Alison Booth
@alidancer.bsky.social
Student of Luigi Pirandello & Eugene Ionesco. Fairy manquée. Dance, Shotokan, opera, rabbit & cheese lover. Linguist. Gardener. Book hoarder. Volunteer Clonter Opera. European
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Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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“Quanto più già si sa, tanto più bisogna ancora imparare. Con il sapere cresce nello stesso grado il non sapere, o meglio il sapere del non sapere.”
Ricordando Friedrich Schiller, nato il #10novembre 1759.
Ricordando Friedrich Schiller, nato il #10novembre 1759.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“Quanto più già si sa, tanto più bisogna ancora imparare. Con il sapere cresce nello stesso grado il non sapere, o meglio il sapere del non sapere.”
Ricordando Friedrich Schiller, nato il #10novembre 1759.
Ricordando Friedrich Schiller, nato il #10novembre 1759.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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I’m old enough to remember when I got scolded on this here website by people who claimed a 3% false positive rate was good actually and well now it turns out to be an order of magnitude bigger! Still good guys?
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I’m old enough to remember when I got scolded on this here website by people who claimed a 3% false positive rate was good actually and well now it turns out to be an order of magnitude bigger! Still good guys?
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: The future of languages in a multilingual Britain www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/09/w...
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
New Post: WEEKEND READING: The future of languages in a multilingual Britain www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/09/w...
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Shocking. It defies all sensibility. Water should not be privatised.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Shocking. It defies all sensibility. Water should not be privatised.
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Instead, the private water companies have sold about loads of reservoirs all in the name of profits.
They have no interest in investing in water infrastructure, they just want to squeeze customers for all they can.
They have no interest in investing in water infrastructure, they just want to squeeze customers for all they can.
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Instead, the private water companies have sold about loads of reservoirs all in the name of profits.
They have no interest in investing in water infrastructure, they just want to squeeze customers for all they can.
They have no interest in investing in water infrastructure, they just want to squeeze customers for all they can.
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Very Interesting on why the convoluted border in Ireland remains way it is; how both Ireland & UK joining SM together in 1993 resolved all these issues *forever*
& why Brexit would've brought it all (resurrected BPs & limited crossings) back, so resulting in the NIP share.google/0MAcmxTDpHHD...
& why Brexit would've brought it all (resurrected BPs & limited crossings) back, so resulting in the NIP share.google/0MAcmxTDpHHD...
How a plan to redraw the Irish border fell apart
In the early years of partition, the exact line the border took was still very much up for debate.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Very Interesting on why the convoluted border in Ireland remains way it is; how both Ireland & UK joining SM together in 1993 resolved all these issues *forever*
& why Brexit would've brought it all (resurrected BPs & limited crossings) back, so resulting in the NIP share.google/0MAcmxTDpHHD...
& why Brexit would've brought it all (resurrected BPs & limited crossings) back, so resulting in the NIP share.google/0MAcmxTDpHHD...
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One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
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🚸 Sunday School: Trillion Dollan Manbaby 🏫
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: Trillion Dollar Manbaby
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 09/11/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🚸 Sunday School: Trillion Dollan Manbaby 🏫
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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Dear Walmart,
Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company — instead of simply having a ‘cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST…
— America
Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company — instead of simply having a ‘cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST…
— America
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Dear Walmart,
Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company — instead of simply having a ‘cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST…
— America
Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company — instead of simply having a ‘cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST…
— America
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In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
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🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
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Denmark to ban social media for children under 15
Denmark to ban social media for children under 15 – DW – 11/07/2025
Most parties in the Danish parliament said they support implementing a 15-year-old minimum age requirement for social media. It is not yet known which social media platforms will be affected.
www.dw.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Denmark to ban social media for children under 15
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Even our parliament knows Musk is yet another Kremlin stooge, willingly or otherwise, makes no tangible difference.
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report.
Musk has used thousands of replies and quote-tweets to massively boost the audiences of pro-Russian accounts on X.
He is working with Putin to destroy democracy.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
Musk has used thousands of replies and quote-tweets to massively boost the audiences of pro-Russian accounts on X.
He is working with Putin to destroy democracy.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Even our parliament knows Musk is yet another Kremlin stooge, willingly or otherwise, makes no tangible difference.
For shame!
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
For shame!
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
So mild in November that next Spring's Narcissi are already flowering!
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
So mild in November that next Spring's Narcissi are already flowering!
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
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Paging Bridget Phillipson!
Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday.
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Paging Bridget Phillipson!
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🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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The Motability scheme is a lifeline for some disabled people like me but I hope you never need it | Lizzie Jones
The Motability scheme is not “low-hanging fruit” for public service cuts
The Motability scheme is a lifeline for some disabled people like me but I hope you never need it
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The Motability scheme is a lifeline for some disabled people like me but I hope you never need it | Lizzie Jones
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@kingsmusic.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social is delighted to be hosting the annual conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, 9–12 April 2026, on the theme Ethnomusicology and the Present.
Call for Papers below; deadline for proposals 24 Nov.
bfe.org.uk/conf/ethnomu...
Call for Papers below; deadline for proposals 24 Nov.
bfe.org.uk/conf/ethnomu...
Ethnomusicology and The Present | British Forum for Ethnomusicology
bfe.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
@kingsmusic.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social is delighted to be hosting the annual conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, 9–12 April 2026, on the theme Ethnomusicology and the Present.
Call for Papers below; deadline for proposals 24 Nov.
bfe.org.uk/conf/ethnomu...
Call for Papers below; deadline for proposals 24 Nov.
bfe.org.uk/conf/ethnomu...