Helen Price
@helenhmiddlet.bsky.social
Used to be a biomedical scientist, now a hermit in the Cotswolds.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
But that has always been a bitter irony.
February 5, 2026 at 8:39 PM
But that has always been a bitter irony.
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Guy who did Dry January
February 1, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Guy who did Dry January
Scraping the bottom of that Tory barrel took some work to reach it, but they managed it.
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Scraping the bottom of that Tory barrel took some work to reach it, but they managed it.
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Reform should call itself Retory:
Nadhim Zahawi
Ben Bradley
Malcolm Offord
Jonathan Gullis
Chris Green
Lia Nici
Kruger
Dorries
David Jones
Sir Jake Berry
Graham Simpson
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Andrea Jenkyns
Aidan Burley
Alan Amos
Lee Anderson
Ann Widdecombe
Maria Caulfield
And counting
Nadhim Zahawi
Ben Bradley
Malcolm Offord
Jonathan Gullis
Chris Green
Lia Nici
Kruger
Dorries
David Jones
Sir Jake Berry
Graham Simpson
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Andrea Jenkyns
Aidan Burley
Alan Amos
Lee Anderson
Ann Widdecombe
Maria Caulfield
And counting
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Reform should call itself Retory:
Nadhim Zahawi
Ben Bradley
Malcolm Offord
Jonathan Gullis
Chris Green
Lia Nici
Kruger
Dorries
David Jones
Sir Jake Berry
Graham Simpson
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Andrea Jenkyns
Aidan Burley
Alan Amos
Lee Anderson
Ann Widdecombe
Maria Caulfield
And counting
Nadhim Zahawi
Ben Bradley
Malcolm Offord
Jonathan Gullis
Chris Green
Lia Nici
Kruger
Dorries
David Jones
Sir Jake Berry
Graham Simpson
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Andrea Jenkyns
Aidan Burley
Alan Amos
Lee Anderson
Ann Widdecombe
Maria Caulfield
And counting
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If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
When are UK News Shows going to start calling out Nigel Farage and his completely rubbished claims?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
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President Donald Trump said he “should have” ordered the National Guard to seize ballot boxes during the 2020 election, raising fears he will actually do so in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘I should have’ seized ballots in 2020 election
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
President Donald Trump said he “should have” ordered the National Guard to seize ballot boxes during the 2020 election, raising fears he will actually do so in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Just blocked someone who'd clearly come here from X for arguing that Grok is just a tool like a pencil and that getting rid of the child abuse image generator might have unintended consequences. Tempted to send his name to the hard drive police.
January 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Just blocked someone who'd clearly come here from X for arguing that Grok is just a tool like a pencil and that getting rid of the child abuse image generator might have unintended consequences. Tempted to send his name to the hard drive police.
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Brilliant. Let's see how the Farage/Musk/Robinson axis of evil tries to spin it.
January 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Brilliant. Let's see how the Farage/Musk/Robinson axis of evil tries to spin it.
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a decade is a long time in politics
January 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
a decade is a long time in politics
It is hard to believe that she really is that dim, but the evidence is there for us all to see.
January 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
It is hard to believe that she really is that dim, but the evidence is there for us all to see.
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This!!
This reminder should go everywhere, when I’m out I will wade into conversations and criticise Farage/Reform with people who are beguiled by them - I WILL tell them that Reform wants to get rid of the NHS - because if they get into power, we all suffer.
This reminder should go everywhere, when I’m out I will wade into conversations and criticise Farage/Reform with people who are beguiled by them - I WILL tell them that Reform wants to get rid of the NHS - because if they get into power, we all suffer.
Your regular reminder that Nigel Farage & Reform
wants to dismantle what is left of our NHS
and replace it with a US style privatised healthcare system
where the superrich get healed, the well-off go bankrupt,
and the poor live in agony and die young
via Huddersfield TUC
wants to dismantle what is left of our NHS
and replace it with a US style privatised healthcare system
where the superrich get healed, the well-off go bankrupt,
and the poor live in agony and die young
via Huddersfield TUC
January 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
This!!
This reminder should go everywhere, when I’m out I will wade into conversations and criticise Farage/Reform with people who are beguiled by them - I WILL tell them that Reform wants to get rid of the NHS - because if they get into power, we all suffer.
This reminder should go everywhere, when I’m out I will wade into conversations and criticise Farage/Reform with people who are beguiled by them - I WILL tell them that Reform wants to get rid of the NHS - because if they get into power, we all suffer.
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6 January 1902 | Pole Julian Stanach was born in Krakow. A geologist, professor of Jagiellonian University. Involved in the resistance activity.
In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942.
No. 35743
He perished in the camp on 21 September 1942.
In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942.
No. 35743
He perished in the camp on 21 September 1942.
January 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
6 January 1902 | Pole Julian Stanach was born in Krakow. A geologist, professor of Jagiellonian University. Involved in the resistance activity.
In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942.
No. 35743
He perished in the camp on 21 September 1942.
In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942.
No. 35743
He perished in the camp on 21 September 1942.
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5 January 1914 | Vasily Yavdachenko was born. Soviet army soldier.
In #Auschwitz from October 1941.
No. R-8656 (Soviet prisoner of war)
He perished in the camp on 6 January 1942.
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Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_20_jency/
In #Auschwitz from October 1941.
No. R-8656 (Soviet prisoner of war)
He perished in the camp on 6 January 1942.
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Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_20_jency/
Eduexe Course
Enter an appropriate audioguide identifier and press the "Go!" button.
lekcja.auschwitz.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
5 January 1914 | Vasily Yavdachenko was born. Soviet army soldier.
In #Auschwitz from October 1941.
No. R-8656 (Soviet prisoner of war)
He perished in the camp on 6 January 1942.
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Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_20_jency/
In #Auschwitz from October 1941.
No. R-8656 (Soviet prisoner of war)
He perished in the camp on 6 January 1942.
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Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_20_jency/
Well done for persuading everyone to leave it. I have to go up in the loft to inspect mine, which was busy with comings and goings until the cold weather.
January 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Well done for persuading everyone to leave it. I have to go up in the loft to inspect mine, which was busy with comings and goings until the cold weather.
Although union membership is higher in the U.K., we see exactly the same pattern. As far as I can see from a bit of perfunctory research, membership was around 50% in 1979 (when Thatcher became PM), and is now less than half that.
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Although union membership is higher in the U.K., we see exactly the same pattern. As far as I can see from a bit of perfunctory research, membership was around 50% in 1979 (when Thatcher became PM), and is now less than half that.
What goes through a cat's mind when they see a space about two sizes too small for them to fit in, then get in it, and look very pleased with themselves afterwards?
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
What goes through a cat's mind when they see a space about two sizes too small for them to fit in, then get in it, and look very pleased with themselves afterwards?
Welcome! There are a few funny ones but in general it’s a million times better here. I occasionally go back to see what @niallharbison.bsky.social is up to, as he doesn’t put everything on BlueSky, and I see that Twitter has turned into an absolute cesspool.
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Welcome! There are a few funny ones but in general it’s a million times better here. I occasionally go back to see what @niallharbison.bsky.social is up to, as he doesn’t put everything on BlueSky, and I see that Twitter has turned into an absolute cesspool.
Any chance of putting it online for those of us who bought a ticket but were too senile to remember to log in?🤣😂
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Any chance of putting it online for those of us who bought a ticket but were too senile to remember to log in?🤣😂
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This month Betty Nixon will step down from her role as General Secretary after many years of loyal and dedicated service. We wish her a happy and fulfilling retirement. We look forward to welcoming our new Executive Secretary, Ruth Matthews.
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This month Betty Nixon will step down from her role as General Secretary after many years of loyal and dedicated service. We wish her a happy and fulfilling retirement. We look forward to welcoming our new Executive Secretary, Ruth Matthews.
That woman is in a permanent state of high dudgeon - she'll bust a gasket if she's not careful.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
That woman is in a permanent state of high dudgeon - she'll bust a gasket if she's not careful.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Or even, good luck…
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Or even, good luck…