Peter Ellis
@pjie2.bsky.social
Father, husband, scientist, singer. Prone to getting over-excited about nerdy stuff in public. He/him.
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The Doctor is right and correct
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Doctor is right and correct
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~20 years from now we're all going to hear a teenager say "I was born in the wrong generation, I'm jealous of everyone who got to live through the 2020s" and I think we should promise each other that when that day comes, we'll try not to throw this person directly into the sun
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
~20 years from now we're all going to hear a teenager say "I was born in the wrong generation, I'm jealous of everyone who got to live through the 2020s" and I think we should promise each other that when that day comes, we'll try not to throw this person directly into the sun
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It's coming.
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's coming.
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But 'does he...you know...punt from the Cambridge end' certainly CAN be
October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
But 'does he...you know...punt from the Cambridge end' certainly CAN be
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Note for those who know neither Oxford nor Cambridge: hard though it is to believe, “they punt from the wrong end” is not, in fact, a euphemism.
October 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Note for those who know neither Oxford nor Cambridge: hard though it is to believe, “they punt from the wrong end” is not, in fact, a euphemism.
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cannot really explain to non-Brits how funny it is that this country has artificially developed an entire economy around a triangle of cities in the lowest quarter of the nation and then keeps failing to connect two of those three cities
October 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
cannot really explain to non-Brits how funny it is that this country has artificially developed an entire economy around a triangle of cities in the lowest quarter of the nation and then keeps failing to connect two of those three cities
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One of my favourite ongoing history bits is the 800 years of attempts and failures to establish regular transport links between Oxford and Cambridge. it’s hilarious
Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.
October 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One of my favourite ongoing history bits is the 800 years of attempts and failures to establish regular transport links between Oxford and Cambridge. it’s hilarious
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Kemi Badenoch thinks Faith, Hope and Charity were Mitford sisters
Kemi Badenoch thinks "alms" are a type of tree
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Kemi Badenoch thinks Faith, Hope and Charity were Mitford sisters
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Less interested in her dipshit interpretation of Christianity than I am the leader of the opposition making a religious connection in the first place. Feels like another sign of how much the Conservatives have been subsumed by US republicanism.
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Less interested in her dipshit interpretation of Christianity than I am the leader of the opposition making a religious connection in the first place. Feels like another sign of how much the Conservatives have been subsumed by US republicanism.
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I don't think I've ever seen such a ratio on something which wasn't in full "I love torturing chickens" territory
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I don't think I've ever seen such a ratio on something which wasn't in full "I love torturing chickens" territory
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Opinion: Misuse of ‘cumulative PhDs’ should prompt debate over whether stacking research papers is really equivalent to writing a dissertation, says Brian Bloch
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/disquiet-over-phds-publication-diminishes-doctorates-prestige
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/disquiet-over-phds-publication-diminishes-doctorates-prestige
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Opinion: Misuse of ‘cumulative PhDs’ should prompt debate over whether stacking research papers is really equivalent to writing a dissertation, says Brian Bloch
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/disquiet-over-phds-publication-diminishes-doctorates-prestige
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/disquiet-over-phds-publication-diminishes-doctorates-prestige
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Ittttttts Gävlebocken time! Straw goats for all!
People, the goat survived last year. *gestures at 2025*. We cannot let this happen again.
People, the goat survived last year. *gestures at 2025*. We cannot let this happen again.
“ Det doftar halm i luften och julkänslan gör entré. Movember ut, bockember in! ✨🐐
You can smell the straw in the air and the christmas spirit makes its entrance. Movember out, bockember in! ✨🐐” #gavlebocken #gavle
You can smell the straw in the air and the christmas spirit makes its entrance. Movember out, bockember in! ✨🐐” #gavlebocken #gavle
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ittttttts Gävlebocken time! Straw goats for all!
People, the goat survived last year. *gestures at 2025*. We cannot let this happen again.
People, the goat survived last year. *gestures at 2025*. We cannot let this happen again.
Why the *fuck* am I bothering to try and to good research when every aspect of every field is being submerged in a rapidly rising tide of shit and none of the publishing gatekeepers seem to care?
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Why the *fuck* am I bothering to try and to good research when every aspect of every field is being submerged in a rapidly rising tide of shit and none of the publishing gatekeepers seem to care?
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It’s really quite an interesting thing about the skewed values of British people that 62% of them imagine people under 65 have £12k a year to put away in anything, let alone a cash ISA.
Fascinating that the cash ISA limit is the most unpopular item in the budget. I would have thought it would be unpopular but not more so than e.g. freezing tax thresholds.
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It’s really quite an interesting thing about the skewed values of British people that 62% of them imagine people under 65 have £12k a year to put away in anything, let alone a cash ISA.
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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Graham Linehan is a normal and well man.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Graham Linehan is a normal and well man.
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You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
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scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
Bad mentors hurt people
What to do about bad mentors?
scienceforeveryone.science
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
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Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
Original post on social.chatty.monster
social.chatty.monster
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
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Does the UK produce a budget car?
Reeves says Motability scheme will no longer pay for luxury cars, and says half its vehicles should be British-built by 2035 - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Does the UK produce a budget car?
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I actually think it's bad that the law thinks that calling a 17 year old a "sissy porn-watching scumbag", a "groomer" and a "disgusting incel" in public is not a crime, and indeed I do not think criticising this would constitute "[picking] sides in the debate about sex and gender identity".
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I actually think it's bad that the law thinks that calling a 17 year old a "sissy porn-watching scumbag", a "groomer" and a "disgusting incel" in public is not a crime, and indeed I do not think criticising this would constitute "[picking] sides in the debate about sex and gender identity".
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Times are upset by the reports that if your SECOND home is worth more than two million pounds, you might have to pay a bit more tax (average £13,700 a year).
Aw, diddums.
Aw, diddums.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Times are upset by the reports that if your SECOND home is worth more than two million pounds, you might have to pay a bit more tax (average £13,700 a year).
Aw, diddums.
Aw, diddums.
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Government could start by not going out of its way to screw the entire knowledge work sector. Just spitballing here. Maybe back your creatives when they say they've been ripped off by huge tech firms instead of finding ways to give our work to megacorps free of charge? I dunno man it's a MYSTERY...
Ahead of the National Year of Reading, the Education Committee has launched a new inquiry to understand how reading can be nurtured following the decline in the number of children reading for pleasure 👇 #BookSky
MPs launch inquiry into how the joy of reading can be kept alive
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November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Government could start by not going out of its way to screw the entire knowledge work sector. Just spitballing here. Maybe back your creatives when they say they've been ripped off by huge tech firms instead of finding ways to give our work to megacorps free of charge? I dunno man it's a MYSTERY...
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This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)