‘We’ve installed these hives to remind you drones that the Queen gets fed first. We hope that this analogy sinks in’.

It is a not so subtle metaphor.

So to add to flooding sewage, no heat, no hot water and lift not working, this morning we added fire alarm to our list of building-based excitement. I eagerly anticipate next week's plague of locusts.

Sorry u wot mate? www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...

Watching Rocky IV and one of the Russian baddies looks like Steve Witkoff😎

Diplomatic negotiations are often described as “difficult” or “productive”, but never as “fun” or “boring”. I want to see this changed.

STOP FUCKING RAINING

Less than three years in post+20 seperate complaints against him=€500,000 payout and being “immensely proud”.😎 www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

If you are looking to do a #PhD on #healty and #wellbeing with a focus on #impact - please get in touch with me by the end of Feb @rhulpsychology.bsky.social www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...

well, you did ask.

I guess this is what happens when you try to run public services like Ryanair.

Quick, snap writing assignments, everyone!

New paper: we examined how sleep timing and regularity and eating behaviours associate with migraine features. Led by Shannon Richardson as part of her Phd with myself and Unai Diaz-Orueta. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Onion finally gets around to sleep studies.

“There are three of them, and Mandelson”.

Isn’t Hilary Clinton chancellor of Queens’s University Belfast? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“We are ranked between 501 and 600, a position enjoyed by only 100 universities worldwide”

“…Goodwin, 44, was said by former friends and colleagues to have a track record of taking criticism and rejection badly..” Well no wonder he left academia then. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It is not a proper British political scandal if it doesn’t involve an osteopath somehow.

Worth remembering the path to the current situation in Iran was started by an American called Kermit (grandson of Teddy). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_....

Also excited to have discovered the Boily Roman empire.

Just because I am bored and demoralised, I asked ChatGPT to draw a map of the kingdoms of Europe in 1250. I have now learned, amongst other surprises, that the Kingdom of Ireland had moved eastwards to Yorkshire in the early medieval period; thanks AI!

Glad to see those VAT cuts for hospitality really being passed on to the customer👍

I can’t believe that World Data Protection Day isn’t a public holiday.

*Job Klaxon* Interested in Social/Visual Cognition, Criminology or related areas? Join my group as part of 6-Uni EPSRC collaborative grant! Candidate will need to pass security screening. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH731/r...

Look, this is just textbook scientific method: Background: Phrenology is pseudoscience. Experiment: Dogs come in many shapes. Conclusion: I use phrenology to evaluate people. Discussion: Buy Huberdude supplements for neck girth and high T flow state optimization.

Apparently our University has stopped posting on X (good!), but true to form just hasn't got around to telling us.

In the current media age is it possible to be a "media personality" scientist and retain your scientific credibility/integrity? Seems to be like the draw into commenting way beyond your expertise becomes irresistible. Any good examples of people who avoid this trap?

"AI is here to stay and we must adopt it"

Me, reading claims about the usefulness of AI.

Local shopping centre has thrown down the gauntlet, setting new standards in the bin-catching-water-from-a-leak stakes. We really need to up our game to compete.

The kids, when asked to do the most rudimentary task around the house.

You ain’t seen me, right?

“They say things are done for the majority Don't believe the half of what you see and none of what you hear” Lou knew. m.youtube.com/watch?v=WWA_...

Can someone explain to me why Microsoft Word default opens new documents in .ODT format, a format which it does not autosave?

4 year post doc post at Maynooth in Human Sleep and Respiratory Physiology. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Grok, is this true?

Cancer watch: an actigraphy device @mariafelicita.bsky.social @erikherzog.bsky.social @oliviawalch.bsky.social & team establish a real-time, non-invasive monitoring tool for glioblastoma progression based on activity, enabling early progression detection: doi.org/10.1172/jci....

In this morning’s instalment of world-class excellence (and the smell is as delightful as you might expect)

I know i know better, but the sheer mé féiner-ism of some academics never ceases to amaze.

Delighted to have been able to contribute to this study on the longitudinal associations between sleep quality and loneliness across 20 years from adolescence to mid adulthood; early adult sleep problems associated with mid-adult loneliness. academic.oup.com/sleepadvance...

Since 1969 the Steelers have only had three Head Coaches. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

With all the chaos with ICE in Minnesota, it is sobering to reflect on the fact that 47% of Minnesotans voted for that in 2024.🤷‍♂️.

A number of world-leading experts who have conducted extensive quality research on this topic work in the UK, but no, Labour wants to make policy by airport book. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

Let’s not go down this road. www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...