"We voted Joe Marler out by mistake!" #TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors

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A fellow of the @royalsociety.org bragged about feeding USAID into the woodchipper. The RS says: "We draw on our Fellowship for inspiration to make a positive impact." I guess the @royalsociety.org now considers the deaths of hundreds of thousands to be a positive impact.

Am changing my mobile provider today but neither the old one or the new one have told me when exactly this will happen. Which would, y’know, be kinda useful.

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I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.

More useful material for the @royalsociety.org’s bio of their esteemed fellow. Though I’m still struggling to understand how a society that claims to value scientific rigour continues to honour someone who spreads so much disinformation.

“No, no, no - he’s Italian. He actually said Piss Prize.” on.ft.com/4nR6vTW

If you consider the outcome of a democratic election to be a loss of sovereignty, then you are the problem.

Autumn colours.

If Jasmine doesn’t win #GBBO tonight, we will know it is finally the End Times.

Not only thieves but (incompetent) lying thieves, too. What a surprise.

Good wishes to all Americans voting today - may you have the opportunity to cast your ballot for a fairer, more hopeful future.

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What a thing it is to be living in the future.

So much good stuff in here if you’ve ever thought about systems, processes, organisations, bureaucracy and how to get things done.

Sorry not to be giving my lunchtime seminar at KCL today but stuck in bed with a nasty headcold.

Agree - both pieces very good.

There should be a tax on ridiculously bloated road boats registered in urban areas, because (a) they cause obvious problems in such areas (b) they are bad for the environment (c) they are dangerous for children (d) they are awful, and driving them should be expensive and socially stigmatised.

The things you find in your photo roll #2. For some reason, in August 2013 I took a picture of this charming letter from Max Perutz to Jim Watson, written shortly before Max died.

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Wow - Donna Tartt emailed me out of the blue and wants to chat about writing! Gotta be legit, right?

Sorry this has really got under my skin. When threatening mobs turn up in villages they are most often in uniform representing a demented state, such as the Nazi murderers systematically eliminating Jews hundreds at a time in Polish villages and small towns.

Age restrictions on social media for over 50s.

“This is an extremely serious and troubling case that raises wider concerns about the academic freedom of staff and students at universities across the UK.” www.theguardian.com/education/20...

A continuing credit to @royalsociety.org

Arse of a tit

Yellow and green and greed

This is the most appalling story. Shocking failure by the army. But Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is so very far from being the only sex pest at large in our blighted society. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Yellow and green and greed

Free speech latest.

UK immigration policy directly undermines its R&D policy. Joined up government? This incoherent policy soup is a shambles.

PSA: if you’re too unskilled to park your over-sized 4x4 in a normal parking space, don’t presume to occupy the wider disabled spots. Seen this twice in the past week and it’s deeply antisocial.

I was once at a Royal Institution bash where ‘Prince’ Andrew and David Attenborough were in attendance. The only royalty I was interested in talking to that night was the King of natural history (and 1960s BBC2). Glad to report he was delightful.

SCOOP: The decorated rear admiral who was heading the critically important Office of Naval Research, and who brought lengthy experience in Navy tech-leadership to the job, "is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience." www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...

This morning I have mostly been dealing with 50 shades of administrative incompetence from 3 different organisations and I am not happy about it.

The University of Oxford "cancel culture" debate on free speech. I took part in this with Toby Young, Helen Mountfield and Zoe Williams - including my view of why the American first amendment isn't the route to common ground on a free speech culture here in Britain www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

It's all a bit grim…

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Forget it, Jake. It's half term.

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Good thread on Elon Musk, a fellow of the @royalsociety.org and therefore an exemplar of their values.

Mrs C & I paid to get Covid booster shots this morning. Got flu shots a fortnight ago. Glad of the protection of vaccines for the winter ahead.

The real reason for the delay in the REF P(eas)CE pilot results.

Informed, astute, highly relevant and well worth your time.

What I think this demonstrates is 3 things (1) This mass deportation policy is wildly at odds with public opinion in general, and with opinion of many sensible Tory voters, members & MPs (2) Many ppl defending the policy didn't know what was in it (3) Informing and pressuring them therefore works

Being a poet should be a prerequisite for presidential candidates.

I note in this piece that @sundersays.bsky.social and @robfordmancs.bsky.social seem to be doing more to oppose the Conservatives’ extremist new ILR policy than the entire political mainstream. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-k...

I wish Catherine Connolly all the best but am a little bit sad that Ireland no longer has a poet as president.