Mark Datko

Greens hit THIRTEEN per cent in bombshell poll A new poll has suggested support for the Greens is soaring. According to the poll, 13 per cent of people currently intend to vote for the Greens. This is among the highest figures the Greens have ever...

A recent poll has put support for the Greens at 13%

Happy National Hedgehog Day! Here’s a list of meanings of words for a hedgehog in eight languages...

Shrinking pig (Afrikaans)
Furry pig (Hungarian)
Thorned animal (Punjabi)
Cow sucker (Luxembourgish)
Adder eater (Polish)
Ouch mouse (Bahasa Adama)
Needle rat (Japanese)
Horrible little thing (Irish)

How Warsaw became the unlikely vegan capital of Europe | Karol Adamiak A city associated with sausage and herring is now a haven for plant-based foods – and Poland’s rightwing politicians aren’t happy, says chef Karol Adamiak

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I questioned Ed Miliband on Monday on how the Govt. could possibly justify airport expansion when aviation has such a detrimental impact on the climate.

Today, the Govt. confirmed their support of Heathrow expansion, flying in the face of their own climate scientists' advice🤦

A single temperature figure is hardly adequate to characterize climate change. The world is already into a "chaotic" phase, where amelioration is needed as more extreme weather phenomena occur. This should not include airport expansion.

Learn and remember, for a better future. Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

On Holocaust Memorial Day we remember those murdered during the Holocaust and all genocides.

Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.

Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X

https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai

AI is like plastic — a lot of people hate it because it often comes across as fake and tacky, but it’s flexible and it’s cheap and there’s so many things that would be impossible or impractical without it.

And yes, a lot of AI will be junk. Just like everything else. (cf Sturgeon’s Law.)

Bien fait!

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Donald Knuth’s 2024 Christmas Lecture: 'Strong' Memories Besides offering the comfort of a familiar face this year, Donald Knuth included some precious and personal looks back.

Happy birthday to Don Knuth
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As I've alluded to elsewhere, Elon Musk is a 21st century Werner Von Braun, on steroids.

 

My intention for the year is to write

2025 A Mathematical Odyssey:

Exuberant excursions into contemporary fields.

50 years ago I embarked on pure mathematics. Perhaps to end up an academic.

That never happened. Now , having "retired" from IT, I can look back, sideways & a little foward.

My intention for the new year is to write

2025 A Mathematical Odyssey:

Exuberant excursions into contemporary fields.

This is a hilariously written summary of the Tory downfall of 2024, it's equally terrifying that it's all true!

"Liz Truss was like an actor who had been cast in a single episode of Star Trek, and then eked it out into a lifetime of Comic Con appearances."

Rare Earth - Reasons To Be Cheerful - BBC Sounds How will 2025 shape up for the environment and wildlife?

This week on BBC Rare Earth we look forward to 2025 with the help of Caroline Lucas, James Murray and Stuart Goldsmith, discussing critical upcoming moments for climate/environment.
It's the last of this series but we'll be back on air at the end of February.

Listen here:
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Happy birthday to a young engineer and pilot
@carolvorderman.bsky.social !

Happy birthday!😄

We Can Make an Impact. Save the Latin Excellence Programme - keep teaching Latin in state schools

@greenjennyjones.bsky.social Please circulate and sign a petition to save the Latin Excellence Programme funding in English state schools at chng.it/M4gYrK25YV

Celebrating the genius of #SrinivasaRamanujan on the anniversary of his birth, which is #NationalMathematicsDay in India!

#MultiverseOfMathness #ITeachMath #MathSky

Today is Indian Mathematics day. I think the UK should have its own. Suggestions welcome for 2025

One thing that I can extract from my midnight insomnia is a Plan for 2025. Helpful that 2025 is like 1936.
Whatch this handle for further details before the 31st

A photo of the Durham University Challenge Christmas team in the studio, with Carla in the captain's seat

A bit of light relief - I'm on Celebrity University Challenge, the Christmas Special! 🎄

You can watch our all-woman dream team @sophiasgaler.bsky.social Tracey Macleod, Liz James and yours truly, 'Durham Denyer', on 23rd December, BBC Two, 8:30pm!
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A reminder that my Mathematical advent puzzles with emoji and unicode are on Medium

WH Smiths in Marylebone
Station.

Michelin-starred chef Tommy Banks' stolen pie van found in Middlesbrough The van owned by Michelin-starred chef Tommy Banks contained "nearly a tonne" of pies when it was stolen.

Michelin-starred chef Tommy Banks' stolen pie van found in Middlesbrough

Ein Sommerfoto für einen Dezember-Post?

Selecting mathematical terns for.my advent puzzles. "Defining " maths by emojis and unicode 🙂

I was a vocal supporter of the LGBTQ community years before I knew my daughter was gay. It's not even a question, it's the right thing to do. You'd want equal rights too, if you were part of a marginalized group, fighting for equality.

Freddie was a known ailurophile