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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 1h

I agree, which is why choosing to reopen the economy in the autumn when infections were bound to rise was not prioritising them or education, instead it was prioritising people's value merely as economic units. Different choices could have been made.

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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 1h

What's even worse is if they'd prioritised things like education and the elderly over reopening the economy during the autumn, it's possible that schools might have been able to open (and Christmas might not have been cancelled!)

Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 3h

Gavin Williamson has described the decision to open, then close, primary schools on 4 January 2021 as “panicked”.

I would describe it as idiotic.

Boris Johnson gave parents 'false hope' over schools reopening, Gavin Williamson tells Covid inquiry

Watch as the former education secretary gives evidence at the inquiry, which is focusing on the impact of the pandemic on children and young people.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 3h

Gavin Williamson has described the decision to open, then close, primary schools on 4 January 2021 as “panicked”.

I would describe it as idiotic.

Boris Johnson gave parents 'false hope' over schools reopening, Gavin Williamson tells Covid inquiry

Watch as the former education secretary gives evidence at the inquiry, which is focusing on the impact of the pandemic on children and young people.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Douglas McAllister @douglasmcallister.bsky.social · 6h

The Prime Minister confirmed to me today that he raised the case of my constituent, Jagtar Singh Johal, arbitrarily detained in India for 8 years now, during his meeting with Prime Minister Modi in India.

It's time he is released immediately & returned home to his family in Dumbarton.

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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 10h

Very informative discussion with Gordon Brown and the leading child poverty charities yesterday about the urgent need to lift the 2-child benefit cap.

Doing so would lift half a million children out of poverty.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 11h

'The law seeks to strike a balance between harm, which includes disorder and our right to freedom of expression. And I think in this specific case, the appeal judges got it right.' @andrewcopson.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk

Full interview ⬇️

soundcloud.com/humanistsuk/...

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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks, I really appreciate that.

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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 12h

Great to join so many good colleagues from Birmingham & West Mids on Friday (my birthday!) for a lovely evening.

Big elections across the region in May. Members there want a strong voice, working full-time for them. I gave them my commitment.

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 14h

Forced to share pins, left open to fraud!

1 in 5 with mental health conditions risk financial abuse by sharing pins as banks don't offer carers cards, 3rd party notifications or controls. We want to change that. Full info www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10...

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Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 18h

Still looking for someone, haven't found a single person so far (that I can contact). I have a 46-episode script that I need translated. This would be a paid job!

Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 11d

Completely unrelated to my 2am doomposting but does anyone know an English to Japanese translator, ideally with experience in screenplays?

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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 22h

cw baby loss

Just left the House after a late running debate on baby loss. Just want to let other people who have suffered a loss know that they have champions in Parliament.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 14h

The ancient ones performed feats of memory, as their culture required them to commit long strings of numbers to their mind palaces.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 21h

I annoyingly forgot about this when I got home after midnight and went on autopilot to make noodles 🤦🏼‍♀️

Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 2d

A productive afternoon before the heads-down parliamentary slog towards Christmas.

On a kitchen side sits a veggie lasagne, a bowl of roasted squash, a bowl and cous cous salad and a little bowl of veg.

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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 22h

cw baby loss

Just left the House after a late running debate on baby loss. Just want to let other people who have suffered a loss know that they have champions in Parliament.

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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 1d

Step 1: prove that people eat a little bit more food when it tastes better.

Step 2: reword "tastes better" to "Ultra-processed".

Step 3: published in Cell Metabolism.

Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 1d

This may be the worst nutrition trial I've ever seen.

Subjects got a minimally processed diet or an ultra-processed diet, ostensibly to test the effect of processing.

But the UPF diet was higher in sat fat, sugar, refined grains, & lower in fiber.

What happened?
www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Another one falls in Kent.

Reform has suspended county councillor Robert Ford after a complaint was made about him by 'several female members of staff.'

The party said that Cllr Ford refused to engage with the complaints process, so he has had the whip removed pending a disciplinary process.

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QED @qedcon.org · 1d

While in-person tickets to this final QED are now sold out, all of our content from the main stage, panel room and live podcast room will be available via an online streaming ticket - pick up yours today at qedcon.org.

QED | A weekend of science, reason, and critical thinking | 25th-26th October 2025, Manchester UK

QED is the UKʼs largest skepticism and pop-science conference, taking place in the Mercure Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester on 25th-26th October 2025.

qedcon.org

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QED @qedcon.org · 1d

Two more QED 2025 panels announced:

The Fat of the Matter: Health Claims, Human Costs with Alice Howarth, Asher Larmie, Maeve Hanan and Angela Meadows.

And From Autocomplete to Apex Intelligence with Rick Owen, Ciaran Talbot and Mark Johnson.

qedcon.org/news/2025/tw...

A graphic with the panel title: The Fat of the Matter: Health Claims, Human Costs.

A graphic with the panel title: From Autocomplete to Apex Intelligence

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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 1d

I won’t waste a day as Deputy Leader getting to work on the elections next year. I won’t write off any councillors or Councils and will support Scotland and Wales.

Our communities deserve it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Lucy Powell calls on Labour not to ‘write off’ May local elections

Deputy leadership favourite says budget can revive party’s appeal, while Bridget Phillipson pitches to channel grassroots views to cabinet

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic news. The UK Armed Forces has sworn in its first-ever non-religious pastoral carer, a groundbreaking appointment making possible full inclusion and equality for all who serve. Well done Neil!

First-ever humanist pastoral carer in the UK Armed Forces

The UK Armed Forces has sworn in its first-ever non-religious pastoral carer. Dr Neil Weddell has been appointed a ‘chaplain’ in the Army and started in the role on 23 June, has already helped many pe...

humanists.uk

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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much for your support @metromayorsteve.bsky.social

“We need a very strong woman and she’s nobody’s fool”!

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Jim McMahon MP @jimmcmahon.co.uk · 1d

From Brighton to Bury - two respected local government leaders making a powerful case for @lucympowell.bsky.social for the next Labour Deputy Leader 👇🌹

LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 4d

"If we are to reshape out political strategy so it responds to the perspectives we hear on the doorstep, we need a deputy leader that has the time to make this task her singular focus"

Labour council leaders Bella Sankey and Eamonn O'Brien on why they are backing Lucy Powell

‘Labour must reconnect with its base – that’s why we’re backing Lucy Powell’ – LabourList

We are leaders of two Labour councils, from very different parts of the country but both on the frontline of the electoral battles Labour will…

labourlist.org

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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @monicalennon.bsky.social for your support in your Sunday Mail column this weekend. I really appreciate it.

“I’d love Lucy to step into Angela’s shoes” Read why Monica is backing me 👇🏻

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 7d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 1d

It's Thatcher's centenary so why not learn more about who she was, why she did what she did, which myths don't hold up and what Thatcherism actually was. With @iandunt.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/t...

Thatcherism – Part One – Birth of a Notion

Podcast Episode · Origin Story · 02/04/2025 · 1h 26m

podcasts.apple.com

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