Kate Lancaster
@drkatel.bsky.social
All about lasers/plasmas/fusion/bread/miscellany. Senior lecturer in physics. She/Her
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Those quoted in that Times article who want what they call a merit-only system would struggle to explain how the pre-DEI domination of white men can be explained by merit alone. Unless they want to say that white men are smarter and better at science than everyone else.
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Those quoted in that Times article who want what they call a merit-only system would struggle to explain how the pre-DEI domination of white men can be explained by merit alone. Unless they want to say that white men are smarter and better at science than everyone else.
This breaks my heart. It’s a great show and you’re a brilliant journalist and one of the only people that I trust to do interviews with.
October 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This breaks my heart. It’s a great show and you’re a brilliant journalist and one of the only people that I trust to do interviews with.
That’s the stuff that keeps me in this game 😍
October 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
That’s the stuff that keeps me in this game 😍
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This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.
October 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.
They stole my bit :( (dad was a toolmaker)
September 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
They stole my bit :( (dad was a toolmaker)