"Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/17/royal-society-elon-musk-resign-science-fellowship-tesla
... but when he ignored that they just…
The DOJ announces the seizure of $225.3M in crypto, the largest-ever US seizure of cryptocurrency linked to confidence schemes known as "pig butchering" (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/18/doj-crypto-scams.html
The bolometric Bond albedo and energy balance of Uranus: #Uranus Than Once Thought: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/nasa-oxford-discover-warmer-uranus-than-once-thought/
Citizen science study determines that more than one light per person is still on late at night in Germany #Germany
*On Snake Oil*
In every snake oil sale show - no matter how long it has been going on - comes the moment of truth.
The moment of truth is, ironically, not evidence that the advertised snake oil works.
No, the moment of truth happens when the salesman opens the bottle and chugs it down in one go. What happens if he doesn't do it, what happens if he only takes a sip and pours the rest down the drain?
Maybe the snake oil show is one of the more interesting cultural …
#DH2025, we're delighted to share a Turing's Humanities and Data Science event in Oxford and online on 25th Sept with a panel asking: 'How far can data science and the humanities help to answer each other’s questions?'
Express your interest here:
Mood Swings – a beautifully moody musical suite #music https://muz4now.com/2021/mood-swings-a-beautifully-moody-musical-suite
Sneaky #git commits
https://tavianator.com/2025/sneaky.html