For 50 quid I've got a fence which was one bad storm from blowing over back upright and feeling pretty steady. Hard work getting those spikes in the ground, but feel well solid

Do you hate it when your fitted sheets come off your mattress in the night? This set has completely solved this problem

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Got a wonky fence post. This works amazingly well, and comes with a drill bit to drill pilot holes and the attachment for a drill to drive in the screws

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Some things I've ordered recently which exceeded expectations:

(Short thread)

Doesn't need to be your room key - any card will do #protip

Neuroskeptic is actually a franchise

I will, in protest, once again not be applying for an ERC advanced grant

With this ring...

on the perils of survey work (there will be trolls!)

I always tell new PhD students that the best way to cure their imposter syndrome is to hang around with academics for a few years

Happy travels!

Booked a table in a restaurant in Bristol. When we arrive the waiter says "Gavin, is it? You look like quite an interesting guy from your linkedin profile"

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YEP!

I think a lot about this as well (not about cats though), but I think this is almost the biggest benefit of AI. The generation 'after' us have basically forced to have their life documented with phone photos/videos, held to hostage. Now we just have to stop believing that kind of documentation!

You know what, I don't actually think this is a real problem that we need to worry about. This is about 7 layers deep of nonsense, and each layer I care somewhat less about as a real problem.

EXCITING

Bewildering headline to be confronted with

Batman breaking a firearm and saying, "This is the journal of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it."

how I feel when open science initiatives choose to publish in Nature

Disentangling visually driven tactile predictions from multisensory integration in body ownership Abstract. The sense of owning one’s body is essential for distinguishing internal from external sensations. Research using bodily illusions shows that this

What makes a body feel like our own? The sense of body ownership is a core aspect of self-awareness, and it depends on the integration of multiple sensory signals. What role do visual predictions play in body ownership? Check out our new paper in Royal Society Open Science: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

Funded PhD position at the @exeter.ac.uk with your time split between Exeter and Queensland (Australia)

Digital Haptics and Proprioceptive Learning in Surgery

www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

(warning, slightly gory VR surgery video from our industrial partner)

Found a big hand in Newcastle for you @thehandlab.bsky.social

Ironic branding for brain injury machines

ok I'm on board as well now

I have never heard that term before, but I love it

Reintroducing student number redistribution is an easy fix that would actually stabilise the sector without even having to pump a load of money into it.

All unis are spending SO MUCH MONEY & RESOURCES on recruiting & advertising rather than teaching & research. Plug that leak. Stop that volatility.

Proteous effect! If I had better graphical skills I'd certainly be playing in this space

What are you getting at?

Well, the day is still young...

Next Meeting EPS Meeting: Newcastle University. Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April 2026. This meeting will include the 24th EPS Mid-Career Prize lecture by Elizabeth Jefferies (and accompanying sympo…

Good morning and welcome to Day One of #EPSNewcastle!

Today features an ECR focussed workshop run by @drgbuckingham.bsky.social, talks, poster session, the 2026 EPS/BSA Undergraduate Prize Talk by Oliver Panther AND a networking event!

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

I had something like this on twitter but had to disable it because it ruined my day when someone blocked me and I didn't understand why #fragileman