Ian Nabney

@FeserEdward "It is a truth universally acknowledged that ..."

🚨BREAKING: Physicists have now confirmed that it is a fundamental and inviolable law of nature that Iran is always two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon.

@lordsarogel @PROMAKOS_ In Lord of the Flies the point is that the naval officer represents an adult violence (it is a war, after all) that is innate in the boys (and hence everyone). It is not a rescue but more a continuation. 'Who will save the naval officer?'

@PROMAKOS_ En El Señor de las moscas los barcos "vuelven para rescatarte de la falta de civilización" En Apocalipto los barcos son un "monstruo" desconocido, no vienen ni a salvarte ni a castigarte, simplemente vienen y no sabes ni lo que es.

Lo curioso es que los que le están respondiendo tampoco la entienden... La escena es una cita directa al final de Lord of the Flies de William Golding (1954), cuando Ralph está acorralado por Jack y los cazadores degenerados en tribu salvaje, aparece de pronto un oficial de la Royal Navy atraído por el humo del incendio, los niños se paralizan al ver al adulto uniformado y la caza se detiene en seco. Apocalypto reproduce el plano con esa cita estructural deliberada. En Golding los británicos representan la civilización racional cristiana frente a la regresión salvaje y en Apocalypto los españoles que desembarcan con cruces y armaduras representan lo mismo, irrumpiendo en una sociedad mesoamericana que la película ha mostrado durante dos horas hundiéndose en sacrificios humanos masivos, violencia ritual y disgregación interna. Gibson sugiere que la conquista hispánica fue el cierre civilizatorio de un mundo ya consumiéndose por dentro, no la destrucción de un paraíso, y por eso la película fue atacada con tanta virulencia desde el indigenismo académico anglosajón.

@jsn_cph @staticbluebat But that ending is framed in such a way that you cannot be sure if it is really happening or is another of his fantasies (at least that is how I remember it).

@staticbluebat I think that's what makes the ending so heartbreaking, you see his full act and realize he's not bad at stand up and has ruined his life for kinda no reason

I think it was smart of The King of Comedy not to make Pupkin completely devoid of talent, just someone who was aggressively mediocre that did not want to put in actual work to get what he wanted

@DannyDrinksWine Rashomon for me. We had a film club at school and it was the first film that I saw which I realised was as rich and complex as literature (I was about 14-15 at the time).

Name a movie that first ignited your love for cinema.

@NeilDotObrien Perhaps worth noting that it contains many errors: 'tensor', 'recurrent', 'sentiment'. At least written by people who know nothing about data science, so probably fake.

Incredible

@histories_arch This is surely a baptismal font. There are many beautifully mosaiced examples in the archaeological museum in Tunis.

In 2021, archaeologists in Sbeitla, Tunisia, the ancient city of Sofitola, uncovered a 1500 year-old Byzantine bathtub. Made from stone, this tub exemplifies the region’s advanced craftsmanship and the luxurious lifestyle during the Byzantine period. The discovery provides insight into the wealth and sophistication of the city, revealing how even provincial towns like Sbeitla embraced high standards of architecture and infrastructure. 📷 : Credit to the Owner #archaeohistories

Join the University of Bristol, AI University of the year - we have three lecturing posts available now: jobs.ac.uk/job/DJU008/lec… and jobs.ac.uk/job/DJU014/lec…

Check out this systematic review into remote patient monitoring and machine learning in exacerbations of COPD we got published by @jmirpub! jmir.org/2024/1/e52143

@20th_Centurygal 22 December 1808. Premiere of Beethoven's 5th and 6th symphonies, his 4th piano concerto, and the Choral Fantasia. Also a concert aria, two movements from his C major mass (not premieres), and an extemporised solo for piano.

If you had a time machine, what concert would you visit? Me: Definitely T. Rex at Wembley Empire Pool, London on March 18 1972...🔥❤️🎸 You? #Trex #marcbolan #musicislife

@ThangamDebb @IanDunt Surely, as a bass string player, you should appreciate 'Tous les Matins du Monde'?

What's the best film soundtrack? No trick question it's this one.

It's not #FridayThe13th for us! Today we are celebrating winning: 🏆 'AI University of the Year' 🏆 'The AI Award for High Tech & Telecom' for @FONRC_REASON #Bristol will be at the ♥️ of the AI revolution. 👉 brnw.ch/21wMDgG @BristolUniEng #AIAwards24

@jburnmurdoch @SimonLite @mj_hillyard Fair point - she is pretty busy (after all, Hodgkinson and Kerr only ran one event). Amber Anning must dread being in the finishing straight waiting to see Bol pass her just before the finishing line.

@IanNabney @SimonLite @mj_hillyard I absolutely love Femke Bol but in a conversation about range/versatility across distances, running the 400H and two 400 relays doesn’t count for anything like as much as running the 5000, 10000 and marathon (having previously also run 800 & 1500). BUT she is an absolute baller.

Having just belatedly caught up on the men’s 4x400m, it’s Hassan in the women’s and Tebogo for the men. Everyone else racing for silver.

@JVMonte2 Add in early Chopin and Mendelssohn.

@JVMonte2 1819-1828. Late Beethoven (sonatas, quartets, ninth symphony, Missa Solemnis, Diabelli Variations) and late Schubert (G major string quartet, string quintet, last 3 piano sonatas, Great C major symphony, Winterreise, and Schawnengesang).

What is your favourite 10 year period for music? (FYI: it does not have to start at the beginning of the decade)

@Al_prof That is brilliant news - congratulations!

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@SimonLite @jburnmurdoch @mj_hillyard Well, Femke Bol is the world record holder at 400m indoors (in fact, she has broken it three times in the past two years). And in the Paris Olympics she did race in three events, which is the same number as Hassan.

@jburnmurdoch @mj_hillyard femke bol needs to train with hassan for a while. she could get a silver in 400 with her performance at mixed relay. but strangely, she doesn't ever race at it. I read her coach said she could consider 800.

@clairacurtis You clearly didn't see Alan Rickman play it for the RSC.....

the best Mercutio to ever Mercutio and it’s not even a little bit close tbh

@JuanFerrerVila Every frame a painting, to coin a phrase.

Throne of Blood (1957 Akira Kurosawa).

@OrpheusL In fact, Webern was a great fan of the Netherlands Renaissance polyphony composers and they influenced his work significantly.

When Renaissance Polyphony met Dodecaphony...

@EdConwaySky Isn't about 400,000 for study - i.e. students who then leave after their course finishes so are temporarily in the country?

Oh and here's a cut-out-and-keep chart for the next time you hear someone claim the real issue at hand here is small boats 👇 It's really not. Yes, small boats numbers are certainly up. But they're utterly dwarfed by other types of legal immigration.

The chart I can't quite get out of my head is this one👇 Population-adjusted net migration since 1855(!) We've NEVER seen net migration flows like this before. Whether you put it down to post-Brexit migration rules, post-Covid shifts or something else, it's an ENORMOUS shift...