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Sofia Hauck
@shauck.bsky.social
Data scientist working with patient data (previously railways & farming); genomics PhD from Oxford Zoology; science enthusiast, cycling advocate, illustration fan and keen traveller. 🇧🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺
It’s always a good day when my interests overlap! @contamclub.bsky.social would love this.
Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart
October 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Nudibranchs as pictured by a Japanese illustrator named Kumataro Ito, artist for the USS Albatross’ Philippine Expedition, 1907–10. More of his stunning images here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/k...
September 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A beautiful morning for some gullible buoys.
September 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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"Fuel duty is 1/3 lower, in real terms than when Alistair Darling was at the Treasury.

Richest 1/5th of households..who drive more, own more vehicles & buy gas-guzzling SUVs...have benefited 2x as much as the poorest 1/5th."

-Larry Elliott for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK £100bn: it's long past time to end the fuel duty freeze | Larry Elliott
Successive chancellors have steered clear of increasing taxes for motorists for 15 years, but this should be a no-brainer for cash-strapped Rachel Reeves, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Those beautiful blue, blueberry-like things are sensory organs that detect light, like eyes.
July 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I once had the bizarre experience of being stuffed into a little airport bus so that we could do one full loop of the plane before boarding. The Innsbruck staff insisted this was “Easyjet policy”: there should always be a bridge or a bus. Innsbruck was gorgeous enough to almost make up for it.
May 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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WE HAVE A NEW WORLD RECORD
SHE DID IT

5 jours, 11 heures, 14 minutes

Bravo Sarah Ruggins.
👏👏👏
#LEJOGLE #JOGLEJOG #worldrecord #sarahruggins
May 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
That line makes my blood boil every time. They do mean me! I have to fill out the same paperwork. I call the same Home Office phone number. There is only one environment and they made it hostile! It’s my consulate that’s full of “we’ll pay for your flights home if you just leave” flyers.
"oh but they don't mean you" - sure, yeah, because I have a job and I'm physically fit, yeah? what if I were to become one of those immigrants who has to be on the dole? what if I end up disabled for whatever reason? what if I end up having a ton of kids with another immigrant? what if? what if?
May 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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This time-lapse captures 17 hours of axonal growth from a chicken dorsal root ganglion explant, visualized through the actin cytoskeleton using live confocal imaging.
I just submitted this video to the Nikon Small World in Motion competition. Today is the last day to upload yours! 😉
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April 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Babs Pease, contemporary artist printmaker living in rural Scotland #WomensArt
April 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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happy friday
April 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Pioneering entomologist & scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian was born #OTD in 1647.

In 1699 Merian set off on the first-ever purely scientific expedition to the Dutch colony of Suriname, where she documented intricate plant-insect interactions with beautiful artwork and clarity.

(📸BHL)
April 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The borrower 🧀
March 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Reminds me of this 10/10 chart

I think about this a lot.
March 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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This level of wealth is now unimaginable in the United States.
March 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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This is Brazil celebrating the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for I’m Still Here 🎉 #Oscars
É NOSSO PORRAAAAAAA
March 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This is going to be my go to way to explain git to humanities people from now on.
January 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Blessings Of The Wool Dragon
December 21, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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A miniature oil painting in a tin of the view across the River Exe towards Teignmouth from Exmouth.
December 21, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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BLOG | Restarting housebuilding: Five key takeaways 5️⃣

In this blog, the authors of our latest report series ‘Restarting housebuilding’ @antbreach.bsky.social and @mauricelange.bsky.social highlight five key takeaways from the report trilogy.

Read more👇
www.centreforcities.org/blog/restart...
Restarting housebuilding: Five key takeaways - Centre for Cities
The UK has a shortfall of 4.3 million houses compared to other Western European countries. This housing shortage has reduced affordability, growth, and
www.centreforcities.org
December 16, 2024 at 11:47 AM
An amazing bit of news on its own, but this is also a story about how long-running programmes are critical for science. We would never know wild birds get to be 70+ if we hadn’t tagged and followed Wisdom over the decades, even though we couldn’t have known in 1956 that this would be the benefit.
Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird and she recently laid a new egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii.

The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.

#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...
World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg At Age 74
Wisdom the albatross returned to Midway Atoll with a new mate and her first egg in years. The long-lived seabird is still alive and is estimated to be 74 years old.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:58 AM
The map of London cycle parking spots (with photos!) on the website of @stolenride.bsky.social is one of the handiest things on the internet. I’m constantly surprised how many solid racks there are within 50m of where I’m going but around a corner I’d have never checked. Great stuff!
November 23, 2024 at 3:26 PM
I’ve been loving #Nudivember! Spotting nudis has always been my favourite part of diving, and this is a great second-hand thrill.

Something about how beautifully alien they are that makes you remember how weird and wonderful nature is every time you see one, even in photos.
I just found a few more photos of today’s #Nudivember slug. These are from the end of 2018 in the UAE. For some reason I always found these tricky to shoot - normally at the base of whip coral in a high current area.
#Nudibranch #MarineLife #Inverts
November 22, 2024 at 12:50 PM