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  #brandnewsentence https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6rmyrnwylwzo

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  @Julianoe haha no, posted about it at the time, but it’s a banger! :)

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  So having a few friends round for a small get-together is a crime now, eh. #cocaine #trafficking #submarine #submersible #narcotics #CrimeNews #organizedcrime #mafia #portugal https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm274lmg7m1o?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb

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  Today’s ’Reddit sleuths unmask wrongdoing’ update is admittedly minor. “Chive Lord, a r/KitchenConfidential user who claims to cut chives every day, is accused of fraud after two separate posts are revealed to be the same pile of chives; moderators get involved.” #Reddit #chives #osint #sleuths

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  When your British TV interviewee says, "I'm a kid from a council estate" but the transcription AI you're using is USA-coded, things can get apocalyptic pretty fucking quickly. #AI #Artificialintelligence #BritishEnglish #AmericanEnglish #journalism #journalists #interview #thatescalatedquickly

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  This is extraordinary. Sharon Begley, STAT’s senior science writer, died in 2021. But before she did, she wrote this clear-eyed, fair, and utterly damning obituary for DNA pioneer turned pariah James Watson, who died on Thursday, aged 97. https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/ #jameswatson #dna #science #biology #stat #obituary #obit #genome #sharonbegley

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  “William Blake’s poem ‘Eternity’ was written in 1880, which was after his death in 1827.” Great work, Google AI. The Zero-Click Impression is working out swimmingly. No notes. #google #ai #artificialintelligence #googlegemini #chatgpt #williamblake #poetry #romanticism #literature #aioverview #poem #zeroclickimpression #search #snafu

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  @sashag @wez That’s wild that it from was a Brit! Wez is right. ‘The early bird gets the worm’ is a really common & well-known formulation/phrase in British English. The reversed one sounds awkward - like a comedy movie might make a robot speak as they get familiar with the world and customs of These Humans. ☺️

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  I just heard that an old friend and colleague with whom I’d lost touch has died. There are lots of things to be said by people closer to them than I had become. But this person was kind, and classy, and creative. And by being all of that, they made the world, and so many other people’s lives, far better. If you know anyone like that, tell them so. #inmemory #inmemoriam #absentfriends #tribute #tellthem #eulogy #elegy #sorrow #passing

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  One of my favourite moments in history. In 1584, as witch panic gripped Europe & threatened to sweep Britain, a member of Parliament called Reginald Scott wrote a book, 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft', absolutely dismantling the belief in witches in ways funny, elegant, irrefutable & memorable. ‘The Discoverie of Witches’ became a sensation. As a result, the British witch craze was muted. 1000s of lives were saved. #books #witchcraft #witch #WitchTrials #craz...

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  Masterfully written line in Forbes, on Ukraine’s newest drone. “This is a penetrating weapon, as a sticker on the bomb proclaims, and it has Russian military bloggers worried.” Looking closely, the decal on Ukraine’s ‘fencepost’ explosive drone reads: ‘Anal Punisher’. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2026/06/12/russians-alarmed-by-ukraines-fence-post-drone-bomb/ #Ukraine #drones #warfare #russia #UkraineWar #writing

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  The Royal Society's fantastic Summer Science week kicks off in London tomorrow. One of its flagship research pieces is 'The Art of Resilience for Successful Ageing'. Led by Professor Dorina Cadar, the project presents the most in-depth study yet of cognitive resilience – and why some brains stay healthy and resilient as we age, while others suffer cognitive decline. The results suggest a new way of thinking about age, but also life in general. I interviewed Professor C...

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  Scientists: We can now send cockroaches to Mars, the Moon or the ocean floor! (Everybody cheers) We have given them suits to turn them into cyborg explorers of these environments! (Muted cheering) ...for 3 hours before they run out of oxygen! (Cheering) https://www.newscientist.com/article/2531894-remote-controlled-cockroach-swarm-can-now-breathe-underwater/ #science #cyborg #cockroaches #3Dprinting #space #spaceexploration #subseaexploration #entomology #drones

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  One of my favourite souls, social entrepreneur Nyifamu Manzo, over from Nigeria for London Climate Week. (In a surreal twist, the talk on heatwaves was cancelled due to the heatwave.) Nyifamu’s project Farmatrix uses tech for good, to help farmers in the North to access markets in Lagos & prevent crop wastage. It’s wild that while Nyifamu uses AI to empower smallholder farmers in Northern Nigeria, giant brands see no further than ‘Hurr durr AI make cheap ads’. #nigeria #agritech #ai #...

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  @suearcher Sue, I’m so sorry to hear about your Mum. This short thread is full of such lovely detail, she - and your love for her - is absolutely, joyously vivid in it. Strength and solidarity to you and yours.

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  Is it The Odyssey #odyssey #christophernolan #homer

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  New, hand-painted Tom Waits Converse arrived. This might not be the best photo I’ve ever taken, but let me repeat: Tom Waits Converse! #converse #tomwaits #conversechucktaylor #paintedsneakers