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ATP botherer, Human Intelligence developer.

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · Feb 28

The world did have A.V. Hill, so that’s something to be grateful for in spite of current affairs. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Blue plaque review series: A.V. Hill, athletic records and the birth of exercise physiology

Abstract figure legend Depiction of the world running records from 1925 studied by A. V. Hill and those of 2025 up to and including ultradistance events on a semi-logarithmic plot. These records, in ...

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 26m

I’ll laugh until I’m sick on my knees if this happens.

Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 2h

Good.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 14h

We’ll get the dopamine hit of watching stock prices collapse, but rich speculators will get richer, the resulting credit crunch will be paid off by governments, and the resulting loss of public services blamed on immigrants.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 14h

This is happening to the UK because of Brexit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

EU steel tariff hike threatens 'biggest crisis' for UK industry

The EU is the destination for 78% of steel products made in the UK for overseas markets.

www.bbc.co.uk

Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 23h

If under-18s get the vote, the Tories are finished.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 23h

Breaking: Tories would slash university places by 100k.

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.

Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Tories would slash university places by 100,000 - Research Professional News

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in “doubled” apprenticeship funding

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

All these people really want is to pay no taxes and be treated with floor scraping deference. Everything else is just bullshit in pursuit of that goal.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’

Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 1d

Miller looks like a headless man who has been kicked in the groin so hard that a testicle has burst through the neck.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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David Colquhoun @davidcolquhoun.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Phyllis Gardner was very into business and spinouts, but unlike some, she was honest. She said of Elizabeth Holmes, of Theranos fame: "“I think she’s a sociopathic liar and a narcissist,” “I don’t give her any leeway. I don’t think she was naïve. I think she was a liar from Day 1.”

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David Colquhoun @davidcolquhoun.bsky.social · 2d

Good grief! Phyllis Gardner has died, age only 75. She was my second US postdoc, and produced a nice single channel study in 1984: onemol.org.uk?page_id=10#g...
She was a very determined woman. We met again in 2009 in Stanford www.dcscience.net/in-memoriam/...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/s...

Phyllis Gardner, Early Skeptic of Theranos, Dies at 75

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no! She was a solid gold heroine. Funnily enough, her portrayal in The Dropout, that of a straight-talking rationalist, reminded me of you!

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 2d

OMG an amazing thought occurred about dogs, cats and their relationship with humans. Hear me out, hear me out:

Dogs were domesticated over 20,000 years ago to help with hunter-gathering, cats only 10,000 years ago as rodent control for grain stores after the invention of sedentary agriculture. 1/2

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, without a minor choking incident you’re not really a parent.

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 2d

And any prediction is best appreciated by asking what parliament looked like 4 years ago, and would you have predicted a Labour government in 2024 then?

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 2d

Who had “copyright” as the thing that burst the AI bubble?

Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 2d

When your lecture is at 4 pm on the Friday before the Christmas break.

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair, even in the glory days debates in the main hall weren't always exactly packed, but still....

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 3d

Trump 2.0’s primary hustle: Lie about [thing]. Do nothing useful to [thing]. Lie about a change in [thing]. Claim the win.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump to the Navy: "You're very close to DC. The restaurants are thriving."

Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 3d

Is he Madonna?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump is now 57 minutes late for his speech but at least we're getting an emo version of Hulk Hogan's theme song

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 3d

Is this a fancy term for minding someone’s cat while they’re on an overseas work trip?

University of Nottingham
UK I CHINA | MALAYSIA
Job Opportunities
Research Fellow in Feline Welfare (Fixed Term)

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 3d

Every time I see one of these videos, I can’t get my head around the fact that there are literally masked goons in the USA dragging people off the streets. And I can’t stop thinking about how if it can happen there, it can happen here.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 4d

Superb. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home

This intimate film follows the final three years of Ozzy Osbourne’s life as he and Sharon plan a return home after 25 years in LA and prepare for the ultimate farewell gig.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4d

Nine jobs Nigel Farage hasn't updated his register of interests in months.

Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...

Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May

observer.co.uk

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taber @kvetch.gay · 4d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, disappointing.

Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 4d

Comedians attending this should be treated the same as athletes signed up to the enhanced games. Fine, you got a big pay day, but you’ve destroyed your own career. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Saudi comedy festival: Inside the controversial Riyadh event starring comedians Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Jack Whitehall and Jimmy Carr

A-listers including Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr and Jack Whitehall have faced a backlash over the event.

www.bbc.co.uk

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 4d

Have I Got Fake News For You

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/have-i-got...

Have I Got Fake News For You (Odds and Ends #79)

A jaw-dropping screw-up on prime time BBC One – and more!

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk

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