Dr. Chris Ince

A background in Astrophysics, I'm a lecturer and researcher with a passion for science and education. Suffice it to say, I'm a bit of a nerd.

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I went for a walk today.

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@barbourtwat I was going to say that 1pm was like a bad school* snow day where they might cancel classes at lunch and you've got no time left to enjoy it, and this has turned out even worse.

*although I never boarded, so don't know if you would have ever had snow days

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Yesterday I went to the Schiapparelli exhibition at the V&A. Another in a solid run of well-put-together fashion exhibitions, and pretty spectacular.
Work from the 30s that you still find getting referenced in modern sci-fi and fantasy movies because it still feels futuristic.

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Amused at people declaring Microsoft’s ‘crisis comms’ to be terrible, when I think it’s fine. Too human and people would see it as the route to engage. But if it’s technical, you feel less of the intended audience but may be reassured by seeing into their process thinking.

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I cannot catch a break. This Outlook thing is happening when I have two days off.

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‘Visionquest’ time. Or perhaps, it seems, ‘Ultravision’.

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@barbourtwat @LukeDyks Early-20s George Osborne I might understand for you, but without a time machine…eeep

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@HidingSmith I would not say personally 'improperly', and say that the Supreme Court's conclusion was simply that the Equality Act 2010 should be treated as if it says 'biological sex'. However, it just says 'sex'; and it isn't absurd that it would be read with the Gender Recognition Act 2004

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Something that has been standing out is "not the job of MPs".
The UK Supreme Court ruling in April 2025 around the Equality Act involved trying to "determine what Parliament had intended". They did not do so by referring to MP statements or social media posts, it was based on...

[Helena Dawson London and wherever you are @MsHelenaDawson]

I’ve been resisting posting about this, but I’ve seen so many bad takes about the new pornography provisions with the PCA 2026 that I have to say something. No one can tell you for sure what the law covers. That’s not the job of MPs and all new laws have the same issue

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@HidingSmith In fairness, I do not disagree with the Supreme Court's view on that aspect. At the time, I'd agree that sections written pertaining to women didn't intend to include trans women (who were covered in other provisions).
The thing is, nobody thought to amend the wording of the act.

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@legalstyleblog Thank you. I saw someone mention "pulling Hansard", which may have seemed useful in the EA2010 situation; I was curious why, and can see the potential critiques of it. I do maintain though, I'd rather the 'Don't worry it's not for that' areas were more clearly in the legislation.

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also that I'm definitely going to wind up in a position where it's way too cold past 4pm to change into shorts and a sleeveless shirt, but it always feels weird wearing something beyond my shoulders or knees to do stretchy gym things.

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Lunch and making up for missing my gym class.

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Morning lectures done, hometime for some soup.

[mark @midsommark]

This will be the sixth time we have destroyed the DC cinematic universe, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.

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@christiancalgie Are they insane? 2014-2017 was perhaps the absolute peak of Twitter's relevance. She could make a claim for not having years and years to be able to look back through, or the kind of scathing political takedowns in highly produced Reels that you see now, but my god.

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@MsHelenaDawson Indeed not. That's part of what I mean. Ultimately, any judicial decisions are going to be based on the text of the legislation itself. What any one MP says doesn't matter at all, but as it's passing I want them all to be as engaged as possible with *exactly* what the text means

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I just think that if some people ask "Does that wording imply this?", and Ministers are saying that it doesn't (or won't), then I get that. I can even agree. However, why not consider making that clear in the legislation now. Why wait?
It could save some time and be helpful later

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...unpacking and unraveling how different elements of legislation worked together.
Analysis via 'if this was covered by this bit here, then they wouldn't have needed to have this over there, or phrased that this way'. Case law and other rulings were noted but many disagreed with.

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@heyt_error Loving the 'From Russia with Love' game sneaking in there instead of the movie poster, a whole 42 years since the film and (amazingly) with Connery.

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A shotgun you'd recognise. Particularly contextually. But a handgun. I really did wonder if I might have heard a car backfiring (which, incidentally, I encountered last year and it did actually seem remarkably similar).

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I wouldn't say it's the complete opposite, but it is a 'Was that? No, surely not'.
I had to call the police a few years ago and felt quite unsure of myself when saying that I'd heard gunshots and seen someone speeding away. That's for movies and the USA, not April in Sheffield.

[Мinko 🇵🇱🇧🇬 @ripfedri]

It’s interesting how everyone doesn’t react at all after hearing the gunshots because loud noise is normal to hear in Europe but if this was in the United States everyone would have reacted differently the second they heard it