Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 13hMind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December 13495280
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonMatthew Sparkes @sparkes.bsky.social · 20hFormalisation has been key to the explosion of AI mathematics - it allows companies to "prove" their results are correct. But AI has already learned to hack its way to fake success. Tricking humans is sometimes easier than doing real mathematics... www.newscientist.com/article/2591...newscientist.comMathematicians and AI in behind-the-scenes battle over what's true | New ScientistAI models are solving mathematics problems with increasing pace, and a technique called formalisation is key to demonstrating that their claimed solutions are indeed correct. But can we trust the form... 186
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 01/10/2026if true this is bonkers for a party supposedly committed to defending free speech 22382100
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Is the fuel trusted or is the supply trusted, I wonder. 0100
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 01/10/2026I keep seeing this Semafor graph that seems to show the Trump administration’s effect on international visits is comparable to the pandemic. My first thought was “that can’t be true” and indeed it is not. This is monthly data. We only have to Jun/Aug 2026. The lines are over-fitted to the months. 12446132
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonMel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Nightmare vision of AI-generated epidemiology research. As if the literature wasn't already reinventing wheels hand over fist. 151
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonEmily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you 7041551008
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is getting the kid glove treatment a little bit because it's an entertainment venue, but if the president can unilaterally shutter government entities we're an authoritarian state. Full stop. 25410
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Cultural vandalism. slippedisc.com/2026/10/they...slippedisc.comThey're removing the pianos from the Kennedy Center - SlippediscSomeone has given the order to evacuate the... 1214
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've gone on Traitors by mistake #celebritytraitors 2548
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026just incredible telly #CelebrityTraitors 513110
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Who amongst us hasn't been tempted... 541395
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is a thing of beauty www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...bbc.co.ukTwo-legged Evri delivery robot crashes during UK-first trial 6196
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/10/2026Huh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c... 10687250
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I like to think this is as (An) Economist As A Service. 021
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Odd that Mr Thiel's viewing wasn't cancelled instead. 1205
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Esther Rantzen hosts Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of children from the Holocaust youtu.be/OqqbM1B-mPY?...youtu.beHolocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton (That's Life - 1988)YouTube video by Tops of the top 1534195
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Well, we're still at just over 20 months of Trump's second term, and the www.trumpactiontracker.info has reached over 4,000 documented actions :-/ 513266
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is what happens when you govern by not only looking at what "people" are saying on X/Twitter. 0115
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This deserves an honourary knighthood 36801131
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What exactly are military academic norms. 2120
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Nick Robinson talking continuously about Andy Burnham's dad. I don't think that's entirely appropriate. Yes, Burnham does want to mention it. But on his terms. And not in response to continuous questioning. He may be a politician, but he's also grieving. 2380
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ada, Countess of Lovelace, 1815-1852, daughter of Lord Byron, mathematician & a pioneer of computing. Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836. UK Government Art Collection 516320
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 44767201841
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system, so that everyone's vote counts. And everyone's voice is heard." 1528065
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Some of the universities I visit have the aura of a slightly worse for wear country club that have seen better days. 1110
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonVelour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose 692142712
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonLevayer Lab @levayerr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here it is...by delegating decision to non transparent AI models we generate an incentive for grant applicants to use AI writing to tweak system and the vicious/absurd feedback loop is set (which all started by an overload of grant application driven by AI writing). www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgU.K. funder uses ‘AI triage’ to reject grant proposals—leaving researchers dismayedThe AI-based assessment, which wasn’t explicitly described in the funding call, has raised privacy and fairness concerns 13216
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Diesel at record high prices and why no trucker convoy in DC? 822072320
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A catalogue not only of transport, but of graphic design. 040
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Doing everything to ensure a fair trial 🤨 071
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia — the oldest natural history museum in the U.S. — has closed its doors after nearly 200 years 6abc.com/post/philade... 22440281
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Speed running to the plot of War Games. 063
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonRyan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives. 263944742
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...nytimes.comA Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran. 4451480494
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Traffic filters will go live in Oxford tomorrow (Monday). Want to know how to get around the city? We share our best hacks on on how you can avoid the traffic filters entirely, and still visit all your favourite places in the city centre. oxfordclarion.uk/twelve-easy-...oxfordclarion.ukTwelve easy hacks to beat Oxford’s Traffic FiltersWant to travel in Oxford, but worried about the traffic filters from Monday, 28 September 2026? We got you. Here's the tea on how you can avoid the traffic filters entirely, and still visit all your f... 63310
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Niche Enid Blyton 919529
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As did DOGE. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukOpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and CensusOpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises. 2112
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Maybe Trump invited him there for tea. 380
Reposted by Dr Duncan RobertsonRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This sounds like a great and very important job that someone excellent should be doing. 01311
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Listening to the discussion of AI agents not having intent and therefore not being unlawful. But isn't that the MO of most crime or indeed corporate crime. It's very unusual that the (mob) boss writes down an explicit command to break the law. Unless they're silly of course. Or lazy. 6152