I work at @facebook. Also interested in evolution, statistics, programming, cooking, photography, beer. I occasionally sponsor German art events.

London
Joined March 2007
Strange definition of ‘closed’, I’ve just come through. It’s currently a shamefully disorganised clusterfuck. Staff behind barriers not letting people through, a crush of confused people wondering why they aren’t allowed on their trains. No proper announcements or staff out front
Hi Sophie, I can confirm that London Kings Cross station is still closed. You can view any updates here orlo.uk/Ihthd
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It’s six years since @MattBors drew ‘Mr Gotcha’ and still Camilla Long wrote this 👇🏻 at the weekend:
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i really wish someone on here would tell me about the AI tools i’m missing out on
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Raycast’s new Pro subscription adds AI and syncing features theverge.com/2023/5/11/23719…
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This Bahraini torture survivor has a message for King Charles: don’t toast with my torturers at your Coronation today.
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Don't care about the coronation? Here's why you should. 👇🏾
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On @Jeopardy yesterday, the students all failed to answer the most important question in the history of the show. HT @butro for video!
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Government now telling us they aren’t in power anymore. What is the point of them?
Keir Starmer either cannot or will not stand up to his union mates causing strike chaos across the country. It’s Labour’s nightmare before Christmas delivered with their pal Mick “Grinch” Lynch.
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Don’t get me wrong, the public isn’t stupid for not understanding the very basics of the question: they’ve been directly lied to by politicians from Farage to Braverman & many pundits too. The lie that real refugees can take non-existent safe routes to the UK has stuck #r4today
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Tweeps: you’re being treated cruelly and unfairly and I’m truly sorry this is happening to you. Please reach out if you need a referral to AWS or any other sort of support. My thoughts are with you, and Elon is a douche.
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So the idea of Bring Back Boris has only a few small flaws: He isn't popular. He never was. He can't govern. He can't unify. Scandal & chaos follows him wherever he goes. And enough Con MPs know all of this to leave him unable to govern from day 1.
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1/ Elon Musk has too large an audience to simply ignore this, and others have eloquently told him to fuck off already (which I'm here for) but I'd like to go point by point and explain why his ideas are misguided and impractical.
Ukraine-Russia Peace: - Redo elections of annexed regions under UN supervision. Russia leaves if that is will of the people. - Crimea formally part of Russia, as it has been since 1783 (until Khrushchev’s mistake). - Water supply to Crimea assured. - Ukraine remains neutral.
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Well. Older readers may recall that 12 days ago @GBNews posted this from its twitter account. Oddly it wasn't emailed to me or my agent. Even more oddly nobody seems to have been daring enough to sign it. It’s just signed “GB News”.
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King Charles III is an inspiration for postdocs everywhere
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Even when the Tories are in power they aren’t in power, it seems. The right-wing constantly seek to portray themselves as having no real power (cf “enemy of the people” judges, “the blob” etc.) and so they take no responsibility for their ongoing shitshow.
Twelve years? The Tories have had at most one non-pandemic year with anything close to a decent majority.
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Losing my mind.
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a demo of chromostereopsis
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This is my Daughter’s 5 birthday in June of 2020. We chalked lines on the drive to create a gap because we didn’t think her and the one invited friend would be able to stay apart. I’m absolutely furious today!
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Some thoughts on the evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 so far, how it compares to other viruses, and what might happen next... 1/
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