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Mike Prior-Jones
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Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg and #cryowurst. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow.

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melissaterras.bsky.social
Hoping for a world where more people try to be a Kermit…
From the observer article, a quote: Not so long ago, my son sent me a quote that I keep tucked in my phone: “Be a Kermit the Frog. Have a creative vision and no ego. Recognise the unique talents of those around you. Attract weirdos. Manage chaos. Show kindness. Be sincere.” Rules to live by, don’t you think? Play the music. Light the lights.
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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kirstygrainger.bsky.social
I got lost down a dual-support, FEC, QR rabbit hole and came across this letter from the government to HEIs from 2005.

Accessed by the amazing Wayback Machine internet archive
web.archive.org/web/20060623...
web.archive.org
February 8, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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adamrothman.bsky.social
🎶It's time to meet the experts on the plenary tonight🎶
February 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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brianlyman.bsky.social
🎶It’s time to question methods
It’s time for petty fights🎶
February 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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bsarginger.bsky.social
The Muppets Have More of a Comment than a Question
February 7, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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adamrothman.bsky.social
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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profrachelgan.bsky.social
Very true. There are Reasons that I spend so much time banging on about properly implementing safeguarding and harassment prevention programs in academia and in the broader science and tech community.
ashevenell.bsky.social Amelia Shevenell @ashevenell.bsky.social · 1d
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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alicewoolley.bsky.social
The brilliant Amelia Gentleman. Read it and seethe. @ameliagentleman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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alomshaha.bsky.social
“Some might be tempted to dismiss the Epstein files as just evidence of the extreme behaviour of a prolific sex offender.

But strip away the lewd and crude content, and they also reveal much about how patriarchy works day to day.”
February 7, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
Another comic I never bothered posting
This one from 2023. Topical galileo humour apropos of precisely nothing at all
1. [Title Panel]: Is Your 17th Century Astronomer Spending Too Much Time on His Telescope? 2. [Text -only panel] These days, more and more 17th Century Astronomers have access to telescopes. Here are some warning signs that they are on the slippery slope to Godless heliocentrism! 3. STAYING UP LATE WITH THEIR TELESCOPE [GALILEO is looking through his telescope out the window at a starry sky]. GALILEO'S WIFE: Go to bed, Galileo! GALILEO: In a minute... 4. ‘FOMO’ (FEAR OF MISSING OBSERVATIONS) GALILEO'S WIFE: Dinner, Galileo! GALILEO [Looking through telescope]: Just need to check my orbits 5. WITHDRAWING FROM REAL-WORLD ACTIVITIES [Galileo's friend the POPE is now standing next to Galileo, who is still looking through his telescope] THE POPE: Come to church, Galileo! GALILEO: Not now... 6. FALLING OUT WITH FRIENDS GALILEO: [Showing The Pope the book he's working on) I'm just working on my book challenging the Bible's view of the Universe 7. BEING ARRESTED BY THE INQUISITION [GALILEO is being dragged out of the room, hands outstretched to his telescope. He is calling to it]: GALILEO: Telescooope 9. GETTING SENTENCED TO HOUSE ARREST UNTIL DEATH FOR HERESY [GALILEO sitting in front of his telescope, now with bars over the windows] GALILEO: Ah, crap. 10. CONTINUED TELESCOPE USE DESPITE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES [GALILEO in same position but now with long white beard, he is looking through his telescope through a barred jail window at the sky] GALILEO'S WIFE: Go to bed, Galileo! GALILEO: In a minute... [Ends]
February 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
New seasoning technology that teleports you to different points in your life via Proustian memories of eating stew. Calling it “The Thyme Machine”
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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massobsarchive.bsky.social
We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
massobsarchive.bsky.social Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 27d
In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day?

#lgbtqhistory
A scan of a yellow flyer advertising the National Lesbian and Gay Survey. It has a collage of different photographs of people and in the middle it reads 'so who will write the lesbian and gay history of the nineties..?' the bottom of the flyer has further information about how to take part.
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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kirstygrainger.bsky.social
Some initial reactions to the 'published on a Sunday afternoon' letter from the CEO of UKRI. 🧵

www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
February 1, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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monkemma.bsky.social
Ok, let’s do this🙄

We’ll start with an explainer covering:

🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from

And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article

🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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williamcarruthers.bsky.social
If this is true then the questions about Mandelson’s vetting are only going to get worse
philipstephens.bsky.social Philip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 8d
The "coincidence" of Epstein's cash payments to Peter Mandelson's partner/husband in 2009/10 and the then industry secretary's lobbying within cabinet for a softer post-crash policy towards bankers looks on the face of it like outright corruption. Certainly demands police investigation.
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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aphclarkson.bsky.social
Fascinating to see how the intellectual core of Silicon Valley seems oblivious to how Stakhanovism did not actually save the Soviet Union
lalehkhalili.bsky.social Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 10d
A form of masculinity so arid, so devoid of pleasure, so dedicated to the accumulation of capital (for someone else) that it subsists on 12 hour days 6 days a week, and workouts and rejuvenation and Chinese peptides the rest of the time.

www.ft.com/content/d0b7...
Grindcore is the new hustle culture
In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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markuseichhorn.bsky.social
Anyone remember MOOCs? There was a time when my former university was pressuring us to develop our courses into MOOCs. I'm glad that I ignored them.
Whatever happened to MOOCs? – and why education doesn’t need revolutionizing
Anybody remember MOOCs? Maybe 10 or 15 years ago, MOOCs (“Massive Open Online Courses”) were the exciting new technology that would revolutionize education – and perhaps even kill off the universit…
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January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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lizbagshaw.bsky.social
We're looking for a postdoctoral research associate to measure Greenland meltwater using Cryoeggs and seismometers. Join our dream team, apply here by 9 Feb: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Job ID ACAD108442
#glaciologyjobs
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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preachypreach.bsky.social
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In absolutely no way can you tell which high-end retail village this could possibly be.
Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found at https://www.ft.com/tour. https://www.ft.com/content/e1fbe2f4-8d37-4d2c-a54e-2e05daf256f3 Take, for example, the presumably unwitting role of a particular luxury retail mall in England. According to an unnamed police officer — many of the author’s sources understandably remain anonymous in this violent world — such designer outlets play a vital role in helping criminals get money into and out of China: “Factories in China ship drugs to British gangsters, who then give the payment in cash to Chinese students studying at UK universities.” The students — several train loads of them every day, according to Bullough — then buy designer goods in the retail mall and ship them back to China. New reading for 2026 Books from Amitav Ghosh, Maggie O’Farrell, John Lanchester and others — here are some of the top titles of the year ahead The original drug suppliers take delivery of the upmarket handbags, sweaters and fancy shoes and sell them, finally getting clean money in return. Back-of-the-envelope calculations put this trade at £2bn a year, and that’s from just the one retail mall in a single country. It would have been nice to hear what if anything the mall’s owners had to say about all this, but multiplying Bullough’s estimate for all the other retail villages, adding in other favourite venues such as casinos, and it is easy to see how money laundering needs to be measured in the trillions not billions.
January 21, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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hritz.bsky.social
It’s really easy to make an academic website with GitHub:

(1) Find a template & fork it
github.com/topics/acade...

(2) Add your info (often just markdown). All you need is (short!) bio, contact info, CV, and your paper(s) or posters.

(3) Host for free with GitHub
docs.github.com/en/pages/qui...
hritz.bsky.social Harrison Ritz @hritz.bsky.social · 19d
This has also been an issue for talk invitations. Lab pages need emails, and grad student need websites.
moore-evo-eco.bsky.social Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 19d
A plea from an editor:

postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍
January 20, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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jessicaelgot.bsky.social
For those wondering about the slightly weird tone of the speech
jessicaelgot.bsky.social Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 20d
Invite went to political correspondents as it was meant to be a cost of living press conference which will now clearly be dominated by Greenland…
January 19, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time

"All 98 editorials opposing climate action were in right-leaning titles, incl the Sun, Mail, Telegraph, Times & Express"

By Josh Gabbatiss & Sylvia Hayes

www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 19, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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anthonypainter.bsky.social
Community renewal both improves quality of life and increases trust in democratic institutions.

So yes, it is an important part of the democratic as well as social fabric.

It *must* be alongside local government renewal - fiscal power - to avoid the mistakes of the big society.
samfr.bsky.social Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21d
New post just out:

"Power to the People"

Today we have a guest post from @jamestplunkett.bsky.social on how Labour can counter the "Britain is Broken" narrative by investing in civic life and giving people more control over their community.

(Free to read)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...
Power to the People
How Labour can restore civic life and counter the "Britain is broken" narrative
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:25 AM
drmikepj.bsky.social
Found this photo of Eurostar’s Emergency Chocolate Cart.

The chocolate has now expired, presumably it was destroyed in a controlled fashion…

#emergencychocolate #chocolate
Airline style aluminium cart. On the top is a paper label that says “EMERGENCY CHOCOLATE CART EXPIRE DATE IS 30/09/2025”
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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mtsw.bsky.social
I don't think really even think this is the fault of the Chinese brands per se, who are just responding to the incentives set up by American retailers like Amazon and Wal-Mart, who replaced the traditional retailer vetting of product quality with "marketplaces" where there's no quality filter at all
January 17, 2026 at 8:03 PM