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Writer: science, society, diversity, identity. Latest book: The Stories Old Towns Tell. Latest revised book: Dope Girls. No srach. marekkohn.info

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cool but what about the horse she rode in on?

06.03.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and to its enemies?

05.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Sign for Reykjavik Penis Museum, with shoreline in background and atmospheric clouds

Sign for Reykjavik Penis Museum, with shoreline in background and atmospheric clouds

it's clearly signposted

05.03.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/mare...

01.03.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Or whether sexual preferences were even the main factor. A different framing might have suggested social structures, e.g. females remaining in kin groups, males joining other groups. But no, it's always about 'trysts', because it's immediately turned into romantic fiction.

27.02.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

ha, thought we had the germ of a Pynchonesque alternate-history novel there but it was just clickbait 😭

27.02.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Neanderthals were human too! Including the ones on Jersey ;)

27.02.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Vladyslava Bondar, co-founder of Kupala Brighton, standing in front of I Want To Live, a touring sculpture created by the remembrance art charity Standing With Giants, at the ceremony held by local Ukrainian support group Stand for U to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The sculpture depicts a Ukrainian soldier leading his partner and child to safety, while he goes to defend their country.

Vladyslava Bondar, co-founder of Kupala Brighton, standing in front of I Want To Live, a touring sculpture created by the remembrance art charity Standing With Giants, at the ceremony held by local Ukrainian support group Stand for U to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The sculpture depicts a Ukrainian soldier leading his partner and child to safety, while he goes to defend their country.

Standing for Ukraine in Brighton

24.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bonus #DarwinDay content:

Six of the best grumpy Darwin quotes.

12.02.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 12

Thank you! I hope you get good luck and sound support!

11.02.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm very sorry to hear that. It was a lovely, very special lit fest, and I'm glad there was a Dornier available to ferry me to it a couple of years ago. Hope you can revive it when conditions improve.

11.02.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oof. Good luck with the author airlift 🀞

11.02.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Take the time to do this folks. The proposed changes to ILR are shocking and cruel, which is made abundantly clear in the text of the public consultation linked below. Please lend your voice to try to mitigate the cruelty.

05.02.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

done, at last! Thanks very much for posting and reminding.

10.02.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Saying 'spurn' when they mean 'squander' is the misplaced apostrophe of sports commentary.

09.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That elitism was also encapsulated in his idea that high-status scientists were the only people fit to talk about science, and the rest of us should be grateful to 'look over their shoulder'.

05.02.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo taken in an Amsterdam bar at 23.07 on 31.1.2020, 7 minutes after the UK left the EU. It shows a scarf with the EU stars arranged on a candle-lit table, with a poster from Brighton's (and my) Club Europ Express pro-European project, showing the slogan 'Because we're still European and always will be'.

A photo taken in an Amsterdam bar at 23.07 on 31.1.2020, 7 minutes after the UK left the EU. It shows a scarf with the EU stars arranged on a candle-lit table, with a poster from Brighton's (and my) Club Europ Express pro-European project, showing the slogan 'Because we're still European and always will be'.

We're just coming up to the 6th anniversary of Brexit, and to the time I imagined, nearly 20 years ago, that it would happen. For my 2010 book Turned Out Nice, about how climate change would shape the British Isles, Brexit was in 2026/7. The future arrived faster than I expected. (See Alt text)

30.01.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo taken in an Amsterdam bar at 23.07 on 31.1.2020, 7 minutes after the UK left the EU. It shows a scarf with the EU stars arranged on a candle-lit table, with a poster from Brighton's (and my) Club Europ Express pro-European project, showing the slogan 'Because we're still European and always will be'.

A photo taken in an Amsterdam bar at 23.07 on 31.1.2020, 7 minutes after the UK left the EU. It shows a scarf with the EU stars arranged on a candle-lit table, with a poster from Brighton's (and my) Club Europ Express pro-European project, showing the slogan 'Because we're still European and always will be'.

We're just coming up to the 6th anniversary of Brexit, and to the time I imagined, nearly 20 years ago, that it would happen. For my 2010 book Turned Out Nice, about how climate change would shape the British Isles, Brexit was in 2026/7. The future arrived faster than I expected. (See Alt text)

30.01.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also sounds almost exactly like Steve Earle, and no bad thing either.

28.01.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For β€˜doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

28.01.2026 07:18 πŸ‘ 3120 πŸ” 2202 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 144

And a lot to do with a Mitteleuropean city. Not to mention the rogue Austro-Hungarian submarine. He’s a great cosmopolitan humorist.

26.01.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and even with the survey, the why them? question still looms large!

13.01.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and I remember a brief chat about it, ca2000, with John Maynard Smith, who always relished an apparent anomaly as a potential source of hypotheses.

13.01.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Grr, homosexual behaviours weren't 'long dismissed by the scientific community as a "Darwinian paradox"'; they posed a theoretical challenge that stimulated scientific research, as this article itself demonstrates, and as science is supposed to do :/

13.01.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The ideological arc from Alan Sked to Roderick Spode

13.01.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
'For over sixty years, Bobby took to the road. A guitarist, vocalist, storyteller, and founding member of the Grateful Dead. Bobby will forever be a guiding force whose unique artistry reshaped American music. His work did more than fill rooms with music; it was warm sunlight that filled the soul, building a community, a language, and a feeling of family that generations of fans carry with them. Every chord he played, every word he sang was an integral part of the stories he wove. There was an invitation: to feel, to question, to wander, and to belong.' Tribute to Bob Weir, https://bobweir.net/bobby/

'For over sixty years, Bobby took to the road. A guitarist, vocalist, storyteller, and founding member of the Grateful Dead. Bobby will forever be a guiding force whose unique artistry reshaped American music. His work did more than fill rooms with music; it was warm sunlight that filled the soul, building a community, a language, and a feeling of family that generations of fans carry with them. Every chord he played, every word he sang was an integral part of the stories he wove. There was an invitation: to feel, to question, to wander, and to belong.' Tribute to Bob Weir, https://bobweir.net/bobby/

The family's words do glow with the gold of sunshine. bobweir.net/bobby/

11.01.2026 09:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Striking illustration of how eugenicist criteria are being extended from 'quality of offspring' to the quest for personal fulfilment. And thereby broadening their influence.

07.01.2026 10:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition: Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years We call on the UK Government to preserve the current 5-year route (ILR) for refugees and people with humanitarian protection.

British citizens and UK-based folks: please consider signing and sharing this petition:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

#RefugeesWelcome

29.12.2025 23:02 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
Screenshot of page saying access to Polish shelter map denied by firewall, in Polish, English and Ukrainian

Screenshot of page saying access to Polish shelter map denied by firewall, in Polish, English and Ukrainian

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22.12.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
What Russian mass attack feels like in Ukraine
What Russian mass attack feels like in Ukraine YouTube video by Kyiv Independent

A family's night-time routine in Kyiv; shelter at night, kindergarten in the morning. This β€ͺ@kyivindependent.com‬ video is thoughtful, respectful and eloquent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGEI...

21.12.2025 10:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0