Lucy C
@lucyc2025.bsky.social
UK-based. My areas of interest on social media are society and equality, arts and culture, nature, and an end to imperialist wars. Follows and re-posts do not indicate endorsement.
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Lucy C
@lucyc2025.bsky.social
· May 19
Hello. This is an introductory post so that anyone checking my profile knows there's a human behind the account. My areas of interest on social media are society and equality, #arts and #culture, an end to imperialist wars, and #nature. My background is in logistics, #PublicHealth, and the arts.
The useful thing about the phrase 'political and economic warfare' as a basis for a nation's imperialist policies is that it covers everything, both on a person and a state basis. Handy.
Rubio sanctions UN human rights official who called for criminal action against Israel.
He accused the human rights expert of spearheading a “campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel.”
He accused the human rights expert of spearheading a “campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel.”
Rubio sanctions UN human rights official who called for criminal action against Israel
Rubio accused U.N. Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese of leading “political and economic warfare” against the U.S. and Israel.
www.politico.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The useful thing about the phrase 'political and economic warfare' as a basis for a nation's imperialist policies is that it covers everything, both on a person and a state basis. Handy.
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The appearance of large language models caused a drastic shift in the vocabulary of academic writing, according to an analysis in #ScienceAdvances of more than 15 million biomedical abstracts published from 2010 to 2024. scim.ag/3IhpoQF
Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary
Excess words track LLM usage in biomedical publications.
scim.ag
July 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The appearance of large language models caused a drastic shift in the vocabulary of academic writing, according to an analysis in #ScienceAdvances of more than 15 million biomedical abstracts published from 2010 to 2024. scim.ag/3IhpoQF
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Bands are pulling out of the Radar Festival in solidarity with Bob Vylan, who were kicked off the bill for opposing the murderous IDF. This principled stand on the part of multiple bands is encouraging. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Bands pull out of Manchester’s Radar Festival after event, under pressure from Live Nation-AMG and UK authorities, drops Bob Vylan
Bob Vylan came to international prominence recently by courageously denouncing the mass murder in Gaza at the Glastonbury Festival.
www.wsws.org
July 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Bands are pulling out of the Radar Festival in solidarity with Bob Vylan, who were kicked off the bill for opposing the murderous IDF. This principled stand on the part of multiple bands is encouraging. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Ex-Reform UK MP’s business affairs referred to fraud body
Ex-Reform UK MP’s business affairs referred to fraud body
Public Sector Fraud Authority to look into loans taken out by James McMurdock during pandemic
The former Reform UK MP James McMurdock’s business affairs during the Covid pandemic have been referred to the Public Sector Fraud Authority, the Guardian understands.
It follows a referral by the Covid corruption commissioner on Wednesday. The authority will investigate the evidence and work with relevant agencies if required. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Ex-Reform UK MP’s business affairs referred to fraud body
If you oppose Trump's attack on democratic rights + want a first-hand account from a student targeted for opposing the #Palestine #genocide -- Momodou Taal + his lawyer will be speaking at this in London, Sat 31 May, 12.30 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trumps-war...
Event #covid cautious + #accessible
Event #covid cautious + #accessible
Trump’s war on free speech: The case of Momodou Taal
The SEP (UK) is hosting a public meeting in London to discuss President Donald Trump’s war on constitutionally enshrined democratic rights.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If you oppose Trump's attack on democratic rights + want a first-hand account from a student targeted for opposing the #Palestine #genocide -- Momodou Taal + his lawyer will be speaking at this in London, Sat 31 May, 12.30 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trumps-war...
Event #covid cautious + #accessible
Event #covid cautious + #accessible
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📣 New paper! 📣
Delighted to have led a fab team on a new paper out in Nature Comms!
🌊 🧪❄️🥼
Iron is an essential yet scarce nutrient for phytoplankton.
We find iron delivered by glaciers is transported across the Antarctic shelf and interacts a lot with carbon
Read more 🧪 at rdcu.be/eoDwK
Delighted to have led a fab team on a new paper out in Nature Comms!
🌊 🧪❄️🥼
Iron is an essential yet scarce nutrient for phytoplankton.
We find iron delivered by glaciers is transported across the Antarctic shelf and interacts a lot with carbon
Read more 🧪 at rdcu.be/eoDwK
Antarctic glaciers export carbon-stabilised iron(II)-rich particles to the surface Southern Ocean
Nature Communications - Authors show that Antarctic glaciers deliver high particle loads to the ocean, rich in iron that is potential food for marine algae. Microscopy techniques reveal this iron...
rdcu.be
May 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
📣 New paper! 📣
Delighted to have led a fab team on a new paper out in Nature Comms!
🌊 🧪❄️🥼
Iron is an essential yet scarce nutrient for phytoplankton.
We find iron delivered by glaciers is transported across the Antarctic shelf and interacts a lot with carbon
Read more 🧪 at rdcu.be/eoDwK
Delighted to have led a fab team on a new paper out in Nature Comms!
🌊 🧪❄️🥼
Iron is an essential yet scarce nutrient for phytoplankton.
We find iron delivered by glaciers is transported across the Antarctic shelf and interacts a lot with carbon
Read more 🧪 at rdcu.be/eoDwK
Reposted by Lucy C
#HappyBirthday also to the first British astronaut and first Western European woman in space, Dr Helen Sharman (30 May), who flew into space on Soyuz TM-12 in May 1991.
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social @sciencemuseum.org.uk @spacecentre.bsky.social
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social @sciencemuseum.org.uk @spacecentre.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#HappyBirthday also to the first British astronaut and first Western European woman in space, Dr Helen Sharman (30 May), who flew into space on Soyuz TM-12 in May 1991.
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social @sciencemuseum.org.uk @spacecentre.bsky.social
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social @sciencemuseum.org.uk @spacecentre.bsky.social
Since I don't look at The #Booker lists until I intend to read them, it was only today that I learned SJP is a #BookerPrize judge. I realise publishing houses and imprints are not non-profits, but this does seem...odd.
#books #literature
#books #literature
Sarah Jessica Parker reveals that she reads up to two books a day in preparation for being a Booker Prize judge:
“Any opportunity that exists to read, I’m reading.”
“Any opportunity that exists to read, I’m reading.”
May 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Since I don't look at The #Booker lists until I intend to read them, it was only today that I learned SJP is a #BookerPrize judge. I realise publishing houses and imprints are not non-profits, but this does seem...odd.
#books #literature
#books #literature
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Telegraph saying the quiet part out loud now, I see…
May 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Telegraph saying the quiet part out loud now, I see…
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The Nile from the International Space Station:
May 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Nile from the International Space Station:
Hello. This is an introductory post so that anyone checking my profile knows there's a human behind the account. My areas of interest on social media are society and equality, #arts and #culture, an end to imperialist wars, and #nature. My background is in logistics, #PublicHealth, and the arts.
May 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hello. This is an introductory post so that anyone checking my profile knows there's a human behind the account. My areas of interest on social media are society and equality, #arts and #culture, an end to imperialist wars, and #nature. My background is in logistics, #PublicHealth, and the arts.