@PhilBeaman

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"Bank managers and professors do that" @sophiescott !! 🤣🤣🤣
edgarwright
@edgarwrightOct 20
With the late, great Oliver Reed currently wowing 2026 audiences all over again with his incredible performance in the restored version of Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’, I wanted to share this amazing clip of him from 1985. The rather low-res clip comes from ‘In at the Deep End’, a BBC series in which presenter Paul Heiney tries his hands at a profession he had zero experience in. For this episode, Heiney was preparing for an acting role opposite Michael Caine in ‘Water’ and went to Oliver Reed for some pointers on how to play a villain. Please enjoy what happens next.
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Uta Frith@utafrithAug 22
In case you want to know my views on the autism spectrum in 2016 (and more besides), there is an in-depth interview thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publ… I don't think my views have changed that much. But well, even subtle changes can have consequences.

Uta Frith: interview

Uta Frith on how much we have learned about autism, but how much more there is still to understand.

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paul bassett davies@thewritertypeJul 7
Some of us can only dream of having the kind of wealth, power, privilege, influence, extensive media platform and brazen selfishness you need these days to become a man of the people standing up to the establishment.
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c802… Waiting for the French to ask for the Statue of Liberty to be returned until such time that America learns to read what it says on the pedestal

Hegseth attacks Europe over migration with beach 'invasion' D-Day speech

The US defence secretary was speaking in Normandy, 82 years after allied forces launched their operation to liberate Nazi-occupied north-western Europe.

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I believe Richard Thompson had something to say about this.... youtube.com/watch?v=_8dHY3tS…

Yankee, Go Home

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupYankee, Go Home · Ric...

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derek guy
@dieworkwearMay 25
wear the trench coat over a suit but stand far away from the wedding, ideally under a tree while smoking a cigarette. when people spot you, turn away and get into a black car and then drive away
freddy@gatorbffMay 25
Replying to @dieworkwear
derek is there any way to wear a trench coat-type jacket to a wedding over a suit without looking like a knob. urgent
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RIP David Burke. Truly one of the finest portrayals of Dr Watson ever to grace our screens. We doff our bowler hats to you.
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Dr Francis Young
@DrFrancisYoungMay 4
I know people are sceptical about this but it does mean if we ever find Anne Boleyn’s phone we may be able to unlock it
BBC News (UK)
@BBCNewsMay 2
Is this the real face of Anne Boleyn? bbc.in/4tLahBP

Scientists believe they have found previously unknown sketch of Anne Boleyn

A computer science team believes they have discovered a previously unknown sketch of King Henry VIII's second wife - but not everyone is convinced.

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Taj Mahal@tajmahalbluesMay 1
It’s TIME, and just knowing that we all need time to realize that jazz will give you back your mind, reggae will give you back your body, but the Blues, especially in this time, will give you back your soul. -Taj
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Ken Feder’s (@fiftysitesbook) superb obituary: Ehrich von Däniken: A Legacy of Pseudoscience skepticalinquirer.org/exclus…

Ehrich von Däniken: A Legacy of Pseudoscience | Skeptical Inquirer

Erich von Däniken was born on April 14, 1935, in Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland. Though I will mention it in passing, there’s no need to dwell on his run-ins ...

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Graham Linehan
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Lisboa
@CamaraLisboaMar 29
Lisboa ✨
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Naomi Fisher
@naomicfisherMar 7
A study which uses an online survey to recruit participants (as this one did) will not include a representative sample of autistic people. Sweeping claims like this should not be made without a representative sample and careful matching. This illustrates the problem with the over-inclusive autism spectrum. It is assumed that a group of people who completed an online survey represents all autistic people when they do not. This research does not show that self-identifying adults have higher unmet needs and unemployment than diagnosed people with high support needs and intellectual disability. Their needs are erased by this research.
Steven Kapp@drstevenkappMar 5
Autism is not overdiagnosed.📜 Self-identifying autistic adults tended to have similar autistic traits & understanding of autism but *higher* unmet needs, unemployment, & distress than diagnosed adults. They mostly wanted a diagnosis but barriers eg costs: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

Identifying as Autistic Without a Formal Diagnosis: Who Self-Identifies as Autistic and Why? -...

Background: Adults increasingly self-identify as autistic without a formal diagnosis, yet little research has systematically investigated (a) the unique charact...

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Tim Harford
@TimHarfordMar 4
What if AI just makes us work harder? as.ft.com/r/f34885c1-4dda-40…

What if AI just makes us work harder?

Employees have reported increased momentum, but also a feeling of having more to do

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Jon Severs@jon_seversMar 4
"I’ve been quite swept up by the autism spectrum idea, and it’s only in the past 10 years or so that I have felt things have gone too far, and very slowly I have come to say, 'No, this is not right'" Autism expert professor Uta Frith talks to @Helen_Amass tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum

The autism spectrum has widened to the point of collapse, affecting how teachers should support autistic pupils in the classroom, researcher Uta Frith tells Helen Amass

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All that says is that the visual system uses information other than pigment. Without the grooves/ridges (which are feature of the feathers) the bird would not be blue. While I'm on it, bluebirds are North American and not usually seen over the white cliffs of Dover either.
Quite Interesting
@qikipediaFeb 1
There is no such thing as a blue bird. The colour is created in birds not from a pigment, but from the reflection of light on the microscopic grooves and ridges on the feathers.
A small bird, with a bright blue head, tail and wings sitting on a branch.

ALT A small bird, with a bright blue head, tail and wings sitting on a branch.

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Philip Oldfield
@SustainableTallJan 31
At last an AI tool I can get behind “Upload an architectural render. Get back what it'll actually look like on a random Tuesday in November.” antirender.com
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