Nick Johnston

I'm not sure people can think in terms of policy (and do politics) in that time frame? You have to find a way to grab people's (everyone's) attention, and timing comes into that - I humbly present a special issue on this very thing...

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Putting the alt into FinanciAL Times - not...

There's a predictable assymmetry/brainlessness: he hated COVID testing because it accurately reported prevalence and spread, but he just loves it when everyone under the sun gets arrested because it 'proves' there is lots of crime being done - both on his watch.
He's an oversensitive cretin, obvs.

Project managers will despair that there's no check in the middle to ensure milestones are being reached

I regret to inform you that Starmer’s been tweeting dehumanising videos of migrants again.

These videos have been shown to increase support for Reform, by increasing salience of migration.

He has to go.

MPs have received over £300,000 in donations from companies that are already making money from providing services to the NHS 🚨

It was in the comments, but I was fully expecting her to get an ovation and offers of free food and drink... ...nothing 😞

Lost elections are rigged, won elections are fair. Good job numbers are real, bad ones are fake. Sex trafficking is bad, unless the traffickers will blame your enemies. Crime is bad, unless the criminals are pro-Trump. This isn’t 4D chess, or even tic-tac-toe, just Autocrat 101.

Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams The figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

@gsoh31.bsky.social

Haven't had time to read through this properly yet, but I look forward to your thoughts on it!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

He's a complicated little pea-brain, isn't he?
(I don't care if he went to Princeton - they were notorious when I was working at Dartmouth for waiving academic regs to get athletes there)

Let's see them report impartially on the next reponse to a pandemic/epidemic that is compromised because RFKJr is as mad as hatstand.

"Everyone has a chance to develop - why not me?" says flu virus who just wanted to change their host range

The framing of this is all barmy. What has height got to do with it - are there no women over 6 feet tall? What does "female guy" even mean?

Thought experiment: have you considered for a moment what would happen to the poor M&S employee if they were identified publicly? I shudder at the thought.

It's a pretty low bar, but the title of this book is "The World's Best Irish Jokes"

I'm sure there is a significant part of the British/English population who grew up unquestioningly consuming the 'humour' of stand up comedians with extended sets based on othering virtually everyone who didn't talk like us. It's insidious, and I wonder how many people don't recognise any of it.

Since I haven't seen one yet, here's a starter pack of scientists actively working in the climate adaptation and resilience space, including researchers as well as climate service providers! 🌎🧪

Autism doesn’t need to be fixed it needs
to be understood. #AutismAwareness 💙

Fact: It is not known whether the Marks & Spencer employee was trans While the mother behind the original complaint assumed the M&S employee was trans, there is no evidence as yet that this is even the case. The original report merely repeat that mother’s claim that the staff member was “obviously” trans because she was “at least 6ft 2in tall”.

Obviously the mother had been trained at the Bernard Hollander (Phrenology) School of Biological Determination

(A little later) Do you know if Radiance NCP will be continuing with the Evolution Guides to different actions? We're trying to find out some facts and figures about submissions and projects funded in last year's DN call.
Thanks!

That's niche Kriss Kross knowledge - or maybe they were more popular than I remember?

It has to be Derek and Clive!

YouTube video by David Guin day ain't over yet

youtu.be/SFsa62d5Ri4?...

I'd post a link to Derek & Clive singing "Jump" except it's very NSFW!

YouTube video by BaumeSongsYt The Flaming Lips - Do you realize

I wish I knew how to add this to the picture
youtube.com/shorts/8yBQB...

Roadsign saying "Welcome to Northern Ireland" "Speed limits in miles per hour"

Come on now, when was the last time you drove up or down the A1/M1? How can it possibly compare to that?

40%?!? <Tries to work out how to hide your reply from my boss>

I should have said congratulations on the book contract before I came over all cynical though.

Good luck getting that signed off in your institutional work allocation model!

Live Coverage of Town Hall with Congressman Mike Flood (Nebraska's 1st Congressional District) YouTube video by Nebraska Public Media

Question and reply starts here

www.youtube.com/live/zleBod9...

"Comments are turned off"
Of course they are!

They may be shouting at the sea, but it's actually the pond life they want to listen

Can confirm both bat-sh!t craziness and various nuts being done over things like this