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Dr Rao / Bass Lass. #SciComm and Engagement Manager, COALESCE (at UWE Bristol). Previously at CERN. Immigrant. ♀️/⚧️

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Achintya Rao • ಅ • 🏳️‍⚧️ @achintyarao.in · Jan 29
#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
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My girlfriend wrote a thing!

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.
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October 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Tagging @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social.
October 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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scicommcentre.eu
🎧 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
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
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September 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Ah, @cern.bsky.social is officially endorsing ad-blockers:

home.cern/news/news/co...

#AdBlock
Computer Security: Block ads, stay clean
The main ways to get your computer infected these days are clicking on the wrong link, accessing the wrong website and/or installing the wrong software. While we have addressed over and over again the...
home.cern
September 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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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...
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...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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irisvanrooij.bsky.social
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.
Domain-General Cognitive Ability In subject area: Psychology Domain-general cognitive abilities refer to cognitive skills that are not unique to humans but are present across various primate species and potentially other mammals and birds, indicating a general factor underlying cognitive performance that correlates with brain size and is associated with selective attention and working memory capacity. AI generated definition based on: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2012
August 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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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?
July 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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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
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June 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Wrote about my relationship with the #English language.

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On the English language
It feels a strange to write about such seemingly trivial matters at a time when horrific strife around the globe is being live-streamed to us all day. But writing itself is an escape.
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June 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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How have things gotten /worse/ in the last decade?

#RemoteWork #TeleWork

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June 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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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
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hanachronism.bsky.social
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
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scicommcentre.eu
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
The cover of a COALESCE document, entitled “How to communicate science in times of crisis?” The subtitle isn “A friendly guide for journalists”. The main image is of a headless body with several speech bubbles about them.
May 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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As an immigrant, I don’t like the term #CitizenScience. I feel delightfully excluded.

#PCST2025
May 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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scicommsuwe.bsky.social
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
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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
May 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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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
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If you are #PCST2025, please come say hello to our team at our booth. We’ll be near the posters all day, except during the keynotes.

CC: @dorassessment.bsky.social
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May 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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We’ve kicked off #PCST2025, with a workshop on Teaching and #AI, organised by the @pcstnetwork.bsky.social’s Teaching Forum and led by our own @andyridgway.bsky.social.

#PCST #SciComm
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May 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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On my way to #Aberdeen for #PCST2025.

A long train ride (well, two train rides) from #Bristol!

#PCST
May 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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scicommsuwe.bsky.social
✨ MSc Science Communication open event ✨

If you're interested in taking our renowned MSc Science Communication please join us for our on campus #postgraduate open event to find out more!

📆 7 June 13.30 - 15.00 UWE Bristol Frenchay Campus

Register via: www.uwe.ac.uk/events/pg-op...

#scicomm
Postgraduate Open Day registration - Events | UWE Bristol
Book your place on our Postgraduate and Professional Open Day on Saturday 7 June 2025.
www.uwe.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Do you do #SciComm via immersive approaches using the senses of smell, taste or touch, in interesting and/or novel ways? 🤔

If so, please participate in our workshop!

📅 Date: 12 June 2025
⌚ Time: 12:00–13:00 BST / 13:00–14:00 CEST
📍 Location: Online

Register here: forms.office.com/e/FhpAPXEYtV
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May 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Why go on?
leftiestats.bsky.social Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · May 19
🚨EXCLUSIVE | Labour set to formally declare it believes trans women are men, says leaked NEC paper.

The paper, due to be voted on tomorrow (20 May), means Labour will **ban** trans women from:

❌ All-women shortlists
❌ Women's Conference
❌ Being Women's Officers

See below👇
May 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Finally, after years of procrastinating, I set up my “now” page:

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Now · Achintya Rao
Achintya Rao’s Now Page
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May 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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And…it’s back in the bio, sigh.

Immigrant.
May 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM