My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

North Berwick harbour. #photographers

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Great WhatsApp advice: Leave WhatsApp groups quietly 🤫 #WhatsApp can see everything about your group: profile photo, group description, who’s in your group, even who used to be in it (!), and much more… Keep your #privacy top of mind. Switch to #Signal. Download 👉 signal.org/install 💙

Memorial To A Marriage, 2002, sculpture by New York based artist Patricia Cronin #WomensArt

Goddamnit this dude is outing us! You're not supposed to TELL people metal guitarists sound like an episode of Spongebob without effects 😂

A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today. 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

Weatherald >> Weatherwall #ausveng #ashes

NEW PAPER The use of explainable AI in healthcare evaluated using the well known Explain, Predict and Describe taxonomy by Galit Shmueli link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@dancredentials.bsky.social have you read @aptshadow.bsky.social ‘s Service Model?

Yesterday, @who.int published a guideline in JAMA on the use and indications of #GLP-1 therapies for the management of #obesity in adults. The guideline offers two conditional recommendations to inform clinical practice and health policy. Read the guideline: ja.ma/48hMMa2

Somewhere in a Roman brickyard, around 1800 years ago, a fresh tile was drying ahead of firing - until a dog trotted straight across it. Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2 📷me

Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share! Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...

@nonzerosumjames.bsky.social Dear James, your work is very good and naturally comes at some cost - webhosting and downloads at least - so I was wondering if there was a way that I might contribute at least a small amount to the cost effort?

Als jemand mit Geburtstag im Dezember kann ich das zu 120% nachvollziehen 😂

My latest pre-print is out: "Pareidolic Illusions of Meaning: ChatGPT, Pseudolaw and the Triumph of Form over Substance" I really enjoyed this one, where I juxtapose LLMs & pseudolaw to argue both create illusions of meaning that trick users. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A very interesting thread on AI utility in work

@drfreeze.bsky.social will you be at Euroanaesthesia 2026?

Hey guys- check this out @bsecho.bsky.social have launched a new Level 1 library🚀 Can't wait to explore these real-world Level 1 echo cases developed by a team including legends Jen Gosling and Richard Fisher. The first 30 cases are FREE! Find out more: bsecho.org/Public/News/...

last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')

@profanity.accountant how much do I owe the Swear Jar?

Where trees become legends… and the forest begins to whisper. 📍Fanal forest, Madeira 🌳

Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/

For software developers: there's currently a highly sophisticated hacking group targeting developers with backdoored coding skills tests. They typically take the form of large source codes specific to your skillset. Please email any suspicious code to me on: [email protected] 1/2

"Humans Ferried Wolves to this Bronze Age Island" okay but what about the goat and the cabbage?

@iwashyna.bsky.social have you watched the HBO series „Our Flag Means Death“?

Eyes on the prize... #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #Birds #Kestrel #BemptonCliffs #Yorkshire #BirdPhotography #OMSystem #MicroFourThirds #Sunday

Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey. It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.

Lomanstraat, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Photography by: when in amsterdam [IG] #street #photography #trees

oh my God

Electric vehicles being charged. The original caption reads "Lorries being refuelled at St. Pancras goods depot, London, 11 July 1917." www.prewarcar.com/once-upon-a-...

We did a thing. 😬

oh just muppetizing movie scenes: thread

Daily sketch 🌊🪾🪨🥷🐈‍⬛️ Can you spot the cat ? #art #artsky #sketch #ink #cat

In light of the Vancouver PWHL team choosing 'The Goldeneyes' as their name, here's a list of James Bond Film titles, ranked by how good they would be as a hockey team name, worst to best. 🧵

I’ve just launched my #Christmas Gift Guide Here’s an offer that might tempt you to have a look www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...

World's largest commercial sailing ship, the 136-metre Neoliner Origin, successfully completes first Atlantic, voyage crossing, from St Nazaire 🇫🇷 to Baltimore 🇺🇸

Just completed one of the two shoulder armour assemblies and tooling for the 16th Century mouse project. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #gothicstyle #jewellery #gothicsteampunk #metalarts #catarmour #armouring #armoury #armourring

my knowledge of Hume has unexpectedly come in handy for my fire safety training test

Those who have not learned from history are doomed to repeat it. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

An article of mine has just appeared in the @lrb.co.uk on Maimonides! Pretty excited about this since I subscribe to the paper. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... #philsky #maimonides #rambam

"SomeBODY once told me to look upon his works, And despair, ye Mighty, Ozymandias. He was looking kind of cold with a frown and winkled lip And a sneer of command on his visage." (I'd like to continue, but I should really finish prep for teaching lab tonight.)

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/identi... #smbc

Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards. I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing. gailmyerscough.co.uk

@benmoran.bsky.social blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/if-your-ra... of your immediate interest

It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again. www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/