Alec. K. Thomas
@alecken.bsky.social
Sports Scientist. Concerned about misinformation, scientific skepticism and meaning. Researching human health.
1) very little can be ruled out in science, we observe things like gravity, we cannot rule out another unknown thing that creates gravity 2) the strength of our measurements, the breadth of experiments make us sure 3) a study on 1m children didn't find a link, this makes us sure.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
1) very little can be ruled out in science, we observe things like gravity, we cannot rule out another unknown thing that creates gravity 2) the strength of our measurements, the breadth of experiments make us sure 3) a study on 1m children didn't find a link, this makes us sure.
The great tragedy in the UK is this is not questioned. It's a nothing statement that means whatever the reader wishes it to mean. It either sounds racist enough to please the racists or not racist enough to sound like a concern for women's rights. But what basic values would this defend?
Robert Jenrick speedrunning his way through the career of Enoch Powell.
October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The great tragedy in the UK is this is not questioned. It's a nothing statement that means whatever the reader wishes it to mean. It either sounds racist enough to please the racists or not racist enough to sound like a concern for women's rights. But what basic values would this defend?
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🚨Breaking news: London now meets legal limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
❤️🩹This is a major milestone which will improve health across the city. And congratulations to the Mayor @london.gov.uk, whose leadership has been crucial for improving air quality. 🧵👇
www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...
❤️🩹This is a major milestone which will improve health across the city. And congratulations to the Mayor @london.gov.uk, whose leadership has been crucial for improving air quality. 🧵👇
www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...
London meets legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s world leading air pollution policies
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today hailed the success of his bold air quality policies which have led to the capital’s air pollution levels falling to within the legal limit for the first time.
www.london.gov.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨Breaking news: London now meets legal limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
❤️🩹This is a major milestone which will improve health across the city. And congratulations to the Mayor @london.gov.uk, whose leadership has been crucial for improving air quality. 🧵👇
www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...
❤️🩹This is a major milestone which will improve health across the city. And congratulations to the Mayor @london.gov.uk, whose leadership has been crucial for improving air quality. 🧵👇
www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...
I am coming to the conclusion that Silicon Valley is comprised entirely of people who believe they are the hammer and that every facet of humanity is a nail to be bashed and bent out of shape.
August 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I am coming to the conclusion that Silicon Valley is comprised entirely of people who believe they are the hammer and that every facet of humanity is a nail to be bashed and bent out of shape.
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Butlerian Jihad now: defector.com/butlerian-ji...
Butlerian Jihad Now | Defector
Maybe some things should not be simulated. That is my takeaway—one of them, anyway—from a Tuesday New York Times story by Kashmir Hill about the death by suicide of a California teenager named Adam Ra...
defector.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Butlerian Jihad now: defector.com/butlerian-ji...
Went to see Avatar and in the audience was Jeremy Paxman. As the credits rolled he stood and loudly proclaimed “biggest load of old shit I’ve ever seen” quickly walking out with his daughter.
July 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Went to see Avatar and in the audience was Jeremy Paxman. As the credits rolled he stood and loudly proclaimed “biggest load of old shit I’ve ever seen” quickly walking out with his daughter.
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Elon Musk is responsible for at least 300,000 deaths, a number that's steadily increasing, it doesn't include Ukrainian civilians murdered as a result of his attempt to protect the Russian navy when he disabled Starlink to sabotage a Ukrainian defence operation.
May 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Elon Musk is responsible for at least 300,000 deaths, a number that's steadily increasing, it doesn't include Ukrainian civilians murdered as a result of his attempt to protect the Russian navy when he disabled Starlink to sabotage a Ukrainian defence operation.
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Design vehicles to fit cities. Don’t design cities to fit vehicles.
Japan’s $7,000 Single-Seat EV Sparks A Revolution In Compact Mobility
In the rural outskirts of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup named KG Motors is making waves in the electric vehicle (EV) industry with its ultra-compact,
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May 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Design vehicles to fit cities. Don’t design cities to fit vehicles.
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My friend is in charge of the team that wrote the climate change adaptation plan for Switzerland and this is one of the things they expected.
Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud
One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
My friend is in charge of the team that wrote the climate change adaptation plan for Switzerland and this is one of the things they expected.
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More of this please.
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity
JU:MP programme included co-design of play spaces, exercise in faith settings and interventions in schools
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
More of this please.
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
There’s two ways this is all ending. Both aren’t good. Every day the better option gets worse and more difficult.
April 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
There’s two ways this is all ending. Both aren’t good. Every day the better option gets worse and more difficult.
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Just before the author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy, he was asked not to mention the recent removal of 381 supposedly controversial books from the campus library. Holiday refused, and the talk was canceled. This is the story he was going to tell.
Opinion | Naval Academy Censors Ryan Holiday’s Lecture on Censorship
How a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just before the author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy, he was asked not to mention the recent removal of 381 supposedly controversial books from the campus library. Holiday refused, and the talk was canceled. This is the story he was going to tell.
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A study using data from the China Kadoorie Biobank and led by researchers from Oxford Population Health and Peking University has revealed a strong link between physical activity and reduced risk of a wide range of health conditions.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/UJGzZnX
Read more 👉 buff.ly/UJGzZnX
April 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A study using data from the China Kadoorie Biobank and led by researchers from Oxford Population Health and Peking University has revealed a strong link between physical activity and reduced risk of a wide range of health conditions.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/UJGzZnX
Read more 👉 buff.ly/UJGzZnX
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“It's a really fun and joyful way for children to get to school” - @coachbalto.bsky.social
Great to see this article on benefits of organised cycle rides to school. Doubly pleased as it is one a former colleague set up!
See below for conclusion from a recent study on effectiveness of ‘bike buses’
Great to see this article on benefits of organised cycle rides to school. Doubly pleased as it is one a former colleague set up!
See below for conclusion from a recent study on effectiveness of ‘bike buses’
April 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“It's a really fun and joyful way for children to get to school” - @coachbalto.bsky.social
Great to see this article on benefits of organised cycle rides to school. Doubly pleased as it is one a former colleague set up!
See below for conclusion from a recent study on effectiveness of ‘bike buses’
Great to see this article on benefits of organised cycle rides to school. Doubly pleased as it is one a former colleague set up!
See below for conclusion from a recent study on effectiveness of ‘bike buses’
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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It was a privilege joining the 6,632 SC Freiburg fans—and our friend Jill—who cycled to Europa-Park Stadium for today's match against Union Berlin.
Not only did we all beat the traffic, but—as is custom—one euro was donated to a local charitable organization for each bike counted outside the gates.
Not only did we all beat the traffic, but—as is custom—one euro was donated to a local charitable organization for each bike counted outside the gates.
March 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It was a privilege joining the 6,632 SC Freiburg fans—and our friend Jill—who cycled to Europa-Park Stadium for today's match against Union Berlin.
Not only did we all beat the traffic, but—as is custom—one euro was donated to a local charitable organization for each bike counted outside the gates.
Not only did we all beat the traffic, but—as is custom—one euro was donated to a local charitable organization for each bike counted outside the gates.
A small antidote from the proud tradition of protest songs. In the words of Woodie Guthrie. This machine still kills fascists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPHa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPHa...
Red
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
www.youtube.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A small antidote from the proud tradition of protest songs. In the words of Woodie Guthrie. This machine still kills fascists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPHa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPHa...
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NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
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The Pentagon has marked 26,000 photos for deletion to purge evidence of diversity.
The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.
This is real. We’re living in a horror story.
The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.
This is real. We’re living in a horror story.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Pentagon has marked 26,000 photos for deletion to purge evidence of diversity.
The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.
This is real. We’re living in a horror story.
The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.
This is real. We’re living in a horror story.
I Ain’t Got None of My Friends Left
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Nobunaga the 'Demon King' a 16th century Japanese warlord who built Azuchi castle, on each of the 7 floors were depictions of Japanese spirits. Each floor was a higher spiritual realm, then the 7th which lay bare except for a mirror where Nobunaga gazed at his own reflection. He reminds me of Trump.
March 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Nobunaga the 'Demon King' a 16th century Japanese warlord who built Azuchi castle, on each of the 7 floors were depictions of Japanese spirits. Each floor was a higher spiritual realm, then the 7th which lay bare except for a mirror where Nobunaga gazed at his own reflection. He reminds me of Trump.
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When the going gets tough, having a mental trick can make all the difference.
Whether it’s counting to 100 like Paula Radcliffe, syncing your breaths, or repeating a motivational mantra, find what keeps you pushing forward!
What's your trick to get through those challenging miles?
Whether it’s counting to 100 like Paula Radcliffe, syncing your breaths, or repeating a motivational mantra, find what keeps you pushing forward!
What's your trick to get through those challenging miles?
March 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
When the going gets tough, having a mental trick can make all the difference.
Whether it’s counting to 100 like Paula Radcliffe, syncing your breaths, or repeating a motivational mantra, find what keeps you pushing forward!
What's your trick to get through those challenging miles?
Whether it’s counting to 100 like Paula Radcliffe, syncing your breaths, or repeating a motivational mantra, find what keeps you pushing forward!
What's your trick to get through those challenging miles?