this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time

We are updating our Expansion Microscopy (U-ExM) website with : - Protocols tips to help you get started - Examples of applications across different biological systems. - work in progress - an antibody database 👉 mocel.unige.ch/research-gro...

"This system is sick and you know it!" Seen in Vienna

Any women in this year's prizes?

Nobel Prize@nobelprize.org · 2mo ago

We've arrived on Bluesky! We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize. Stay tuned.

📕 NEW BOOK!!! 📕 I co-authored a book for DK, contributing several chapters, including ones on stratigraphy, climate change, and key events in Earth history 🌍 Aimed at a very broad audience, the the illustrations are simply incredible 🥰 I hope I didn’t mess up or leave anything important out! 🙏🏾

Time for a Bluesky and LinkedIn break for a bit. Too many people here incapable of 'reading the room'.

There’s a *lot* of people talking who shouldn’t be talking. They should be listening. But hey, if there’s engagement and a few extra followers to be had, why let that stop you 🤷🏾‍♂️

RIP Prof Jason Arday. The man was pure kindness, the hounding that precipitated his death is out. The community is hurting @blackinplantsci.bsky.social support every black scientist that perform above and beyond to gain a bit of respect. The truth; this fight is uneven and some are silenced #sad

Sending love to fellow academics. It’s an awful day 💔

If anyone asks why women tend to be cautious (if not worried) about Al based tech, here is the simplest answer. None of the “good use cases” will legitimise AI whilst these things continue to happen.

Amy Diehl, Ph.D.@amydiehl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Whether it is Meta AI glasses used to harass & covertly film women, Apple AirTags used to track women, Meta algorithms that push sexist ads, Grok AI tools that nudify women's images, tech companies create harassment by design instead of privacy by design. www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...

Getting one of those multi-iterative expansion microscopy methods to work 🔬🧪

852dude@852dude.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

Data centers

Podcast News: All new Shambles podcast eps will now be in one easy feed (the old Science Shambles one) under a new banner: The Incomplete Shambles Podcast. All Latitude panels, Book Shambles specials etc will all appear here. Subscribe links at cosmicshambles.com/podcasts CC @robinince.bsky.social

This Peter Gluckman is so full of sh*t. It’s the same man who advocated researchers to be more like consultants. This is nothing but self promotion.

Nature@nature.com · 2mo ago

Questions of public trust can be addressed only through better communication and research that meets society’s interests, says Peter Gluckman go.nature.com/4xekdFo

Dearest all: I am looking for a queer-owned store that would sell rolls of stickers (or something as in tens of them) with pronouns for handing them out upon registration at the German Fish Meeting. Any pointer/s and RT appreciated! 🧪🐟

Still find it hard to believe that Cofnas said that under a true meritocracy black people would "disappear from almost all high-profile positions outside of sports and entertainment"…

Prof Chris Jackson@seismatters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Shame to see that Prof Jason Arday has resigned ☹️

I don't think I make enough noise about the fact that one of my brothers wrote a children's book "Yoruba Phonics". It's currently 51 in Children's Early Learning Books on Language on Amazon and has 5 stars! Proud sis here! www.amazon.co.uk/Yoruba-Phoni...

Aaaaand this week’s top of the Australian charts. #EasternRosellas Such an ear worm 🦜

🦜 Eastern Rosellas 🎵 Song by Miles Phillips (and Dad)

YouTube video by Joel Phillips

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Abdoulaye Djimdé spent decades decoding malaria drug resistance from inside the communities where it strikes. Now, in addition to this fieldwork, he’s advising on global science policy. #chemsky 🧪

‘That is not the full story’: This malaria researcher broke with convention to get Africa better treatments

Abdoulaye Djimdé spent decades decoding malaria drug resistance from inside the communities where it strikes. Now, in addition to this fieldwork, he’s advising on global science policy

cen.acs.org

Important history lesson: Fascism rose partly as a result of the 1918 pandemic.

There was a perfect description for this, in the 90s.

This is like the best meme

Universities can do without such myopic decisions. I regularly have conversations /w students & ECRs about their writing skills & the risks of giving in to AI. The 💡 go on when I explain the inevitable tipping point in society’s trust in AI. All we will have left will be our own abilities to write.

Mary Lewis@profmarylewis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them. Stand up to their hate and division by adding your name. goodlawproject.org/s/3ec4c0

Stand up to hate and division by adding your name.

Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them.

goodlawproject.org

· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #EU · #AI · Made by AI? EU tells firms to stick a label on it from Sunday

Made by AI? EU tells firms to stick a label on it from Sunday

Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labeled from Sunday, as the European Union's sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in.

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Hey Siri, show me a system that looks to filter out the scientific discoveries of women with seniority. The paper confirms the hostility many of us feel is baked into the editorial & peer review community (sitting behind a veil of anonymity) that prefer to see papers led by women thrown out.

Javi Ibarrondo@jibarrondo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪

"Corresponding authors who are men exhibit a small but significant advantage at Science, while authors based in China have a significant disadvantage. These associations are generally stronger in editorial review than in peer review" funded by 4 different NSF awards

Javi Ibarrondo@jibarrondo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪

100% this - even the press were ridiculous:

Oh my god they’re petitioning to allow Count Binface to wear his costume in Parliament I AM CRYING youtu.be/57Sm_7MRNnU?...

When Count Binface tore up Newsnight

YouTube video by Count Binface

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