Robert Insall
robinsall.bsky.social
Robert Insall
@robinsall.bsky.social
Chemotaxis. Math. Computers. Cells. Machine learning.
I'm not sure their confirmation helps as much as they think it does...
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I wonder if your irony filters need tuning upwards a little?
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Have you used it? I'm defensively resistant to any of the zillions of online services wanting an open ended $10/month and it wouldn't be any use without
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Tough isn't it?
Google was so far ahead that they could get away with some toxifying of their environment. But they've fallen a very long way.
The question now- which is least worst? A less good search, or a wall of crap and invention with your answers tucked underneath?
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reposted by Robert Insall
they became a verb, but unfortunately it was an ad verb.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Nah. The answer to increasing dishonesty in science is never and will never be "create an inquisition that will hunt dishonesty, and make people prove honesty at every step".

We need to remake the incentives so rewards are for being a proper scientist and discovering new, validatable things.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Also an abstract that is nearly 50% puffing the importance of the results rather than describing them. Very 2025.
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
You just wrote this with chatGPT. I can tell.
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I'm going to advertise for a date with a bad sense of humor. Or no sense of hunor at all. Seems a buyer's market.
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Possible suggestions:
- flamethrower
- chainsaw
- lawsuit for $1bn
- sharply-worded, handwritten letter of complaint
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It often seems like they're actively working to befoul employees' work environments and cut down morale. This is a weird one though...
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hurray! Hurrah!
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
WHERE CAN I BUY ONE?
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Super piece.
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The needless nastiness of the screeners is remarkable. Shines a very negative light on the US.
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM