@lucyblackwell.bsky.social
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I am slightly in awe of this photo taken of my grandparents just as they were about to casually ride a tandem on a 500+ mile round trip from their home in Nottingham to Devon, as if that is something you could just do really easily in 1948 on your week off from the factories where you worked.
January 22, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I am slightly in awe of this photo taken of my grandparents just as they were about to casually ride a tandem on a 500+ mile round trip from their home in Nottingham to Devon, as if that is something you could just do really easily in 1948 on your week off from the factories where you worked.
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🔴‘Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election’: US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues @brynntannehill.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues @brynntannehill.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
bylinetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:16 AM
🔴‘Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election’: US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues @brynntannehill.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues @brynntannehill.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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More research showing that different groups analyse the same data differently & come to different conclusions
I wonder if this is why some dominant research groups that promote certain narratives/hypotheses always report findings that support these narratives?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I wonder if this is why some dominant research groups that promote certain narratives/hypotheses always report findings that support these narratives?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology - BMC Biology
Although variation in effect sizes and predicted values among studies of similar phenomena is inevitable, such variation far exceeds what might be produced by sampling error alone. One possible explan...
link.springer.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:57 AM
More research showing that different groups analyse the same data differently & come to different conclusions
I wonder if this is why some dominant research groups that promote certain narratives/hypotheses always report findings that support these narratives?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I wonder if this is why some dominant research groups that promote certain narratives/hypotheses always report findings that support these narratives?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.
www.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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UK governments are like - Hey there's this company Palantir which is owned by an American political extremist who wants to destroy democracy, Let's give our NHS data to him. Oh look, his friends in the White House are trying to destroy NATO. Well, we'd better give him our military data as well.
January 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
UK governments are like - Hey there's this company Palantir which is owned by an American political extremist who wants to destroy democracy, Let's give our NHS data to him. Oh look, his friends in the White House are trying to destroy NATO. Well, we'd better give him our military data as well.
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Morning layers of green and blue, where hills dissolve into mist and the forest breathes quietly. This view felt like standing inside a slow exhale. 🌿📷
#photography #landscape #nature #StunDay #Rwanda
#photography #landscape #nature #StunDay #Rwanda
January 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Morning layers of green and blue, where hills dissolve into mist and the forest breathes quietly. This view felt like standing inside a slow exhale. 🌿📷
#photography #landscape #nature #StunDay #Rwanda
#photography #landscape #nature #StunDay #Rwanda
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Palantir runs the tech for linking huge amounts of NHS data, and now for the UK Ministry of Defence too
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
January 19, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Palantir runs the tech for linking huge amounts of NHS data, and now for the UK Ministry of Defence too
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Hi people. Today in "One day, one paper", fragmentation reduces sensitive birds like insectivores and poor dispersers. Generalist species increase but can't replace lost ecosystem functions. Protecting key bird traits is essential to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services🌎
tinyurl.com/2w9ps9nd
tinyurl.com/2w9ps9nd
Comparing impacts of fragmentation on bird functional and phylogenetic diversity in primary and secondary rainforests
We show that compensatory patterns of species introduction fail to account for the loss of ecosystem functions due to the decline of forest-dependent birds. As such, conservation policies should be t...
tinyurl.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hi people. Today in "One day, one paper", fragmentation reduces sensitive birds like insectivores and poor dispersers. Generalist species increase but can't replace lost ecosystem functions. Protecting key bird traits is essential to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services🌎
tinyurl.com/2w9ps9nd
tinyurl.com/2w9ps9nd
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'that uses Medicaid and other government data'
“Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address,”
Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data
ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
www.eff.org
January 17, 2026 at 8:07 AM
'that uses Medicaid and other government data'
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A new Cambridge index tracked the bot economy across 500 platforms.
The UK is almost as cheap to manipulate as Russia. With Scottish and Welsh elections coming up in May, this makes sobering reading ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The UK is almost as cheap to manipulate as Russia. With Scottish and Welsh elections coming up in May, this makes sobering reading ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms
The first global index to track real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
A new Cambridge index tracked the bot economy across 500 platforms.
The UK is almost as cheap to manipulate as Russia. With Scottish and Welsh elections coming up in May, this makes sobering reading ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The UK is almost as cheap to manipulate as Russia. With Scottish and Welsh elections coming up in May, this makes sobering reading ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Did you see the claim from the Government in the House of Lords that "10.8 million families use X as their main news source"?
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
More or Less - Have more than 100 private schools been forced to close because of VAT? - BBC Sounds
Tim Harford investigates closing schools, X users, Covid deaths and churchgoers
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Did you see the claim from the Government in the House of Lords that "10.8 million families use X as their main news source"?
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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A Solar Eruption from SDO apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26011...
Continuous monitoring improves space weather forecasts and helps humanity better understand how solar activity affects satellites, GPS, radio communications, and power grids on Earth
Continuous monitoring improves space weather forecasts and helps humanity better understand how solar activity affects satellites, GPS, radio communications, and power grids on Earth
January 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
A Solar Eruption from SDO apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26011...
Continuous monitoring improves space weather forecasts and helps humanity better understand how solar activity affects satellites, GPS, radio communications, and power grids on Earth
Continuous monitoring improves space weather forecasts and helps humanity better understand how solar activity affects satellites, GPS, radio communications, and power grids on Earth
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“No protest movement has ever brought about change through a one-off demonstration”
Civil society groups condemn Labour’s plans to restrict the ‘cumulative impact’ of protests
Labour ought to be repealing the last govt’s anti-protest laws, not adding to them:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Civil society groups condemn Labour’s plans to restrict the ‘cumulative impact’ of protests
Labour ought to be repealing the last govt’s anti-protest laws, not adding to them:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Civil society groups condemn ‘dangerous’ plans for more anti-protest powers
Dozens including TUC join force to oppose ‘wide-ranging’ move to increase police powers in England and Wales
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:36 AM
“No protest movement has ever brought about change through a one-off demonstration”
Civil society groups condemn Labour’s plans to restrict the ‘cumulative impact’ of protests
Labour ought to be repealing the last govt’s anti-protest laws, not adding to them:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Civil society groups condemn Labour’s plans to restrict the ‘cumulative impact’ of protests
Labour ought to be repealing the last govt’s anti-protest laws, not adding to them:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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If only my nan hadn't died in 2009 and had moved from Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, to Silicon Valley. I reckon her "move slow and repair things" motto would have worked out much better for everyone
"Move fast and break things," say the people who, in an uncanny coincidence, are responsible for breaking the entire planet at a terrifying speed.
January 10, 2026 at 10:24 AM
If only my nan hadn't died in 2009 and had moved from Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, to Silicon Valley. I reckon her "move slow and repair things" motto would have worked out much better for everyone
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I wrote about this last month. Overshooting on reducing migration is going to be very costly.
samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
January 10, 2026 at 7:56 AM
I wrote about this last month. Overshooting on reducing migration is going to be very costly.
samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
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#CurrentlyReading
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
#CurrentlyReading
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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a sun dog (parhelion) today in the sparkling snow at Frognerseteren, Oslo - one of the most stunning things I’ve ever seen 🌅❄️ a bright spot of light that looks like a second sun caused by sunlight reflecting through ice crystals
January 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
a sun dog (parhelion) today in the sparkling snow at Frognerseteren, Oslo - one of the most stunning things I’ve ever seen 🌅❄️ a bright spot of light that looks like a second sun caused by sunlight reflecting through ice crystals
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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This is seriously bad news.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Right to protest is under attack in England and Wales, reports warn
Human Rights Watch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealed
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 AM
This is seriously bad news.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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After ten months of evidence, the House of Lords inquiry, here are all the – sometimes surprising – ways hybrid working benefits both employers and employees ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
What do we really know about working from home?
Covid made working from home some of the time normal for many people. But does it work?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM
After ten months of evidence, the House of Lords inquiry, here are all the – sometimes surprising – ways hybrid working benefits both employers and employees ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Northumberland Wildlife Trust raising money for major nature recovery project
Northumberland could see the biggest land sale in England in a generation as Northumberland Wildlife Trust wants to buy the land to undertake a huge land recovery project
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Northumberland could see the biggest land sale in England in a generation as Northumberland Wildlife Trust wants to buy the land to undertake a huge land recovery project
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Northumberland Wildlife Trust raising money for major nature recovery project
Northumberland could see the biggest land sale in England in a generation as Northumberland Wildlife Trust wants to buy the land to undertake a huge land recovery project
northeastbylines.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Northumberland Wildlife Trust raising money for major nature recovery project
Northumberland could see the biggest land sale in England in a generation as Northumberland Wildlife Trust wants to buy the land to undertake a huge land recovery project
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Northumberland could see the biggest land sale in England in a generation as Northumberland Wildlife Trust wants to buy the land to undertake a huge land recovery project
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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President Trump is taking 325 mg of aspirin a day to prevent heart disease. His doctors advise him to take 81 mg. Both are wrong. Here’s why.
New edition of Ground Truths, open-access
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-lowdow...
New edition of Ground Truths, open-access
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-lowdow...
The Lowdown on Low-Dose Aspirin for Primary Prevention
Pivotal Randomized Trials and Guidelines
erictopol.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
President Trump is taking 325 mg of aspirin a day to prevent heart disease. His doctors advise him to take 81 mg. Both are wrong. Here’s why.
New edition of Ground Truths, open-access
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-lowdow...
New edition of Ground Truths, open-access
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-lowdow...
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A new study of camera trap data from Tanzania’s vast Selous–Nyerere ecosystem reveals it’s a leopard stronghold, with 3.8 – 8.1 leopards per 100 km².
Researchers call for strategic, evidence-based monitoring of key sites to guide conservation.
👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Researchers call for strategic, evidence-based monitoring of key sites to guide conservation.
👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
January 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
A new study of camera trap data from Tanzania’s vast Selous–Nyerere ecosystem reveals it’s a leopard stronghold, with 3.8 – 8.1 leopards per 100 km².
Researchers call for strategic, evidence-based monitoring of key sites to guide conservation.
👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Researchers call for strategic, evidence-based monitoring of key sites to guide conservation.
👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....