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I like arts, humour, poetry, water polo, sheds, cooking, history, science and nonsense. IRL the last two are what I do.
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hope UK MPs vote for assisted dying today.

absolutely matched today

baby bison zoomies make Friday better!

There are some days when the news can be overwhelming and leave you feeling sad and afraid. Today is one of them. Try to remember that the good in the world has always outnumbered the bad, stroke a cat and enjoy the sunshine x (Pic @imageplotter.bsky.social)

A basic income pilot in Wales focused on care leavers and gave them the support to begin their adult lives that many take for granted.

By my reckoning, the first standalone women's match at The Oval took place 90 years ago...

This is an image of British Commandos on a approaching Sword Beach on D-Day, 6th June 1944. War is a horrific thing; these men left their loved ones to enter its hellish cauldron. Some never returned. We remember their immense bravery and sacrifices so that they should never be necessary again.

Never forget

my very quiet geeky e-book is still on sale, still #388 in Chemistry Reference books (which makes me laugh!, it was #3 for about 1 day) and still a very affordable £3.80 on amazon (and available on other e-book sites!). Please do buy it! www.amazon.co.uk/Atomy-Ginger...

Happy Towel day you Hoopy Froods

literally feel seen by this - two australian wombats floating on green goo in a cube on my desk...

Dandelion at sunset. #nature #flowers #photography #dandelions

Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry. The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale. Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs. 1/2

www.gofundme.com/f/gbr-water-...

happiness is when your 14 year old spontaneously tells you they love pachabel's canon.

Despite Reform’s surge, the overall swing in local elections in the East of England region was toward the broad left. Don’t let the media noise fool you. The right didn’t advance - it fragmented. Here’s how ⤵️ | Stephen McNair @eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social

#WorldPressFreedomDay 🔥 @froomkin.bsky.social

Dear AI... have you sorted this yet?

If anyone needs a meeting space the River Rea in Stirchley is equipped with full conference facilities

good news

Happy 92nd Willie.

A little joyful one today, I think given the news from Canada.

As Liverpool win the Premier League for the second time, they complete the opening of a quite remarkable sequence, 33 years in the making. #Fibonacci

🚨 #PhD opportunities 🚨 There are 4 x ECOWILD CDT projects currently available with UKCEH and partner institutes - apply by 12 May! And 3 x FLOOD-CDT projects open until 30 April - just one week away! ⌛ Check out now: www.ceh.ac.uk/careers/stud...

Britain wakes up every day, aims the gun at its feet and pulls the trigger. Just a prolonged exercise in meanspiritedness and self-harm.

The nation’s grassland birds, spread across 320 million acres in 14 states, have declined 43% since 1970, more than any other category, and are “in crisis,” according to a new report.

After 24 hours on his feet, Cory Booker is defending the scientific research establishment of this country - calling out an experience like the one that drives me and SO MANY of my fellow scientists to do the work we do - that maybe we can do for others what we couldn't for our own loved ones.

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT." - Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart

Fourteen hours later, he's still going. Thank you, @booker.senate.gov, for using your voice to alert people to Trump and Musk's wrecking ball to Social Security and other vital services Americans rely on.

The same people who are terrified of those in the trans community are also those who have never met and will likely never actually meet anyone in the trans community, yet they would be just fine with this administration erasing trans rights altogether! We must stand strong with the trans community!

Putin comes against Le Pen ruling. Authoritarians hates any possibility of legal restraint on their leadership. Trump will doubtless do the same. Journalists do not have to follow this framing. There is zero reason for them to start a report by questioning whether the ruling is democratic.

For all those people who think “the left got more radical,” this is what the evolution of the GOP has looked like over the past few years.

2 Names • 2 Women • 2 Superheroines Leniye Umerova, a Crimean Tatar🇺🇦 Her so-called “crime” against 🇷🇺 is that a young woman tried to visit her sick father in occupied Crimea. Victoria Roshchyna🕊️ Ukrainian journalist, a 2022 Courage in Journalism Award recipient, has died while imprisoned in 🇷🇺 1/4🧵

Yes he did!

Economy’s a dumpster fire—Meanwhile, Trump’s playing car salesman on the WH lawn. 🙄

In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...

💻 Don't miss a Women in Science Forum hosted by UNESCO and UKCEH West Africa Office to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay Hear from inspiring women in STEM from Ghana & the UK as they share their success stories and strategies! 📅 11 March 2025, 10:00am GMT 🔗 www.tinyurl.com/womeninscien... 🧪