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Hello. I tutor Social Sciences for the Open University. I also volunteer as a citizen scientist with the Westcountry Rivers Trust in Devon and Cornwall. A PCS union member & #socialist #lefty interested in #politics and the #environment 🌿 Partial to cream teas (jam first!) and ghost stories 👻
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Sunny Polperro today 😎

#Cornwall

If your workplace isn't exploring the 4 day week, maybe they're not interested in your happiness.. https://autonomy.work/portfolio/uk4dwpilotresults/
The results are in: the UK's four-day week pilot

Read the full results from the world's largest four-day week trial to date, offering a 'major breakthrough' for shorter working hours.

The Autonomy Institute
Snowdrops at Lanhydrock
Spotted this beauty on Bodmin moor today

Just a couple of the blue plaques popping up in & around the Tamar Valley

💩 #sewagepollution #dirtywater #extinctionrebellion #votecleanwater #VoteTheToryCriminalsOut

(pics nicked from Tamar Valley Extinction Rebellion’s FB page) #cornwall

Grand unveiling of a well-deserved blue plaque.

#Cornwall #rivers #sea #pollution

Overwork Pays Off More for Men:

New research finds an “overwork premium” - Evaluators allocate greater organizational rewards to people who work 50+ hrs per week ("overworkers"), *even when they do the same amount and quality of work as standard workers.*

In addition, male overworkers reap a significantly larger overwork premium than female overworkers.

https://doi.org/10.1177/01902725221141059

#Psychology
#Sociology
#SocialPsychology
#OrgPsych
#OrgBehavior
#Overwork
@sociology
@socialpsych
@orgbehavior

RT @[email protected]

This is a powerful film about the scourge of zero hours contracts and the terrible impact they have on people's lives.

I'm proud to support the @[email protected] campaign to end this awful practice.

Please watch and share.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KateOsborneMP/status/1609248163495378944

Kate Osborne MP on Twitter

“This is a powerful film about the scourge of zero hours contracts and the terrible impact they have on people's lives. I'm proud to support the @ZHoursJustice campaign to end this awful practice. Please watch and share. https://t.co/Rd6f7j7Kya”

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RT @[email protected]

This is one of the most read articles on Left Foot Forward:
"A right-wing coup is intensifying in Britain and ordinary people must oppose it".
The coup has accelerated.
Our rights are disappearing on the road to fascism.
Our legacy to future generations?
https://leftfootforward.org/2022/04/prof-prem-sikka-a-right-wing-coup-is-intensifying-in-britain-and-ordinary-people-must-oppose-it/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/premnsikka/status/1608767895395500032

Prof Prem Sikka: A right-wing coup is intensifying in Britain and ordinary people must oppose it

'Without a strong social movement of the people, the coup will further intensify.'

Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate

RT @[email protected]

Green Party peer Natalie Bennett tells Andrew Castle that the 'reliability' and 'availability' of buses declining is a result of the privatisation of the public transport sector.

@[email protected] | @[email protected]

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1609095639387832320

LBC on Twitter

“Green Party peer Natalie Bennett tells Andrew Castle that the 'reliability' and 'availability' of buses declining is a result of the privatisation of the public transport sector. @AndrewCastle63 | @natalieben”

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