BD Alexander
@bdalexander.bsky.social
Physical chemist without portfolio. Carrying out missionary work at a university in the south-east of the UK. May contain strong language and sarcasm.
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Oh hell no, not this shithousery. I lost 11 days to this last year and spent a week learning hieratic Egyptian orthography
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Oh hell no, not this shithousery. I lost 11 days to this last year and spent a week learning hieratic Egyptian orthography
Bit early with this. As we all know, the Tay Bridge fell on the last sabbath day of 1879 (which we shall remember for a very long time).
"...that your central girders would not have given way,
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Bit early with this. As we all know, the Tay Bridge fell on the last sabbath day of 1879 (which we shall remember for a very long time).
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November 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just broke spawn-the-elders brain by pointing out that asking “how” means different things in Scotland compared to England.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Just broke spawn-the-elders brain by pointing out that asking “how” means different things in Scotland compared to England.
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There was a certain amount of drama with the great tits, which are used to being the bullies of the feeder and weren't quite sure how to handle a masked bandit turning up like Errol Flynn entering an eighteenth-century salon.
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
There was a certain amount of drama with the great tits, which are used to being the bullies of the feeder and weren't quite sure how to handle a masked bandit turning up like Errol Flynn entering an eighteenth-century salon.
Was I saving when I was 20? Yes, yes I was.
Was it for the maximum PEP allowance? Er no…
Was it for clothing to put on my back? Yes, yes it was.
Was it probably squandered on the latest Wedding Present CD? Also, yes.
Was it for the maximum PEP allowance? Er no…
Was it for clothing to put on my back? Yes, yes it was.
Was it probably squandered on the latest Wedding Present CD? Also, yes.
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Was I saving when I was 20? Yes, yes I was.
Was it for the maximum PEP allowance? Er no…
Was it for clothing to put on my back? Yes, yes it was.
Was it probably squandered on the latest Wedding Present CD? Also, yes.
Was it for the maximum PEP allowance? Er no…
Was it for clothing to put on my back? Yes, yes it was.
Was it probably squandered on the latest Wedding Present CD? Also, yes.
Last Christmas, I gave you my shart…
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Last Christmas, I gave you my shart…
I like the idea of Larsen drawing Cow Tools as a critique on Derrida’s argument “lacking something in sophistication”.
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
This path leads to chaos.
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I like the idea of Larsen drawing Cow Tools as a critique on Derrida’s argument “lacking something in sophistication”.
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I don't love Verdana as a font, but I use it for a lot because it's a non-serif font that has serifs on the uppercase i.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I don't love Verdana as a font, but I use it for a lot because it's a non-serif font that has serifs on the uppercase i.
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Cliff Richard. For when Johnny Halliday is viewed as too close to home. Disappointed they never called it Rorschach and Rolle
The Swiss got rock’n’roll after it had been filtered through the rest of Europe so its version was brilliant, exaggerated and wrong. A sincere pastiche of the original.
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Cliff Richard. For when Johnny Halliday is viewed as too close to home. Disappointed they never called it Rorschach and Rolle
“I, am Steer!”
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“I, am Steer!”
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could i make it any more obvious
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
could i make it any more obvious
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It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
Why do optical instrument manufacturers make their kit so flat and table-like?
Completely unrelated, do Fisher or VWR sell castle prods or pigeon spikes?
Completely unrelated, do Fisher or VWR sell castle prods or pigeon spikes?
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Why do optical instrument manufacturers make their kit so flat and table-like?
Completely unrelated, do Fisher or VWR sell castle prods or pigeon spikes?
Completely unrelated, do Fisher or VWR sell castle prods or pigeon spikes?
Does someone ceithir to explain this to me?
The Romans called the town Ivybridge because the name Forth Bridge was already taken.
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Does someone ceithir to explain this to me?
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For those who are looking into Rosalind Franklin today, check this out
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ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...
View of A bibliometric study of the work of Rosalind E. Franklin (1920-1958)
ojs.lib.uwo.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
For those who are looking into Rosalind Franklin today, check this out
ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...
ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cj...
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This is feminism.
Miss World Chile did is in a metal band. This was her talent portion at Miss World
www.instagram.com/reel/DQuI2W7...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQuI2W7...
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is feminism.
This has appeared in various labs at work. I’m pretty sure they could have found more effective fire blankets.
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This has appeared in various labs at work. I’m pretty sure they could have found more effective fire blankets.
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Congratulations to the young teenagers of the world, 67 has surpassed 69 in global Google Search Popularity. Source: buff.ly/4ysqZgP
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Congratulations to the young teenagers of the world, 67 has surpassed 69 in global Google Search Popularity. Source: buff.ly/4ysqZgP
Love this. Security system password at the Louvre was “louvre”. You know that they were running on XP (not yet SP2) www.liberation.fr/checknews/lo...
«Louvre» en mot de passe, logiciels obsolètes, mises à jour impossibles… Dix ans de failles dans la sécurité informatique du premier musée au monde
Des documents que «CheckNews» a pu consulter, comme des audits confidentiels portant sur la sûreté du Louvre ou des appels d’offre, dessinent l’ampleur des brèches de sa sécurité informatique.
www.liberation.fr
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Love this. Security system password at the Louvre was “louvre”. You know that they were running on XP (not yet SP2) www.liberation.fr/checknews/lo...
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
Looks like some sort of Catsub
October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Looks like some sort of Catsub
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My favourite of the Cow Tools edits
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My favourite of the Cow Tools edits
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If you MUST gender your toilets, then do it in style. I think this is nicely done typographically.
(For clarification, it’s M = Minge and W = Willy)
(For clarification, it’s M = Minge and W = Willy)
October 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If you MUST gender your toilets, then do it in style. I think this is nicely done typographically.
(For clarification, it’s M = Minge and W = Willy)
(For clarification, it’s M = Minge and W = Willy)