Sharon Vivers
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“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division.”
I've joined @palomafaith.music-social.com @zarahsultana.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and many more in signing this
I've joined @palomafaith.music-social.com @zarahsultana.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and many more in signing this
Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse
Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division.”
I've joined @palomafaith.music-social.com @zarahsultana.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and many more in signing this
I've joined @palomafaith.music-social.com @zarahsultana.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and many more in signing this
Yesterday I was teaching in the Ellen Wilkinson Building in Manchester, and I had no idea who it was named after. So, as it's #womenshistorymonth I decided to look her up, and what a woman she was. 1/2
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_W...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_W...
Ellen Wilkinson - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yesterday I was teaching in the Ellen Wilkinson Building in Manchester, and I had no idea who it was named after. So, as it's #womenshistorymonth I decided to look her up, and what a woman she was. 1/2
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_W...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_W...
How can it be ten years? GNU Sir Pterry.
March 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
How can it be ten years? GNU Sir Pterry.
On #worldbookday and as part of #womenshistorymonth, I'd like to share a book recommendation. The Radium Girls focuses on young women in the 1920s who were paid to paint watches with radium containing paint, and their fight for justice when they started getting ill. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Radium Girls: They paid with their lives. Their final fight was for justice. a book by Kate Moore.
Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf book club choiceNew York Times bestseller ‘Fascinating’ Sunday Times ‘Thrilling’ ★★★★★ Mail on SundayAll they wanted was the chance to shine. Be careful what you wish fo...
uk.bookshop.org
March 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
On #worldbookday and as part of #womenshistorymonth, I'd like to share a book recommendation. The Radium Girls focuses on young women in the 1920s who were paid to paint watches with radium containing paint, and their fight for justice when they started getting ill. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
March is #womenshistorymonth, so I'm going to do a few posts over the month featuring inspirational women's stories, book recommendations etc. First up - Alice Ball - an amazing African American chemist who developed a cure for leprosy at age 23! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_B...
Alice Ball - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
March is #womenshistorymonth, so I'm going to do a few posts over the month featuring inspirational women's stories, book recommendations etc. First up - Alice Ball - an amazing African American chemist who developed a cure for leprosy at age 23! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_B...
Things are definitely bad when you agree with the Daily Star's headline.
February 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Things are definitely bad when you agree with the Daily Star's headline.
Reposted by Sharon Vivers
Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
February 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
Reposted by Sharon Vivers
If this were Just Stop Oil, there'd have been dozens of arrests, furious denunciations in the billionaire press and, perhaps, long jail sentences. Farmers have a right to protest, and the police respect it. Other people, it seems, not so much.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Hundreds of tractors block Westminster
Farmers from across the UK protesting in London against changes to inheritance tax.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I'm totally here for Nigella throwing shade 😅
You asked for it! Bitter Orange Tart is #RecipeOfTheDay www.nigella.com/recipes/bitt...
Bitter Orange Tart
Although I make the most of the Seville orange season (December to February), that bitter orange taste is too good to forsake during the long months that Seville oranges are not about. Then I simply t...
www.nigella.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I'm totally here for Nigella throwing shade 😅
The magazine article referred to in this report makes very grim reading. I remember when the Tortoise podcasts came out, but this is so much worse than I could imagine.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sandman author Neil Gaiman faces more sexual assault allegations
The Sandman and American Gods author is the subject of a New York Magazine cover story.
www.bbc.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The magazine article referred to in this report makes very grim reading. I remember when the Tortoise podcasts came out, but this is so much worse than I could imagine.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Well, nothing has changed in the 20 years since I was told I was only accepted onto a PhD programme to make up the quota for "natives". www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Why Scottish students at Edinburgh University want more support to counter classism
Only 25% of institution’s students are from Scotland, and they are more likely to be from working-class backgrounds
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Well, nothing has changed in the 20 years since I was told I was only accepted onto a PhD programme to make up the quota for "natives". www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Reposted by Sharon Vivers
Reposted by Sharon Vivers
Please click and sign this and then please share with as many others as you can: actionnetwork.org/petitions/cr...
Crisis Point: Implement Doctors' solutions to Save the NHS Now
The NHS is facing its most severe crisis in living memory. Our hospitals are at breaking point, with A&E departments overwhelmed, dangerous ambulance delays, and critical bed shortages. As winter appr...
actionnetwork.org
December 10, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Please click and sign this and then please share with as many others as you can: actionnetwork.org/petitions/cr...
Reposted by Sharon Vivers
When I left X, I left 260000ish followers who cared about the NHS.
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
December 10, 2024 at 6:57 AM
When I left X, I left 260000ish followers who cared about the NHS.
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨