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Scientist. Pythonista. Terrible guitar player. ooo...looker extraordinaire. Mr @Happymouffetard. Senior Data Scientist. @libdems since 1988 [he/his] https://www.ianhopkinson.org.uk

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You’d think in this era of “MPs face increasing danger” there would be more outrage at newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer being assaulted by transphobes but it’s nowhere to be seen on BBC News app even if you search her name

09.03.2026 13:08 👍 1067 🔁 373 💬 32 📌 17

“Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.”

Still chuffed I got that in as intro of my finals paper on Rousseau.

11.03.2026 11:36 👍 191 🔁 16 💬 9 📌 0
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Book review: Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton My next review is of Four points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction by Jerry Brotton. I read his book A History of the World in 12 Maps in 2013, One might imagine that the history …

Book review: Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton <- the compass beyond direction ianhopkinson.org.uk/2026/03/book... #maps #geography #histsci #bookreview

11.03.2026 07:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

SLOPPELGANGER

11.03.2026 05:55 👍 176 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 0

And now finding themselves under pressure from AI which was trained on work stolen from them.

10.03.2026 08:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I will forever remember the Cheltenham Festival for the unfortunate decision to continue with it as the UK was overwhelmed by COVID in March 2020

10.03.2026 06:27 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you're an Expedition 33 player then the "Gommage" reference is concerning! This is the name of the process by which the inhabitants of the word disappear when they reach the age of 33

09.03.2026 16:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yes, I should have asked about that! You probably don't need flea treatment for inside only cats. We have a cat tree and beds, but they tend not to use them or do so intermittently. We use a basic litter tray with compressed woodchip pellets.

09.03.2026 16:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
FRONTLINE Spot On Flea & Tick Treatment for Cats - 6 Pipettes : Amazon.co.uk: Pet Supplies Free delivery and returns on eligible orders. Buy FRONTLINE Spot On Flea & Tick Treatment for Cats - 6 Pipettes at Amazon UK.

Other regular purchases are this flea treatment:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0014WJAO...

09.03.2026 16:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PetSafe Manual 4 Way Locking Classic Cat Flap - Flexible Access, Durable Design - White, Tunnel included : Amazon.co.uk: Pet Supplies Versatile 4-way locking cat flap with tunnel for installation in doors up to 6cm thick, providing your cat freedom and independence while keeping them secure.

We've used these simple cat flaps for about 30 years - they allow you to control in/out and more sophisticated ones include a magnetic catch so only your cats get access (we gave up in this because they kept losing collars)! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00B17ETP...

09.03.2026 16:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Cats will laugh at your list, and play in the box that the cat tree came in!

That said we found this Wifi enabled cat feeder useful for our two. It means you can leave them for a couple of days without supervision.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CXPVXZL...

09.03.2026 16:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Borg: I assimilated you but I still don't understand you
Chef: Florpty hoodee floon
Borg: What have you done? Now I can't understand the others
Other Borg: Shmer da shmorpy gloondy bloot
Borg: A strange ship is approaching! But I can't herdy da poondee shmood
Chef: Uffda! Too bad
Borg: You will be assimagerded. Resistoonce is floompty. We are the Bork Bork Bork

A labour of love for someone retired...

Borg: I assimilated you but I still don't understand you Chef: Florpty hoodee floon Borg: What have you done? Now I can't understand the others Other Borg: Shmer da shmorpy gloondy bloot Borg: A strange ship is approaching! But I can't herdy da poondee shmood Chef: Uffda! Too bad Borg: You will be assimagerded. Resistoonce is floompty. We are the Bork Bork Bork A labour of love for someone retired...

I don't know who created this but it is awesome - the Borg assimilates the Swedish Chef

09.03.2026 11:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is heartbreaking.

09.03.2026 11:28 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Green Party say 'Hannah Spencer won't be silenced' after Manchester violence Hannah Spencer, Gorton and Denton&apos;s newly-elected MP, was ushered into a police car amid the unfolding chaos

The anti trans men who chased Hannah Spencer, this is exactly who these men are. Misogynists who just love an excuse to hound women for not doing what they tell us. All male terfs act like that. And the women are just as vicious www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

09.03.2026 08:47 👍 294 🔁 75 💬 10 📌 8

Isn't he the one who posted a 2am.rant about the Mossbourne Report?

08.03.2026 12:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I won't check!

08.03.2026 10:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#SundayPixMassiveFeet!

08.03.2026 09:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A photo of eroded red sandstone at the bottom of Chester city walls

A photo of eroded red sandstone at the bottom of Chester city walls

Chester is home to much fine red sandstone, this is at the base of the wall by the river. Some of the visible walls are Roman #SundayPixStone

08.03.2026 09:31 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Other supermarkets may do similar! I think a lot of the own brands are made in the same factories

08.03.2026 09:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Genuine questions: could these people be in the pay of the regime? And would that, to use language some of them favour, make them both ‘economic migrants’ *and* ‘welfare scroungers’?

08.03.2026 09:08 👍 1676 🔁 413 💬 122 📌 14

We discovered that the Morrisons houmous pots have a plastic lid that fits their other dip pots (which now have film lids).

08.03.2026 09:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

TBI has been heavily funded by billionaire Larry Ellison, a close personal friend of Netanyahu. Last year, Democracy for Sale and Lighthouse Reports revealed how TBI has changed since Ellison, gave £250 million to the institute.

08.03.2026 08:54 👍 80 🔁 54 💬 7 📌 0

Categorically, objectively, condemned by the UN, Yes

08.03.2026 08:36 👍 243 🔁 41 💬 0 📌 0
Close up photo of a stone distorting a small piece of wood

Close up photo of a stone distorting a small piece of wood

I took this many years ago on a beach #SundayPixStone

08.03.2026 07:25 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of "Large adult son" on twitter telling Omid Djalili "This is your Linehan moment you stupid cunt" and Omid replying "And @Glinner was proved right". He is being ratioed with 64 comments to 51 likes

Screenshot of "Large adult son" on twitter telling Omid Djalili "This is your Linehan moment you stupid cunt" and Omid replying "And @Glinner was proved right". He is being ratioed with 64 comments to 51 likes

Oh he's GONE holy shit

07.03.2026 12:32 👍 449 🔁 66 💬 16 📌 24

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

07.03.2026 15:46 👍 21829 🔁 6564 💬 89 📌 161
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International Meeting Planner Find the best time to have a meeting across time zones.

I always used to use, meetings spanning North America, the UK and New Zealand were challenging! Also Australia's state by state time zones are bonkers... www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/m...

07.03.2026 15:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h ••• My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

06.03.2026 01:05 👍 20781 🔁 4426 💬 767 📌 1140

They don't seem to have worked for Shaun Ryder!

07.03.2026 07:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.

07.03.2026 01:43 👍 3075 🔁 932 💬 31 📌 13