Flora Graham
@floragraham.bsky.social
I write the Nature Briefing, a daily email for Nature (@nature.com) about all the science, which I hope you will enjoy.
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Flora Graham
@floragraham.bsky.social
· Sep 20
I'm just saying I will email you this newsletter for free 😘 (Should you wish to build bridges over the yawning trenches of the 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒)
Are you:
🍁 Canadian?
🍁 In a UK postgraduate programme?
🍁 Entering your second year?
Check out the Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund (Nothing to do with me, but I thought it might appeal to a few of my contacts 🫰 ) www.canadianscholarshipfund.co.uk
🍁 Canadian?
🍁 In a UK postgraduate programme?
🍁 Entering your second year?
Check out the Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund (Nothing to do with me, but I thought it might appeal to a few of my contacts 🫰 ) www.canadianscholarshipfund.co.uk
Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund | Promoting Canada’s Future by helping outstanding students
www.canadianscholarshipfund.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Are you:
🍁 Canadian?
🍁 In a UK postgraduate programme?
🍁 Entering your second year?
Check out the Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund (Nothing to do with me, but I thought it might appeal to a few of my contacts 🫰 ) www.canadianscholarshipfund.co.uk
🍁 Canadian?
🍁 In a UK postgraduate programme?
🍁 Entering your second year?
Check out the Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund (Nothing to do with me, but I thought it might appeal to a few of my contacts 🫰 ) www.canadianscholarshipfund.co.uk
Reposted by Flora Graham
In 2014, I wrote a story about a rare exoplanet alignment, an exosyzygy, due to take place in 2026. At the time it seemed impossibly far off, but now here we are - and unfortunately, astronomers haven't been granted time with a telescope to observe this event, so we're going to miss it!
Rare exoplanet alignment set for 2026 – but we are likely to miss it
An exosyzygy – an alignment of three celestial objects around another star – is predicted to happen later this year, but it seems likely that we won't see it happen
www.newscientist.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
In 2014, I wrote a story about a rare exoplanet alignment, an exosyzygy, due to take place in 2026. At the time it seemed impossibly far off, but now here we are - and unfortunately, astronomers haven't been granted time with a telescope to observe this event, so we're going to miss it!
Congratulations! ✊
January 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Congratulations! ✊
Please journalists read this
A good point that media outlets misreport this story if they give agency to the AI Grok itself - which generates contradictory statenents whenever prompted to do so
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Please journalists read this
Reposted by Flora Graham
I really think this is the most important basic journalistic error we need to stamp out right now. If you know why Grok can’t comment on anything and also know any journalists, please check in with them and help them understand it too.
I hate this phrasing and how it buys into what is essentially a falsehood about the autonomy of chatbots that is RIGHT NOW deforming our entire law and society. Grok doesn't say anything. That's like saying 'Microsoft Word apologized for losing everyone's files'
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I really think this is the most important basic journalistic error we need to stamp out right now. If you know why Grok can’t comment on anything and also know any journalists, please check in with them and help them understand it too.
My family have done this custom Stave jigsaw puzzle every Xmas since 1985 😁 Some pieces feel like old friends!
December 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My family have done this custom Stave jigsaw puzzle every Xmas since 1985 😁 Some pieces feel like old friends!
Not to mention the YouTube comments section 🤮
December 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Not to mention the YouTube comments section 🤮
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
Good god … dark times
December 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Good god … dark times
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Saw the headline, clicked for a chuckle, realised it's written by my sister... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I’m going to scream!’: how to survive (and maybe even enjoy) your family Christmas
From preparing safe topics to taking silly games, we ask the experts how to avoid falling out with your nearest and dearest – before, during and after the big day
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Saw the headline, clicked for a chuckle, realised it's written by my sister... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
News you can use
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
News you can use
December 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
To mark ten years of the Paris Agreement, I recently had a conversation with Nigel Topping, chair of the UK Climate Change Committee, hosted by Springer Nature. Take a gander to discover why we’re both really excited about cement.
Join Senior Editor of Nature Briefing, Flora Graham and Nigel Topping, Chair of the UK Climate Change Committee in this special episode of in Conversation, marking ten years since the signing of the Paris Agreement.
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/1QB4T0gW-FQ
@thecccuk.bsky.social @nature.com
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/1QB4T0gW-FQ
@thecccuk.bsky.social @nature.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
To mark ten years of the Paris Agreement, I recently had a conversation with Nigel Topping, chair of the UK Climate Change Committee, hosted by Springer Nature. Take a gander to discover why we’re both really excited about cement.
Incredible story -- so many jaw-dropping moments. Wow. (Don't worry, everybody lives.) www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...
The strange fate of Flight 2069
How do you measure the cost of a disaster that didn’t happen?
www.newstatesman.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Incredible story -- so many jaw-dropping moments. Wow. (Don't worry, everybody lives.) www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...
I have little interest in royalty but this article is so funny and well written. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
A Former King Seeks an Exit From Exile but Finds No Royal Treatment
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I have little interest in royalty but this article is so funny and well written. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
Thanks to Alastair Fyfe for the amazing photographs www.linkedin.com/in/alastair-...
www.linkedin.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thanks to Alastair Fyfe for the amazing photographs www.linkedin.com/in/alastair-...
Woohoo what fun! Take care of yourselves fellow people of Earth 🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌏
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Woohoo what fun! Take care of yourselves fellow people of Earth 🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌏
GO IMMIGRANTS YAY 💪https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/science/nobel-prize-immigrants-science.html
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
GO IMMIGRANTS YAY 💪https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/science/nobel-prize-immigrants-science.html