deborahjane999
@deborahjane999.bsky.social
Scientist, yarn addict, fabric addict, bookworm, every day is a school day
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Hello Blue Butterfly people! Satisfying my curiosity from 🧵 because of all the recommendations! Medical scientist who is into crochet, knitting, sewing, nature, walking, books, gardening and an angry woman of a certain age when provoked!
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Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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Yes, as an American it was humiliating to watch these immoral narcissists humiliate themselves trying to bully brave, beloved Zelenskyy who fights for his people. I don’t have enough words for my rage and heartbreak. For my Ukrainian family members, for all of Ukraine, for America and the world.
Trump & Vance’s behaviour with Zelenskyy just now was disgraceful.
My blood is boiling.
My blood is boiling.
March 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Yes, as an American it was humiliating to watch these immoral narcissists humiliate themselves trying to bully brave, beloved Zelenskyy who fights for his people. I don’t have enough words for my rage and heartbreak. For my Ukrainian family members, for all of Ukraine, for America and the world.
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Hare shooting is unfortunately still lawful in the UK, although the 80% decline in numbers of hares has led to calls for a ban on hare shooting during their February to September breeding season.
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protectthewild.substack.com/p/sabs-disru...
Sabs disrupt a hare shoot on Banham Zoo's land
A joint effort by sabs from Norwich Hunt Saboteurs (NHS), South Norfolk Hunt Saboteurs (SNHS) and Norfolk/Suffolk Hunt Saboteurs (NSHS) was able to drastically limit the numbers killed in a hare shoot...
protectthewild.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hare shooting is unfortunately still lawful in the UK, although the 80% decline in numbers of hares has led to calls for a ban on hare shooting during their February to September breeding season.
protectthewild.substack.com/p/sabs-disru...
protectthewild.substack.com/p/sabs-disru...
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Not possible to repost this enough times.
January 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Not possible to repost this enough times.
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Absolutely fantastic news as sickle cell gene therapy is to be rolled out for sickle cell academia with a one off treatment curing 97% of patients 🧪
‘Groundbreaking’ potential cure for sickle cell in England approved for NHS use
Clinical trials find one-time gene therapy exa-cel offers ‘functional cure’ in 96.6% of patients
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Absolutely fantastic news as sickle cell gene therapy is to be rolled out for sickle cell academia with a one off treatment curing 97% of patients 🧪
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It's not EU red tape. It's Brexit red tape.
Small UK businesses complain of being caught unawares by EU ‘red tape’
Small UK businesses complain of being caught unawares by EU ‘red tape’
New safety regulations have led SMEs to stop sales to bloc and Northern Ireland while they work out how to comply
Small businesses are warning they have had to pause selling their products in the European Union and Northern Ireland since mid-December…
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It's not EU red tape. It's Brexit red tape.
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A massive vote of thanks to the efforts of British Divers Marine Life Rescue who today freed a Humpback Whale tangled in plastic line in Scotland . Brave (it’s dangerous work) , rapid and effective . Thank you . Please donate here www.justgiving.com/bdmlr
British Divers Marine Life Rescue
Raise money, support your friends, give to a cause. Show you care.
www.justgiving.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A massive vote of thanks to the efforts of British Divers Marine Life Rescue who today freed a Humpback Whale tangled in plastic line in Scotland . Brave (it’s dangerous work) , rapid and effective . Thank you . Please donate here www.justgiving.com/bdmlr
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Britain’s peat bogs store more carbon than rainforests, but many could dry out within 50 years! 😨
That’s bad news for biodiversity, flood control, and our planet.
We're working to preserve these vital ecosystems – keeping them healthy and absorbing carbon:
That’s bad news for biodiversity, flood control, and our planet.
We're working to preserve these vital ecosystems – keeping them healthy and absorbing carbon:
Most of Britain’s peat bogs could stop forming new peat as the climate changes – new study
But bad news for peatlands could trigger the funding needed to preserve them.
buff.ly
February 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Britain’s peat bogs store more carbon than rainforests, but many could dry out within 50 years! 😨
That’s bad news for biodiversity, flood control, and our planet.
We're working to preserve these vital ecosystems – keeping them healthy and absorbing carbon:
That’s bad news for biodiversity, flood control, and our planet.
We're working to preserve these vital ecosystems – keeping them healthy and absorbing carbon:
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If you want a shot in the arm of hope, the grassroots women's organisations in Northern Ireland are where you'll find it. So much to do and lots of barriers, but the women's movement I saw there has all the passion and dedication I remember of my mother's generation, the movement that made me.
This week the Chief Commissioner Alyson Kilpatrick attended a very constructive meeting at the Foyle Family Justice Centre with Safeguarding Minister @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social & NIO Minister Fleur Anderson to discuss issues including safeguarding and addressing violence against women & girls.
February 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
If you want a shot in the arm of hope, the grassroots women's organisations in Northern Ireland are where you'll find it. So much to do and lots of barriers, but the women's movement I saw there has all the passion and dedication I remember of my mother's generation, the movement that made me.
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Nigel Farage decides to be honest about Brexit.
January 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nigel Farage decides to be honest about Brexit.
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That is very much a problem too. I was on Radio 5 yesterday and the presenter gave the person I was debating against at least twice as long as he gave me and allowed him constantly to interrupt me. I mean, what is the point? To participate is to become complicit in your own defeat.
February 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
That is very much a problem too. I was on Radio 5 yesterday and the presenter gave the person I was debating against at least twice as long as he gave me and allowed him constantly to interrupt me. I mean, what is the point? To participate is to become complicit in your own defeat.
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Has the Times sacked its Media Correspondent? Scrolling through its news list and it’s missed a huge story involving the monarchy, journalist ethics and a billion pound cover up at a hugely powerful media organisation. Surely more important than whether dogs suffer from January blues?
January 23, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Has the Times sacked its Media Correspondent? Scrolling through its news list and it’s missed a huge story involving the monarchy, journalist ethics and a billion pound cover up at a hugely powerful media organisation. Surely more important than whether dogs suffer from January blues?
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An excellent analysis of why we should rejoin from @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
"It makes no sense for Starmer to pretend he would die in a ditch over Brexit – the sooner he abandons it the better"
Spot on.
Spot on.
Labour’s Brexit problem: why Starmer must soon face a rejoin reality check
It makes no sense for Starmer to pretend he would die in a ditch over Brexit – the sooner he abandons it the better
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
An excellent analysis of why we should rejoin from @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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"It was found that 85% of the tracked dogs were walked off-lead in the breeding season despite signage requesting owners not to let their pets run free due to ground-nesting birds. At Snelsmore Common, Berkshire, more than 90% of the site was disturbed by dogs, reducing its conservation value"
A tracking study has found that dogs walked off-lead cause significantly more disturbance on lowland heaths than pets kept on the lead:
Dog-tracking study reveals disturbance to lowland heaths
Researchers tracked dogs on heathland sites, showing off-lead walking can reduce conservation value.
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January 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"It was found that 85% of the tracked dogs were walked off-lead in the breeding season despite signage requesting owners not to let their pets run free due to ground-nesting birds. At Snelsmore Common, Berkshire, more than 90% of the site was disturbed by dogs, reducing its conservation value"
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Ah, the Telegraph doing its best to make sure what’s happening in the US also happens here. At some point the “journalists” working for it will realise they’re the bad guys. I hope.
Fairly obviously, due to nature of being undocumented, it's nigh on impossible to get an accurate figure. Considering the vast majority of people who are undocumented become so through absolutely no fault of their own, this is an argument for better routes to regularisation, rather than deportations
January 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Ah, the Telegraph doing its best to make sure what’s happening in the US also happens here. At some point the “journalists” working for it will realise they’re the bad guys. I hope.
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Since 2007, over 60 white-tailed eagles have been found dead. There's only ever been one prosecution, in 2009, under the Dogs Act.
Wildlife crime simply isn't taken seriously in this country!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
Wildlife crime simply isn't taken seriously in this country!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
Rare white-tailed eagle shot dead in Co Westmeath
An investigation is under way following the recent shooting dead of a white-tailed eagle in Co Westmeath.
www.rte.ie
January 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Since 2007, over 60 white-tailed eagles have been found dead. There's only ever been one prosecution, in 2009, under the Dogs Act.
Wildlife crime simply isn't taken seriously in this country!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
Wildlife crime simply isn't taken seriously in this country!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
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Farage needs to be truly held to account on this,
The reason your are poorer, is BECAUSE of those reform UK con men!
The reason your are poorer, is BECAUSE of those reform UK con men!
January 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Farage needs to be truly held to account on this,
The reason your are poorer, is BECAUSE of those reform UK con men!
The reason your are poorer, is BECAUSE of those reform UK con men!
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I thought it said “Almost every major supermarket chain has publicly backed farmers in their fight against the government's inheritance tax increase…by promising to pay them properly for the food they produce” bit.ly/42tvwxd But no. Just opposing the tax.
Supermarkets unite to back farmers’ inheritance tax protest
Tesco, Aldi and Lidl join calls for consultation on the policy as a report warned that it was unlikely to raise the predicted income
bit.ly
January 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I thought it said “Almost every major supermarket chain has publicly backed farmers in their fight against the government's inheritance tax increase…by promising to pay them properly for the food they produce” bit.ly/42tvwxd But no. Just opposing the tax.