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Helen Cooksley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Scientist in London. Space, travelling, football, books, food, anything and everything

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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Anna Lipphardt @anneli17.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Freiburg, Germany, Central Station Bookshop (right @the center of the shop‘s entryway): “This is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the US“. #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreedomToRead @ala-pla.bsky.social @librarypolicy.bsky.social
Fotograph shows a table with covers of books translated into German:
back row: 5 books by Sarah J. Maas
middle row: Toni Morrison, Bluest Eyes; Steven Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Orwell, 1984; Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants;
Front row: Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why; Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian; Art Spielman, Complete MAUS; Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid‘s Tale; John Green, For Alaska.
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The best thing about using a colander to view the eclipse is that it doesn’t strain your eyes. 😆
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Rich people do not pay Income Tax. The richest 1% pay Income Tax on less than 20% of their Income. This is because nearly 70% of them don't have a job, they are all Landlords and Stock Traders paying a maximum tax of 20%, if they even pay that. Meanwhile you pay 47%.
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
New figures reveal 4.5 million children in the UK are growing up in poverty — the highest ever recorded. Meanwhile, UK billionaires saw their wealth rise to £795 billion last year — another record. We have resources to end child poverty. We need a wealth tax on the super-rich.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
UK Chancellor Reeves goes full Trump, 'to slash 50,000 civil service jobs', cut spending by £2 billion per year. So, there is less money in the economy. Knock-on effect? Loss of tax revenues? Pressure on families, welfare benefits and public services? Austerity because govt won't tax the rich.
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Reeves 'to slash 50,000 civil service jobs' as she pushes to cut spending by £2 billion per year
Rachel Reeves' spending plans are likely to mean 50,000 job losses in the civil service, a trade union has warned.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Brilliant news on a Friday afternoon: gov will launch new natural history GCSE. It's taken Mary Colwell, @carolinelucas.bsky.social & others years of campaigning. (I'm praying it'll be introduced quickly enough for my children!) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE
Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
"Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?" - really nice to see our motonormativity research being used to explain this. Cheers, @peterwalker99.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?
Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
UK billionaires added £182,000,000,000 to their wealth last year. That’s £35,000,000 every single day. Their combined wealth is £795,361,000,000. So don't let anyone tell you austerity is a “necessity”. There’s more than enough wealth to fund our NHS, public services & welfare.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 18/03/2025
More taxes? Yes please! Patriotic Millionaires want to do more for the country “Tax our wealth” – that’s the message from millionaires across the UK whose campaign is hitting the road ahead of the government’s spring statement @patmillsuk.bsky.social @joing.bsky.social
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More taxes? Yes please! Patriotic Millionaires want to do more for the country
“Tax our wealth” – that’s the message from millionaires across the UK whose campaign is hitting the road ahead of the government’s spring statement
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
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Dr Jo Science @drjoscience.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
In just 20 days... 🚀 Full STEAM Ahead kicks off in Manchester – the ultimate event for STEAM educators! 🔬🌟 We’ve got an incredible lineup of speakers, including top STEAM experts, content creators, and tutoring superstars. This is your chance to: 🌐 Network with the best in the field 🛠️ Skill-swap
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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🆘 LIVE in Foley Square, NYC. We’re marching to #StopTheCuts and #SaveMedicaid. @bkindivisible.bsky.social #StoptheCoup #Resist
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Jeffrey Perkel (he/him) @jperkel.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
All scientists, regardless of research discipline or geography, are potential targets of cyberattacks. “The problem is bigger than any one president, prime minister or leader of a totalitarian or authoritarian state.” New @nature.com, some timely advice, by @drmichaelbrooks.bsky.social 🧪
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Stay safe from online hate with these five tips
In this era of anti-science activism, it‘s wise to take steps to protect your research and reputation in the digital realm.
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 13/03/2025
A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
£6 billion in cuts to welfare & disability benefits that will push 700,000 into poverty — instead of taxing the super-rich. Spending on weapons of destruction — instead of helping the world’s poorest. These political choices are cruel. This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This is devastating. This is what happens when you prioritise the profits of mega corporations over the people. The NHS needs extra funding, not more austerity and cuts.
NHS leaders ordered to propose 7bn cuts to services.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Neoliberal achievements. Higher homelessness, food insecurity, malnutrition, lack of good food/housing, fuel poverty, sewage in rivers, crumbling schools. Underfunded NHS can't provide timely care. Corporations making record profits. Rich got richer in a corrupt political system.
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The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change
The United Nations criticised UK poverty rates and called for the DWP to scrap the two-child limit and benefit cap.
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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Women Resisters!
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The United Nations (UN) has urged Keir Starmer to scrap the controversial two-child limit and reverse the five-week wait for universal credit in a warning that the UK government is infringing human rights with the ongoing poverty crisis @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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DWP should increase benefits and scrap two-child limit, UN says
The United Nations has urged the Labour government to scrap the DWP two-child limit and raise benefits in warning over poverty failures.
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matthew.bendall @mlbendall.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
At the DC #standupforscience today. The question was “Why are you here?” She came up with this on her own! (I helped her with the spelling) So proud of her! #standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social
A young girl holding a card that says “I am here because when I am a grown-up I want to be a scientist”
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy International Women's Day! Despite the efforts, while much more women enter scientific fields, due to numerous factors, few manage to remain in the field or secure senior positions. Support your coworkers, call out harmful systemic behaviour. 😘
"Scissor Graph" showing men overtaking women in proportional representation in sciences after doctorate
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Politicians for Sale. UK political parties accepted £100m in donations in 2024. Donations are bribes made to exercise influence, subvert public choices and ensure that corporations/rich rule. Normal people can't compete. Can't cleanse politics without banning donations.
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Tory donations twice as high as Labour’s in last part of 2024
Conservatives raised nearly £2m, Labour £1m and Reform £280,000 from donors in last three months of year
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
It’s borderline criminal.
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The Cymru Connection: Is Elis James linked to everyone in Wales?
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The Cymru Connection: Is Elis James linked to everyone in Wales?
Every week, Elis James tries to find a mutual connection with a random Welsh caller - in one minute.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Today at the “Stand up for Science” demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial.
A crowd of people demonstrating outside in front of the Lincoln Memorial on a clear, sunny day. Some of the signs read “Science over Stupidity,” “Science Makes America Great,” and “Team Public Health, Not Team Measles.”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Want to feel good about humanity? James Harrison, an Australian railway clerk, hated needles but donated blood every two weeks for over 60 years. The rare antibodies in his blood are credited with saving 2.4 million babies. RIP
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James Harrison, whose rare blood protected babies, dies at 88
A rare antibody in the blood of the Australian railway clerk was used to create 3 million doses of an injection needed to protect newborns and prevent stillbirths.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Alright the Science Library is live 🫡
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Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Friendly reminder: if you are waiting on something from a US-based scientist/reviewer/editor, please realize that we're barely making it through each day putting out non-stop fires and trying not to collapse into tears. We're trying our best, but things will take longer right now. Give grace.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Cartoon by @davewhamond.bsky.social.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Kate Osborne MP @kateosbornemp.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Happy St David’s Day from the Labour Party. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus gan y Blaid Lafur.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The populist right is damaging US science. The UK could be next. New from @kityates.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kityates...
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The populist right is damaging US science. The UK could be next.
What we should be doing now to insulate UK science against the populist anti-science agenda
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Parents of under-fives could be exempted from the UK govt’s two-child benefit limit. Children over-five need food, housing, clothes, shoes, transport, family life too. End child benefit cap, cuts in real wages; redistribute income/wealth. Blighting lives is a political choice.
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Parents of under-fives may be exempted from UK’s two-child benefit limit
Exclusive: Ministers considering options to bring down child poverty without removing rule entirely
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Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Opt out tomorrow!
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Ben Sparks @sparksmaths.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Great day of top quality maths communication at MathsFest 2025. @standupmaths.bsky.social hosting Katie Steckles, @mscroggs.co.uk, Jen Visser-Rogers, @jamesgrime.com @nicole-cozens.bsky.social and me. Thanks to everyone for coming to join in!
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
We should tax the rich, not cut foreign aid. Repost of you agree.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 24/02/2025
On this day in 1989, Laura Palmer died and Agent Cooper entered Twin Peaks
Coop and Laura by HappyToast
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Child Poverty % Denmark 2.4% Finland 3.2% Norway 3.6% Sweden 3.6% The UK 32.1%
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Katie Sandlin @kmsandlin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 13/02/2025
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
"Few would have imagined that in post-Brexit Britain, a young person could take a job in Japan for two years but be unable to do the same in France. Yet here we are." By James MacCleary MP
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A youth mobility scheme with Europe
The MP for Lewes and Lib Dem Spokesperson on Europe explains his proposed Ten Minute Rule Bill on youth mobility
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Good advice ⬇️
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