You bet you never hear him saying 'I didn't saw any black faces'
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2012 Nobel laureate John Gurdon has died. His work was central to both the development of animal cloning and the possibility of reprogramming cells to a different state. A giant of cell and developmental biology.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College
Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk
I just demonstrated to my husband how difficult it was for me to find out that I was eligible because I am on biologics - so many steps/clicks.... and I am still not sure whether I'll be turned away once I arrive at the pharmacy!
hahaha - love that word though - I can never pronounce squirrel correctly!
I do this sometimes and I apparently shout "there is a massive spider"
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Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
you need an 'as if' to look at the world; you need an 'as if' to explain the world'; and you need an 'as if' to change the world
as somebody once said back then 'carbon indulgence pixie dust'
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
Reposted by: Brigitte Nerlich, Dorothy Bishop
🥇 This year from The Journal of Immaterial Science – an "an open-access, beer-reviewed" “Satirical science journal, welcoming fictional research from all fields” – has awarded a medicine prize to Kennedy Jr for "taking bold action to reduce life expectancies in the USA".
H/T @krapnik.bsky.social
H/T @krapnik.bsky.social
I almost read this as AI 'in vain' - could be an allegory for AI, same hype, same hope, same disillusion
She was quite something! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie...
Valerie, Lady Meux - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Look under 'factors to consider'! www.gov.uk/government/p...
Good character requirement (accessible)
www.gov.uk
For weekend readers, some musings about #metaphor and #alchemy in the 17th and 21st centuries makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/03/m...
Metaphor, alchemy and lessons from the 17th century
Philip Ball has just published a magnificent book on the history of alchemy: Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science. This made me think about metap…
makingsciencepublic.com
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It is absolutely scandalous NHS England, despite the mountain of evidence for aerosol spread, is still giving advice on preventing Covid29 infection in infants as if it is droplet spread
Nothing about avoiding crowded poorly ventilated indoor spaces
@chrischirp.bsky.social
@sheencr.bsky.social
Nothing about avoiding crowded poorly ventilated indoor spaces
@chrischirp.bsky.social
@sheencr.bsky.social
There is so much more one could think and write about.... Thanks for reading, anyway.
A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW
I could ask - I don't know them really but their research group
Yes, I have to confess the jargon is really off-putting. The topic is interesting though, that is to say, to look at metaphors in science that become sites of resistance - why and how (what's the argument). The focus on practical consequences might be too narrow, perhaps.
Ha, was just reading an academic article (pragmatics/argumentation) on resistance to the computer metaphor rdcu.be/eJii8
Reconstructing Resistance: Pragmatic Argumentation Against Scientific Metaphor
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