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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

⏰ One week to go until our UK Data Service essentials: Introduction, finding and accessing data workshop. To book a place, please follow the link below: 📅 13 October 2026 ⏰ 10:00-11:30 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/uk-da...

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UK Data Service essentials: Introduction, finding and accessing data - UK Data Service

13 Oct 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am - A practical overview of the UK Data Service including guidance on searching and accessing data. This free online interactive session is ideal for anyone interested…

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RFK Brain Worm Jr. @planetofdinosaurs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hear me out. All police misconduct cases paid out of police pension funds. Because as a citizen I'm really sick of public funds being used to pay these AND having to worry about a cop doing something shitty to me because they have no accountability.

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you missed today's @rinpharma.bsky.social workshop, here are a few of my favourite "quick fixes" for some common #ggplot2 issues 📊 1. Use {ggview} to preview plots at the same size and resolution as you want to save them with ggsave() to avoid the annoying resizing #RStats #DataViz

library(ggview)
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) +
geom_point() +
canvas(
width = 6, height = 4,
units = "in",
dpi = 300
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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

⏰ Join us today at 14.00 for our Introduction to synthetic data workshop. This free workshop introduces the fundamentals of synthetic data. Please follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/Dcf3PV8...

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Introduction to synthetic data

YouTube video by UK DATA SERVICE

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Um. This is scheduled for 14:00, not 10?

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Data Impact Fellows - impact, redefined We are continuing a series to mark 10 years of the Data Impact Fellows scheme and looking forward to applications for the 2027 cohort. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/fellows-rede...

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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

⏰ Do you want to find out more about synthetic data? Join our free Introduction to synthetic data workshop. To book a place, please follow the link below: 📅 30 September 2026 ⏰ 14:00-15:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/intro...

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Introduction to synthetic data — UK Data Service

A comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

That's me! I'm one of those speakers!

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I recognised it within a few notes. The moooooood this song sets!

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Ohmigod. I started listening to 'Welcome to Night Vale' and the weather-song was an old favourite of mine. "Last Song" by Jason Webley took me right back.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

After 2 weeks, I'm good enough at my mad #svalboard to do quotidian work. There's nowt printed on the keys; I just have to memorise where everything is. I already use #Dvorak, so am used to keys with "wrong" labels. I spent yesterday coding, which helped me to memorise where all the brackets are.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

UK offshore tax havens are epicenters of global corruption. Secrecy is used to launder money, evade taxes, bust sanctions, shield crooks. Money flows to the City of London. Despite promises, they obstruct transparency. UK has legal responsibility for good governance of its tax havens. Must act.

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‘A mockery’: how offshore tax havens are thwarting the UK’s transparency push

Critics say ownership registers are too costly and too complicated, scuppering attempts to expose alleged money laundering

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Just watched Romeo +Juliet. So many incredible lines. Such scathing insults. Such good word play. Such imaginative metaphors. Also, great soundtrack. Now might have to watch Julie Taymor's Titus.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Well. That is it. #AlbumParty done. I enjoyed it. I think Hot Chips's early albums are so familiar that I feel very differently about them than the newer albums. But Freakout/Release actually has some very catchy moments and I want to give it more play to see if it becomes a favourite.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A Bath Full of Ecstasy was very pleasant, but nothing really grabbed me. To be fair, I was pretty deep into teaching myself a new application, so maybe I was not giving it the space it deserved. Happy to try again in the future. Now onto Freakout/Release from 2022.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Not bad. A couple of standouts but mostly very ok. Now onto A Bath Full of Ecstacy from 2019. How were Hot Chip putting out so many albums? This is madness.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Ha! I forgot the cover of Dancing in the Dark is on this album. Aces!

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I realised I had never finished this #AlbumParty. Oops. But I was in a synth mood today as I work on synthetic data research. So I am listening to Why Make Sense? from 2018. Starting strong with Huarache Lights. Love it.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I've started blocking people that use the word 'mortified' to mean 'horrified' or 'terrified'. Petty? Yes. But it winds me up in a way that I am sure is not good for me so... Blockety block block!

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Pettying Intensifies!

ALT: Pettying Intensifies!

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

People broke into our back garden earlier this week. Fortunately, all they stole was a bike we were gonna give away on Freecycle after finding it abandoned nearby. Not a terrible brand but 2 totally flat tires and I couldn't be bothered to walk it to a shop for repair. Done me a favour, really.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Fine. I will put on a load of laundry. But you better believe I will also play some video game to make up for it.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Brits are like “Look who’s boiling vegetables now.”

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I don't know why, but my arm is killing me today. So I set up Voice Access on my computer to reduce typing and mousing. So far, interesting but a pfaff. For example, I had to manually correct these sentences. Also, it doesn't seem to recognise many app names and switching between monitors is tricky.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

So, my #GreatManchesterRun 10k is done and dusted. Finished in 1 hour, 10 minutes and 24 seconds which is not my slowest ever 10k. Now loafing on the sofa, watching the women's FA Cup final with a TENS machine on my arms. Because naturally, the sorest part of me after a run is my arms.

A fair skinned person lounges on a yellow sofa in a care bears t shirt. One arm rest on top of their head, showing electric leads of a TENS machine attached to the inner forearm.

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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Welcome our new Baby Orca to the pod in Juan de Fuca, BC. #KillerWhales #Orca #BC #Canada

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Kind of looks like it could be an album cover. Nu metal, maybe?

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Getting ready for the #GreatManchesterRun today. I'm doing the 10k, so have time still before I need to head to the start. Decided to see if there is any coverage of the race. None on BBC (boo!), but there is a live stream of the finish line on YouTube. I'll be on that live stream later today!

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Jacqui @jacquiernst.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Whoohoo... 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ parkruns Congratulations to Darren! 🎊🎈🥳💐🥇🏆🥂🍾🎉 #thousand #parkrun #liebeparkrun #DarrenWood

Im Vordergrund hält eine Person ein gelbes T-Shirt mit der schwarzen Aufschrift '1000' und einem kleinen Symbol daneben hoch. Im Hintergrund steht eine große Menschenmenge im Freien, viele tragen bunte Sportkleidung. Einige halten gelbe Ballons in Form der Zahl 1000. Die Szene spielt bei Tageslicht auf einer Wiese mit Bäumen im Hintergrund.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I volunteered to marshal at my local #parkrun since I'm running a 10k event tomorrow. But I may have clapped for the participants too much. Pretty sure some of my fingers are now subluxing. They feel like a bag of dice instead if a functional structure. Damn you, hEDS!

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I was wrong. Many songs felt familiar and some were deeply nostalgic. Night and Day was the other most nostalgic one, but I'm not done yet.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Moving on now to In Our Heads (2012). Not sure if I know this album as a whole. The first few songs are certainly familiar but I only Don't Deny Your Heart has clear nostalgia for me. I'll carry on listening anyway.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Already feeling it. Switched to music video mode for I Feel Better, which was apparently influenced by Susan Boyle, Les Miserables and Madonna's La Isla Bonita. What? Yes.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Now, One Life Stand (2010). An album I definitely remember playing on repeat. This. This is gonna be epiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic!

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

So, Made in The Dark is fine. There are a couple of great songs but I can't say this album ever made it into heavy rotational play for me. It doesn't feel familiar, doesn't feel like it has any power or nostalgia. It's fine.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Now onto Made in The Dark (2008). The Wikipedia article has amusing rumours about a possible collaboration with Kylie Minogue. A different mood for this album, I think. Apparently not recorded in a bedroom so that is probably a factor.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is another album that I couldn't really tell you what my favourite track is. There are so many that speak to me. Maybe No Fit State? Or So Glad to See You. Maybe The Warning? I do like the threat that Hot Chip might break your legs or snap off your head.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Apparently, The Warning was better received than their first album and was described as mixing violence with soul and as sounding like early New Order. Well. I know I like it. One friend of mine really did not though and said it was "repetitive monkey music". Can't win them all, I guess.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Forgot to say that I had moved on to The Warning (2006). Another excellent album and the one that I actually encountered first. Very dance. Very nostalgia. Very good music videos too.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Oh. Now I have doubts. Maybe Shining Escalade is my favourite? Or Baby Said? Such a good album.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Crap Kraft Dinner might be my favourite song on this album. Contemplative, a bit sad, but also very dancey.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Ah, every track is so familiar. Especially because these electro-soul (?) tracks have a sort of driving rhythm. I don't mean driving as in "they drive you forward" I just mean driving as in "the rhythm of utility poles passing as you drive past at a stead pace".

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Time for another #AlbumParty! I'm starting off today with Hot Chip's 'Coming on Strong'. Wikipedia says it is from 2004 but Spotify says 2005. I love this album and have heard it so many times. It was the soundtrack to one of my years in Barcelona.

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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

📫 Did you know we run a quarterly newsletter? Subscribe to keep up to date with new events and training opportunities, see which datasets have been featured across the media and explore opportunities to promote your own research. ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/05/06/a...

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April 2026 UK Data Service newsletter – Featuring the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s Every Story Matters exercise — UK Data Service

Read the full stories in our April 2026 UK Data Service newsletter. In this issue of the UK Data Service newsletter, we share details on...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

More than a fifth of all “austerity generation” UK children scarred by poverty. Children bear the human cost of refusal to tax corporations and super rich. Tories want to reimpose the two child benefit cap to fund defence. Reform want to do the same to cut price of a pint of beer.

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More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says

Researchers say hardship is a direct legacy of welfare benefit cuts imposed by Tory governments in recent years

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Competition regulator allows additional 2% -4% increase in England water bills on appeal. Regulators side with industry. Companies to collect more money from captive customers, dump sewage in rivers, pay dividends, exorbitant exec pay. Rip-off continues. Who protects people?

gov.uk

Final decision on disputed price controls for 5 water companies

An independent group of experts appointed by the CMA has decided how much revenue 5 water companies are allowed following their rejection of Ofwat’s decision.

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Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Ah, Amsterdam, never change.

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The Ig Nobel awards (for science that makes you laugh and think at the same time) have traditionally been given in the US but this year they are moving because of concerns about safety of winners and journalists from Trumps regime

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Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas

Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Original post: social.coop/@afewbugs/11...

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Well, that's it for this Album Party. I enjoyed Tool's music. Read they are 'prog metal'. That's not a thing I'd heard of. I like that they have a clear articistic voice - videos, rhythms, themes, etc. that are interesting but not mass appeal. I like when people are genuine instead of conformist.

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Jools @jools-cyborg.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Picking it up again today to finish off this #AlbumParty. Shouldn't take me too long to listen to this last album and the compose my reflections.

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