Liz
@meejahoar.bsky.social
Yanq-Aussie | longtime UK resident | recovering lawyer | anti-Brexit | pro-EU | liberal progressive | Harris-Welz 2024 | ally | GSOH
@hawksleyworkman.bsky.social great to see you at the Green Note yesterday afternoon!!! amazing as always and sorry we were a teensy bit late, loved the little girl sat next to us at the back admonishing her mum who said how great was the show, “It’s a GIG” 😆
September 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@hawksleyworkman.bsky.social great to see you at the Green Note yesterday afternoon!!! amazing as always and sorry we were a teensy bit late, loved the little girl sat next to us at the back admonishing her mum who said how great was the show, “It’s a GIG” 😆
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Hey, Sky News! Hey, BBC! See how easy it is?
Moskowitz: Do you think the Epstein list should come out?
Farage: I have no opinion on it.
Raskin: It’s been reported that he’s called for it to be released
Moskowitz: I have it here. Do you agree with yourself?
Farage: I have no opinion on it.
Raskin: It’s been reported that he’s called for it to be released
Moskowitz: I have it here. Do you agree with yourself?
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hey, Sky News! Hey, BBC! See how easy it is?
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“Unwittingly” may be the best use of an adverb in history
thanks to @dorianlynskey.bsky.social for introducing me to this movie poster, featuring a tagline that made me hyperventilate with laughter
September 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“Unwittingly” may be the best use of an adverb in history
dear guest on most recent pod David Klemperer of @compulsoryvoting.bsky.social totally, vigorously disagree with you re: online voting, when you say “people” prefer / trust pen and paper you mean YOU prefer it / trust it, I’m 58 and I’d far prefer online voting podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
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September 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
dear guest on most recent pod David Klemperer of @compulsoryvoting.bsky.social totally, vigorously disagree with you re: online voting, when you say “people” prefer / trust pen and paper you mean YOU prefer it / trust it, I’m 58 and I’d far prefer online voting podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
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This is an interesting role for an interesting politician, seemingly with an emphasis on ironing out cross-departmental issues when it comes to delivery.
🚨 Breaking: Cabinet reshuffle begins…
Darren Jones becomes chief secretary (minister of state) to the prime minister and No10 — a new role
James Murray takes his place as chief secretary to the Treasury
Both are cabinet-attending roles, No 10 has said
Darren Jones becomes chief secretary (minister of state) to the prime minister and No10 — a new role
James Murray takes his place as chief secretary to the Treasury
Both are cabinet-attending roles, No 10 has said
September 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is an interesting role for an interesting politician, seemingly with an emphasis on ironing out cross-departmental issues when it comes to delivery.
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"'LET REGION BECOME A EUROPEAN RAIL HUB'"
@sminting.bsky.social for @yorkshirepost.co.uk
#Yorkshire should be connected with #RailServices to the continent, with #York and #Leeds acting as central hubs in a new #European #RailCorridor.
#YorkshirePost
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
@sminting.bsky.social for @yorkshirepost.co.uk
#Yorkshire should be connected with #RailServices to the continent, with #York and #Leeds acting as central hubs in a new #European #RailCorridor.
#YorkshirePost
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
August 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"'LET REGION BECOME A EUROPEAN RAIL HUB'"
@sminting.bsky.social for @yorkshirepost.co.uk
#Yorkshire should be connected with #RailServices to the continent, with #York and #Leeds acting as central hubs in a new #European #RailCorridor.
#YorkshirePost
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
@sminting.bsky.social for @yorkshirepost.co.uk
#Yorkshire should be connected with #RailServices to the continent, with #York and #Leeds acting as central hubs in a new #European #RailCorridor.
#YorkshirePost
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
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"'HISTORIC' RAIL REVOLUTION"
@craigpaton27.bsky.social for @metro.co.uk (North)
#RailCommuters in #Scotland received a #CashBoost after #PeakFares were scrapped in what #Scottish #FirstMinister #JohnSwinney described as a 'historic moment'.
#Metro
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
@craigpaton27.bsky.social for @metro.co.uk (North)
#RailCommuters in #Scotland received a #CashBoost after #PeakFares were scrapped in what #Scottish #FirstMinister #JohnSwinney described as a 'historic moment'.
#Metro
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
August 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"'HISTORIC' RAIL REVOLUTION"
@craigpaton27.bsky.social for @metro.co.uk (North)
#RailCommuters in #Scotland received a #CashBoost after #PeakFares were scrapped in what #Scottish #FirstMinister #JohnSwinney described as a 'historic moment'.
#Metro
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
@craigpaton27.bsky.social for @metro.co.uk (North)
#RailCommuters in #Scotland received a #CashBoost after #PeakFares were scrapped in what #Scottish #FirstMinister #JohnSwinney described as a 'historic moment'.
#Metro
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
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A dinosaur fossil found in Morocco may be the most bizarrely and elaborately armoured vertebrate that has ever walked the Earth.
Armoured dinosaur's 'crazy' spikes weren't just for defence
A 165-million-year-old ankylosaur from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco was covered in an array of extreme armour including body spikes fused to its skeleton, a feature never seen in any dinosaur before
www.newscientist.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A dinosaur fossil found in Morocco may be the most bizarrely and elaborately armoured vertebrate that has ever walked the Earth.
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What a traitorous piece of shit Farage is…
(Sunday Times)
(Sunday Times)
August 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
What a traitorous piece of shit Farage is…
(Sunday Times)
(Sunday Times)
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Psilocybin appears to alter brain networks linked to repetitive negative thoughts, which may explain how the drug helps to treat some mental health conditions
Just one dose of psilocybin seems to be enough to rewire the brain
Psilocybin appears to alter brain networks linked to repetitive negative thoughts, which may explain how the drug helps to treat some mental health conditions
www.newscientist.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Psilocybin appears to alter brain networks linked to repetitive negative thoughts, which may explain how the drug helps to treat some mental health conditions
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A tiny engine comprised of a glass bead zapped with electric fields behaves as if it is operating 2000 times hotter than the sun
Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of microscopic physics
A tiny engine comprised of a glass bead zapped with electric fields behaves as if it is operating 2000 times hotter than the sun
www.newscientist.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A tiny engine comprised of a glass bead zapped with electric fields behaves as if it is operating 2000 times hotter than the sun
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The history of carbon dioxide’s role in life on Earth combined with a call to climate action makes for compelling reading, finds Chris Stokel-Walker
New book about the story of carbon dioxide is a rousing call to action
The history of carbon dioxide’s role in life on Earth combined with a call to climate action makes for compelling reading, finds Chris Stokel-Walker
www.newscientist.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The history of carbon dioxide’s role in life on Earth combined with a call to climate action makes for compelling reading, finds Chris Stokel-Walker
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The aurora borealis has been remarkably bright recently. Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov reveals what's going on and how worried we should be about a major solar storm
Why auroras are so much brighter and more easily visible recently
The aurora borealis has been remarkably bright recently. Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov reveals what's going on and how worried we should be about a major solar storm
www.newscientist.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The aurora borealis has been remarkably bright recently. Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov reveals what's going on and how worried we should be about a major solar storm
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An ancient crocodile relative that lived around 70 million years ago was probably such a formidable predator that it could have eaten medium-sized dinosaurs for breakfast.
Ancient crocodile relative could have ripped dinosaurs apart
www.newscientist.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:59 AM
An ancient crocodile relative that lived around 70 million years ago was probably such a formidable predator that it could have eaten medium-sized dinosaurs for breakfast.
“South of the city, where the fingers of the bayou stretch into the ocean, houses now sit on stilts” – reader, housed on stilts aren’t new, they’ve been around for generations, at least since Katrina’s predecessor, Hurricane Camille (1969, Cat 5)
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Does it make sense for America to keep subsidising a sinking city?
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans faces a different kind of risk
economist.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:10 AM
“South of the city, where the fingers of the bayou stretch into the ocean, houses now sit on stilts” – reader, housed on stilts aren’t new, they’ve been around for generations, at least since Katrina’s predecessor, Hurricane Camille (1969, Cat 5)
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August 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Boston Consulting Group has been ordered to explain its activities in Gaza to a UK parliamentary committee as pressure intensifies on the US consultancy.
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BCG’s role in Gaza probed by UK parliamentary committee
Pressure intensifies on US consultancy as MPs demand ‘clarification and information’ on firm’s involvement
www.ft.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Boston Consulting Group has been ordered to explain its activities in Gaza to a UK parliamentary committee as pressure intensifies on the US consultancy.
www.ft.com/content/2c4c...
www.ft.com/content/2c4c...
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BBC news seems to have adopted what I presume is the government’s distinction between those crossing in small boats and ‘genuine asylum seekers’. They should reconsider, not least given the proportion of the latter who have their asylum claims approved.
July 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
BBC news seems to have adopted what I presume is the government’s distinction between those crossing in small boats and ‘genuine asylum seekers’. They should reconsider, not least given the proportion of the latter who have their asylum claims approved.
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I pimped my pancakes and now they're having sex for money which I keep.
Pic from @meejahoar.bsky.social
Pic from @meejahoar.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I pimped my pancakes and now they're having sex for money which I keep.
Pic from @meejahoar.bsky.social
Pic from @meejahoar.bsky.social
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"Those plums are *not* for you, William"
Samsung’s fridges now recognize family members by voice
Samsung’s fridges now recognize family members by voice
So they can pull up your calendar, show off your photos, or activate custom display modes.
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June 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"Those plums are *not* for you, William"
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A fine poem. And, in case you want to know any more about the subject, the relevant OED entry has just been revised: www.oed.com/dictionary/b... (paywall)
June 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A fine poem. And, in case you want to know any more about the subject, the relevant OED entry has just been revised: www.oed.com/dictionary/b... (paywall)
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Here’s another poem from ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’, and one of my more enigmatic offerings: it’s called ‘Frisbee’.
June 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Here’s another poem from ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’, and one of my more enigmatic offerings: it’s called ‘Frisbee’.
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Good news and an excellent report by the Migration Advisory Committee.
The ECHR is *not* the central issue here - MAC are recommending a lower threshold because of the impact on families and children, not because of the ECHR.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR is *not* the central issue here - MAC are recommending a lower threshold because of the impact on families and children, not because of the ECHR.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Family visa income threshold should be lower, review says
An increase to minimum salary requirements would risk breaching international law, an advisory body warns.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Good news and an excellent report by the Migration Advisory Committee.
The ECHR is *not* the central issue here - MAC are recommending a lower threshold because of the impact on families and children, not because of the ECHR.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR is *not* the central issue here - MAC are recommending a lower threshold because of the impact on families and children, not because of the ECHR.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are some of the most important ancient texts that we know of, and now a new analysis using AI and modern carbon dating is revealing new secrets of their origins.
Dead Sea Scrolls analysis may force rethink of ancient Jewish history
Thanks to AI and modern carbon dating techniques, we have a new understanding of when the Dead Sea Scrolls were written – which could revise the story of Judaea
www.newscientist.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Dead Sea Scrolls are some of the most important ancient texts that we know of, and now a new analysis using AI and modern carbon dating is revealing new secrets of their origins.
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If anyone wants to support Protect Brockwell Park’s ongoing JR battle against Lambeth Council – not to stop festivals, just to ensure they use our park more responsibly! – please do: www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect... (PBP not on Bluesky but protectbrockwellpark.org) #ProtectBrockwellPark
Protect the Judgment, Protect Our Parks
Protect Brockwell Park is a group of local residents who are passionate about the welfare of Brockwell Park in Lambeth.
www.crowdjustice.com
May 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
If anyone wants to support Protect Brockwell Park’s ongoing JR battle against Lambeth Council – not to stop festivals, just to ensure they use our park more responsibly! – please do: www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect... (PBP not on Bluesky but protectbrockwellpark.org) #ProtectBrockwellPark