CHEEZOID HATE SELF! HATE SELF!

As someone wrote on Twitter many years ago, "if someone tells you something is unclear, they are -by definition- correct"

That last answer is one of my all time favourites 😅 #onlyconnect

Thought my TV was struggling with reception then realised I'm an idiot #onlyconnect

Please tell me @quizzydan.bsky.social you made that killer sudoku impossible to annoy everyone 😅 #onlyconnect

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

In amongst his trademark wicked wit, there's a real beauty to this song that I love. Tom Lehrer, to thee we sing with our glasses raised on high - six parts gin to one part vermouth.

YAAAASSSSSSSS #Euro2025

#onlyconnect "I don't allow anyone to refer to me by my first name" - well quite, the correct form of address is Old Goosebump Arm.

Reminds me of when I was a phd student and my advisor, who was rushing from one thing to another and eating a triangle sandwich from a vending mechine, turned to me and said, "Richard, when you too are a successful professor, you too can eat your lunch from a vending machine."

I'm not going to repost any of the insane antisemitic conspiracy bullshit that grok is spewing today, but it highlights how absolutely essentially is that we not let LLMs become a form of epistemic grounding for our society.

We're recruiting junior team leaders @mrc-lms.bsky.social This time we're looking for those working in human metabolic disease. It's a great place to start your lab. Fantastic colleagues, exciting science, world class facilities. Join us! lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...

Fantastic finale to #geniusgame - in fact the run up to the end of the series has been stunning! Well worth checking out.

If only there was a pithy five-word phrase available to describe my surprise and delight at how well the UK entry is doing so far #Eurovision

Baby lasagne and kaarija!!! Good to know that even if my favourites don't win they may come back anyway. #Eurovision

Time to jinx my favourites by naming them: 1st Sweden 2nd Italy 3rd Latvia 4th Finland 5th Germany #eurovision

Ed Balls

Trains. I shouldn't find it surprising by now. But it still disheartens me that I live in a country where hiring a car is cheaper, easier and more reliable than taking a "direct train".

Sick of being taken advantage of by OTHER PACKAGES?! Use python package {tariff} to show those packages WHO IS BOSS. Make Reinventing The Wheel Great Again! pypi.org/project/tari...

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

This is a thread of my favourite ever literal translations, starting with this one… In Greek, the word for a protest, εύπιστος, translates literally to “anger parade”

If I heard right, the 8:23 to Brighton from Cambridge was just delayed 15 minutes due to the driver "taking a personal meal break".

I will absolutely refer back to today as Orange Monday. Granted, this could lead to confusion when explaining to the next generation that "Orange Wednesdays" was something very different.

Our institute has created an exciting postdoc fellowship scheme for UK black heritage scientists. Please spread the word and apply if eligible! lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...

This is research from a primary school in Barcelona, looking at how boys and girls used a space with a large football pitch in the middle. I don't really need to explain any more.

Hi Skeeps, if you are in the London area and would like me to speak at your university or company, I will be in London on Thursday April 10 and Friday April 11. Looking for talks that can offer some travel/lodging reimbursement.

If you see this post a gif from one of your comfort shows

Our new paper is finally out, showing that the same enhancer sequences - and likely the same transcription factors recruited to them - affect the activity of distal enhancers and their looping over to target gene promoters. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Update: I hear that the charity in question was Mencap. www.mencap.org.uk Just made a donation in honour of Alexander's legendary performance. Thank you for using the programme to tell your family's story. #thetraitors

So... what was Alexander's charity again, and how do I donate to it? #thetraitors

Yup. This is the one. The seer power has turned out quite the poisoned chalice. If smart, Jake will realise Alexander is prob faithful from sharing his coins, but paranoia might get the better of him (and I suppose it's possible albeit unlikely that Alexander, Frankie & Freddie were all traitors)

Me too, I was in absolute stitches. Fantastic episode 🤣 #onlyconnect

Absolutely phenomenal #wallaceandgromit 🤣

Merry Christmas, and as always, a shout out if you're having a rough time and/or working 🎄🎄🎄

#onlyconnect Fantastic if brutal episode! Last time I think that song ended with a cut to @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social concluding "DOLPHINS. ... ... ... Goodnight." (Or maybe this was just a fever dream.)

EXCITE!

If you thought Die Hard was the best source of Christmas-themed suspense, you ain't seen nothing yet:

Last month, the so-called American Academy of Sciences and Letters gave a medal to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who advocated for mass COVID infection. NY Post framed it as a “top award.” We looked into it. AASL is 2 years old—part of a right-wing dark money network trying to transform elite universities.

Posting this cartoon every once in a while for anyone struggling with imposter syndrome. I think it's a really helpful perspective. I don't know who originally made this, please add a link if you do. 🧪

Easily the funniest thing I've ever read

People tell me that Bluesky is a great, positive environment where people can have productive conversations and civil disagreements. Let's put that to the test:

Oh man I can't believe @tmbg.bsky.social photobombed this selfie I took. The show was incredible though so I forgive them.

Yeah why not. This sort of semi-relatable trivia is part of what I used to love about the early days of the birdsite 😅 Introduce yourself with: One book One movie One album One TV show

Salut. Dans ce papier, écrit avec amour, je te raconte ma dernière marotte pro : concocter des puzzles difficiles mais satisfaisants pour la BBC, et tout voir en groupe de quatre. C'est sur l'INA, La Revue des Médias. larevuedesmedias.ina.fr/only-connect...

See? This is the sort of nonsense we used to enjoy.

The Onion grabbing the Infowars web domain in a bankruptcy auction might be the funniest thing anyone has ever done 😅

(oh go on then) If you see this post, show 4 of your favourite games

Royston train station Staff member 1: "For bus replacements, please go out the main exit and turn left. Do not use this bridge." We go to the exit. Staff member 2: "Do not use the main exit for bus replacements. Please use the bridge." Anyway so I'm settling in for the night