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Prof Chris Jackson

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Geoscientist๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ | Visiting Professor at Imperial College | Ex-Academic | ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿพโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿพโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿง—๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿบ| he/him | ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ| I do all my own stunts | โ€œSelf-declared King of Geotwitterโ€ (Palin, 2022) | Professional (East)Midlander ๐Ÿ˜Ž| Co-founder of @EarthArxiv

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Expert culture is bad for you โ€” Agile Expert culture is bad for you. Not experts themselves, though I prefer not to use the word at all, but a culture that elevates them unduly. I don't like the word because it is usually used to mean som...

At least once a week I think about this very short blogpost by Dr Matt Hall (ex-Agile Geoscience, now Equinor) about so-called 'expert culture' within organisations: agilescientific.com/blog/2013/6/...

09.03.2026 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Blueskyโ€™s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

10.03.2026 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I disagree, but I understand this is a complex issue.

10.03.2026 10:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep. Itโ€™s certainly complicated.

10.03.2026 06:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, backing more flexible powers The House of Lords had backed a move to ban under-16s in the UK from social media platforms in January.

MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, backing more flexible powers:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

10.03.2026 06:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
โ€œExcellence R Usโ€: university research and the fetishisation of excellence - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - โ€œExcellence R Usโ€: university research and the fetishisation of excellence

Not unrelated...I think about this at least once a week too: www.nature.com/articles/pal...

09.03.2026 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Expert culture is bad for you โ€” Agile Expert culture is bad for you. Not experts themselves, though I prefer not to use the word at all, but a culture that elevates them unduly. I don't like the word because it is usually used to mean som...

At least once a week I think about this very short blogpost by Dr Matt Hall (ex-Agile Geoscience, now Equinor) about so-called 'expert culture' within organisations: agilescientific.com/blog/2013/6/...

09.03.2026 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It has been downsized during the last year or soโ€ฆbut the stories of cancellation are seemingly from a day or so ago

08.03.2026 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hold on. The Line project has been officially cancelledโ€ฆ?! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

08.03.2026 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ฑ

08.03.2026 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes

08.03.2026 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t understand. The owner of the white car has done absolutely nothing wrong.

08.03.2026 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*looks at all the parking space IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT to the parked car*

08.03.2026 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Text: Anybody know who this car belongs to? It's been parked outside my house for 2 nights and 1 day (so far), preventing me and my neighbour from parking outside our own houses! When they parked, it was noted that the driver walked out of the street and turned left ...

This is above a white car on a fairly empty road

Text: Anybody know who this car belongs to? It's been parked outside my house for 2 nights and 1 day (so far), preventing me and my neighbour from parking outside our own houses! When they parked, it was noted that the driver walked out of the street and turned left ... This is above a white car on a fairly empty road

Welcome to Marple ๐Ÿ˜‚

08.03.2026 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜‚

08.03.2026 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s been such an amazing collapse of form and confidence, itโ€™s hard to really understand whatโ€™s happened ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™‚๏ธ

07.03.2026 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคž๐Ÿพ

07.03.2026 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m taking a sabbatical from watching England play rugby union ๐Ÿ™ƒ

07.03.2026 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I see my old friend Prof Adam Tickell is up to his old tricks againโ€ฆ

07.03.2026 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œThe Bladeโ€, by Kingfishr ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ

07.03.2026 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Arvid Lindblad - Wikipedia

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvid_L...

07.03.2026 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m touched

07.03.2026 08:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œThe Bladeโ€, by Kingfishr ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ

07.03.2026 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s why you and I will never be leaders of major political parties ๐Ÿ™ƒ

06.03.2026 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ฌ

06.03.2026 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘€

06.03.2026 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œWe understand youโ€™re sadโ€ฆbut weโ€™re here to take your moneyโ€ฆโ€

An absolutely wild tranche of text.

06.03.2026 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Greenbank Preparatory School and Day Nursery A message for Brabyns Preparatory School families When a school closes, the biggest worry isnโ€™t the timetable. Itโ€™s your child. Their friendships. Their confidence. Their sense of belonging. At...

OMG, our local private school is closing down and another nearby private school has just posted the FUNNIEST article!!! ๐Ÿ˜‚

www.facebook.com/100063451939...

06.03.2026 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿ’ฏ

06.03.2026 07:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I honestly get a hollow feeling when I think about that particular time in my career โ˜น๏ธ

05.03.2026 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0