Dr Kiri Thornalley
@kizzythechemist.bsky.social
Usually overcaffeinated nanochemist.
Queer. they/them
Queer. they/them
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I can’t quite comprehend and still many clinical trial papers that many patients no doubt would like to read and behind a paywall. It’s entirely unacceptable. Journals should make articles used in potentially life altering clinical decision making free. How are they not.
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I can’t quite comprehend and still many clinical trial papers that many patients no doubt would like to read and behind a paywall. It’s entirely unacceptable. Journals should make articles used in potentially life altering clinical decision making free. How are they not.
I genuinely love it so much when people propose research projects/ write papers that prove my ideas aren't completely bonkers.
We are recruiting a fully-funded 3.5yr PhD student to examine the potential genetic relationships between autism and hypermobility. Full details of the project and how to apply here ⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility | Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme | Usher Institute
Precision Medicine Project - Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility
usher.ed.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I genuinely love it so much when people propose research projects/ write papers that prove my ideas aren't completely bonkers.
TFW you've just seen a fellowship that would fit your research interests perfectly. If only it was advertised a year and a bit from now 😭.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
TFW you've just seen a fellowship that would fit your research interests perfectly. If only it was advertised a year and a bit from now 😭.
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My book Ramping Up Rights aims to arm disabled people with our history and how we fought, so that we can still fight today. The gov and media want disabled people to feel isolated, because we are so strong when we come together - and that terrifies them.
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/ramping...
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/ramping...
Ramping Up Rights | Hurst Publishers
A 100-year history of enraging injustices and inspiring campaigns: the fight for British disability rights isn’t over.
www.hurstpublishers.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
My book Ramping Up Rights aims to arm disabled people with our history and how we fought, so that we can still fight today. The gov and media want disabled people to feel isolated, because we are so strong when we come together - and that terrifies them.
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/ramping...
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/ramping...
oh dear. I think we might be a neovim stan account now.
(just the motions left to learn and need to find a plugin that's like graph view in VS code and then I think we're sorted.)
(just the motions left to learn and need to find a plugin that's like graph view in VS code and then I think we're sorted.)
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
oh dear. I think we might be a neovim stan account now.
(just the motions left to learn and need to find a plugin that's like graph view in VS code and then I think we're sorted.)
(just the motions left to learn and need to find a plugin that's like graph view in VS code and then I think we're sorted.)
Going to sound like a stuck record - but how lucky am I to have such amazingly clever and creative friends?
Immensely proud to share that I am the designer of the official badge for LGBT+ History Month 2026.
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Going to sound like a stuck record - but how lucky am I to have such amazingly clever and creative friends?
Honestly, I think I could wax lyrical about most of my lecturers at Sheffield, and there was no-one at York that I met and didn't like.
Whilst interviewing for PhDs, got very used to "oh my GOD you worked with Dave [Smith]?! Is he as nice IRL as he seems to be on Twitter? Yes. Yes he very much is.
Whilst interviewing for PhDs, got very used to "oh my GOD you worked with Dave [Smith]?! Is he as nice IRL as he seems to be on Twitter? Yes. Yes he very much is.
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Honestly, I think I could wax lyrical about most of my lecturers at Sheffield, and there was no-one at York that I met and didn't like.
Whilst interviewing for PhDs, got very used to "oh my GOD you worked with Dave [Smith]?! Is he as nice IRL as he seems to be on Twitter? Yes. Yes he very much is.
Whilst interviewing for PhDs, got very used to "oh my GOD you worked with Dave [Smith]?! Is he as nice IRL as he seems to be on Twitter? Yes. Yes he very much is.
*gasps*
This literally describes all my trans and non-binary friends.
This literally describes all my trans and non-binary friends.
Hitting up a trans woman to explain to me how I build a personal media server because I got the annoying artist in plaid shirts flavour of transgender, not the computer genius in knee-high socks flavour of transgender.
*stares at the collection of 200+ DVDs that I've had in storage for the last eight years*
*stares at the increasing price and declining quality of streaming services*
*stares back at my dvd collection*
...you thinking what I'm thinking?
*stares at the increasing price and declining quality of streaming services*
*stares back at my dvd collection*
...you thinking what I'm thinking?
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
*gasps*
This literally describes all my trans and non-binary friends.
This literally describes all my trans and non-binary friends.
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It just proves the saying that it's not enough to be clever, you should also be kind.
Doing some cool science isn't enough when all anyone can talk about when you die is what an awful person you were.
Doing some cool science isn't enough when all anyone can talk about when you die is what an awful person you were.
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It just proves the saying that it's not enough to be clever, you should also be kind.
Doing some cool science isn't enough when all anyone can talk about when you die is what an awful person you were.
Doing some cool science isn't enough when all anyone can talk about when you die is what an awful person you were.
currently fighting for my life with neovim. Someone send help?
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
currently fighting for my life with neovim. Someone send help?
Fireworks have been going off here for nearly two hours, and I think I've already had enough.
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Fireworks have been going off here for nearly two hours, and I think I've already had enough.
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Academia runs on three fuels: caffeine, impostor syndrome, and poorly documented code from 2017
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Academia runs on three fuels: caffeine, impostor syndrome, and poorly documented code from 2017
Do I have any friends who'd do this with me?
Hackathon time! Can you build an ML model for sigmatropic rearrangements of allylcatechols in flow?
Teams of <=4; total prizes £2000; time limit 09 Jan. 🧪 #Chemsky
Competition Link: www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Example Notebook Link: www.kaggle.com/code/josepab...
Teams of <=4; total prizes £2000; time limit 09 Jan. 🧪 #Chemsky
Competition Link: www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Example Notebook Link: www.kaggle.com/code/josepab...
Catechol Benchmark Hackathon (NeurIPS 2025 DnB)
ML model-building challenge for reaction yield prediction for catechol rearrangement reaction from transient flow dataset.
www.kaggle.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Do I have any friends who'd do this with me?
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I never expected my 3rd pin design to be so popular. I made trans "It's Dr, Actually" pins just because I really wanted them to exist — to fight back against the misgendering that often accompanies ignored professional titles. They're now my most popular design! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1841...
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I never expected my 3rd pin design to be so popular. I made trans "It's Dr, Actually" pins just because I really wanted them to exist — to fight back against the misgendering that often accompanies ignored professional titles. They're now my most popular design! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1841...
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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Picard management tip: Don't try to go at maximum speed all the time. You'll burn out your engines.
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Picard management tip: Don't try to go at maximum speed all the time. You'll burn out your engines.
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Model could help chemists uncover new reaction pathways by revealing hidden relationships between the forces driving chemical transformations.
Unmasking the hidden thermodynamic forces driving chemical reactions
Model links reaction energy to activation energy
www.chemistryworld.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Model could help chemists uncover new reaction pathways by revealing hidden relationships between the forces driving chemical transformations.
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PSA for all trans girls, and I do mean all
November 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
PSA for all trans girls, and I do mean all
I have friends in London(-ish) who like this sort of thing, right?
Long shot but if anyone would be keen on last minute tickets to see METAL GEAR SOLID played by an orchestra tonight at the Royal Albert Hall at 7pm, let me know?
Partner can’t use his ticket tonight and if we can pass it to someone who can and can recover even some costs we’d like to
Partner can’t use his ticket tonight and if we can pass it to someone who can and can recover even some costs we’d like to
November 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I have friends in London(-ish) who like this sort of thing, right?
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Keeping to time is an accessibility issue! People need breaks between sessions in conferences for all sorts of accessibility reasons - whether for cognitive load, to take medication, needing bathroom breaks, check blood sugar or anything else! Making an effort to keep to time is inclusive.
Nobody makes enemies by finishing their talk early…
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Keeping to time is an accessibility issue! People need breaks between sessions in conferences for all sorts of accessibility reasons - whether for cognitive load, to take medication, needing bathroom breaks, check blood sugar or anything else! Making an effort to keep to time is inclusive.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Even better, every one hour of audio we transcribe creates around EIGHT hours of fairly paid flexible remote work for our majority disabled freelancers, because I really mean it when I say FUCK AI, and FUCK ABLEISM
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Question US STEM friends:
If a 1st semester grad student is applying for the NSF GRFP, it asks them if their school provides grades, and if they say yes it asks for a GPA.
But first semester students don't yet have a GPA, so what do they put?
If a 1st semester grad student is applying for the NSF GRFP, it asks them if their school provides grades, and if they say yes it asks for a GPA.
But first semester students don't yet have a GPA, so what do they put?
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Question US STEM friends:
If a 1st semester grad student is applying for the NSF GRFP, it asks them if their school provides grades, and if they say yes it asks for a GPA.
But first semester students don't yet have a GPA, so what do they put?
If a 1st semester grad student is applying for the NSF GRFP, it asks them if their school provides grades, and if they say yes it asks for a GPA.
But first semester students don't yet have a GPA, so what do they put?
I've always liked Python, lets me turn silly little ideas into a horrifying volume of code. Now I really, really like Python.
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I've always liked Python, lets me turn silly little ideas into a horrifying volume of code. Now I really, really like Python.
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Competition @kaggle.com: Scientific Image Forgery Detection
Who can develop the best model to detect copy/move forgeries in biomedical images?
#ImageForensics
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Who can develop the best model to detect copy/move forgeries in biomedical images?
#ImageForensics
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Recod.ai/LUC - Scientific Image Forgery Detection
Develop methods that can accurately detect and segment copy-move forgeries within biomedical research images.
www.kaggle.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Competition @kaggle.com: Scientific Image Forgery Detection
Who can develop the best model to detect copy/move forgeries in biomedical images?
#ImageForensics
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Who can develop the best model to detect copy/move forgeries in biomedical images?
#ImageForensics
www.kaggle.com/competitions...