The older I get, the more certain I am that the real meaning of existence is love for life. That is, love for the natural world, all of humanity, and advancing coexistence based on true justice, rights, and respect. 🌍

I spent way too long this weekend correlating 81 census variables with local election results, so you don't have to. Enjoy! datawrapper.dwcdn.net/QQQ3D/7/

Local elections 2026: aggregate-level correlations | Created with Datawrapper

Pearson correlation coefficients between aggregate-level census data and the 2026 local election vote share and swing for each party, for the electoral ward or County Electoral District.

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Increasingly I feel that what once was considered the political mainstream in the U.K. has completely lost its moral compass. When did the question about concentration camps and mass deportations become one of practical feasibility?

I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives: www.404media.co/teachers-are...

Teachers Are Not OK

AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."

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So true. For UK H&S regs too. Every time some idiot trots out the nauseating "Health and Safety gone mad" I respond with "All H&S laws are the result of some mother begging a court to stop the same thing happening to another mother's son". (All other genders too of course) @ewangibbs.bsky.social

Hey hey, there's a funded PhD place going at the Institute for Transport Studies at Leeds - spread the word phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2165...

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou @imcdermott.bsky.social @drdon.bsky.social @francescagains.bsky.social @kreissl.bsky.social @surin75.bsky.social @drpmanc110.bsky.social @mwjtweet.bsky.social

KLAXON 🚨: Indie SAGE has come out of retirement to release a new short report standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the sciences! DEI is not just the right thing to do, it *improves* the quality of the science. Please read and share. independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2

Tariff-free joy flows from Canada to the world—receive this heartfelt and positive export from the land of resilience and love. 🍁🧡 (and forward the positive vibes)

A reminder that deregulation is hard - not just because of entrenched interests - but because regulation serves a purpose. The childish cut the red tape excitement does not even realise this. What does that mean? /1

Take time to be kind to others & yourself. You never know what someone else is carrying & a little kindness can make a big difference. @drdon.bsky.social @imcdermott.bsky.social @francescagains.bsky.social @mhoraggoff.bsky.social @neuro-observant.bsky.social @surin75.bsky.social @kreissl.bsky.social

Create the Ripple@createtheripple.bsky.social · last yr.

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Take the time to be kind - to others and to yourself. You never know what someone else is carrying, and a little kindness can make all the difference. 🧡 #kindness

1. Quick 🧵 on the change to policy that, on the face of it, bans refugees from ever acquiring British citizenship. @sonial77.bsky.social has published a short article on Free Movement: freemovement.org.uk/good-charact... And I've done a follow up on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...

New change to Home Office policy permanently blocks refugees from citizenship

Change is bad in principle and breaches the Refugee Convention

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"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster." - Friedrich Nietzsche

"The more we view ourselves as self-made and self-sufficient, the less likely we are to care for the fate of those less fortunate than ourselves." - Michael Sandel

New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹 Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state? We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

Wow! What would happen if they all said no? Need more recognition & support for ALL carers. @drdon.bsky.social @drpmanc110.bsky.social @surin75.bsky.social @profdonnahall.bsky.social @benwealthy.bsky.social @lukemunford.bsky.social

Health Equity North@healthequitynorth.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today is #CarersRightsDay – our #WomanoftheNorth report released this year shows that northern women contribute £10bn of unpaid care to the UK economy each year. This is £2bn a year more than if they provided the national average of unpaid care. www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/vast-inequal...