Mike Prior-Jones
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Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University.
Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow.
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Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
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4d ago
@moof presumably because those regions used to be part of Germany?
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Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
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Apr 05, 2026
A few thoughts on how new technology has always been overhyped, by reference to some now-established technologies.
Let's start with the helicopter.
These were first mass produced in WWII.
By the 1950s they were more powerful and versatile thanks to the use of turbine engines. People genuinely thought that they could be used for city-centre to city-centre travel.
Let's start with the helicopter.
These were first mass produced in WWII.
By the 1950s they were more powerful and versatile thanks to the use of turbine engines. People genuinely thought that they could be used for city-centre to city-centre travel.
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Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
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Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
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Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
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Apr 04, 2026
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Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
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Apr 04, 2026
@graste ah, unfond memories of Microsoft SharePoint Workspace (not the same as SharePoint) and Skype for Business (not the same as Skype)
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Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
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Apr 04, 2026
I’ve seen a few people posting stuff saying that renewable energy systems (solar, battery, wind) aren’t sustainable because they still need mining and processing to make them in the first place. This is disingenuous and seems like green purity-spiral stuff (and I have unfollowed one person posting it).
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Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
Mike Prior-Jones
@drmikepj@mastodon.social
Glaciologist and electronic engineer at Cardiff University. Current designer of #cryoegg. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. 🏳️🌈(he,him)
mastodon.social
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Jan 06, 2026
I know this is pretty small beer in the light of world events, but I was not expecting to have to write “risk of invasion by the USA” into the risk assessment for my fieldwork in Greenland in June.
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