Paul Stevenson
@pdstevenson.bsky.social
Nuclear physicist and quantum computerer &c. J'habite le sarf of England
They can’t all become comedians
This year, 30,000 doctors applied for only 10,000 training posts. These are highly trained professionals who want long term NHS careers, yet thousands are being denied the ability to progress in their careers. Many are left moving between short-term roles or leaving.
www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/se...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
They can’t all become comedians
It's only just occurred to me that the band Smashing Pumpkins are probably not named after really great pumpkins, but after the act of bludgeoning them with a mallet
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It's only just occurred to me that the band Smashing Pumpkins are probably not named after really great pumpkins, but after the act of bludgeoning them with a mallet
Love the way the sun, shining from behind it, lights up the cracks in this sign at the leisure centre
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Love the way the sun, shining from behind it, lights up the cracks in this sign at the leisure centre
We’re into the season when I can make use of my main skill: to know exactly when to jump in with “it’s Christmas!” In Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We’re into the season when I can make use of my main skill: to know exactly when to jump in with “it’s Christmas!” In Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody
What a gruesome intersection of anti-immigration punching-down and the building of a society where private vehicles are the only way of making many journeys
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
What a gruesome intersection of anti-immigration punching-down and the building of a society where private vehicles are the only way of making many journeys
As an ice-skating family, we are encountering much confusion when referring to "hockey" now that two of my kids have started playing (field) hockey. UK-default is that "hockey"="field hockey" but we have been using the North American "hockey"="ice hockey" shorthand
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
As an ice-skating family, we are encountering much confusion when referring to "hockey" now that two of my kids have started playing (field) hockey. UK-default is that "hockey"="field hockey" but we have been using the North American "hockey"="ice hockey" shorthand
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Degustatory: to take the wind out of Michael Gove #UxbridgeEnglishDictionary
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Degustatory: to take the wind out of Michael Gove #UxbridgeEnglishDictionary
Looks like the Martians are succeeding in destroying Woking
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Looks like the Martians are succeeding in destroying Woking
To be fair to Meta, their algorithm knows how to select the best comment to show under a post
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
To be fair to Meta, their algorithm knows how to select the best comment to show under a post
The southern-most station on the London Underground is on the Northern Line.
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The southern-most station on the London Underground is on the Northern Line.
If Trump hates universities so much, then why is he acting like an emeritus professor?
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If Trump hates universities so much, then why is he acting like an emeritus professor?
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So let me get this right. We had to leave the EU to control immigration, and we are going to control immigration by emulating the stringent immigration system of Denmark, which is a proud and happy member of the EU.
UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system
Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So let me get this right. We had to leave the EU to control immigration, and we are going to control immigration by emulating the stringent immigration system of Denmark, which is a proud and happy member of the EU.
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
Anyone going to the Global Slag conference next year? globalslag.com/conferences/...
Global Slag Conference & Exhibition
Global Slag, the online portal for all things slag and slag-cement related
globalslag.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Anyone going to the Global Slag conference next year? globalslag.com/conferences/...
Disappointing to get to the lunch room to see a part-completed crossword, but part-completed with the “quick” clues
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Disappointing to get to the lunch room to see a part-completed crossword, but part-completed with the “quick” clues
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Whenever I read a story about one of these hard-discipline schools, I shudder, thinking about the horrifying stories of abuse and trauma we’re going to hear in the future from kids who went through them.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Whenever I read a story about one of these hard-discipline schools, I shudder, thinking about the horrifying stories of abuse and trauma we’re going to hear in the future from kids who went through them.
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This is what I find with my students, too. 90% of them think that AI is net bad, and none argue with my intro lecture about the objective harms of AI. And yet we get emails in our inbox from the university twice a month promoting AI tools.
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is what I find with my students, too. 90% of them think that AI is net bad, and none argue with my intro lecture about the objective harms of AI. And yet we get emails in our inbox from the university twice a month promoting AI tools.
Attn fellow Guildfordians
I'm giving a talk on black holes at the Guildford Astronomical Society at the University of Surrey on Thursday 6 November at 7.30pm. Everyone welcome! www.guildfordas.org/newsitestagi...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Attn fellow Guildfordians
I used to be on TV every day, in the "D" of of the GOOD MORNING BRITAIN
November 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I used to be on TV every day, in the "D" of of the GOOD MORNING BRITAIN
Is it possible to opt out of audio adverts in which people speak while chewing food? Look at you Maoam, Maltesers
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Is it possible to opt out of audio adverts in which people speak while chewing food? Look at you Maoam, Maltesers
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Today in 1958, at RAF Sculthorpe, about 3 miles west of Fakenham, England, USAF atomic bomb technician Master Sergeant Leander Cunningham, 41, suffered a mental breakdown, locked himself in the bomb maintenance building, and threatened to detonate a Mark-5 bomb by shooting it with his .45 pistol.
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today in 1958, at RAF Sculthorpe, about 3 miles west of Fakenham, England, USAF atomic bomb technician Master Sergeant Leander Cunningham, 41, suffered a mental breakdown, locked himself in the bomb maintenance building, and threatened to detonate a Mark-5 bomb by shooting it with his .45 pistol.
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM