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Actually my favorite bird etymology is that in 1400s England they gave human nicknames to birds (Jenny Wren, Tom Tit) but some of them stuck. Jack Daw became Jackdaw, Maggie Pie became Magpie. With Robin Redbreast, they just dropped the original name of the bird entirely.

I’d rather have someone washing their hands after every thing they’re doing than wearing the same pair of gloves for everything

Photographer reveals nature's hidden worlds 📸🍄

Absolutely love this! 🐦🐦‍⬛🪶

💥The Bernat Klein Studio has been saved! This morning the coalition of Scottish heritage organisations secured the property at auction with a winning bid of £279,000. The studio will now be restored, creating a new venue to inspire creative arts in the Scottish Borders,

Not to their face, no. But anyone can say anything they like to their friends. They just need to be mindful of who their friends are...

Yup. I wasn't always anonymous. I used to use my full name and picture. Did the grifting class interact with me then or follow back? No they didn't. I had to go anon for professional reasons, my company has rules around social media posts. Since then I've been mocked multiple

Our comment on the judicial review challenge brought by Good Law Project: orlo.uk/MMlNk

In the 1920s, the medical world was gripped by a craze for the therapeutic use of thallium to treat skin diseases in children. The pioneers of this treatment warned about the poisonous effects of the metal, but as the drug surged in popularity, these warnings were swept aside.

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An earlier version of this article stated that protesters “tried to throw objects onto the stage”. We retract this claim, apologise to Jean Hatchet and LightninLex 🏴, and clarify that protesters were in their purchased spaces at tables when one unfurled a banner reading “He’s a

Good news from World Athletics: 🥇All entrants into the female category to take a one-off cheek swab to confirm their sex - starts at World Athletics Champs in Tokyo in September 🥇Male athletes with Differences of Sexual Development will be banned from the female category

Here's the report ... thetimes.com/article/647546…

... Here's the multi-authored proposal for sex- screening by means of SRY genes pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39169560/

... and here's the paper that we (me and Emma Hilton) submitted to the World Athletics consultation. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Cartoon experience! The Spectator

Shout out to Melissa Bishop, Joanna Joswick & Lynsey Sharp. Should have been Olympic gold, silver & bronze 800m medallists at Rio 2016. For over 10 years of their lives as world class female athletes they lost medals, earnings & careers to athletes with male DSDs. We remember.

And it would be an easy sell... Offer retraining to staff affected by Stonewall propaganda "I'm 100% impartial" badges Highlight the reputational, operational, and the financial risk of not being an Impartiality Champion

It’s really wonderful to see something you’ve fought hard for make it into policy. And it has taken an immense effort. Academics from across disciplines. Advocates shouting on the streets and out of our TVs. Journalists and commentators who platformed us despite the pressure