Dr Jamie Gallagher
@jamiebgall.co.uk
Public Engagement trainer & consultant | #SciComm writer/presenter | @rspb.bsky.social & STFC advisor |🏳️🌈🏴
Geek: Star Trek | Doctor Who
I make nerdy rainbow pin badges that have raised £35k for homeless LGBTQ+ people
https://linktr.ee/Jamiebgall
Geek: Star Trek | Doctor Who
I make nerdy rainbow pin badges that have raised £35k for homeless LGBTQ+ people
https://linktr.ee/Jamiebgall
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Dr Jamie Gallagher
@jamiebgall.co.uk
· Nov 20
David Tennant is wearing his pride tradis pin on #TheOneShow right now.
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Extrovert facilitators just don’t get it. These things are championed as best practise without realising how utterly painful they can be. If this happens I’ll leave.
Trust me, if you have spaces that introverts feel welcome in, the extroverts will take care of themselves.
Trust me, if you have spaces that introverts feel welcome in, the extroverts will take care of themselves.
February 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Extrovert facilitators just don’t get it. These things are championed as best practise without realising how utterly painful they can be. If this happens I’ll leave.
Trust me, if you have spaces that introverts feel welcome in, the extroverts will take care of themselves.
Trust me, if you have spaces that introverts feel welcome in, the extroverts will take care of themselves.
Buff K9 😂
Photos from the @gallifreyone.bsky.social convention in Los Angeles, Sunday edition. #Gally1
February 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Buff K9 😂
Why do I keep banging on about titles?
Because these horrific situations arose because rich men abused their power & privilege.
Our response? Remove the honours? No. Accountability doesn’t even stretch to taking their titles away, we pretend they don’t exist.
What an absolute insult to victims.
Because these horrific situations arose because rich men abused their power & privilege.
Our response? Remove the honours? No. Accountability doesn’t even stretch to taking their titles away, we pretend they don’t exist.
What an absolute insult to victims.
Get it right BBC
He is not “the former Duke of York”. He is the Duke of York. He has neither renounced the title nor has Parliament acted to remove it. He doesn’t want it mentioned
Guess he prefers to play the common man and doesn’t like to draw attention to his privileged and protected position.
He is not “the former Duke of York”. He is the Duke of York. He has neither renounced the title nor has Parliament acted to remove it. He doesn’t want it mentioned
Guess he prefers to play the common man and doesn’t like to draw attention to his privileged and protected position.
February 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Why do I keep banging on about titles?
Because these horrific situations arose because rich men abused their power & privilege.
Our response? Remove the honours? No. Accountability doesn’t even stretch to taking their titles away, we pretend they don’t exist.
What an absolute insult to victims.
Because these horrific situations arose because rich men abused their power & privilege.
Our response? Remove the honours? No. Accountability doesn’t even stretch to taking their titles away, we pretend they don’t exist.
What an absolute insult to victims.
Get it right BBC
He is not “the former Duke of York”. He is the Duke of York. He has neither renounced the title nor has Parliament acted to remove it. He doesn’t want it mentioned
Guess he prefers to play the common man and doesn’t like to draw attention to his privileged and protected position.
He is not “the former Duke of York”. He is the Duke of York. He has neither renounced the title nor has Parliament acted to remove it. He doesn’t want it mentioned
Guess he prefers to play the common man and doesn’t like to draw attention to his privileged and protected position.
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Get it right BBC
He is not “the former Duke of York”. He is the Duke of York. He has neither renounced the title nor has Parliament acted to remove it. He doesn’t want it mentioned
Guess he prefers to play the common man and doesn’t like to draw attention to his privileged and protected position.
He is not “the former Duke of York”. He is the Duke of York. He has neither renounced the title nor has Parliament acted to remove it. He doesn’t want it mentioned
Guess he prefers to play the common man and doesn’t like to draw attention to his privileged and protected position.
I just laid my Star Trek shame bare over on Instagram….
I’ve never seen the end of DS9.
I’ve met pretty much the whole cast, even interviewed some on stage but I don’t actually know how it all ends 😅
Doing my homework now so I can keep watching Starfleet Academy.
I’ve never seen the end of DS9.
I’ve met pretty much the whole cast, even interviewed some on stage but I don’t actually know how it all ends 😅
Doing my homework now so I can keep watching Starfleet Academy.
February 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I just laid my Star Trek shame bare over on Instagram….
I’ve never seen the end of DS9.
I’ve met pretty much the whole cast, even interviewed some on stage but I don’t actually know how it all ends 😅
Doing my homework now so I can keep watching Starfleet Academy.
I’ve never seen the end of DS9.
I’ve met pretty much the whole cast, even interviewed some on stage but I don’t actually know how it all ends 😅
Doing my homework now so I can keep watching Starfleet Academy.
Someone at @gallifreyone.bsky.social must be wearing my pins. Orders for my little Doctor Diamonds been trickling in all day.
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Someone at @gallifreyone.bsky.social must be wearing my pins. Orders for my little Doctor Diamonds been trickling in all day.
Reposted by Dr Jamie Gallagher
Back in stock! Give them a share to help them find them happy homes.
My two most popular #DoctorWho pins of 2025 are back in stock (limited run only).
Etsy: proudscience.etsy.com
My store: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
My two most popular #DoctorWho pins of 2025 are back in stock (limited run only).
Etsy: proudscience.etsy.com
My store: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Back in stock! Give them a share to help them find them happy homes.
My two most popular #DoctorWho pins of 2025 are back in stock (limited run only).
Etsy: proudscience.etsy.com
My store: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
My two most popular #DoctorWho pins of 2025 are back in stock (limited run only).
Etsy: proudscience.etsy.com
My store: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Without free tuition here in Scotland I would have been terrified to go to uni. I’m honestly not sure I could have coped with the financial stress of huge loans.
“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
February 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Without free tuition here in Scotland I would have been terrified to go to uni. I’m honestly not sure I could have coped with the financial stress of huge loans.
Yes! Just on Etsy though. (And it is a bit expensive, they need to be tracked 😔)
February 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Yes! Just on Etsy though. (And it is a bit expensive, they need to be tracked 😔)
Most unhinged story of the day:
Olympic ski jumpers are allegedly injecting hyaluronic acid into their penises to make them bigger and therefore increase the surface area of thier suit for a competitive advantage. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Olympic ski jumpers are allegedly injecting hyaluronic acid into their penises to make them bigger and therefore increase the surface area of thier suit for a competitive advantage. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Ski jumping: Wada responds to penis injection claims
The World Anti-Doping Agency could investigate if evidence emerges that male ski jumpers are injecting their penises in a bid to improve sporting performance.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Most unhinged story of the day:
Olympic ski jumpers are allegedly injecting hyaluronic acid into their penises to make them bigger and therefore increase the surface area of thier suit for a competitive advantage. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Olympic ski jumpers are allegedly injecting hyaluronic acid into their penises to make them bigger and therefore increase the surface area of thier suit for a competitive advantage. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Back in stock! Give them a share to help them find them happy homes.
My two most popular #DoctorWho pins of 2025 are back in stock (limited run only).
Etsy: proudscience.etsy.com
My store: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
My two most popular #DoctorWho pins of 2025 are back in stock (limited run only).
Etsy: proudscience.etsy.com
My store: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Back in stock! Give them a share to help them find them happy homes.
My two most popular #DoctorWho pins of 2025 are back in stock (limited run only).
Etsy: proudscience.etsy.com
My store: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
My two most popular #DoctorWho pins of 2025 are back in stock (limited run only).
Etsy: proudscience.etsy.com
My store: www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Reposted by Dr Jamie Gallagher
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
REF anxiety is kicking in.
This week I've had 4 organisations get in touch asking if I'm doing consultancy for Impact Case studies. Short answer is yes, but I'll have quite a strict limit to how many I can take on.
This week I've had 4 organisations get in touch asking if I'm doing consultancy for Impact Case studies. Short answer is yes, but I'll have quite a strict limit to how many I can take on.
February 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
REF anxiety is kicking in.
This week I've had 4 organisations get in touch asking if I'm doing consultancy for Impact Case studies. Short answer is yes, but I'll have quite a strict limit to how many I can take on.
This week I've had 4 organisations get in touch asking if I'm doing consultancy for Impact Case studies. Short answer is yes, but I'll have quite a strict limit to how many I can take on.
“Quits the Lords” isn’t the same giving up his peerage.
Mandelson is still a Lord.
Andrew is still a Duke.
They could give them up, they won’t.
They could be taken away, they won’t be.
Our unaccountable peerage system isn’t a joke, it’s an insult.
Mandelson is still a Lord.
Andrew is still a Duke.
They could give them up, they won’t.
They could be taken away, they won’t be.
Our unaccountable peerage system isn’t a joke, it’s an insult.
February 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
“Quits the Lords” isn’t the same giving up his peerage.
Mandelson is still a Lord.
Andrew is still a Duke.
They could give them up, they won’t.
They could be taken away, they won’t be.
Our unaccountable peerage system isn’t a joke, it’s an insult.
Mandelson is still a Lord.
Andrew is still a Duke.
They could give them up, they won’t.
They could be taken away, they won’t be.
Our unaccountable peerage system isn’t a joke, it’s an insult.
Starmer campaigned on Lords reform. It would be the easiest thing in the world to make peerage removal an option for conduct breeches.
Recently: Duke of York, Lord Mandelson, Baroness Mone, Earl of Shrewsbury
Nazir Ahmed even went to prison for the sexual assault of children. He is still a Baron.
Recently: Duke of York, Lord Mandelson, Baroness Mone, Earl of Shrewsbury
Nazir Ahmed even went to prison for the sexual assault of children. He is still a Baron.
February 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Starmer campaigned on Lords reform. It would be the easiest thing in the world to make peerage removal an option for conduct breeches.
Recently: Duke of York, Lord Mandelson, Baroness Mone, Earl of Shrewsbury
Nazir Ahmed even went to prison for the sexual assault of children. He is still a Baron.
Recently: Duke of York, Lord Mandelson, Baroness Mone, Earl of Shrewsbury
Nazir Ahmed even went to prison for the sexual assault of children. He is still a Baron.
My gran who left school at 13 is in awe of academics. She thinks they are super humans, smarter than she can even imagine.
So anyway I have a hobby of sending her signs from unis to show just how smart y’all are.
So anyway I have a hobby of sending her signs from unis to show just how smart y’all are.
February 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
My gran who left school at 13 is in awe of academics. She thinks they are super humans, smarter than she can even imagine.
So anyway I have a hobby of sending her signs from unis to show just how smart y’all are.
So anyway I have a hobby of sending her signs from unis to show just how smart y’all are.
Whether it is Musk’s Royal Society Fellowship or Andrew’s Duke of York title, organisations need to get better at life-honours being conditional.
There should be clear code of conduct rules and expulsion procedures for breaking them.
“It’s difficult” isn’t an excuse. Have robust processes.
There should be clear code of conduct rules and expulsion procedures for breaking them.
“It’s difficult” isn’t an excuse. Have robust processes.
February 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Whether it is Musk’s Royal Society Fellowship or Andrew’s Duke of York title, organisations need to get better at life-honours being conditional.
There should be clear code of conduct rules and expulsion procedures for breaking them.
“It’s difficult” isn’t an excuse. Have robust processes.
There should be clear code of conduct rules and expulsion procedures for breaking them.
“It’s difficult” isn’t an excuse. Have robust processes.
My gran: that film you like was on tv, hedgehog fortnight.
Me: hedgehog fortnight?
Gran: yes, when everything is the same
Me: I have no clue what that means
Gran: he keeps redoing it all?
Me:?
Gran: all the days are the same
Me: GROUNDHOG DAY! 😂
Happy 2nd of Feb to y’all.
Me: hedgehog fortnight?
Gran: yes, when everything is the same
Me: I have no clue what that means
Gran: he keeps redoing it all?
Me:?
Gran: all the days are the same
Me: GROUNDHOG DAY! 😂
Happy 2nd of Feb to y’all.
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
My gran: that film you like was on tv, hedgehog fortnight.
Me: hedgehog fortnight?
Gran: yes, when everything is the same
Me: I have no clue what that means
Gran: he keeps redoing it all?
Me:?
Gran: all the days are the same
Me: GROUNDHOG DAY! 😂
Happy 2nd of Feb to y’all.
Me: hedgehog fortnight?
Gran: yes, when everything is the same
Me: I have no clue what that means
Gran: he keeps redoing it all?
Me:?
Gran: all the days are the same
Me: GROUNDHOG DAY! 😂
Happy 2nd of Feb to y’all.
Urgh. Late last night I rattled off a lot of emails, what I didn’t know was spell check wasn’t working.
I’m dyslexic. They were a mess 😬😭😫
So bad I had to send follow ups explaining so they didn’t think I was drunk/stupid.
I’m dyslexic. They were a mess 😬😭😫
So bad I had to send follow ups explaining so they didn’t think I was drunk/stupid.
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Urgh. Late last night I rattled off a lot of emails, what I didn’t know was spell check wasn’t working.
I’m dyslexic. They were a mess 😬😭😫
So bad I had to send follow ups explaining so they didn’t think I was drunk/stupid.
I’m dyslexic. They were a mess 😬😭😫
So bad I had to send follow ups explaining so they didn’t think I was drunk/stupid.
How do you capture evaluation data?
What should you ask?
How do you use it for reporting?
I've trained over 50,000 researcher and I'm running a free webinar exploring these issues. Organised by CDICE. Open to UK research staff and PhD students.
20th Feb 1-2pm
www.cdice.ac.uk/events/evalu...
What should you ask?
How do you use it for reporting?
I've trained over 50,000 researcher and I'm running a free webinar exploring these issues. Organised by CDICE. Open to UK research staff and PhD students.
20th Feb 1-2pm
www.cdice.ac.uk/events/evalu...
February 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM
How do you capture evaluation data?
What should you ask?
How do you use it for reporting?
I've trained over 50,000 researcher and I'm running a free webinar exploring these issues. Organised by CDICE. Open to UK research staff and PhD students.
20th Feb 1-2pm
www.cdice.ac.uk/events/evalu...
What should you ask?
How do you use it for reporting?
I've trained over 50,000 researcher and I'm running a free webinar exploring these issues. Organised by CDICE. Open to UK research staff and PhD students.
20th Feb 1-2pm
www.cdice.ac.uk/events/evalu...
For the camera only.
Though today’s isn’t bad. Just sat listening to my stories.
Though today’s isn’t bad. Just sat listening to my stories.
February 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
For the camera only.
Though today’s isn’t bad. Just sat listening to my stories.
Though today’s isn’t bad. Just sat listening to my stories.
The rail replacement bus was full. So they had to get a whole new one for the 5 of us who were left.
To Swansea! 🚌
To Swansea! 🚌
February 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The rail replacement bus was full. So they had to get a whole new one for the 5 of us who were left.
To Swansea! 🚌
To Swansea! 🚌
“need to focus and do fewer things better”
Big changes afoot.
STFC decimation confirmed. The government is turning its back on astronomy, space and particle physics in the (desperate) hope that other research will more immediately address the nations problems.
Big changes afoot.
STFC decimation confirmed. The government is turning its back on astronomy, space and particle physics in the (desperate) hope that other research will more immediately address the nations problems.
Today, we're sharing an open letter from our Chief Executive, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, outlining changes to UKRI investment approach, and addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC. Read his letter here: www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
Open letter from Ian Chapman to research and innovation community
UKRI Chief Executive outlines changes to UKRI investment approach, addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC.
www.ukri.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
“need to focus and do fewer things better”
Big changes afoot.
STFC decimation confirmed. The government is turning its back on astronomy, space and particle physics in the (desperate) hope that other research will more immediately address the nations problems.
Big changes afoot.
STFC decimation confirmed. The government is turning its back on astronomy, space and particle physics in the (desperate) hope that other research will more immediately address the nations problems.
Just past Ludlow.
Wonder what our history books would be like if Prince Albert hadn’t died there in 1502 🤔
Would Scottish and English crowns ever have joined?
Would England be more European?
Wonder what our history books would be like if Prince Albert hadn’t died there in 1502 🤔
Would Scottish and English crowns ever have joined?
Would England be more European?
February 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Just past Ludlow.
Wonder what our history books would be like if Prince Albert hadn’t died there in 1502 🤔
Would Scottish and English crowns ever have joined?
Would England be more European?
Wonder what our history books would be like if Prince Albert hadn’t died there in 1502 🤔
Would Scottish and English crowns ever have joined?
Would England be more European?
A 30% swing at the national level isn’t realistic. But let’s just take a moment to imagine. “Wipeout” wouldn’t do justice to what the republicans would experience. Obliteration of a scale never seen before. 🤩
Even >5 point swing would put the Dems firmly in control of both houses. It’s possible.
Even >5 point swing would put the Dems firmly in control of both houses. It’s possible.
February 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
A 30% swing at the national level isn’t realistic. But let’s just take a moment to imagine. “Wipeout” wouldn’t do justice to what the republicans would experience. Obliteration of a scale never seen before. 🤩
Even >5 point swing would put the Dems firmly in control of both houses. It’s possible.
Even >5 point swing would put the Dems firmly in control of both houses. It’s possible.