Phoebe Asquith
@PhoebeAsquith
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Cybersecurity and Human Factors Researcher, Vision Scientist, Feminist and Optimist.
Cardiff University
Joined November 2012
"@Mermaids_Gender believes in the right to freedom of choice and the right of bodily autonomy. These values must not be applied differently because someone has a protected characteristic." Want to learn more? Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode of #GettingCurious
Our Director of Legal & Policy, Lui Asquith is at the High Court, following proceedings. Read our briefing and keep up to date with the latest news on this landmark case. #tavistock #judicialreview
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I found this engagement ring this morning on the pavement on Swains Lane, Highgate, N6. Please RT, and let me know if it’s yours. (There is an engraving on the inside.)
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Looks like the peak of a mountain, but actually a flat road. One of the quirks of how we use pictorial cues (here, the widening of the road) to infer changes in depth
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#null_findings matter! Call for papers at NeuroImage: Reports. Submit negative and null findings from well-designed, scientifically sound studies. Original articles, meta-analyses, short reviews or opinion pieces welcome. #replication #transparency
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Imagine going to bed at night with a full stomach, preparing for a good sleep, knowing there are 1.1M helpless children who are probably wide awake listening to their stomachs grumbling or their parents sobbing, whose life could be significantly improved by one decision...(1)
Ministers have been urged to extend free school meals to all holidays to cover a predicted rise in hunger in the October half-term and at Christmas https://t.co/wDxd6oNE5L
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Literally everyone knew university teaching would end up being online. The only reason they told students to come in was to guarantee income from student accommodation rentals. Landlordism is literally holding 18 year olds hostage in prison sized rooms to secure rental income.
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Psychologists showed people THEIR OWN BEHAVIOURS but pretended that they were the behaviours of some other person. When asked, the participants reliably said that they were less racist than that other person.
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In what world is it acceptable to speak to anyone like this while doing their job? No one in public or private life deserves this despicable abuse. Solidarity @SadiqKhan
"Black c*nt lives matter" "You c*nt" Listen to their aggression. Listen to their hate. If you ever wonder why the Mayor of London needs 24-hour police protection. Without the protection officers there with him, he would have gotten attacked in this instance.
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FIVE reasons the govt want to break international law - and why it's blowing up
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✨The @novaramedia articles team is looking for stories of recent grassroots campaign victories from around the world for our new ‘How We Won’ series. Email beth@novaramedia.com with your tips!✨
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We condemn a Home Office video referring to immigration lawyers who provide legal advice to migrants as ‘activist lawyers’. Solicitors advise their clients on *their rights under the laws created by parliament* https://t.co/4FHvIJ1RW5
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