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A lovely post to get away from the worst of things - metonymy, an anniversary trip, and political dissolution makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/26/a...
A week in metonymy: From the personal to the political
Last week was metonymy week for me. In this post I’ll tell you three stories about metonymy, all related to a train ride to and from Oxford with my husband – a sort of anniversary trip, as we met t…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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As the Royal Society prepares to discuss “Fellows’ behaviour” here’s a reminder of why it is essential that they take action on Musk in order to protect science/scientists and scientific integrity.
March 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
February 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
From a man who knows all about horror...
Trump is an extremely dangerous man--stupid, vindictive, fixated on payback for his enemies. This country will be lucky to survive him.
January 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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The Billy Wilkins oak - Melbury deer park, Dorset 🌳

The largest oak in the County

Photo: John Dillwyn Llewelyn - circa 1850
January 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion....But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

Arthur C. Clarke

Great quote.
@literarypearls.bsky.social does he provide insight into what the simple basis is?
December 17, 2024 at 1:35 PM