100 degrees Fahrenheit, 100 percent humidity here this week. My happy place nevertheless.

Here is the link to donate to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library that provides free books for children Dolly did this because her Father could not read or write and she was aware how painful and limiting this was to him and his life She knew there was a life outside poverty from reading books 💕

Sandy@sandysue1958.bsky.social · 4d ago

Link to donate to her book foundation: donate.imaginationlibrary.com

For the record, the proportion of professors at Cambridge who are Black is 0.4%. The number of Black people in the UK population is 4%. So the number of Black professors at Cambridge is ONE TENTH of what you would expect in a meritocracy.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Paddy O'Connell, asked on the programme to estimate what % of professors at Cambridge are black, estimated it at 30%. Seriously, 30%.

Reading for the #MinuteSix audiobook: like running an ultramarathon with my larynx. But it’s done and available for pre-order here: amzn.eu/d/05hUwZkZ. Kudos to the @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social team for the hard yards in production!

Pinhole camera for the win! #Eclipse #MinuteSix (pre-order here!) amzn.eu/d/0gduw96S

Ready for it. #OldSchool #ForgotToBuyTheGlasses #Eclipse

My new book: MINUTE SIX - How High Performance Teams Navigate the Unknown. Get it here! www.amazon.co.uk/Minute-Six-H... Massive, massive thanks to Tim Peake for taking the time to read my new book & especially for this lovely review!

No plan survives the first five minutes of battle. But what happens after that? My new book - Minute Six - a guide to navigating the unknown is out in Sept & available for pre-order right here, right now amzn.eu/d/0asQQnNs

We’re about to spend £10bn on AI in the NHS. Here’s @marydixonwoods.bsky.social & @healthfoundation.bsky.social’s essential notes on how to do it: “Spending should not simply push technology into the system. It must build the capacity to learn from its use in practice” www.bmj.com/content/394/...

Simu Liu says he would “walk through a mile of broken glass” to do a ‘SHANG-CHI’ sequel. “It means the world to me that so many fans responded so strongly to it and are still responding to it.” (Source: @joshuahorowitz.bsky.social)

Warming up at #Latitude2026. On this Saturday afternoon at 1630, Satellite Stage in the #CosmicShambles Forest. Talking about my new book #MinuteSix

Lights out and away we go! #Clacton

Epic

Thanks a million @helenczerski.bsky.social Means a lot. 🙏🙏🙏

Helen Czerski@helenczerski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just finished easily the best book I've read in the past year: Minute Six by @drkevinfong.bsky.social Look out for it in September, especially if you're interested in people, systems & teamwork (and you should be - we all depend on all of them). Absolutely essential reading, brilliantly written.

Was - very, very briefly - in Boston. More Scottish people in town for the #WorldCup than there are in Scotland I think. Became an honorary Scot & sat in the bar and watched the 🇨🇦 v 🇶🇦 game with a few of them last night. Great fun. #IamConorMcFongoftheClanMcFong

My new book is finally finished!!!!! MINUTE SIX: How High Performance Teams Navigate the Unknown. Out in September, available for pre-order now! Start your Christmas shopping early ... www.amazon.co.uk/Minute-Six-H...

Congrats to my friend @tomlevenson.bsky.social on getting this cracker out there. Plenty for us to think about.

Head of Zeus@headofzeus.bsky.social · 3mo ago

'Levenson serves up this powerful, timely and important book' @drkevinfong.bsky.social It's publication day for #APoxOnFools by @tomlevenson.bsky.social an urgent and timely defence of vaccines and the history of militant hostility to them. 💉 Out today: https://geni.us/APOForgsoc

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... What happens when AI goes to war? Enjoyed making this with @alekskrotoski.bsky.social for our show #TheArtificialHuman on BBC Radio 4.

The Artificial Human - AI: War Machine? - 1. Is AI transforming Warfare? - BBC Sounds

Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong find out how AI is transforming warfare.

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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Module 3 of the UK Covid Inquiry takes time to read but the lessons are clear: we avoided system collapse but only just & at great cost to our patients & the people who delivered the care. @charlottesummers.bsky.social, Tim Cook, Ganesh Suntharalingam & I wrote this www.bmj.com/content/393/... #BMJ

I am so grateful for this review of my novel Wash in @financialtimes.com "Readers enter her fiction almost physically, as it is so solid and majestic, rather like the great bridge itself." Amazing to feel seen. So many thanks @saltpublishing.com my ace publisher... www.ft.com/content/40b9...

Wash by Erica Wagner — the man behind the Brooklyn Bridge

A poignant fictional account of the life of Washington Roebling and the engineering feat that dominates the New York cityscape

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This was so much fun! Happy Birthday @ucl.ac.uk !

Helen Czerski@helenczerski.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The dream team were on stage last night at Cosmic UCL, for UCL's 200th birthday. So much fun! Pic: @markmiodownik.bsky.social Nick Lane, @adamrutherford.bsky.social , me, Saiful Islam, @drkevinfong.bsky.social , Maggie Aderin, @jlukeroberts.bsky.social & @jonbutterworth.bsky.social

FREE event on maths & society to celebrate UCL's 200th birthday! **11th June** look at all the great speakers (*ahem*) :-D sign up at the link below www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

Welcome home #ArtemisII. Wanna know how we developed the tech that got us back to the moon? Listen to our award-winning podcast #16Sunsets from @andrewl-b.bsky.social @davejgiles.bsky.social @richardcourtice.bsky.social @radiokate.com @scirad.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...

Enterprise!

Podcast Episode · 16 Sunsets · S1 E3 · 58min

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All the feels. Welcome home #ArtemisII. Flawless entry, spectacular mission. #Artemis

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There is no better sight than this. Welcome home #ArtemisII. Massive, massive congratulations to all. What a team. What a mission. #Artemis #Splashdown

Here we go Entry Interface. 13 Minutes to Splashdown. Here comes the blackout. 6 minutes fo silence to follow. #Artemis #ArtemisII

#ArtemisII travelling at 22,000 mph and still climbing fast. Less than 6 mins to entry interface now. #Artemis

Wiseman “We can see the moon out of window 2. Looks a lot smaller than it did yesterday.” #ArtemisII #Artemis 🤣