There are many encouraging signs for women and girls. This is just one of them. @naomicunningham.bsky.social is amazing and now people are seeing it. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/54a60a4...

#Newsnight They talk about Angela Rayner's stamp duty, but no talk of Nigel Farage's dodgy house deal in Clacton, or his 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct, failing to declare £380,000 on time. It's always different for men, especially right-wing men. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

They were caught in court cases withholding data they didn’t like and setting criteria for research that prioritised affirmation. The peer review industry and predatory trans journal on trans is an academic scandal.

The Washington Post, owned by the oligarch Jeff Bezos, shut down its Ukraine bureau right in the middle of Russia's war against the West. It's even more important I keep providing situation reports from the invasion battlefront and do the job traditional news media refuse to do.

Cracking spines to free Palestine is legal in the UK.

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One hallmark of pseudoscience is an emphasis on confirmation rather than refutation. Scientists are constantly and consistently trying to prove themselves wrong, whereas those who practice pseudoscience are more concerned with proving themselves right.

Today the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill will be debated in the Scottish parliament. We ask Scottish MSPs to attend & engage in the debate and ensure they take this opportunity to stand with survivors and hear their calls for protection. 🔗 www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...

Almost total crickets here on Bluesky about the historic $2M jury award in the first detransitioner lawsuit to make it to trial. Very telling, is all I can say.

Today is the Feast of Candlemas, though tomorrow is the day itself. Exactly half way between the Solstice and the Equinox, and the day our tiny tin Mexican Nativity scene comes down. I love this painting for its expressions.

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

Expecto Patronum!

Dottie Farnsworth, circa 1890. She was one of a team of female track cyclists known as the Big Five -- which included herself, Lizzie Glaw, Helen Baldwin, May Allen, and Tillie Anderson -- that traveled the U.S., racing in fierce competitions against each other and other women.

Other work by the Ladybird artists. ‘Cat among ferns’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

This is a man. In UK law only men can rape. That thing that never happens has happened again. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

Physics is under the cosh, Astronomy and Chemistry in peril, Geography is losing territory, English, Modern Languages and History are among the many shrinking UK disciplines. Surely it's time to have a concerted, structured conversation about universities and the national research base.

lol what

Really sorry to hear that Deborah Cameron has died. She saved my bacon when I had to teach 1st year psychology/social psychology/linguistics with no undergrad psychology degree, as a PhD student. The Oxford tutorial system was brutal as it relied on hordes www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Today I am teaching in a ship at sea, well actually it's a 2nd floor lab with 2 sides windows.

Had a blast yesterday explaining pantomime dames and Mr Tumble to some Americans. These are connected to my research, honest. Watch this space for more info!

The awful thing about this is that students attending such places never get used to challenge. They come out with a degree and expect life to be like this. It's not an exaggeration I think to say my daughter's life was ruined at University.

Not saying this is what happened, but I'm not saying it's *not* what happened. BTW, the fiscal depute mentioned is better known today as Lady Elish Angiolini.

The mess that is Bristol University @bristoluni.bsky.social spectator.com/article/the-...

Maybe this is true, maybe it isn't, but I'm not sure this is the way to find out - but it's a lot harder to actually assess the pupils than to ask the teachers. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

I'm guessing Lancaster isn't "major" or "research led" enough but we aren't either. Also, what's that image supposed to be - stereotypes of scientists struggling with a book? @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-m...

Yeah, no. "We don't want to" should be plenty explanation. naomicunningham.substack.com/p/protect-th...

This week I have taught my 1st years how to p-hack and used the phrase "no shade" in marking a 3rd year essay. I feel I should go home and put my feet up while knitting and watching a cosy mystery. This is all too much excitement for me.

Public service announcement: For those still lurking on Twitter, Legal Feminist is doing an initial reactions thread reading through the Darlington nurses judgment now x.com/legalfeminis.... Here’s a sample (re Rose and partner actively trying for a baby. Great for them; a bit manly to the nurses)

So, retiring on full pension (having retired temporarily for a month to protect that pension) and suffering no penalty or censure for lying to parliament. Pour encourager Les autre, eh? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

Unsurprisingly '75% of American adults said they do not believe trans women should be permitted to participate in female sports.' Everyone knows that single sex female sport categories are essential to uphold substantive equality. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

So called 'sex verification' policies are in reality sex screening via cheek swab in elite sport. Supported by the majority of female athletes to ensure no male performance advantage in the female category.

Perhaps the biggest problem with this argument is nobody asking the athletes what they want. The number of female athletes actively saying they want to compete with male athletes is a round zero, and for good reason.

I made appointments with 9 students for today. Guesses on how many turned up?

This is today - crickets here on Bsky! Nobody cares about female athletes clearly.

"London’s homicide rate is lower than New York, Berlin, Brussels, Milan, Toronto and Paris, five times lower than the rate in LA, and almost 12 times lower than the rate in Chicago. " Do not believe the lies of those peddling misinformation for their own political gain. https://bit.ly/4qjSIac

Should be debated in Parliament now (though given past experience they may say "we are already debating this"). petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

Good afternoon and welcome to my last day of holiday. Boo! Back to work tomorrow and this is going to be the year I - publish my paper on autism and the understanding of sex and gender - apply for promotion - sort out the fieldwork in Kenya for my project on early language

It's that day again. Happy anniversary

The three Wise Men go on a journey. Today: Morecambe.

'Some staff members [said] that they were not encouraged to raise concerns in team meetings, and “felt clinical curiosity or constructive challenge was discouraged” and that “issues raised were dismissed as transphobia or prejudice”.'

'Doctors treating vulnerable patients with gender dysphoria have no way of assessing whether the NHS treatment provided has worked because outcomes are not systematically recorded, a damning official inquiry into the clinics has found.' Good piece. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

An Erasmus Exchange in 1997 to Seville helped me learn a language, understand another culture and realise tomatoes 🍅 were actually meant to taste of something

‘Get this book and read it for Christmas’ says @simonmayo.bsky.social On our latest ep we chat to bestselling crime author Ann Cleeves about her latest Jimmy Perez novel, ‘The Killing Stones’ Available now wherever you get your pods #books #crimefiction #anncleeves #jimmyperez #newbooks

Pilot study, 12 month follow up, puberty blockers don't improve mental well being. Gohil et al. (2025). Observations of the effect of GNRH analog treatment on psychosocial well-being in transgender youth and their caregivers J Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism doi.org/https://dx.d...

You lot need Dick Van Dyke singing Let's Go Fly a Kite on his 100th birthday more than you know.

'Nottingham Trent University – which reported a £2 million deficit – paid its departing vice-chancellor Edward Peck a bonus of £66,000 in his last year in the job....Peck...received a total pay package of £435,000 in 2024-25 – up from £407,000 the year before.'