Remember kids, when people who know about physics tell you to NOT look at the nuclear furnace in space, LISTEN TO THEM! #eclipse #ListenToPhysicists
Graham Carden
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Geek. Tea drinker. Physics teacher. Raspberry Pi Certified Educator. Views 100% my own, unless one of those Ceti eels gets into my ear (Khaaaaaan!) #ITeachPhysics #WelshPhysicsTeacher
Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff!
In Wales? Get ready to experience a spectacular solar eclipse! Join physicists from Aberystwyth University University at the Bandstand on Aberystwyth Promenade for an evening of eclipse science, safe viewing and hands-on activities. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4wj2QlO
During lulls this weekend, it has been clear that Monkey Cage reboot has torn out my heart again - here’s a talk on neurodivergence and also Monkey Cage from a few weeks ago - wish I’d talked about how the anti trans gaslighting worked, but will soon m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn-Z...
Robin Ince: Why The Monkey Escaped the Cage - EMF 2026
YouTube video by Electromagnetic Field
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If there's a perfect song to accompany a drive to/around West Wales, then this is it. If you're not on a drive around those parts, you should still listen to it. music.apple.com/gb/album/to-...
To the Rescue by The Divine Comedy on Apple Music
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Finished the day with the best fish and chips in West Wales. Y Celtic in Aberaeron, of course. #Aberaeron. #NewCeltic
Day three of volunteering for the Institute of Physics Cymru at Eisteddfod y Garreg Las. If you've never attended an Eisteddfod, it's well worth it. The atmosphere is ffantastig! If you get a chance, you should visit.
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
FRIDAY 24TH JULY: 9PM CEST / 8PM BST on France Inter. Listen at: www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter THE DIVINE COMEDY IN CONCERT AT LES NUITS DE FOURVIÈRE. More info: www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/... #TheDivineComedy #LesNuitsdeFourvière #Lyon @franceinter.fr
Company announces that it's stopping making physical media. Some people (correctly) say that's a bad idea. Some people say (incorrectly) it'll be fine. Company's online service poops the bed, proving that physical media is king. #PhysicalMediaIsKing #physicalmedia www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PlayStation Network down, leaving thousands unable to play digital games
Sony's status page read that it was "working to resolve the issue as soon as possible".
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Another day, another "Wait, wasn't that part of the Terminator where it started going wrong?" type news article. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US lawmakers push for AI 'kill switch' after OpenAI goes rogue
A new bill would let the US government order the shutdown of AI models that pose a public threat.
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I know we joke about AI going rogue and us ending up with the plot to Terminator, but this is bonkers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
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With a simple coil and an LED you cannot only detect the fields generated by NFC (Near-field communication), you can also rectify the signal to detect it in another phone's magnetometer with #phyphox.
Just received a fresh batch of MiniDiscs. Brings my unopened MiniDisc pile to 14. #MiniDisc #PhysicalMedia
Blimey, @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social were fantastic this evening. How have I waited 30 years before seeing them live? #thedivinecomedy
Today was, without doubt, the warmest teaching day of my entire career. Someone, somewhere will make a lot of money insulating old buildings and installing efficient ventilation so our hot summers don't give us heat stroke. #ItWasAHotOne
Happy Friday all. It's a chilled one for me. Waiting for The Divine Comedy to open for David Gray. Can't wait #Llangollen #DavidGray #TheDivineComedy
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
I tend to be "glass half full" when it comes to weather. My learners' moaning about the heat was met with "Have you seen how hot it is in Death Valley?". It partially worked. For five minutes. #AintItWarm
It's 28.5C in my lab and this fan is the only thing stopping me from melting while I mark. Here's hoping it gets cooler soon. #ItsABitHot
Happy Summer Solstice! I had ideas on getting up early and trying to climb Moel Famau to see the sunrise, but it turns out that not setting an alarm, combined with a comfy bed, meant I slept until 6am. Oops. Maybe next year.
My last two bookshop events while my book is INDIE BOOK OF THE MONTH are in STROUD www.ticketsource.com/yellowlighte... And then CHESTER www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robin-ince... #bookshops #books #neurodiversity
Robin Ince: Let the Quiet Ones Rise
Join Robin as he returns to celebrate his new poetry collection about standing up & standing out, published by Flapjack Press of Manchester
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He managed to post about Wireless Festival in that time - so it's a question of priorities.... Apparently nuclear threats and genocide aren't high up on the list.
David Beech@davidbeech.bsky.social · 4mo agoSo revealing of Polanski. Three hours and no tweet from the PM? What could our PM be doing that's more important than getting retweets on X? Also, 3 hours? Not days, weeks, 3 fucking hours. Utterly pathetic post.