I like the references to cycling…hubs, wheels, cycles etc…subtle nods to the role of good cycling infrastructure in addressing the climate crisis. @londoncycling.bsky.social @cyclist.co.uk

Not just residential streets. West Green Road in Tottenham is horrendous- you can taste the pollution, the buses can’t get through because of parking both sides of the road - and random illegal parking adds to the horror. @mikehakata.bsky.social

@sciencewise.bsky.social comprehensive dialogue on mtDNA diseases for HfEA useful background here sciencewise.org.uk/projects/mit...

Went to an art history taster today @citylit.bsky.social, run by @sarahj.bsky.social, who is clearly passionate about her subject. Five mini-lectures in 2 hours, going from 13th century Iranian tiles to Yoko Ono, through the lenses of iconography, materiality, historiography and more. Fascinating.

Superb end to the @sciencewise.bsky.social & @ukri.org dialogue on ultra processed foods. Newham participants, I salute you for a long, thoughtful and broad list of where @ukri.org needs to focus future food research funding. And a wonderful job from Hopkins Van Mil! Looking forward to the report.

Good morning from the stylish scarecrows of Calke Abbey 🌿

Scarpa and Kilda, 14 weeks old, sleeping. Welcome to the house, kittens.

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Trump has told the UK that if we want tariff relief we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US. We don’t want crap food here. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves. It’s dangerous and unnecessary. Sign deals with the EU, for god’s sake!!

Doomed to fail, presumably.

Walking and gardening while listening to Canadian music - God Speed You Black Emperor and Joni Mitchell - make my happy place. 🇨🇦

My desk is surrounded by a jungle because of this - and other people giving me clippings adds to the green. I will soon be able to hide in there.

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Just weeks after the Telegraph published an article falsely suggesting that #StopFundingHate had received government funding (we haven’t, and wouldn’t), it seems they’re putting together another hostile piece about the campaign… (1)

Our cat got stuck in sheds all the time when she was young. I hope you find her.

Darn, I caved in and looked it up. It IS a type of cream.

Have Marks & Spencer stopped supporting the racism & misogyny then? I haven’t seen their name in your more recent lists.

This is horrendous. Don’t go to the States if at all possible, certainly it on holiday.

“…I would like us to insist, with as much force as necessary, that parity with men is not a treat benevolently bestowed upon us, nor a kindness that can now be rescinded.”

I’d settle for just being treated as a person much of the time. And your post made me think of Donna Haraway too: I’d rather be a cyborg than a goddess. But your sentiment is nonetheless appreciated: cheers to men who celebrate this day.

From what I hear, closer links with Europe - maybe even rejoining- would reduce red tape significantly.

Woke as f**k.

This needs to be bigger, more people, more noise.

And nodding along.

Interesting thread. Flashbacks to this old debate... www.theguardian.com/science/blog...

New eugenics exhibition @uclnews.bsky.social

Little Kipper died last night, after 17 years keeping us company in the most delightful, affectionate, entertaining and worrisome way. We’ll miss her so much. Pictures from her first year and her last. #catsofbluesky

Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine

@egbeds.bsky.social hi egbeds- welcome. Maybe you can stop me doomscrolling. Had a horrible time facilitating today - those far right blokes who can’t think straight get everywhere. Looking forward to tomorrow. X

Working today - lovely view of the sunshine through the window.

Look at public views on this too: @sciencewise.bsky.social supported a public dialogue on behalf of the Climate Change Committee, to inform the 7th Carbon Budget. It was run by @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social sciencewise.org.uk/projects/ccc...

Superb opportunity to get away from a desk and leap around the room.

Read the report here: sciencewise.org.uk/projects/ccc...

And of course, listen to @quietriotpod.bsky.social

Watch some @aoc.bsky.social - she is producing the right energy given the dire circumstances. Really makes you feel like the fascists can be defeated (I’ve finally realised I need to use that word and that it’s not overkill).

And this is why pictures of cats are extremely important at present

Sorting out my dad’s house today - he died recently, age 93 - I found this copy of the Telegraph, 4 September 1939. Seemed pertinent today as we face fascism again. (He cancelled his subscription during Brexit: said the coverage was full of lies & bigotry.)

This is what I thought too - but I worry for my daughter and granddaughters.

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Beautiful walk on Hampstead Heath today.

Hal loves Kipper so much he had a tattoo of her. So she never leaves him.

Close birthday with my granddaughter - mine on Sunday, hers on Thursday. So we made some slime, made some flapjacks and went to see Matilda.

Migrating from Google bit by bit. Anyone got recommendations for a good European based calendar app?

My granddaughter decided to wear her coat and backpack back to front. A visit to the Young V&A generates ideas.

Saw a kingfisher today in Walthamstow Wetlands. Made me happy. Bad picture attached.

Do I have to give up #Instagram and #Threads now too?