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Simon Li

@penguinoops

Lab rat. Programmer. Cyclist. Climber. Interested in #OpenData and #OpenScience. Mastodon: @penguinoops@fosstodon.org

 Dundee, UK
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Joined March 2007
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@DARE_UK126 Jul 2023
🆕 New blog post! 🆕 Building trust and collaboration: A closer look at the SATRE project’s public involvement and engagement (PIE) journey SATRE is one of the #DAREUK Phase 1 Driver Projects led by researchers at @dundeeuni. Read here 👇 bit.ly/3OvPOie
Building trust and collaboration: A closer look at the SATRE project’s public involvement and...

Building trust and collaboration: A closer look at the SATRE project’s public involvement and...

In the field of sensitive data research, trust and collaboration are vital for success. That’s why the SATRE project, one of the five DARE UK Driver Projects focused on standardising Trusted Research...

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Since Elon Musk refuses to stop talking about free speech, let’s look at his actual record on the topic. Thread 🧵
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Students are the last thing you want to ban. Everyone gets richer when talent and ideas travel across borders. Another opportunity for Europe to win the race for young people eager to shape the future ! bbc.com/news/uk-politics-637…
Rishi Sunak considers restrictions on foreign students to curb migration

Rishi Sunak considers restrictions on foreign students to curb migration

The government is looking at curbs on dependents and "low quality" degrees, Downing Street said.

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I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?" As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.
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Simon Li retweeted
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@DARE_UK127 Oct 2022
In the fourth in our blog series 📝 showcasing the DARE UK Sprint Exemplar Projects, @drchriscole & @penguinoops from @UoDMedicine discuss the TREEHOOSE project & development of an open-source platform to securely analyse sensitive #data 👇 @dataonamission bit.ly/3D5yQjS
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Happy #Caturday
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... GitHub repo: Event reports, community & project updates and TRE developments will be shared via website (rse-tre-community.readthedoc…) which is generated from this GitHub repo (github.com/rse-tre/community). If you have thoughts about how to structure this, please get involved! end 🧵
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@David_Cameron4 May 2015
Britain faces a simple and inescapable choice - stability and strong Government with me, or chaos with Ed Miliband: facebook.com/DavidCameronOff…

David Cameron

It's the start of a week when Britain will decide its future. By Friday you’ll either have Ed Miliband, or me as your Prime Minister. It's that simple - an inescapable choice: me leading a strong...

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I have a joke about trickle down economics. 99% of you won’t ever get it.
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Congratulations to our @evelgab, @martinoreilly and @DavidBeavan for becoming Trustees of @ResearchSoftEng
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May have jumped the gun with the group shot. So here, have the amazing edited version too! #RSECon22 Photography by @TyneSightPhoto.
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Simon Li retweeted
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@DARE_UK131 Aug 2022
📢 Today, we have published a set of recommendations for a coordinated & trustworthy national #data #research infrastructure. They’re the culmination of a programme of engagement with a wide variety of stakeholders over the past year. Find out more 👇 bit.ly/3RhLPED
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We know so many of you loved Mrs Wolowitz, our oldest penguin 🐧 Sadly, we lost her last night after a fox broke into our penguin enclosure. Thankfully, the rest of our colony are unharmed and are doing well. Her massive personality will be missed 💛
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Just for @HackedOffHugh as requested here today at the media circus… College Green. The Benny Hill theme tune.
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Congratulations to the 2021 cohort of Jupyter Distinguished Contributors! blog.jupyter.org/congratulat…
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The Duke of Wellington Statue's headgear updated #GlasgowSupportsUkraine
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If the current situation doesn’t make the maximum possible sanctions - including exclusion from SWIFT - necessary and urgent, it’s hard to imagine what would. This is not a time for half measures. #StandWithUkraine
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@patrickwintour25 Feb 2022
Olaf Scholz German chancellor said yesterday he opposed Russia being excluded from SWIFT because “it’s very important that we decide on measures that have been prepared in recent weeks and reserve everything else for a situation where it is necessary to do other things as well”.
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Make no mistake about it, the Johnson Government has responded to this pandemic by rationing healthcare for EVERYONE.
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NEW: first thread of 2022 is an Omicron situation update, starting with a detailed look at UK hospitals, before going international. Let’s start with severity, and the most important chart: Despite steep rises in cases and patients, the number on ventilators has barely risen.
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"This is sometimes said by people who have no understanding of health at all... and when they say it, it's usually because they want to make a political point." Prof. Chris Whitty responds to concerns that the NHS is prioritising Covid other serious health issues such as cancer.
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