Theophile Escargot @TheoEsc@mastodon.social

PCS wins £3million check-off compensation | Public and Commercial Services Union
https://www.pcs.org.uk/news/pcs-wins-%C2%A33million-check-off-compensation

RIP OAPL: Academic "Predatory Publisher" disappears, taking legitimate as well as dodgy papers with it
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2018/10/15/rip-oapl-academic-publisher/

Another crap run this morning, was aiming for a post-injury best but ended up 15 s/km slower than last time. Dunno what's wrong, been doing things by the book & worked hard, at the end the dripping sweat sounded like rain. #running

1930s fashion photos
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2018/oct/12/night-and-day-1930s-fashion-and-photographs-in-pictures

Apparently Laurel and Hardy used 3000 cream pies for this 3 minute short:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHY5SM0YFv0
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/11/tea-and-buns-with-laurel-and-hardy-the-day-i-met-my-comedy-heroes

Interesting takedown of the "UK public finances near bottom of IMF league table" story:
https://progressiveeconomyforum.com/2018/10/10/babbling-budget-clearing-ground-for-more-austerity/
#economics

Terrible run this morning: feeling exhausted, several different pains. Don't know why as Tuesday's went well, this was 2 min/km slower. #running

How to Ram Through a Vehicular Roadblock
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-ram-through-a-vehicular-roadblock/

Thought: "It's been two working hours and the school, PTA, class and year groups haven't bugged me, I wonder if email is down?" #parenting

Interesting take on the #economics Nobel as a snub to more radical climate change approaches:
http://econospeak.blogspot.com/2018/10/nobel-prizes-in-economics-awarded-and.html

It's time to accept that my fancy-ass breakfast muesli has got out of hand. Added chopped plum, broken cashews, dash of syrup, yoghurt and almost ate it before realising I'd forgotten to add the actual muesli.

"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract." Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26187.html
#quoteoftheday

If charged by a moose, run away as fast as possible:
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/moose-encounter-what-to-do/
It's probably a bad idea to get your amygdala removed to make yourself fearless:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2018/10/07/get-your-amygdala-removed/

Today's long run was a struggle. Tried to go a bit faster but by halfway I could barely shuffle at walking pace. Might have not drunk enough water first, maybe should take a bottle. Garmin reckons I burned 2200kcal though. #running

Kid is insisting I pay close attention to the Mr Men episode "Mr Mean" so I can learn about the terrible consequences of being mean.

Diary! Reading: "Conclave". Watching: "Ready Player One". Links.
http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2018/10/5/113135/982

My father died a year ago, we had the funeral service then, but today we're interring his ashes. Not taking the kid this time, I think it would be confusing and difficult.