Simon Li
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Lab rat. Programmer. Cyclist. Climber. Interested in
#OpenData
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
about 1 month ago
My statement on the formal recognition of the Palestinian state.
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Saw a lot of runners in Edinburgh so Googled to find out what the race was...
#aifail
about 1 month ago
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Next year's Research Software Engineering conference: Sheffield! 9-11 September 2026. Collocated with the International Research Software Conference 7-8 with the Research Software Alliance.
#RSEcon26
#RSEcon
#ReSA
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@simonhettrick.bsky.social
on the problems with the Research Excellence Framework in the UK. Software (and many other outputs) should be considered - but very few universities include them. 97.6% of submitted outputs were publications.
#RSEcon25
about 1 month ago
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FRIDGE, SATRE and AIRR at
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#TrustedResearchEnvironments
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#RSEcon25
kicks off with a keynote by
@amandabrock.bsky.social
from
@openuk.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/book/44727
#opensource
#openaccess
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Ewan Birney
7 months ago
Longstanding followers will know I have consistently tried to unpick concepts of race / ethnicity from genetics. TLDR; Race/Ethnicity - a self identification process about a categorical group is v different from the high dimensional variation in the genome despite a thin connection by visible traits
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Led By Donkeys
7 months ago
We took over the giant screen at Farageās big rally in Birmingham
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Should URLs in
#JsonSchema
IDs be resolvable? They don't have to according to the spec
json-schema.org/understandin...
but _should_ they be?
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JSON Schema - Modular JSON Schema combination
JSON Schema
https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/structuring#schema-identification
7 months ago
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James OāBrien
8 months ago
No schadenfreude or satisfaction in seeing āprominentā Trump cheerleaders in the UK finally see the light & change their tune (Andrew Neil is just the latest). Just a low simmer at their toxic blend of arrogance, cupidity & ignorance & the knowledge that the media will still promote their ilk.
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Software Sustainability Institute
8 months ago
š„ We are happy to announce that the SSI has received Ā£4.8m from
@ukri.org
to launch the Research Software Maintenance Fund. Find out more about this exciting opportunity at
www.software.ac.uk/news/ukri-aw...
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Can anyone explain why the UK government is inviting a sexist racist climate change denier for a second state visit?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
(it says "invitation from the king" but it's the government that decides)
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Keir Starmer gives Donald Trump state visit invitation from the King
Keir Starmer hands the US president an invitation letter as the pair meet at the White House.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yxxpxe5qko
8 months ago
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World Bollard Associationā¢ļø
11 months ago
Welcome to Bollard World. A place where dreams come true.
#WorldBollardAssociation
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Sue Cowley
9 months ago
Honestly Labour you have a large majority and more than 4 years to the next election. Why do you have to be so limited and limiting in your thinking? š¤¦āāļø
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Editor in chief of the British Medical Journal gets straight to the point on the damage being caused by the new US president, misleading information on social media, and the deliberate failure to invest in fact-checking.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Trump and the tech bros: demagogues of harm to human and planetary health
A US medical society has written to tell us that some of its members will be unable to contribute to journal activities. This followed a government mandate that initially seemed to prohibit US federal...
https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r196
9 months ago
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Deviant Ollam ć
9 months ago
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Hardeep Matharu
11 months ago
"That progressives have failed to grasp how utterly tech has changed everything in our political culture ā esp. given revelations of the role of psychological profiling through social media ā is exploited by the right as a new āWild Westā. Elon Musk, is the most logical next step in this trajectory"
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The Psycho-Social-Techno Politics of āMAGAā Trumps Democracy ā And the Liberal Left Has No Answer
Donald Trumpās second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions ā and their manipulation ā in the new politics of grossĀ inequality and psyc...
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/11/11/the-psycho-social-techno-politics-of-maga-trumps-democracy-and-the-liberal-left-has-no-answer/
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Joshua Eaton
10 months ago
This is, as I see it, the defining problem of our media environment. We have more and more people doing commentary and analysis based on facts gathered by fewer and fewer reporters. Itās canāt hold.
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Bread and Rosie
11 months ago
Any "avid cyclist" who claims that the solution to road safety for cyclists is simply to be more skilled and assertive should be required to demonstrate that they are more skilled and assertive than Olympic Champion Remco Evenepoel who was, this week, doored.
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Tom Calver
11 months ago
NEW: How baby boomers became the least healthy generation Until recently, bad habits were concentrated in the young. Now, people born in the 50s and 60s are drinking more than any other age group - and are driving up obesity rates too
@thetimes.com
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www.thetimes.com/article/4efe...
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David Ho
11 months ago
We all think plastic pollution is a problem, and it is. In the nearly 70 years between 1950 and 2019, the world produced a total of ~9.5 billion tonnes of plastic. But all the plastic we have EVER produced weighs as much as COā we emitted into the atmosphere during the first three months of 2024!
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A nice talk today from Paul Behrens at the Oxford Martin School about dealing with climate change. In some areas we're ahead of where we thought we'd be (eg prevalence of solar), surveys show the public and scientists are much more in favour of action than perceived!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRMz...
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'Towards a liveable planet: land, energy and food system transitions' with Prof Paul Behrens
YouTube video by Oxford Martin School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRMzGXuBGqg
11 months ago
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Public Engagement in Data Research Initiative (PEDRI) have launched their new website and it's looking good š. If you work with data about the public (e.g. healthcare, government) and want to know how to maintain the public's trust you should have a look
www.pedri.org.uk
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Home - PEDRI
https://www.pedri.org.uk/
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Chris Holdgraf
11 months ago
Big milestone for Project Jupyter šØ: Jupyter has finalized the creation of the Jupyter Foundation, hosted by
@linuxfoundation.org
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www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
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Linux Foundation Announces Formation of the Jupyter Foundation
Linux Foundation Announces Formation of the Jupyter Foundation
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-formation-of-the-jupyter-foundation?hss_channel=lcp-208777
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World Bollard Associationā¢ļø
11 months ago
Breathtaking.
#WorldBollardAssociation
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A nice write-up of the disadvantages of using
#blockchain
to store an immutable log
blog.sigstore.dev/sigstore-blo...
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sigstore, blockchain vs transparency logs - Sigstore Blog
https://blog.sigstore.dev/sigstore-blockchain-vs-transparency-logs-d673ea41a9be/
11 months ago
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Research on Research Institute (RoRI)
11 months ago
Narrative CVs: How do they change evaluation practices in peer review for grant funding? Check out this blog post
@dorassessment.bsky.social
reporting some preliminary findings from a RoRI project designed to investigate the evaluative use of narrative CVs:
sfdora.org/2024/11/05/n...
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Finally, some good news from the USA
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...
#theonion
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The Onion Buys Alex Jonesās Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking āweird internet personalitiesā who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z04.6tFx.NoB7rkojr00B&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
11 months ago
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Jessica Elgot
12 months ago
Some big news this morning
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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Guardian will no longer post on Elon Muskās X from its official accounts
Platformās coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/the-guardian-no-longer-post-on-x-twitter-elon-musk
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The power of regular expressions. Or the insanity of regex.
youtu.be/5vbk0TwkokM
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How on Earth does ^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$ produce primes?
YouTube video by Stand-up Maths
https://youtu.be/5vbk0TwkokM?si=BQ2Ve_mnw76Y1ZC-
12 months ago
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It's the time of year where it gets dark early in the evenings, and in response we put the clocks back an hour so it gets dark even earlier š¤·āāļø
12 months ago
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray
about 1 year ago
Exceedingly important discovery: Ikea Kallax shelves are exactly two LEGO studs wide. A simple bracket shape like this will stay in place without any support.
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Katharine Hayhoe
about 1 year ago
The need for blocking, especially on a platform where bots abound and the algorithm favours trolls, is obvious. But in case you'd like to know my personal reasoning, here it is below! The article on the psychology of trolls is here:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your...
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David Ho
about 1 year ago
If they used the Ā£22 billion to improve bike lanes and public transportation in the country, it would reduce COā emissions way more.
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Randall Munroe
about 1 year ago
Three Kinds of Research
xkcd.com/2977
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Hello! I'm here to find out whether #BlueSky has better discoverability than #Mastodon. I'm interested in #openscience #opensource #openstandards #openinfrastructure
about 2 years ago
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