Dr Rachel Pope

Peter Thiel's New Model Army The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster

Pls read whole piece. Neither Mandelson or Mosley were asked about Mandelson’s role in fixing Starmer’s visit to Palantir & subsequent £240m deal. It finally made headlines on Weds when a q was asked in Parliament.

But honestly, BBC also has qs to answer

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All this to clear Gaza.

It seems somehow impossible that the release of the first Wuthering Heights film (1920) is far closer in time to the publication of the novel Wuthering Heights (1847) than it is to us today.

Girls “that were treated as less than human” - yes, Gordon Brown. Now do porn.

Foreign interests.

Smear campaign incoming.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NEW EPISODE!!! This week on BBC You’re Dead To Me, we explore the dramatic life and death of famed ancient mathematician (and first woman in STEM!) Hypatia of Alexandria

I’m joined by Professor @edithmayhall.bsky.social and comedian Olga Koch

Listen on BBC SOUNDS, or on Radio 4 tomorrow at 10am

Today is Iron Age studies, from the Renaissance to aDNA.

Great job team Wales!

Can we have our Labour Party back now please.

It’s become painfully obvious that we’ve not been operating in a democratic system.

Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen on a Carribean island at Christmastime?

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"Can you see why [Mandelson] was repeatedly trusted by Labour leaders across 5 decades?"

Not all Labour leaders, Matt.

Yes, a shame that connection’s been lost.

The Irish Great Famine; “Gorta Mór” (Great hunger); “Drochshaol” (the bad times) is a defining disaster in Irish history. It’s the before and after of our understanding of our country. Generally accepted estimate is 1 million died, and millions fled, and the Irish population fell for generations 1/

My family from a maroon bit.

Ah wouldn’t that be nice!

Funny you should mention, I’ve a student who may want to do this as their essay 👍🏼

Aye. Because it means they’ll stop getting away with *gestures at everything*

What’s the sentence for reverse espionage

Aye. Rather a child rapist 🤷‍♀️

Just been immersed in Neolithic settlement (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England) for two hours. Finessing my first lecture. Objective: to open student minds on the structure of prehistoric society. Can’t wait.

But the alternative was a woman 🤷‍♀️

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Ah socialists, always blowing the whistle. No wonder the establishment class smear them.

Succinctly put.

I was a White House ethics lawyer.

I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.

I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

Duck fat, Madeira jus (for the stock), pâté, jelly (for the stock), bowl of meat, and the stock underway.

Best pâté I’ve ever tasted. I’m basically French now.

1 (£6) duck, 10 meals 🇫🇷

As my mother has always said, they need it taking to their house.