Ian Wiggins

Isn’t this also this year’s John Lewis Xmas ad?

A screenshot of the Alexa app, encouraging me to “wake your children up with Announcements”

I see the Alexa app woke up today and chose violence

A screenshot of the University of Oxford website but its backdrop is actually an image of the York city walls and York Minister.

My phone reminds me it’s the seven year anniversary of the University of Oxford using a picture of, er, York to advertise. I guess the CMA case by @uoylibrary.bsky.social is still pending 😃

Website that says 'we're sorry, we have reached our safe capacity for new problems today. '

My GP just gave me a new response the next time something goes wrong at work

Come for the geopolitical analysis, stay for the deep economist-lore

Although, @dlknowles.bsky.social and @duncanrobinson.bsky.social, I did then have to explain *why* it was a joke to my 14yo and I’m not sure it’s convinced her to subscribe 😄

A photo of an economist article on Qatar. The headline is “crossroads at a crossroads”

There’s a chance The Economist has become self aware and is now making meta references to what were already in-jokes. Only possible explanation for this…

Peter! You’ve lost the news!

- I'm going to analyse the Welsh by-election result
- Caerphilly?
- Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes

Science and Soft Power: Building a New Narrative for the UK’s Role in the World - British Foreign Policy Group This report explores how the UK’s world-leading scientific expertise can strengthen the UK’s global influence in an era of growing geopolitical competition.

Good new report from @bfpg.bsky.social looking at the role of research and science as a source of UK soft power and how it could be leveraged
bfpg.co.uk/2025/10/scie...

Also try saying “I’m just a smol parent” and do this: 👉👈. Mine *hate* it 😄

A true World Series—the U.S. and Canada, the two countries in the world

The Dodgers are definitely going to win the World Series, and that’s probably fair enough given they have probably the greatest player in a generation on their side…

… but the sole Canadian team winning the World Series would be a wonderful end to the geopolitics of 2025 😄

The @royalsociety.org Places of Science award winners would make for an *excellent* road trip

Accurate.

#academia #academy #philsky #philosophysky #philosophy #science

Ambassador / Station Chief / Cultural Counsellor

Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨

Huge thanks to Shaofeng Hu (UNESCO) & @francoisefrancois.bsky.social for inspiring keynotes, and to our brilliant speakers & discussants for their transdisciplinary insights 🙏
@itswiggins.bsky.social @annettemarkham.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @gsej.bsky.social

If only Powell was in some position of influence with respect to the current Administration…

Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

Morning walk

A BBC headline that has been truncated so it reads “Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in Libya”

Some imaginative sentencing here by the French…

If we try really hard, darth, maybe we can be both?

What did he do with the rest of the Lorax?

A fascinating interview where it appears I once did the same job as John Sawers (General Secretary of the University of Nottingham Students’ Union…)

I think… if drafted well… then maybe… but I can also see it being thrown at schools as a “you have duty to consult me personally on <insert policy here>”

A parental expectation of communication, unless *phrased very clearly* is going to be meaningless to most and cat nip to parents who think we’re never doing enough…

Putting one shoe in a safe just strikes me as a great way of losing one shoe per trip

This post and the replies making me feel marginally better about the time our solicitors simply *forgot* to pay my stamp duty to HMRC

I hope @heritage.bsky.social knows how many people are having to physically throw their phones across a room to stop them posting this brilliant article to their school WhatsApp and then exiting the group with a metaphorical flounce 😃

The trig point at the top of high seat (the second one).

If I had a nickel for every time this month I’d climbed a hill called High Raise…

…I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s fun that it happened twice