Alison Booth
@alidancer.bsky.social
Student of Luigi Pirandello & Eugene Ionesco. Fairy manquée. Dance, Shotokan, opera, rabbit & cheese lover. Linguist. Gardener. Book hoarder. Volunteer Clonter Opera. European
It is indeed incredible. How art the mighty fallen.
Remember when we were not losing jobs in droves, or at odds with all our allies, or attacking other nations for their resources, or deploying masked thugs to terrorize our citizens, or pardoning drug traffickers and violent criminals in exchange for bribes?
It was only little over a year ago.
It was only little over a year ago.
December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It is indeed incredible. How art the mighty fallen.
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What does poetry look like when the land beneath it is sinking? Alice Willitts’ _Kiss My Earth_ offers one answer. Aidan Baker's been reading it.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu...
Seeds of hope in a sinking land: Alice Willitts’ ‘Kiss My Earth’
Alice Willitts’ shortlisted poetry collection explores the beauty and fragility of the Fens as rising seas threaten their future
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What does poetry look like when the land beneath it is sinking? Alice Willitts’ _Kiss My Earth_ offers one answer. Aidan Baker's been reading it.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu...
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Where do they get these words like "liberati"? It's like there's a super progressive sleeper agent somewhere in the right, making sure that they sound like alien automatons
December 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Where do they get these words like "liberati"? It's like there's a super progressive sleeper agent somewhere in the right, making sure that they sound like alien automatons
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How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion.
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion.
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
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“I am asking for a human at Apple to review this case. I suspect an automated fraud flag regarding the bad gift card triggered a nuclear response that frontline support cannot override. I have escalated this through my many friends in WWDR and SRE at Apple, with no success.”
Yikes 😳
Yikes 😳
$30,000 of Apple tech is wild.
20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple
Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple De...
hey.paris
December 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
“I am asking for a human at Apple to review this case. I suspect an automated fraud flag regarding the bad gift card triggered a nuclear response that frontline support cannot override. I have escalated this through my many friends in WWDR and SRE at Apple, with no success.”
Yikes 😳
Yikes 😳
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Gavin Newsom, "President Trump who calls people 'piggy' or 'retard' is he our role model?"
Why aren't others speaking out?
The silence from most Democrats and Republicans really is a damming testimony to how democracy has failed in the US
Why aren't others speaking out?
The silence from most Democrats and Republicans really is a damming testimony to how democracy has failed in the US
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Gavin Newsom, "President Trump who calls people 'piggy' or 'retard' is he our role model?"
Why aren't others speaking out?
The silence from most Democrats and Republicans really is a damming testimony to how democracy has failed in the US
Why aren't others speaking out?
The silence from most Democrats and Republicans really is a damming testimony to how democracy has failed in the US
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On "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
On "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
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Desperate Gaza families already displaced by Israel’s war face deadly collapses and freezing conditions as storm hits.
Fourteen Palestinians, including children, die in Gaza amid Storm Byron
Desperate Gaza families already displaced by Israel's war face deadly collapses and freezing conditions as storm hits.
www.aljazeera.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Desperate Gaza families already displaced by Israel’s war face deadly collapses and freezing conditions as storm hits.
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Get ready for one of the very best meteor showers of the year! The Geminids are great and this year's show over the weekend should be excellent.
Also: a gorgeous star cluster with a dramatic swirl of stars.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/watch-the-...
🔭 🧪
Also: a gorgeous star cluster with a dramatic swirl of stars.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/watch-the-...
🔭 🧪
Watch the Geminids! And a cluster’s stars swirl down the drain.
A great meteor shower for the weekend, and a gorgeous star cluster slowly spins
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Get ready for one of the very best meteor showers of the year! The Geminids are great and this year's show over the weekend should be excellent.
Also: a gorgeous star cluster with a dramatic swirl of stars.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/watch-the-...
🔭 🧪
Also: a gorgeous star cluster with a dramatic swirl of stars.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/watch-the-...
🔭 🧪
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This is horrific, and unnecessary. It feels like a government just giving up on any hope of a future in which the country returns to economic growth
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is horrific, and unnecessary. It feels like a government just giving up on any hope of a future in which the country returns to economic growth
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The number of female medics in Afghanistan is dwindling. And because male doctors aren't allowed to touch them, the situation is increasingly leaving women without access to critical healthcare.
“This is more than just a women’s issue; it will collapse Afghan society."
Read the full story:
“This is more than just a women’s issue; it will collapse Afghan society."
Read the full story:
The Afghan women left to die
Without female doctors, women in Afghanistan are being denied medical care – as the recent earthquake made painfully clear
newhumanist.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The number of female medics in Afghanistan is dwindling. And because male doctors aren't allowed to touch them, the situation is increasingly leaving women without access to critical healthcare.
“This is more than just a women’s issue; it will collapse Afghan society."
Read the full story:
“This is more than just a women’s issue; it will collapse Afghan society."
Read the full story:
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A special place: Roof of England walk
A new long distance walk, aptly named the Roof of England walk has been established
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
A new long distance walk, aptly named the Roof of England walk has been established
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
A special place: Roof of England walk
A new long distance walk, aptly named the Roof of England walk has been established
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A special place: Roof of England walk
A new long distance walk, aptly named the Roof of England walk has been established
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
A new long distance walk, aptly named the Roof of England walk has been established
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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🚨PHD Opportunity 🚨
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Mathematics PhD – System dynamics modelling of services for children with complex health needs at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Mathematics PhD – System dynamics modelling of services for children with complex health needs at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚨PHD Opportunity 🚨
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Would be a great question both for Mahmood and Reeves. “Please quantify the impact of UKG’s immigration policy on UK GDP”
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Would be a great question both for Mahmood and Reeves. “Please quantify the impact of UKG’s immigration policy on UK GDP”
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A reminder that when Kemi Badenoch hacked Harriet Harman's website it was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A reminder that when Kemi Badenoch hacked Harriet Harman's website it was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison
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It seems like a lot of politicians are too scared to face reality
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
It seems like a lot of politicians are too scared to face reality
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AI equates repetition with truth.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
A """funny""" thing I've noticed is that if you see a buckwild and totally made up claim on Reddit and then search that claim on Google, trying to source it, the Gemini AI summary will be like "oh, yeah, that totally happened, and my source is that three hour old Reddit thread you were just reading"
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
AI equates repetition with truth.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
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Czech President Pavel warns: “If Putin wins in Ukraine, we all lose.” He compared secret U.S.-Russia talks on territorial concessions to the 1938 Munich Agreement, calling them dangerously familiar. Letting Russia emerge victorious from this war, he stressed, would be a defeat for all of Europe.
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Czech President Pavel warns: “If Putin wins in Ukraine, we all lose.” He compared secret U.S.-Russia talks on territorial concessions to the 1938 Munich Agreement, calling them dangerously familiar. Letting Russia emerge victorious from this war, he stressed, would be a defeat for all of Europe.
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Winter can be especially dangerous for anyone sleeping rough outdoors.
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Winter can be especially dangerous for anyone sleeping rough outdoors.
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
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📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
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I’ve been caught out by a Ring doorbell — have you? on.ft.com/448v33M | opinion
I’ve been caught out by a Ring doorbell — have you?
Doorstep surveillance devices are part of modern life whether we like it or not
on.ft.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I’ve been caught out by a Ring doorbell — have you? on.ft.com/448v33M | opinion