Rachel Harding

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Out of office on, books, music and teapot ready, enjoy the summer everyone!

Civil service interns must all be working class, government says Internships will only go to students from poorer families in a push to make Whitehall more working class.

BBC News - Civil service interns must all be working class, government says - BBC News
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Motherfucking wind farms…

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Paralympian’s plea to roll out 999 initiative nationwide Chris Channon called 999 but a call handler hung up on him as they thought it was a prank.

BBC News - Paralympian’s plea to roll out 999 initiative nationwide - BBC News
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Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike Move follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plant

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Orgreave papers destroyed by police thought to include report on notorious truncheon beating Miner who was seen on TV being beaten by officer said he was not aware of report’s existence before it was destroyed Documents destroyed by police relating to operations at Orgreave during the miners’ strike in 1984 are believed to include a report on a notorious incident in which an officer beat a man over the head with a truncheon. In the ITV News at 10 report on the violent scenes at Orgreave, the officer, PC Martin of Northumbria police, was seen hitting the miner, Russell Broomhead, several times with his truncheon. Continue reading...

Orgreave papers destroyed by police thought to include report on notorious truncheon beating

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Girls on period skipping school over toilet rules, says charity A West Yorkshire charity says some students are missing a month of education each year.

BBC News - Girls on period skipping school over toilet rules, says charity - BBC News
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Q1: is this quote really Hegel?

Q2: is this image really of Hegel?

#ReadActualHegel

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*update on the lilies*

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Brilliant work #TeamSophie lovely to see #sophoefromromania running, all in her own time 🐾

Minister ignored concerns from disabled advisers, months before publishing cuts bill A minister ignored concerns about proposed benefit cuts that were raised in a meeting by his own network of disability advisers, months before the government published its ill-fated universal credi…

www.disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-ign...

Define biological female/male

"Well if you're born with..."

No. The biological definition. As in what biology you have now. Not the historical definition. The biological definition of a butterfly isn't the same as a caterpillar

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Biblical Women Ageing Disgracefully: artist Sarah Lightman reimagines characters battling midlife, motherhood and menopause What if Mary hated soft play? What if Eve had hot flushes?

What if Mary hated soft play? What if Eve had hot flushes?

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Bournemouth Sinfonietta Plays English Music For Strings George Hurst · Album · 1985 · 16 songs

This afternoon's work is being copmpleted to Holst's St Paul's suite, Elgar's Serenade for strings in E minor, Warlock's Capriol suite and Ireland's Concertino Pastorale open.spotify.com/album/0yHP6P...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work Exclusive: Changes to workers’ rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jul...

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Alan Turing Institute told to focus on defence or lose funding - Research Professional News Science secretary threatens to pull defence R&D funds, while reforms could see EPSRC grant revisited

Big story breaking this evening.

Alan Turing Institute told to focus on defence or lose funding.

The science secretary Peter Kyle has threatened to pull defence R&D funds, while reforms could see EPSRC grant revisited.

Free to read.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Steve Coogan accuses Labour of paving way for Reform UK Exclusive: Actor says Keir Starmer’s party has caused a ‘derogation of all the principles they were supposed to represent’

“I knew before the election he [Starmer] was going to be disappointing. He hasn’t disappointed me in how disappointing he’s been"

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...