Eden
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apparently I should write about what I will post about but I don't know what I will post about yet
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Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
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tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
January 29, 2026 at 6:41 PM
tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
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📢 JOB ALERT! Postdoc opportunity in Political Behaviour & Political Economy (UKRI‑funded) - Please do share with anyone who might be a great fit. If you’re interested or would like to know more, please feel free to get in touch!! jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Quantitative Political Behaviour and Political Economy:Whiteknights Reading UK
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on 22nd February 2026
jobs.reading.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
📢 JOB ALERT! Postdoc opportunity in Political Behaviour & Political Economy (UKRI‑funded) - Please do share with anyone who might be a great fit. If you’re interested or would like to know more, please feel free to get in touch!! jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
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For those who say there are only two genders, tell that to the Gallup researchers who coded respondents: “Man”, “Woman: Housewife” and “Woman: Not housewife”.
For the historical polling nerds out there, an article about our project with @ropercenter.bsky.social that digitised ~800 surveys by Gallup poll in Britain between 1955 and 1991 has been published in JEPOP. The merged dataset contains over three-quarters of a million respondents.
Revealing long-term trajectories of public opinion and polling in Britain: a new resource of historical data from the Gallup Poll in Britain, 1955–1991
From the 1930s to early 2000s, the British affiliate and later subsidiary of the Gallup Organization conducted around three thousand surveys of public opinion in Great Britain. While the records of...
www.tandfonline.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
For those who say there are only two genders, tell that to the Gallup researchers who coded respondents: “Man”, “Woman: Housewife” and “Woman: Not housewife”.
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The Cement & Concrete Association: diligent chroniclers of the UK’s post-WW2 infrastructure projects, always in shades of blue and grey!
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Cement & Concrete Association: diligent chroniclers of the UK’s post-WW2 infrastructure projects, always in shades of blue and grey!
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GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
We just finished watching House of Guinness on Netflix and loved it.
Any other recommendations for dark autumn nights on Netflix, BBC, or Channel 4, new or old? Love period things but doesn't have to be!
(And if you haven't seen it, check out House of Guinness!)
Any other recommendations for dark autumn nights on Netflix, BBC, or Channel 4, new or old? Love period things but doesn't have to be!
(And if you haven't seen it, check out House of Guinness!)
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We just finished watching House of Guinness on Netflix and loved it.
Any other recommendations for dark autumn nights on Netflix, BBC, or Channel 4, new or old? Love period things but doesn't have to be!
(And if you haven't seen it, check out House of Guinness!)
Any other recommendations for dark autumn nights on Netflix, BBC, or Channel 4, new or old? Love period things but doesn't have to be!
(And if you haven't seen it, check out House of Guinness!)
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Well, there are some interesting details in this…
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Well, there are some interesting details in this…
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Give America Plagues Again
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Give America Plagues Again
Just read an article aimed at US readers about culinary devices that will transform their kitchen and one of them is a British kettle (for $150) and another is 'French' tea towels
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
10 international kitchen staples most Americans haven’t caught on to yet
From French tea towels to Japanese knives, these international kitchen finds will make you ask: ‘Why don’t we have that?’
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just read an article aimed at US readers about culinary devices that will transform their kitchen and one of them is a British kettle (for $150) and another is 'French' tea towels
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
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This is a "recommended" tweet pushed to a (very much not-Nazi) contact's iPhone lockscreen last week.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
October 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is a "recommended" tweet pushed to a (very much not-Nazi) contact's iPhone lockscreen last week.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
These two are very different things with quite different consequences!
FWIW people are currently more likely to believe the moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA than the claims on paracetamol. Though of course trajectory of debates could shape these figures.
October 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
These two are very different things with quite different consequences!
Okay but 13% is incredibly and dangerously high...
🆕 The US debate about taking paracetamol in pregnancy does not appear to be shaping opinions here in the UK. Just 13% of Britons say they think it is either generally or completely unsafe to take paracetamol during pregnancy.
October 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Okay but 13% is incredibly and dangerously high...
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Remarkably concise + accurate this time explanation from Grok!
September 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Remarkably concise + accurate this time explanation from Grok!
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First I heard about it was when welders came home saying ‘there’s people painting white crosses on black people’s doors on our street’.
Fucking disgusting. That’s what it is. And that’s what politicians need to call it
Fucking disgusting. That’s what it is. And that’s what politicians need to call it
September 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
First I heard about it was when welders came home saying ‘there’s people painting white crosses on black people’s doors on our street’.
Fucking disgusting. That’s what it is. And that’s what politicians need to call it
Fucking disgusting. That’s what it is. And that’s what politicians need to call it
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Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
September 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
Just seen a cat with so many bells on its collar that it looked like it had a tambourine round its neck.
September 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Just seen a cat with so many bells on its collar that it looked like it had a tambourine round its neck.
I have been rudely CANCELLED for failing my iron test.
I would LOVE it if to make up for me not being able to donate this time round you would consider donating in my place.
I would LOVE it if to make up for me not being able to donate this time round you would consider donating in my place.
August 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I have been rudely CANCELLED for failing my iron test.
I would LOVE it if to make up for me not being able to donate this time round you would consider donating in my place.
I would LOVE it if to make up for me not being able to donate this time round you would consider donating in my place.
Did 1500 steps in my own kitchen today.
July 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Did 1500 steps in my own kitchen today.
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“I'm only asking for a piece of bread... that's all," a 17-year-old boy at al-Shifa hospital tells the BBC, as food security body the IPC warns more than 1.5 million Gazans are at risk of severe malnutrition/ starvation.
Nearly 500,000 are considered to be facing “catastrophe.”
Nearly 500,000 are considered to be facing “catastrophe.”
July 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“I'm only asking for a piece of bread... that's all," a 17-year-old boy at al-Shifa hospital tells the BBC, as food security body the IPC warns more than 1.5 million Gazans are at risk of severe malnutrition/ starvation.
Nearly 500,000 are considered to be facing “catastrophe.”
Nearly 500,000 are considered to be facing “catastrophe.”
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"“I had a one-star rating for a book that hadn’t even been seen by my copy editor. When I raised it with Goodreads they wouldn’t interfere as they said the reviewer had a perfect right to predict if they’d enjoy it or not..."
Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated
Authors are being hit by negative reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated, with the review site allegedly failing to remove reviews.
www.thebookseller.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"“I had a one-star rating for a book that hadn’t even been seen by my copy editor. When I raised it with Goodreads they wouldn’t interfere as they said the reviewer had a perfect right to predict if they’d enjoy it or not..."
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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...