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Ira Lightman

@iralightman

maths storyteller, poet, maker of public art, plagiarism sleuth, PhD truther, of a decent basis, truth wilful outlier

Katılım Mayıs 2009
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Ira Lightman
Ira Lightman@iralightman·
I have a new book out on Kindle, a sort of pastiche of Briggflatts (in its mode, and haunted by its music). amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQ78DSL4
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goma
goma@soigomaa·
She faked insanity to get in... but she didn't know if she could get out. In 1887, 23-year-old Nellie Bly got herself committed to a notorious asylum to expose the truth. But the moment she dropped the act and spoke normally, the doctors ignored her. She was trapped. For 10 days, she documented ice-cold baths, beatings, and sane women locked away just for being poor. She escaped, exposed the horror, and saved 1,600 women. She didn't just write history—she changed it.
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Hit me with the most underrated women stories

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Jayroo
Jayroo@jayroo69·
This is honestly one the best verbal shellackings I've ever seen in my life. Nose-ring was absolutely flummoxed and had her head spinning after this brutal beat down.
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Adam
Adam@chelsea_boy·
@iralightman @jayroo69 @supertolerant Crop failure isn't coming form climate change Ira, it's coming from geo engineering under the guise of climate change. You've been hood winked.
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Ira Lightman
Ira Lightman@iralightman·
A clip of Lowri Turner "pushing back" against a Just Stop Oil campaigner is doing the rounds. It doesn't include the things about coming crop failure rises in temperature, and unliveable conditions for the poor. I thought I'd share the whole segment youtu.be/-M0jRaOOkT8?si…
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'The Ronster'
'The Ronster'@BerisfordRon·
What the Duck!
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Modern History
Modern History@modernhistory·
This short film has won more than 100 awards worldwide.
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Harriet Sergeant
Harriet Sergeant@HarrietSergeant·
Are Chinese people in Britain chased down the street for what Beijing does to Uighurs? Are Russians here hunted for Ukraine? Are Afghans attacked over how women are treated back home? No. But Jews are singled out, blamed, and targeted for Israel. The hypocrisy isn’t even subtle.
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Science girl
Science girl@sciencegirl·
In 1984, a woman in the UK was treated for auditory hallucinations (hearing voices). During this period, the voices told her she had a brain tumour and were medically specific and urged her to have a scan. Although she had no obvious neurological symptoms, her psychiatrist ordered a CT scan, mainly to reassure her. The scan unexpectedly revealed a meningioma (a type of brain tumour). The tumour was surgically removed, and the hallucinations reportedly stopped. The case was later described in the British Medical Journal.
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Science girl
Science girl@sciencegirl·
How different actors fall 📹 daniellabelle1
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Michael Warburton
Michael Warburton@For_Film_Fans·
This STAR WARS teaser trailer was screened before ‘King Kong’ in December of 1976. The special effects weren’t finished, the music is NOT John Williams, and all in all it gives off a very different much darker vibe. Interesting.
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Adam Sharp
Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp·
My dad always used to say “when you’re in a hole, stop digging.” Lovely man, terrible archaeologist.
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Sarah Deech ☕️
Sarah Deech ☕️@londonette·
Me flicking through the menu at an Indian restaurant pretending to be open minded when I know full well I’m going to order the chicken tikka masala
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Sick
Sick@sickdotdev·
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
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PhilipLarkinSociety
PhilipLarkinSociety@PLSoc·
Larkin’s father died on 26 March 1948. A week the following Sunday it snowed in Warwick. This beautiful elegy was never printed in the poet’s lifetime and yet, arguably, it is his first great poem.
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Shrieking Tinman
Shrieking Tinman@phased_bemused·
Sorry love I can't come over tonight I've
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Daniel Edison, Comedian
Daniel Edison, Comedian@DanEdisonComedy·
At art college I got straight A's, which is why I failed Calligraphy.
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V. Joshua Adams
V. Joshua Adams@vjoshuaadams·
RIP Jeremy Prynne, one of the true greats
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Carl Bovis
Carl Bovis@CarlBovisNature·
@birdscolour56 I call it my photograph, that you didn't credit me with or ask to use..
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Kevin Nealon
Kevin Nealon@kevin_nealon·
Take a break from nature look at your phone
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