Vicki Bolton
@vicbolton.bsky.social
I'm here for data, cohorts, research methods (bonus for quant), cycling, women and girls - views my own.
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Dr Venn would have been familiar with this - he was a Cambridge academic & his son, also a Dr Venn, was one of the old University councillors on Cambridge City Council before the abolition of the posts in the 1960s.
Fen Diagram
A cartoon for the mathematically-minded lovers of flatlands, a particular Venn diagram in itself.
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A cartoon for the mathematically-minded lovers of flatlands, a particular Venn diagram in itself.
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July 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Dr Venn would have been familiar with this - he was a Cambridge academic & his son, also a Dr Venn, was one of the old University councillors on Cambridge City Council before the abolition of the posts in the 1960s.
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When it comes to changing mobility behaviour, it’s impossible to overstate the importance of sufficient, sheltered, and secure bike parking facilities. They are a critical component of any cohesive cycling network, and without them, infrastructure investments will never fulfill their true potential.
June 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
When it comes to changing mobility behaviour, it’s impossible to overstate the importance of sufficient, sheltered, and secure bike parking facilities. They are a critical component of any cohesive cycling network, and without them, infrastructure investments will never fulfill their true potential.
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The entire biography of every feminist can be told in two moments: when we first watched the shower scene & thought it was hilarious, & when we saw it again & understood it as assault. We owe Houlihan a debt for that clarity.
M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit dies aged 87
Swit won awards for her role as
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May 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The entire biography of every feminist can be told in two moments: when we first watched the shower scene & thought it was hilarious, & when we saw it again & understood it as assault. We owe Houlihan a debt for that clarity.
Is this a kind of modified Delphi process?
The death of Pope Francis sets in motion a carefully orchestrated transition aimed at ensuring the stability and continuity of the Roman Catholic Church.
Here’s what happens next. wapo.st/4isdiAK
Here’s what happens next. wapo.st/4isdiAK
April 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Is this a kind of modified Delphi process?
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As someone who used to be a trustee of a charity and got really frustrated with people more focused on moral purity than actually getting stuff done, this rings true.
Interesting the mismatch between what others think and what they think they think.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Interesting the mismatch between what others think and what they think they think.
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Leftwing activists less likely to work with political rivals than other UK groups, study finds
Exclusive: Lack of understanding by ‘progressive activists’ of other voting blocs has led to rise of far right, authors argue
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April 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
As someone who used to be a trustee of a charity and got really frustrated with people more focused on moral purity than actually getting stuff done, this rings true.
Interesting the mismatch between what others think and what they think they think.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Interesting the mismatch between what others think and what they think they think.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I had thought that a Supreme Court ruling regarding women's political & legal rights might have meant a C4 piece about the history of women's rights & the women's liberation movement.
But no.
C4 centred males with trans identities.
Quick feminist analysis: males are more important than females.
But no.
C4 centred males with trans identities.
Quick feminist analysis: males are more important than females.
What does Supreme Court ruling mean for the trans rights movement?
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What does Supreme Court ruling mean for the trans rights movement?
The Supreme Court's unanimous decision that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex. The Tory leader Kemi Badenoch was quick to react.
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April 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I had thought that a Supreme Court ruling regarding women's political & legal rights might have meant a C4 piece about the history of women's rights & the women's liberation movement.
But no.
C4 centred males with trans identities.
Quick feminist analysis: males are more important than females.
But no.
C4 centred males with trans identities.
Quick feminist analysis: males are more important than females.
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"... no good arguments for transubstantiation by means of lip gloss existed." !!!
April 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"... no good arguments for transubstantiation by means of lip gloss existed." !!!
There's a road in Winchester I don't use anymore after a dad goaded his primary school age child into yelling abuse at me out of the car windows
“I’d cycle more if…”
…there were lit cycle lanes.
…I wasn’t shouted at.
…I didn’t feel so vulnerable.
These are real barriers — and they’re all too common.
🎥 Watch. Listen. Share your own “I’d cycle more if…”
✊ Add your voice to #MyRideOurRight
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…there were lit cycle lanes.
…I wasn’t shouted at.
…I didn’t feel so vulnerable.
These are real barriers — and they’re all too common.
🎥 Watch. Listen. Share your own “I’d cycle more if…”
✊ Add your voice to #MyRideOurRight
cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right
April 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
There's a road in Winchester I don't use anymore after a dad goaded his primary school age child into yelling abuse at me out of the car windows
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
1.1 litres of rum sauce.
December 25, 2024 at 2:16 PM
1.1 litres of rum sauce.
What is the future of survey data? Key government employment stats are based on a 17% response rate (Labour Force Survey). Is that enough? Is it time for the UK to commit to an overhaul of admin data collection? Would voters agree to it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
‘It’s a huge problem’: what’s gone wrong at the ONS and why does it matter?
The UK’s number-crunching body is still playing catchup over job figures after the pandemic, with validity of survey data being questioned
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December 23, 2024 at 5:34 PM
What is the future of survey data? Key government employment stats are based on a 17% response rate (Labour Force Survey). Is that enough? Is it time for the UK to commit to an overhaul of admin data collection? Would voters agree to it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Mary Wollstonecraft, author “Vindication of the Rights of Women”. Recently read her “Vindication of the Rights of Men” - scathing response to Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in France”, criticising his gendered language as well as hereditary principle. Spotted in Dolben St near Tate Modern.
December 11, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Mary Wollstonecraft, author “Vindication of the Rights of Women”. Recently read her “Vindication of the Rights of Men” - scathing response to Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in France”, criticising his gendered language as well as hereditary principle. Spotted in Dolben St near Tate Modern.
Skibidi toilet does not constitute evidence of anything - lovely rant here by @garwboy.bsky.social
Is doom scrolling really rotting our brains? The evidence is getting harder to ignore
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Many have asked for my take on this. So, is it another example of "I have concluded that my gut feelings are correct and I'm cherry picking 'evidence' to support it"?
Yes, yes it is
1/21
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Many have asked for my take on this. So, is it another example of "I have concluded that my gut feelings are correct and I'm cherry picking 'evidence' to support it"?
Yes, yes it is
1/21
Is doom scrolling really rotting our brains? The evidence is getting harder to ignore | Siân Boyle
‘Brain rot’ is the Oxford word of the year – a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter, says journalist Siân Boyle
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December 11, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Skibidi toilet does not constitute evidence of anything - lovely rant here by @garwboy.bsky.social
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Yep. Biden, wanting to Uphold the Norms, agreed to keep on a Trump-appointed prosecutor who was probing his son. Created a special counsel to probe his own post-VP document retention. Kept on Durham so he could finish a Trump-ordered probe of 2016.
What did he get? Nothing. So here he goes.
What did he get? Nothing. So here he goes.
December 2, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Yep. Biden, wanting to Uphold the Norms, agreed to keep on a Trump-appointed prosecutor who was probing his son. Created a special counsel to probe his own post-VP document retention. Kept on Durham so he could finish a Trump-ordered probe of 2016.
What did he get? Nothing. So here he goes.
What did he get? Nothing. So here he goes.
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English is just three Germanic languages in a French coat
November 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
English is just three Germanic languages in a French coat
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Louise Haigh is Starmer's first minister to resign, 146 days into his premiership – so of course at @instituteforgov.bsky.social we've got a chart to update. He's done better than his recent predecessors – Gavin Williamson resigned just 15 days after Sunak became PM
November 29, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Louise Haigh is Starmer's first minister to resign, 146 days into his premiership – so of course at @instituteforgov.bsky.social we've got a chart to update. He's done better than his recent predecessors – Gavin Williamson resigned just 15 days after Sunak became PM
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Pet mutilations like ear cropping are still widespread despite such cruel procedures being illegal. Why? Import of animals that have already had these procedures is still legal. To end the abuse we must shut down the import loophole. I'm introducing legislation to do just that. #PuppySmugglingBill
November 26, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Pet mutilations like ear cropping are still widespread despite such cruel procedures being illegal. Why? Import of animals that have already had these procedures is still legal. To end the abuse we must shut down the import loophole. I'm introducing legislation to do just that. #PuppySmugglingBill
I can never decide whether I love or hate this stuff. It makes sense to have a test that the House is quorate. It's fascinating that the test is always on the motion "that the House do sit in private". I love the 'insider' feeling of understanding. But it's not transparent.
10/ It’s possible that before Kim Leadbeater speaks another MP may seek to move the motion “that the House do sit in private”. This is done to test whether the House is quorate – at least 40 MPs must be present.
November 29, 2024 at 9:35 AM
I can never decide whether I love or hate this stuff. It makes sense to have a test that the House is quorate. It's fascinating that the test is always on the motion "that the House do sit in private". I love the 'insider' feeling of understanding. But it's not transparent.
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Helpful hotlines today:
1-800-BUTTERBALL - for your Turkey
1-800-662-3263 (Ocean Spray hotline) - for your cranberry sauce
1-800-CALLFBI - for your annoying insurrectionist cousin
Happy Thanksgiving.
1-800-BUTTERBALL - for your Turkey
1-800-662-3263 (Ocean Spray hotline) - for your cranberry sauce
1-800-CALLFBI - for your annoying insurrectionist cousin
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Helpful hotlines today:
1-800-BUTTERBALL - for your Turkey
1-800-662-3263 (Ocean Spray hotline) - for your cranberry sauce
1-800-CALLFBI - for your annoying insurrectionist cousin
Happy Thanksgiving.
1-800-BUTTERBALL - for your Turkey
1-800-662-3263 (Ocean Spray hotline) - for your cranberry sauce
1-800-CALLFBI - for your annoying insurrectionist cousin
Happy Thanksgiving.
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You can read the exchange between me and Charlie Falconer in the Observer here
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The assisted dying debate: Charles Falconer and the Observer’s Sonia Sodha tackle the issues
Last week’s launch of a historic private member’s bill set off an impassioned nationwide discourse in the UK. Here, the Observer’s chief leader writer discusses the big talking points with the former ...
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November 27, 2024 at 6:37 PM
You can read the exchange between me and Charlie Falconer in the Observer here
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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EXC - The former president of the supreme court who ruled on the most high-profile assisted dying cases has declared his support for the law change.
MPs backing the bill say they believe they have the numbers for Friday’s historic vote to pass.
MPs backing the bill say they believe they have the numbers for Friday’s historic vote to pass.
Ex-supreme court president backs assisted dying law change
Exclusive: David Neuberger, who ruled on high-profile assited dying cases, believes tight terms of bill cannot be expanded in courts
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November 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
EXC - The former president of the supreme court who ruled on the most high-profile assisted dying cases has declared his support for the law change.
MPs backing the bill say they believe they have the numbers for Friday’s historic vote to pass.
MPs backing the bill say they believe they have the numbers for Friday’s historic vote to pass.
Worth reading the Parliamentary research briefing on the assisted dying bill. It's a very limited piece of legislation. I'd vote in favour for selfish reasons, because I'd want it for myself. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25 has its second reading on 29 November 2024. This Library briefing provides an overview of the bill and key areas of debate.
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November 27, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Worth reading the Parliamentary research briefing on the assisted dying bill. It's a very limited piece of legislation. I'd vote in favour for selfish reasons, because I'd want it for myself. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...