Dan Booth
@danrb1004.bsky.social
Lapsed scientist, medical writer, compulsive whinger
Wait - you were out drinking pints at lunchtime?
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Wait - you were out drinking pints at lunchtime?
Boring insight? Or important Public Service Announcement..?
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Boring insight? Or important Public Service Announcement..?
I once (many years ago) read someone saying the same thing about newspaper reports. "All articles about [science, economics, art, whatever your specialism is] contain basic errors and misunderstandings, so I have to assume that all the articles on things I know nothing about also have basic errors."
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I once (many years ago) read someone saying the same thing about newspaper reports. "All articles about [science, economics, art, whatever your specialism is] contain basic errors and misunderstandings, so I have to assume that all the articles on things I know nothing about also have basic errors."
I assume it's not a mobile and they're expecting you to WhatsApp them? Frankly, no email, no contact.
September 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I assume it's not a mobile and they're expecting you to WhatsApp them? Frankly, no email, no contact.
Reposted by Dan Booth
Don't go to Yahoo [news] - those people are idiots...
June 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Don't go to Yahoo [news] - those people are idiots...
Wasn't 'Grindrbus' an old Vengaboys song?
June 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Wasn't 'Grindrbus' an old Vengaboys song?
Oooh, let's have a think...
Terry Pratchett
Jasper Ffforde
Malcolm Price
HG Wells
Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
Enid Blyton
PG Wodehouse
Ian Fleming
James Herriot
Terry Pratchett
Jasper Ffforde
Malcolm Price
HG Wells
Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
Enid Blyton
PG Wodehouse
Ian Fleming
James Herriot
June 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Oooh, let's have a think...
Terry Pratchett
Jasper Ffforde
Malcolm Price
HG Wells
Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
Enid Blyton
PG Wodehouse
Ian Fleming
James Herriot
Terry Pratchett
Jasper Ffforde
Malcolm Price
HG Wells
Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
Enid Blyton
PG Wodehouse
Ian Fleming
James Herriot
I did get less grumpy in my late 40s (what? Shut up, yes I did) so that might explain it...
May 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I did get less grumpy in my late 40s (what? Shut up, yes I did) so that might explain it...
b) was pretty much my life until I hit 45 and it all started going downhill!
May 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
b) was pretty much my life until I hit 45 and it all started going downhill!
I think it's more that you're a neutral observer. So you can be interested in a football match but disinterested in the result. Anyway, this is all utterly moot because language evolves!
May 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think it's more that you're a neutral observer. So you can be interested in a football match but disinterested in the result. Anyway, this is all utterly moot because language evolves!
'Disinterested' used to mean neutral, impartial, having no *vested* interest, as opposed to 'uninterested', meaning simply bored or indifferent. But most dictionaries now seem to include both meanings for 'disinterested'.
May 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
'Disinterested' used to mean neutral, impartial, having no *vested* interest, as opposed to 'uninterested', meaning simply bored or indifferent. But most dictionaries now seem to include both meanings for 'disinterested'.
*Must resist temptation to be pedantic about 'disinterest' vs. 'lack of interest'* (Although I think this particular battle was lost long ago!)
Also, Karen Steiner has a nice ring to it, don't you think..? 😜
Also, Karen Steiner has a nice ring to it, don't you think..? 😜
May 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
*Must resist temptation to be pedantic about 'disinterest' vs. 'lack of interest'* (Although I think this particular battle was lost long ago!)
Also, Karen Steiner has a nice ring to it, don't you think..? 😜
Also, Karen Steiner has a nice ring to it, don't you think..? 😜
I once went to a gender-neutral hairdresser by mistake. Terrible, terrible mistake. I don't like getting my hair cut at the best of times, but they insisted on washing it and kept trying to talk to me. It was awful.
May 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I once went to a gender-neutral hairdresser by mistake. Terrible, terrible mistake. I don't like getting my hair cut at the best of times, but they insisted on washing it and kept trying to talk to me. It was awful.
I mean, yay, but for the love of god charge your phone!
May 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I mean, yay, but for the love of god charge your phone!
(That's 'Yuck' to your councillor, not yuck to Bicester-based Lib Dems...)
May 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
(That's 'Yuck' to your councillor, not yuck to Bicester-based Lib Dems...)
Yuck! All four quarters of Bicester are Lib Dem
May 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yuck! All four quarters of Bicester are Lib Dem
I live in permanent fear of PubMed going down...
April 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I live in permanent fear of PubMed going down...
Silly? How *dare* you?!
April 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Silly? How *dare* you?!
And now it will just ask you to translate the same 10 sentences over and over and over again...
February 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
And now it will just ask you to translate the same 10 sentences over and over and over again...