It was great, Jenny. Thank you.

Thanks for the recommendation, Jo. I love a good organisation and/or notes tool that works how my brain does!
Will check it out.

So that’s what you two were up to in the Georgian Room library…?

It’s true! I made a radio show with my friend and fellow science communicator. You can listen to the pilot episode on Mixcloud and hear our second show live at 5pm on Tuesday 28th October.

Thanks Jenny. You were great to interview. Looking forward to your talk this coming Wednesday evening.

Last few tickets available

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It's a basic point, but one that needs to be repeated:

If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.

‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow

Glorious times in many ways. I was on the roof when Claremont Road finally fell and have fantastic photos from the protests.

Simply glorious

Israel Accuses Al Jazeera Of Being Mouthpiece For Journalism
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“Zuckerberg pumps Meta stock price” more like.

“Americans should be able to drink their water & breathe their air without being poisoned. & if they aren’t, then our government is failing,” said Amelia H., an environmental protection specialist at the EPA on admin leave.

Support her & brave #EPA employees here zurl.co/7A6RE

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🧪 In July's PubSci 🍺 blog I preview our event with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social on Weds 16th, share other science news and events, reflect on last month's talk, dip into the world of science poetry, and share an exclusive discount code for a talk this coming weekend.

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#OtD 16 Jun 1531 Henry VIII modified vagrancy laws which were key in creating the working class. People kicked off communal land who were not in wage labour were designated as vagabonds and were to be whipped, then mutilated, then executed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8796...

Fire! Glorious evening celebrating 200 years of science for the masses, with a spot of science in the pub. Thanks @pubsci.bsky.social as ever.

Henry VIII captivated by 500 million years of the universe trying to wipe Earth off the map. As were we. A cracking bit of cosmic snooker tonight with @pubsci.bsky.social.

Published posthumously in 2023, Pirate Enlightenment is a book by David Graeber.

The book combines a lot of David Graeber's research on anthropology, history and ideas around democracy.

Recommended to read next to a coffee and maybe a doughnut!

To Alaskans:

Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained.

They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N

I love the Amnesty Bookshop in Kentish Town - they have a battle ahead - please support and share if you can

Signed

Thank you to everyone who is helping get the word out about Normally Weird - seems the media has grown bored of this sort of stuff - Gina Rippon’s excellent Lost Girls of Autism has seen similar silence - thank you to The Psychologist

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The Trump admin has launched another assault on science, targeting over $30B of funding.

This is a wide-sweeping crisis - a direct assault on Congress, the law, AND public science.

This fight for science is just as much a fight for democracy. #StandUpForScience

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