Solidarity with the Jewish community, especially in Manchester. The murder of two people at worship on the holiest day of the Jewish year is beyond reprehensible.

the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger

my latest with @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred

I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇

As the mother of a young trans person, Alice, who took her life in 2022 aged just 20, and as an ex-NHS doctor, I am struggling to find the words to express my dismay and sadness at this story.

Whatever happened to do no harm? 🧵

Deliberately starving people and shooting them when they seek aid is an industrial and systemic approach to mass murder.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

In #Gaza, people are starving.

Families are going without substantial meals for days.
Prices have increased by over 4000%.
The Israeli Authorities have banned UNRWA from bringing food into Gaza for over 4 months.

This is a manmade and politically motivated starvation of a people.

Lift the siege.

University of Reading students ‘scared’ to use toilets under new trans-exclusive policy

Tony is a well-respected colleague, a KC and a former legal advisor to the EHRC. Having spoken to constituents and University of Reading students who are concerned about the impact of this guidance, I'm glad to have signed Tony's letter.

Plans to proscribe Palestine Action signal an alarming escalation of the UK govt’s repression of our democratic rights.

Branding the group a ‘terrorist organisation’ would render support for the group and its nonviolent tactics a criminal offence, with penalties of up to 14 years’ imprisonment.

Cutting lines or even whole departments is the frontal assault on higher ed, but another low key war of attrition is the slow accumulation of grinding, meaningless additional tasks concerning syllabus templates, learning outcomes, institutional pablum, and ever more intricate evaluation hoops.

Eviatar Bach, Ricardo Baptista, Edoardo Calvello, Bohan Chen, Andrew Stuart
Learning Enhanced Ensemble Filters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.17836

To mark VE day, I am posting an old folder of anti-fascist posters from the Spanish Civil War.

I originally started collecting these to try and choose an image for my book cover, and kept going because they're objectively awesome. Lost many in the last laptop migration, but the best remain...

The Israeli authorities have illegally banned all aid and goods into Gaza for two months.

This constitutes a genocidal act, a blatant form of unlawful collective punishment, and the war crime of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.

Disastrous

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The University of Reading is inviting Fellowship applicants to join the AFESP research programme.

The closing date for initial expressions of interest is Friday 20 June 2025. Further details and full applicant guidance can be found at research.reading.ac.uk/earth-system...

My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.

The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010

www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...

Chilling totalitarianism: Trump & Bukele demonstrating their power to imprison (without a trial, a judge, a prosecutor) an innocent person indefinitely. For the sake solely of demonstrating that they can. That they are beyond any system of justice. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"We don’t want to just be free to leave, we want to be free to stay. Advocacy for free association and the ability to easily fly away from things we don’t like can make us overlook the necessary institutions and structures that make us free to grow roots." scalemail.substack.com/p/freedom-th...

Thank you!

This project will use machine learning to infer new DA algorithms that are as close to optimality as possible, in order to improve forecasts and quantify uncertainty.

If you are interested, please apply ASAP or contact me for more details! (3/3)

Data assimilation (DA), the process of combining model predictions with observations, is essential for weather forecasting. Computational limitations render typical DA algorithms suboptimal. (2/3)

We are still looking for a student in the Mathematics for Our Future Climate Centre for Doctoral Training for the project "Machine Learning Approaches in Bayesian and Ensemble Data Assimilation" (1/3)

www.reading.ac.uk/maths-and-st...

London's air pollution has dropped since the ULEZ expansion! 🚗💨⬇️ A new study shows cleaner air benefits for millions. Proof that bold policies can work for people & the planet. 🌍💚

🔗 Read more: www.theguardian.com/environ...

#ClimateAction