For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.

15 years ago @jevinwest.bsky.social and I talked about how we needed a data scientists’ code of ethics like the Hippocratic oath. We still do.

Looking for examples of 'service veneers' where a solution has been plastered over a complex series of services with the promise of a streamlined better experience but hasn't done hard work to improve whole system. Think like 'life stage' digitised journeys or outcomes still being hard to meet

😭It’s happened to me twice in the last couple of weeks that I’ve been scammed* out of extra money for payments because a third party website somehow swoops in and I pay them an extra fee to get something I thought I was buying direct. *probably not legally a scam but come the fuck on

What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

It’s really noticeable that when I’ve seen men take issue with this, they go in on “the power of my imagination” or claims to universal experience, rather than the much better “you can actually find things out from other people you know”

They are doing some construction work upstairs at the dentist, and let’s just say the vigorous hammering and drilling is not a good background for a nervous patient.

Latest “if your app was actually necessary you wouldn’t need to force me to use it” is only getting nectar discounts if you ‘unlock’ them weekly in the app?

I want Nick and Cat to win. I am pretending that can happen. #celebritytraitors

BREAKING: BBC announces CELEBRITY PUPPET TRAITORS for 2026. Claudia Winkleman will host but never acknowledge that everyone else is a puppet. #celebritytraitors

Overheard a doctor telling their student “I just tell patients to ask the AI. It’s the cheapest and most reliable thing we can do.”

This is definitely the sense I am getting from my students. There’s a craving for analog experiences, for presence, for humanity, for a recognition that they have unique value to our future that is irreplaceable by automation. There’s a hunger for time off-screen and uninterrupted by tech.

“Behind the station, as you probably know, is the haunted Kwik-Fit.” See these are the moments I’m actually proud to be British

On a ghostly walking tour around Macclesfield and a teenager dressed as some kind of bloody red riding hood yelled “How EMBARRASSING just go to a PARTY” 👻

For the first time in our marriage, Kate and I are using the same gym, and I’ve discovered she’s a complete anarchist about the “swim in a clockwise direction” pool rule. Not sure where to go from here tbh.

Nick is so sweet and also so clever and also quite flexible and also his jacket is lovely #CelebrityTraitors

Celia looking so sad has actually broken me. *whispers mournfully “she did the fart.”* #CelebrityTraitors

My Halloween costume this year is Ugly Bag Of Mostly Water. The scary bit is my dramatic gasping at people who don’t get the reference.

communities, and identity. We need historians to remind us that every technological revolution before this one brought unintended consequences. And we need artists to keep the human experience at the centre. AI doesn’t diminish the value of the humanities; it amplifies their urgency.

After three days spent with AI researchers from around the world, one thing is very clear to me: we need the humanities and social sciences more than ever. We need philosophers to ask about ethics and responsibility. We need sociologists to understand how technology reshapes relationships, 1/

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

Joe on the bridge #celebritytraitors

“It’s good with your legs apart” Celia is just infinitely quotable #celebritytraitors

Cat summing up the general mood of the nation these days as she repeats “it’s literally fine!” in complete terror on a wonky bridge. #CelebrityTraitors

Saw Qobuz recommended as a Spotify alternative and super impressed so far. Lovely clean interface, and the Soundizz playlist transfer worked perfectly.

Staying alarmed that we took in the current state of mis and disinformation about politics, health, immigration, climate change, etc and went “what would be good is if search engines didn’t show any sources and instead had a Robot Servant overlay that insists it and you are always right”

Icebreaker today was sharing embarrassing moments with research participants. I went with being introduced to a teenager who snarled “Are you the dickhead who was meant to pick me up this morning?” and I rabbit-in-headlights replied “No, I’m a different dickhead!”

This is one of our biggest arguments: that OpenAI is vampirizing universities for the cachet and legitimacy that affiliation with higher education affords

“We have no idea who a traitor is!” Stephen complains as literally everyone reports they suspect Jonathan again, Cat visibly panics about being tired and Alan casually forgets he has a shield. #CelebrityTraitors

It doesn't matter how many grant writing workshops you put on, or how much pressure you put on academics to apply - if the money isn't there, the money simply isn't there.

Kate Garraway has overwhelming “coworker you’d be most distraught to learn was getting the same train” energy #CelebrityTraitors

If you're looking through fairly obscure Simpsons screengrabs it's hibartiamweavingonaloomscrolling

have you come across www.realtimetrains.co.uk? It's not that useful until your train starts moving, but it is fantastic at seeing a) if it is moving, and b) where it is (and hence when it expects to be at other places) It's also extremely useful for finding times to claim delay repay.

For a while, big tech has used the mental health space as a testing ground, and governments have looked for technological solutions to what are problems of social organisation. Coaching can't overcome ill-health and can't overcome economics. Nor can mandated technology

Tfw you’re desperately checking if your return journey is going ahead amidst the strikes/ signal problems/ trespassers on the line/ staff shortages/ existence of weather and Trainline email going “we saw you’re thinking of going to Macclesfield?”. Yep. Thinking and praying.

Ours was a lane connecting two schools called the slang. I have no idea why or how it was named that. We didn't question it. Too busy being very careful where we stepped.

There was a bit in the good hang podcast with Olivia Colman about how actually the most skilled people are also often the easiest to work with. I’ve been in several places where being difficult/distant/contrary/aggressive get confused with being talented. “It’s just because they so clever” 😴

Kate possibly going to become the first deliberate banishment because everyone agrees she’s so bloody annoying rather than agrees she’s a traitor #CelebrityTraitors

Every generation has its “where were you went it happened” moment #CelebrityTraitors

Mother in law just text us to say “Celia farted!”. that’s event television that. #CelebrityTraitors

User: I don’t have enough time to check everything so I can miss important things… Digital service: Aha! You want notifications! User:… especially when I’m being overwhelmed with notifcations. Digital service: consider it done User: wait Digital service: 😌 User: *drowned out by beeps*

Trans people have been warning about these people for *years*

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

Graphic design is my passion.

How’s your morning? I hit the kerb as I was pulling out the car for its return inspection and cost myself £81 for a scratched alloy before it was even 8am.

“Literature search using ChatGPT”

Great thing about a cat nicknamed Moo is how many little songs you can sing about him. So far he’s today he’s heard Only Moo, You’re Mootiful, I Only Wanna Be With Moo, and that his Moo Colours are shining through.

Think every researcher has dealt with someone like RFK. The giveaway of saying “we want the research to show THAT” instead of the “we want the research to show IF”. It’s why, in a sector that loves a problem statement or an opportunity space, I still prefer retro Research Questions. With a ?

Everyone is stressed about *gestures at everything* and consequently exclamation mark use seems through the roof. Including my own! Hope that’s ok! I am definitely ok! Everything is fine! Haha what deckchairs on what titanic now! Hahahahaha!

I appreciate how frustrating it must be that researchers are always telling ppl what we don’t know and what we definitely can’t conclude based on the data. But I hope, given the no of confidently wrong people currently on display, that it shows how important it is to state the facts and the gaps.