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unrecovered academic https://fullick.net ~ science educator & writer ~ habitual techie ~ InSECT Project team member (UCL) https://insect-project.org - working to restore trust in science, bolster democracy and counter the erosion of truth 🧪 ✊
Meeting of Science, Innovation and Technology Committee live on Parliament TV now, with evidence on "Should social media be banned for children under 16?":
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Wow!
Yh, that's not a good look - particularly the last two paragraphs.
Totally confused by this.
Coffee prices are falling - sounds like good news, right? But spare a thought for the small growers. ☕️
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Measles cases continue to rise in North London - total now 71.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Aww! 🤩
Pleased to find that Google is celebrating International Women's Day with a Doodle celebrating women's contributions to STEM! 🧪
doodles.google/doodle/inter...
Excellent analysis.
His lack of scientific background is one of several concerning aspects of his candidacy.
A clear “NO” on confirmation.
More like unbelievable...
RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies are "unreviewable," DOJ lawyer tells judge
arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
Even more shoutouts to be made: Science is a collective endeavor of a bunch of curious people pulling weird threads and muddling around in the dark.
Svetlana Mojsov, chemist extraordinaire for replicating this weird lizard hormone. #ChemSky 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
Sagan had a very considerable brain. The present incumbent of the White House, on the other hand ...
During the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill, MP after MP got up to point out what's missing from it: fixing the voting system.
The problems with FPTP can no longer be ignored - and neither can the growing calls for PR. 📣
Here are just a few highlights:
Do YOUR representatives engage in discussions like this in their chamber? There’s a reason why Singapore ranks first in PISA assessments.
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Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock
Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.
With 🌞 and clear skies, looking forward to a spectacular sunset this evening!
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
It was thanks to this article I found out that the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health (Emerita) at New York University is Marion Nestle - who is completely unrelated to the food company Nestlé. Had to stop and check this halfway through the article.
"All watched over by machines of loving grace" - not quite what Richard Brautigan had in mind.
Equality and the protection of rights is not a zero sum gain. In fact, everyone gains.
As I said in response to a post on a different topic yesterday - in capitalsim everything has a price. The protection of human lives is too expensive for the chemical industry. Which is why regulation is needed. And that's the job of governments - responsible ones, anyway.
Right-wing press seem very concerned that the UK is not "unquestionably subservient to a mad American president".
Strange - thought they were all for us 'taking back control'.
That's patriotism for you.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Science IRL is not as it's taught in schools and as presented in popular media - with scientists finding out about what's happening in their field by reading peer reviewed papers and nothing else. The social processes involved in making scientific truth have to be understood.
"The scientists launched the independent autism advisory panel to counter what they see as the politicization of research by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr."
Scientists create autism panel, citing RFK Jr.’s politicization of research
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
The antidote to the incessant propaganda wheel (WH & the likes of Kennedy et al.) is to form your own damn independent advisory group.
The Independent Autism Coordinating Committee (I-ACC) includes autism researchers, also 2 former NIH directors who study autism for a living.
🧪 archive.today/OQ6Ch
Got it in one! 👍
Doing well in school science 🧪 is strongly associated with later higher performance in subjects like English and history, and also has implications for a post-truth society.
theconversation.com/why-science-...
Now where else do we see this going on RIGHT NOW?!
Disgraceful judgement.
