Mark Hardiman
@drmarkhardiman.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth. #Quaternary #Palaeofire #Geochronology
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'Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners” amid increased loneliness and a growing appetite for learning and in-person interactions.' 1/2
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
'Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners” amid increased loneliness and a growing appetite for learning and in-person interactions.' 1/2
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Breakthrough of the year? Renewable energy www.science.org/content/arti...
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Breakthrough of the year? Renewable energy www.science.org/content/arti...
Seconded >>
If you need to get in the Christmas mood, this Shaun The Sheep festive special is an absolute masterpiece of silent comedy, with a million jokes, great music, and glorious Aardman animation
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
It's Christmas Eve at Mossy Bottom Farm, but the seasonal excitement turns to dismay when Timmy inadvertently heads off to a Christmas market in the back of the farmer's truck.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Seconded >>
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The true spirit of Christmas
December 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The true spirit of Christmas
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Love to have my entire working life being real wage stagnation. It’s so great.
Big picture though: looks like we are heading towards 2010s style real wage stagnation. Although without 2010s style tax cuts on median earners.
December 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Love to have my entire working life being real wage stagnation. It’s so great.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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@pimlicat.bsky.social: "Young people have been deprived for far too long of the chance to live, work and travel abroad - opportunities that enrich their futures while strengthening our economies. This report shows there is a sensible way to progress the scheme."
https://bit.ly/3Myjcps
https://bit.ly/3Myjcps
Launch UK-EU youth experience scheme with initial 44,000 cap, says cross-party commission
A new cross-party report recommends the UK and EU should launch the UK’s largest and most generous scheme to restore opportunities for young people who have been denied them by Brexit.
www.bestforbritain.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@pimlicat.bsky.social: "Young people have been deprived for far too long of the chance to live, work and travel abroad - opportunities that enrich their futures while strengthening our economies. This report shows there is a sensible way to progress the scheme."
https://bit.ly/3Myjcps
https://bit.ly/3Myjcps
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FARSCAPE IS ON AMAZON PRIME
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
FARSCAPE IS ON AMAZON PRIME
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"The first sighting of a pine marten in Studland, Dorset, in more than a century!" swanage.news/rare-and-end...
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"The first sighting of a pine marten in Studland, Dorset, in more than a century!" swanage.news/rare-and-end...
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Escaping all this actual fascism by watching a lovely relaxing film about…space bugs.
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Escaping all this actual fascism by watching a lovely relaxing film about…space bugs.
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I’m with Vince.
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I’m with Vince.
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
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Out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social and led by @tillramm.bsky.social! We integrated population genomics, fossils, SDMs, and micro-CT scanning to understand how climate change has influenced extinctions and extant genetic diversity in the threatened Australian mountain dragon #ozherps #genomics
Climate change predicts Quaternary extinctions and extant genetic diversity in a threatened Australian lizard
Ramm et al. show that Quaternary climate change predicts local extinctions and intraspecific
differences in genetic diversity of the threatened Mountain Dragon (Rankinia diemensis).
Their data suggest...
www.cell.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social and led by @tillramm.bsky.social! We integrated population genomics, fossils, SDMs, and micro-CT scanning to understand how climate change has influenced extinctions and extant genetic diversity in the threatened Australian mountain dragon #ozherps #genomics
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There was a headline on BBC News this morning that said “Prince Andrew gives up royal titles”, and it’s rare to encounter a sentence which has quite so comprehensively forgotten how it started.
October 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
There was a headline on BBC News this morning that said “Prince Andrew gives up royal titles”, and it’s rare to encounter a sentence which has quite so comprehensively forgotten how it started.
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Marina Abramović one day, the Stourbridge Town line the next, no other columnist has the range
A genuine treat for £1.60? Try the shortest railway line in Britain | Adrian Chiles
A genuine treat for £1.60? Try the shortest railway line in Britain | Adrian Chiles
There is an even shorter route in Germany, but that runs less frequently - which gives the shuttle train in my home town the moral victory
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Marina Abramović one day, the Stourbridge Town line the next, no other columnist has the range
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Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I would watch this >>
PITCH: a dating show based on supermarket baskets
12 singles are asked to do their weekly shop then pick a partner based only on what the person bought
12 singles are asked to do their weekly shop then pick a partner based only on what the person bought
September 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I would watch this >>
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✨ The #PalAss2025 organisers are preparing something special for icebreaker participants together with Staggeringly Good ! 🥳
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
September 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
✨ The #PalAss2025 organisers are preparing something special for icebreaker participants together with Staggeringly Good ! 🥳
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
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Huge missed headline opportunity here. Microbial life on Mars?
It’s a God awful small affair.
www.earth.com/news/nasa-an...
It’s a God awful small affair.
www.earth.com/news/nasa-an...
NASA announces discovery of life on Mars with high degree of confidence
NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the Red Planet.
www.earth.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Huge missed headline opportunity here. Microbial life on Mars?
It’s a God awful small affair.
www.earth.com/news/nasa-an...
It’s a God awful small affair.
www.earth.com/news/nasa-an...
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One thing I keep thinking about after 28 YEARS LATER is how heavily influenced it is by JG Ballard. Garland already borrowed from Ballard for ANNIHILATION, and I'd say he does again here. The Ralph Fiennes character could be lifted right out of any of Ballard's early environmental apocalypse novels.
September 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One thing I keep thinking about after 28 YEARS LATER is how heavily influenced it is by JG Ballard. Garland already borrowed from Ballard for ANNIHILATION, and I'd say he does again here. The Ralph Fiennes character could be lifted right out of any of Ballard's early environmental apocalypse novels.
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⚠️ We’re excited to announce our invited speakers for the #PalAss Annual Meeting! 🎉
🔗 Registration link ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #meeting
🔗 Registration link ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #meeting
September 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
⚠️ We’re excited to announce our invited speakers for the #PalAss Annual Meeting! 🎉
🔗 Registration link ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #meeting
🔗 Registration link ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #meeting
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Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com