Microposts

Mon 22 Apr 2024 20:15

An evening well spent. Yes, it was in a pub, but it was a #Brighton Brighthink event where Dr Charlotte Rae was in conversation with Clayton Aldern on how a warming climate is warping our brains. The stuff about airborne neurotoxins was eye-opening: don't go into blue-green algae, sure we know that, but don't breathe near it is another level.

Links:

- https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p220408-charlotte-rae
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/27/everybody-has-a-breaking-point-how-the-climate-crisis-affects-our-brains
- https://www.brighthink.org

Dr Rae (left) and Clayton Page Aldern (right) on stage.

Sat 20 Apr 2024 14:42

Not yet sure exactly how I feel about this Research Highlight (i.e., kind of news item) in Nature. I think this is likely fine, but would like to know more about the process the publication went through.

Highlighted text at the end of an article in Nature which reads: “This text on an editorially selected paper was initially drafted using artificial intelligence, then revised and factchecked by an editor to meet Nature Portfolio publication standards.”

Sat 13 Apr 2024 08:54

Found old VHS tapes in the loft, and was surprised the tapes are held together with screws. From a 2024 perspective, I'd have expected it to be glued or somehow solid lumps of plastic.

(if anyone urgently needs a copy of "The Great Escape: Hull City Home Match Highlights 1998-1999" do let me know today)

The inside of a VHS tape, showing two reels of tape.

Wed 10 Apr 2024 16:23

I've only just noticed the blue plaque is back up at #Brighton Dome

A blue circular sign on a wall of the Brighton Dome Concert Hall reading: “ABBA launched their career after winning the 19th Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden at Brighton Dome on 6th April 1974”