Sandy Leaton Gray
@drleatongray.bsky.social
Professor of Education Futures at UCL. Personal account, posts represent my own opinions and not those of my institution.
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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"Excluding pregnant women from randomized research does not prevent them from needing or taking untested medications; it just prevents researchers from learning efficiently when they do."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Why It Is Unethical Not to Conduct Randomized Trials in Pregnancy
This Viewpoint discusses the need to develop systematic review processes for medications during pregnancy, including routine randomized clinical trials (RCTs), rather than relying on observational stu...
jamanetwork.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"Excluding pregnant women from randomized research does not prevent them from needing or taking untested medications; it just prevents researchers from learning efficiently when they do."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
In the 1940s, it was perhaps possible for citizens to argue that they didn’t know what was really going on in detention facilities. In the 2020s, that argument no longer holds. It’s obvious to all.
Human dignity should be inviolable.
Human dignity should be inviolable.
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 AM
In the 1940s, it was perhaps possible for citizens to argue that they didn’t know what was really going on in detention facilities. In the 2020s, that argument no longer holds. It’s obvious to all.
Human dignity should be inviolable.
Human dignity should be inviolable.
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Bad Bunny “together we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Bad Bunny “together we are America”
I mean the political message wasn’t actually hidden even if you spoke no Spanish 😂
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 AM
I mean the political message wasn’t actually hidden even if you spoke no Spanish 😂
It looked great fun. Big shout out to the linesmen doing their electricity dance, which I felt had a great industrial energy like London 2012. Female dancers were like the Bolshoi of the Bum-Bum dance world, their choreography was spot on. Loved the whole performance.
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 AM
It looked great fun. Big shout out to the linesmen doing their electricity dance, which I felt had a great industrial energy like London 2012. Female dancers were like the Bolshoi of the Bum-Bum dance world, their choreography was spot on. Loved the whole performance.
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Daphne Jackson #Nuclear #physicist & 1st UK female physics professor. "Imagine a society that would allow Marie Curie to stack shelves in a supermarket simply because she took a career break for family reasons". @wes1919.bsky.social President d #OTD 8 Feb 1991 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_...
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Daphne Jackson #Nuclear #physicist & 1st UK female physics professor. "Imagine a society that would allow Marie Curie to stack shelves in a supermarket simply because she took a career break for family reasons". @wes1919.bsky.social President d #OTD 8 Feb 1991 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_...
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At least 30 scientists, including famous paleontologist Jack Horner and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, have been named in the Epstein files so far. Once again proving that shitty men think with the wrong head no matter how smart they are.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known
Latest batch of documents show researchers consulting the financier and sex offender on publications, visas and more.
www.nature.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
At least 30 scientists, including famous paleontologist Jack Horner and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, have been named in the Epstein files so far. Once again proving that shitty men think with the wrong head no matter how smart they are.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Excavation of the tomb of Akhet-Hetep at Giza revealed a monument to his mother Peseshet, the "Overseer of Women Physicians." She is the world's earliest known woman doctor, and practiced at the time of the building of the great pyramids in Egypt, about 2500 BC. #CelebratingWomen
February 7, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Excavation of the tomb of Akhet-Hetep at Giza revealed a monument to his mother Peseshet, the "Overseer of Women Physicians." She is the world's earliest known woman doctor, and practiced at the time of the building of the great pyramids in Egypt, about 2500 BC. #CelebratingWomen
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"A Fellow, at whom the 👉 Finger of Contempt should always be pointed"
Marvellous
Marvellous
February 7, 2026 at 11:33 AM
"A Fellow, at whom the 👉 Finger of Contempt should always be pointed"
Marvellous
Marvellous
Please make this happen
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Please make this happen
I had an incident like that in September … I presented a paper about a new technical approach to qualitative analysis for something and the behaviour from a certain person was so primate-like that it was worthy of a Desmond Morris analysis.
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I had an incident like that in September … I presented a paper about a new technical approach to qualitative analysis for something and the behaviour from a certain person was so primate-like that it was worthy of a Desmond Morris analysis.
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it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for
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Dorothy Rowntree BSc. 1st woman in UK to qualify in naval architecture & 1st woman to graduate in engineering from @glasgow.ac.uk Worked @ Fairfield Shipbuilding Yard #Govan. Later moved to #Lebanon & worked @ American University of Beirut'. d. #OTD 5 Feb 1988 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...
February 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Dorothy Rowntree BSc. 1st woman in UK to qualify in naval architecture & 1st woman to graduate in engineering from @glasgow.ac.uk Worked @ Fairfield Shipbuilding Yard #Govan. Later moved to #Lebanon & worked @ American University of Beirut'. d. #OTD 5 Feb 1988 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...
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Jonathan Ferguson 1915-74 UK #pilot @wes1919.bsky.social member #WWII joined Women's Air Transport Auxiliary #ATA Postwar Chief Experimental Officer @ Ministry of Supply. 1958 had F>M gender reassignment surgery. Civil Service stated “will not affect his employment” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonatha...
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Jonathan Ferguson 1915-74 UK #pilot @wes1919.bsky.social member #WWII joined Women's Air Transport Auxiliary #ATA Postwar Chief Experimental Officer @ Ministry of Supply. 1958 had F>M gender reassignment surgery. Civil Service stated “will not affect his employment” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonatha...
Yes but my legs wouid have looked like two hams wrapped in bin bags.
No money would be enough.
No money would be enough.
February 6, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Yes but my legs wouid have looked like two hams wrapped in bin bags.
No money would be enough.
No money would be enough.
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2/4/1865 — b. Lila Meade Valentine, American educator, health reformer, suffragist, lecturer. Edu + #publichealth champion; co-founder/pres,VA Equal Suffrage League. Introduced Richmond,VA kindergartens + vocational training. Lectured for suffrage in the eastern states #womenshistory #PolSky #EduSky
February 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
2/4/1865 — b. Lila Meade Valentine, American educator, health reformer, suffragist, lecturer. Edu + #publichealth champion; co-founder/pres,VA Equal Suffrage League. Introduced Richmond,VA kindergartens + vocational training. Lectured for suffrage in the eastern states #womenshistory #PolSky #EduSky
I would dearly love to see this university offering that kind of fee to its external auditors, law firms, and so on. I have a feeling it wouldn’t end well.
February 5, 2026 at 11:23 AM
I would dearly love to see this university offering that kind of fee to its external auditors, law firms, and so on. I have a feeling it wouldn’t end well.
In a new low for payments to external academics, a university within the EU just offered me 255 euros for a year’s work supervising a PhD student. For context, the usual workload allocation is around 6 working days a year for this, so that’s 50% of the minimum wage for an unskilled 21 year old. 😮
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
In a new low for payments to external academics, a university within the EU just offered me 255 euros for a year’s work supervising a PhD student. For context, the usual workload allocation is around 6 working days a year for this, so that’s 50% of the minimum wage for an unskilled 21 year old. 😮
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2/1/1857— b. Lucy Wheelock, American educator, author. Early childhood educator; a key figure of the U.S. kindergarten movement. Founder of Wheelock College, Boston; wrote and edited numerous articles, books, and journals #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky #edu #highered
February 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
2/1/1857— b. Lucy Wheelock, American educator, author. Early childhood educator; a key figure of the U.S. kindergarten movement. Founder of Wheelock College, Boston; wrote and edited numerous articles, books, and journals #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky #edu #highered
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Archaeologist Gertrude Caton Thompson was born #OTD in 1888.
She was one of the first in the field to use aerial surveys to identify sites, using them successfully for her famed work in Zimbabwe & Egypt. She led the first all-female archaeological expedition in history in 1929.
#WomenInSTEM (1/2)
She was one of the first in the field to use aerial surveys to identify sites, using them successfully for her famed work in Zimbabwe & Egypt. She led the first all-female archaeological expedition in history in 1929.
#WomenInSTEM (1/2)
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Archaeologist Gertrude Caton Thompson was born #OTD in 1888.
She was one of the first in the field to use aerial surveys to identify sites, using them successfully for her famed work in Zimbabwe & Egypt. She led the first all-female archaeological expedition in history in 1929.
#WomenInSTEM (1/2)
She was one of the first in the field to use aerial surveys to identify sites, using them successfully for her famed work in Zimbabwe & Egypt. She led the first all-female archaeological expedition in history in 1929.
#WomenInSTEM (1/2)
tucson.com/news/local/b... And in Arizona.
Measles outbreak at ICE detention centers in Arizona prompts quarantine
DHS's delay in addressing the three confirmed measles cases, and their location, has been frustrating for migrant-aid volunteers trying to understand the scope of the outbreak in Pinal County.
tucson.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:29 AM
tucson.com/news/local/b... And in Arizona.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil... Convergence of worrying policies leading to an inevitable conclusion.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:26 AM
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil... Convergence of worrying policies leading to an inevitable conclusion.