Dr Joanne Williams

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Sea-level and tidal scientist. Liverpool, UK.
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Listening to James Timpson's interview, it is clear that he would like to see a sea-change in sentencing policy. That will not be his remit, but if the new PM supports such a change, I think it would have very significant ramifications for our political culture. Let me explain. /1

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Come and work with me at the House of Commons Library! We're recruiting a Senior Researcher on planning and building regs. Your job will be to inform MPs of all parties on planning policy, to support legislative scrutiny and casework. housesofparliament.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

Senior Researcher (planning and building regulations) - Houses of Parliamenthousesofparliament.tal.net Title: Senior Researcher (planning and building regulations). Employer: House of Commons. Salary: £56,180 - £66,497 per annum. Closes: 21/07/2024, 23:55

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Okay, this is fun… https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/taylor-swifts-dublin-gig-attendees-29477201

Taylor Swift's Dublin gig attendees asked to help seismometer expertswww.dublinlive.ie Taylor Swift fans are being asked to help seismometer experts to find out what the audience was doing during certain moments of her Aviva Stadium concerts in Dublin

Poole came down to 18 votes www.bbc.co.uk/news/electio...

Poole - General election results 2024www.bbc.co.uk Get the latest news and election results in the 2024 General election from BBC News

OMG here we go with the graphics. Someone's been to Giants Causeway

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Through my childhood, on election nights, my dad was the man under Peter Snow’s desk putting interesting facts on notecards into his socks. That’s how it was done before Google, kids. You got a very clever ASD man with some Oxford degrees to just remember interesting constituency histories.

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🧵 It’s election day here in the UK, so here is a coin from the first century BCE, depicting an election during the Roman Republic. On the back of the coin you can see a really clear image of a man dropping his voting tablet into a cista, or basket. Numismatists have identified

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In addition to this, if your postal vote only turned up very recently and you've not posted it. You can take it to your polling station and hand it in there

I've seen a couple of posts from people saying their photographic ID is expired. You can still use expired photographic ID so long as it looks like you and the address is correct.

Accepted forms of photo IDwww.electoralcommission.org.uk You need to show photo ID when voting at polling stations in some UK elections. Find out about the different types of photo ID accepted.

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WAKE UP GET YOUR PHOTO ID LET'S GOOOOOOO

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🚨 Reminder for tomorrow 🚨 Ignore the media hype - aside from some postal votes everything is still up for grabs Don’t just hope for a better country ; vote for one 🗳️ #GeneralElection #GE24

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American Friend: How's your election going? Me: Polling day is tomorrow! Rishi Sunak was interviewed on daytime TV today. AF: Did it go well for him? Me: Not really. They forced him to wait until after a good interview with Britain's Most Tattooed Woman. AF: ... AF: Your country is weird as fuck.

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Fanciful Grasshopper

Radio 4's Thought For The Day today: Prof Mona Siddiqui, calmly urging Hope as a political tool. Link will be here presently: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - Thought for the Day - Available Episodeswww.bbc.co.uk Listen to the latest episodes of Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds

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Pole Dancing Frog #5

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Sometimes I feel about democracy the way folks in my replies talk about climate...if they aren't working on it directly, they feel powerless/hopeless. The only reason I feel decent about climate is because I work on it w other people who care. Guessing that might work for other important stuff too.

Last week I complimented a stranger on her fantastic octopus-and-coral print dress. She whipped a card out of the POCKET and said "you can get them there". Can confirm, gorgeous comfy prints, with pocketses. www.popsyclothing.co.uk

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I trust Brits thinking 'it's a foregone conclusion so why bother to vote' are watching events in France and the US. It is *never* a foregone conclusion and you *always* have to vote against the bad people because they will sure as shit vote against you.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS: We are looking for 7 audio visual artists to be paired with 7 Marine scientists for an exciting new ocean art science project. More details here: t.co/ljI81FbXc9 #EduSky #ArtSky #Art

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Alex Partridge

Disconcerting thing about joining the press trips for these is that because of security we have no idea where we’re going beyond which region of the country we’re going to. It’s like the weirdest school trip ever.

The football is on. People are tense. As you leave the pub, or as you click "post", think a moment about the mood your friends are in and how what you say and do can affect that. Can you help them get home feeling kind? Enjoy the game ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Abuse: Services in Kent and Medway urge vigilance during Euroswww.bbc.co.uk The campaign led by local councils is encouraging the public to signpost victims to available help.

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National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247. www.womensaid.org.uk/information-...

I need help - information and support on domestic abusewww.womensaid.org.uk Women’s Aid Live Chat does your relationship not feel right? It could be domestic abuse. Send an email to a Women’s Aid domestic abuse support worker. Help for all aspects of domestic abuse, suc...

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ICYMI There is a massive hoo-haa going on in Scotland over Postal Votes. BBC News - What is happening with postal votes? - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/article...

What is happening with postal votes?www.bbc.com Concerns are being raised over delays to postal vote forms arriving ahead of the general election next Thursday.

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Security video shows the moment a sinkhole appears in an Illinois football pitch.

Watch: Sinkhole swallows Illinois football pitchwww.bbc.co.uk CCTV captured the moment the ground gave way taking a stadium floodlight with it.

Put the telly on for background and it's segued into Trek The One With The Whales. They're at the bit where they wander gormless round SF and I know a lot of people slate it but I have a lot of affection for this film.

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Well now you made me go look up when Exploits of a Mom came out, and it was SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO, so yeah Bobby could definitely have children by now, and oh god oh god oh god

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I’m doing a renewed please buy my art thingy because I’d like to have more money and also nice feelings that result from selling my art Also you could have it and rejoice in your own good taste, it’s a win win win win win win win www.chloecumming.com

I’m making a big forceful effort today, and thenceforth have added these four drawings too, with delightful animal pals. Shares, all help appreciated. www.chloecumming.com

To all my peers who've been on Radio 4 or NPR and make me feel old. 🫠 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSW...

Jay Foreman 'Radio 4' (Live)www.youtube.com Jay Foreman performing his new track 'Radio 4' live at City Screen Basement in York

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David Tennant interview at the British LGBT Awards ❤ #DavidTennant youtu.be/9VxW90WzNAI transcript: fuckyeahgoodomens.tumblr.com/post/7544356...

David Tennant interview at the British LGBT Awards ❤youtu.be David's backstage interview at the British LGBT Awards, June 2024 :)https://www.facebook.com/britishlgbtawards#davidtennant

Fascinating phone conversation I (and about 20 others) can hear both sides of on this train. Terribly plum accents for the area, talking election politics. Wish I could see them without being obvious.

New description of LLM chat engines just dropped:

i do like how they are like fae. very powerful entities you can ask questions of who are just as likely to deceive you as help you and also you can bind them with cleverly worded requests to make them do something they don't 'want' to do