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@akellyucc

Personal ramblings about the world we live in and life in general, especially science and culture. Frequent puns and dogs. Professor and food scientist at @ucc.bsky.social

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If you [oh god where do you even start but, waves hands, you know, all of it], you shouldn’t be President of the United States

06.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Any excuse to share this again

06.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of yoda 's face with a blue background ALT: a close up of yoda 's face with a blue background

Yoda might have been a Jedi master but he was a crap rugby coach

06.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Ceiling of ceremonial hall in Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Ceiling of ceremonial hall in Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Detail on an arch

Detail on an arch

The (magnificent) hall overall

The (magnificent) hall overall

While visiting a Norwegian university today for a PhD exam I was struck by decorative features in their ceremonial hall. Very Celtic/Book of Kells?

Did we steal from the vikings or did they steal from us?

#speirgorm

06.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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On a short work trip to foggy frigid Norway and I’m off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of

06.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: if a headline asks a question, the answer is usually "no,"

05.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And, for a sum maybe between $100-300, they would write a favourable review.

Wow. Just wow.

Reported to journal needless to say.

05.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A colleague of mine told me one of the most outrageous stories I have ever heard about scientific publishing.

The submitted a paper to a respected journal and a while later got an email from an academic saying they were reviewing it (they had all details)…

(1/2)

@academic-chatter.bsky.social

05.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He ended up working for Pizza the Hutt

04.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just shows you can never trust them

04.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I for one am confused as to where the boots are

04.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently an AI just got a law degree. It was an LLM.

04.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I kinda love how they don’t seem to have worked out how much text they could fit on it in advance and had to improvise.

And that it doesn’t end β€œthank you for your attention to this matter”

04.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hang it in the Loovre

04.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I really wish articles about the war would not use the word β€œfallout” quite so much

03.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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On World Wildlife Day, sharing a photo of a ferocious beast fixing us with his terrifying stare

03.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

These cuts are going from bad to verse

03.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is that an I or an l?

03.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

AI and slide design. So much Power. So little Point.

03.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIs John Hurt in Alien?”
β€œOh way worse than that. Waaaaay worse”

03.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s apparently linked to blood group. You might be typo negative

02.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Crap I meant hyphens!

02.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Did they leave PayPal details?

02.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My government has a real β€œwe didn’t know starting a war would cause a warβ€œ vibe going on which I realize I should be outraged about in the abstract but find myself mainly nonplussed by at this point.

02.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 1102 πŸ” 193 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 4

Did any of those word jokes actually land?
No pun in ten did

02.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Total eclipse of the full blood moon is tonight, in case you haven’t checked in on the doom portents lately.

02.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 718 πŸ” 184 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 56

I suspect Count Draculler

02.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is β€œcurtains for Trump” trending yet?

02.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"didn't shoot down any $90M airplanes today" is setting a whole new floor at work for all of us

02.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 871 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 3

β€œDefensive”

01.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0