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Ikrs 23rd February by Ikrs on Mixcloud

Officially a massive nerd now

I kind of scribbled some words down for the blog of the Royal Statistical Society. Mainly because I've been getting a bit fed up with the Daily Mail's interpretation of science, but mostly because last week the Guardian joined in. My blind anger has led to this piece (which has actually been read by at least one person judging by the comment) and me now having an actual editor who has already made me commit to writing something similar every three weeks. You can read the rest of it here.

Also, this week my existence has been confirmed inside of the department I've been working in since October last year: I am apparently a studentship with half a telephone number (does this mean I can't say I'm not made of money anymore?).

Review: Jonny - Jonny

Having your new band labelled a ‘super group’ can be both a good and a bad thing: you’re bound to get a decent amount of listeners, but you could also fall into being a mere curiosity, where people only show up for a gig because they liked your earlier work and leave disheartened when they find that the combination of their favourite artists doesn’t have the expected spectacular result. Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Euros Childs (formerly of the more interestingly named Gorky's Zygotic Mynci) seem to have tried to tackle the latter problem by using the most inconspicuous band name of the decade yet: Jonny.

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