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Dr Madina she/her

@drmadina.bsky.social

Immunologist working in translational medical research. PhD in respiratory immunology + zebrafish models. Co-founder of Black In Immuno. Editor of 'The Black PhD Experience' Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Views my own Linktr.ee/drmadina

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Dr. Divya (offline 🔔)@divyampersaud.com · 4mo ago

Genocide continues, but SO DO WE. The siege is tightening in Gaza and our inattention is failing them. Unless. Unless. Here's one link that supports dozens of families. Priorities are FOOD, healthcare, shelter. Click "weekly" if you can: chuffed.org/project/hope...

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

chuffed.org

Max Liboiron@maxliboiron.bsky.social · 10mo ago

If you're in London in February and want to get your geek on with me: "This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics." www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)

This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.

ucl.ac.uk

Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 11mo ago

From the Black in Immuno board: we’re excited to reconnect and meet new friends here! Please follow and share our page with anyone who may be interested in our work.

@blackinimmuno.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hello Bluesky, we’ve finally migrated and look forward to connecting with everyone here! We’re also having a Town Hall next week. Please register here and share with anyone who may want to reconnect or learn more about our group: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Yellow and white font on black background with our logo and white and yellow hexagons for interest. Text reads “Black in Immuno Town Hall ‘25. Join us for a town hall to catch up on the present and future of Black in Immuno. We’d love to get input from everyone on how we can best serve the community. Please register for access to the meeting- even if you can’t attend register anyway. We’ll send out a summary of the meeting and ask for further input.”
Dr. Adeene Denton@spacewhalerider.com · 12mo ago

You don't have to sit around waiting for things to get better amid a sea of bad news! Making the world better takes effort from each of us, and sometimes that can be as little as supporting those working hard to support others, like Spark Space. Kick in $5 or $10: chuffed.org/project/spar...

🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!

In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken in...

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Dr Kevin Guyan@kevinguyan.bsky.social · last yr.

One month countdown until this hot thing is out there in the world. Available to preorder now: 🇬🇧 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rainbow-t... 🇺🇸 www.bloomsbury.com/us/rainbow-t... #books #newbooks #LGBTQ #gender #sexuality #queer #gay #DEI #data #tech #law #politics

Rainbow Trap

Rainbow Trap reveals how the fight for LGBTQ equalities in the UK is shaped – and constrained – by the classifications we encounter every day.Looking across six…

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Dr Kevin Guyan@kevinguyan.bsky.social · last yr.

Have you ever felt like the available gender, sex and sexuality boxes don't fully capture your experiences, hopes and desires? Welcome to a Rainbow Trap 🌈 👮 💘 🎥 ✈️ 🏃‍♂️ 💼

A stack of Rainbow Trap books, against a dark blue background.Contents page that reads: Acronyms Introduction: Queer cogs in a broken system Hate crimes: Safety, protection and the police Dating apps: Technology and the curation of desire Culture: Outness in the film and television industry Borders: Truth, sameness and the politics of evidence Health and fitness: Markers of difference and the body Business: Queer workers and money matters Conclusion: After inclusion Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
Vaishnavi@mvaish06.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy May Day! On this labour day, we write about labour of community healthcare workers in South Asia, India's ASHAs, Nepal's FCHVs and Pakistan's LHWs, and their struggles to get recognized. @plosglobalpublichealth.org @madhupai.bsky.social @plos.org speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/04/30/r...

Recognizing the Labour Behind Care—The Fight for Dignity and Rights Among South Asia’s Community Healthcare Workers

As we mark the Labour Day—a day meant to honor the contributions and struggles of workers—we urge the recognition of CHWs not just as "heroes", but as workers.

speakingofmedicine.plos.org

Dr Phoenix CS Andrews@thatdocphoenix.com · last yr.

Time is of the essence and we need to fight the EHRC interim guidance before it becomes statutory and Parliament make it law. Don’t just shout about it, write to them. Also tell the media, if you can get them to care. I’ve posted this on Instagram. Speak to your unions and staff networks at work

hello venues, LGBTQ+ clubs and organisations, workplaces and pals Social posts and posters are nice, but we need you to write to the EHRC and tell them their new guidance (see next slides) doesn't work for you They can't tell people how to run a gay or lesbian club. And they can't make you be toilet cops. Please tell them it doesn't work for you. A quick email or phone call will help a lot.From the EHRC interim guidance: In workplaces and services that are open to the public: • trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women's facilities and trans men (biological women) should not be permitted to use the men's facilities, as this will mean that they are no longer single-sex facilities and must be open to all users of the opposite sex • in some circumstances the law also allows trans women (biological men) not to be permitted to use the men's facilities, and trans men (biological woman) not to be permitted to use the women's facilities From Phoenix: If we pass too well, we aren't allowed in either gendered toilet or changing room. It's not fair to segregate us, never mind the impact on disabled people if abled trans people use their facilitiesFrom the EHRC interim guidance: Membership of an association of 25 or more people can be limited to men only or women only and can be limited to people who each have two protected characteristics. It can be, for example, for gay men only or lesbian women only. A women-only or lesbian-only association should not admit trans women (biological men), and a men-only or gay men-only association should not admit trans men (biological women). From Phoenix: If you run a gay or lesbian club, night, bar, sauna, reading group, walking group etc - the EHRC say you have to exclude trans people or include cishets. Freedom of association is under threatTime is of the essence. They're going to make this guidance statutory and Parliament will make that law soon. We will try to help with template letters etc, but your initial objections should be logged NOW. We love you, you need to speak up.
Gen Wojcik@genandgenes.bsky.social · last yr.

I wrote about how we must stand and fight against the threat of eugenics. Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent. This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.

Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.

nature.com

Dr. Divya (offline 🔔)@divyampersaud.com · last yr.

No support in 4 weeks but things have gotten worse, with the team paying out of pocket to keep things running. This is not a business. It’s a lifeline for families to get income through remote jobs (which don’t stop under b-mbing). Chip in & share: chuffed.org/project/spar...

Dr. Divya (offline 🔔)@divyampersaud.com · last yr.

Yesterday I got a worrying update from Spark Space - because of the cost of fuel, they've had to pause electricity in the space, meaning students & workers can connect to internet there but can't charge devices. Read their update below. Short goal 0/300 chuffed.org/project/spar...

Sun, Apr 06 Critical situation for the space - help us provide electricity again! We can no longer cover the operational costs for Spark Space and are bearing most of the expenses ourselves due to the unprecedented price hikes, even worse than during the early days of the war. This means that we have had to stop providing electricity, offering only internet service, that is, without charging facilities. This is disastrous because the majority of people have no electricity or means to charge their devices, and they need a place where they can both work and charge their equipment. We purchased 3 kilograms of gas for the generator at a cost of over $300. Your support is more crucial then ever to enable the workers and students who use this space. We have raised the campaign goal to £5,000 towards buying some gas and diesel for the generator to restore electricity again.
Tess Stenson-Childs@tessstenson.bsky.social · last yr.

No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days. Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.

Jess O'Thomson@jessothomson.co.uk · last yr.

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.

Charlotte Lydia Riley@lottelydia.bsky.social · last yr.

Obviously things have got dramatically worse in the US recently, and I don't want to diminish that, but I've been at *so many* conferences in the UK on topics like empire, humanitarianism and development where multiple speakers from the Global South have been denied visas or held at the border

Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt@jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · last yr.

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.