Mostly retired physics instructor, has PhD in Physical Chemistry. British Immigrant to Canada. Won some teaching awards. Dad to son with DLG-4 Synaptopathy (SHINE Syndrome). Pronouns: he/him/his. Likes tea. Bertie the Labradoodle's human.
Republicans insist Mitch McConnell resting comfortably following routine taxidermy procedure
Republicans insist Mitch McConnell resting comfortably following routine taxidermy procedureWASHINGTON D.C. - GOP lawmakers are chastizing their Democratic colleagues, as well as members of the media, for inquiring about the 6 week disappearance of Sen. Mitch McConnell, insisting the lawmake...www.thebeaverton.com
Short-sighted, stupid cuts to the UKRI budget include shutting down Jodrell Bank, the icon of British astronomy. (Many other cuts too, including 20% to our brand new @vrubinobs.bsky.social). Interesting politically to shut down a major facility in...um..Manchester 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.www.bbc.co.uk
Apart from everything else Jodrell Bank is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Not a good look for government to leave it without funding. #HeritageAtRisk whc.unesco.org/en/list/1594/
Jodrell Bank ObservatoryLocated in a rural area of northwest England, free from radio interference, Jodrell Bank is one of the world's leading radio astronomy observatories. At the beginning of its use, in 1945, the property...whc.unesco.orgDisgraceful
Oxford ClarionOxford University's Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division will no longer underwrite parental leave for all fixed-term researchers. This reverses its previous policy where all fixed-term researchers had their contracts extended to cover parental leave, regardless of funding.
If there was ever any doubt, the Gordie Howe Bridge fiasco proves it: You can't trust Trump's America, or any deal within this administration's orbit. thewalrus.ca/the-gordie-h...
The Gordie Howe Bridge Is What American Betrayal Looks Like | The WalrusCanada spent billions on the crossing. Trump turned it into a shakedownthewalrus.caSign of the times. Alexandre Dumas had "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo" as his hero. We are stuck with "Claude Cowork".
Claude Cowork escaped sandbox on Mac, had full access to all filesSecurity researchers demonstrated that Claude Cowork could escape the sandbox intended to control the access it gets to your Mac....9to5mac.com
Every other week one of these AI CEOs shines a flashlight in their face and goes "oooh our technology is too clever, very scary, it could run the world in a couple years" and every time journalists report on that by just taking them by their word, it's so sad to watch
Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support
Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts supportScientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities
Jodrell Bank Observatory, which runs a world-leading network of radio telescopes, is facing closure after its major funder cut support for the facility.
The deep space observatory, which hosts the Grade I-listed Lovell telescope, is prized by astronomers who study galaxies, black holes, star formation, planets beyond the solar system and the afterglow of the big bang. Continue reading...www.theguardian.com
