Achintya Rao • ಅ • 🏳️⚧️
@achintyarao.in
Dr Rao / Bass Lass. #SciComm and Engagement Manager, COALESCE (at UWE Bristol). Previously at CERN. Immigrant. ♀️/⚧️
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#Introduction time!
Hello! My name is Achintya and I write about science and #SciComm.
I currently work for @scicommsuwe.bsky.social on @coalesceproject.eu, as the communication and engagement manager.
I have a #PhD in science communication from UWE.
More about me: a-ch.in/ty-a
Hello! My name is Achintya and I write about science and #SciComm.
I currently work for @scicommsuwe.bsky.social on @coalesceproject.eu, as the communication and engagement manager.
I have a #PhD in science communication from UWE.
More about me: a-ch.in/ty-a
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BREAKING: WIN 🏳️⚧️ 💥
The High Court just refused Sex Matters' permission to ban trans women from the Hampstead ponds. We're relieved that the ponds can remain a place where trans people have always belonged.
Thank you to the all the people that pushed back against division.
The High Court just refused Sex Matters' permission to ban trans women from the Hampstead ponds. We're relieved that the ponds can remain a place where trans people have always belonged.
Thank you to the all the people that pushed back against division.
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
BREAKING: WIN 🏳️⚧️ 💥
The High Court just refused Sex Matters' permission to ban trans women from the Hampstead ponds. We're relieved that the ponds can remain a place where trans people have always belonged.
Thank you to the all the people that pushed back against division.
The High Court just refused Sex Matters' permission to ban trans women from the Hampstead ponds. We're relieved that the ponds can remain a place where trans people have always belonged.
Thank you to the all the people that pushed back against division.
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Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
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now we find out if the rest of the world does anything to stop a rogue state, run by narcissists, rich kids, attorneys & podcasters, treating anything or anyone they want like a piñata - i imagine Starmer is in a meeting now checking with his advisors on best way to avoid upsetting the Daily Mail
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
now we find out if the rest of the world does anything to stop a rogue state, run by narcissists, rich kids, attorneys & podcasters, treating anything or anyone they want like a piñata - i imagine Starmer is in a meeting now checking with his advisors on best way to avoid upsetting the Daily Mail
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I wrote a resignation speech that Stewart Lee thought was too long — STEWART LEE! TOO LONG! The cheek of it
Read about it here
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
Read about it here
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
A Difficult Few Months
Robin Ince reflects on the final night of Monkey Cage
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I wrote a resignation speech that Stewart Lee thought was too long — STEWART LEE! TOO LONG! The cheek of it
Read about it here
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
Read about it here
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
You are a hero, @robinince.bsky.social.
January 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
You are a hero, @robinince.bsky.social.
Apparently ⅛ is a partial win, rather than an overwhelming defeat. Get fucked, Grauniad.
Scottish nurse secures partial victory in trans doctor changing room case
Scottish nurse secures partial victory in trans doctor changing room case
Sandie Peggie wins harassment claim but tribunal dismisses allegations of discrimination and victimisation
A nurse who complained about sharing a women’s changing room with a transgender doctor has won part of her employment tribunal against NHS Fife but her claim against the doctor in question was dismissed.
Sandie Peggie was suspended by NHS Fife after complaining about having to share a changing room with Beth Upton at Victoria hospital in Kirkcaldy on Christmas Eve 2023. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Apparently ⅛ is a partial win, rather than an overwhelming defeat. Get fucked, Grauniad.
The Beeb being transphobic? What a shock!
The BBC News at Six is highly misleading. They present the story as if the bigot has won the case, which is false. To make matters worse, they end with their editor reading a proclamation “of the Supreme Court” that is entirely incorrect.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Beeb being transphobic? What a shock!
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BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed.
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
B M Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd: 8001497/2024
Employment Tribunal decision.
www.gov.uk
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed.
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
My girlfriend wrote a thing!
blog.achintyarao.in/post/musical...
#Music #MusicalInstruments #FolkMusic
blog.achintyarao.in/post/musical...
#Music #MusicalInstruments #FolkMusic
Repair musical instruments and make your own! – a manifesto
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by my partner, Jenni.
I grew up playing the violin and the recorder, both in the classical style, as was appropriate for a middle-class kid in small-town England.
blog.achintyarao.in
October 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My girlfriend wrote a thing!
blog.achintyarao.in/post/musical...
#Music #MusicalInstruments #FolkMusic
blog.achintyarao.in/post/musical...
#Music #MusicalInstruments #FolkMusic
Tagging @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social.
Open letter to UWE Bristol: Revert your changes to the trans and nonbinary policy.
Sign and Share.
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Sign and Share.
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open letter to UWE Bristol: Revert your changes to the trans and nonbinary policy.
On the 11th of September 2025, UWE Bristol published changes to their trans and non-binary policy. Despite what is being claimed, students and staff were not properly consulted on this, they are…
openletter.earth
October 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Tagging @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social.
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🎧 The new season of #SciCommConversations is out!
Our first episode features @laurafoggrogers.bsky.social from @scicommsuwe.bsky.social, who spoke with @achintyarao.in about the Curiosity Connections Green Futures project.
Audio and full transcript: coalesceproject.eu/2025/09/03/s...
#SciComm
Our first episode features @laurafoggrogers.bsky.social from @scicommsuwe.bsky.social, who spoke with @achintyarao.in about the Curiosity Connections Green Futures project.
Audio and full transcript: coalesceproject.eu/2025/09/03/s...
#SciComm
SciComm Conversations: “Engaging young people with green jobs”
Listen to "Engaging young people with green jobs. Guest: Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers" on Spreaker.
Transcript
Achintya Rao : Welcome to SciComm Conversations. My name is Achintya Rao. I am the
coalesceproject.eu
September 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🎧 The new season of #SciCommConversations is out!
Our first episode features @laurafoggrogers.bsky.social from @scicommsuwe.bsky.social, who spoke with @achintyarao.in about the Curiosity Connections Green Futures project.
Audio and full transcript: coalesceproject.eu/2025/09/03/s...
#SciComm
Our first episode features @laurafoggrogers.bsky.social from @scicommsuwe.bsky.social, who spoke with @achintyarao.in about the Curiosity Connections Green Futures project.
Audio and full transcript: coalesceproject.eu/2025/09/03/s...
#SciComm
In my time in Europe, I have experienced a few (and thankfully, only a few) incidents of racism. But this story is about how I received two forms of hate delivered via two very different five-letter words, both starting with the letter “b”. Can you guess them?
blog.achintyarao.in/post/five-le...
blog.achintyarao.in/post/five-le...
A tale of two five-letter words
In my time living in Europe, I have experienced a few (and thankfully, only a few) incidents of racism. So I am relatively used to encountering everything from unkindness to hostility and violence fro...
blog.achintyarao.in
September 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In my time in Europe, I have experienced a few (and thankfully, only a few) incidents of racism. But this story is about how I received two forms of hate delivered via two very different five-letter words, both starting with the letter “b”. Can you guess them?
blog.achintyarao.in/post/five-le...
blog.achintyarao.in/post/five-le...
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Was looking into what Cognitive Scientists mean by ‘domain-general’ cognition, and then hit upon this. This is definitely NOT how we use that term.
Tip: read the last sentence to understand what went wrong here.
Sigh.
Tip: read the last sentence to understand what went wrong here.
Sigh.
August 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Was looking into what Cognitive Scientists mean by ‘domain-general’ cognition, and then hit upon this. This is definitely NOT how we use that term.
Tip: read the last sentence to understand what went wrong here.
Sigh.
Tip: read the last sentence to understand what went wrong here.
Sigh.
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The 48-Year Puzzle: Discovering the #HiggsBoson 🧩
On this day 13 years ago, the @atlasexperiment.bsky.social and @cmsexperiment.bsky.social announced the existence of a particle with characteristics consistent with those of the #HiggsBoson.
But how did we go from theory to discovery?
On this day 13 years ago, the @atlasexperiment.bsky.social and @cmsexperiment.bsky.social announced the existence of a particle with characteristics consistent with those of the #HiggsBoson.
But how did we go from theory to discovery?
July 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The 48-Year Puzzle: Discovering the #HiggsBoson 🧩
On this day 13 years ago, the @atlasexperiment.bsky.social and @cmsexperiment.bsky.social announced the existence of a particle with characteristics consistent with those of the #HiggsBoson.
But how did we go from theory to discovery?
On this day 13 years ago, the @atlasexperiment.bsky.social and @cmsexperiment.bsky.social announced the existence of a particle with characteristics consistent with those of the #HiggsBoson.
But how did we go from theory to discovery?
Those who know me know that I am not a huge fan of academic writing and publishing. Hell, the term “to publish” has been entirely co-opted by for-profit journals to mean “to gatekeep”.
Public Engagement with Sciences and Technologies - Achintya Rao’s Wiki
wiki.achintyarao.in
June 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Those who know me know that I am not a huge fan of academic writing and publishing. Hell, the term “to publish” has been entirely co-opted by for-profit journals to mean “to gatekeep”.
How have things gotten /worse/ in the last decade?
#RemoteWork #TeleWork
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_...
#RemoteWork #TeleWork
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_...
www.youtube.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
How have things gotten /worse/ in the last decade?
#RemoteWork #TeleWork
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_...
#RemoteWork #TeleWork
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_...
The gender euphoria I’m experiencing at #PCST2025 is off the charts. My sincere thanks to everyone for being so unbelievably kind and welcoming to me.
May 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The gender euphoria I’m experiencing at #PCST2025 is off the charts. My sincere thanks to everyone for being so unbelievably kind and welcoming to me.
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I'm presenting a paper in the Sustainability and biodiversity session today at #PCST2025. "Anthropomorphising ecology: investigating social information bias with non-human characters". I'll be talking trees and graphs, if you like that kind of thing. 11:45 AM in Conference Suite 4.
May 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I'm presenting a paper in the Sustainability and biodiversity session today at #PCST2025. "Anthropomorphising ecology: investigating social information bias with non-human characters". I'll be talking trees and graphs, if you like that kind of thing. 11:45 AM in Conference Suite 4.
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We’re thrilled to share our friendly guide for journalists on communicating science in times of crises! 🗣️
zenodo.org/records/1546...
If you are attending #PCST2025, you can meet the contributors to this guide in the #COALESCE booth in the exhibition hall. Come and say hello!
#SciComm #PCST
zenodo.org/records/1546...
If you are attending #PCST2025, you can meet the contributors to this guide in the #COALESCE booth in the exhibition hall. Come and say hello!
#SciComm #PCST
May 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
We’re thrilled to share our friendly guide for journalists on communicating science in times of crises! 🗣️
zenodo.org/records/1546...
If you are attending #PCST2025, you can meet the contributors to this guide in the #COALESCE booth in the exhibition hall. Come and say hello!
#SciComm #PCST
zenodo.org/records/1546...
If you are attending #PCST2025, you can meet the contributors to this guide in the #COALESCE booth in the exhibition hall. Come and say hello!
#SciComm #PCST
May 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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The European Competence Centre for Science Communication, powered by COALESCE, aims to develop & mainstream #scicomm & foster connections between society & science. Make sure to visit their booth to chat about how the Competence Centre can support your work and how you can get involved!
May 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The European Competence Centre for Science Communication, powered by COALESCE, aims to develop & mainstream #scicomm & foster connections between society & science. Make sure to visit their booth to chat about how the Competence Centre can support your work and how you can get involved!
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Inspiring conversations about how #ResearchAssessment and #ScienceCommunication interact this morning! If you are curious, do visit the @scicommcentre.eu booth for a spotlight on our Practical Guide - there are DORA brownies! #PCST2025
You can download our Guide and take action 👉 bit.ly/DORA-Guide
You can download our Guide and take action 👉 bit.ly/DORA-Guide
May 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Inspiring conversations about how #ResearchAssessment and #ScienceCommunication interact this morning! If you are curious, do visit the @scicommcentre.eu booth for a spotlight on our Practical Guide - there are DORA brownies! #PCST2025
You can download our Guide and take action 👉 bit.ly/DORA-Guide
You can download our Guide and take action 👉 bit.ly/DORA-Guide
My colleague and I have recorded two episodes of #SciCommConversations at #PCST2025 so far, with @nicbennett.bsky.social and Bruce Lewenstein respectively. Can’t wait to edit the audio!
May 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My colleague and I have recorded two episodes of #SciCommConversations at #PCST2025 so far, with @nicbennett.bsky.social and Bruce Lewenstein respectively. Can’t wait to edit the audio!