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Dr Bethany Usher

@bethanyusher.bsky.social

Journo, academic, author. Journalism & Crime/ Journalism & Celebrity cover earliest historic origins to present and links to politics. Also focus on networked constructed reality and misinformation. Recent for The Times, Byline Times, Press Gazette

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So excited we are finally at True Crime Forum! And I got to bring my Mam to work day!

12.07.2025 10:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is very good news and will help to stop the Far Right getting elected on marginal votes.

Now do parliamentary elections.

10.07.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 222    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Researchers bring ancient Roman maths up to date Ancient mathematical texts that played a key role in constructing the Roman empire will be transformed for the 21stย century by researchers at Newcastle University.

Researchers at Newcastle University are bringing ancient Roman maths into the 21st century ๐Ÿงฎ๐Ÿ“œ

Find out how this work aims to support the teaching of modern maths in schools >> bit.ly/4kxDfQs

10.07.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Controversial muscians making huge hits, when has that ever happened?

Oh wait...

07.07.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 150    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

๐Ÿšจ MEASLES OUTBREAK IN U.S.: WORST YEAR SINCE DISEASE WAS ERADICATED

A disease once eliminated in the U.S. is now roaring back. And we just hit a chilling milestone.

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05.07.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12979    ๐Ÿ” 4461    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 617    ๐Ÿ“Œ 241

Was like our last Govt Rwanda scheme. A complete nonsense.

05.07.2025 08:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crying in the Commons: why are womenโ€™s workplace tears a source of shame? Rachel Reevesโ€™s distress may help destigmatise emotional response to stress or professional frustration

Crying in the Commons: why are womenโ€™s workplace tears a source of shame?

04.07.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Because he was allowed to get away with the drip drip drip dehumanisation and now it's free fall down the rabbit hole.

04.07.2025 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The USA shows you what is happening all over the world.

They are blaming immigrants while the billionaires are looting and destroying everything.

03.07.2025 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 334    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Hidden histories: the story of Ballast Hills Burial Ground Explore Newcastle University's work uncovering hidden histories at Ballast Hills Burial Ground, revealing forgotten lives and reshaping heritage.

Want to play your part in uncovering our local past?

Discover the hidden histories of a Newcastle burial ground in this new article from Dr @myragiesen.bsky.social and find out how you can get involved>> bit.ly/44rJz5R

03.07.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jeffries, still going strong 8 hours in: "Extraordinary to me, Mr.
Speaker, that you got folks in this town talking about draining the swamp. Guess what. You are the swamp ... we've never seen anything like this -- the type of corruption that has been unleashed on the American people."

03.07.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20540    ๐Ÿ” 4913    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 600    ๐Ÿ“Œ 285

What has Rachel Reeves tears done to my older lady friends at the gym, who did not like her before.

They now hate Kemi Badenoch for bullying her during PMQs and said Reeves is getting picked on because she has good ideas

Great Britain. We love an underdog don't we?

03.07.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

very good

03.07.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump is going to say Obama is an illegal immigrant isn't he.

02.07.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Laura Loomerโ€˜s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

Laura Loomerโ€˜s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

02.07.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38921    ๐Ÿ” 13997    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3365    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2726
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Ah, the golden age.

02.07.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31056    ๐Ÿ” 9748    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1202    ๐Ÿ“Œ 474

Thank you. That does help actually because it's such a norm I've been feeling like there's something wrong with me.

02.07.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's crippling me at the moment. I am terrified everything I say comes across wrong or I am reading things wrong. I hate it.

02.07.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay developing severe anxiety about sending and receiving emails isn't going to go well in a job where the main communication is email.

What's this all about then?!

02.07.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK business confidence levels hit highest since 2015, Lloyds says Confidence levels among British employers hit a fresh nine-year high this month as companies became more optimistic about the outlook for the economy, according to a survey published on Monday.

www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

Oh, this is not what weโ€™re being told????

01.07.2025 08:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 107    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I agree. I often think about whether we'd have had kids five years later and also with Brexit and Trump having come into play. Our youngest was born 2015.

01.07.2025 10:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People just can't afford children and to have a decent quality of life on the average wage. Lots of young people are choosing not to have children as a result.

01.07.2025 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why Did a 75-Year-Old Man in Poor Health Just Die in ICE Custody? Isidro Perez came to the United States from Cuba nearly 60 years ago. This is who Stephen Miller is going after now?

Just awful: A 75-year-old man just died in ICE custody, ICE has revealed in a notice to Congress.

But here's the rub: This man, a Cuban national, was first paroled into the US in 1966โ€”nearly 60 years ago! They were set to deport him anyway.

Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1974...

30.06.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10450    ๐Ÿ” 5198    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 866    ๐Ÿ“Œ 520

I don't think it matters anymore

30.06.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There were also moments of unconscious bias around sexuality and grinder from police officers that I think were interesting too. An important episode.

29.06.2025 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyone watched 24/7 in police custody tonight? What an important storyline about law and legal perception, sexual and cultural differences, race and religion, consent, hard lines and what moments might mean. A difficult story told carefully.
Love to the victims

29.06.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Genuine bullshit they one mind isn't it. What a nonsense.

29.06.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Keith, Leroy and Maxim together were the magic of The Prodigy for me. It was that energy between them.

29.06.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bezos Wedding Guests Delighted By Amazon Worker With Ring Tied To Collar Crawling Down Aisleย  VENICE, ITALYโ€”Smiling at the coupleโ€™s lighthearted twist on a traditional ring bearer, guests at the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sรกnchez were reportedly delighted this week by the sight of an Amazon worker with a ring tied to his collar crawling down the aisle. โ€œOh my gosh, my heart is meltingโ€”such a good boy,โ€ [โ€ฆ]

Bezos Wedding Guests Delighted By Amazon Worker With Ring Tied To Collar Crawling Down Aisle theonion.com/bezos-w...

29.06.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8004    ๐Ÿ” 1354    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 202    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94

Watching The Prodigy without Keith and Leroy is like pretending we'd be watching The Beatles without George and John. It's not really and shouldn't happen.

29.06.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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