On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I’m resharing part of my speech from Ada Lovelace Day and thinking of the brilliant women and girls across Harpenden & Berkhamsted pursuing STEM 👩‍🔬

This week, I secured and led a debate on the impact of planning on local transport and infrastructure. The people of Harpenden, Berkhamsted, Tring, Redbourn, Sandridge & surrounding villages are no NIMBYs.

This government’s definition of ‘grey belt’ has meant local councils, and our local villages, have been left essentially powerless against unplanned development. With valid infrastructure and environmental concerns - our villages like Redbourn need answers now, not later.

Hospitality is on its knees. We've already lost too many pubs and restaurants across Harpenden & Berkhamsted. Small businesses are lifelines for our villages, but owners are struggling with business rates, national insurance costs and the minimum wage.

Too many local businesses have already closed their doors. We need urgent action to save our hospitality sector. Lib Dems’ proposal to reduce VAT to 15%, at least until April 2027, would be a step towards protecting hospitality before it is too late for others.

💌 50,000 emails and letters sent to and on behalf of constituents alone! 🙏 Thank you to everyone who has reached out and to my fantastic team, who are dedicated to helping local people!

My constituent Kitty Hart-Moxon OBE, a Holocaust survivor & key figure in survivor-led Holocaust education in the UK, turns 100 this year. She's passing on her vital work to the next generation of her family.

Councils should have the power to make planning approvals conditional on securing GP capacity first. In Redbourn, residents wait weeks for appointments, and a proposed 70% housing increase will only make this worse.

🎉 Happy New Year! 2025 in Review! Thank you to everyone who was part of it!

Last year's autumn budget let down families & businesses If this government was serious about economic growth, they'd follow Lib Dem policies on energy bills - not just three years of support, but a plan to halve bills by 2035. I'll keep fighting to bring down electricity costs across our community

Oh no Nneka

When bsky doesn’t like my posts

If you think college sports are “just sports,” 𝐀𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐢’s got a reality check. He shares how studies show the first time most people ever hear about a university is through its athletic program. Without sports, many of those students wouldn’t even know the school existed. And beyond

Full episode in comments. Ep. 187: A gas leak disrupts a local school. A troubling teenage trend. A landlord gets a major surprise after a tenant moves out. City Council preview. Vigils and protests. Get to know a feathered visitor. Weekend events. And a hearty welcome back to Spritzers Cafe.

🕵️ On 26 May, improve your deepfake detection skills in our #CEPOLwebinar. Discover together with #CEPOL how deepfakes are produced, detected and analysed to support investigations, evidence presentation and judicial decision-making 👉link.europa.eu/YVK36f #EMPACT #FightingCrimeTogether #cyberthreats

In order for our neighbors and communities to feel safe we need to get ICE out of our city and state. I call on elected leaders at every level of government to work alongside the City Council and community leaders towards this goal.

Chinese man caught secretly filming women on a subway

Mortgage payments too high? Sell. Take whatever you can get.

@HouseDemocrats know that the American people deserve better. That is why we are ready, willing and able to quickly reach a bipartisan agreement that reopens the government, ensures #SNAP benefits are paid, and lowers health care costs. #MakeAmericaHungryAgain

This week, join CATF and University of Michigan's Center for Empowering Communities for a webinar on a "fair share" approach to clean energy siting policy – a path of shared responsibility, rapid expansion of clean energy, and alignment with local priorities. Register: www.catf.us/events/findi...

The amount of money that is being funneled into American universities is astonishing. The Muslim Brotherhood is rotting the minds of western students. We need to wake up. It is so close to being too late.

#OnThisDay 1966 Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys released Their 11th and most famous album tried to capture Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound by recording in the same studio with the same session musicians (now known as The Wrecking Crew) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

I am very confused why, after this interview, he stated he will "do everything in his power" to make sure Nithya Raman is the next mayor of Los Angeles.

War is not funny this is disgraceful and many have died.

Special Weather Statement issued May 3 at 10:02PM EDT by NWS Upton NY late monday morning into early monday evening, the combination of drying fine fuels, southwest wind gusts between 25 and 30 mph, and relative humidity values between 25 and 35 (1/9)

Five villagers trapped in a flooded Laos cave for over a week have been found alive, while two remain missing. The villagers entered the cave in Xaisomboun province on May 19, but heavy rain triggered flash flooding that blocked the exit and trapped seven people. #VMNews

Harrison Ford’s message to ASU graduates in his commencement speech: “We need cultural change. We need to extend social justice. We need to respect and elevate the indigenous peoples that are being marginalized, and in many cases, killed in cold blood.”

To ski or apres ski, that is the question. All the grandeur of these Winter Olympics has us swooshing towards our ski-centric editions! From iconic photographs by Marion Post Wolcott to the solidly enchanting presence of the Trentino Ski Bear, we've got art for the slopes. 20x200.com/collections/...

PP is a hypocrite His (Harper) government signed a 31 year trade deal with China.

1/2 From this morning: I talked again about successful influence of the Russian-Serbian gov't reflected in the formal adoption of the "Students in Blockade" revisionist position on Kosovo. A so-called "catch-all" option would've accommodated differing views, but that hasn't been the case snce 2024👇

🎥Work is progressing on the largest restoration of Glasgow’s Sir Walter Scott Monument since it was first erected in George Square in 1837. Full story: www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...

The French Revolution began in 1789, sparked by massive national debt, crippling food shortages, and an unfair tax system that burdened the poor while the monarchy and nobility lived in luxury. When King Louis XVI's attempts to raise taxes failed, he was forced to call the Estates-General.

Mason County, far north, where the Ohio's pulling everything its way. #WestVirginia #MasonCounty #Waterloo #OhioRiver #northernWV #hamletnames #Appalachiangeography #WVplacenames

I'd like to recommend the purchase of one of these to all Billionaires. Do something positive with your money for once in your miserable lives.

Some seasons feel quieter… If you’ve been carrying a lot on your own, it can start to feel like you’ve been forgotten. But that feeling isn’t the truth. You’re not forgotten, you’re in a season that’s asking more of you right now. #mentalhealthrecovery #healing #loneliness

🔴ENTREVISTA | Miguel Díaz, codirector de la consultora MIDAT1 🗣️"Lo que pase con las elecciones de mitad de mandato de EE.UU. podría suponer un cambio en el paradigma político español." ▶️ rtve.es/rneaudio

Caturday sydneychat_officiel Sydney Chaton

The Office of Personnel Management says the federal workforce is “leaner and more effective.” What they do not say is who pays the price. In NY-23, Social Security, veterans' care, and basic services are lifelines. Cut staff. Call it efficiency. Ignore the human cost.

#streetphotography #photojournalism coverage #nicholasmaduro #courtcase outside #courthouse atmosphere scenery 2 camps side over federal Plaza lower ManhattanNY capturing historic moment at play.

1) A sore or ulcer that hasn’t healed in two weeks ESPECIALLY if it’s painless 2) A white or red patch on your tongue, gums, or inner cheek

Reggie Bennett takes out a groggy Futagami with a sick tope

#transrightsarehumanrights

Us, getting our place ready so we can play Subnautica Below Zero on mobile tomorrow without someone bothering us.

Hell yeah let’s breed these odds to their ends g.mino.mobi/garden/breed

🙃

@mjfermezla.bsky.social qu’est-ce que ?

Join us for a special #ChannelKindness Storytellers Club writing workshop on Thursday, May 29 at 7 PM ET, co-hosted by Willie Greene, founder of @wetheurban.bsky.social: a virtual sanctuary for Black creativity, mental health, and empowerment. RSVP: www.channelkindness.org/the-storytel...

NEW Christmas design coming soon! www.teepublic.com/stores/volpe... Music by @davidjosephwesley.bsky.social #Christmas #Shirt #holidayseason #Santa

For those of you who have been complaining about too many red lines (and too many human lives spared by Russia) - this is the kind of escalation Moscow will certainly not tolerate. Please circulate as appropriate.

The IInspiration made their AEW debut, and were promptly squashed by the Brawling Birds!!! 😮 #cassielee #jessicamckay #alexwindsor #jamiehayter #aew #dynamite #aewdynamite #wrestlesky #wrestling #wrestlingalldayallnight

Measles is not a harmless childhood rite of passage. “I've heard patients and parents tell me, ‘No one told me measles was going to be this bad,’” says IDSA spokesperson Andrew Pavia, MD, FAAP, FACP, FIDSA. Watch our new briefing on the current state of #measles in the U.S.: https://bit.ly/4dTEzMd

Today, I stood alongside bipartisan leaders from towns across Connecticut to send a clear message: PURA needs to stand by its original decision and oppose the proposed sale of Aquarion. Families in our state cannot afford another unjustified and unaffordable rate increase.

Dave Roberts was playing along with his daughter until she tried to rug pull him

Zu El Niño nehmen die Berichte zu. Kein Wunder, die Auswirkungen sind massiv. Die Modellrechnungen zeigen in eine ungute Richtung, es könnte einer der Stärksten oder sogar der stärkste werden. Ein "Super El Niño" - aber was ist das eigentlich?

CBC Mo Amir... Listen you little fucker, your opinion is best kept to yourself. What we know is that brown folks like the Cons. Why? They protect business owners more than any others. Protect their money, lower taxes for them. But, it's what comes with them, that's SHOULD TERRIFY brown people.

Danny Thommo (TR sidekick) tells Southampton rioters not to get arrested as UK far-right plans to build a "#PatriotPlatform" to "channel this energy into something they cannot dismiss or bury. We must connect, organise, and put thousands of boots on the ground, not just a few hundred in one city"

Trump sounds nearly comatose as he tries to attack CNN

GRA-0002: SR 188 at SR 38 Spur (Grady) 🕒 11:03 PM - 11:04 PM ET (3x speed) 🌡️ 71°F | Clear 📍: 30.877600,-84.201300