Tom Witney

Britney Spears Does anyone think global warming is a good thing? | love Lady Gaga. I think she's a really interesting artist.

the britney spears tweet about lady gaga and global warming is 15 years old today

We're back to Question 3 of Tony Benn's five questions to ask those in power about transparancy and accountability:

1) What power have you got?
2) Where did you get it?
3) *In whose interests do you exercise it?*
4) To whom are you accountable?
5) How do we get rid of you?

Know any UK based LGBTQIA+ mathematicians (or other STEM people!) who deserve some credit for their work??? Vote for them by the 1st of March!

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

My complaint to the Biological Broadcasting Corporation

From the traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2 community on Reddit: PSA: Ayagdos study Explore this post and more from the traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2 community

We want to ask anyone who comes across this study to avoid and not to participate in it.

www.reddit.com/r/traaaaaaan...

Petition for Mountain Rescue to put them back.

Anti-trans 'data vandalism' is damaging scientific research, study finds

EXCLUSIVE: Anti-trans activists are negatively impacting scientific research by pushing for 'the existence of trans people to be an impossibility' in data gathering, according to a new study

How the NHS became the battleground in the trans debate at work What's next for employers and their staff in the aftermath of the Darlington nurses ruling?

Entirely typical of the BBC's treatment of trans people that it presents Michael Foran, who is literally on the advisory Board of the Sex Matters hate group, as an independent expert.

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

Vera looked around the room. Not another chicken anywhere. And then it struck her—this was a hay bar.

Vera looked around the room. Not another chicken anywhere. And then it struck her—this was a hay bar.

it's deeply funny that the "Free Speech Union" sued to stop someone from publishing their donor list.

none of these fuckos believe in free speech

I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?

African descended people are walking around with surnames like McCalmont and Mcdonald but you're saying it's European culture facing erasure 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt, professor of psychobiology and epidemiology at University College London, brings together numerous research projects confirming what we have always suspected - art is good for us. It helps us enjoy happier, healthier and longer lives. One study found that people who engaged regularly with the arts had a 31% lower risk of dying at any point during the follow-up period, even when confounding socioeconomic, demographic and health factors were taken into account. Studies also show that visiting museums and attending live music events can make people physiologically younger, and a monthly cultural activity almost halves our chances of depression. As Fancourt argues, if a drug boasted such benefits governments would be pouring billions into it. Instead, funding has been slashed across the culture sector and arts education has been devalued and eroded in the UK.

‘If a drug boasted such benefits [as the arts] governments would be pouring billions into it. Instead, funding has been slashed across the culture sector.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Workshop Session: Modern British Trans History Modern British Studies Conference, University of Birmingham, 3–5 June 2026 We are seeking expressions of interest for a developmental workshop session in modern British trans history to be held at the Modern British Studies conference in June. Participants will share precirculated papers of between 2,500 and 5,000 words, and discuss these with each other in an extended-length session as part of the conference programme. They will therefore have the opportunity to receive in-depth feedback in a supportive environment grounded in field expertise, as well as to participate in a wider discussion with fellow modern British trans historians about the state of the field. Participation is open to researchers working on any aspect of the trans history of Britain, Ireland, and the British Empire since c. 1700. The session is primarily aimed at postgraduate and early-career researchers, but anyone who feels as if they would benefit from the opportunity to workshop a paper is welcome to register their interest, including historians working outside the academy. If the session is oversubscribed, preference will be given to current PGRs/graduate students. MBS conference attendees who would like to attend the session without workshopping a paper will have the opportunity nearer the time to register their interest and to receive the precirculated papers. To register your interest in workshopping a paper in this session, please write to Sam Rutherford (sam.rutherford@glasgow.ac.uk) by 16 January 2026 with a brief indication of your potential paper topic.

I'm organising a trans history workshop session as part of the @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social conference in July. Details below. Do get in touch by end of next week if you have any questions or would like to register your interest, and pass on to anyone you know who might be keen to participate.

ME (Terrified, tearfully repeating this over and over again under my duvet):

23 years apart! Still snoozing on the sofa with us. Love my old lady

basket of creme eggs with an advert reading WHITE EGG, SAME GOO

Misread these creme eggs (3rd January too early for easter eggs btw) as saying "WHITE EGG - SAME GOD" and was momentarily stopped in my tracks.

Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.

This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

Fifth Element!

Walking into 2026 like…

Nothing comes out of these water jets but lies and insinuations. Why did I buy a j'accuzzi?

Is it still necessary to point out that “human rights are a Soviet plot to use the inferior races to undermine and destroy white civilisation” is literal Mein Kampf stuff, by the way? I would like to think people can spot Nazi ideas when they see them, but it’s hard to be confident any more.

No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?

After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.

Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.

Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.

I’ve been going through a day at a time in the morning (when I remember) - search for today’s date and delete the dross. And it’s a nice little reminder of what you were up to!

Speaking of AI as a technology being fundamentally fucked even outside of LLMs, especially in medical contexts