a few hours of zen between on call / council meetings / more on call and travels oxford at its best

any (woman) who tried to point out it was impossible and she did not have the skills was accused of being 'just jealous'

hmmm - why dont they try to see what other countries offer younger generations . i dont buy the digital world excuse if looking at countries in europe shows such a different picture - same digital world www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

"I was terminated from my position several times in my career. Each time…I focused all of my energy to figure out what is next. This was the only thing I could control." Katalin Karikó, the powerhouse Nobel laureate who created the mRNA revolution, at @jhu.edu commencement yesterday.

Nothing better than spending the day by the river

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Because of poor reporting, and a lot of scaremongering

a vascular surgeon has retrained as plumber i think - theres a sink-sink-XO

Does this count as mechanical fall?

Trapped

As I discussed with a friend ages ago The strength AND weakness of UK is forever trying new things and never settling 🇬🇧 And The strength AND weakness of Germany is never trying new things and always continuing to optimise 🇩🇪

Interesting read and for me key quote here

i feel this rage

I realize I sound like old man yelling at clouds but... ...in my day WE READ ALL THE CITATIONS BEFORE WE CITED THEM. That's how you GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE TO CITE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. Signed: Someone who literally read two whole books on the color blue just to write a single 1000 word article.

shouldn't the question be - what regulations are we sacrificing?

Some news - you can read it all in the alt text www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

i need to leave gmail inertia is strong

3 shirt @zwiftrides.bsky.social today oof

WHERE ARE THE GERMAN MILLIONAIRES NOW

i would argue that an uniformed, unevidence based, overhyped and expedited rollout of 'AI' is the quickest way to cause financial ruin and real human harm.

www.ft.com/content/f7e0... NHS plans to scale back recruitment drive and use AI to avoid ‘financial ruin’

it probably will only go the length of two tube stops at this stage too

absolutely student/colleague approaching me with "should we do a project to learn about using AI/LLM with XYZ and its pros/limits" ✅ student/colleague sending me some LLM generated nonsense they could not be bothered to check disguised as their work for me to comment on ⛔

I woke up That morning feeling sick to the stomach Did not want to go to work Went to work and had patient after patient tell me “oh we don’t mean people like you”

If you don’t fix the holes in the first place, then use methods to “fix” some that don’t last, have ongoing change in weather condition and allow really heavy cars and Lorries to drive everywhere w/o charging them more Yes - incompetence sums this up nicely, with years/decades of inaction on top

Burnham "i will focus on making sure the cups are clean"

me: oh you can scull there?

depends what you mean by 'AI'

Strong leaders recognise when a mistake was made, and are not afraid to admit it This is ^^not^^ an endorsement of anyone. Also, surely everyone will admit that life was objectively and subjectively better in 2015

Annual leave ✅ Morning power yoga ✅ Coffee on couch ✅

i enjoyed reading this

Compare and contrast 🇬🇧 One way off peak ticket from city A to B in UK with rail card for one hour trip - booked 2 weeks in advance £25 🇩🇪 one way overnight sleeper train from city A to B in Germany for 9 hour trip - booked 2 weeks in advance €35

France and Norway deserved higher scores. But happy for Bulgaria #eurovision

Wow France #eurovision

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... After this story was pushed to be some new Sommermaerchen, it’s really important that the right conclusions / consequences take place, incl role of influencers, private donors, politicians and (non) engagement of experts

Friendly reminder — Individual faculty can do this by opting out. I did this semester. I assigned books, gave paper handouts in class, and put nothing on canvas save the syllabus. The result? Better engagement and a better grade average. www.chronicle.com/article/kill...

Objections: Students ask me to post things on Canvas, including readings, lecture slides, and grades. Answer: Say no. Our job as professors isn’t winning a popularity contest, but rather education. I require students to take notes by hand. They perform better in exams because of this.

I like looking at data and trends as much as many others However, sometimes it’s important to remember that 👉🏻 tylervigen.com/spurious-cor...

New low for the BBSRC @ukri.org this week - 596 ECRs put their blood, sweat, tears and Easter vacation into a -pretty involved- postdoc fellowship preapplication only for the ALL to be rejected because they *didn’t foresee* applicant numbers and will therefore impose institution caps. Not cool.

My favourites this year Austria Denmark Norway (Alphabetical order)

This is right up there with most stupid decisions taken by governments

With all those expectations, burnham can only disappoint

ArXiV has a new LLM policy (Screenshots with alt text so you don’t have to click through to the other place and see all the stupid responses)

There was a big power cut today so I decided to read a book as my whole neighbourhood was eerily quiet

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham as Prime Minister is the new version of member of the Scottish Parliament Ruth Davidson as Tory leader

Welcome to Hell

Does it actually taste any good