John Provis

Ok, I'm also becoming part of the exodus from this rampantly far-right hellscape - you can now find me at [at]johnprovis.bsky.social for more "content" and/or sarcasm. It's been fun here (well, up till the Musk takeover at least), hoping to see you all on the other side!

New paper time! Some very cool work led by the amazing Susan Bernal and her Leeds team, with me plus U.Manchester and ESRF, watching carbonation of cement by XRD-CT - call it 5D materials analysis? Crystallography/3D space/time... Hope you like it! authors.elsevier.com/c/1k4iv21ISsu~X

"What's it like to live in Leeds?", people may ask. This basically summarises it, I think....

🔴 LATEST: Journalist Has Meltdown While Reporting The News. 👇🏻 #BrokenNews would like to apologise about this #SaturdayMorning update.

Cats: Look at us! Me: Could you mind out the way? I'm on a zoom call. Cats: We know! Cooee! It's us! Hello people! Me: I'm on a serious work call here. Please move! Cats: Hey you on the screen, what do you think of our bums? Me: O please! Cats: We're so lovely, aren't we? Me: No

Let's not forget the real victims in the death of twitter: those of us who have far more followers than our content merits.

@amazingmap Even if only 100 people lived in the whole UK, they'd still manage to form an orderly(ish) queue extending from the security screening area to the carpark of Manchester Airport every bank holiday weekend...

If 100 people lived in the UK, where would they live?

As a Doctor, I can confirm you can get all of these health benefits without the shooting part You’re welcome x

@NoContextBrits Chips and ketchup, undoubtedly

@SoVeryBritish I heard a rumour that someone bought an Anytime Return train ticket to go to London

What’s an ostentatious display of wealth in Britain these days? I recently saw someone use two sheets of kitchen roll to blow their nose.

Every single morning.......

Ditto.....

Cats: What's that you're eating? Me: Lettuce Cats: Why do you eat it? Lettuce is pointless. It's green Me: I've seen you eat green stuff. You eat grass Cats: That's so we can sick up stuff for when you give us rubbish. Does lettuce make you sick? Me: No. Cats: So it's pointless

Australia is finally leading the world in something other than cricket (or dangerous animals)...

Yep, basically this....

Addition recommended at the end of sentence “for the rest of your life”. #AcademicChatter

😂

Porsche Formula E team with quotes from the "classics" to liven up the cockpit surrounds a little...

@RichieFirth That it was in Leeds

With the removal vans in Downing Street today; What’s the worst thing you’ve discovered on moving into a new place?

@AniruddhaBaral4 :(

@JohnProvis Bangladesh will win and Australia will go through

Blargh. Ah well, T20 isn't real cricket anyway, is it? At least that's what we can keep telling ourselves... #AUSvsIND