In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change

It’s been a while since I studied electoral systems on a comparative basis in any detail but I don’t think a preference for simple plurality (FPTP) is really the main cause of democratic deficit in Belarus..

Here is the contact ! 👇

We have hit our target! The Vagina Museum is saved! This #WomensHistoryMonth, together we prevented the Vagina Museum from becoming a footnote in women's history. Instead, we made women's history. This community prevailed against overwhelming forces! gofundme.com/f/btscc2

Happy St Patrick’s Day! I made matcha latte with a shamrock! 🍵☘️

More importantly...It is Saint Gertrude of Nivelles Day. The Patron saint of Cats. The best saint ever 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Happy to be dubbed the Paddington Bear🧸of ambassadors by the Telegraph 😄 I took Paddington on a journey to 🇯🇵！

I am never leaving this platform. I know I probably should but I simply cannot do it.

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...

A statement from the Board of Trustees of the Vagina Museum regarding trans inclusion.

Here’s a sentence you didn’t expect to read today: I’ve been thinking about the smell of vaginas all day. I’m en route to London’s very own Vagina Museum to give a talk about the politics of smell and femininity. It’ll be recorded 💕

Justice for the Empress Matilda! And King Philip! (And possibly Jane Grey, I’m on the fence on that).

Cat people: a call-out. Please RT.

Go get 'em, it's Friday...

i'm leaving

Great honour to welcome Sumo Association’s Chairman Hakkaku, the two Yokozuna, Onosato and Hoshoryu, and others involved in the tournament, to a reception at my residence. So excited to see how 🇯🇵’s traditional sport will resonate in the UK. Let’s enjoy the atmosphere together!

Just had a lovely woman in our shop in Donegal, searching for her lost twin sister. Appreciate it if my Irish followers would retweet this. Thank you.

The most common misogynistic insults women get online, by percentage 🧵 (large-scale studies from Pew, the UK Government Harmful Content Unit, Plan International, and the Anti-Defamation League)

Ed Balls