Louise, Prof/Dr
@louiselocock.bsky.social
Mostly retired qualitative health services researcher, linguist, europhile, cat lover. Other animals welcome.
Mostly in Oxford, occasionally in Aberdeen
She/her
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-1930
Mostly in Oxford, occasionally in Aberdeen
She/her
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-1930
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Relatedly, if you're in academia and read an essay or article or book by a scholar that really impresses you, consider sending them an email to let them know. I think this is especially important to do for younger scholars, who may not have many other ways of getting positive feedback on their work
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Relatedly, if you're in academia and read an essay or article or book by a scholar that really impresses you, consider sending them an email to let them know. I think this is especially important to do for younger scholars, who may not have many other ways of getting positive feedback on their work
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Small sums for very wealthy people and about 150,000 homes are worth over £2 million so that's hundreds of millions for the exchequer.
But bear this in mind - King Charles won't pay a penny on his many homes which are mostly worth far more than that.
But bear this in mind - King Charles won't pay a penny on his many homes which are mostly worth far more than that.
what’s not to like? nice one Rachel Reeves for introducing the mansion tax ensuring the super-rich pay their way just like the rest of us 🙏💥
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Small sums for very wealthy people and about 150,000 homes are worth over £2 million so that's hundreds of millions for the exchequer.
But bear this in mind - King Charles won't pay a penny on his many homes which are mostly worth far more than that.
But bear this in mind - King Charles won't pay a penny on his many homes which are mostly worth far more than that.
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I'll tell you what's going to be a massive problem if it isn't already: the fact that as a person sending a message, document or email you will never know whether the recipient is responding to an AI summary or actually read what you sent.
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'll tell you what's going to be a massive problem if it isn't already: the fact that as a person sending a message, document or email you will never know whether the recipient is responding to an AI summary or actually read what you sent.
I can't even begin to watch the videos. Poor mother seal.
this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
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Why Won’t Nora The Leopard Seal Abandon Her Dead Pups? | Defector
In the fall of 2021, Renato Borras-Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was on a research expedition to a glacial f...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I can't even begin to watch the videos. Poor mother seal.
This. Just do it while you have the numbers to get PR through, along with the 16-18 year olds getting the vote.
Glad you support it too 😊 Legally PR doesn’t need a referendum. Just a brave government making a long overdue change.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This. Just do it while you have the numbers to get PR through, along with the 16-18 year olds getting the vote.
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We are moving inexorably to the end point of electoral chaos - five parties all tied on 19% in the polls, election to be decided by blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We are moving inexorably to the end point of electoral chaos - five parties all tied on 19% in the polls, election to be decided by blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map
Nobody should go hungry in Oxford this winter. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/nobody-sho...
Nobody should go hungry in Oxford this winter.
Ensure nobody goes hungry this christmas. Emergency food requests are surging this winter: we need your help to feed our neighbours in need.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Nobody should go hungry in Oxford this winter. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/nobody-sho...
One year in our street we had a sudden mass of migrating froglets. Fortunately we're a no through road so not too many were squashed, and it was an amazing sight. But it has hasn't happened again since 🐸
Local volunteers help escort the frogs and toads to their breeding pond, sometimes with as many as 60 per night captured in buckets and moved to the reserve. On average 10,000 amphibians are found dead on roads across Britain in breeding season. www.froglife.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One year in our street we had a sudden mass of migrating froglets. Fortunately we're a no through road so not too many were squashed, and it was an amazing sight. But it has hasn't happened again since 🐸
Ah, go on, leave him out in the cold to freeze 😆
Rachel Reeves: “We are freezing Russian assets and let me be clear I don’t actually mean the honorable member for Clacton.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ah, go on, leave him out in the cold to freeze 😆
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This is something that really bothers me in so much talk about benefits including from some policy wonks.
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is something that really bothers me in so much talk about benefits including from some policy wonks.
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
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“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
Exactly. Getting Reform to investigate themselves is like asking Michelle Mone if she and her husband did anything wrong and accepting her answer
The Prime Minister just told me any party leader should want to get to the bottom of this Russian bribery scandal with Reform.
He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?
He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Exactly. Getting Reform to investigate themselves is like asking Michelle Mone if she and her husband did anything wrong and accepting her answer
Pope Leo must be getting something right
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo must be getting something right
Please @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social @bradtbaines.bsky.social take action. These people are making no secret of their continued unlawful activity putting up flags in the night. This is not acceptable.
I deleted the thumbnail so as not to share their jingoistic pictures www.facebook.com/groups/12594...
I deleted the thumbnail so as not to share their jingoistic pictures www.facebook.com/groups/12594...
Come on @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social. We're better than this. A) these flags are very distracting when driving. But b) we all know the intention behind them is to indicate hostility to immigrants, which threatens their safety and wellbeing. As a sanctuary county, please take them down asap.
I have passed these reports on.
The County Council have decided to only remove flyposted flags where they pose a health and safety risk. Will see what they come back with.
The County Council have decided to only remove flyposted flags where they pose a health and safety risk. Will see what they come back with.
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Please @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social @bradtbaines.bsky.social take action. These people are making no secret of their continued unlawful activity putting up flags in the night. This is not acceptable.
I deleted the thumbnail so as not to share their jingoistic pictures www.facebook.com/groups/12594...
I deleted the thumbnail so as not to share their jingoistic pictures www.facebook.com/groups/12594...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
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November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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The issue is not, of course, whether Farage is racist. The evidence there is plain to see. The issue is that we have a press and national broadcaster who will not call a spade a spade and seek to indulge Farage whenever they are able.
new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The issue is not, of course, whether Farage is racist. The evidence there is plain to see. The issue is that we have a press and national broadcaster who will not call a spade a spade and seek to indulge Farage whenever they are able.
The ridiculous claim that if you don't want one of these flags outside your home you can 'report it to the council' - who will do nothing. But if you take it down it's theft. So are they going to report the theft and thus admit they put up something they own without council permission?
Rip them down everytime!.
Take them off, I am sick of this racist bullshit.
They don't even have permission to put them up and no they are not getting donations, the far right fuckers behind this behaviour are the one that are donating and funding it.
The councils have no balls!
Rip them down.
Take them off, I am sick of this racist bullshit.
They don't even have permission to put them up and no they are not getting donations, the far right fuckers behind this behaviour are the one that are donating and funding it.
The councils have no balls!
Rip them down.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The ridiculous claim that if you don't want one of these flags outside your home you can 'report it to the council' - who will do nothing. But if you take it down it's theft. So are they going to report the theft and thus admit they put up something they own without council permission?
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Rip them down everytime!.
Take them off, I am sick of this racist bullshit.
They don't even have permission to put them up and no they are not getting donations, the far right fuckers behind this behaviour are the one that are donating and funding it.
The councils have no balls!
Rip them down.
Take them off, I am sick of this racist bullshit.
They don't even have permission to put them up and no they are not getting donations, the far right fuckers behind this behaviour are the one that are donating and funding it.
The councils have no balls!
Rip them down.
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Rip them down everytime!.
Take them off, I am sick of this racist bullshit.
They don't even have permission to put them up and no they are not getting donations, the far right fuckers behind this behaviour are the one that are donating and funding it.
The councils have no balls!
Rip them down.
Take them off, I am sick of this racist bullshit.
They don't even have permission to put them up and no they are not getting donations, the far right fuckers behind this behaviour are the one that are donating and funding it.
The councils have no balls!
Rip them down.
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Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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How to legitimise invading a smaller country with a smaller army. Bad news for Ukraine, Taiwan, Gaza, Greenland, Panama and Venezuela.
Q: You're not worried that Witkoff is too pro-Russian?
TRUMP: Look, ahh -- this war could go on for years. Russia has got a lot more people. A lot more soldiers. So I think if Ukraine can make a deal it's a good thing.
TRUMP: Look, ahh -- this war could go on for years. Russia has got a lot more people. A lot more soldiers. So I think if Ukraine can make a deal it's a good thing.
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
How to legitimise invading a smaller country with a smaller army. Bad news for Ukraine, Taiwan, Gaza, Greenland, Panama and Venezuela.
Farage's teachers knew
Nigel Farage has been a lifelong racist. He's been a racist since his school days. David Lammy was forced to apologise for saying Farage flirted with the Hitler Youth - but what do you call it when someone sings Hitler Youth songs? Read Chloe Deakin's letter on Farage's fascism and racism at school.
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Farage's teachers knew
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A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
I despair. Continuing to get all the juicy rewards and honours despite everything he's done - especially the mendacious Vote Leave campaign which has left us in such a deep financial hole.
The former Conservative Levelling Up Secretary and now editor of the Spectator, Michael Gove, has been selected as a judge for the 2026 Orwell Prize awards, despite his record of dodging media scrutiny and allegations of ‘stifling’ critical journalists
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I despair. Continuing to get all the juicy rewards and honours despite everything he's done - especially the mendacious Vote Leave campaign which has left us in such a deep financial hole.