Mark Briffa

Teaching and research in marine biology and animal behaviour, or research and teaching in animal behaviour and marine biology. Any opinions are my own.

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New paper on skill during contests in domestic pigs and welfare implications https://t.co/JDN5fVB9PO

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Our (me and Gareth Arnott) new perspectives paper on "Animal sentience and the scientific cycle" https://t.co/fIzU8lWi66

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@DanielTyrie A minority in what sense?

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@tedcruz They are stickers - temporary.

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@RWTaylors Sometimes it makes me proud, sometimes it makes me ashamed. It all depends on how and why it’s being used, in a word “context”.

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@JDVance They are stickers, not permanent graffiti. While if you look at many old churches in Europe, they are often covered in permanent graffiti (e.g. etched into the stone) that is 100s of years old, so what’s your point?

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@RupertLowe10 Really vague: (1) what level of proficiency, how would this be decided and how is it assessed? (2) would this also apply to Scotland, Wales & NI, or do you just not understand what country you live in? (3) Most importantly, why? What’s your reasoning, if any?

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@Mofoman360 You’d have to first define what you mean by “woke nonsense” before anyone can reasonably say whether they want to do away with it.

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@TheBritishIntel Yes and if the waiting room was rammed with patients you’d concoct some sort of conspiracy theory out of that as well.

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@Nigel_Farage @Nigel_Farage is it really something you need to get worked up about??

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First year field week with Marine Biology @PlymUni students, on the south Devon coast. The beautiful rocks were formed around 400 million years ago!

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@MhairiHunter Spot on! 👍

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@TRobinsonNewEra Meanwhile you can see the normal people in the background who just want to go about their day without waving flags and being a pain in the arse.

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@Vocal_GenX @TheBritLad @TogeoffH Except they want to take the NHS away.

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@OYesWeAreStrong @Keir_Starmer He was doing his job - part of the rule of law, which underpins our democracy.

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@TRobinsonNewEra To give some perspective, on the same day around 821,000 went to the football including 11,801 at Kenilworth Road (FT: 0-3).

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@Saskiateague @TRobinsonNewEra Is how she dresses not up to her?

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@Steveohmygoodne @I_amMukhtar @JDVance Not at all. Those who felt the need to march through London waving flags were not prevented from doing so. The vast majority did not bat an eyelid and got on with their usual Saturday. For example 821,000 attended a football match that day (Luton Town 11,801).

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@basilthegreat @C_C_Ioannou No she doesn’t.

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@TRobinsonNewEra Stephen, my heart bleeds for you! 🤏<- world’s smallest violin