The 1st edition of the 'Relational Map of #Plant #SyntheticBiology in the UK' is out! 🌱 It's a transdisciplinary collaboration between @olmoore.bsky.social , Dr Little & Dr Rylott. Part of the ARIA-funded Futuring Biological Commons, led by @joyzhang.bsky.social To access doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Baseball’s back baby 😁🥰

Londoners! Not long now, before I kick off my spring book tour at the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute on 24 March. Join me for an evening of wild discovery about the women who didn't believe it when they were told, "You can't do that." Wildly Different - HLSI share.google/UNS33TRnRkn3...

Wildly Different - HLSI

Members: Free, Online or Victoria Hall Non-Members: £10, Online or Victoria Hall Please book, for online link only, by 1pm on the day of the event Wildly Different: how five women reclaimed nature in ...

share.google

Green Day playing before the Super Bowl was just bizarre. Awesome but bizarre.

📢 #CFP: Futuring Digital Foodscapes Join us at @easst.bsky.social in Krakow (8–11 Sept) to discuss how digital tech shapes food futures, values, and inequalities. Panel 177 co-organised with @allgaier.bsky.social, Tina Bartelmeß & Katharina Graf #STS DL: 9 March nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

P177: futuring digital foodscapes

Digital foodscapes are key sites where future social values, inequalities and alternative possibilities for living well are negotiated and enacted. This panel

nomadit.co.uk

We're wrapping up proofs this week for The Routledge Handbook of Health & Environmental Humanities: it's got 43 (!) chapters - couldn't have done it without the fab authors and my even more brilliant co-editors Amber Abrams and Rocío Gomez @historyrocio.bsky.social www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

The Routledge Handbook of Health and Environmental Humanities

This handbook delves into the innovative intersection of health and environmental humanities, capturing its multidisciplinary creative spirit in showcasing key concepts and tools, on-the-ground applic...

routledge.com

A UC Berkeley-born CRISPR breakthrough is being used to directly edit the genetic mutation behind sickle cell diseases—offering new hope for patients. news.berkeley.edu/2026/01/22/b...

Born at UC Berkeley: a breakthrough in the treatment of sickle cell disease - Berkeley News

Discover how CRISPR, a technology co-created by a UC Berkeley professor, is being used to transform medicine.

news.berkeley.edu

Got be impressed with the pets in this house and their interest it inspiring academic literature…

I think he wants some answers…

Gotta love a protest of the protestors…

We’re losing to the cardinals? When is baseball season back… 😱

Absolutely delighted that our panel for @easst.bsky.social '26 was accepted. Please submit an abstract to our panel "Commoning socio-technical frontiers: Navigating cutting-edge science & technology..." Deadline 28th February - P014 at conference EASST2026. nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

The DARE team invites abstract submissions for “Caring for the Possible: In the Meantime of Healthcare’s Data-Driven Futures”, a panel at the EASST conference in Krakow, September 2026! Deadline 28 Feb :) @cathm.bsky.social @nicolasugden.bsky.social @0404am.bsky.social dare.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/...

Today has been a rough writing day. However! I have managed to confuse my sons school friends who appeared at our door and “6 7” To which I responded with “8 9” The looks of confusion on a group of 10 and 11 year olds was priceless. So you know, silver linings.

PETE ALONSO 🎉🎉🎉 www.mlb.com/news/pete-al...

Pete Alonso going to Orioles on 5-year, $155M deal (sources)

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Orioles wanted to be aggressive this offseason. President of baseball operations Mike Elias was expressing a willingness to spend more money than at any point in his seven-year te...

mlb.com

Reminder: Professor Michael Winter’s Distinguished Lecture 17.12.25 @crpr-exeter.bsky.social: Whatever happened to the Political Economy of Agriculture? Hybrid: Queen’s building, LT1 - 10:15-12:15 or online. Registration is via Eventbrite (bit.ly/3KDpFPu ). Any questions: crpr@exeter.ac.uk.

@greggrosenthal.bsky.social - why are the Falcons trash? 😢 Is it coaching or team building?

I was wrong Daily Express February 1975. With this interesting article.

Why are historians bad at house renovations…. Because I have found more newspaper and I’ll be trying to preserve it. Excitement waiting to see when it’s from. My guess 1990s.

Oh the irony - doing renovations at home. Found the Somerset Country Gazette newspaper from July 1967 crumpled up behind a fake wall. And there’s an advert (I think) to Bristol Zoo.

Ha! When you accidentally discover a documentary series on Zoo Vets - nearly 2 years after you finish your PHD 🤦

Folks, are we forgetting that Francis cited Haraway?

Feminist scholar Donna Haraway reacts to inclusion in Pope Francis' climate letter

Pope Francis cited Donna Haraway's use of the term "contact zone" in his apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum. They are most well known for their work that explores humanity's relationship with animals ...

ncronline.org

Patrick McCray@patrickmccray.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I wanna invite Pope Leo to my Intro to Science and Technology Studies class

Spread the word about this brand new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities with me and The Greenhouse crew in Norway. For those outside of EU, registration is in second half of November, so don’t miss it!

Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities@greenhouseuis.net · 9mo ago

The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English. Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues! Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...

Best zoo sign - ever.

Old habits, hard to break. 😆

🌱 #UNWorldFoodDay Dr @olmoore.bsky.social took the stage at the @aria-research.bsky.social event, 'Securing the Future of Food' to highlight the power of open dialogue around plant-engineering, biotech and public engagement: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...

#Farmers it is your turn. We are holding 2 focus groups in November to bring farmers together to shape science & technology. Please do join us at Norwich Research Park, 10th November forms.office.com/e/NHgYtsUNci Or at the Angel & Royal Hotel, Grantham, 11th November. forms.office.com/e/VJ2hTeedi8

Although my invisible juggling didn't get the reception I was hoping for... 😂

Can't beat focus group facilitator "jazz-hands"... Thank you York you were superb.

It was a busy but incredibly fruitful and inspirational few days in London. An absolute delight to be involved.

Joy Zhang@joyzhang.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨