Adam Squires
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Biophysical Chemist. Aerosol scientist. Jew. Likes lipids, nano materials, x-ray / neutron scattering, pretentious coffee. (he/him/his). Twitter @adsquires
I took "I have no issue with it" to mean "I don't have that response to people using it" rather than "people disliking my own talks is not an issue for me"
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I took "I have no issue with it" to mean "I don't have that response to people using it" rather than "people disliking my own talks is not an issue for me"
I'm wondering if they tried that range with sasview. Maybe a core-multishell triaxial ellipsoid. (Remember: the more parameters in your fit, the more things you're finding out!)
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm wondering if they tried that range with sasview. Maybe a core-multishell triaxial ellipsoid. (Remember: the more parameters in your fit, the more things you're finding out!)
Amazing fit over that range - I bet it's got a great R squared value (suggesting that they haven't made any errors).
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Amazing fit over that range - I bet it's got a great R squared value (suggesting that they haven't made any errors).
It has the added bonus outcome of "This is the voice of the working class, and if they (/we/I) don't get their way and are ignored, they'll kick off! You know what they're like."
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It has the added bonus outcome of "This is the voice of the working class, and if they (/we/I) don't get their way and are ignored, they'll kick off! You know what they're like."
It reflects a deep self-loathing doesn't it? "I myself am not an authentic figure of a working class man. But if I can find an authentic figure of a working class man who shares my political views..."
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It reflects a deep self-loathing doesn't it? "I myself am not an authentic figure of a working class man. But if I can find an authentic figure of a working class man who shares my political views..."
Yes, as a Chemist I assumed the last five minutes of a PPE tutorial you could get away with stuff that doesn't hold up to more than a moment's scrutiny as long as it's counterintuitive and argued with flair and panache. Perhaps I'm being unfair.
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Yes, as a Chemist I assumed the last five minutes of a PPE tutorial you could get away with stuff that doesn't hold up to more than a moment's scrutiny as long as it's counterintuitive and argued with flair and panache. Perhaps I'm being unfair.
We're definitely overthinking this. Definitely vibes of 'for the last 5 minutes of this PPE tutorial, I'd like you to make a counterintuitive argument that a budget is "unchristian"'
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We're definitely overthinking this. Definitely vibes of 'for the last 5 minutes of this PPE tutorial, I'd like you to make a counterintuitive argument that a budget is "unchristian"'
Aren't tax collectors literally mentioned in the new testament?
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Aren't tax collectors literally mentioned in the new testament?
Including that thing where they burn your ear hair with alcohol, and scrape the back of your neck with a cutthroat razor?
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Including that thing where they burn your ear hair with alcohol, and scrape the back of your neck with a cutthroat razor?
Only seems to apply to the right, doesn't it? Does the same apply to Corbyn / Polansky re: mural / hypnotits?
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Which bit specifically are you saying was dreamed up by McSweeney?
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Which bit specifically are you saying was dreamed up by McSweeney?
You'd *hope* that being a massive racist as a kid / prefect, and seemingly unrepentant about it now, would be a worse hindrance to getting 30% of the vote.
(Also: seemingly being a pro-Trump Russian stooge)
But we'll see.
(Also: seemingly being a pro-Trump Russian stooge)
But we'll see.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You'd *hope* that being a massive racist as a kid / prefect, and seemingly unrepentant about it now, would be a worse hindrance to getting 30% of the vote.
(Also: seemingly being a pro-Trump Russian stooge)
But we'll see.
(Also: seemingly being a pro-Trump Russian stooge)
But we'll see.
Yes, I agree. Many who were (and also, many who weren't).
But I wouldn't confidently bet that the same couldn't happen with Farage's antisemitism, depending on how he plays it from now on.
But I wouldn't confidently bet that the same couldn't happen with Farage's antisemitism, depending on how he plays it from now on.
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yes, I agree. Many who were (and also, many who weren't).
But I wouldn't confidently bet that the same couldn't happen with Farage's antisemitism, depending on how he plays it from now on.
But I wouldn't confidently bet that the same couldn't happen with Farage's antisemitism, depending on how he plays it from now on.
Although I'm also not convinced on that with Polanski either
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Ok my prediction is that Zac Polanski's hypnotist past hasn't cut through as much as people here / commentators think, and won't hurt him as much as they think. Maybe eventually equivalent to Grant Schapps' other names or Johnson's kids, as a hignfy joke.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Although I'm also not convinced on that with Polanski either
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Well quite. (The antisemitism is far worse than Corbyn's). I'm putting aside the *actual morality* for a moment, and just considering the "well, it doesn't matter to their base" narrative and when it's applied. (If it ever should be.)
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Well quite. (The antisemitism is far worse than Corbyn's). I'm putting aside the *actual morality* for a moment, and just considering the "well, it doesn't matter to their base" narrative and when it's applied. (If it ever should be.)
Right, but I've never heard anyone say it about Corbyn (aiming for 30%+) *or* Polanski (10/15). Or anyone else on the left. Only Farage / Trump / Johnson. ("Well, the people who like him still really like him so...")
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Right, but I've never heard anyone say it about Corbyn (aiming for 30%+) *or* Polanski (10/15). Or anyone else on the left. Only Farage / Trump / Johnson. ("Well, the people who like him still really like him so...")
Can you clarify why this is a "balance"? Why the tension?
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Can you clarify why this is a "balance"? Why the tension?
Only seems to apply to the right, doesn't it? Does the same apply to Corbyn / Polansky re: mural / hypnotits?
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Only seems to apply to the right, doesn't it? Does the same apply to Corbyn / Polansky re: mural / hypnotits?
Depends on what that opinion was.
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Depends on what that opinion was.
I can confidently say that very few voters share the opinion that it's ok to go up to Jews to tell them Hitler was right.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I can confidently say that very few voters share the opinion that it's ok to go up to Jews to tell them Hitler was right.
The clarity of how many voters share it often (1) is purely vibes-based and (2) itself becomes part of the narrative. ("It doesn't matter because enough people like me say it doesn't matter").
At the very least: have some polling data to back up your assertion.
At the very least: have some polling data to back up your assertion.
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The clarity of how many voters share it often (1) is purely vibes-based and (2) itself becomes part of the narrative. ("It doesn't matter because enough people like me say it doesn't matter").
At the very least: have some polling data to back up your assertion.
At the very least: have some polling data to back up your assertion.
Agree but then again we should have been sceptical that the person with the English sounding name and the George crosses in bio talking about "our country" is an Englishman living in England in the first place.
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Still can't believe journalists and political commentators were genuinely thinking they were getting a sense of the public mood in [UK / USA] *from X*, and are surprised that some accounts weren't actually from where they pretended to be...
Twitter has that "sweet spot" where anonymous accounts give an impression of an identity - British Jew; working class northerner; Black woman - without you having any way of knowing if they actually are. Add in "this is where commentators go to get out of their echo chambers", and... 3/
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Agree but then again we should have been sceptical that the person with the English sounding name and the George crosses in bio talking about "our country" is an Englishman living in England in the first place.
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I like to reply to "what's your ETA?" with "Ah, now, they're your classic armed Basque separatist group..."
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I like to reply to "what's your ETA?" with "Ah, now, they're your classic armed Basque separatist group..."
Interesting ones? Or more like "lovely walking holidays less than 2 hours' drive from Northamptonshire"?
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Interesting ones? Or more like "lovely walking holidays less than 2 hours' drive from Northamptonshire"?