

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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · 1d

“When there’s so much misinformation around and distrust about science, it’s more important than ever that we are transparent about how exactly science goes on” - RoRI's @scurry.bsky.social calls on the research sector to end the “publication bias” against negative results: tinyurl.com/ux5xtm4d

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 1d

Grateful to @resprofnews.bsky.social for doing a write-up of our call for action to incentivise the publication of negative results. Now looking for world-leading funders and institutions to show some leadership on this issue…

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d

Research funders urged to drive culture shift on negative results.

Reform needed to improve trust in science, patient care and training of AI, advocates say.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 1d

We'll know 'gold standard' apprenticeships really are 'gold standard' when politicians think their own kids should do them rather than getting a degree.

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d

Research funders urged to drive culture shift on negative results.

Reform needed to improve trust in science, patient care and training of AI, advocates say.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 1d

I really enjoyed it

Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 2d

London - figures in the distance

A golden statue of a warrior on the balcony of the cream coloured Athenaeum building

Two people with their backs to the camera sitting on a park bench underneath a tree. A lamppost stands to their right.

The light stonework of Buckingham Palace glimpsed beyond dark trees in the foreground. Various figures walking.

A solitary soldier stands at his post in front of of the squared lines of Buckingham Palace

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 3d

American Fiction is on BBC iPlayer (for the next couple of weeks). Treat yourself!

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 3d

🚨MIT says "NO"!!🚨

They are the first to respond to the "compact" sent to 9 universities last week -- crucially, this sets the tone.

“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”

#academicsky

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 3d

Farewell, My Looney. The Ivory Tower at @resprofnews.bsky.social channels Chandler this week. www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk...

Research Professional Sign-in

www.researchprofessional.com

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 6d

19th In ‘Long Island’, the sequel to ‘Brooklyn’, Colm Toibin picks up his story 20 years later, a story of people caught in webs of secrets spun from their reluctance (inability?) to find words for everything in their hearts. Captivating and tragic, I struggled to put it down. #BooksOf2025

The paperback copy of Long Island lying on its side on a wooden table. In the spine, crinkled by use, you can read the author’s name and the title.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 4d

Carolyn just put this to bed.

Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 4d

My HPLC was definitely overlooked

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery

The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality.

www.nature.com

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4d

🧵 In case you are still wondering why so many of us in the academy are still so very angry about That Column

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.”

Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.

Rutgers TPUSA officers slam petition to shut down chapter, ‘Blatantly defamatory’

Alexander Di Filippo accuses Turning Point USA of inciting violence against Antifa handbook author Mark Bray.

www.foxnews.com

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 4d

Good. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

French appeal court increases sentence of Gisèle Pelicot rapist

Husamettin Dogan loses appeal after jury at retrial finds him guilty of raping Pelicot while she was sedated

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty impressed with the photo I took with what is effectively a 200mm lens using my phone. But would it have killed him to look at the camera? Tit.

A great tit faces away from the camera on a wire bird feeder full of sunflower seeds. Green leaves in the background.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5d

'Arm’s-length bodies such as the Office for Students (OfS) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are particularly “vulnerable to political interference”, a new report has warned.' 1/3

‘Learn lessons from US’ and stop political interference, UK told

OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable to meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 4d

I'm proud to support #HospiceCareWeek, celebrating how hospices do #MoreThanYouThink – delivering care on the wards, in homes, & the community.

With proper funding, they could do even more. Learn more about vital role they play here:
www.hospiceuk.org/our-campaign...

Hospice Care Week

From 6 - 12 October 2025, help us celebrate hospice care across the UK along with our 200+ hospice members. This year's theme is: hospice care is more than you think.

www.hospiceuk.org

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 4d

And not a very nice flavour according to my taste buds!

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 4d

Skips every time

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 4d

If only there was a Nobel War prize, then once Putin and Netanyahu had had their awards, Trump would be a shoo-in for bringing war to the streets of his own country.

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