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How fantasy literature took root in one of the most elite spaces in the academic world: Oxford University aeon.co/essays/the-ris…

A reminder of what we're up against. Gender Idiocy is contagious.👇

@ProfBrianCox Would stop orchestras travelling. Instruments checked into the hold very frequently damaged by handlers.

I’m coming to the conclusion that overhead luggage bins have ruined planes and, whilst I love my cabin baggage, I’d happily sacrifice it if the interior looked like this.

“It must be quite a shock for the general public to see scientists disagreeing so vehemently with each other.” Statistician Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter says the pandemic has rocked "the traditional view" of science as "a monolithic body of agreed facts" #Newsnight

Why it's tricky to run a randomised trial of masks as a tool to reduce transmission – useful overview by @zeynep zeynep.substack.com/p/on-randomize…

@HilaryConductor @thetimes Please SIGN and RT. This is an immensely important collection! Save the Court Papers of Sir Malcolm Arnold - Sign the Petition! chng.it/DqYLtCHf via @UKChange I've created this petition on behalf of Sir Malcolm Arnold's daughter, Katherine. #MalcolmArnold

@deevybee Street

#oxphotoquiz 218: where in Oxford is this half-timbered top?

@waffyclarinet Well done, Waff! What did you play On the way? xxT

Done !

Opposite of face-blindness—a “super-recogniser" who can remember every face that she sees, definitively and for ever. She works with the UK police, spotting faces in crowds and on CCTV: vice.com/en_us/article/…

I’m trying to understand what’s going on with the A-level downgrades. If I understand an article in the Guardian correctly, results even after 40% of them have been downgraded are up on last year. Despite that, I think it would have been better not to downgrade. 1/

The Reverse Voltaire - a significant and helpful exploration of a phenomenon we've all encountered in this debate.

Daniel Radcliffe has inadvertently brought up the fact that medical orgs have been cognitively captured by gender ideology, so I want to write a thread about this, and about the extent to which this can, and cannot, influence individual doctor’s medical practice.

How You Know paulgraham.com/know.html

@waffyclarinet @YouTube While there is some truth in this, it’s an exaggeration. Good clarinet players have reed troubles too, and some oboists buy ready-made reeds. Would you be satisfied with the sound Waffy makes at the end of her first appearance?

Reeds: Single vs. Double | Warm Technical youtu.be/8Yyr-LIFJbQ via @YouTube

"Should we open schools today? My answer would be no. I think it's going to have to change by June 1st ...we're not confident enough to know whether children are playing an important role in transmission" @JeremyFarrar in @lmhconversation youtube.com/watch?v=QqSmpK…

While I'm on the theme of bicycle parking, here's how they do it in the Netherlands youtube.com/watch?v=L3M_GM…

OMG WAIT for it

That’s top drawer Italianing.

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Let’s have some fun! Can you stop the bus at the right time? Let us know how many attempts it took you to get the bus in the frame and share a screenshot in comments!