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gersherlock.bsky.social
Dad, husband, Tech/IT consultant, former physicist. He/him.
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A non-invasive headset device that tracks changes in blood flow in the brain could make it easier to detect early signs of stroke. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/laser-base...

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...

submitted 82 days ago • 264 comments

Slightly disappointed that of all the brassicas that cauliflower was chosen rather than Brussel Sprouts which to my mind shares greater topological similarity. I think further work is required. I look forward to the first Brassica oleracea - Astrophysics conferences.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

most of you were probably wondering what it looks like to leave a pinhole camera exposure going for 8 years (preferably by sitting it on a roof and forgetting about it). well--here you go! 🔭

submitted 84 days ago • 9 comments

I think there's a big difference between what people think of when they hear about Bluesky blocking, and what it actually means in practice for most of us. So I made a diagram.

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments

Etymology of the day: before a tapering piece of hanging ice was called an ‘icicle’ it was an ‘ickle’. In the Middle Ages people decided to add ‘ice’ for extra oomph and (tautologically) called it an ‘ice ickle’, until the two words eventually blended together.

submitted 88 days ago • 149 comments

@thecheesegoddess.bsky.social

submitted 89 days ago • 4 comments

Transphobia isn’t a distraction. It’s an attack on one of the most vulnerable populations and a reinforcement of biological essentialism, a pillar of patriarchal control that trans identity rightfully threatens

submitted 94 days ago • 40 comments

There will likely be another airborne pandemic within decades. (Possibly much sooner with avian flu). If you want to avoid the binary choice between "close down schools / lockdown" and "let everyone get infected" then sign this for govt to prepare now. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

There’s a BBC documentary tonight about the U.K. anti abortion movement. It’s good to know what these people are up to. 10.40 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m....

submitted 95 days ago • 3 comments

UK journalists talking about echo chambers when 0.2% of journalists are Black and 2.5% Asian and 51% of the most influential journalists went to private school is a bit of a joke

submitted 98 days ago • 55 comments

His claims are not "controversial." They're just wrong.

submitted 99 days ago • 12 comments

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submitted 103 days ago • 159 comments