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Christine Allsopp @venchrisallsopp.bsky.social · 12h

Then onto the Act of Remembrance at Lambourn War Memorial.

Three robed clergy, two in clerical cloaks, one in choir dress, by the sign reading: LEST WE FORGET.

Christine Allsopp @venchrisallsopp.bsky.social · 15h

I presided and preached at All Saints' Church East Garston this morning. We began with the Act of Remembrance. What a beautiful display of poppies! #RemembranceSunday #CofEPeeps

Display of red poppies with a cloth of poppies falling down from the font, organ in the background.

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Dominique Berteaux @dominiqueberteaux.bsky.social · 8d

Stunning illustration of mimicry! Common cuckoo eggs (top row) imitate the eggs of their host species (bottom row). The 30 October issue of Science explains this dazzling coevolution with genomic data — though I admit, it’s complex enough that I’d struggle to teach it! 🧪🌿🌎🦉

The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) has evolved egg features (top row) to mimic eggs of different host species (bottom row). PHOTO: SWETLANA MESHCHERYAGINA0

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 11d

It's absolutely bonkers that end of life / palliative / hospice care isn't as much a part of the core NHS mission as maternity care. Yes, in theory you can die at home without needing medical support, just as in theory you can be born at home without it, but come on!

@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 11d

'The NAO report, @nao.org.uk, echoes what we witness every day: palliative and end-of-life care is in crisis.' Says Sam Royston, executive director for research and policy at Marie Curie, @mariecurieuk.bsky.social
Article: @the-independent.com #HospiceCare
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

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Christine Allsopp @venchrisallsopp.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks. I've just identified it as Araneus quadratus! You can just see the 4 dark spots on its abdomen, hence the name!

Christine Allsopp @venchrisallsopp.bsky.social · 16d

I think this may be a Four Spot Orb Weaver Spider, Araneus quadratus. The colour of the abdomen varies greatly and may be pale yellow, green,orange, red, or dark red-brown. #tinyjoys

Christine Allsopp @venchrisallsopp.bsky.social · 16d

Can anyone ID this british #Spider found on the outside of my garden shed? @BBOWT

Yellowy brown fat spider with dotted white line down centre of the abdomen. On a grey wood background.

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Christine Allsopp @venchrisallsopp.bsky.social · 16d

Can anyone ID this british #Spider found on the outside of my garden shed? @BBOWT

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Christine Allsopp @venchrisallsopp.bsky.social · 17d

#CofEPeeps

Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social · 18d

Dr. Phyllis Tribble 1932-2025
Feminist Biblical Interpretation Scholar

Assistant and Associate Professor of Religion at Wake Forest (1963–1971); founding faculty member and Associate Dean of the School of Divinity (1999-2002) and University Professor (2002-2012)

www.linkedin.com/posts/wakedi...

We mourn the passing of Dr. Phyllis Trible, a towering figure in biblical scholarship and a cherished member of the Wake Forest University community. Dr. Trible’s pioneering work in feminist… | Wake ...

We mourn the passing of Dr. Phyllis Trible, a towering figure in biblical scholarship and a cherished member of the Wake Forest University community. Dr. Trible’s pioneering work in feminist biblical...

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 18d

Our Lord did not become a man and die and rise again so this country could have a “coherent cultural identity” and I am also not at all convinced that God created human beings in all their diversity in order to sort themselves out into homogenous lumps.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19d

University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation from 2026.

Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.

Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.

University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation every year from 2026

Bridget Phillipson confirmed the plans for the next two years, with fees to increase automatically after that.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 23d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI

Sample of books scored 100% on AI detection test as experts warn they contain dangerous advice

www.theguardian.com

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 23d

There's going to be a new genre of AI-facilitated Darwin Awards, isn't there?

File this as a near-miss alongside the AI-generated book on foraging wild mushrooms, and unprepared hikers having to be rescued after following AI instructions up snowy mountains

Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 23d

One of the swimmers had used ChatGPT to consult the tide times: “I made the mistake of using ChatGPT for research to see when the low tide was."

uk.news.yahoo.com/restaurant-b...

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Christine Allsopp @venchrisallsopp.bsky.social · 23d

#Autumn

Leaves on the ground in all shades of yellow, orange, and red.

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Lizzie Taylor @steeplekeeper.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you to our amazing team of volunteers, who give up their time and work so hard for integrity and accountability in the @churchofengland.org
Go @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social !

WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 29d

We are so encouraged by the huge response to our Transparency campaign.
Thank you to the thousands who have visited this page on our website:

www.womenandthechurch.org/transparency

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Stephen Lynas @sblynas.bsky.social · Oct 7

##CofEPeeps need to see this.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Oct 7

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · Oct 4

Those in a flap about the appointment of a female Archbishop of Canterbury are gonna lose their schizzle when they find out how many female Supreme Governors the Church of England's had...

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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · Oct 5

For the first time, we expose the subset of @churchofengland.org churches that limit women’s roles & opportunities:
www.womenandthechurch.org/transparency

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Association for Promoting Retreats @promotingretreats.org · Oct 5

Making a retreat is the best way of 'stopping to think' about the greatest Reality in the world - God (APR archive 1960's). Where might you go? promotingretreats.org #retreat #prayer

A wooden cross silhouetted against an orange and purple sunset

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · Oct 3

So the church (C of E, anyway) has finally caught up with the very first moments of Christianity as a faith, in which women were the first witnesses and teachers.

Large group of male disciples to three women: 'So ladies, thanks for being the first to witness and report the resurrection and we'll take it from here'. Cartoon by @nakedpastor: https://nakedpastor.com/

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · Oct 3

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · Oct 3

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · Sep 23

Seems topical once again

(www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...)

Single-panel cartoon.

A woman wearing glasses, looking concerned, says "Wait a minute. Autism-spectrum people are over-represented in research science. But... But that means..."

"My God..." responds a man in a white lab coat

Caption: Autism causes vaccines

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David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · Sep 21

Canada moves forward, recognising the state of Palestine. 🇨🇦

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · Sep 21

Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers

LLM “tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity” when writing news briefs.

arstechnica.com

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Hal Duncan @halduncan.com · Sep 21

"it is statistically certain that our confabulation vending machine, designed to produce persuasive facsimiles of knowledge to cover up its absence of knowledge, will produce confabulations that are just a persuasive facsimile of knowledge uninformed by the knowledge it doesn't have"

Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · Sep 21

“OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws”

https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html

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Christine Allsopp @venchrisallsopp.bsky.social · Sep 20

What a good idea!