Jim Baggott

@JimBaggott

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    3 hours ago

    The BBC does the finest political journalism in the world. The current government would like nothing more than to break up the BBC. The BBC’s political editor is currently running crisis management PR for Dominic Cummings. This is plainly unacceptable.

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    3 hours ago

    Today at – , John Ellis and Sabine Hossenfelder () on reality. , and Deirdre McCloskey on independence; Henry Gee, and David Pearce () on extinction – and much more!

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  3. 3 hours ago

    If you grow weary of the Cummings brouhaha this morning, why not join me, and CERN theorist John Ellis in a lively debate about reality at the at 11:30?

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  4. 3 hours ago

    I think it’s time for to step down. I’ve admired her reporting immensely over the years, but this is now thinly-veiled propaganda. Simply not good enough. I’m afraid you’ve let us all down, Laura.

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    Source says his trip was within guidelines as Cummings went to stay with his parents so they could help with childcare while he and his wife were ill - they insist no breach of lockdown
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    16 hours ago

    .'s "Lost in Math is a delight. It is engaging, witty, and utterly profound." — And now it's in paperback! Out June 2nd and available for preorder now. Learn more -->

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  6. 20 hours ago

    Hope to see you this evening at the to chat about science and truth. Come on, you know you want to ...

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    May 22

    No 10 prepares to launch new ‘track and trace’ app, in latest effort to locate Boris Johnson.

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  8. May 22

    Scroll down to the penultimate paragraph and you’ll find: ‘No evidence of new physics was found in any of these searches.’ So the headline *should* have been: ‘Atlas finds no evidence for supersymmetric particles (again)’.

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  9. May 22

    A no-deal Brexit amid the pandemic would be disgraceful

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  10. May 21

    This afternoon I’m accepting a prize for the Italian translation of my book ‘Mass’. The event is being live-streamed here: Starting at 3pm (in the UK). Warning: the proceedings will be in Italian and I don’t expect them to get to me until 4:30 earliest.

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    May 20

    “NHS staff like porters and cleaners, and social care staff, should never have been excluded from the bereavement scheme in the first place. Now the Govt has to change its stance on charging NHS and care staff from overseas to use our NHS." -

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  12. May 20

    Hi and remember when Jini baked chocolate brownies (with mayonnaise) on your daytime show back in January 2015? Well, she’s now moved on to maple bacon & pecan brownies 😳

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  13. May 20

    Correction: the debate will involve John Ellis, and me. Should be a lot of fun.

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  14. May 20

    Or on Monday at 2:00 pm for a (pre-recorded) talk on the madness of quantum theory? 4/4

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  15. May 20

    Or on Saturday at 2:30 pm for an IAI Academy session on 'Thinking Like a Scientist'? 3/4

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  16. May 20

    Or on Saturday at 11:30 am for a debate on supersymmetry and the mystery of reality with John Ellis and ? 2/4

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  17. May 20

    So, the moves from Hay to the information superhighway this weekend. Programme here: Why not join me on Friday at 8:15 pm for a lively discussion on the limits of science with Peter Atkins and Joanna Kavenna? 1/4

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  18. May 20

    See the question on herd immunity. If this was never discussed by Sage in Farrar’s presence then it would be useful to know if he attended all the meetings. If (as some might suspect) it was never discussed by Sage then where did it come from?

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  19. May 20

    Once again, the headline contradicts the content of this article and the analysis by Nick Tiggle. You’d be inclined to think believes it’s readers don’t look much beyond the headline, which they want to spin in the most positive way possible. 😳

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  20. May 19

    Extraordinarily good.

    Misinformation has many enablers, and moves in a complex ecosystem. Covid-19 has thrown a spotlight on it, and we'd better learn from what we're seeing. My latest piece for
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