Andrew

Andrew

@lesswrongmorekind.bsky.social

Fan of science, nature, and equality and justice for all. Aiming to be less wrong and more kind. It seems a worthy goal.

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Jon Worth
@jonworth.eu

The press release announcing the start of #LongestTrainEU is out! jonworth.eu/press-release-… It gives all the key stats and background, and the trip starts TODAY at 19:00 EEST in Kemijärvi 🇫🇮

jonworth.euPress Release: Record Breaking Longest Train Journey in the EU to begin in KemijärviFor immediate release At 19:00 EEST (18:00 CEST, 17:00 BST) Monday 7th September a record breaking train journey will start in Kemijärvi, Finland. Jon Worth will attempt to complete the new longest train journey in the European Union, from Kemijärvi to Lagos, Portugal, in the fastest possible

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Long Cat Media
@longcatmedia.bsky.social

Dearest listeners! After three years (both in the story and in real life), MOCKERY MANOR is back for Season 4! S4 E1 - INVERTED TRIANGLE The first new episode is out in all the usual podcast places (except Spotify), plus Bandcamp, where you can listen in HD and purchase episodes to own forever.

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Dr Dean Burnett
@drdeanburnett.bsky.social

Only just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD

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Chris Person
@papapishu.bsky.social

For @aftermath.site, I reviewed the Steam Machine. It costs $1049 base. It is beautifully designed. It might be one of the most important computers ever made, launched at the worst time imaginable. aftermath.site/steam-machin...

aftermath.siteThe Steam Machine Is An Iconoclastic Computer Born In Unforgiving TimesValve has released a tiny, silent, entry level PC that does important work bringing PCs gaming to the living room and desktop Linux to the masses. The timing could not be worse.
Andrew
@lesswrongmorekind.bsky.social

@elksneedle.bsky.social armoured crustaceans!

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social

There are almost no crustaceans in the deep ocean. Not because they would get crushed, but because they would DISSOLVE. The cold & high pressure cause changes to water that make it very corrosive to calcium carbonate shells. But there's one crustacean who solves this problem with ALUMINUM ARMOR.

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Dr Jamie Gallagher
@jamiebgall.co.uk

🚨 all science officers to the bridge 🚨 I’m looking for Scientists to come and speak at Destination, the Star Trek convention in Blackpool. 30 min + 15 min questions on any science topic linked to the show. (£125 + weekend pass for 2 people) 21-23 Aug. DM if interested.

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Martyn Brunt
@skybluebrunty.bsky.social

I did a thread on 15 minute cities on X which went so viral I ended up in the Times and on BBC Radio. I thought I'd repeat it here... This was my parents house in Coventry. They bought it in 1965 and it was my home throughout the 1970s & 80s. My mum lived there until 2021. It was a happy home. 1/22

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Humanists UK
@humanists.uk

Great to see our patron Stephen Fry on ITV's The Assembly! Here's Stephen on the afterlife, the humanist approach to life, and finding wonder in the here and now 👇

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Ruth Mersereau
@ruthmersereau.bsky.social

1/7 I’m a Green Party councillor for City Ward #Sheffield. It’s a densely populated urban ward. I’m going to talk about digital advertising screens, which doesn’t sound exciting, but please bear with me. I want to explain why I spend time objecting to so many of these. Since 2023, I’ve …

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Vagina Museum
@vaginamuseum.bsky.social

Hey. Hey guess what. Guess what day it is? It's our birthday, and the Vagina Museum is nine years old today. The world has changed massively in those nine years. We started out with a tweet... and now we're a vibrant community space, dedicated to education and celebration!

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John Bull
@garius.eurosky.social

It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.

John Bull@garius.eurosky.social

On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam. But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else: A massacre. He decided to act. 1/28

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John Bull
@garius.eurosky.social

If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it. Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22

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Emma Monk
@monkemma.bsky.social

Today we have a double debunk: 1. A debunk of the idea that 67 dog breeds are being banned in Britain 2. A debunk of what the usual suspects are saying online (because they are so tediously predictable!🙄) 🧵1/21

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Emma Monk
@monkemma.bsky.social

This clip is all over the other place and has made its way onto GB News and Talk TV so I’ll do a bit of an explainer here too! The clip doing the rounds is of a fantastic police officer telling a group of Muslim men that a Christian preacher nearby is entitled to freedom of expression. 🧵 1/19

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David Roberts
@volts.wtf

Some day we'll all regret this & we'll hold hearings & rend garments & pledge "never again" & we'll be just as full of shit as we were last time.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

inquirer.comThe hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will BunchAn internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

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Lizzi Collinge MP
@lizzicollinge.bsky.social

Good overview of the workload on staff and MPs, and what the role of the MP is/could/should be. I prioritise dealing with casework quickly over replying to policy emails because e.g. helping a person access disability support is more important to me... 1/?

Alice Lilly@aliceolilly.bsky.social

The workload facing MPs and their staff is growing, in ways that aren't visible to the public: casework and the inbox. For @thehousemag.bsky.social, I delved into what the workload looks like, why it's growing, and what this means for how MPs can balance the different aspects of their role

politicshome.comCasework Crisis: Increase In Constituency Caseload Takes Its TollThe inexorable growth in casework is stopping MPs from fulfilling their other roles. Alice Lilly sifts through the inbox looking for what might be ...

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Micah
@rincewind.run

behold, courtesy of my amazing wife, the coolest thing anyone has ever made for me the Imperial Ministry of Silly Walks

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Bobby Seagull MBE
@bobbyseagull.bsky.social

A thing just happened! 🤯📚 “Bobby Seagull MBE for services to public libraries”✨ Just on BBC News talking about my passion for books, libraries, and our incredible librarians ❤️📖 and why they're so vital to our communities. Tomorrow 📺 BBC Breakfast 6.40am 🎙️ LBC 7.40am 📺 Good Morning Britain TBC