The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324

Trying to imagine what the reaction would have been if the Govt had casually announced they were replacing A-levels with no details, as they have done with post-16 vocational qualifcations today. Probably not total indifference.

Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.

It’s absolutely unbelievable that hitting children is legal in England. Completely wrong on every level www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Apart from the complete ridiculousness of this, the government thinks that the way to reduce migrants are by getting them to sit an EXAM?!? *laughs in Asian*

Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

Met with First Year Uni student who was initially appalled at being housed with boys. In two weeks she has been adopted by their mums, is getting brownies sent over & the boys are checking in with her to see if she got home safely. Cute!

Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.

@sarahvanpelt.bsky.social thoughts?? home.bargains/product/e830...

Posted outside my university workplace today… oh the tales that will be told!

Breaking: over 3,000 people joined @greenparty.org.uk over conference weekend. Membership now stands at over 86,000. We’re just getting started. join.greenparty.org.uk

OMG the National Parks Service US has free crochet patterns on their website www.nps.gov/articles/000...

imagine being a consultant doctor here and having to go out litter picking to be given your citizenship lol www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When I was 18, my Mom bought me a book called “Where’s Mom Now That I Need Her?” It was a guide to adulting, meant for kids getting ready to leave home for the first time.  I was disappointed… didn’t she know I wanted a new CD player? A cool jacket? Concert tickets? 🧵

One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases known to humanity, Huntington's disease, has been successfully treated for the first time in our history. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Anyone out in Bath today. If you spot this bike and tell me where it is I will pay you fuckin handsomely. Pop a lock on it I’ll literally give you £500.

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

So it was super fun hearing the noises from the fascists marching today and feeling unable to leave my flat

News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.

Attn: UK National Trust members

England is arresting protesters in their hundreds. In Scotland, three people were arrested on a day when four different protests were being held, including by the far right.

#Science #Health

@alexadwilson.bsky.social if you get an A4 stiff envelope that you weren’t expecting, it’s from me and @clairewithani.bsky.social and you might want to wait until 18th to open it, although you have our full permission to open it whenever you wish! Xx

Outstanding news that should be shared.

If you are a person who regularly donates items for food banks, please also consider adding cake mix and icing for birthday cakes and period products. Both make life infinitely nicer for folks who need something nice.

@clairewithani.bsky.social how is your holiday going? Is K taking only exclusively wonky pics? Does O have unlimited Nutella?

Beautiful 1860s Victorian butterfly, which was used to store small packets of sewing needles on the underside of the wings. This was a collaboration between a London-based drapers company and a sewing needle manufacturer. On exhibit at Tatter Blue, a Brooklyn textile museum. IG tatterbluelibrary

Aidan is on a video call with his youngest sister, going through designs for her proposed home. That will make 3/5 of his siblings he has designed homes for (plus his parents) and it’s just wonderful

The Changing Places Toilets Scotland Fund is open! This fund will support new community toilet facilities for people with complex disabilities & health conditions across Scotland. I'm very keen to see these in the Highlands & Islands. Info on applying: inspiringscotland.or...

Bit of a tip off: RNLI are running a sale on Christmas cards. It’s never too early to get ready to send any Reform UK supporting friends and family a greeting that will really touch them: shop.rnli.org/collections/...

Once in NYC my bag tore and my wallet fell out without my noticing. A week later I got a call from an older woman who said she’d found it and was trying to track me down for a while but at first she only found a mailing address for my dad and wouldn’t send it there because she’d “never trust a man”

The council got rid of the benches at the foot of Leith walk and the locals have responded appropriately...

I was in an open plan office and someone made a nice comment about my stickers, so I offered them a sticker, and then a new colleague came running over and said “I HEARD YOU HAVE GAY SHIT I’M HERE”. And now I have a new friend! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #GayShit

Ever since a student told me the reason they knew they could come out to me is because I have visible 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ stickers and flags on my laptop & office, I bought a big stash & started handing them out to any of my colleagues who say they like mine

*snort* more of this please

shoutout to the 3yo in a dainty blue dress, with pretty princess beads and a freshly painted unicorn face, who flexed her muscles like the Hulk and yelled CHEEEEEESSSE in the deepest serial killer growl I’ve heard come out of someone that tiny

The terrifying, violent thugs arrested in London yesterday for supporting Palestine Action included clear threat to our safety, La Pethick (left), aged 89.

Overheard a dad in the park telling his 2 year old that it makes him very unhappy when she throws her tortellini on the ground. Continued walking for about ten minutes and look what I came upon! I don’t know why it tickled me to find the evidence, but it did!

Just another relatable National Trust sign

I overheard a group of older boys on bikes stopped outside my workplace today (a uni) urging each other to “go in and ask”. I offered to help them. They just needed the loo. I ushered them in. It’s not just the lack of spaces, there’s just so much horrible hostility on every level

@clairewithani.bsky.social I CAN CONFIRM I AM FASCINATED

Incredible to try to promote a moral panic about the *West End*. I’ve lived in London for twenty years and the only person who has ever mugged me in the West End is the woman running the Diptyque counter at Liberty’s.

I woke long enough to twig what was going on, note that they sounded very jolly, and then drop back to sleep. The many varied sounds of London. Lovely.

I just remembered that last night we (gestures to the general neighbourhood) were serenaded by some very cheery sounding women in the early hours. It was rather nice.

I turned to Aidan and let him know that I was in dire need of apple crumble. 15 mins later apple crumble is in the oven.

I’m glad I did it, although really sad that it had to be done. I can tell that the person is confused that I am now matching their actions

About a year or so ago I stepped back from a one-sided friendship. I have to see this person at gatherings so a complete cut off isn’t doable, but it got to a point where being thoughtful, considerate & giving of my time & energy was at the cost of my self respect

This endorsement of a Nigella recipe made me laugh

If you've had cancer and it's in remission and you catch COVID, your chances of cancer-related death go up 450%. At this stage, that's most cancer survivors. Be vigilant. Mask up more.

what the fuck