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Rick @rick-sco.bsky.social · 1h

Yeh, you can't even disagree with the action of declaring Palestine Action a terrorist group. Pretty sure they will just try to arrest anyone with the words Action & Palestine in what they deem to be the wrong order at this point. Some politicians are really in need of swift replacement.

Woman 'arrested' over 'I oppose proscription of Palestine Action' sign

A PROTESTER has claimed she was arrested for holding a sign saying “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”.

www.thenational.scot

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 18h

I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.

Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 1d

Physics Nobel goes to superconducting quantum qubits leading to macroscopic quantum phenomenon.

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electri...

www.nobelprize.org

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 1d

Call it Datas you cowards

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 2d

I feel sorry for the poor Met officer (who honestly is probably wishing the ground open up to swallow him up), and also salute the courage of the gentleman/terrorist* who is standing up for his beliefs.

*according to the government

Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 3d

BREAKING: Heroic police officers save public from this terrifying terrorist who was holding a sign the government doesn’t like x

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'Staff at some institutions will not get even get the small rise due to them because of a clause in the negotiations that allows for a delay for up to 11 months if a university is facing financial difficulties.' So far, Dundee, Kent, Brunel, Coventry, Swansea.

Five UK universities tell staff they can’t afford pay rises

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 2d

King’s admissions team working very hard to convince applicants of the value of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and other arts and humanities degrees. Godspeed, may these words be heard by young people filling out their UCAS forms.

Can you figure out what all these jobs have in common? #cambridge #uni #careers #ucas #studyatkings

YouTube video by King's College, Cambridge

youtube.com

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 2d

+1 for Arfken and also Kreyszig (don’t be put off by the “for Engineers”! I used it as an engineering undergraduate major and looked how turned out 😂)

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · Aug 31

"If your supply chain uses AI coding, you should assume it’s dangerous trash put out by morons. If any of your upstream dependencies has a .cursor folder, you need to assume they’re not competent, and remove that dependency pronto."

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · Aug 30

From the beginning, many of us were apprehensive about allowing LLMs to actually execute code. Asking it for answers is one thing. Allowing it to take actions in privileged environments is entirely another.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/29/v...

Vibe-coded build system NX gets hacked, steals vibe-coders’ crypto

NX is build software. You write your code on your laptop, you press “build”, it runs NX, and you get a built version you can put onto your web server. If you could hack NX, you could hit a lot of p…

pivot-to-ai.com

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 2d

Need to know what the catering is like.

Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder how much of this narrow focus on electoral combat is due to the exponential increase in availability and use of polling data? I notice in other management contexts that leaning on “data tells us <narrowly defined checkbox goal>” can easily masks the lack of overarching principles for action

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 4d

5 years ago, we made the strategic choice to transition our CPU based numerical relativity code GRChombo to the now GPU based GRTeclyn. It took a few years to design and develop (we called it “future proofing”) and we are proud of it.

What I didn’t think of 5 years ago, was to buy NVIDIA stocks.

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4d

And some people still say that THIS IS FINE

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 4d

This is so funny.

Adam @adamcobb.bsky.social · 4d

My favourite ridiculous example of this is the Manchester United credit card in Malaysia and Singapore (yes really) which used to give extra rewards only when they won now also gives rewards when they draw as people were churning due to lack of victories milelion.com/2025/07/17/h...

Hooray: Maybank Manchester United Card enhanced; now rewards draws - The MileLion

For the 2025/26 EPL season, earn 2.8 mpd for every Manchester United win, 1.6 mpd for a draw, and 1.12 mpd on all other occasions where they teach us that winning isn't everything.

milelion.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 4d

In her lunch with the FT the OnlyFans CEO says her company pays more tax than the entire British fishing industry. Quite a stat.

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck the patriarchy.

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4d

But, of course, the fuckwits.

Dame Sarah Mullally makes history as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury and the Sky news headline fails to name her but it’s ok, her husband is named.

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you kind sir for the bonus panel : extraordinary fan service for Bayesian inference aficionados.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 7d

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’

The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers

www.theguardian.com

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 6d

This is, as they say, weak sauce.

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 6d

"I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish." Read the full statement from the President of the Royal Society Sir Adrian Smith: royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...

A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society

A statement from the President of the Royal Society regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.

royalsociety.org

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 6d

Have anybody checked on @bwalker.uk to see if he is ok ? This is really poor from somebody who used to do decent stuff.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 6d

In addition, I think also: politics is about argument! When I say 'the free movement of services, goods, capital and people is good for growth', I am not saying it because it is popular, but because it is true. It is in fact racist to say that mixed-race people should be deported!

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6d

The idea that "the median voter will feel attacked" by challenging Reform over racism is certainly not shown by the data in this piece. It shows they may be indifferent. (It may mean a different important swing voter, who isn't the median voter)

The New Statesman @handle.invalid · 7d

Crying racism only hurts Labour

Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.

📊 @bwalker.uk

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 6d

Le sigh.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Royal Society rules out expelling Elon Musk after rally speech

Society president criticises billionaire’s “language of violence” but says organisation should not “police political opinions”

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

Royal Society rules out expelling Elon Musk after rally speech - Research Professional News

Society president criticises billionaire’s “language of violence” but says organisation should not “police political opinions”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 6d

Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, died Wednesday, Oct. 1. She was 91.

Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Environmental Activist, Dead at 91

Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91.

www.rollingstone.com

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 7d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting! I know that this is a phenomenon, but i didn't know it has a name. Does polling companies take this into account when coming up with error bars? (Please please please say they do.)

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 7d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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