Christine Allsopp
@venchrisallsopp.bsky.social
Priest, Retired Archdeacon, enjoying life in the Valley of the Racehorse , tree planter 🌳
I presided and preached at All Saints' Church East Garston this morning. We began with the Act of Remembrance. What a beautiful display of poppies! #RemembranceSunday #CofEPeeps
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I presided and preached at All Saints' Church East Garston this morning. We began with the Act of Remembrance. What a beautiful display of poppies! #RemembranceSunday #CofEPeeps
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Stunning illustration of mimicry! Common cuckoo eggs (top row) imitate the eggs of their host species (bottom row). The 30 October issue of Science explains this dazzling coevolution with genomic data — though I admit, it’s complex enough that I’d struggle to teach it! 🧪🌿🌎🦉
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Stunning illustration of mimicry! Common cuckoo eggs (top row) imitate the eggs of their host species (bottom row). The 30 October issue of Science explains this dazzling coevolution with genomic data — though I admit, it’s complex enough that I’d struggle to teach it! 🧪🌿🌎🦉
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It's absolutely bonkers that end of life / palliative / hospice care isn't as much a part of the core NHS mission as maternity care. Yes, in theory you can die at home without needing medical support, just as in theory you can be born at home without it, but come on!
'The NAO report, @nao.org.uk, echoes what we witness every day: palliative and end-of-life care is in crisis.' Says Sam Royston, executive director for research and policy at Marie Curie, @mariecurieuk.bsky.social
Article: @the-independent.com #HospiceCare
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Article: @the-independent.com #HospiceCare
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
October 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It's absolutely bonkers that end of life / palliative / hospice care isn't as much a part of the core NHS mission as maternity care. Yes, in theory you can die at home without needing medical support, just as in theory you can be born at home without it, but come on!
I think this may be a Four Spot Orb Weaver Spider, Araneus quadratus. The colour of the abdomen varies greatly and may be pale yellow, green,orange, red, or dark red-brown. #tinyjoys
Can anyone ID this british #Spider found on the outside of my garden shed? @BBOWT
October 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I think this may be a Four Spot Orb Weaver Spider, Araneus quadratus. The colour of the abdomen varies greatly and may be pale yellow, green,orange, red, or dark red-brown. #tinyjoys
Dr. Phyllis Tribble 1932-2025
Feminist Biblical Interpretation Scholar
Assistant and Associate Professor of Religion at Wake Forest (1963–1971); founding faculty member and Associate Dean of the School of Divinity (1999-2002) and University Professor (2002-2012)
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Feminist Biblical Interpretation Scholar
Assistant and Associate Professor of Religion at Wake Forest (1963–1971); founding faculty member and Associate Dean of the School of Divinity (1999-2002) and University Professor (2002-2012)
www.linkedin.com/posts/wakedi...
We mourn the passing of Dr. Phyllis Trible, a towering figure in biblical scholarship and a cherished member of the Wake Forest University community.
Dr. Trible’s pioneering work in feminist… | Wake ...
We mourn the passing of Dr. Phyllis Trible, a towering figure in biblical scholarship and a cherished member of the Wake Forest University community.
Dr. Trible’s pioneering work in feminist biblical...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Our Lord did not become a man and die and rise again so this country could have a “coherent cultural identity” and I am also not at all convinced that God created human beings in all their diversity in order to sort themselves out into homogenous lumps.
October 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our Lord did not become a man and die and rise again so this country could have a “coherent cultural identity” and I am also not at all convinced that God created human beings in all their diversity in order to sort themselves out into homogenous lumps.
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University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation from 2026.
Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.
Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.
Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.
Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.
University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation every year from 2026
Bridget Phillipson confirmed the plans for the next two years, with fees to increase automatically after that.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation from 2026.
Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.
Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.
Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.
Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.
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There's going to be a new genre of AI-facilitated Darwin Awards, isn't there?
File this as a near-miss alongside the AI-generated book on foraging wild mushrooms, and unprepared hikers having to be rescued after following AI instructions up snowy mountains
File this as a near-miss alongside the AI-generated book on foraging wild mushrooms, and unprepared hikers having to be rescued after following AI instructions up snowy mountains
One of the swimmers had used ChatGPT to consult the tide times: “I made the mistake of using ChatGPT for research to see when the low tide was."
uk.news.yahoo.com/restaurant-b...
uk.news.yahoo.com/restaurant-b...
October 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
There's going to be a new genre of AI-facilitated Darwin Awards, isn't there?
File this as a near-miss alongside the AI-generated book on foraging wild mushrooms, and unprepared hikers having to be rescued after following AI instructions up snowy mountains
File this as a near-miss alongside the AI-generated book on foraging wild mushrooms, and unprepared hikers having to be rescued after following AI instructions up snowy mountains
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Thank you to our amazing team of volunteers, who give up their time and work so hard for integrity and accountability in the @churchofengland.org
Go @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social !
Go @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social !
We are so encouraged by the huge response to our Transparency campaign.
Thank you to the thousands who have visited this page on our website:
www.womenandthechurch.org/transparency
Thank you to the thousands who have visited this page on our website:
www.womenandthechurch.org/transparency
October 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Thank you to our amazing team of volunteers, who give up their time and work so hard for integrity and accountability in the @churchofengland.org
Go @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social !
Go @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social !
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##CofEPeeps need to see this.
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
##CofEPeeps need to see this.
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Those in a flap about the appointment of a female Archbishop of Canterbury are gonna lose their schizzle when they find out how many female Supreme Governors the Church of England's had...
October 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Those in a flap about the appointment of a female Archbishop of Canterbury are gonna lose their schizzle when they find out how many female Supreme Governors the Church of England's had...
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For the first time, we expose the subset of @churchofengland.org churches that limit women’s roles & opportunities:
www.womenandthechurch.org/transparency
www.womenandthechurch.org/transparency
October 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
For the first time, we expose the subset of @churchofengland.org churches that limit women’s roles & opportunities:
www.womenandthechurch.org/transparency
www.womenandthechurch.org/transparency
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Making a retreat is the best way of 'stopping to think' about the greatest Reality in the world - God (APR archive 1960's). Where might you go? promotingretreats.org #retreat #prayer
October 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Making a retreat is the best way of 'stopping to think' about the greatest Reality in the world - God (APR archive 1960's). Where might you go? promotingretreats.org #retreat #prayer
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So the church (C of E, anyway) has finally caught up with the very first moments of Christianity as a faith, in which women were the first witnesses and teachers.
October 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
So the church (C of E, anyway) has finally caught up with the very first moments of Christianity as a faith, in which women were the first witnesses and teachers.
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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September 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Canada moves forward, recognising the state of Palestine. 🇨🇦
September 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Canada moves forward, recognising the state of Palestine. 🇨🇦
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Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...
Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers
LLM “tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity” when writing news briefs.
arstechnica.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...
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"it is statistically certain that our confabulation vending machine, designed to produce persuasive facsimiles of knowledge to cover up its absence of knowledge, will produce confabulations that are just a persuasive facsimile of knowledge uninformed by the knowledge it doesn't have"
“OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws”
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
September 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"it is statistically certain that our confabulation vending machine, designed to produce persuasive facsimiles of knowledge to cover up its absence of knowledge, will produce confabulations that are just a persuasive facsimile of knowledge uninformed by the knowledge it doesn't have"
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To read the statement from church leaders calling for an end to the war in Gaza.
www.archbishopofyork.org/news/cardina...
www.archbishopofyork.org/news/cardina...
September 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
To read the statement from church leaders calling for an end to the war in Gaza.
www.archbishopofyork.org/news/cardina...
www.archbishopofyork.org/news/cardina...
Worshipped at stalbanscathedral.bsky.social this morning, where I worshipped from age 6, was confirmed and married. We just called it "the Abbey". Lovely All Age Eucharist.
September 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Worshipped at stalbanscathedral.bsky.social this morning, where I worshipped from age 6, was confirmed and married. We just called it "the Abbey". Lovely All Age Eucharist.
September 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Worshipped at stalbanscathedral.bsky.social this morning, where I worshipped from age 6, was confirmed and married. We just called it "the Abbey". Lovely All Age Eucharist.