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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. We need more truth and empathy in politics.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

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

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Not only are we at record numbers of members and growing every day - this is our highest ever poll rating.

We're just getting started.

This is the politics of the 99% Vs the 1% for a country we can all afford to live in - plenty of room to grow.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Why they don't just set up rules which lead to the segregation of the transphobes off to separate gender-neutral toilet cubicles is beyond me. There you go, transphobes, your own little space, and leave the rest of us women (cis- and trans- alike) to our ladies toilets.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 3d

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back

https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back

goodlawproject.org

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 3d

🧠 Alzheimer’s reversed in mice

A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport

www.nature.com

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 8d

Exactly. Because they would have to decide the balance internally.

Still very important to have town & country both well represented inside any decision-making bodies inside the authority. Can't have one trampling on the other.

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 8d

Well, *sure*, if we want to go to Vulgaria and rescue children from the child catcher, flying cars are perfect for that!

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 8d

You don't tailor it to the bike configurations, you get machine learning algorithms to distinguish human behaviour: someone using a key to unlock their bike is going to have a different pattern to someone breaking a lock. (I also work with computers, ~40yrs.)

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 8d

This is why one county authority helps, not Oxford vs other regions.

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 8d

This is exactly the sort of thing that computers could and should be expected to help with. The police should have access to software trained to spot ordinary vs suspicious removals of bikes from the racks. Then the footage to be reviewed is minimised. Funding?

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 9d

I'm sure Starmer's words weren't even so much as inciting a milkshake against him, let alone actual violence.

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 9d

Hurty words latest:

Sky News @news.sky.com · 9d

Sir Keir Starmer 'responsible' if anything happens to Nigel Farage, claims Reform UK policy chief

Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 9d

Here's a photo of the latest flags taken this morning.

Headington (Green Rd) roundabout on a cloudy day, with a few cars using it. 9 of its lampposts are visible, almost all have two flags on them: a St George's flag, and a Union Jack. The nearest lamppost has its flags streaming in the wind.

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 10d

These flags got removed a few days ago.

As of this evening, another batch of flags (round 4) has been hoisted onto the lampposts. Saw the group of men with their ladders at dusk today putting them up.

Headington News @headingtonnews.bsky.social · 17d

There are about 25 flags flying high on the lampposts at the Headington roundabout, including England, Scotland, Wales, the Union Jack, the Red Ensign, Veterans Day, Royal Navy, and Victory over Japan

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 11d

It is not a pointless floor. It gives those of us with a scientific bent, but without the appreciation for the arts, a little frisson every time we walk over it.

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 11d

I would feel a whole lot better about this if I hadn't heard that although it's supposed to provide a world-class concert hall, said hall is allegedly not big enough to fit a full symphony orchestra.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 14d

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 14d

Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts

After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts

Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

pressgazette.co.uk

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 16d

This is exactly how I envision you all!

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 17d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 17d

Lot of lampposts on that roundabout. 20 or so. And lots of people travel through.

Someone had only just taken the last lot of flags down, and now here they are, back with their friends, the military flags.

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Jackie Kashian @jackiekashian.bsky.social · 18d

For the Epsteinth time, Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20d

BREAKING: At least 61 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 49 people in Gaza City, hospital sources in the besieged enclave told Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/h2t0hq

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 21d

Alternatively: well-placed bollards.

But the cycle parking idea is good! 👍

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Sharon Curtis @sharoncurtis.bsky.social · 21d

Very impressive. How they all kept straight faces I will never know!

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