At last, scientists believe they have an answer to 'why did the Minidisc fail'

UK folks - don’t forget to check you have the meds you need for the Chrimbo period And remember there are processes (incl. NHS 111) to get emergency supplies of repeat prescriptions Inspired by a post from @scaryboots.bsky.social on IG

This weekend, I uttered the phrase 'contretemps in the moshpit'. I choose to believe they do punk Panic at the disco covers.

Now we're well past the event, gonna share this birthday card I made for my niece. It's a card and a dotcard/mini-paint set! (Didn't know if it was gonna work, verr relieved that it does 😁)

At this point it takes more strength.of character to *not* run a half marathon for charity.

I am a professional scientist. I learnt at work most days. Today I learnt 20% of people hate mayonnaise. www.popsci.com/mayonnaise-d... #science #TiL

Halloween dress up at work today and my colleague came as a pH meter. Yes we are big nerds, why do you ask. #science #halloweenScience

Like all sentient life, I am sustained by a loose assemblage of comforting delusions. Chief among them is the quiet belief that, eventually, ‘These Cunts’ will just fuck off of their own accord. However, you find me now, at 1:17am, having what can only be called a crises of faith.

Transcended to a new level of physicist last night when I couldn't sleep until I wrote down the answer to the equation which was bothering me

Physicists say 'by inspection' because saying 'by playing spot the difference' would make us sound silly.

five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Hey @bristoluni.bsky.social , why are you hosting a talk by noted transphobe Alice Sullivan? She promoted UCL dropping Stonewall as an independent voice to help them with queer inclusion, and made UCL less trans friendly. You want more of that? cheesegratermagazine.org/2024/01/19/t... #trans

'AWS outage' is modern desk worker 'snow day!!!'

The hellscape that is battle-ravaged Portland.

Labour + Streeting launching review into "over diagnosis" of mental health/neurodiverse conditions. Simon Wessely been given vice chair position for it. Excited for Cass 3.0 🫠🫠🫠

I keep wanting to define the Bingham number as the ratio of time spent courting in the country to time spent in the city being self-consciously fancy with posh friends. #physics #physicsJoke

I loved Mr Blobby as a child, a fact I now cannot explain without positing a disconnect in the continuity of self.

When someone tell you they are worried about incoming trans segregation legislation, and asks you for support, do you: A) say 'fuck, that is worrying' and help B) say 'fuck, that is worrying but I can't help' C) say 'there are strongly held views on all sides', call it a 'technicality' and not help

@tom-mcnally.bsky.social you have the best username

The Oklahoma Schools Superintendent, a religious extremist, is in hot water after having porn on a screen during a meeting. I know 'separation of church and state' was never gonna happen with this guy, but I guess I assumed we'd at least get 'separation of school meetings and Pornhub.'

Temps gonna hit 34°C in the UK. It's really hard for me and others in these temps. Maybe try and cut people some slack today, if you're not finding it hard? Thanks.

What do you think is more likely, that Musk’s Nazi robot has made new discoveries in materials science or that Musk can’t tell when he’s being told scientific-sounding gibberish?

'i-can't-believe-it's-a-science-term' of the day: the Nose-Hoover thermostat

#TIL dogs can see in UV. this is relevant because my hair is currently UV reactive green and dogs can't see green, or even particularly well.k pictured: a cute dog I have befriended , possibly aided by my hair.

#TIL Tom Araya, the lead singer of thrash metal band slayer ( lots of satanic imagery and an album called 'god hates us all') is a practising Catholic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Araya

“Abrego is the first person who has been freed and given his testimony about the conditions inside” CECOT.

#TIL peregrine falcons hit 200mph when diving and pull 25Gs coming out of a dive.

**shudder** warning, not safe for life

#TIL the smallest ant colonies (by numbers) can have just 5-10 individuals. That's less a colony and more of a gang, I think. www.antwiki.org/wiki/Thaumat...

From The Guardian on the proposed disability benefits cuts. Calling up MPs spouses to bully them into submission. Astonishingly childish behaviour from this government. Are these the people we want leading this country?

Saying "Death to the IDF" is taken more seriously by the UK gov. than the IDF *actually* killing 10's of thousands of Palestinian people, which the government is directly facilitating & punishing resistance to.

I think these discussions that try to fight over who was first, that fight over whether X can participate in Y identity, etc are very much of a common cause amongst themselves in erasing the class race and gender political history of queerness and how many different experiences that encompasses.

Today instead of going to sleep I decided it was imperative I learn how the Peltier units I just bought work, and refresh my memory on semiconductor physics. .#priorities

Your regular reminder that the word placenta comes from an ancient greek cheesecake. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placent...

But her emails

Farage and the far right in general come from a grievance culture. If you do what they want, even maximally – Brexit – they’ll move the goalposts and keep moaning. If you engage seriously with their concerns, they’ll find new ones. You will never satisfy them, because they don’t want to be satisfied

Achievement unlocked: managed to drop 'you can swallow a pint of blood before you're sick' into conversation at work. #ReadFightClubAtAFormativeAge

They're cutting kids off food stamps and killing tens of thousands with denied care but at least they're driving the money where it's needed most... to destroy the planet for our children.

🆕The EHRC has rolled back its previous insistence that UK single-sex service providers "must" provide single-sex options. It's significant for employers and hospitality - but doesn't change its guidance's implication: Segregation for Trans+ people Here's what they've said 🧵

Today in 'being non-binary at work': they circulated a reminder to leave the disabled toilet available if you don't need it, because lots of disabilities are invisible. Absolutely, totally agree, except the disabled toilet (singular) is also the all-gender toilet.

People who abstained from voting to decriminalise abortion: -Wes Streeting (health secretary) -Bridget Phillipson (women and equalities minister) -Rosie Duffield (top feminist and woman defender)

My local supermarket has stopped selling non-dairy iced coffee. IN PRIDE MONTH. #incomprehensibleRetailDecisions

So 1 in 19 Labour MPs and 1 in 12 Tory MPs are sex offenders. Weird how *they* say its trans women that are the problem though.

#TIL it's very plausible humans started doing agriculture because we wanted beer. Ancient people are so relatable. #history #facts news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...

For those who don't know stock by reputation: extremely transphobic academic who has become a rallying point for 'free speech'. Now, she's expanding her repertoire to racism.

Here's a fucking radical idea: tickets should cost less if you're going on a rail replacement bus, because the service is worse.

White Lightning (1993-2010): A hard "white cider"--a colorless cider made with apple pulp and corn syrup--sold primarily in the UK. It was noted for its low price and for being sold in 3-liter bottles. D/c in response to a national panic over teen drinking, it became synonymous with "social decay"

Perimenopause continues to steal my words. Last night: 'cylinder skull game'.

not sure what to make of "chatgpt identified you as an expert in x and suggested i reach out to you so here we are" type of emails

this just started and i'm already losing my mind and screaming Western white folk basically putting an AI avatar on stage and pretending it is a refugee from sudan — literally interacting with it as if it is a “woman that fled to chad from sudan” just fucking shoot me