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James Robinson
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Always wear odd colour socks, because someone will notice and not approve. Theoretical Chemist. French & Italian Food, Coffee, scattered friends.
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China's next generation of scientists and technologists will shape the coming decades, says Kerry Brown

go.nature.com/4p2eMWe
Why the world must wake up to China’s science leadership
The nation’s next generation of scientists and technologists will shape the coming decades.
go.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
does usa health care want to kill everyone... no its hugo drax again.. is there a virus that just kills black people??
There's a big divide in how Americans are thinking about vaccines:
♦️83% of Republicans don't want an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
🔷64% of Democrats want to get or have already received an updated vaccine.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
yes, online bullying is a problem
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)

RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Tapping the sign again
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Recently recorded an episode of the "What's Left" podcast which is now out.

I keep thinking podcast means audio so forget they're now increasingly video things. Which is why I'm wearing a tatty jumper...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ4d...
Reform Can't Reverse Britain's Decline - Sam Freedman
YouTube video by What's Left? with Jovan and Freddie
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I will try to start a thread about good thing created Tories since 1979. I will try to work out why they should not be in prison.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

xkcd.com/3172/
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
this why i think the bbc is toast.. right wingers doing their best to build a reform government in a few years..
How very convenient.
BBC Chair Samir Shah and Robbie Gibb asked to explain why they drew up a plan, as revealed by Byline Times, to win back the "trust" of Reform voters, but haven't made similar plans for voters of any other party.

Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?

It was years ago.

Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?

Not in a hurtful way.

Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?

Not with intent.

Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?

Not genuine abuse.

😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is not treason, definetly not conservative friends of Russia inspired treason.. honest… ????
Goddammit theres a timeline.
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.

We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/

www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
social media is just a poison..
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
quelle surprise!
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
this is why blue sky is rather pleasant.. thank you
Exquisite
I made this clip to illustrate my 10 year love-hate experience on Twitter and what made me finally walk away. 🤣😂
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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NERVA Nuclear Rocket Engine
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is either the end of Europe, because they cannot stop Putin, or the time Europe sends in troops and ignore Trump who threatens tariffs or something. Either way is the return of war to europe.
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Two takeaways for today:
🔥 The sentencing of Gill is a perfect excuse to announce a public enquiry into Russia's involvement in UK politics – including Brexit.
🔥 Trump's demands on Ukraine prove that he's Putin's bitch – and no amount of sucking up to him by UK or EU leaders will change that.
a woman in a red sweater says " it 's obvious "
ALT: a woman in a red sweater says " it 's obvious "
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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I said this only yesterday! It would be ring fenced for NHS by law. Everyone benefits and they will see improvements faster.
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Like anyone cares about Hugo Drax. Put blue eyed humans on Mars. Get Putin to start nuclear war. Wait 100 years, good to go..
In today's lesson on cognitive bias
Grok pronounces Elon Musk as the greatest genius in all of human history... whereas analysts who have studied him suggest his IQ is only slightly above normal and certainly not at the genius or near genius level. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Why not create a TAX called NHS, and the NHS get to set the amount everyone pays and only those that have paid the tax can use the NHS without any additional fees, whereas those with NI/NHS can get NHS Insurance from day one ? So all the money goes to NHS and NOT farage mates!!
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Where were the conservative friends of Russia - they should have been helping their friend Nathan... I still wonder why this is NOT a treason trial ?
🚨BREAKING NEWS

Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.

(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Nürnberger Prozesse: Der Anfang internationaler Gerechtigkeit. Uni-Graz-Rechtshistoriker Martin Polaschek erklärt im Artikel, wie diese Prozesse die Grundlage des Völkerstrafrechts bildeten: www.uni-graz.at/de/neuigkeit...

#weworkfortomorrow #universityofgraz #unigraz
Nürnberger Prozesse: Der Anfang internationaler Gerechtigkeit
Vor genau 80 Jahren begann in Nürnberg ein Strafprozess, der das Verständnis von Recht in ein neues Licht rückte. Nicht die Rache der Sieger stand im Mittelpunkt, sondern die Verantwortung der Täter –...
www.uni-graz.at
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
renationalise all water companies, boost regulation and rename it all to environmental agency ?
The catastrophic illegal waste dumping in Oxfordshire (see next post) is a direct result of the deregulation-by-stealth I wrote about in 2021, when my dead goldfish became a registered waste disposer. I warned it would let the mafia in. And here we are.🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain through the looking glass: my dead goldfish is now a registered waste disposer | George Monbiot
Algernon Goldfish is long gone, but I was able to sign him up. No wonder so many crooks are illegally dumping and ruining our environment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Studies of fecal bacteria have led some researchers to propose a link between the gut microbiome and autism.

But a new paper argues the claim rests on shaky foundations. https://scim.ag/48lckEh
Research linking gut microbes to autism is deeply flawed, critics say
Amid growing investment in the field, a new paper argues it rests on shaky foundations
scim.ag
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM