Dr Joby Razzelliot
@jobium.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Natural History Museum studying microplastic pollution on Earth and looking for life on Mars. opinions are my own. he/him 🏳️🌈
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Dr Joby Razzelliot
@jobium.bsky.social
· Aug 15
Possibly the greatest achievement of my career: having one of my photos on display in the Natural History Museum’s Images of Nature gallery, showcasing how we can use photography to do science!
Oh cool AI is making it harder for employers to find good candidates AND it’s making it harder for jobseekers to find real jobs. Well done everyone.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Oh cool AI is making it harder for employers to find good candidates AND it’s making it harder for jobseekers to find real jobs. Well done everyone.
The UK's Weimar republic vibes are just getting stronger and stronger
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The UK's Weimar republic vibes are just getting stronger and stronger
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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Castle Rock v. Gonzales is, no joke, my Roman Empire.
Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice.
It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.
Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice.
It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Castle Rock v. Gonzales is, no joke, my Roman Empire.
Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice.
It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.
Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice.
It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.
Me showing my extremely offline husband only the best nonsense that the internet has to offer (mainly from @beardynoise.bsky.social and @ewacat.bsky.social )
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Me showing my extremely offline husband only the best nonsense that the internet has to offer (mainly from @beardynoise.bsky.social and @ewacat.bsky.social )
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The clouds have made the aurora look so haunted
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The clouds have made the aurora look so haunted
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
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Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
Maybe the James Bond chronology weirdos are onto something... Given Dr No aired in 1962, Bond really ought to be in his 90s by now, which means he could legitimately be played by 99 year old Dick van Dyke.
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Maybe the James Bond chronology weirdos are onto something... Given Dr No aired in 1962, Bond really ought to be in his 90s by now, which means he could legitimately be played by 99 year old Dick van Dyke.
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Right. Here's my big pitch:
Muppet James Bond
James Bond in…A Heart-Felt Goodbye
Dominic Cooper as Bond
Kermit M Frog
Mrs Moneypiggy
Beaker & Dr Bunsen HoneyQ
The agents of G.O.N.Z.O. want to kidnap the world's chickens. MI5 has a mole (Rizzo the Rat). An agent is undercover as a chef in Sweden.
Muppet James Bond
James Bond in…A Heart-Felt Goodbye
Dominic Cooper as Bond
Kermit M Frog
Mrs Moneypiggy
Beaker & Dr Bunsen HoneyQ
The agents of G.O.N.Z.O. want to kidnap the world's chickens. MI5 has a mole (Rizzo the Rat). An agent is undercover as a chef in Sweden.
December 4, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Right. Here's my big pitch:
Muppet James Bond
James Bond in…A Heart-Felt Goodbye
Dominic Cooper as Bond
Kermit M Frog
Mrs Moneypiggy
Beaker & Dr Bunsen HoneyQ
The agents of G.O.N.Z.O. want to kidnap the world's chickens. MI5 has a mole (Rizzo the Rat). An agent is undercover as a chef in Sweden.
Muppet James Bond
James Bond in…A Heart-Felt Goodbye
Dominic Cooper as Bond
Kermit M Frog
Mrs Moneypiggy
Beaker & Dr Bunsen HoneyQ
The agents of G.O.N.Z.O. want to kidnap the world's chickens. MI5 has a mole (Rizzo the Rat). An agent is undercover as a chef in Sweden.
Yeah I've absolutely seen someone wearing these glasses and using them to record someone who had specifically told us to only take photos, not film their performance. And if there was an LED light to show it was recording, it had been covered up.
Fucking gross.
Fucking gross.
We try to give as much insight into how we report our stories and our dealings with tech companies as we can, and the narratives that they push. Meta has become obsessed with telling reporters that its smart glasses are no different than an iPhone. So we wrote this:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Yeah I've absolutely seen someone wearing these glasses and using them to record someone who had specifically told us to only take photos, not film their performance. And if there was an LED light to show it was recording, it had been covered up.
Fucking gross.
Fucking gross.
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We are very happy to share the first part of our our LGBT+ History Month UK resources in collaboration with Pop'n'Olly!
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prideinstem.org/primary-scho...
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We are very happy to share the first part of our our LGBT+ History Month UK resources in collaboration with Pop'n'Olly!
prideinstem.org/primary-scho...
prideinstem.org/primary-scho...
Hopefully the next director of the BBC will take note of the fact that you can never ever capitulate enough to satisfy these right-wing maniacs, eventually they will demand your head regardless of how many other people you threw under the bus for them. I won't hold my breath though.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hopefully the next director of the BBC will take note of the fact that you can never ever capitulate enough to satisfy these right-wing maniacs, eventually they will demand your head regardless of how many other people you threw under the bus for them. I won't hold my breath though.
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It's important to keep pointing this out about the many people who have gone the same way. Too often we suggest or imply that the trans moral panic merely allowed these people to be who they always were. Not true. We're seeing a process of *radicalisation*. We can't fix things unless we name them.
Transphobia is a pipeline to the far right. An example:
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore, who would rather be locked up than pay her BBC licence fee because the BBC is too nice to trans people for her liking.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It's important to keep pointing this out about the many people who have gone the same way. Too often we suggest or imply that the trans moral panic merely allowed these people to be who they always were. Not true. We're seeing a process of *radicalisation*. We can't fix things unless we name them.
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What are we doing to the planet - environmental catastrophe near Rye, East Sussex
Campaigners have said before that the plastic micro beads or "nurdles" should be classified as hazardous same as oil, they cause just as much damage to marine life and birds
Campaigners have said before that the plastic micro beads or "nurdles" should be classified as hazardous same as oil, they cause just as much damage to marine life and birds
‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands
MP asks for explanation from Southern Water amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
What are we doing to the planet - environmental catastrophe near Rye, East Sussex
Campaigners have said before that the plastic micro beads or "nurdles" should be classified as hazardous same as oil, they cause just as much damage to marine life and birds
Campaigners have said before that the plastic micro beads or "nurdles" should be classified as hazardous same as oil, they cause just as much damage to marine life and birds
Taking some major psychic damage from having to use British trains after weeks of travelling in style across Japan
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Taking some major psychic damage from having to use British trains after weeks of travelling in style across Japan
Very glad I cancelled my Paramount subscription, I love Star Trek but I hate McCarthyism much, much more.
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Very glad I cancelled my Paramount subscription, I love Star Trek but I hate McCarthyism much, much more.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.
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PLEASE SHARE ⚠️ 23 hours left. YOU can help six families & a displacement camp, mostly kids, with:
- Emergency healthcare for 3 women
- Food - they’re all malnourished
- Shelter - still homeless in the deadly cold, homes in shoot-to-kill zones
- Newborn supplies for a baby THIS WEEK
10/1000
- Emergency healthcare for 3 women
- Food - they’re all malnourished
- Shelter - still homeless in the deadly cold, homes in shoot-to-kill zones
- Newborn supplies for a baby THIS WEEK
10/1000
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
PLEASE SHARE ⚠️ 23 hours left. YOU can help six families & a displacement camp, mostly kids, with:
- Emergency healthcare for 3 women
- Food - they’re all malnourished
- Shelter - still homeless in the deadly cold, homes in shoot-to-kill zones
- Newborn supplies for a baby THIS WEEK
10/1000
- Emergency healthcare for 3 women
- Food - they’re all malnourished
- Shelter - still homeless in the deadly cold, homes in shoot-to-kill zones
- Newborn supplies for a baby THIS WEEK
10/1000
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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309 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Ruby:
- The red/pink variety of corundum
- Its colour is caused by chromium
- Heat treatment can improve its colour
- 9 on the Mohs hardness scale
- Its name comes from the Latin word "ruber" (red) #minerals
Ruby:
- The red/pink variety of corundum
- Its colour is caused by chromium
- Heat treatment can improve its colour
- 9 on the Mohs hardness scale
- Its name comes from the Latin word "ruber" (red) #minerals
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
309 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Ruby:
- The red/pink variety of corundum
- Its colour is caused by chromium
- Heat treatment can improve its colour
- 9 on the Mohs hardness scale
- Its name comes from the Latin word "ruber" (red) #minerals
Ruby:
- The red/pink variety of corundum
- Its colour is caused by chromium
- Heat treatment can improve its colour
- 9 on the Mohs hardness scale
- Its name comes from the Latin word "ruber" (red) #minerals
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too big to fail speedrun
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
too big to fail speedrun
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Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
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So much of Labour’s comms is just weird and confusing at this point. Surely it’s really, really easy to decide to offer congratulations/support to a wildly popular left-wing candidate who has just pulled off a historic electoral victory
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
So much of Labour’s comms is just weird and confusing at this point. Surely it’s really, really easy to decide to offer congratulations/support to a wildly popular left-wing candidate who has just pulled off a historic electoral victory