Laura Howes

Strangers on a train?

Gratulation!

This time last year, I was on the South Lawn of the White House helping to lay out the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”

That's lovely Alom.
I hope you have a wonderful day.

But the eggs and bunnies are a symbol of rebirth that come from mixing Germanic folklore and Christianity.

...and we have many of these manuals @thejohnrylands.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk!
Wonderful to see our @historians.org American Historical Review article sparking wider discussions across disciplines!
@uomhums.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social

COP30 final agreement omits fossil fuels Countries also left deforestation on the sidelines but agreed to more funding for climate adaptation efforts by low-income countries

Reflections on COP30 now that it's over. (Or is it??) First, idk if this was Lula's goal, but the physical chaos of the venue—fire, deluge, diesel fumes—sure seemed like a metaphor for climate change to me.
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At MAHA Summit, the NIH head pushes for research that risks failure And 4 other takeaways for life scientists from the ‘off-the-record’ Make America Healthy Again conference

So, remember that MAHA summit 2 weeks ago that @statnews.com broke the news of and @maxkozlov.bsky.social somehow got into for Nature, even though it was closed to the press?

The organizers posted the entire 6.5-hour conference proceedings to YouTube last week.

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Proteins plucked from the pages of Renaissance recipes Analyses of German medical manuals from 1531 reveal what ingredients those who handled the books used

Do you have recipe books with annotations and stains on the most popular pages? Me too, and so does the University of Manchester. Except their recipe books are medieval medical manuals.
@bethanyhalford.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social
🧪 #chemsky
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Well that's incredibly inconsiderate

bsky.app/profile/jim....

From now on, when discussing the budget, please use “is this measure bigger than the cost to the exchequer of gen Z drinking less” as your metric for assessing whether something actually raises or costs a significant sum

That link above still works for me

Growth forecasts down, real income forecasts down, mortgage rate forecasts up, immigration forecasts well down.

Ooof

It's still up, despite everyone accessing and downloading it in the last 15 minutes. Incredible scenes

Brit who lives in Germany here... I do not believe there is a like for like equivalent that you can get in the supermarket but you might find something in a Polski Sklep.

Wie bitte?!

Fun fact, it's cheaper for me to post my cards to the UK from Germany than to wait until I'm back in the UK and therefore able to use the Royal Mail

Heading to Pretoria for work next week.

Thoughts with staff at Leicester as this awful situation develops while they're also busy teaching.

The @wpk.bsky.social (which I am a member of) politely but firmly requests that the German Bundestag opens up its research committee meetings, or otherwise provides a platform for journalists to ask questions. Transparency being fundamental to a healthy democracy.

Aw, I quite enjoy the old ladies who come up to me, concerned that I might be cold or worried that my kidneys might get a chill if my jacket rides up while cycling

Oh I know, I'm just very anti November today because it is soooooo grey. Plus I'm still adapting to the winter in November. February you're in it and grabbing your skis to go a little south at the weekend feels more reasonable, especially if the Schwarzwald is in play. Joys of living in BW.

Also this

Yes, except I can go to the Alps and ski in February.

One point to add about fake AI journalists: the people that will suffer most are young newbie journalists.

I’ve been writing for years and have an extensive footprint: no editor is going to think I’m AI.

But someone new, with few published stories, will necessarily look “less real”.

We're at the time of year again where my British understanding of cold and the Germans' concept of appropriate clothing don't quite match up and they get very worried for my health.
Today: my choice to wear shorts when going cycling up a hill.

100 per cent. It is dark, and cold, and grey, and every year I realise we should have booked a holiday somewhere that isn't.

Smoked fish, good bread, maybe a salad.

I feel your pain