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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 18h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 8h

I would love to know at what point the right wingers will finally accept that fossil fuels are dying, but never underestimate the power of obstinance I guess lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 8h

The folks who don't want students to use AI for coding statistics are spiritually aligned with the people in the 1980s who didn't want high school students using calculators.

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 10h

NEW PIN JUST DROPPED 😎

@canopyrobin.com 🏳️‍⚧️

A pin that says he/him. It’s attached to a piece of card. It’s from canopyrobin.etsy.com

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 16h

that hat was a gift when i left jacobs 🥹

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 2d

As an aside, "Excellence" must be the single-most overused, empty, boilerplate word used in academic bureaucracy and it's typically a stand-in for "We don't know what we want so you should do everything".

Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 2d

Admin email from university: "Share your ideas: Help shape operational excellence at U of I"

Soliciting ideas for how to improve operational processes.

Except...

The form doesn't work—the form created by the Operational Excellence team.

Yeah.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent letter from the Bishop of Birmingham to Robert Jenrick.

At a time when so many other voices have been silent, the bishops have been admirably outspoken against attempts to stir up division.

The churches do a lot of community cohesion work & do not want to see this trashed for party gain.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

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

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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 2d

A remarkable transformation in @rsc.org prizes.
30% of prizes recognise teams rather than individuals (up from 5%).
36% of prize-winners are early-career (up from 4%)
38% of prize winners are women (up from 25%)
Twice as many prizes for work outside universities.
www.rsc.org/policy-and-c...

Reshaping recognition: evolving how we celebrate excellence

A multi-year journey to transform our prizes

www.rsc.org

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · 2d

I've been working on it for over a decade but the scale of the ice in Antarctica still 🤯
Look for the scale bar in the bottom right, 4km

Doug Johnson 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌦️🏞 @smikooman.bsky.social · 2d

Ice Calving, Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica
Late winter hi-res image of the glacier that flows into the Amundsen Sea, producing this spectacular calving event (ice floes). If Thwaites were to collapse from climate change, it could raise global sea levels by 65 centimetres.

Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-1 imagery acquired on 2 October 2025, reveals the ice tongue of Thwaites Glacier, along with newly calved ice fragments drifting nearby.

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 3d

My logic was that the conditions on the day of the race will be better than this…

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 4d

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 3d

Flawless 10/10

Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social · 9d

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

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Paul Boldrin @paulboldrin.bsky.social · 7d

The UK has loads of class signifiers which go way beyond what job or how much money you have which you won't even know about if you grew up working class. Classic ones being the social rankings and arcane rituals of various private schools or Oxbridge colleges but I remember one time...

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 3d

Spot on! It’s a glorious place and excellent example of post-glacial geomorphology! 🤓

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Ashley Nova — Unfiltered, Unhinged, Uncaring @ashleynova.space · 3d

Given the events in Manchester the other day I think it's especially problematic to scrap an interview with the only Jewish leader of a political party in the country. Of course, Zack has been outspoken in protesting the genocide in Gaza, so he clearly doesn't fit the mandated narrative.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 4d

The English class system is maintained by many hidden rules. Where you went to school alas seems to be a very important one.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 4d

When I lived and worked in the UK I collaborated with the head of a fancy private school and when we first met, he asked me, “where did you do your schooling?” (or something weird like that). I said, “uh, in the United States?” and the disappointment on his face was… let’s just say, memorable.