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Dr Rachel McCloy @fidgitpig.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

#academicsky We’re currently recruiting for a Professor in Neuroscience in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading - please pass on to anyone who might be interested: jobs.reading.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

"Cadair Arthur" rising above Glyn Tarell in Wales.

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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull” First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided. With me so far? 1/x

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Sad to hear that Margaret Boden, pioneer in cognitive science and artificial intelligence, has passed away. Just a few days ago, someone reactivated the post below. I warmly recommend watching the video. Thank you Margaret for founding and shaping our field. www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

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Obituary: Professor Maggie Boden

The University of Sussex mourns the loss of Professor Margaret (Maggie) Boden, a pioneering figure in cognitive science and artificial intelligence.

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Bluesky, we have today's winner.

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Too good to quote or summarise, just read it all!

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I'm very happy to write references for students - others did it for me - but I wish employers would remember that we're doing this work for free. We don't need 6-page forms, demanding 1-5 rankings on 20 criteria. I taught them History. I don't know what they're like at budgeting & team-building...

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

AI is going to revolutionize everything

Image of Google AI overview
Yes, British websites use the term "biscuits" to refer to what Americans call "cookies". In the context of website usage, "cookies" refers to small pieces of data websites store on users' computers, not the baked treat. While some British websites might use "cookies" in this technical sense, the term "biscuits" is often used interchangeably with "cookies" for the digital data.
Here's why:
British English vs. American English:
In British English, "biscuit" is the general term for what Americans call "cookies".
Website Terminology:
Even though the technical term for website data is "cookies," some British websites might use "biscuits" to refer to them, especially when explaining the concept to users who might not be familiar with the technical term.
Chocolate Chip Cookies:
The term "cookie" in the UK often refers specifically to chocolate chip cookies.
Example:
A British website might say, "This website uses biscuits to improve your experience," meaning they use cookies for tracking and personalization.

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Me: "What did you learn at journal club today?" Intern: "That one day I'm going to publish a paper, and a bunch of people are going to sit around a table and rip it apart."

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Exceptions to all rules should be mandatory.

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank, also known as Banc y Ddafad Ddu, was established in Aberystwyth, during the early 19th century. The number of sheep featured on the bank note corresponded to its value in pounds. BMSS/61

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Phil(ip) Beaman @philbeaman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJyO... A British punk classic in the style of American blues by an Indian harmonica player. In Paris.

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Aki Kumar with Johnny Burgin | Should I Stay (Immigrant Song) | Live in France

YouTube video by akikumar

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Phil(ip) Beaman @philbeaman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Yesterday: "Hello Oxfordshire County Council, I'd like to apply for a bus pass for my disabled son. Proof of address? No, he he doesn't have a pension letter, a driving licence, or any utility our credit card bills in his name. He's 14. And learning disabled."

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/04/2025

Tremendous opportunity for Britain here. Let's see if we can swap our riot-inciters for their cancer researchers.

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God @thegodshow.com · 27/04/2025

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

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Phil(ip) Beaman @philbeaman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I give the same advice to all my students

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

• Al Overview
The idiom "you can't lick a badger twice" means you can't trick or deceive someone a second time after they've been tricked once. It's a warning that if someone has already been deceived, they are unlikely to fall for the same trick again.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
• Licking: "Licking" in this context means to trick or deceive someone.
• Badger: The badger is a wild animal, and the phrase likely originates from the historical sport of badger baiting where dogs were used to harass

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Phil(ip) Beaman @philbeaman.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I was today days old when I discovered that reporting the results of eye-sight testing for driving licence renewal purposes was ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY in the UK. This is absolutely crazy! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Coroner's call for older driver eye tests after fatal crashes

Visual legal standards for motorists is

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Torbjörn Björkman @torbjornbjorkman.eurosky.social · 16/04/2025

🎶 Verbs that are nouns that like nouns to be verbs which do nouns like they're verbs, that do verbs like they're nouns 🎵 . . . to further Blur the lines

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I’ve been poeming about how my nouns keep conversioning to verbs.

Verb Your Enthusiasm

I recall the first time it circumstanced,
this problem that routines with my words –
I was in the kitchen, plating my food,
when my nouns conversioned to verbs.

Friending others with similar troubles,
we workshopped hard at it for days,
as we dialogued in search of solutions,
and flipcharted the hours away.

I can’t stop myself languaging weirdly.
Are they called nerbs or vouns? I’m not sure.
The doctors cannot antidote me,
while to poem provisions no cure.

Now I diarise each time they’re eventing –
whenever I coffee or Youtube or gift.
I’d podium, too – if I ever won anything,
and it weren’t for those medalling kids.

Brian Bilston

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Ron Pomper @ronpomper.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I’ve created a website to look up phonological features (frequency, age of acquisition, neighbors) of real and nonwords. rpomper.github.io/phono/ It’s still in progress (manuscript coming) please let me know if you have any recommendations or feature requests! (It takes 1-2 minutes to load)

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Neuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Shout out to mitochondria, our oldest friends. Looking back on 2 billion years of friendship and co-operation 🦠🥂

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Phil(ip) Beaman @philbeaman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... For a bit of context: Many children at special schools are non-verbal or have limited communication skills. We, for example, are entirely dependent upon school to let us know what happened, what Special Boy did, and whether he enjoyed it, on ANY given day

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Autistic 12-year-old 'brutally' restrained in school calming room

The way the boy was held on the floor in a special school was unlawful, a use-of-force expert tells BBC.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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Gonzalo Urcelay @gurcelay.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Abstract portal is open for submissions for the joint meeting of EPS and CSBBCS in Dundee (July 2025).

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UoR School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences @unirdg-psych.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Hello world! This is our first ever post on Bluesky! No, this obviously isn't an April Fools'. We may be an academic institution, but we could make a decent joke if we wanted to.

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

only a Sith and The Museum of English Rural Life deal in absolutes

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

international security is our highest priority also us: bsky.app/profile/them...

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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

“List of personnel cleared for top secret Signal group. You and me Darling, obviously; The Editor in Chief of the Atlantic; The Editor in Chief of the Atlantic’s wife…”

Captain Darling from Blackadder goes fourth reading from a clipboard.

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John Towse @jntowse.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Idk, maybe -just hear me out- it would be a good idea to support and invest in the University system that could create and maintain a vibrant talented, qualified workforce? You know, instead of silence over eg nursing courses being closed down etc!

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

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Paula McGowan OBE @oliverscampaign.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

#Oliverscampaign As a country, we should all hang our heads in shame An autistic woman with a learning disability was wrongly locked up in a mental health hospital for 45 years, starting when she was just seven years old, the BBC has learned www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Autistic woman wrongly locked up in mental health hospital for 45 years

“Kasibba”, who is non-verbal and had no family to speak for her, was one of hundreds wrongly detained.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Hopi speakers aren’t here for your vague bullshit

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

the last point is very clever

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Never mind woke Marxism, I can't even indoctrinate my students into formatting a bibliography consistently. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Elon Musk FRS has been an active participant in the chaotic dismantling and censorship of US research. But not one word of concern has come from the Royal Society that honoured him. Sign the open letter asking the RS to stand up for science: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values

If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11/02/2025

At East Anglia Bylines, we have decided to re-name the sea around us. 😆 😉 Sorry @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk

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Maz Jovanovich @mazjovanovich.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Professor James Reason passed away a few days ago. The Reason model - often known as the Swiss cheese model - of accidents revolutionised aviation safety and risk management practices, as it did for many other fields. Vale.

The Reason model of accidents, sometimes also known as the Swiss cheese model.

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Steven Shorrock @stevenshorrock.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

James Reason (1938-2025) I learned yesterday that Prof. James Reason died. Thanks for the inspiration, Jim. But most importantly, at this time, we hold him, his family and those who loved him, to the light. www.linkedin.com/posts/steven...

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Phil(ip) Beaman @philbeaman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

"We know cognition takes place somewhere north of the neck..." (or would that be south of the neck if you're in the Southern Hemisphere? - I'm really not good with this stuff...)

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