David Araya

Lawyer. Good at spelling, pedantry and general sanctimony.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

When UK sculptor Barbara Hepworth was photographed she insisted to be shown working to be taken seriously as an artist and avoid the common patronising presentation of women as hobby artists/housewives. #WomensHistoryMonth

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

This is so damn good.

[David Araya @davidraraya]

@ConnectingLeeds what's up with this flowerbed plonked in the lovely new cycle lane? It's pretty unsafe

[EHRC @EHRC]

“We believe that Jackie should have had the same human rights protections as others deprived of their liberty.” - Marcial Boo

Read about the Supreme Court's judgment on the case of Jackie Maguire who became critically ill while living in a care home: https://t.co/y9Pez7aO2j

[Alexandra Topping @LexyTopping]

You think rights for mums are rubbish in the UK? Try being a dad? If you believe in equality - pipe up for them too https://t.co/l5S6LdBYI0

[EHRC @EHRC]

Fathers increasingly want to play a greater role in bringing up their children, but current parental leave offers are failing to meet this demand because of complexity, ineligibility, low financial incentive and concerns about employer attitudes.

[David Araya @davidraraya]

Black people were three times more likely to receive Covid fines in England and Wales https://t.co/CROSGngoQj

[David Araya @davidraraya]

Gypsy, Roma and Travellers suffer ‘persistent’ discrimination in UK https://t.co/roAXzvG2B4

[John Harris @johnharris1969]

Latest from me. Might be the most important thing I've ever written https://t.co/l1COqwXXzb

[David Araya @davidraraya]

Britain ‘not close to being a racially just society’, finds two-year research project https://t.co/Mz2IYOtXIo

[Tom Clark @prospect_clark]

“Nasty, British & short”

Superb @TheEconomist explainer & charts of the chilling trends in British lifespans

https://t.co/mKBxHgJISx

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

BREAKING : scientists warn of a high chance of catastrophic 2°C global warming in the 2040s or 2050s with impacts that humans can't adapt to even if emissions rapidly decline 🧵

[Geoffrey Supran @GeoffreySupran]

NEW: In @ScienceMagazine today, our latest peer-reviewed research shows Exxon scientists predicted global warming with shocking skill & accuracy between 1977 & 2003, contradicting the company's decades of climate denial. THREAD.

📰No pay wall for 2 weeks: https://t.co/JDtT9nkbzC

[Faithless @faithless]

We are heartbroken to say Maxi Jazz died peacefully in his sleep last night. He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways. He gave proper meaning and a message to our music. He was a lovely human being with time for everyone and wisdom that was both profound and accessible.

[George The Poet 🇺🇬 @GeorgeThePoet]

Happy National Poetry Day 🙏🏿

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most of the energy that does, moves the car, not people.

Sound efficient?

HT @circulareconomy

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia https://t.co/gtHvhNsnuT

Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people.

A thread:

[Ellen Milligan @EllenAMilligan]

A cracking and very helpful diagram of the breakdown of running UK appliances to help you through the energy crisis: