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History Scientist
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Professional scientist. I like reading books about history. Editor of the Bluesky edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.


http://historybooksreview.co.uk/

https://beautyscientist.github.io/GSDIANOZAS/

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Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, post like there's nobody reading. (There isn’t.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I've still got to get my existing data out of it, but I now have non-Adobe ways of doing everything I have been using Adobe Document Cloud for. So when I've downloaded everything I can shut the account down.
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Abou Belon Musk (may his share price increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold:—
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
High Focus Session
GSDIANOZAS/README.md at main · BeautyScientist/GSDIANOZAS
Getting Stuff Done In A World Of Zero Attention Span - BeautyScientist/GSDIANOZAS
github.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A Socialist Reads The Hobbit Part 13 – Meet the Dragon

Smaug represents the ultimate capitalist monopolist—hoarding all wealth while producing nothing, creating economic depression across the region. His "Desolation" shows capitalism's endgame: zero liquidity, no growth, just accumulated capital…
A Socialist Reads The Hobbit Part 13 – Meet the Dragon
Smaug represents the ultimate capitalist monopolist—hoarding all wealth while producing nothing, creating economic depression across the region. His "Desolation" shows capitalism's endgame: zero liquidity, no growth, just accumulated capital sitting unused.
historybooksreview.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Potatoes gonna tate, tate, tate, tate, tate.
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I'm quite computer literate. But I think I need to go back to being literate literate.
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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A different perspective on the Trump-Putin "Peace Plan" to end the Ukraine conflict, as if applied to Venezuela.
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It could have been worse. It could have been a finger bread man.
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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This is inevitable since we've spent the last thirty years turning higher education into something people are expected to get through, rather than something they're passionate about 😕
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”

www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Doing simple algebra problems is my current cure for brain fog. Just engaging enough to keep me away from my phone.
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Shakespeare describes a magical juice derived from a flower called "love-in-idleness". When placed on a sleeping person's eyelids, the potion causes them to fall madly in love with the first creature they see upon waking
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Doing anything well requires years of practice and focused attention. So bear with me - my posts might get better.
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Dystopia. Datopia. Whatever.
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I know how you feel. I've had to go into hiding myself.
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you find my posts a bit unsatisfying, well it isn't my fault. It's all down to the Paradox of Choice.

If everyone else would stop posting, that would make all the difference.
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My christian name is Colin, but throughout my life people have often called me Chris by mistake. This has cropped up numerous times in different contexts. I've come to assume that I have some kind of inherent Chrisness to which people respond.
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Would I be able to resist the power of the One Ring forged by the subtle malice of the dark lord Sauron?

I can’t even resist biscuits that I don’t like much.
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I don't sell regulatory compliance reports. I sell dreams.
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Results of a day of no short form content and no snacks. beautyscientist.github.io/GSDIANOZAS/#...
Getting Stuff Done In A World of Zero Attention Span
Getting Stuff Done In A World Of Zero Attention Span
beautyscientist.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
X DISABLES Hebrew Translations: "It RUINS Israel's PR"
YouTube video by Wally Rashid
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM