Imogen Forster
@imogenforster.bsky.social
Poet and former translator, living in Edinburgh, publishing here and there.
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By characterizing abortion as health care, international orgs have pushed back against abortion exceptionalism. The World Health Organization recognizes that “[a]bortion is a simple health care intervention.” Numerous countries have adopted laws and policies to align with WHO recommendations.
Global Approaches to Abortion as Health Care - O'Neill
The O’Neill Institute believes that the law is a fundamental tool for solving critical health problems.
oneill.law.georgetown.edu
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
By characterizing abortion as health care, international orgs have pushed back against abortion exceptionalism. The World Health Organization recognizes that “[a]bortion is a simple health care intervention.” Numerous countries have adopted laws and policies to align with WHO recommendations.
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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Mohammed Ragheb Ammarah was murdered by the israelis after a group of civilians were bombed in the Tuffah district of Gaza City
(Sarah Wilkinson)
(Sarah Wilkinson)
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Mohammed Ragheb Ammarah was murdered by the israelis after a group of civilians were bombed in the Tuffah district of Gaza City
(Sarah Wilkinson)
(Sarah Wilkinson)
One for @nemoloris.bsky.social.
Coprinus Comatus, commonly called the shaggy mane mushroom. an inky cap mushroom that turns into a black sludge as it matures. this one is late for the season. this was part of a fairy ring but the others didn't look so hot for a good pic.
#mycology #mushrooms
#mycology #mushrooms
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
One for @nemoloris.bsky.social.
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Very excited to publish this #OpenAccess #DigitalHumanities book today!
Available to purchase in paperback, hardback and EPUB, can be downloaded for free as a PDF, or read online for free via our instance of Manifold:
🔗https://uolpress.co.uk/book/reframing-failure-in-digital-scholarship/
Available to purchase in paperback, hardback and EPUB, can be downloaded for free as a PDF, or read online for free via our instance of Manifold:
🔗https://uolpress.co.uk/book/reframing-failure-in-digital-scholarship/
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Very excited to publish this #OpenAccess #DigitalHumanities book today!
Available to purchase in paperback, hardback and EPUB, can be downloaded for free as a PDF, or read online for free via our instance of Manifold:
🔗https://uolpress.co.uk/book/reframing-failure-in-digital-scholarship/
Available to purchase in paperback, hardback and EPUB, can be downloaded for free as a PDF, or read online for free via our instance of Manifold:
🔗https://uolpress.co.uk/book/reframing-failure-in-digital-scholarship/
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This raises exactly the right questions, including the role in the oversight of BBC editorial standards of people who work in PR, rather than, say, full-time journalists:
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This raises exactly the right questions, including the role in the oversight of BBC editorial standards of people who work in PR, rather than, say, full-time journalists:
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Labour’s core voter is a Londoner. While they fret about imagined Reform defecting voters in the “red wall” they’re at risk of losing their 21st century heartland entirely.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Labour’s core voter is a Londoner. While they fret about imagined Reform defecting voters in the “red wall” they’re at risk of losing their 21st century heartland entirely.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
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A group of bats can be called a colony, a cauldron, or even a cloud. But with over 1,500 bat species worldwide (and 18 here in the UK!), we think it’s time to get a little more imaginative.
Surely our brilliant bats deserve names as unique as they are. Join our campaign and help us #NameThatBat .
Surely our brilliant bats deserve names as unique as they are. Join our campaign and help us #NameThatBat .
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A group of bats can be called a colony, a cauldron, or even a cloud. But with over 1,500 bat species worldwide (and 18 here in the UK!), we think it’s time to get a little more imaginative.
Surely our brilliant bats deserve names as unique as they are. Join our campaign and help us #NameThatBat .
Surely our brilliant bats deserve names as unique as they are. Join our campaign and help us #NameThatBat .
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I recorded the new language arising and tracked the UK Government's announcements and messaging throughout the COVID pandemic. It testifies to incompetence, irresponsibility and evasion - by government and also by passive, complicit medical authorities: language-and-innovation.com/2020/05/21/c...
#CORONASPEAK 3 – the mixed messages
A role for linguists in coronamessaging? – Jon Birch, channelling Turing and repurposing the Enigma machine The UK government’s handling of the information transfer required in a nation…
language-and-innovation.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I recorded the new language arising and tracked the UK Government's announcements and messaging throughout the COVID pandemic. It testifies to incompetence, irresponsibility and evasion - by government and also by passive, complicit medical authorities: language-and-innovation.com/2020/05/21/c...
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2/ "The world is conspiring against us through international agreements that don’t serve the citizenry, helping out the occupier and its partners instead.”
Lebanon's international force doesn't stop constant Israeli bombing throughout the current ceasefire.
Lebanon's international force doesn't stop constant Israeli bombing throughout the current ceasefire.
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
2/ "The world is conspiring against us through international agreements that don’t serve the citizenry, helping out the occupier and its partners instead.”
Lebanon's international force doesn't stop constant Israeli bombing throughout the current ceasefire.
Lebanon's international force doesn't stop constant Israeli bombing throughout the current ceasefire.
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"In a vote of 13-0 with two abstentions, the very body created to prevent genocide formally handed control of Gaza’s survivors—including 10s of thousands of orphaned children—to the perpetrators of their annihilation." Israel wins all, Trump gets real estate.
bettbeat.substack.com/p/a-crime-of...
bettbeat.substack.com/p/a-crime-of...
A Crime of Historic Proportions: UN Hands Gaza to its Killers
Monday’s vote was not just a betrayal of Palestine—it was a declaration of war against every person who believes in human dignity. The Security Council has told us exactly who they are.
bettbeat.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"In a vote of 13-0 with two abstentions, the very body created to prevent genocide formally handed control of Gaza’s survivors—including 10s of thousands of orphaned children—to the perpetrators of their annihilation." Israel wins all, Trump gets real estate.
bettbeat.substack.com/p/a-crime-of...
bettbeat.substack.com/p/a-crime-of...
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Well done that student. I hope this rebellion spreads. University managements are hell-bent on stripping out experts to save money, and students deserve better. However awful my lectures are, they’re 100% organic. www.theguardian.com/technology/v...
Staffordshire student confronts lecturer for using AI-generated slides – video
Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel 'robbed of knowledge and enjoyment' after their turned out to be taught in large part by AI
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Well done that student. I hope this rebellion spreads. University managements are hell-bent on stripping out experts to save money, and students deserve better. However awful my lectures are, they’re 100% organic. www.theguardian.com/technology/v...
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Today's poet is Diane Seuss
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Today's poet is Diane Seuss
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Oooo! Come and celebrate NPF's 10th year!
🙌🏾💚 This weekend I am in sunny Nottingham for a BIG gig sharing the stage with my poetry family, Henry Normal, Joelle Taylor and Lemn Sissay! What a line up! Grab ticket’s now, it’s gonna be a glorious evening, Saturday night, Nottingham Poetry Festival - nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/events/notti...
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Oooo! Come and celebrate NPF's 10th year!
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Stop filling me with festive cheer, I may become human 💘😭💘
I was very excited to recommend “A Good Year” by the wonderful @polisloizou.bsky.social for the Christmas meeting of my local LGBTQ+ book club. I was so excited in fact I’ve finished it almost a month early. Highly recommended, especially if you love folklore and superstition.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
👹🎄🤰👬🇨🇾
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
👹🎄🤰👬🇨🇾
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Stop filling me with festive cheer, I may become human 💘😭💘
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It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
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Interesting take. I assumed Trump would tamper with or destroy documents. But it’s entirely possible advisers may have persuaded him not to because it could land him in jail.
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Interesting take. I assumed Trump would tamper with or destroy documents. But it’s entirely possible advisers may have persuaded him not to because it could land him in jail.
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Kyle Rittenhouse got run out of PA last week, and I’m sad I missed it. 😂
atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/17/r...
atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/17/r...
'Absolutely Disgusting': Kyle Rittenhouse Appearance Derails After Angry Locals Raise Hell
"Outrage Erupts: Kyle Rittenhouse's Appearance Sparks Chaos at GOP Rally, Leading to Sudden Shutdown. Details Inside."
atlantablackstar.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Kyle Rittenhouse got run out of PA last week, and I’m sad I missed it. 😂
atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/17/r...
atlantablackstar.com/2025/11/17/r...
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View of Radcliffe Observatory (based on the Tower of the Winds in Athens) from the new Schwarzman Centre library today:
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
View of Radcliffe Observatory (based on the Tower of the Winds in Athens) from the new Schwarzman Centre library today:
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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This motherfucker actually said he wasn’t with Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell all of the time. Pictures tell a much different story.
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This motherfucker actually said he wasn’t with Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell all of the time. Pictures tell a much different story.
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If, only everyone agreed !
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If, only everyone agreed !
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The stakes are too high to wait: we need to impeach Trump now.
I’ll be speaking at the Remove the Regime rally in Washington, DC this Saturday. I hope to see you there!
@flareusa.bsky.social @removalcoalition.bsky.social
I’ll be speaking at the Remove the Regime rally in Washington, DC this Saturday. I hope to see you there!
@flareusa.bsky.social @removalcoalition.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The stakes are too high to wait: we need to impeach Trump now.
I’ll be speaking at the Remove the Regime rally in Washington, DC this Saturday. I hope to see you there!
@flareusa.bsky.social @removalcoalition.bsky.social
I’ll be speaking at the Remove the Regime rally in Washington, DC this Saturday. I hope to see you there!
@flareusa.bsky.social @removalcoalition.bsky.social