Daniel Johnston

Engineer. Teacher. Skeptical optimist. I use maths to make big robots behave well.

Views here don't reflect the views of @UniStrathclyde.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Beth Rigby, "Elon Musk called your Safeguarding Minister Jess Philips an evil witch, a rape genocide apologist, who should be put in jail.. Does that make you angry and what is your response?"

Keir Starmer, "I think more people are interested in what's happening in the NHS than what's happening on Twitter. But you asked me a really important question. With permission I will answer it fully"

"Child sexual exploitation is utterly sickening.. For many years too many victims have been let down by perverse ideas of community relations.. Or that institutions must be protected to above all else"

"When I was Chief Prosecutor for five years, I tackled that head on.. I reopened cases that had been closed.. I brought the first major prosecution of an Asian grooming gang, in Rochdale"

"I changed the whole prosecution approach because I wanted to challenge the myths and stereotypes that were stopping those victims from being heard"

"When I left office we had the highest number of child sexual abuse cases being prosecuted on record"

"The record is not secret. As public servant its all there for anyone to see"

"I also called for mandatory reporting of Child sexual abuse. I called for that a decade ago"

"The Tories did nothing about that. For those 10 long years"

"Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible. They're not interested in victims. They're interested in themselves"

"Those cheerleading Tommy Robinson are not interested in justice. They're supporting a man who went to prison for nearly collapsing a gang grooming case"

"And those attacking Jess Philips, who I'm proud to call a colleague and a friend, aren't protecting victims. Jess Philips has done a thousand times more than they've even dreamt about, when it comes to protecting victims of child sexual abuse"

"I'm prepared to call out this for what it is. We've seen this playbook before. Whipping up intimidation, threats of violence, hoping the media will amplify it"

"When the poisonous far right leads to serious threats to Jess Philips and others, then in my book, a line has been crossed"

"I enjoy the cut and thrust of politics, the robust debate we must have. But that's got to be based on facts and truth. Not on lies"

"Not on those who are desperate for attention that they're prepared to debase themselves and their country"

"This government will get on with the job of protecting victims, including child sexual abuse. But what I won't tolerate is this discussion debate based on lies"

"What I won't tolerate is politicians jumping on the bandwagon simply to get attention"

"Those politicians were in government for 14 long years. Tweeting, talking, but not doing anything about it. Now so desperate for attention that they're amplifying what the far right are saying"

[Florence Lox 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @floboflo]

Anyone know how Liz Truss's first day at Microsoft is going?

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

@Steph_OrSan @MAE_Strath Thanks, @Steph_OrSan!

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

First day as a member of teaching staff with @MAE_Strath and straight into induction week for new undergraduate students. Can't wait to get started!

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That's my first journal article now available online (Open Access)
https://t.co/t4S6cTXFRt

The approximation method developed in this work allows users to obtain approximate analytical solutions to nonlinear coupled systems with reduced uncertainty.

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

Ah yes, haven't we all lost someone to "cancer, and wolf"?

[PhD Voice - Independently Run @PhDVoice]

@MsJoBillington We made the Viva Question Repository on our site. It has 140 questions from past Vivas to help you prep.

You’re very welcome to use it.

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

Excited to share that my journal paper got accepted! Thanks to Prof. Matthew Cartmell and @MAE_Strath for the support!

Preprint version: https://t.co/JXB0BoLxDt
Revised title: "A Novel Approximation Method for Weakly Nonlinear Coupled Systems"

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Breaking: Privileges Report endorsed by parliament.

Seven people voted for liar Boris Johnson. SEVEN. Other allies stayed away

It’s beautifully humiliating. He’s no longer entitled to a parliamentary pass, no free access. Job done.

Take that, you absolute fucking clown.

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

Amazing set of resources for PhD students and supervisors courtesy of @PhDVoice. Well worth a look!
https://t.co/Pq9ZfaMJda

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

Honoured to be longlisted for Strathclyde's Teaching Excellence Awards in 3 categories. Grateful to the students who put me forward and to staff in @MAE_Strath for their support in growing in my teaching journey.
#HigherEducation #phdstudent #AcademicTwitter

[Strathclyde Doctoral Researchers Group (StrathDRG) @DRGStrath]

Take a look at one of our latest blog posts from Daniel Johnston:

Trade-Off: Balancing Accuracy and Usability for the FutureForge Manipulator

https://t.co/9CvEjJ6WzQ

#PGRStrathLife

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

Had worse walks to work. I love my job! #enoc #enoc2022 #conference #phdlife #AcademicTwitter

[helienne @helienne]

Quoted on @mrjamesob : “Trying to pick the next Tory leader is like trying to pick which Portaloo to go to at Glastonbury,”

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

Had an amazing couple of days at @DRGStrath's #DSMS2022. Got these photos sorted thanks to Dalia Aly. Can't wait for the next one!
#phdchat #phdlife #AcademicChatter

[Strathclyde Doctoral Researchers Group (StrathDRG) @DRGStrath]

⏰COUNTDOWN TO THE #DSMS2022⏰

Come along to DSMS on 8th-10th June to hear from @EquationallyDan as they discuss how their research relates to 'Changing Technology'.

With just 14 days until DSMS 2022 kicks off, register here 👉 https://t.co/HN5PdgNZy6

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

Just finished online marking for part of an undergraduate quiz... I have reborn respect for the time and effort teaching staff put into marking!😅 #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdvoice

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

Am I dreaming?

That's a paper away with only a few changes suggested by the other authors! On to the next one now! #phdchat #AcademicTwitter

[Daniel Johnston @EquationallyDan]

Just sent my (first) paper off to the other authors for checking! Lucky to have some amazing academics co-authoring on it.

Unfortunately, self doubt and anxiety seem determined to have a say in the process too...
#phdlife #phdchat #AcademicTwitter