Science in the shadow of the Third Reich In postwar West Germany, the link between cigarettes and cancer was ignored — with real and deadly effects

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The Golden Fleece pub York, sandwiched between a Greggs and a very wonky timber building

England wouldn’t be England without a pub 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This one is 524 years old this year.

Cheers! 🍻 #York

Endangered British dishes - and the home cooks reviving them Carrageen pudding and Bedfordshire clangers might no longer be household staples, but some home chefs are bringing them back.

I used to love Milk Tart – the best school pudding *ever* – and we always had savoury and sweet suet puddings on the home menu at least once a fortnight.

(This article has inspired me to make some oatcakes from scratch and a steak and ale suet pud)

I need this*

Cabot Cove and Midsomer - the crime capitals of the world.

*and the Bedknobs and Broomsticks edition

Geology specimen photo

One of a Kind Look At This Amazing Mexican Water Opal

📷 magdaminerales

#minerals #geology

A view of the River Severn and Ironbridge Gorge through the Iron Bridge railings - the sign says: “erected in 1779”

The River Severn on a showery spring day, Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site

The Iron Bridge spanning the River Severn, Telford

Visited *the* #IronBridge cast by Abraham Darby III today and 🤩

If you haven’t been yet make sure to add it to your ‘must do’ list

#Bridges
#Photography
#IndustrialRevolution 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
#Telford

Picture of the century. 😍

📷 credit: Science Tube

Common Piddock aka Angel Wings - loads of them busy at work in the #EastRiding #Bridlington

… and they glow in the dark 🌟

A beef Wellington is just a corn dog from a different socioeconomic background

Should authors that have been found* to have used AI in an unacceptable** way (e.g., fake references) be penalised?

#EducationalResearch ?

*Investigations cost money - academic publishing is a racket anyway - which is why journals will let this slide.
**Is it ever acceptable for writing?

Derby man with 'special blood' to donate for 250th time Nigel Vaughan has a rare blood type which can be used to help critically ill babies.

I can’t give blood (recipient of a blood transfusion) but I know that I would if I could. The world needs more people like Nigel

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bridlington South Beach looking towards Fraisethorpe. An empty sandy beach, sea to the left, clouds hanging in a blue sky.

Glorious day in #Bridlington - perfect #Spring weather for a walk.

#Coast
#Blue
#photography
#Easter

(The calm before storm Dave* hits

*There’s always a Dave)

Very much looking forward to presenting at #BERA2026 in sunny Manchester ☔️

“A baptism of fire”: Entering the lifeworlds of teacher mentors through an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

See you all there!

#EducationalResearch

Geology specimen photo

Look at this Beautiful Vanadinite From Morocco...Amazing rare art from mother earth..(The Red Hopper)

📷 Sam Lau

#minerals #geology

Orange blossom and green glossy leaves on an orange 🍊 tree on a street in Seville

A #stone doorway and door (presuming brass), arches, and windows (external view) in the mosque-cathedral in Córdoba, ‘Mesquita de Córdoba’, Spain 🇪🇸

Next to the sculpture representing Becquer’s poem "El amor que pasa" in the Parque de María Luisa, Seville, is a #stone shelf for people to leave their own poem, note or letter.

Spring is springing in #Seville the smell of the orange blossom in the air 🍊 – heavenly #Azahar

#BlueSkyArtShow #Stone
#Architecture @blueskyartshow.bsky.social

Hartley Hare from Pipkins gets my vote (Image from: https://www.nostrings.org.uk/blog/hartley-hare)

Sultan Mohammed. Kayumars' Court. Miniature, detail. "Shahnameh" by Ferdowsi. 1525-1535. Geneva, Collection of Sadruddin Aga Khan.

1016 years ago, on the 8th of March 1010, Persian poet Ferdowsi completed the epic poem Shahnameh. In the longest epic poem by a single author, the Shahnameh handles the mythical and historic past of Iran from creation until the Muslim conquest. #otd #history 🗃️

Campaign seeks 50 objects to ‘take the heat’ out of Englishness debate Billy Bragg, Caroline Lucas and Kojo Koram among those encouraging people to share cultural artefacts

Englishness: as represented by objects*

For me:
Stories - folk and fairy tales: e.g. Fi-Fi-Fo-Fum
Green - wood; patchwork fields; hedgerow; marsh
Stone - abbeys; castles; barrows

What about you? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

*objects are not always physical

Spotted a scarlet elf cup on my stroll through the marsh the other day, no #hedgehogs 🦔 though 🦔 🦔 Beautiful work
#Spring #Fungi

A wholesome picture showing four young children with a map spread out of them, viewing the idyllic countryside ahead of them and a mysterious looking church

Childhood reading leaves scars.
When I was lounging on the sofa, watching Scooby-Doo, I always had the uneasy feeling that my school holidays should look like this instead
#WorldBookDay

Artist: AN Buchanan

Palm oil is the leading cause of orangutan decline and affects 193 threatened species worldwide.

The government cannot ignore this. Stronger action is urgently needed.

#ProtectNature #Deforestation

Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...

I also agree that support should be matched to need; however, this doesn’t address the point Prof. Frith is making.

Categories need to be clearly defined for them to considered useful. If the process of judging - or assessing - is too subjective then the categories are likely meaningless.

Isn’t this subjectivity problematic?

To make a judgement as to whether someone is autistic or not requires categorisation. If this process is too subjective then the category collapses.

I don’t know. It was a genuine question. I have absolutely no idea where the boundary lies or how one decides - for themselves and also for other people.

How far from neurotypical would someone need to be to be categorised as neurodivergent?

Is #autism a spectrum?

The problem with categorisation is that clear definitions are needed and as soon as these definitions become looser - more accommodating of difference - they lose their usefulness. I think Prof. Frith is absolutely right; we are all neurodiverse.

#EduSky

The keystone depicting the Lamb of God from Abbot William’s shrine at Rievaulx Abbey, #NorthYorkshire

The keystone from Abbot William’s shrine at Rievaulx Abbey, #NorthYorkshire
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Round
#AgnusDei
#Photography

Fascinating article.
May be of interest to folks following @chatbiology.bsky.social

This should be a wake-up call for Labour. I certainly think it will provide a catalyst for the leadership challenges to come out into the open.

The good news? It demonstrates the electorate is prepared to vote tactically to keep the far right out.

Well done to Hannah Spencer @greenparty.org.uk

Bayesians assemble