Frankfurt airport is proving that Germany can do inefficient just as well as the UK

Today please think of the thousands working at polling companies. Their jobs are at risk if the polls are wrong… and they need your support. Go and vote. Prove the pollsters right.

Today is polling day. Time to vote for Amanda Hack MP! It’s so close that every vote counts in North West Leicestershire. The Labour Party is the only party that can beat the Conservatives here and offers real change. Change will only happen if you vote for it. #VoteLabour #Change

Congratulations to Pam!

Congratulations to Keir Starmer and The Labour Party on their convincing election victory. Ukraine and the United Kingdom have been and will continue to be reliable allies through thick and thin. We will continue to defend and advance our common values of life, freedom, and a

Congratulations to three The Labour Party MPs that I know: Amanda Hack MP and Pam Cox, starting their parliamentary careers, and Jess Phillips on her reelection

In a very positive news for science there is a scientist as Minister of State

There are more women Labour MPs than the entire Conservative parliamentary party!

And in other news: how England would fare in the Euros if they were playing rugby

Ready for @Conkersparkrun

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Our Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery ecologists busy at Gibbets Close Nature Reserve today, just outside Oxford, looking at how invertebrate biodiversity and energetics change as farmland is left to revert naturally back to woodland

“All I know is, it was a horrible sight.” “Oh, I’m not talking about the poor bugger in the pit. I’m talking about the people throwing the stones.” #GNUTerryPratchett

It looks like Uber are pretty clear about surge pricing… the high ticket prices will encourage more Oasises to go on tour, and then prices will come down again.

Universities are now invited to submit data for the THE Impact Rankings 2025, which measure universities’ progress towards the United Nations’ SDGs #THEunirankings #THEimpact timeshighereducation.com/world-universi…

Does the brain change during pregnancy? You bet it does. How about doing 26 MRI scans on a single person pre-conception to 2 years post-partum. WOW! Laura Pritschet and colleagues nailed it with their new paper in Nature Neuroscience. Key Points: - The authors point out that pregnancy

This has the potential to be the start of a really interesting study! Very interesting...

Generative AI can be very useful, but LinkedIn don't really explain how it would be used, and there is no sign of a risk assessment either... For now I'm opting out.

It's the job of universities to educate. The ones that take students who haven't excelled previously and support them to achieve deserve extra credit...

Is it possible to stream The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie on UK TV?