Spock's Daughter
@elislaurie.bsky.social
Writer, actor, painter, dreamer.
@nytimes.com I'm in Scotland, not England. Please check your geography 😳
October 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@nytimes.com I'm in Scotland, not England. Please check your geography 😳
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First post! Someone on X asked me share this here so here goes: my piece for US feminist website Fairer Disputations, about UK's sex-based rights movement and why 'gender' on its own doesn't cut it fairerdisputations.org/british-femi...
Why Have British Feminists Successfully Resisted the Erasure of Sex? - Fairer Disputations
British feminists have mounted some of the strongest resistance in the world to the demand that self-identified gender should override biological sex. Over the last decade, the UK has seen a revival o...
fairerdisputations.org
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
First post! Someone on X asked me share this here so here goes: my piece for US feminist website Fairer Disputations, about UK's sex-based rights movement and why 'gender' on its own doesn't cut it fairerdisputations.org/british-femi...
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BLOG - I have today published an analysis of large-scale land transfers in 2023. This follows previous analysis of 2020-2022 transfers. For the first time, the findings diverge from those of the @scottishlandcom.bsky.social andywightman.scot/2025/05/larg...
Large-scale Rural Land Sales 2023 - Land Matters
Today I am publishing a report analysing large-scale (over 500 ha) sales of rural land in 2023. This follows a previous report covering 2020 - 2022. During 2023, 17 landholdings of over 500 ha changed...
andywightman.scot
May 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
BLOG - I have today published an analysis of large-scale land transfers in 2023. This follows previous analysis of 2020-2022 transfers. For the first time, the findings diverge from those of the @scottishlandcom.bsky.social andywightman.scot/2025/05/larg...
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This is *really* important: the reason electricity prices are high is the high cost of gas & that market rate is set by gas prices. One of the loudest calls at Everything Electric last week was to decouple from gas prices, so we benefit from cheaper renewables.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high – and what can be done about it
From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackled
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is *really* important: the reason electricity prices are high is the high cost of gas & that market rate is set by gas prices. One of the loudest calls at Everything Electric last week was to decouple from gas prices, so we benefit from cheaper renewables.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Today I declined an invitation to address a group of members of a professional body as part of their CPD programme. "As a membership body we do not offer a fee." - unlike their members whose fees can be in the in the £ hundreds per hour!
January 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Today I declined an invitation to address a group of members of a professional body as part of their CPD programme. "As a membership body we do not offer a fee." - unlike their members whose fees can be in the in the £ hundreds per hour!
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#Baldoni positioned himself as a #feminist ally engaged with domestic violence issues
Perpetrators promoting themselves as protectors is another one of the many ways they can continue their abuse of women
Safety I Support I Advocacy I Empowerment
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Perpetrators promoting themselves as protectors is another one of the many ways they can continue their abuse of women
Safety I Support I Advocacy I Empowerment
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m ashamed of what I said about Blake Lively. Her allegations should shock us all | Laura Snapes
A complaint filed by the actor against her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni paints a disturbing picture, says Guardian deputy music editor Laura Snapes
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:37 AM
#Baldoni positioned himself as a #feminist ally engaged with domestic violence issues
Perpetrators promoting themselves as protectors is another one of the many ways they can continue their abuse of women
Safety I Support I Advocacy I Empowerment
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Perpetrators promoting themselves as protectors is another one of the many ways they can continue their abuse of women
Safety I Support I Advocacy I Empowerment
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...