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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 20/08/2026

Message to past Ian. Towel, not duvet.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 14/08/2026

Not yet as corrupt is an awfully low bar. I think we still make it over.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 09/08/2026

First outing in a while - a golden hour visit to Leighton Moss supplies a a few that fit both #birdoftheday themes #BestFootForward and #ASplashOfColour #egrets #birding

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 03/08/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #firsts so I think this might be my first bird photo. Certainly one of the first. Taken taken on my old Minolta film camera in the 90s. Slightly cheating on subject but there is a #bird in it!

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 28/07/2026

I gave up on the News Agents based on their (frankly fatuous) defence of staying on X.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 26/07/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #CHE #cormorants, #herons, #egrets. One of each. First a #GreatBlueHeron feeding a fledgling, A cormorant swimming and an Great Egret in flight

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 25/07/2026

Ok, been a tough summer to make time, but I'm doing this #birdOfTheDay on hard mode with the theme #oneTwoThreeFour with each group being the same kind of bird, and all groups being the same kind of bird #Greylag #geese (the last photo is more than four but oh well - four adults counts right?)

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 25/07/2026

I think the problem is they hear that name, go this top doesn’t have a lapel and get stuck. Maybe if we can persuade them to call it a lavalier they will imagine other possibilities.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 22/06/2026

Definitely shouldn’t have all those talented overseas students subsidising all the others and then sticking around and inventing stuff.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 22/06/2026

But what about reindustrialising and fishing? We all know fishing is bigger than the Universities… right? Oh.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 21/06/2026

Also, if you are at the V&A you are round the corner from the Science museum and Natural History museum. And then you can walk past the Albert hall into Hyde Park.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 21/06/2026

But only one anyone would call the V&A without some qualifier.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 21/06/2026

lol. “Quite a lot of nice stuff” Fwiw nobody in London would consider anything other than the main South Ken site the V&A without some qualifier. It is the original and main site.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.

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Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data

Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 15/06/2026

From when I've been to US sports stadiums those actually don't seem that bad…

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 15/06/2026

If it is an "injured" bird it is either a perfectly fine fledgling or a Kildeer.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Actually, no, I'm not finished: in over a decade of research I have seen how online spaces are places where friendships form and lives are built and sometimes saved. Cutting it off on a whim removes a valuable resource for people who face awful things in real life.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Quite pointed that he will do this but won’t do anything about the incitement, hate and disinformation on X.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 14/06/2026

So much this. We could actually prosecute/regulate platforms more effectively. Or just create ineffective (probably actually harmful) bans instead.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 08/06/2026

and puts the onus of dangerous algorithms on the creator of the algorithm, where it belongs.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 08/06/2026

I've been saying this for almost as long as YouTube has had a recommendation algorithm

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 07/06/2026

the "chronic" part is referring to the fact that this is not, in any way, new.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 07/06/2026

The UK right being represented by a relatively coherent Conservative Party for a long time. Now fragmented, triggered by factionalism over Brexit across the party, which destroyed party discipline. The historic relative coherence/control of the right is what is unusual, not the variety of the left

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 07/06/2026

Almost that chronically underfunding mental health and a fragmented and siloed delivery model doesn't work very well for anyone…

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 07/06/2026

Is this the "left" in general, or just the fact that some people (of any political stripe) can't believe they might be wrong or need to compromise in any way?

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 06/06/2026

Today I'll vigify some plants with a good feed of some fertiliser.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 06/06/2026

Do it again in 50 years and probably more of the pros choices survive to that list by the nature that more of them are already long established classics, but I also think it misses more recent things.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 06/06/2026

I wouldn't expect to agree with every choice or the order, and number one is… a choice… but comparing this to the previous "professionals" version I actually think it is in many ways more balanced vs the pros excessive focus on very predictable, older classics

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 06/06/2026

For clarity as well - I'm not saying it is pointless or uninteresting to think about patterns are reasons for why someone identifies as a nationality or not, just that the individuality of people makes it something you can't apply rules on an individual level to.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 06/06/2026

We need to get back to simply not-tolerating blatant bigotry and giving it cover as intellectually valid debate. (OK back to might be a bit rose-tinted, back to the trend of increasingly not tolerating it)

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 06/06/2026

Why should anyone get to define how I (or anyone else) get to feel about my national identity (or identities)? Nobody owns my feelings but me. The whole idea that there is definition of identity is transparently about excluding people you don't like. Just like being gay is "not a real man" etc…

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 06/06/2026

People identify themselves as something for a huge mix of reasons and feelings. You cannot put external "rules" for how someone identifies their nationality I I'm Canadian and English - equally but differently. My reasons are complex and individual. We can find patterns, but not dictate.

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 02/06/2026

I know / and thanks! I could properly show off a little as just after I’d seen it a guided group of about 8 people came by, and the guide asked me what I was looking at…

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 02/06/2026

Lime premium unlocks James Bond mode?

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 31/05/2026

Thanks. It was a great moment to see. Lucky with cooperative subjects!

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 31/05/2026

I've got a Vulture being kicked off a stump by a Roseate Spoonbill (which then didn't even stick around!) #BirdOfTheDay #FirstWingBeat #birding #orlandowetlands

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 29/05/2026

Love this set of themes. I think this captures #negativespace and #solitude so a high efficiency opportunity for #BirdOfTheDay

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 26/05/2026

A not senior nor labour source (ie me) says “Tony has got rich and turns out that is remarkably bad for your brain. “

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 26/05/2026

More evidence for a hard age/time limit on ex politicians being able to talk on politics

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 25/05/2026

I noted UCL hires excel when I was there a couple of weeks ago…

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 24/05/2026

#BirdOfTheDay is #StaringRightAtYou and I have a little collection today. 1+2 at #LeightonMoss and 2+4 on the gulf coast of central Florida 1) Greylag Goose Gosling 2) Mute Swan 3) Willet 4) Juvenile Ruddy Turnstone #birding #birds And now… gardening…

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 24/05/2026

I took a similar one a while back – the stork looks properly unimpressed :)

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Michael Maibaum @mike.maibaum.org · 22/05/2026

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SanDisk® Professional PRO-G40™ SSD - 2TB

The ultra-rugged SanDisk Professional PRO-G40 SSD enables you to efficiently collaborate across devices. But online now at apple.com.

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