Lucy Pearson

‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’

This is not caused primarily by "screen time".

It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.

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‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’ The UN expert who first warned that Israel was orchestrating a campaign of deliberate mass starvation in Gaza more than 500 days ago, has said that governments and corporations cannot claim to be surprised at the horror now unfolding. “Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine. So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024,” Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, told the Guardian. Continue reading...

‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year

Will Riker wearing a v neck that goes almost down to his dick

despite everything, i still believe in the potential of humankind to create utopia. but it will require hard work, courage, and above all else extremely deep v-necks that go almost down to the dick

That link is giving me a 404, Farah

Just returned from a meet-up with our preschooler’s friends and realise we have positioned ourselves as those parents given we arrived with a bag full of cookies and ice pops to share. This anecdote makes me feel better after seeing the healthy snacks provided by others 😅

Literature scholar friends! Tell me your best practices for UG dissertation modules - what's working for you in your institution in terms of how these are structured / taught? What have you experienced yourself that was great?

Fairly sure they were there when my teenage boyfriend played a festival there - so late 1990s!

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters

I've never seen *anything* like this, either.

Joint statement from BBC, Reuters, AFP, AP about their journalists literally starving.

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This is a global shame. How can we be watching a government starve a population in full view? Everyone knows this is happening yet nothing changes.

That’s good to hear - the last two I did (pre pandemic) were much quicker so I was expecting a similar turnaround.

It's not a library without a librarian.

Submitted a UKRI bid in December. Peer reviews came through in Feb. Just back from annual leave and was sure the outcome would be waiting for me... crickets. Still just within the 9 months they state is the maximum turnaround but this wait is so demoralising. Symptomatic of wider brokenness of UKHE.

I raised this question when I was trying to conceive as I was born in 1980. My GP was NOT helpful about whether I needed one and the information they gave me was not even in line with the up to date NHS guidance. However they were willing to give it once I’d determined I needed it!

I remember having the booster at school. Most vaccinations for school-aged kids are delivered at school as this is the easiest way to capture that population!

You won’t be disappointed!

An under appreciated gem is Stephen Collins and Jim Whaley’s ‘Baby’s First Bank Heist’ (and sequels). These books are absolute genius, so funny for children and adults, excellent to read aloud.

Gaza's largest functioning hospital facing disaster, medics warn, as Israel widens offensive Nasser hospital in Khan Younis has a critical shortage of fuel and had to stop admitting patients after Israeli tanks advanced nearby on Thursday.

'Nasser Medical Complex was forced to stop admitting patients on Thursday, when witnesses said Israeli troops and tanks advanced into a cemetery 200m...away and fired towards nearby camps for displaced families....Medical staff and dozens of patients in intensive care remain inside the hospital'.

Will never be reconciled to my lack of bonnet!

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Text from The Guardian reads '‘One kid at a time’: How children’s books on male friendship could combat toxic masculinity From Margaret McDonald’s Glasgow Boys to Nathanael Lessore’s King of Nothing, boys take centre stage in this year’s Carnegie-winning titles. Let’s hope that the male protagonists persuade more boys to pick up a book'

📚 “One kid at a time, one school at a time” – books that explore male friendship are sparking change, tackling the rise of toxic influences like the "manosphere"

Celebrate the #Carnegies2025 winners, and how they offer boys richer, more emotional stories

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Podcast | Elizabeth Hutchinson Elizabeth and friends talk about school libraries

Greatly enjoyed being interviewed for the Engaging and Empowering School Libraries podcast last night on my work on the #Carnegies - episode up now! www.elizabethahutchinson.com/podcast/epis...

The danger to women (including trans women) and, in fact, gay men, is predatory straight cis men, who do not need to live as a woman to get away with assaulting women. Demonizing trans women only results in more violence against women, not less.

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Nearly 4 million households will also receive an income boost with the main rate of Universal Credit set to increase above inflation every year for the next four years – estimated to be worth £725 by 2029/30 for a single household 25 or over. This is around £250 higher than an inflation only increases. The Bill will also rebalance Universal Credit rates by reducing the health element for new UC claims to £50 from April 2026, fixing a system which encourages sickness by paying health element recipients more than double the standard amount.

I’ve been making my way through the Welfare Reform Bill and this paragraph on the gov.uk website is genuinely disgusting.

Receiving a decent disability benefits rate “encourages sickness”, does it? Funny, I thought it just enabled severely ill and disabled people to eat.

Was discussing this with colleagues yesterday. Honestly think most British people assume if they went abroad and fell in love then obviously they'd just be able to bring their spouse home. The reality is far different - and only getting worse. You need substantial financial reserves.

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Homebody has won the 2025 Shadowers' Choice Medal for Illustration! Congratulations to Theo Parish and @panmacmillan.bsky.social‬! ‏#Carnegies2025