Dr Robin A Hadley

Psychology study suggests chimpanzees might be rational thinkers Chimpanzees may have more in common with human thinkers than previously thought. A new study published in Science by an international team of researchers provides evidence that chimpanzees can rationa...

Why should we have thought otherwise?

"Chimpanzees—like humans—change their minds based on strength of evidence, key feature of rational thought."

Ideas of human exceptionalism _should_ have gone out with 20th century
#Unlearn
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Where to find drugs Just get yourself sentenced to prison and they’ll find you

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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

A helicopter shot of No Kings protesters marching to Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves over what we have allowed America to become under the fascist authoritarian rule of Trump. 🙌💪👏✊️🇺🇸👇

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

#Free to #Download 'Reproductive capital: theoretical
foundations and empirical
evidence from the workplace'

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BREAKING: Furloughed employees at CDC just received an email about the shutdown, but has REMOVED language about backpay that appeared in a similar email sent out a month ago. On the left is the Oct 1st email with the backpay language, on the right is the email they received today.

#OtD 29 Oct 1974 after a ten month rent strike, students at the University of Sussex occupied both Sussex House (university management headquarters) and the university's telephone exchange in protest against rising campus rents stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1013...

Our paper is a @ssrn.bsky.social Top Paper! "Your paper, "REPRODUCTIVE CAPITAL: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE WORKPLACE", was listed on SSRN's Top Downloads list today for: #Feminist #Methodology & #Research eJournal."

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Navigating neurodiversity in teenage years with Dr. Bettina Hohnen Transcript of conversation with Dr. Bettina Hohnen published 29 October 2025

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This is the third U.S. Attorney found to be unlawfully appointed. The other two are Sigal Chattah and Alina Habba. Their indictments stand because they were signed by other prosecutors. Not true for Lindsey Halligan.

America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%

America’s super-rich destroying the planet’s safe climate spaces.

Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.

Corporations spend $277,000 a year on anti-climate lobbying.

Super rich control political system, strangling life. What's to be done

Check out this #Free #OpenAccess @frontiersin.bsky.social #Research article on #Workers experience of #IVF #ART #Fertility #Infertility treatment #Biology #Economics #Reproduction #SocialCapital #ReproductiveCapital #EconomicEugenics #AcademicBluesky
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Petition: Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels We think each year, individuals suffer because of loud fireworks. We believe horses, dogs, cats, livestock and wildlife can be terrified by noisy fireworks and many people find them intolerable.

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“Will We Remain In The Shadows, Or Will We Together Step Into The Light?” A Must-Watch Video of New York City’s Next Mayor, Zohran Mamdani. The people of New York City are on the verge of doing something historic.

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‘Mud on our hands; blood on his’: fury lingers one year after Spain’s deadly floods Survivors in Valencia call for consequences, particularly for regional president, after country’s worst natural disaster this century

‘Mud on our hands; blood on his’: fury lingers one year after Spain’s deadly floods

Maybe they’re just looking for a heart.

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis seeks assurances that Kilmar Abrego Garcia won’t be deported to Liberia in violation of a court order. Thank you, Judge Xinis.

Literary success aged 69, I was longlisted for the Wainwright prize You are never too old to embark on a new adventure as I discovered in 2024, which has kickstarted a new life as a full time writer

You are never too old to embark on a new adventure as I discovered in 2024, which has kickstarted a new life as a full time writer | Robert Ashton

This tree on a grassy traffic island in Shirehampton is a Wellingtonia gigantea - most famously known as a giant sequoia.
Originating in California, they grow into the most massive trees in the world.
It was planted in 1887 to celebrate 50 years of Queen Victoria’s reign

Driving while Black.

Why was he held in custody? Even without evidence of the gunshots being taken into consideration, why was he held in jail?

Brown’s attorney (Judkins) said he spent three nights in jail because the judge didn’t consider the shooting because the cops didn’t mention it. END/

Brown’s attorney said he never got the body worn camera footage, and the prosecutors offered Brown a deal if he agreed not to go forward with a hearing and plead to a lesser charge. “This screams of a cover up to me.” 3/

A judge has dismissed all charges against the man, Phillip Brown, 33. 2/

Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

A tweet from Robert Reich states: “The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?”

The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.

Nige thinks Pochin’s comments were ugly and unpleasant. But he agrees with them | John Crace Reform is no place for racists, and every party has its bad apples. But the benchmark seems to be higher at Farage’s party

"This turned out to be a tipping point for Sarah and there was no stopping her. Her whole life had been blighted by having to see so many brown and black faces on TV. It was like a form of torture for her." We need more #love, #empathy, and #acceptance. #racism #PoliSky

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.