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ianmiles.bsky.social
Prof Emeritus, University of Manchester. Research: foresight, innovation, services, soc change... HE/HIM -don't mind, but dislike those who find pronouns offensive No interest in sport I love music, speculative fiction, play with words and colours....
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New from the incomparable Linsey Marr (via @jvipondmd.bsky.social ) 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

He HATES this car.

submitted 12 days ago • 95 comments

Impressive and extensive display of #surrealist painting and sculpture, much material new to me, and some less familiar UK artists! You could catch this, and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, on a day trip. Hopefully with better weather. hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/for...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Here are some ideas about problem uses of AI (Chatbots). Got any other novel ideas? 🔻

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

Why do UK Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines still not acknowledge airborne transmission of Covid-19? | Anne Marie McConway @annemarie1.bsky.social northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Ever thought "GEE WIZZ" I'd love to work with those nice people at the News Agents Well, GEE WIZZ- you're in luck. We have a producer job available. Details via the link below. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/po...

submitted 24 days ago • 14 comments

Snowdrops today at Rote Hall Park (nearer Stoke than Manchester, but not that far from either). Woods also feature robotic goblin (sculptures).

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Potentially very important. There are already several consumer devices that use electromagnetic pulses ( #PEMF) for assisting meditation, sleep, pain relief and more. If there are ways of reducing brain fog etc with such devices, this would be game changing. Hope for success and details of regime!

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Made a friend at Bud Garden Centre today! He will eat from your hand. If you squat down.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

This is really worth a listen - we can’t pretend this type of message isn’t reaching an audience increasingly emboldened by it. The socially responsible thing is to analyse it, not ignore it. @newsagents.bsky.social once again doing a good job of the latter.

submitted 29 days ago • 6 comments

I'm going to the #Manchester (Bridgewater Hall) show, a few days later!

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Here's interesting #chatbot application - rescuing #conspiracytheorists! Generative debunking, untriggered reasoning...https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq1814

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

After first gutting Radio 4’s science coverage, now the BBC is trashing science on the World Service. This is terrible.

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

Shameful.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Similar prevalence figures to the 2023 data. We analyses those (both yes and not sure) against the different social, economic and demographic characteristics of people (preprint link below). We particularly wanted to tease who is likely to be not sure v sure. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

2025 is going well...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

This is his pardon, purchas’d by such sin For which the pardoner himself is in.

submitted 39 days ago • 7 comments

Important Covid editorial @science.org by Maria Van Kerkhove www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 43 days ago • 31 comments

Yes, there are grooming gangs. Some are mainly "Muslim". Most are not. And many abusers (solitary or networked) are shielded by organisations where groomers flourish in wilfully blind establishments.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Starting a thread of starter packs in nature and clîmate

submitted 57 days ago • 20 comments

If only public health authorities gave the same level of emphasis to portable air filters as they do to handwashing… www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 45 days ago • 8 comments

📺Emotive, beautifully shot doc by The Guardian of a year with Long Covid with @greendarrenshipley.bsky.social It powerfully depicts the devastating impact #LongCovid is still having on individuals, families and society. youtu.be/3mzG8j16FlQ?...

submitted 45 days ago • 3 comments

This is an excellent primer on some of the privacy dangers posed by large scale AI, from a cybersecurity perspective. Written in clear language, it's the most accessible rundown I've seen yet on these topics! desfontain.es/blog/privacy...

submitted 45 days ago • 34 comments

Overdosing on vitamin B6 causing neuropathy and more. Contrary to folk wisdom that it's only the no- water soluble vitamins that have risks.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

‘A daily nasal spray with saline can prevent nasal symptoms of common cold in a population of otherwise healthy adults.’ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15513550/

submitted 46 days ago • 5 comments

Enjoy Spotify? Hate enshittification? Read this: www.honest-broker.com/p/the-ugly-t...

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Oligarch Mark Zuckerberg has his orders for Trump: stop EU from fining US tech companies. "I think it's a strategic advantage for the United States that we have a lot of the strongest companies in the world, and I think it should be part of the U.S. strategy going forward to defend that" #OpCanary

submitted 47 days ago • 46 comments