Adam Rutherford
@adamrutherford
I had a marvellous time ruining everything. Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷× @kbjmanagement adamrutherford.com
As we move house today, and I go to the dump for the eleventieth time, I consider the two journeys of Ikea furniture in my car: once for its birth, the other to its death. U are wiv da angles now, Tonstad.
I've signed and sent a letter - from authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, scholars and performers - to express our deep concern at @exeter.ac.uk’s troubling plans to make mass redundancies within the Humanities Dept @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social. I would love it if you read and shared widely.
Going through some archives I found this. I auditioned. (I didn’t know Polanski was a rapist at this point.)
Just going through some old photos and was reminded of my most satanic cricketing achievement.
Some help from 1930s aeroplane experts. Can you identify this plane, even what type it is? Twin prop?
<Grandpa Simpson gif> <Basil Fawlty mini gif> The hilarious thing is that this beetroot poltroon would've written the same article at any point in history, including about the things that he now considers funny from twenty years ago.
I don't wish ill upon anyone; Bryan Johnson directly attributing his disease to his pre-weird diet is just the type of un-evidenced bullshit you'd expect from this profoundly disturbed man. There are genetic, immunological + environmental triggers of autoimmune gastritis.
Wolf Alice, third time in 6 months, they just get better with every performance. Played smells like Teen Spirit tonight
Adam Rutherford says that maybe every vapid brainfart that these boykings utter in an attempt to either boost their egos or share price is not actually news worth reporting.
NO ESCAPE FROM GIANT WAVE OF FLUID so so sad, and also hilarious. The giant Boston molasses disaster of 1919.
Supported Hole at Reading in ‘94. Split soon after, Lead guitarist now teaches throat singing in a West Country commune. Singer made millions inventing those pop out phone holders. Bassist works for Goldman Sachs. Drummer wrote Pure and Simple for Hear’say.
RIP David Hockney. Straw on the left, Gold on the right (1969)
Start the Week at 9am on BBC Radio 4. Three truly brilliant books.
The love here for Giles is overwhelming. Buffy crosses generations. I watched it once for me, and once with each daughter. I dressed up as him for a party where the theme was Libraries.