Eoin McFadden
@eoinmcfadden.bsky.social
Husband, dad and best bud of Trent the Lurcher. R&D Policy, @matrixni.bsky.social, Innovation (especially public sector), open data, History, Archaeology, and food. https://wordpress.com/post/eoinmcfaddenwordpress.wordpress.com/4
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds. EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age
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Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
Joshua Murray-Nevill@joshuamurraynevill.bsky.social · 9mo agoAs someone who wrote a dissertation on that damnable Frenchman; one can only hope.
Went to have a look at this secondhand VW Polo but I think it needs a new handbrake, because it keeps rolling down the hill.
'Humanities & social sciences research is central to ask questions about how and in whose interests technology is being developed, how it can be adopted, deployed & governed and how to create a world where AI can benefit the many, not the few' My blog for @ukri.org ukri.substack.com/p/why-ai-wil...
Why AI will fail without the humanities and social sciences
AI can transform society. But only if society has a say in shaping it, writes Hetan Shah, Chief Executive of The British Academy.
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@jasonbell.bsky.social youtu.be/U3DS6xglAfQ?... not the best video, but still sublime. & on my 20th anniversary of this job. Must get a chat sometime soon
Richard Thompson - Persuasion - Scottish TV 99
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🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
While some Americans obsess themselves with banning books, starving people of facts and information, Dolly, born into poverty and excelling all expectations of anyone in her situation, SHARED her fortune by supplying books, promoting basic human virtues like learning and curiosity. Be more Dolly ❤️
Dolly Parton was an icon. She was a brilliant songwriter and performer. She was an incredible activist and advocate, helping to donate over 200 million free books to children. She was one of my personal heroes. This is a terrible loss. She will be greatly missed.
For more details, check out the full paper we published today www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
The Macroeconomic Policy Outlook: Q3 2026 • Resolution Foundation
On the whole, the 2020s has been a disastrous decade for UK productivity growth. But an under-discussed revival appears to be underway. While the much-maligned Labour Force Survey’s headline number is...
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I have a new report out today with @simonpittaway.bsky.social on Britain's productivity revival – which is real, if it you measure it properly. And it isn’t being driven by the economy shedding low-paid jobs. 🧵
This is a really lovely interview with Russ Abbot. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘In 1984, I worked 363 days’: how Russ Abbot soared to success – then walked away
The comedian dominated Saturday night TV in the 1980s, with his sketch shows attracting 18 million viewers. Next came the West End musicals and sitcoms. But in 2016 he quietly disappeared from the lim...
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Highly recommend Poitiers for a visit. A beautiful city rich in history & culture.
Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Archaeologist: That's not a cup, it's a pot.
Solar farms usually need large stretches of open land. India found another place to put them: directly above water that was already flowing through irrigation canals.The idea took shape in Gujarat. #ActOnClimate #Renewables #ClimateActionNow #solarpower
This is a cracking piece by the estimable @drdeanburnett.bsky.social - do #follow him for the best commentary on such things.
Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · last mo.A Review of the Guardian’s Review of Channel 4’s ‘The Great ADHD Myth?’ theneuroscienceofeve... I reviewed the Guardian's review of The Great ADHD Myth, and found it... well, lacking doesn't really do it justice. #ADHD #Channel4 #Guardian #Neurodivergence
"I AM VENGEANCE! I AM THE NIGHT! I AM BATMAN! I'M IN THE SHED AGAIN SANDRA"
Early signs of tech-driven improvements in productivity growth could herald a sustained strengthening in the UK’s economic outlook, analysts have said, in a turnaround after years of underperformance. Read more here: ft.trib.al/LhHiiAN
The Royal College of Psychiatrists (which Max Pemberton is a member of) has issued a statement about 'The Great ADHD Myth'. Pemberton should be sanctioned over this and potentially struck off. www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
RCPsych statement on Channel 4 ADHD documentary
President Professor Subodh Dave comments on a new documentary about ADHD.
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Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · last mo.I see Channel 4 televised 'The Great ADHD Myth' last night, led by Daily Mail doctor Max Pemberton. Sigh, FFS, etc. inews.co.uk/culture/tele...
Best Photobomb proof of delivery package (behind the donkey) 🤗
NEW: Teen boys are using smart glasses — mainly Meta's AI Glasses — to film themselves harassing classmates at school, following girls around and "rizzing" them or "ragebaiting" them w/ insults. In several videos we reviewed, girls plead w/ the poster to stop filming. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Harass and Bully Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools
Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.
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Very cool: The world's oldest cheddar-maker heats its wash water with warm milk, straight from the cow. Barber's (Somerset, UK since 1833) runs milk-source heat pumps from UK startup Arkaya. Electricity use halved, payback under two years. Heat pumps work. www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
World’s oldest cheddar-maker slashes energy bills with novel heat…
Innovative tech from U.K.-based Arkaya Energy cools fresh milk and redirects the resulting heat, saving Barber’s Farmhouse Cheesemakers more than $90,000…
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During these awful times it’s always great when something amazing like this pops up on the timeline to give you hope for better days ahead
Hang on - is this 1940 or 1944? Because neither ‘it’ll be over before you know it’ nor ‘I’ll quickly run out of fuel’ are the messages you’d be wanting to convey.
fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · last mo.My husband is obsessed with World War Two so his idea of sexting usually involves WW2 somehow- his most recent one; 'I can't wait to send my panzers through your Ardennes.' I love him but his flirting is terrible. IT'S A DAILY OCCURRENCE.
There were still a few Civil War veterans alive at the time of the Korean War.
Silly B Man@lawnerd.bsky.social · last mo.Pearl Harbor is more ancient to Now than Lee’s surrender was to Pearl Harbor
My book The Measure of Progress is out soon in paperback - available for pre-order! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Measure of Progress
Why do we use eighty-year-old metrics to understand today’s economy?
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