Mumsquared
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Getting on a bit these days, always learning, laughing and wishing for the best
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Pretty much sums up America today.
December 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Pretty much sums up America today.
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Because it’s not getting reported on enough:
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
December 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Because it’s not getting reported on enough:
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
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We can participate in democracy and be flawed while also having non-negotiable. No nazis. No racists. We aren’t abandoning trans people. Triple the minimum wage. Universal healthcare. Reproductive freedom. Etc etc etc. Stand for something! Appeasement accomplishes very little.
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
We can participate in democracy and be flawed while also having non-negotiable. No nazis. No racists. We aren’t abandoning trans people. Triple the minimum wage. Universal healthcare. Reproductive freedom. Etc etc etc. Stand for something! Appeasement accomplishes very little.
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On this week’s cover of The Lancet, a new letter: “Gaza’s healthocide: medical societies must not stay silent”.
Read the letter and more in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/5n85x448
Read the letter and more in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/5n85x448
![Cover of The Lancet's Oct 4, 2025 issue. Cover quote reads: "Most medical and surgical societies worldwide have remained silent or issued vague statements about Gaza's healthocide [...] Staying silent while pretending to be neutral is, in effect, a form of complicity."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ypu6bwefbbzhcvojdj7mz657/bafkreih3gz5fes4mk4pbviqqus2zo2bqyrx3cgbgqb7xg2skvpvl52tj5i@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
On this week’s cover of The Lancet, a new letter: “Gaza’s healthocide: medical societies must not stay silent”.
Read the letter and more in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/5n85x448
Read the letter and more in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/5n85x448
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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When someone asks what parenting be like… 😂🤣
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July 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
When someone asks what parenting be like… 😂🤣
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everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
July 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
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In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.
The Machine Stops
The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.
www.newyorker.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.
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🧵 1/9 It could have mattered.
Nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds deprived of oxygen should have chastened the world to become allies, and not just for a summer.
A man being murdered by those who should protect and serve should have been an indelible metaphor.
Nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds deprived of oxygen should have chastened the world to become allies, and not just for a summer.
A man being murdered by those who should protect and serve should have been an indelible metaphor.
May 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🧵 1/9 It could have mattered.
Nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds deprived of oxygen should have chastened the world to become allies, and not just for a summer.
A man being murdered by those who should protect and serve should have been an indelible metaphor.
Nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds deprived of oxygen should have chastened the world to become allies, and not just for a summer.
A man being murdered by those who should protect and serve should have been an indelible metaphor.
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This is very interesting (and relevant to my post yesterday about understanding the nuances of various profanities). As a white middle class monolingual English person I’m 100% behind the conclusion.
Eurovision likes to portray itself at the forefront of social inclusion and diversity. However, this year the code-switching/AAVE-origin title of the Maltese song put that to the test and found that these values only go so far.
Middle England's social conservatism and monolingualism won here...
Middle England's social conservatism and monolingualism won here...
Eurovision: not serving kant!
Eurovision likes to portray itself as in the forefront of social inclusion and diversity. However, the title of a Maltese song showed that there's only so far this goes.
www.nicknasev.com
May 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is very interesting (and relevant to my post yesterday about understanding the nuances of various profanities). As a white middle class monolingual English person I’m 100% behind the conclusion.
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My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
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Our response to this government white paper on immigration
May 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Our response to this government white paper on immigration
I’m the result of the “squalid experiment in open borders’ who will never vote Labour again
May 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I’m the result of the “squalid experiment in open borders’ who will never vote Labour again
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
April 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
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@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Online Ceramics have teamed up on a bold new Reading is a Right collection — and 100% of PRH’s net proceeds will be donated to ALA to further our work to defend libraries and fight censorship. 🧡
online-ceramics.com/collections/...
online-ceramics.com/collections/...
April 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Online Ceramics have teamed up on a bold new Reading is a Right collection — and 100% of PRH’s net proceeds will be donated to ALA to further our work to defend libraries and fight censorship. 🧡
online-ceramics.com/collections/...
online-ceramics.com/collections/...
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Today, thousands gathered across the country - from Hastings to London to Glasgow - to say: we will always stand with trans people.
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
April 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Today, thousands gathered across the country - from Hastings to London to Glasgow - to say: we will always stand with trans people.
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
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It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.
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We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
Done while waiting for my hairdresser who is running late. It is that easy.
It costs money for GB News to pump hate into Britain's homes. Much of that money comes from Sky, which also makes much play of being a force for good. We've made it so easy for you to write and politely ask Sky's Chief Executive to stop funding hate. action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...
February 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Done while waiting for my hairdresser who is running late. It is that easy.
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Absolutely chilling post by @chrischirp.bsky.social setting out how T rump is aggressively mobilising a classic authoritarian playbook. I did not think I would see the death of American democracy (and American science) in my lifetime. #academicsky
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"So this is how liberty dies… " Making sense of Trump's first three weeks
Where I categorise 69 Trump administration actions from the last 3 weeks and show how they align with the authoritarian playbook
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February 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Absolutely chilling post by @chrischirp.bsky.social setting out how T rump is aggressively mobilising a classic authoritarian playbook. I did not think I would see the death of American democracy (and American science) in my lifetime. #academicsky
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
open.substack.com/pub/christin...