We have to see Trump's legal threat to the BBC in the context of his repeated lawsuits against US media including CBS, ABC, CNN, the New York Times and many more. He uses the law to intimidate the media into being less critical of him – and sometimes manages to get payouts from fearful bosses.

I'm not ready to leave #SouthAfrica but it is time to go. Thank you to @ibroorg.bsky.social, the #NCAMH project and @wellcometrust.bsky.social for bringing together such an inspiring cohort of researchers. And for driving the involvement of lived experience in mental health research

Happy belated publication day to @jeevanicharika.bsky.social Missing the beach? Take a break with How Can I Resist You!

Domination is now available as an audiobook - read by me! books.apple.com/gb/audiobook...

The thieves be thieving again. And no one has put them in prison yet.

"Since 2024, Labour has lost almost 50% of its voters – representing 17pts in total. These defecting voters have split as follows: ➡️ REF – 4.7pts 🟢 GRN – 4.6pts Labour is losing as many votes to the Greens as they are to Reform". www.statsforlefties.com/2025/11/07/poll-roundup-october

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

It's AI autumn and the next AI winter is definitely on its way

So, the one investor who saw the 2008 mortgage crunch and credit lock-up coming and made the largest amount of money, the infamous "big short," has a $1.1 BILLION short against Nvidia and Palantir. sherwood.news/markets/mich...

Pro tip for #sciwri #sciencewriters meeting: tie a knot in your lanyard so your name tag is near your face & won’t flip around & nobody has to do the awkward navel gaze to read it

A great 1st day of the @ibroorg.bsky.social + @wellcometrust.bsky.social #NCAMH event in Cape Town 🇿🇦 This cohort represents 15 different countries! 🌎 Excited to accelerate #mentalhealthresearch and plan the 2026 launch of an African Exposome Network! @dukepsychiatry.bsky.social

Dear @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aft.org: Please cancel your partnership with this evil company and stop pushing “A.i.” on teachers and students.

Amazing day at IBRO #NCAMH Capacity builder facilitated by the wonderful Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social. Learning about engagement and co-design and brain storming how to do this meaningfully even in animal model research. We can still ask big questions like "is this the right research question?".

I'm just #envyPosting now! The view from #NCAMH 2025 is pretty nice 🤩 #capeTown 🇿🇦 Thank you @ibroorg.bsky.social for organising such a brilliant event

A view of the ocean and Table Mountain makes for a very nice backdrop for the #NCAMH summit!

So excited to be meeting researchers from every continent here at the #NCAMH three day workshop. We've learned about including people with lived experience from Caroline Robertson of the University of Queensland. Now we're looking at making research visible with Wonder&Co

I’m delighted to be speaking at the @ibroorg.bsky.social #NCAMH Capacity Building Seminar, which supports neuroscience researchers in low and middle income countries. Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for their support!

Trump and his powerful surrogates claim that the UK is stifling free speech, then do this: Anger after British commentator held by ICE in US for criticising Israel | US News | Sky News share.google/AG2uoIXz6XrI...

I'm proud to be part of the fastest growing progressive political party. Why not join us? join.greenparty.org.uk

How to make a clickable map for your fantasy novel using Canva. Step by step YouTube tutorial on Canva for Authors https://youtu.be/0tZQub-goCk

For #BlackHistoryMonth, we're very proud to celebrate some of the humanist icons on both sides of the Atlantic who have helped to shape the modern humanist movement.

I'm proud to announce that I've been confirmed as a candidate for the council elections in May 2026. I'm standing with my Green Party colleagues for social justice, for economic justice, for climate justice. #GreenWave #GetGreensElected

Demand for gas turbines on the rise largely driven by datacentres electricity demand For all the posturing and fine talk, the AI boom is a boon for the fossil fuel industry, even though wind & solar can be constructed faster than the wait for a gas turbine www.ft.com/content/dfd8...

Is the Prime minister subtweeting me? Tax wealth. Not work. Join.greenparty.org.uk

The ever popular #Loki is back with #ABadGodsGuideToCausingChaso @louiestowell.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social - it’s #RedReadingHub’s #kidlit #fiction book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dv6

"It's business as usual at Kent County Council." Yep, it certainly looks like it. #Reform couldn't run a whelk stall www.bbc.com/news/article...

there’s a major AWS outage going on right now that’s taken down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, Perplexity, Roblox, and lots more of the internet. US-EAST-1 is down and impacting a lot of services that rely on AWS www.theverge.com/news/802486/...

Tell ofwat that we can't take 15 more years of pollution weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwa...

Reform UK has been forced to reject more unlawful donations than any other British political party in 2025 the party has had to give back almost £200,000 this year from 18 impermissible donors, according to Electoral Commission data www.ft.com/content/5392...

Fuck yeah

Next Wednesday evening the West Central London Green Party is sponsoring this event: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-campai... Open to all and free to attend. Help shape the campaign for the climate for next May's election

This surge is now absolutely phenomenal. 110,000 members. That's +5000 in the last 24 hours alone! Join.greenparty.org.uk

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

This is kind of nimbyism I want to see stopped. bsky.app/profile/cent...

I again return to my theory that Rachel Reeves was startled by a spider as a child. Nothing else explains this malicious revelling in ignorance.

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Everything about this story stinks. The boasts of cronyism. The ineptitude of telling a public meeting to keep something secret. And, for me at least, the foulest reek is the gleeful anti-environmentalism. 🧵

We have heard that the Green Party has passed a motion at conference calling for desegregation of trans healthcare and to end the practice of GICs and to move it to primary care. And you can definitely see why they voted for it here: www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Perhaps UK Labour leadership can stop throwing money at Silicon Valley tech bros and their snake oil sometime? Before the UK is underwater, preferably? (Yes I know NYC isn't in the UK but my point still stands.)

Listening to @zackpolanski.bsky.social talking about this Island of Neighbours and the politics of hope and feeling inspired and empowered to work for a better country for all

Jews are not responsible for the genocide in Gaza. It is the act of Netanyahu and his far right government. Muslims are not responsible for the acts of a terrorist in Manchester. Mistrust people who stoke fear, anger and division, who sell easy answers and satisfying blame.

Oh my god, this is horrible

Zack Polanski says it is mistake to conflate campaigning against genocide in Gaza with antisemitism - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

This is HORRIBLE. It's not Jewish people's fault, what's being done to Gaza. And it's not Gazans fault, What's been done to Manchester. It's not hard to avoid victim blaming both sides, and it's beyond disappointing that apparently Mahmood isn't capable of understanding that.

One thing that really ticks me off is this point in the FAQ: "Also, the lawsuit is excluding 2.5 million works 'written in languages other than English. Most of those 2.5 million non-English works were unregistered.'" The class action really screwed authors outside the USA. 7/

TFW you've filled in the claim form for your settlement from Anthropic and *this* happens Narrator's voice: the problem does indeed persist Fellow plaintiffs - did we hug the site to death ir is it just me?

I gave a talk at East Riding Libraries today about IP and Contracts for writers. We don't talk about this side of the business often enough. If you walk me to come and talk to your group about it, do get in touch.