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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 2h

I now understand why I still call the vehicle that collects the bins a dust cart.

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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 9h

Seeing a lot of people share this with praise. It is not real, it is a prank.

A screenshot from FormatMyPaper of what happens if you try to reformat your paper. It says "Come on. You can just preprint your work."

Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 9h

Also it's not real, it's an elaborate prank.

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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 1d

I am obsessed with the sumo wrestlers currently living their best lives in London

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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 3d

Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social

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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 3d

This paper should be required reading for all editors, publishers, teachers, and anyone who has asked 'why don't you just use an AI detector to filter out AI-generated submissions/work?'

osf.io/preprints/ed...

OSF

osf.io

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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 3d

Surely it depends on the alcohol? 18 year old whisky is great, 18 year old beer probably not.

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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 4d

There was an interesting set of blog posts by the historian and professor @bretdevereaux.bsky.social about the theory of history within Europa Universalis
acoup.blog/2021/04/30/c...

Collections: Teaching Paradox, Europa Universalis IV, Part I: State of Play

This is the first post in a series (I, II, III, IV) that will be examining the historical assumptions of Paradox Interactive’s grand strategy computer game set in the early modern period, Eur…

acoup.blog

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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 4d

This is England

A screenshot from BBC News with the headline 'Queen recalls Jilly Cooper's wish to get plastered'.

Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 4d

Toulouse is outrageously photogenic

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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 4d

I want to meet the people who built this wall

Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 5d

Haha of course there's a typo

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Nick Wise @nhwise.bsky.social · 5d

Do you like sitting in the middle of your loving room and staring at the walls? Have a lot of visitors who you don't want to look at? Bid now!

ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 5d

If you are of reasonably financial means but also gifted with an awfully large room, the National Gallery is selling off some of its large sofas and wooden benches

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/art...