Sarah O'Conor (She/Her)

I want to empower people to become agents of change in the world around them, and to encourage us all to be a little kinder to one another. All views my own.

[Sarah O'Conor (She/Her) @SarahMS4TP]

@PlashetSchool @S4TP_Official

[Plashet School @PlashetSchool]

On @s4tp_ official ‘s 10th anniversary Plashet’s very own, team Vita Verde, have come 1st place at the National Final! We are so proud of you!  #WomeninSTEM

[Sarah O'Conor (She/Her) @SarahMS4TP]

Feeling anxious and hopeless after the US election results? I hear you.
So take a break from it all, watch the video of our Big Ideas Competition National Final from last year and look at our young people - they are the reason I still have hope.
Xxx

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Don't let Trump take your joy today.

Turn the TV off. Look after yourselves and let's rebuild and do better.

But for today, just be kind to yourselves X

[Megan McCubbin @MeganMcCubbin]

Waking up feeling utterly devastated - for the future of our climate, for equality, for women’s health and so much more. Take the day to feel it, but remember to go outside into nature. Tomorrow’s another day, and the fight for what’s right will continue 💚

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

The world feels a whole lot more terrifying this morning - especially for any hope of climate action. Right now I feel sick. But I also know we have choices on how to respond - and will try even harder to light candles rather than curse the darkness 🕯️

[Sarah O'Conor (She/Her) @SarahMS4TP]

@AlisonKriel It just blows my mind

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

This video is incredible.

Everyone should RETWEET it so the whole *world* sees it.

[Northern Powergrid @Northpowergrid]

We're focusing on the future!

Our second session our Northern Powergrid: Focus for Future group saw the group have an incredibly inspiring chat about the work we are doing to get to Net Zero.

We can't wait to see what comes next alongside @S4TP_Official!

[Northern Powergrid @Northpowergrid]

We've got youth on our side!

Northern Powergrid: Focus for Future 2024 are well into the swing of influencing how we do things here at Northern Powergrid.

Working alongside @S4TP_Official, they are tackling issues and providing insight into some of the challenges we face.

[Sarah O'Conor (She/Her) @SarahMS4TP]

@S4TP_Official Fingers crossed!

[Alison Kriel 💚 @AKLondon UpScrolled @AlisonKriel]

I’m in total agreement. There’s an urgent need to be more inclusive as well as an urgent need to be less focussed on how we used to do things and more focussed on what skills pupils will need to be self sustaining adults in an AI world. That is our responsibilty to them

[Sarah O'Conor (She/Her) @SarahMS4TP]

@S4TP_Official ‘s #BigIdeasProgramme is all about #innovation, so am looking forward to this event this evening!

Innovation Awards- Meet the Finalists Evening | Happening Today in #Birmingham
https://t.co/z7WWLAtVHW

Discovered on https://t.co/aZXrSm2Sge

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

67 years ago, Laika was launched into space.

Laika, ′′Little Barker" but her real name was Kudrjavka, Russian for ′′curly." She was captured on the street, in Moscow.

Half Husky and half Terrier, she was around 3 years old at the time. She was chosen because she was calm, docile and perfectly adaptable to the Sputnik 2 capsule. Equipped for life support (food and water), the mission didn't involve return. For Laika, it was a death sentence.

The interior of the satellite was lined and the interior space was wide enough to allow Laika to lie or stand. The internal temperature was set to 15. and a refrigeration system had to protect the animal from excessive thermal surges.

On November 3rd at 2 AM, Sputnik 2 was launched into space. Laika probably survived for seven hours.

But some sources claim that agony was much longer: four days.

Alone, in space.

The satellite returned to atmosphere 5 months later, April 14, 1958, after turning 2.570 laps around Earth.

It disintegrated upon return to the atmosphere.

Every year, before Fall, I feel compelled to tell this story and possibly do it with new words. There's a deep guilt that all of us should feel reading what we did to Laika. Human progress has often been achieved at the expense of animals that had nothing to do with our desire for supremacy.

Many people believe this was an acceptable price for our conquests, but it seems obvious, even reading this story, that was really just a trivial form of prevarication.

We had a duty to choose another path.

We still have that duty today.

Sorry humanity has failed you, Laika 💔

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Sister of head teacher who took her own life after Ofsted rated school "inadequate" says family delighted by scrapping of one-word grades in England https://t.co/n7VHkGygDR

[UN Women @UN_Women]

The de facto authorities in #Afghanistan have enacted a law that bans women’s voices in public, among many other oppressive measures.
These measures must be IMMEDIATELY reversed.

We stand in unwavering solidarity with Afghan women & girls.

Our statement: https://t.co/ec5mbbl2Lq

[Sarah O'Conor (She/Her) @SarahMS4TP]

Don't forget #schools - get in touch to sign up for this year's #BigIdeasProgramme!

[Global Footprint Network @EndOvershoot]

Today is #EarthOvershootDay!
Our planet's pantry is empty and we will live off depletion for the next 5 months. This is not a drill. Earth is in crisis.
How can we #MoveTheDate and #EndOvershoot?
👇
https://t.co/eIMcghuixB