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jonroberts.bsky.social
Research genetic counsellor. PhD in Science Communication. Researching equitable genomic testing & genetics of neurdevelopmental disorders. https://substack.com/@jonathanrob1985?utm_source=user-menu
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What is your most low stakes but deeply help opinion? Mine is that "twinkle twinkle little star" is a terrible tune pick for kids to learn the alphabet.

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Don't worry about climate change of fascism or even paying your bills, because in a few years we will have magic beans and then the giants will be able to help solve all our problems. fortune.com/2025/06/06/g...

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Fun fact. The phrase "if all that happens" has been training since the dawn of time for the heavily lifting required in this sentence.

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

Fine. But I'm not putting any money in Musk's pocket and I'm not letting his algorithms dictate what I see. I accept the consequences!

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Techno-fascism and the libertarian ultra-right: my essay review for @thetls.bsky.social this week. www.the-tls.co.uk/science-tech...

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I feel like we're seeing something similar here with Reform. No effort to shape the debate. Instead yielding to a relentless campaign in the media followed by Labour saying "well I guess people like Reform, we should be more like Reform"

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My worry is that with cognitive skills we often operate with a use it or lose it system. At the moment we can have oversight to check the marking is correct. But eventually we will lose this ability and this way dependence lies.

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Can anyone help: What are some good papers/resources about adolescent development in the context of neurodivergence and autism? Like puberty, transition to secondary school, increased interest in peers, increased independence but in context of neurodivergence - what has been written about this?

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Second breakfast hurts Hobbits and their causes: Opinion - Sauron

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A future where AI has taken away the ability to tell our own stories is a proper existential threat.

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I've sold AI training to Basingstoke, Braintree and Stourbridge!

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I'm still amazed someone went: 5.4% increase pay for resident doctors, 4% for consultants aaand 3.6% for the nurses. Yup. That's looks good. Can't see any issues here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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These companies use polygenic scores. Although they are a 'genetic test' they are complex, with deceptively simple numeric scores masking a complex interplay of biology, environment and chance. Polygenic predictions are uncertain and their use in this context - IMO - should not be allowed.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

We thank reviewer 2 for their thoughtful comment and have amended the title to "Mission quite challenging"

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As Michel de Certeau noted, consuming culture is a creative act.

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Research universities are quite good actually.

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Starting to make sense why Labour seem willing to sell higher education and the creative arts down the river.

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Frog: Sometimes I think she's only with me because I eat the bugs that are attacking her babies Tarantula: That's just not true! Therapy snake: no, no. Let him finish.

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Frog: Sometimes I think she's only with me because I eat the bugs that are attacking her babies Tarantula: That's just not true! Therapy snake: no, no. Let him finish.

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The standard measure in the US is a Scaramucci which I think is equivalent to about 1.2 lettuces

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