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I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

How the Royal Society of Chemistry is reshaping recognition in the chemical sciences Changes over the past five years have enabled a wider variety of team and individual excellence to be celebrated

Over the past five years the RSC has evolved its prizes to better celebrate the range of excellence that can be found in the chemical sciences, including more recognition of team science and technical roles.

First page of the report titled 'Jobs and skills for a circular economy: a cross-sector perspective from the chemical and materials science and engineering communities' on an IOM3-branded colourful background. Also includes logos of IOM3, Institution of Chemical Engineers, and Royal Society of Chemistry.

#IOM3Policy | We’ve joined the Institution of Chemical Engineers (#IChemE) and the Royal Society of Chemistry
@rsc.org to publish a joint report that identifies critical jobs and skills gaps stalling the UK’s ability to deliver a successful circular economy.

Read the report 👉 iom3.info/3WhAhpd

On September 11th 1973, Salvador Allende, the progressive, democratically elected leader of Chile, was attacked and deposed in a US-backed coup that installed the right-wing dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

New research from the British Academy on declining arts & humanities provision in universities. Amongst its findings, is the fact that the number of students studying Welsh as a degree has fallen by 61% since 2011.
university-council-for-languages.org/2025/09/12/b...

No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain.

The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.

That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.

PhD position: Microfluidic NMR spectroscopy for microbiological investigations

Do you like bacteria? Do you like NMR? Do you hate oxygen? Then we are looking for you! We have a PhD position focussed on developing an analytical, anoxic, microfluidic NMR spectroscopy platform for microbial analysis @w-u-r.bsky.social. Feel free to share! #NMRchat
tinyurl.com/anoxNMR

Professors, help me out here - how many graduate students or postdocs do you feel have a background in teaching:

1) astronomy AND 2) biochemistry or biology?

A. less than 50
B. 50-250
C. 250-500
D. More than 500

Please RT. 🧪⚗️#chemsky

Ever heard of D’Hondt?

From 2026, this formula will shape the Senedd. It allocates seats in rounds, balancing votes and representation.

Here’s what that means for voters in Wales. https://bit.ly/41pWuVi

Labour had 9.7 million voters in July 2024.

2 million (20%) now don't know, but haven't chosen a rival. These prefer Lab & centre-left to right

2.6 million to centre/left (27%)
900k Labour to LD (9%)
800k Labour to Green (8%)
900k across others (9%)

800k Lab 2024 to Reform (8%)
A sliver to Cons

Government and Parliament—often confused, yet their roles couldn’t be more different.

Let’s take a closer look at what each does. https://bit.ly/4nGmZiw

The British Left should practice British Pluralism. That is the acknowledgement that the British Isles are a multinational, multicultural & multilingual space.

The political expression of this is to strive for a Confederation of Great Britain. This means replacing the imperialist construct - the UK

Wales seriously needs a @plaidcymru.bsky.social government next year.

It's a 3 way split. You can have a corrupted Labour Party, an imperialist Reform Party that will destroy any hint of Cymraeg or you can have Plaid Cymru - a genuinely Left Wing party that wants to build Welsh Democracy.

Sick of BBC continuously promoting Reform U.K. and ignoring other parties with far more representation? Please sign the petition

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Special Edition: Mass Spectrometry in 2025

🌟 Special Edition: Mass Spectrometry 2025

From new ion sources to powerful computational tools, mass spec is pushing boundaries and reshaping science.

🔬 Trends + challenges
🧠 Insights from Clemmer, Prentice & Richardson
📈 2025’s standout research

👉 Read now: ow.ly/o8r450WMCNR

#MassSpectrometry

Nigel Farage rolls back on vow to deport all small-boat arrivals to the UK Reform leader tells event in Scotland deporting women and children is not part of his party’s plans for next five years

Nigel Farage rolls back on vow to deport all small-boat arrivals to the UK
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

7 dictator-esque Farage moments as he backs torture and paying Taliban Launching his hard-right mass deportation plan, the Reform leader said he would scrap Britain’s human rights protections and put peace in Northern Ireland at risk

Dictator-esque Nigel Farage plans backing torture, jailing kids and paying jihadis.

Scrap UK human rights protections, lock up women and children, jeopardise peace in Northern Ireland, risk going to war with the church.

Opposes worker rights, supports fracking.

This after supporting Brexit.

Screenshot of a Sky News article titled "Breaking: Energy price cap: Government costs to raise bills from October" with Keir Starmer in the bottom right corner.

🚨 When it suited them, Labour called for a freeze on energy prices.

🥀Now they're in power, bills are rising again - and Welsh families are paying the price.

📢 A fairer system is possible: tax the super-rich, and lower bills for our communities!

Unfortunately Labour can quote deportation figures all they like but the Reform voters will not be satisfied until there are no Black and Asian people visible on the bus. And also anyone that looks like they might be Polish.

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage helped cause this problem in the first place"

"Brexit has meant we're not able to force the French to take illegal immigrants coming over on small boats back"

The 2026 Senedd election will bring the biggest changes in 25 years: 96 Members, new voting areas, and a simpler ballot.

Whether it’s your first vote or not, here’s what’s changing—and why. https://bit.ly/4m9Of7T

If you have R students learning to clean data, the truffle package by Ian Hussey (
@ianhussey.mmmdata.io
) might be for you. Plus the icon is a cute pig 🐷

Thanks, Nur Shahir, for the tip! www.linkedin.com/in/nmshahir/

github.com/ianhussey/tr...
#rladies

Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.

Reform UK voted against worker rights in parliament, favoured bad bosses.

Now it supports fracking which can cause earthquakes and negative environmental impacts.

Companies will make vast profits, people will pick up the tab. Many homes would be uninsurable. Who would buy affected houses?

Colorful background with a cartoon penguin and text: "HAPPY 34th BIRTHDAY, LINUX! Est. 1991."

34 years ago today, Linus Torvalds posted to the Minix newsgroup on an OS he was building, billed as "just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu". That OS was Linux, and it revolutionised computing. #Linux #OTD #foss

Reform's approach is resonating with 3/10 - which, with party fragmentation, has an impact even if plans are shaky slogans

Only 17% across prog parties: reflects both balancer middle scepticism in government on delivery + liberal third of public does not feel its concerns heard by this Labour govt

Patriotism is about caring for your fellow citizens – all of them, not just the ones who buy peerages. It is about decently funding our national institutions and investing in our collective futures. It involves delivering a full and enriching education for the next generation, and providing decent care and respite for the elderly and vulnerable. It’s about ensuring we have a capable and well-founded health service, a justice system that is open to all – and which applies equally to all. Patriotism is about ensuring equality of life chances, and the possibility of a home and a family. It recognises that it doesn’t matter what colour, faith, gender or sexuality you are: every person in Britain is equally British, and division demeans us all. But simply being British isn’t enough. We live on this planet with billions of other people, and we have to make it work. So patriotism is building sound and convivial relationships with our neighbours and allies. It is tackling global climate change in congress with the entire world, not seeking ways to screw our rivals and condemn our grandkids to a terrifying heat death. Patriotism is about crushing corruption and fostering decency, rather than the other way around. Those things are patriotic. Not flags. Fuck your flags. Flags are just the wrapping paper around those things, and nothing more. Yet increasingly they’re wrapped around a hollowed-out nation.

Wrote this about flags and patriotism in 2021 (in The Decade In Tory). Stand by every word now.

The problem with stupidity and ignorance is that it persists through a lack of self awareness and self reflection. The more stupid and ignorant a person is, the less likely they are to ever be aware of it.

Y diwygiad tawel: Mwy o oedolion ifanc yn troi at ffydd Mae nifer y bobl ifanc sy'n mynychu eglwysi yng Nghymru wedi cynyddu 12% yn ystod y pum mlynedd diwethaf.

This article caught my eye. Briefly, it reports that monthly church attendance amongst 18-24 year olds has increased from 4% to 16%.

I find this increase in religiosity a cause for concern. It is another sign of a shift in thinking. I'll explain ...

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www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...

While relatively small gatherings of far-right protesters are reported as the start of some kind of national civil revolt, much larger protests on other issues are routinely ignored at best, and openly demonised at worst www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/anywhere-b...