Microposts

Thu 20 Jun 2024 10:35

Looks tricky, but worth a go.

“In terms of standards, it would bring politicians more into line with what is expected from other professions, such as lawyers and doctors. Of course, members of these professions aren’t criminalised unless they explicitly break the law, but they are held to account if they fail to maintain certain standards and can be struck off as a result.”
theconversation.com/wales-coul

Thu 13 Jun 2024 20:57

Tonight at in caught the first (of hopefully many) "Think Again!"

This show with Claudia Hammond, Prof Sam Cartwright Hatton, Dr Dan Campbell-Meiklejohn & Prof Gilly Forrester.

Topics: Empathy, anxiety (origins of), how your parents fuck you up (YMMV), heat signatures of anxiety and happiness.

Recommended.

Links:
- claudiahammond.com
- profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p196309-
- profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p348366-
- gillianforrester.com/wordpress

Looking towards the stage at The Old Market, in Brighton. Professor Gilly Forrester is standing at the front of the stage, behind a slide on phobias.

Tue 11 Jun 2024 07:46

Oh no, Dockerills 'Our family business is closing after more than 100 years' bbc.com/news/articles/cl77nnpv

Mon 10 Jun 2024 07:38

Uk general election

Is there a good estimate of when constituencies announce their results? I’ve found the timings from last year, which is probably as good as it gets?

I can’t see myself making it to the 03:00 and later results, so probably just 10pm for me and out.

r.dallaway.com/posts/timing-of

Thu 06 Jun 2024 20:58

Surprising myself: I’m hitting refresh on the news page for the Michael Mosley search.

Mon 03 Jun 2024 08:49

Good start to the week: saw a up a tree.

Mostly heard the alarm call of birds, then saw a fox prowling along a branch.

A grainy close up of a tree branch and green leaves, with a fox’s head poking out.

Sat 01 Jun 2024 16:32

Beautiful day for in . Where I leaned I have a palmaris longus, from Prof Claire Smith's session on "your body is NOT a textbook example" (how true that is).

View onto the square on the Brighton seafront where soapbox science is held. Three boxes visible, where a piece of science is being discussed at each one with a small crowd around. Blue skies, and fluffy white clouds.

Prof Smith on the soapbox, wearing a costume illustrating human anatomy. She told us the arms have been sewn on the wrong sides. There is a whiteboard showing a tally of who in the audience does and does not have a Palmaris longus muscle in the wrist: 10 do, 6 don’t. In the foreground an attractive black and white terrier sits, being a good girl.

Fri 31 May 2024 21:22

Cones, volume, cocktails: a lovely Numberphile

youtu.be/Mkn3PzdaByY?si=PylABC

Thu 30 May 2024 21:28

"He will, probably, be a convicted felon when he runs for office in November" — watching Annemarie McAvoy on BBC News (bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-c)

Thu 30 May 2024 21:09

Gosh.

Mon 27 May 2024 19:50

I’m not sure how long it’s been there for, but I’ve only recently noticed the lovely map of at the train station.

A map of Brighton, unusually looking from the east (bottom) to the west (top). It has a hand drawn aesthetic, but is incredibly detailed

Sun 26 May 2024 20:11

“The Metropolitan Police say that around one in every 33,000 people who walk by its cameras is misidentified.
But the error count is much higher once someone is actually flagged. One in 40 alerts so far this year has been a false positive.”

I thought 1/33k was already too big. bbc.co.uk/news/technology-6905