Ewan
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It's very obviously speculation, but I don't think it's entirely out of the question that the Nobel Prize Committee gave it to Machado as a sort of bargaining chip.
Genuinely, guys, I'm not going to be too harsh on a woman whose had to flee her country and is desprately trying to find any way to get the world's most powerful state to remove the brutal dictatorship that runs it.
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
It's very obviously speculation, but I don't think it's entirely out of the question that the Nobel Prize Committee gave it to Machado as a sort of bargaining chip.
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As the UKRI comms team, we’re lucky to visit some truly fascinating places.
Last month we were 1.1km underground at Boulby Underground Laboratory - surrounded by salt and exploring the mine.
It got us thinking…
What other research locations should more people know about?
Show us!📸
Last month we were 1.1km underground at Boulby Underground Laboratory - surrounded by salt and exploring the mine.
It got us thinking…
What other research locations should more people know about?
Show us!📸
January 15, 2026 at 8:51 AM
As the UKRI comms team, we’re lucky to visit some truly fascinating places.
Last month we were 1.1km underground at Boulby Underground Laboratory - surrounded by salt and exploring the mine.
It got us thinking…
What other research locations should more people know about?
Show us!📸
Last month we were 1.1km underground at Boulby Underground Laboratory - surrounded by salt and exploring the mine.
It got us thinking…
What other research locations should more people know about?
Show us!📸
I have a new work laptop with Windows 11.
Appears to be the worst implementation of windows. Worse than Vista/ME. Things that previously just worked now don't. Documents open in random apps. Can't select which folder to save things in. Logging in messed up.
Bizarre @microsoft.com
Appears to be the worst implementation of windows. Worse than Vista/ME. Things that previously just worked now don't. Documents open in random apps. Can't select which folder to save things in. Logging in messed up.
Bizarre @microsoft.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
I have a new work laptop with Windows 11.
Appears to be the worst implementation of windows. Worse than Vista/ME. Things that previously just worked now don't. Documents open in random apps. Can't select which folder to save things in. Logging in messed up.
Bizarre @microsoft.com
Appears to be the worst implementation of windows. Worse than Vista/ME. Things that previously just worked now don't. Documents open in random apps. Can't select which folder to save things in. Logging in messed up.
Bizarre @microsoft.com
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WARNING! Carers, don't trust ur council's info on Carer's Council Tax Discount, more than 1 in 5 councils' online info is wrong. They miss crucial eligibility criteria which makes many who are eligible for 25% discount think they aren't
FULL INFO: www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/01...
FULL INFO: www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/01...
January 12, 2026 at 9:13 AM
WARNING! Carers, don't trust ur council's info on Carer's Council Tax Discount, more than 1 in 5 councils' online info is wrong. They miss crucial eligibility criteria which makes many who are eligible for 25% discount think they aren't
FULL INFO: www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/01...
FULL INFO: www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/01...
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Given we are having a bit of a surge (or are likely to) and starter packs are a great innovation but hard to find...
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Given we are having a bit of a surge (or are likely to) and starter packs are a great innovation but hard to find...
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
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These authors wanted to know whether mothers face discrimination in hiring, even when they are equally qualified as other applicants.
So they ran two experiments...
So they ran two experiments...
January 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
These authors wanted to know whether mothers face discrimination in hiring, even when they are equally qualified as other applicants.
So they ran two experiments...
So they ran two experiments...
Well, the bait made me read it. The TLDR version is that it's not facism, it's the mafia.
Which is a bit of a pointless debate really. Whatever way you look at it, the disregard for human life is evil.
Which is a bit of a pointless debate really. Whatever way you look at it, the disregard for human life is evil.
January 8, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Well, the bait made me read it. The TLDR version is that it's not facism, it's the mafia.
Which is a bit of a pointless debate really. Whatever way you look at it, the disregard for human life is evil.
Which is a bit of a pointless debate really. Whatever way you look at it, the disregard for human life is evil.
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Stranger Things nailed the finale.
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Stranger Things nailed the finale.
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Join us on 12 Jan for the Preventing Plastic Pollution with Engineering Biology (P3EB) Hub Showcase, part of the Engineering Biology Mission Hubs webinar series.
Hear from the team about its aims, research activities, opportunities to engage and live Q&A.
Register now: www.ukri.org/events/engin...
Hear from the team about its aims, research activities, opportunities to engage and live Q&A.
Register now: www.ukri.org/events/engin...
January 6, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Join us on 12 Jan for the Preventing Plastic Pollution with Engineering Biology (P3EB) Hub Showcase, part of the Engineering Biology Mission Hubs webinar series.
Hear from the team about its aims, research activities, opportunities to engage and live Q&A.
Register now: www.ukri.org/events/engin...
Hear from the team about its aims, research activities, opportunities to engage and live Q&A.
Register now: www.ukri.org/events/engin...
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New YouGov research for ippr finds that civic conceptions of being British are held by most people, with a third prioritising birthplace. Reform voters are outliers, against the general public view, weighting ancestry and ethnicity more highly
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New YouGov research for ippr finds that civic conceptions of being British are held by most people, with a third prioritising birthplace. Reform voters are outliers, against the general public view, weighting ancestry and ethnicity more highly
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
November 27, 2023 at 1:17 PM
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
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The Labour Government is increasing funding for local services in Swindon by £52.6m. That's a 24% increase over 4 years going towards the essential services in our town we all rely on.
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Labour Government is increasing funding for local services in Swindon by £52.6m. That's a 24% increase over 4 years going towards the essential services in our town we all rely on.
This is Bsky at its absolute best
Time for my annual close-reading-the-carol-sheet question: what does the "Away" in "Away in a Manger" actually mean?
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This is Bsky at its absolute best
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Was it the Sweeny Todd movie where marketing seemingly decided no one would go to a musical and edited the trailers in such a way that a bunch of people didn't realise there was any singing until they were in the cinema?
Do you reckon someone's trying something similar here?
Do you reckon someone's trying something similar here?
December 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Was it the Sweeny Todd movie where marketing seemingly decided no one would go to a musical and edited the trailers in such a way that a bunch of people didn't realise there was any singing until they were in the cinema?
Do you reckon someone's trying something similar here?
Do you reckon someone's trying something similar here?
That's... not how law works?
By all means question what the govt is doing, but Derbyshire is normally more reliable than this, isn't she?
By all means question what the govt is doing, but Derbyshire is normally more reliable than this, isn't she?
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
That's... not how law works?
By all means question what the govt is doing, but Derbyshire is normally more reliable than this, isn't she?
By all means question what the govt is doing, but Derbyshire is normally more reliable than this, isn't she?
The more I get to know AI LLMs, the more I think the only real use case is where you know what you're doing already and it helps do it quicker.
Which makes parenting the absolutely worst use case for AI imaginable.
Which makes parenting the absolutely worst use case for AI imaginable.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The more I get to know AI LLMs, the more I think the only real use case is where you know what you're doing already and it helps do it quicker.
Which makes parenting the absolutely worst use case for AI imaginable.
Which makes parenting the absolutely worst use case for AI imaginable.
All of them, fools. Our real enemies are the lanyards.
You get the reverse of this on the right, where someone dislikes capitalism, but believes that what they object to is 'modernity'.
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
All of them, fools. Our real enemies are the lanyards.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Reading Michael Barber's 'Instruction to Deliver' which has lots of good stuff in it, but this caught my eye:
"You have to have a long term strategy but unless it delivers short term results no one will believe you"
"You have to have a long term strategy but unless it delivers short term results no one will believe you"
October 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reading Michael Barber's 'Instruction to Deliver' which has lots of good stuff in it, but this caught my eye:
"You have to have a long term strategy but unless it delivers short term results no one will believe you"
"You have to have a long term strategy but unless it delivers short term results no one will believe you"
Me: "I will start paying you pocket money when you can count to 100"
4YO: "I don't think hundred is actually a number"
4YO: "I don't think hundred is actually a number"
October 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Me: "I will start paying you pocket money when you can count to 100"
4YO: "I don't think hundred is actually a number"
4YO: "I don't think hundred is actually a number"
I'm intrigued by statements like this '…in addition to this, the "constant background of running commentary on the upcoming budget" was likely discouraging consumers from discretionary spending.'
Is there evidence that consumers actually think like that?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is there evidence that consumers actually think like that?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Retail sales hit highest level since 2022
While food stores saw very little growth, good weather in July and August boosted clothing sales, according to the ONS.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'm intrigued by statements like this '…in addition to this, the "constant background of running commentary on the upcoming budget" was likely discouraging consumers from discretionary spending.'
Is there evidence that consumers actually think like that?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is there evidence that consumers actually think like that?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...