.@jameshuttoninst predict that gene-editing technology could result in potatoes with more vitamin C than lemons being grown. @realstephenkerr's Members' Business debate will focus on gene-modification and gene-editing this afternoon. Watch here: ow.ly/NkoC50LxCtJ

Must be doing something right...my words about anti-foodbank MP & his wages being twisted by the Tories today into trying to label me an education 'snob''....what a joke...🙄 They can't think of anything else to have a go at.... HOWEVER, I'll let my record in education do the

My thoughts, expressed in a fuller form than a tweet would permit, on the Government's shameful decision to go ahead with the @StonehengeTunnel

Today I asked a business on the Walk notorious for blocking pavements/cycle paths if they’d given consideration to alternative delivery methods. The answer was no because 1) Logistics of deliveries not their responsibility (?) and 2) ‘we were here before the cycle path’. Sigh.

Should be: Traffic data for the middle(ish) of Braid Road: ✅Speed limit = 20 mph ❎Average speed = 27.5 mph ❎79.2% of drivers faster than the limit. ❎15% of drivers faster than 32.3 mph ❎5.2% of drivers are over *35* mph!

Bob is finally here on Mayfield Road, Newington, Edinburgh, keeping a check on the vast number of motorists breaking the 20 mph speed limit on this key cycling route for school and uni. The City of Edinburgh Council Edinburgh Reporter Edinburgh Evening News Newington Safe Routes @blackfordsafer1

Today equipment installed on Mayfield Rd to carry out a traffic survey. Will provide hard evidence of what I see everyday - the 20 speed limit largely ignored. @blackfordsafer1 @CllrScottArthur Edinburgh Evening News Edinburgh Reporter @SW2 The City of Edinburgh Council Daniel Johnson MSP

I'm pleased to see HES acknowledge that allowing traffic to cut through Holyrood Park has a significant negative impact on the ability of residents to enjoy it fully. I also hope HES will address parking provision in the park, and prevent it being used to provide cheap access

This is a government with no targets for reducing road deaths and casualties. Soft on road casualties and Soft on the cause of road casualties. Speed of motor vehicles is the main reason why there is not time or space to avoid crashes. #20splenty where people are.

In 1959, 9-year-old Ronald McNair went to a public library in Lake City, South Carolina because he was looking for more advanced books on science. Ronald's older brother, Carl, describes what happened next: “So, as he was walking in there, all these folks were staring at him -

What an absolute legend

On June 28, 2009, the world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking threw a party at the University of Cambridge, complete with balloons, hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne. Everyone was invited but no one showed up. Hawking had expected as much, because he only sent out invitations

.Allison Pearson has shared her thoughts on the #ElectricVehicle transition in today's The Telegraph Been a while since I've seen an article with quite so many inaccuracies and unevidenced claims So, here's a not-so-little thread to debunk some of the things that have been said

My all-time favorite Venn diagram 😆

Dave and Lionel haha 😂

I CAN’T DO ANY MORE

I want this job.

Never even liked tennis anyway.

"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible" - Voltaire

“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” ~Joseph Campbell 3 ways to bring more joy and wonder into your life: buff.ly/3Qr4KwG