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Kathy Love

@kathylove.bsky.social

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Commercial lawyer, lifelong engagement with the European project. Newnham, Gray’s Inn, College of Europe. Now, Dutch citizen. Appreciative European. Lifelong choral singer. Mum of three. Now studying legal aspects of the Gascon wine trade 1152-1453

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 25d

This is actually exquisite.

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 25d

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 4h

When I was an undergraduate student in Munich over 20 years ago, I shared a flat with a biology student. She was obsessed with Jane Goodall, and with the respect she showed to animals. I have been a fan every since.
RIP.

The Economist @economist.com · 4h

Jane Goodall’s message was simple: each day you should do something to make the world better. We remember the naturalist and activist who changed humanity’s view of itself

Jane Goodall spent her life telling humans to honour animals

The naturalist and activist died on October 1st, aged 91

econ.st

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ndoian.bsky.social @ndoian.bsky.social · 17h

🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 21h

🫡 I'll be there in Daytona Beach Florida!

October 18! 🚫 👑 !

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 2h

Well put. Exactly this.

Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 4h

Polls can be misleading, of course, but while there is support if prople are asked whether they want benefits back, approval ratings fall markedly if people are asked if they would accept the euro, free movement of people and payments without rebates.

Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 4h

I have to say that I see nothing in the UK that remotely resembles the passionate dedication to Europe that is being shown daily by the astonishingly brave and determined people of Georgia and Ukraine.

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 5h

It would be quite good if UK voters could also accept that their decisions ( like who to believe about the effects of leaving the EU) have consequences.

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 7h

As long as the U.K. mourns the fact that it would have to join on the same terms as everyone else, instead of being able to pick and choose, it’s nowhere near ready to join.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 20h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 7h

What’s it got to do with them?

Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 7h

Excellent! I was just thinking the same thing and wondering how long it would be before someone posted this song. One of Paul’s greatest.

Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 11h

SM membership would in all cases involve a much wider-ranging set of legal obligations than most people realise, which would need time to adopt and implement. So it’s possible but not quick or easy.

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 11h

Correct. And nor is there any quick and easy way to ‘join the SM’. That requires signing the EEA Agreement, which is open to EU and EFTA members. The U.K. is neither. A third leg is theoretically possible but would have to be specially negotiated and would probably be particularly strict.

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly.

Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks---a good quotation, and very typical of @chrisgrey.bsky.social whose observations are always perceptive, thoughtful and well-informed. His work will be seminal for anyone writing a history of this period.

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Memnon of Rhodes @johngage1.bsky.social · 19h

Thank you. Chris Grey in his book Brexit Unfolded also touched on this symbiosis between “betrayal” and “victimhood”.

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Africa gets more sunshine hours than any other continent. It has some of the highest levels of solar irradiance — the power of the sun per square meter — in the world, with "almost unlimited" potential for solar energy according to the African Development Bank. https://cnn.it/3KKAPl1

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 1d

‘The plural of anecdote is not Data.’

That’s genius! Thanks for posting.

Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 1d

There is no more breathtaking place in the world.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

🔴How Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Could Quickly Crumble

The President’s America-first, Palestine-last plan for Gaza risks collapsing under its own contradictions, argues Rana Sabbagh

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How Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Could Quickly Crumble

The President's America-first, Palestine-last plan for Gaza risks collapsing under its own contradictions, argues Rana Sabbagh

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to sound a discordent note, but while that should be the direction of travel I doubt if it will be a simple solution, or a quick one…

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 1d

Great stuff.

Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 1d

A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:

Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.

Dear Madam Secretary,
I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters.
I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education.
As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges.
We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples:
• MIT prides itself on rewarding merit. Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.
• MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available to any American with an internet connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly 10%.

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https://orgchart.mit.edu/letters/regarding-compact

• We value free expression, as clearly described in the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. We must hear facts and opinions we don't like - and engage respectfully with those with whom we disagree.
These values and other MIT practices meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent. We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission - work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health and security of the United States. And of course, MIT abides by the law.
The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
In our view, America's leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.
As you know, MIT's record of service to the nation is long and enduring. Eight decades ago, MIT leaders helped invent a scientific partnership between America's research universities and the U.S. government that has delivered extraordinary benefits for the American people. We continue to believe in the power of this partnership to serve the nation.
Sincerely,
Sally Kornbluth

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 1d

Actually I think they chose the candidate whom they thought most deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. A real shame that instead of honouring María Corina Machado the commentary is refers so often to Trump. It’s not about him.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Attempts to drag the committee into the middle of the Trump dispute are very distasteful. The committee considered several hundred nominations, and their decision was for them alone. The chairman said what he wanted to say about their decision. Take it at that.