Rocky Pipit
@rockypipit.bsky.social
Retired academic, feminist, cyclist.
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How it started / how it’s going
July 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
How it started / how it’s going
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London leads by example, matching ambition with action on air pollution, public transport investment & supporting young people.
We’ve been recognised with the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2026. This award belongs to the communities, businesses & organisations building a better London for everyone.
We’ve been recognised with the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2026. This award belongs to the communities, businesses & organisations building a better London for everyone.
June 16, 2026 at 7:01 AM
London leads by example, matching ambition with action on air pollution, public transport investment & supporting young people.
We’ve been recognised with the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2026. This award belongs to the communities, businesses & organisations building a better London for everyone.
We’ve been recognised with the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2026. This award belongs to the communities, businesses & organisations building a better London for everyone.
How wonderful
THREAD.
A while ago my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the worrying weeks dragged on my dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time & inhabiting art's most iconic scenes. What he produced (& how quickly) was phenomenal...
A while ago my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the worrying weeks dragged on my dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time & inhabiting art's most iconic scenes. What he produced (& how quickly) was phenomenal...
May 13, 2026 at 7:52 AM
How wonderful
Amazing
TIL that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library now enrolls one of every six children in the US to receive a new book in the mail every month from birth to age five (60 books each)
@arl.org
@arl.org
Seven Takeaways from the Spring 2026 Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries — Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) convened for its 188th meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the end of April. Attended by the representatives of ARL’s member libraries as well as...
www.arl.org
May 13, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Amazing
Ooh, Matron! I think you have to be a certain age to get this one..
April 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Ooh, Matron! I think you have to be a certain age to get this one..
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Ahead of St George’s Day I was joined by interfaith leaders from across London. We came together to celebrate all that unites us and affirm the flag of St George as a symbol that belongs to us all 🏴
April 19, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Ahead of St George’s Day I was joined by interfaith leaders from across London. We came together to celebrate all that unites us and affirm the flag of St George as a symbol that belongs to us all 🏴
😲
April 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
😲
Greggs has gone woke!
Will everyone please accordingly update their class takes, which will take effect from 5pm today
April 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Greggs has gone woke!
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This is utterly jaw-dropping.
A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship
A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women
www.indexoncensorship.org
March 21, 2026 at 9:28 AM
This is utterly jaw-dropping.
A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils.
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
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London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
Who's the billionaire behind London’s biggest mass eviction?
He's the London philanthropist who says he's committed to solving homelessness. So why is Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital rushing to make hundreds of Londoners homeless in the coming weeks?
www.londoncentric.media
February 22, 2026 at 7:53 AM
London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
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Nadiia from Odesa has taken in ten birds that were affected by an oil spill caused by a Russian attack. She responded to an appeal from the Odesa Zoo, where the birds had been receiving treatment.
On December 24, sunflower oil spilled into the sea near Odesa following the Russian attack.
On December 24, sunflower oil spilled into the sea near Odesa following the Russian attack.
January 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Nadiia from Odesa has taken in ten birds that were affected by an oil spill caused by a Russian attack. She responded to an appeal from the Odesa Zoo, where the birds had been receiving treatment.
On December 24, sunflower oil spilled into the sea near Odesa following the Russian attack.
On December 24, sunflower oil spilled into the sea near Odesa following the Russian attack.
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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left platforms Ischenko (and fine, he deserves to be heard) while ignoring the leftists who disagree with the STW line.
Don't ignore them. This isn't about me pushing my article, but about ensuring Ukrainian left wing voices are listened to, not spoken over.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/from-fron...
Don't ignore them. This isn't about me pushing my article, but about ensuring Ukrainian left wing voices are listened to, not spoken over.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/from-fron...
How trade unions are fighting for Ukraine's future
On the bombed roof of a college in Kharkiv, we saw how trade unions support their members in times of war
www.opendemocracy.net
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
left platforms Ischenko (and fine, he deserves to be heard) while ignoring the leftists who disagree with the STW line.
Don't ignore them. This isn't about me pushing my article, but about ensuring Ukrainian left wing voices are listened to, not spoken over.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/from-fron...
Don't ignore them. This isn't about me pushing my article, but about ensuring Ukrainian left wing voices are listened to, not spoken over.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/from-fron...
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The Speed-readable Grant Application by David Karlin is the best book this decade on how to write a research grant application. You can read it in a couple of hours. And when you have read it, you will refer to it for the rest of your research career.
Best book this decade on how to write a research grant application.
The Speed-readable Grant Application by David Karlin is the best book this decade on how to write a research grant application. It is available from the author's website either as an ebook or as a paperback. You can read it in a couple of hours. And when you have read it, you will refer to it for the rest of your research career.
parkerderrington.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The Speed-readable Grant Application by David Karlin is the best book this decade on how to write a research grant application. You can read it in a couple of hours. And when you have read it, you will refer to it for the rest of your research career.
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Puzzling as to how the US Veep can feel safe bringing his family to a riot torn hellhole country without any freedom of speech.
Obviously he has security, but could it be just possibly that those claims are on closer inspection almost complete nonsense.
Obviously he has security, but could it be just possibly that those claims are on closer inspection almost complete nonsense.
August 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Puzzling as to how the US Veep can feel safe bringing his family to a riot torn hellhole country without any freedom of speech.
Obviously he has security, but could it be just possibly that those claims are on closer inspection almost complete nonsense.
Obviously he has security, but could it be just possibly that those claims are on closer inspection almost complete nonsense.
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This made me laugh and provided a new angle. "Certain Silicon Valley visionaries hate the laws of thermodynamics."
This is outstanding on the vapid scientifically illiterate dreams of the tech overlord class
arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
Silicon Valley billionaires literally want the impossible
Ars chats with physicist and science journalist Adam Becker about his new book, More Everything Forever.
arstechnica.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This made me laugh and provided a new angle. "Certain Silicon Valley visionaries hate the laws of thermodynamics."
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Today’s @MattCartoonist
April 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Today’s @MattCartoonist
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Another critical battleground is the role of social media in spreading misinformation.
Digital platforms amplify conspiracy theories, undermining decades of scientific progress.
22/31
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Digital platforms amplify conspiracy theories, undermining decades of scientific progress.
22/31
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Systematic Literature Review on the Spread of Health-related Misinformation on Social Media
Contemporary commentators describe the current period as “an era of fake news” in which misinformation, generated intentionally or unintentionally, sp…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Another critical battleground is the role of social media in spreading misinformation.
Digital platforms amplify conspiracy theories, undermining decades of scientific progress.
22/31
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Digital platforms amplify conspiracy theories, undermining decades of scientific progress.
22/31
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Tariff-free joy flows from Canada to the world—receive this heartfelt and positive export from the land of resilience and love. 🍁🧡
(and forward the positive vibes)
(and forward the positive vibes)
March 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tariff-free joy flows from Canada to the world—receive this heartfelt and positive export from the land of resilience and love. 🍁🧡
(and forward the positive vibes)
(and forward the positive vibes)
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald, what, you had to bring a guy from the Russian state media in to watch you try and beat up Zelenskyy—and you thought that would make you look good? It made you look like the crook you are. Zelenskyy is a man that you will never be; he’s a genuine hero.
March 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald, what, you had to bring a guy from the Russian state media in to watch you try and beat up Zelenskyy—and you thought that would make you look good? It made you look like the crook you are. Zelenskyy is a man that you will never be; he’s a genuine hero.
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Was it a social 'crisis' when it was gripping young women? 🧐
Young women are now consistently earning more than their male counterparts for the first time, according to a report that warns of a social “crisis” gripping young men
The lost boys: how a generation of young men fell behind women on pay
www.thetimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Was it a social 'crisis' when it was gripping young women? 🧐
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A somewhat cheering analysis amongst the gloom
This is very good. "Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A somewhat cheering analysis amongst the gloom
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