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Yeah, that might be a big ask...

I stuck Ubuntu on an elderly Macbook a couple of months ago because it had deprecated to the point of not receiving updates any more and not being allowed on uni network. Not got the webcam working yet (not really tried) but the actual machine runs really nicely. Just use Office apps in browser.

Switching to a Linux build might be extreme but possibly the easiest option?

Erik A. Rodriguez @erin-rod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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💧◀️💧Diffusion in reverse!💧◀️💧 I added fluorescein & rhodamine B to a water bath under UV illumination. #FluorescenceFriday #SciArt #SciComm #RealTimeChem #Chemistry

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Damn. Can we relocate my lab to Denmark!?

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☞ ☞ ☞ the index finger is a pointing gesture to be found in manuscript and print traditions. It was used to draw the reader's attention to a certain part of a text or image. This slow-moving thread highlight a few of them:

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Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A Jarvis Cocker tribute spam email! Sing it with me: "🎶I want to write for Common People, I want to write whatever Common People read 🎶"

Spam email reading:

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Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is a great start but should go further. If the UK govt. believes the Israeli state is backing this ethnic cleansing, then sanctions should be against the entire state, not just illegal settlements. Anti-apartheid sanctions didn't target only parts of SA! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing

In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/09/2026

Isaac Newton famously wrote “if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Academic progress is always iterative and builds on the work of others, and a key component of academic culture is proper citation & attribution. It would be a travesty to let LLMs destroy that.

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I teach about Ariely's fraud in my methods class and it is probably not the best message to undergrads that he still has his job

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It continues to be profoundly disappointing when scientists who I respect and whose work I value talk about using text generators. Do you value your own work so little that you would replace it with slop? You don't have to participate in the bubble. And the next AI winter cannot come soon enough.

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Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I was telling my son about laws (or lack thereof) about food additives in the US, and remembered a blog I kept as a postdoc at NIH over a decade ago. It's weird looking back through the eyes of my younger self to a life before kids, Trump & Brexit. legalnonresidentalien.blogspot.com/2013/11/gene...

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Generally Recognised as Safe

Today, I want to talk about food additives. That evil institution despised by crazy UKIP and an increasing number of 'mainstream' conser...

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Marc Coutanche @marccoutanche.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We are recruiting an Assistant Professor in Cog Neuro/Cog Psych to join us at Rice! Please spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/192080

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Thanks, might need to check it out!

Ah, thank you! I really do live in a bubble it seems 😂. Films worth watching?

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I'll need to Google Hail Mary Project, not sure what this is never mind having any idea about the fan function 😂

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Maybe I should set up a channel and fund my lab through Tiktok and Insta videos... 🤔

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I've sent this to some of my friends as a control - 2/25 seems to be the median! You're 92% out-of-touch, but I'm apparently 100% reclusive weirdo. I'm fine with this 😂

Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm a solid 0/25 here. Who the hell are all these randos!?

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The new @scotrail app really is a steaming pile of horse shit. About 20% of the time I buy a ticket I can't download it. FFS.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Never be afraid to be different. 😂 (spotted this on a small loch where my son is having kayak races today)

A white farm duck in a loch surrounded by wild mallard ducks

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Haha, yes, the most annoying bits of my kids' personalities are the parts that highlight my own flaws. Having kids has been very humbling.

Yes, this is where we are. Nothing about our older kid prepared us for the whirlwind that is child number 2! He lulled us into a false sense of security...

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And here was me thinking an 8 year old daughter could be handful. I wanted a strong, intelligent and independently-minded daughter. Of course this manifests as stubborn and willful. Teenage years will be fun...

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Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is like looking 5 years into the future for me... 🫣

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What are these "grants" of which you speak???

I have a friend who is hugely spider phobic, often had to rescue him back in the day. I understand - they're awesome creatures but a fear of them seems hardwired into mammalian brains!

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I find the term "FEC" triggering...

You make a very good point. I actually tend not to Google fellowship applicants as I try to know as little as possible so I don't get biased, and focus more on their abilities and the merit of the proposal itself. Maybe I should revisit this...

Yeah. Any shortlisting committee I'm on, the very first thing I do is Google the candidates while reading their CV. There would have been plenty of red flags here... universities tend to get money if someone brings their own fellowship but there should still be sanity checks before endorsing.

Well done, you're very brave and did this in a humane way!

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I had this exact same discussion with my wife yesterday. Hiring Confas was the first sign that there is something seriously wrong with Cambridge's selection processes...

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I eagerly await the next installment of this saga. Who needs the Odyssey this summer!?