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Flora Alexander
@florainthesouth.bsky.social
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Retired academic (English Literature), feminist, politically left. I come from the north, but I don’t live there now.
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 14h
How many Brits can meet this discriminatory standard? Average reading age in the UK is estimated to be around 9-11 years old. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 18h
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 18h
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 14h
I’m pretty sure they don’t.
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James @ashevillepictures.bsky.social · 1d
A classic autumnal sunset on the Parkway last night
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 1d
Vance disliking it is moving me in favour.
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 1d
And trans men may run into problems if they use the women’s loo. It’s crazy.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d
Why wasn't this a bigger story? Odd
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3d
Extinguishing MLK's Eternal Flame is both outrageous and a hell of a metaphor for right now www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed
Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 1d
I didn’t notice. I just kept on reading!
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 1d
Do I care? No. Shameful profession, stop inflicting such terrible cruelty on bulls.
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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d
Spain’s top matador bids farewell — with a snip of his scissors — after a dramatic final fight ⬇️
Spain’s top matador bids farewell — with a snip of his scissors
Spain’s top matador bids farewell — with a snip of his scissors
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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 2d
You wouldn't call this unbiased reporting by The Times. The OfS might lower fees for institutions that are not Gold, Silver or Bronze rated for teaching, but are categorised as "Requires Improvement". OK: but literally *no* UK unis are in this category ...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching
Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met
www.thetimes.com
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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 2d
... and there's no reason to think that any will be in teh foreseeable. So the headline's "... set to ..." isn't right.

Also, the framing. I mean, you could report this datum as "four-fifths of students *are* better off financially because they went to university"
"One in five undergraduates would have been better off financially if they had not gone to university, a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found in 2020."
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 3d
I don’t much like the graffiti-style stickers in Canterbury Cathedral. But the target is not people like me. And they are temporary. Learning that they have been criticised by J D Vance and Ted Cruz is making me think there is something to be said in favour of them after all.
Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 3d
Please do!
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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 4d
I had no idea there were so many people living in the North Sea.
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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 6d
In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 5d
reactionary centrists insist trans acceptance went too far & generated a backlash

but the UK legal transition for 20 years, it wasn't an issue until the press made it one
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 4d
I have often wondered about that.
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 5d
In @thetimes.com letters page today
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 5d
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 5d
My son went to Portland last week. It was just fine.
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 5d
I didn’t see many Black people when I visited Dorset.
Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 5d
Brilliant Ava!
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 5d
And Moray. BBC weather people please take note.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 6d
I just cannot comprehend how a massive bung for older rich homeowners, at the expense of sicker and younger people who have to bear all the cuts, is seen as some sort of 'win'. Britain has become a grotesque and narrow place indeed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Conservatives would scrap stamp duty, Kemi Badenoch announces
The Tory leader says the move would help millions buy a home, in her annual conference speech.
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Flora Alexander @florainthesouth.bsky.social · 6d
What next?!
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