Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Can we just ask AI for FTL drives and run away from it? 000
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Could this be a side effect of voters misunderstanding how to vote in multi seat wards and a proportion of them only voting for one candidate, reading down the paper until they find their preferred party? 000
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We are all connected. youtu.be/XGK84Poeynk?...youtu.beSymphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)YouTube video by melodysheep 010
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Nor ever will there be reliable biomarkers, as many mental disorders seem to have neither a biological basis nor a biologically mediated mechanism. 020
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 16/08/2026“Will not be painless” could be reported as “proposes painful cuts” 120
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026why didn’t vance do the same after recent birth of his child? 010
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026many people think that being a councillor is a full-time, salaried position, rather than something ranging from totally voluntary to minimum wage, part time. 100
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026‘only 0.77% reported wearing helmets’ might be the reason why TBI is greater 100
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026still 10 here in Devon though. Weather getting ready for thick clouds and drizzle during the eclipse next week. 010
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 02/08/2026www.svtplay.se/video/jkAdJE...svtplay.seDen stora älgvandringen – The Story of the Great Moose MigrationThis is the story of how the 24-hour live stream The Great Moose Migration came to be - and how a niche slow TV experiment came close to failing before becoming an international cultural phenomenon. 010
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I like the way that the window also shows the standard deviation 000
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The BBC News live feed from the Manchester Mayor be-election is the political equivalent of the Swedish elk migration broadcast 4150
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 24/07/2026is there such a concept as ‘conflict of interest’ in the US? Just wondering. 000
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 20/07/2026they’ve literally just announced plans to abolish local district councils and move services to more remote unitary councils. good first step would be to quash these changes in local government 010
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 19/07/2026tor extra time replace both keepers with kermit and miss piggy 000
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The EU has moved to Qwant (french) and there is also Ecosia (german) 140
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 11/06/2026when I was there in the ‘80s, word was that it had been built back to front 020
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 07/06/2026If the goal of a Masters or phD were to ‘produce a thesis’ then yes AI can do it. But the goal is to learn how to do the research and integration and innovation, and the thesis is something you write to demonstrate that you have achieved that goal. That’s why we also have the oral viva. 020
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 20/05/2026yes, the same land where the line from London to Penzance is upgraded to HS. Obviously a joke if you’ve ever been on the line between Exeter and Newton Abbot. 000
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Can you fly from london to birmingham in less than 1hr17m (including security and boarding)? Driving must take 3hrs centre to centre. The existing train is fast enough and HS2 may end up no faster, but with less capacity. Lon-Truro is 4h30 so would benefit from HS. Plus Dawlish at 300mph… 000
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A fast train from London to Birmingham is pointless but to Edinburgh, Glasgow or Truro makes sense. Maybe it would have been cheaper to move Birmingham a few miles South. 120
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The GWR company was formed in 1833, and the line from London to Bristol was completed in 1841. It got to Plymouth in 1849, 16 years after starting, but Penzance took until 1867, 34 years after starting. Fast at first, but then not so different. 120
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Also please abolish zuschlagen and obligatory reservations! 010
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 07/05/2026If only they provided Sharpies, surely no-one could possibly object 020
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 19/04/2026As evidence, note that Neuroskeptica (the writings of Neuroskeptic) is an anagram of ‘Use one Patrick’ 040
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 19/04/2026It is well known that Pat Rabbitt has been writing the Neuroskeptic blog to poach followers from Dorothy Bishop 160
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Though I am old with wandering through hollow lands and hilly lands I will find out where she has gone and kiss her lips and take her hands and pluck till time and times are done the silver apples of the moon, the golden apples of the sun. 110
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 13/04/2026As we were not in Schengen would this have happened anyway? 110
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 05/03/2026“We promise to increase injuries and deaths by 10% while cutting NHS staff by deporting nurses and doctors” 050
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Presumably it offers conversion to a full range of muted greens, browns and greys, and then leaves your plot out in the rain for a while. 020
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Is that a pic of Trump, Starmer or badenoch? I’m confused 000
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Has anyone ever met a finance dept who will both supply costings and sign off on a proposal within four weeks, let alone getting sign-off from deans etc. 130
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 27/02/2026The Greens nearly came second in this seat in the GE a few months ago behind Lab and Ref which is why they got the tactical voters. 000
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 16/02/2026How often does Tiger Woods play golf? You could plot that as a benchmark. 000
Jon May @profjonmay.bsky.social · 13/02/20262001, Close Encounters, Star Wars, Bladerunner, Avatar (a story of my life as an SF fan…) 000