Pinned
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Sixteen years before Dickinson, scientific artist Sarah Hall wrote a pre-ecology poem about ecology that she published in her 1849 book of poetry.
Excerpt from her poem, ‘Ode Suggested by the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.’
#WomeninSTEM
Excerpt from her poem, ‘Ode Suggested by the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.’
#WomeninSTEM
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Sixteen years before Dickinson, scientific artist Sarah Hall wrote a pre-ecology poem about ecology that she published in her 1849 book of poetry.
Excerpt from her poem, ‘Ode Suggested by the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.’
#WomeninSTEM
Excerpt from her poem, ‘Ode Suggested by the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.’
#WomeninSTEM
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Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditional
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December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
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Ireland could not stop Santa Claus if we needed to. We would have to rely on Britain to do so. Read more in my latest in the Irish Times.
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Ireland could not stop Santa Claus if we needed to. We would have to rely on Britain to do so. Read more in my latest in the Irish Times.
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All I can think is this what you teach the kids? That when cruel people bully you give in for an easy life? That cruelty and threats are what get your way and its wise to surrender to bigotry?
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
All I can think is this what you teach the kids? That when cruel people bully you give in for an easy life? That cruelty and threats are what get your way and its wise to surrender to bigotry?
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Save money on presents this year by taking the kids to Santa's grave in rural Kilkenny
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December 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Save money on presents this year by taking the kids to Santa's grave in rural Kilkenny
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Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.
Melissa Green, the chief executive of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, said the organisation had taken the decision with the “utmost regret and sadness”, adding it had “no choice” but to exclude trans women from its membership. Continue reading...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
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The cowardice of British civil society in the face of attacks from bigoted scum demonstrates more than anything that the UK is a failed state built on a failed society.
#fascism is coming, and even our kids' orgs are bowing to it. #girlguiding
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
#fascism is coming, and even our kids' orgs are bowing to it. #girlguiding
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
Statement for members on our equality and diversity policy
An update on our equality and diversity policy following the Supreme Court decision of April 2025
www.girlguiding.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The cowardice of British civil society in the face of attacks from bigoted scum demonstrates more than anything that the UK is a failed state built on a failed society.
#fascism is coming, and even our kids' orgs are bowing to it. #girlguiding
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
#fascism is coming, and even our kids' orgs are bowing to it. #girlguiding
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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Girl guides announce retirement of their "Friendship" and "Human Rights" badges.
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Girl guides announce retirement of their "Friendship" and "Human Rights" badges.
Post your favorite "The Lord Of The Rings" character... wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Post your favorite "The Lord Of The Rings" character... wrong answers only.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Fox
Seal
Kingfisher
Praying Mantis
Adder
Fox
Seal
Kingfisher
Praying Mantis
Adder
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Coyote
Raccoon
Moose
Bobcat
Pika
Coyote
Raccoon
Moose
Bobcat
Pika
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Beaver
Big Horn sheep
Pacific lamprey
Ant lion
Stone fly
Beaver
Big Horn sheep
Pacific lamprey
Ant lion
Stone fly
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Fox
Seal
Kingfisher
Praying Mantis
Adder
Fox
Seal
Kingfisher
Praying Mantis
Adder
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Yokohama Station in the snow. Tokyo, Japan
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Yokohama Station in the snow. Tokyo, Japan
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Goodnight.
🖼️ White cat, Sal Meijer.
🖼️ White cat, Sal Meijer.
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Goodnight.
🖼️ White cat, Sal Meijer.
🖼️ White cat, Sal Meijer.
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it’s the circle of life
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
it’s the circle of life
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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If you couldn't take this as a cautionary tale, there is zero hope for humankind.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you couldn't take this as a cautionary tale, there is zero hope for humankind.
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My shop opens Friday 🥰
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My shop opens Friday 🥰
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It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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What the actual fuck is going on?
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What the actual fuck is going on?
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Morning.
Painting of blue-winged teal and scarlet tanager birds by William Savage, 1890.
Painting of blue-winged teal and scarlet tanager birds by William Savage, 1890.
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Morning.
Painting of blue-winged teal and scarlet tanager birds by William Savage, 1890.
Painting of blue-winged teal and scarlet tanager birds by William Savage, 1890.
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Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
Venues designed for people to smash things up safely are seeing an enormous rise in bookings. But why? And what explains the pronounced gender gap?
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
if you see this qtp with a picture from your gallery to describe your mental health
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
if you see this qtp with a picture from your gallery to describe your mental health
And may the odds be ever in your favour, Charlie Brown.
Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor, Charlie Brown!
I Am Charlie Brown, King Of Kings, Look On My Works, Ye Mighty, And Despair
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And may the odds be ever in your favour, Charlie Brown.