Roy Lonergan
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Son of immigrants. East, east, east London. Some photographs:
https://t.co/B0HT8DtgRg
This is fundamentally true: except itās not necessary to flip heads 100 times. After a few wins the wealth gives you the power to ignore the coin flips.
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Nathaniel Comfort
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I did a Q&A with Jon Cohen at Science, talking about Watson, his partnership with Crick, and moreā¦
www.science.org/content/arti...
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James Watson: Titan of science with tragic flaws
Science historian Nathaniel Comfort reflects on the āmost famous scientist of the 20th century, and the most infamous of the 21stā
https://www.science.org/content/article/james-watson-titan-science-tragic-flaws
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Alom Shaha
1 day ago
Not everyone lives near an independent bookshop buy you can still support one by buying online from
bookshop.org
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āThe information you have is not the information you want. The information you want is not the information you need. The information you need is not the information you can obtain. The information you can obtain costs more than you want to payā
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Alom Shaha
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I tend to give books as presents when I donāt know what else to get. I try to buy them from indie bookshops, not Amazon, because that way thereās someone else I like who benefits, instead of an actively harmful company. My favourite bookshop is
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Really interesting obituary from Sharon Begley. Just learnt this morning that it was Matt Ridley who introduced JDW to the Bell Curve. (Ridley is a UK zoologist who was also chair of a bank that went bust in the lead up to the GFC and has āinterestingā views on AGW).
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Angela Collier
3 days ago
love this for her.
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Nathaniel Comfort
3 days ago
Race was the issue that exposed the bankruptcy of Watson's genetic determinism. In the 20th century, he made his reputation by staunchly championing the power of DNA. In the 21st, he torpedoed that reputation the same way. That is the great tragedy of James Watson. 19/n
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Matt Fucking Ridley!
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3 days ago
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Dawn Butler MP
3 days ago
Today we remember all who served, including the Commonwealth soldiers whose sacrifice is too often forgotten. They gave their tomorrows so we could have our todays. May we honour them not only in words, but in our work for a world without war.
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If Russia ever hit the pipelines from the UK, how much LNG gets through? Iām imagining that the Royal Navy would be busy and not have Irish gas as a priority. The only energy security that Ireland has is renewables.
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Katrina Navickas
4 days ago
Lithuanians and Poles Anglicising their names 1891-1901. In an article in the West Ham news 1901 where the census enunerator complains about not being able to spell Lithuanian names, asking them to spell phonetically, and then just writing down an English or Irish name that sounds most similar.
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One of the ironies in the confusion of stories is that Watsonās depiction of himself in Double Helix played a large part in creating that confusion.
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Mark OāNeill š»
4 days ago
Sorry, one more
#politics
post this week. Labourās obsession with immigration makes them unelectable even for life long trad Labour supporters like me. I will never ever vote for a racist party
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2lknr2d3go
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Alom Shaha
4 days ago
Science teachers! I hope most of you will be familiar with this already, but if not, this is absolutely worth a few minutes of your time, especially if you teach Biology:
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The Rosalind Franklinās notes joke is fun but minimises her contribution.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNAās structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01313-5
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Is not building small homes less of a problem than not building large homes?
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āGoveās schools were for reading, writing, remembering and shutting upā
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My verdict on the 'woke' review of England's school curriculum? It isn't radical enough | Simon Jenkins
When I heard it was dumbing down education, my heart sank. In fact, itās outspoken about the chaos of Michael Goveās reforms and the changes needed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/07/review-england-schools-curriculum-radical-michael-gove
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Giles Wilkes
5 days ago
"China can produce almost a terawatt of renewable-energy capacity in a year. That is enough to supply as much energy as more than 300 big nuclear-power plants."
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
I love The Economist's bullishness here
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Chinaās clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The worldās biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/11/06/chinas-clean-energy-revolution-will-reshape-markets-and-politics
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Ian Kikuchi
6 days ago
People are taking the piss out of this, but I was intrigued by the Polish marking. Turns out it's an acknowledgment by the local community of three Polish squadrons who flew from a local RAF base, 22 of whom died in service and 6 of whom are buried locally. I think the mockery is uncalled for.
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Blue Wave
5 days ago
I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
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Yup. An example of the increasing meaninglessness of the capital/revenue distinction.
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The difference is that the renewables investment has both limited downsides and upsides. This generation of AI is probably junk - but thereās a tiny chance itās not and the AI capex pays off bigly. Itās an expensive lottery ticket.
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Angela Collier
5 days ago
I love that python did this and so my yt channel has sponsored python. links in this thread if you want to donate.
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Tuffy
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Havenāt seen this clip for a while. I just about remember watching games on pitches like this. I certainly played on a few at school. Passing/control pretty good here. The Ronnie Boyce goal (our fourth) is legendary (at West Ham).
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Jonn Elledge
6 days ago
jonn.substack.com/i/178090506/...
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Ourkid
7 days ago
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
when's bins?
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Paul OāDonnell
7 days ago
British Bluesky most of the time: āThe British right is worryingly americabrainedā. British Bluesky this morning: āOMG, have you seen the precinct level numbers from VA?ā
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Tony raises an important point. For a given KE and elasticity of sandwich the pointy end (major axis) hurts more than the side (minor axis). Particularly for a baguette. Also ignoring allergies and calories. This is now straying dangerously close to engineering. And nobody wants that.
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Pretty sound. Especially about the Castle Cinema.
www.thetimes.com/article/3e08...
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Suggs: āI walked out of Mamma Mia! and went to the pubā
The Madness frontman on procrastinating with The Sopranos, his hatred of Dan Brownās latest book and his love of Waiting for Godot
https://www.thetimes.com/article/3e08bebe-bd64-4aac-9843-7f157fe7efde?shareToken=94d4c6dc3a45a6c4e8c0ec94c3d767a0
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Angela Collier
8 days ago
but...you shouldn't use a calculator when you are learning elementary math...the whole point is to develop the language of math... letting elementary math students use a calculator to 'learn math' would be like letting elementary reading students use a voice reader to 'learn to read'
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Theyād had the demographic info for ages to see when the supply of 18-year olds was running down.
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Anyone like to guess from where this extract was taken?
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Ant & Dec, Cheryl, Rodney Bewes, Jimmy Nail, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .⦠your boys took a hell of a beating. (But not sliced up and carried out in a suitcase so thereās that.)
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@tpgroberts.bsky.social
Well worth a watch, but from 0:51:00 is right up your street.
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faust and the furious
YouTube video by acollieralso
https://youtu.be/CnsDc9GDn1Y?si=9-0JEhyrW8deSuVU
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Chris Bertram
11 days ago
We donāt need visas for highly skilled straw men, since the domestic market is already oversupplied with British ones
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Dan Davies
11 days ago
I genuinely can't think of a more textbook example of complementarity than "you can't perform a string quartet if you haven't got a viola player"
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Philip Ball
12 days ago
This is such a crying shame, and so short-sighted. But there it is.
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Dan Davies
12 days ago
I just looked this up for comparison
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Youāve got to wonder how long someone like Tao - who can move to any job in any maths department - will put up with this before throwing in the towel.
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I doubt he remains. A collapsed state is unlikely to be kind.
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Utter classic. Not read for decades. It was a rainy day in the Royal Festival Hall and I liked the cover. Great fun reading his thoughts on evolution but the thing Iād totally missed when I was a kid was the strong criticism of contemporary society and colonialism/empire. 1/n
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MoU Operations Ltd. Really? Someone had a sense of humour.
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Dawn Butler MP
14 days ago
The Reform MP's racist comments were disgraceful. Her so-called apology doesn't cut it. So I called it out in Parliament. It is up to all of us to bravely call out racism - and we will. šš¾
metro.co.uk/2025/10/28/c...
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I called Reform MP's comments racist - I was told I couldn't call her one
It seems clear that Pochin doesn't think of Black or Brown families as being representative of this country.
https://metro.co.uk/2025/10/28/called-sarah-pochins-comments-racist-told-couldnt-call-one-24550826/
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āLook at Ukraine. Look at Gaza. I havenāt changed a solitary thing. I mean it. I feel as if Iāve been riding on other peopleās pain over the last 60 years, and their pain hasnāt helped prevent this kind of tragedy. ā
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āItās been a cesspit, really, my lifeā: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy ā while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2025/oct/29/its-been-a-cesspit-really-my-life-war-photographer-don-mccullin-on-19-of-his-greatest-pictures
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Starmer is in a safe constituency. Streeting very much isnāt. And if he acknowledges too many legitimate concerns heās toast in 29. Labour is not fighting on one front. Could get interesting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MPās remarks about TV adverts were āracistā, says Wes Streeting
Health secretary hardens Labour line after Sarah Pochin said advertising ādoesnāt reflect your average white familyā
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/26/wes-streeting-sarah-pochin-tv-advert-remarks-racist
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Pretty brutal speech from Lucy Powell.
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