Final leg of the Gilwell/Woodbadge training finished this weekend at Úlfljótsvatnscout center. 8 new members welcomed to the largest scout troop in the world after a year of training and personal growth.

ICE Detention Contractors Are Reaping Massive Profits The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1

"The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1 that they donated to GOP campaigns in 2024, these private companies stand to reap more than $11,000 in increased annual revenue."

Since last year, we’ve been reporting on ICE extensively. But every week brings new information, and it’s getting harder to keep track of what’s happening, let alone remember what’s already happened.

So here’s a quick thread to help.

Stop this. Just… Stop it. Stop using "generative AI" for anything that might actually matter, and especially things that, if it gets them wrong, *Might Fucking Kill You.*

Why does this need to be said? Why is this not obvious??? Why is this not the default way of fucking operating?! What the FUCK.

Looking back on the past couple of horrible years I do greatly appreciate the simple moral clarity of Bill Burr when he had that infuriating sit down with Bill Maher and they talked about the campus Gaza war protests and Burr simply said “I’m on the side of the kids.” He didn’t need to …

Mér finnst fyndnast þegar þetta lið tautar yfir því hvað útlendingar eru að gera við íslenska tungu þegar það er alveg augljóst að þau eru fullfær um að slátra henni sjálf

Finished a fantastic camp at Viðey last week. 5 days with over 120 people, mostly kids from 13 to 15 years old. The weather was fantastic, the team was fantastic and we are looking forward to doing this again next year #scouting #skatar

That looks amazing!

It is such a little piece of heaven

Spent Wed to Sun assisting with leadership training at Lake Úlfljótsvatn with some fantastic folks. Great people and a magical place
#scouting

Fantastic long weekend of leadership training ahead at Úlfljótsvatn scout centre magical place, wonderful weather and fantastic people #scouting

First time for me organising the camp here but it has decades of history, so standing in the shoulders of giants

Over 60,000 malnourished children in South Sudan have gone without aid for more than a month. Supplies will run out at the end of May. Fighting has made aid deliveries nearly impossible.

Call your local politicians to demand humanitarian intervention, follow @doctorswithoutborders.org / @msf.ca

Went to Viðey to prep for the scout camp this coming July. Can't wait to host the camp here!

I love the craftsmanship of a well rhymed poem, but some of my favourites are not rhymed poems

A little trip to Snæfellsnes today with @jcthebeerguy.bsky.social

A little quality time in the westernmost part of Iceland over Easter

A proper mic drop moment to silence the transphobes

Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.

Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.

nymag.com/intelligence...

A great #erasmus trip came to an end yesterday. Thanks to all the lovely folks at FAU Erlangen who organised this week. I look forward to coming back!

Yes, Pippin is a genius at being a derp 😂

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk Older adults in Wales who had the jab were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia that those not vaccinated

goddd the number of things that turn out to be caused (at least partly) by infectious, vaccinatable diseases. apparently some dementia is actually "long chickenpox"?

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Fascinating dive into the horrific ideas that the current US administration endorses

Quotes from Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Gustave Gilbert, and Elon Musk, next to drawings of each in pencil style by Patt Bagely. In sequence: "empathy is patiently and sincerely seeing the world through the other person's eyes." - Einstein. "The death of human empathy is one of the early and most telling signs that a culture is about to fall into barbarism." - Arendt. "It is one of characteristic that connects all the defendants -- a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the lack of empathy." - Gilbert. "The fundamental weakness of western civilization is empathy." - Musk

We should minimise all research and teaching collaboration with the US. Academia is based on free speech and discussing ideas we don't agree with, if we can't enter the US because of private messages we have no business going there

A group of European countries is devising a strategy to attract researchers in the US with funding and an immigration framework in response to the Trump administration's cuts to education and research. 👉 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

🧠 How Healthy Brains Age: Neuron Count

A study of 28 healthy adult brains (ages 25-102, no dementia) found memory regions lost 28–54% of neurons and motor regions 32–48% over 77 years—about 100–250 neurons per day. Surprisingly, neuron loss rates were similar in young & old, suggesting .. (1/3)

Heading home after a great week teaching at Palacký University in Oloumuc. Love this little city and the lovely people

Night view of cobbled stone street

Medieval door with another door in it

Oloumuc city at night

Astronomical clock tower in Oloumuc

Good to be in lovely Oloumuc again for #erasmus #photosky