Imogen
@mogenn.bsky.social
biomedical data science researcher | own so many books I haven't read | unfortunately far too interested in politics
Been catching up with @originstorypodcast.bsky.social episodes over the holiday, finished the first episode in the socialism season and then today watched The Matrix for the first time. It's like I did the extra reading before the seminar and didn't even realise.
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Been catching up with @originstorypodcast.bsky.social episodes over the holiday, finished the first episode in the socialism season and then today watched The Matrix for the first time. It's like I did the extra reading before the seminar and didn't even realise.
"Just one more gig as a wise man my agent told me. Then I can audition for The Angel Gabriel biopic"
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Just one more gig as a wise man my agent told me. Then I can audition for The Angel Gabriel biopic"
Then: Uncharted 2
Now: Uncharted 2
In 2009 it was incredible how much it improved on the original in only 2 years! Now, I'd still say 2 is the best Uncharted. Later ND games are longer in a way that feels indulgent, but UC2 is a tight narrative packed with set pieces that still make your jaw drop.
Now: Uncharted 2
In 2009 it was incredible how much it improved on the original in only 2 years! Now, I'd still say 2 is the best Uncharted. Later ND games are longer in a way that feels indulgent, but UC2 is a tight narrative packed with set pieces that still make your jaw drop.
Quote this with your favourite game NOW that was released in 2009, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend
Two-way ties count
If you need more of a refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend
Two-way ties count
If you need more of a refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Then: Uncharted 2
Now: Uncharted 2
In 2009 it was incredible how much it improved on the original in only 2 years! Now, I'd still say 2 is the best Uncharted. Later ND games are longer in a way that feels indulgent, but UC2 is a tight narrative packed with set pieces that still make your jaw drop.
Now: Uncharted 2
In 2009 it was incredible how much it improved on the original in only 2 years! Now, I'd still say 2 is the best Uncharted. Later ND games are longer in a way that feels indulgent, but UC2 is a tight narrative packed with set pieces that still make your jaw drop.
Yes! I was speaking to a friend who works at Scottish Water, and the public data LLMs are rubbish at e.g. meeting transcription, because it hasn't been trained on subject-specific terms and as a result makes (even more) mistakes.
I increasingly feel that the value of AI to orgs will be from SLMs (or fine-tuned LLMs) trained exclusively on an org's data rather than the big, public LLMs.
December 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Yes! I was speaking to a friend who works at Scottish Water, and the public data LLMs are rubbish at e.g. meeting transcription, because it hasn't been trained on subject-specific terms and as a result makes (even more) mistakes.
When that guy from Five shouted into the camera about the #strictly final with rabid eyes, I screamed, covered my face, and almost cringed out a kidney.
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
When that guy from Five shouted into the camera about the #strictly final with rabid eyes, I screamed, covered my face, and almost cringed out a kidney.
Absolutely mad decision to completely censor the lyrics of Cell Block Tango on #strictly. Apparently all the women in Cook County jail are in prison for... breaking up with their boyfriends??
December 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Absolutely mad decision to completely censor the lyrics of Cell Block Tango on #strictly. Apparently all the women in Cook County jail are in prison for... breaking up with their boyfriends??
That first sentence in his post edges pretty damn close to the great replacement conspiracy theory.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
That first sentence in his post edges pretty damn close to the great replacement conspiracy theory.
So glad #strictly isn't having an elimination this week, the last two person final was so depressing... Rose was crying, John was crying, AJ was crying with her injury. I couldn't go through that again
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So glad #strictly isn't having an elimination this week, the last two person final was so depressing... Rose was crying, John was crying, AJ was crying with her injury. I couldn't go through that again
My own, very niche version of this was when the Tories were still in gov, being a fan of JRM (the Dead by Daylight streamer) and also seeing Jacob Rees Mogg be referred to as JRM on the regular.
with Marjorie Taylor Greene being kind of a whack job and magic the gathering rolling every IP it can into the game, it’s taking longer and longer to decipher which one posts about “MTG” are actually referencing lately
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My own, very niche version of this was when the Tories were still in gov, being a fan of JRM (the Dead by Daylight streamer) and also seeing Jacob Rees Mogg be referred to as JRM on the regular.
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This is really excellent data journalism... Elon Musk has declared war on the British government, it just doesn't realise it.
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is really excellent data journalism... Elon Musk has declared war on the British government, it just doesn't realise it.
Transferring my medical info from NHS England to NHS Wales makes me want to scream into the abyss on the regular.
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Transferring my medical info from NHS England to NHS Wales makes me want to scream into the abyss on the regular.
Me playing my first run of Balatro: this is cool but I don't get why people are obsessing over it.
Me playing my 20th run: oh no.
Me playing my 20th run: oh no.
May 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Me playing my first run of Balatro: this is cool but I don't get why people are obsessing over it.
Me playing my 20th run: oh no.
Me playing my 20th run: oh no.
Happy tin foil pal and a pedal bin day
May 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Happy tin foil pal and a pedal bin day
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Liz Truss tried her best but, as with so many things, if you want something done properly, you need to get the Americans to do it.
April 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Liz Truss tried her best but, as with so many things, if you want something done properly, you need to get the Americans to do it.
This talk of generations reminds me of the historical blood-fraction laws and one-drop rule that were used in America to "racially classify" people. They contributed to the oppression of African Americans, and clearly any rule that allows you to say groups of people "don't belong" isn't a good idea
She wonders aloud how many generations must pass before you're English (SIX??) & concludes "it is a question without an easy answer" but that "there must be some form of consensus".
There is a consensus. It's the view of almost everyone in this country that you can be English without being white.
There is a consensus. It's the view of almost everyone in this country that you can be English without being white.
February 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This talk of generations reminds me of the historical blood-fraction laws and one-drop rule that were used in America to "racially classify" people. They contributed to the oppression of African Americans, and clearly any rule that allows you to say groups of people "don't belong" isn't a good idea
Here's a shocking finding, opinion columnists don't critically engage with the material they are writing about.
A thread on why we shouldn't take the survey this article is based on at face value🧵
A thread on why we shouldn't take the survey this article is based on at face value🧵
Here’s a shocking finding, gen Z: democracy isn’t perfect | David Mitchell
Here’s a shocking finding, gen Z: democracy isn’t perfect | David Mitchell
According to a new poll, half of our 13- to 27-year-olds can’t see the point of all those time-wasting elections and parliaments. Why do they not know that authoritarianism is worse?
The phrase “shocking findings” is hugely overused in the media, which…
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Here's a shocking finding, opinion columnists don't critically engage with the material they are writing about.
A thread on why we shouldn't take the survey this article is based on at face value🧵
A thread on why we shouldn't take the survey this article is based on at face value🧵
This is a decent exploration of working from home, but it's hugely disappointing that they didn't speak to anyone living with a disability or chronic illness (or even someone on a long NHS waiting list)
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00276pd
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00276pd
Panorama - Should We Still Be Working from Home?
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the way we work has been transformed, with many more of us working from home. But is that good for us, and is it good for the economy?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a decent exploration of working from home, but it's hugely disappointing that they didn't speak to anyone living with a disability or chronic illness (or even someone on a long NHS waiting list)
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00276pd
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00276pd
My case for the defence of jokey names is my all-time favourite anecdote about a protein that was discovered in the Trypanosoma brucei parasite (causes sleeping sickness), which had a ring-like structure... so they named it BILBO1
Honestly, jokey names in biology should be discouraged. It can go horribly wrong. Sonic HedgeHog medulloblastoma is an extremely nasty childhood brain tumour with dismal outcomes.
Two newly described mollusc species, named Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum, indicate that early molluscs were more diverse than previously thought. The spiky, wormlike fossils were found in Herefordshire in England, and date to around 430 million years ago.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
January 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
My case for the defence of jokey names is my all-time favourite anecdote about a protein that was discovered in the Trypanosoma brucei parasite (causes sleeping sickness), which had a ring-like structure... so they named it BILBO1
Already seen food shop displays for Easter. The lads only just been born, it's not time for him to be resurrected yet
January 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Already seen food shop displays for Easter. The lads only just been born, it's not time for him to be resurrected yet
Tragically needing to work on a research paper resubmission on NYE. 0/10, wouldn't recommend
December 31, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Tragically needing to work on a research paper resubmission on NYE. 0/10, wouldn't recommend
This is a great (and worrying) piece. I'm probably overly sensitive to this - as I love video games - but the headline and picture does have the whiff of video games=bad. Games aren't mentioned in the article, so we don't know if online game chat was one of the ways he was radicalised.
A terrifying example of how children can be radicalised in their bedrooms by the far right - and their parents have no idea.
“The changes that I see – and not just with my son, with all my cases where their children can completely change – it is a bit like brainwashing”
“The changes that I see – and not just with my son, with all my cases where their children can completely change – it is a bit like brainwashing”
‘My son was groomed into the far right while I thought he was playing video games’
Mother tells Maya Oppenheim her son was making misogynistic comments towards her: telling her to ‘get in the kitchen where you belong’
buff.ly
December 28, 2024 at 12:34 PM
This is a great (and worrying) piece. I'm probably overly sensitive to this - as I love video games - but the headline and picture does have the whiff of video games=bad. Games aren't mentioned in the article, so we don't know if online game chat was one of the ways he was radicalised.
Now wondering if Starmer has set out the first steps and milestones for Christmas dinner. Is the boxing day turkey sandwich a key mission? We need to know
This has had me giggling all afternoon. It was posted by @lisagillmore.bsky.social on X, but unfortunately she is not very active here, and I just have to share it.
"Planning Christmas dinner like"
"Planning Christmas dinner like"
December 19, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Now wondering if Starmer has set out the first steps and milestones for Christmas dinner. Is the boxing day turkey sandwich a key mission? We need to know
tired: fighting with people on twitter
wired: fighting with people on bluesky
wired: fighting with people on bluesky
December 19, 2024 at 4:09 PM
tired: fighting with people on twitter
wired: fighting with people on bluesky
wired: fighting with people on bluesky
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Richard Tice in 2018 on George Soros' donation to UK political groups:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Richard Tice in 2024 ahead of Elon Musk's donation to Reform UK:
"If Mr Musk can legally donate... We'd be delighted."
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Richard Tice in 2024 ahead of Elon Musk's donation to Reform UK:
"If Mr Musk can legally donate... We'd be delighted."
December 18, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Richard Tice in 2018 on George Soros' donation to UK political groups:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Richard Tice in 2024 ahead of Elon Musk's donation to Reform UK:
"If Mr Musk can legally donate... We'd be delighted."
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Richard Tice in 2024 ahead of Elon Musk's donation to Reform UK:
"If Mr Musk can legally donate... We'd be delighted."
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Ominous Russell Brand vibes here: wellness grifting and bothsidesism as the gateway to conspiracy theories
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast
Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Ominous Russell Brand vibes here: wellness grifting and bothsidesism as the gateway to conspiracy theories
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...