Hannah Little
@hanachronism.bsky.social
Lecturer @University of Liverpool. Director @Open Rights Group. SETI Post-Contact hub. Science Communication researcher and practitioner. Alien Linguist (Rep. Alex Cochran). Linguist. Comedian. Data Rights Advocate. Writer. Socialist. Trade Unionist.
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Is Ofcom coming for VPNs?
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Is Ofcom coming for VPNs?
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
I'll be on BBC Radio Merseyside at 7.20am... Not sure why I agreed to that but there we are
October 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I'll be on BBC Radio Merseyside at 7.20am... Not sure why I agreed to that but there we are
Devastated about Jane Goodall. What a giant of science communication and such a champion of empathy, love and understanding for every living being on this planet. If I manage to live my life with a tenth of the integrity and compassion she had, I'll be proud.
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Devastated about Jane Goodall. What a giant of science communication and such a champion of empathy, love and understanding for every living being on this planet. If I manage to live my life with a tenth of the integrity and compassion she had, I'll be proud.
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Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
So great to finally see this in print! My piece about Arthur C. Clarke's typewriter which is held in the Science Fiction Special Collections in Liverpool. It appears in "Collecting Stories", a volume by @livunipress.bsky.social about objects held in the cultural collections at the university.
October 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
So great to finally see this in print! My piece about Arthur C. Clarke's typewriter which is held in the Science Fiction Special Collections in Liverpool. It appears in "Collecting Stories", a volume by @livunipress.bsky.social about objects held in the cultural collections at the university.
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Happy Darmok Day to all who celebrate
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happy Darmok Day to all who celebrate
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In which I talk with @comicbookyeti.com about comics, science communication, and my new book Pets Tell Tales!
www.comicbookyeti.com/post/jordan-...
www.comicbookyeti.com/post/jordan-...
September 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
In which I talk with @comicbookyeti.com about comics, science communication, and my new book Pets Tell Tales!
www.comicbookyeti.com/post/jordan-...
www.comicbookyeti.com/post/jordan-...
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We need an associate lecturer in history of modern science @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We need an associate lecturer in history of modern science @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Labour: vote for us or you'll get RefUK! RefUK are ahead in the polls! WE MIGHT END UP WITH A REFUK GOVERNMENT NEXT TIME!! BEWARE!!!
Also Labour: let's make a handy database of brown, black and queer people for when RefUK get in and want to persecute them!
Also Labour: let's make a handy database of brown, black and queer people for when RefUK get in and want to persecute them!
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Labour: vote for us or you'll get RefUK! RefUK are ahead in the polls! WE MIGHT END UP WITH A REFUK GOVERNMENT NEXT TIME!! BEWARE!!!
Also Labour: let's make a handy database of brown, black and queer people for when RefUK get in and want to persecute them!
Also Labour: let's make a handy database of brown, black and queer people for when RefUK get in and want to persecute them!
Thank you to all that contributed to our Voyager exhibit today and created golden records at the British Science Festival! Some of my favourites are here, but I know I missed many so I'll be going through them once I've recovered a bit! @britsciassoc.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thank you to all that contributed to our Voyager exhibit today and created golden records at the British Science Festival! Some of my favourites are here, but I know I missed many so I'll be going through them once I've recovered a bit! @britsciassoc.bsky.social
We've got materials from the Science Fiction Collections at the University of Liverpool relevant to first contact in the Black-E (in Liverpool) today for the British Science Festival! Come and take a look! @britsciassoc.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We've got materials from the Science Fiction Collections at the University of Liverpool relevant to first contact in the Black-E (in Liverpool) today for the British Science Festival! Come and take a look! @britsciassoc.bsky.social
I'm a serious adult academic, so of course I've spent the last few days making Voyager 1 out of papier mache and bottle tops... See you tomorrow, British Science Festival @britsciassoc.bsky.social!!!
September 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm a serious adult academic, so of course I've spent the last few days making Voyager 1 out of papier mache and bottle tops... See you tomorrow, British Science Festival @britsciassoc.bsky.social!!!
We have an exhibition accompanying our events at the British Science Festival this weekend about the voyager space probes! It explores the ideas and legacy of the Voyager space probes. You can read more context (and view the exhibition!) here: digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk/voyager
Voyager
digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We have an exhibition accompanying our events at the British Science Festival this weekend about the voyager space probes! It explores the ideas and legacy of the Voyager space probes. You can read more context (and view the exhibition!) here: digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk/voyager
I'll be on BBC Radio Wales at 6.30pm tonight talking about the British Science Festival and (of course) aliens! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio Wales - Science Cafe, British Science Festival 2025
Adam Walton explores this years British Science Festival.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I'll be on BBC Radio Wales at 6.30pm tonight talking about the British Science Festival and (of course) aliens! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Had so much fun at the weekend at Destination (an unofficial Star Trek convention) talking about the linguistics of First contact! Thanks so much to @jamiebgall.co.uk for organising! So exciting to see so many people engaging in science through fiction and culture!
September 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Had so much fun at the weekend at Destination (an unofficial Star Trek convention) talking about the linguistics of First contact! Thanks so much to @jamiebgall.co.uk for organising! So exciting to see so many people engaging in science through fiction and culture!
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The wonderful @hanachronism.bsky.social diving into the exolinguistics of Star Trek at the Destination convention.
August 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The wonderful @hanachronism.bsky.social diving into the exolinguistics of Star Trek at the Destination convention.
My British Science Festival events featured here! www.britishscienceassociation.org/blog/explori...
Exploring the wonders of space: five unmissable British Science Festival events
With more than 100 free events on offer, the British Science Festival programme is packed with opportunities to explore science in all its forms. We’ve picked out five highlights under one stellar the...
www.britishscienceassociation.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My British Science Festival events featured here! www.britishscienceassociation.org/blog/explori...
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Claudio Maccone, Italian SETI astronomer and mathematician, passed away this week at the age of 77. Claudio was an early proponent of SETI research and was globally known for his work in the field. 🧪 🔭
August 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Claudio Maccone, Italian SETI astronomer and mathematician, passed away this week at the age of 77. Claudio was an early proponent of SETI research and was globally known for his work in the field. 🧪 🔭
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A really fun episode today as we chat with the brilliant Catriona Silvey about writing a time-travelling romcom, why Cambridge is ridiculous, and why she wants to write many different types of stories
Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/5aCdv-UFpes
Or listen on your favourite app: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/5aCdv-UFpes
Or listen on your favourite app: linktr.ee/ukpageone
August 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
A really fun episode today as we chat with the brilliant Catriona Silvey about writing a time-travelling romcom, why Cambridge is ridiculous, and why she wants to write many different types of stories
Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/5aCdv-UFpes
Or listen on your favourite app: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/5aCdv-UFpes
Or listen on your favourite app: linktr.ee/ukpageone
I'll be speaking about the linguistics of Star Trek at the Science and Community stage at Destination this year in Blackpool! Details here: destinationfanevents.com/Activity/sci...
Science and Community - Destination
We are very pleased to be introducing our Science & Community stage which includes talks from a selection of guests from the world of STEM and invited members of the Sci-Fi Community.
destinationfanevents.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'll be speaking about the linguistics of Star Trek at the Science and Community stage at Destination this year in Blackpool! Details here: destinationfanevents.com/Activity/sci...
I have written a piece in this book about Arthur C. Clarke's typewriter held in the Science Fiction Special Collections here at Liverpool. This will be a super cool volume with all sorts of unexpected treasures!
Collecting Stories is the first book to present the entire range of the @liverpooluni.bsky.social's cultural collections.
Find out more here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Find out more here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
August 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I have written a piece in this book about Arthur C. Clarke's typewriter held in the Science Fiction Special Collections here at Liverpool. This will be a super cool volume with all sorts of unexpected treasures!
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If you are applying to a PhD, don't use an LLM in composing your proposal.
If you are doing a PhD, don't use an LLM to do the writing and reading and thinking for you.
Sorry, I am going to die on this hill.
If you are doing a PhD, don't use an LLM to do the writing and reading and thinking for you.
Sorry, I am going to die on this hill.
July 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If you are applying to a PhD, don't use an LLM in composing your proposal.
If you are doing a PhD, don't use an LLM to do the writing and reading and thinking for you.
Sorry, I am going to die on this hill.
If you are doing a PhD, don't use an LLM to do the writing and reading and thinking for you.
Sorry, I am going to die on this hill.
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“We’re seeing teens being prevented from accessing content about sexual health, politics and news.
If adults want to see this content, they are forced to prove how old they are with unregulated age verification companies.”
🗣️ ORG's James Baker #OnlineSafetyAct
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
If adults want to see this content, they are forced to prove how old they are with unregulated age verification companies.”
🗣️ ORG's James Baker #OnlineSafetyAct
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
The UK’s new online safety laws are already a disaster
Since the Online Safety Act was implemented earlier this week, people have been blocked from accessing vital information about Palestine, sexual health, transitioning, self-harm... and labubus
www.dazeddigital.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“We’re seeing teens being prevented from accessing content about sexual health, politics and news.
If adults want to see this content, they are forced to prove how old they are with unregulated age verification companies.”
🗣️ ORG's James Baker #OnlineSafetyAct
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
If adults want to see this content, they are forced to prove how old they are with unregulated age verification companies.”
🗣️ ORG's James Baker #OnlineSafetyAct
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
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Lights are going out across the Net for UK users.
Age verification is driving sites to shut down, geo-block the UK or restrict features and content.
In trying to tackle to worst of the Net, it's harming the best.
🗣️ ORG Exec Director, @jim.social.openrightsgroup.org.ap.brid.gy
#OnlineSafetyAct
Age verification is driving sites to shut down, geo-block the UK or restrict features and content.
In trying to tackle to worst of the Net, it's harming the best.
🗣️ ORG Exec Director, @jim.social.openrightsgroup.org.ap.brid.gy
#OnlineSafetyAct
July 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Lights are going out across the Net for UK users.
Age verification is driving sites to shut down, geo-block the UK or restrict features and content.
In trying to tackle to worst of the Net, it's harming the best.
🗣️ ORG Exec Director, @jim.social.openrightsgroup.org.ap.brid.gy
#OnlineSafetyAct
Age verification is driving sites to shut down, geo-block the UK or restrict features and content.
In trying to tackle to worst of the Net, it's harming the best.
🗣️ ORG Exec Director, @jim.social.openrightsgroup.org.ap.brid.gy
#OnlineSafetyAct