YES Susan! Thank you for speaking out - I’ve been so cross about the misinformation out there about surrogacy (& sidelining of actual empirical work) for a while! www.progress.org.uk/when-researc...
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"If it's true that the Iran war will mark 'Jesus's return to Earth', as US forces have been told, at least that would suggest there was some kind of plan" Stewart Lee on Armageddon
New Stewart Lee column.
'“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”. To be honest, I preferred Jesus when he just healed lepers, made a small amount of fish feed more people....'
Omg I LOVED Smash Hits and I BET I would have had this issue!
AA & Ors, In the Matter Of [2026] EWHC 317 (Fam): 15 applications for declarations that it is lawful for gametes or embryos to continue to be stored and to be used where written consent to storage has expired. Declarations made in 14 cases. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
Surrogacy laws in the UK need to be updated to better protect all those involved in the process.
New report by Professor @khorsey.bsky.social for SurrogacyUK...
Read more: 👇
bit.ly/4a5EzYH
🔊 “Children born through surrogacy should not begin life in legal uncertainty. The law must reflect their lived reality and protect their welfare from birth.”
📖 Professor Kirsty Horsey (@khorsey.bsky.social) co-authors new report on surrogacy law reform.
🔗 Read more surrogacyuk.org/2026/02/09/s...
Prof Nicky Hudson shares eight films in which egg donors discuss different aspects of egg donation in their own words. Watch here: www.progress.org.uk/the-edna-fil...
Image: Courtesy of NIAIDRyan Kissinger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
#EggDonation #donorconception #Fertility
Devastatingly sad.
Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support
Agree. Though there will only be one VC and one exec group, happy days.
Absolutely - and serves no-one, certainly not past, current or future students or staff! (Also speaking as a parent of someone studying there!)
These films (as discussed by my colleague Nicky Hudson at Loughborough from whose research project they came) are really interesting and certainly cut across some of the (negative and misinformative) narrative that is out there about donation and what it entails www.progress.org.uk/the-edna-fil...
We love it 😻
A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..."
More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!"
A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I am very happy to announce a job opening for a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. The postdoc will work with me on a qualitative research project examining the politics of contraception and abortion. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
Congratulations to my nephew for getting this through 🤩
Actual lolled
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I love this every year - but even better featuring cats!!
Yeah, there’s *quite a lot* going on isn’t there?!
But there was a camel coffee table!
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Bookings for this year's PET Annual Conference close tomorrow at 5PM!
It's your last chance to book, if you haven't already ⬇️
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#PETconf25
This is nice and shows it’s not all horror stories and predictable tropes: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*checks returns policy*
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Researchers and healthcare professionals at @ucl.ac.uk are looking for people with lived experience to help shape research on pregnancy, birth and long-term outcomes after pregnancy for survivors of gender-based violence.
See below for more details on participation.
10 years on and we’re doing it again! If you are/have been a surrogate, or are/intend to become a parent through surrogacy, or you support people in/through surrogacy arrangements, please take 10-15 mins to fill out this survey (& share widely!) 👀 link in next post
I liked Laos and the Philippines… but special mention for Ecuador! The whole thing was great!!