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Dr Madina she/her
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Immunologist working in translational
medical research. PhD in respiratory immunology + zebrafish models. Co-founder of Black In Immuno. Editor of 'The Black PhD Experience'
Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Views my own
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Dr Madina she/her @drmadina.bsky.social · Dec 24
An excellent quote from an excellent book. Highly recommend reading Fatal Invention, and also watching Prof Roberts' TedTalk
youtu.be/KxLMjn4WPBY?...
drmadina.bsky.social
🗣️ Happening tomorrow!

Join us to help shape the future of @blackinimmuno.bsky.social and connect with the community
blackinimmuno.bsky.social blackinimmuno.bsky.social @blackinimmuno.bsky.social · Sep 8
Hello Bluesky, we’ve finally migrated and look forward to connecting with everyone here!

We’re also having a Town Hall next week. Please register here and share with anyone who may want to reconnect or learn more about our group:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Yellow and white font on black background with our logo and white and yellow hexagons for interest. Text reads “Black in Immuno Town Hall ‘25. Join us for a town hall to catch up on the present and future of Black in Immuno. We’d love to get input from everyone on how we can best serve the community. Please register for access to the meeting- even if you can’t attend register anyway. We’ll send out a summary of the meeting and ask for further input.”
September 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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heathercaslin.bsky.social
From the Black in Immuno board: we’re excited to reconnect and meet new friends here!

Please follow and share our page with anyone who may be interested in our work.
blackinimmuno.bsky.social blackinimmuno.bsky.social @blackinimmuno.bsky.social · Sep 8
Hello Bluesky, we’ve finally migrated and look forward to connecting with everyone here!

We’re also having a Town Hall next week. Please register here and share with anyone who may want to reconnect or learn more about our group:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Yellow and white font on black background with our logo and white and yellow hexagons for interest. Text reads “Black in Immuno Town Hall ‘25. Join us for a town hall to catch up on the present and future of Black in Immuno. We’d love to get input from everyone on how we can best serve the community. Please register for access to the meeting- even if you can’t attend register anyway. We’ll send out a summary of the meeting and ask for further input.”
September 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
drmadina.bsky.social
Follow @blackinimmuno.bsky.social to get updates on our group!

And join us on 18th Sept to shape the future of our community 👩🏾‍🔬
blackinimmuno.bsky.social blackinimmuno.bsky.social @blackinimmuno.bsky.social · Sep 8
Hello Bluesky, we’ve finally migrated and look forward to connecting with everyone here!

We’re also having a Town Hall next week. Please register here and share with anyone who may want to reconnect or learn more about our group:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Yellow and white font on black background with our logo and white and yellow hexagons for interest. Text reads “Black in Immuno Town Hall ‘25. Join us for a town hall to catch up on the present and future of Black in Immuno. We’d love to get input from everyone on how we can best serve the community. Please register for access to the meeting- even if you can’t attend register anyway. We’ll send out a summary of the meeting and ask for further input.”
September 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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blackinimmuno.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky, we’ve finally migrated and look forward to connecting with everyone here!

We’re also having a Town Hall next week. Please register here and share with anyone who may want to reconnect or learn more about our group:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Yellow and white font on black background with our logo and white and yellow hexagons for interest. Text reads “Black in Immuno Town Hall ‘25. Join us for a town hall to catch up on the present and future of Black in Immuno. We’d love to get input from everyone on how we can best serve the community. Please register for access to the meeting- even if you can’t attend register anyway. We’ll send out a summary of the meeting and ask for further input.”
September 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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spacewhalerider.com
You don't have to sit around waiting for things to get better amid a sea of bad news! Making the world better takes effort from each of us, and sometimes that can be as little as supporting those working hard to support others, like Spark Space. Kick in $5 or $10: chuffed.org/project/spar...
🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!
In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken in...
chuffed.org
August 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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markrubin.bsky.social
“This paper unpacks the concept of citation politics and its role in sustaining epistemic hierarchies within scholarly communities.”

osf.io/qjecy_v2
Figure 1. Mechanisms of power and privilege operating in citational practice and their effects on six individuals with different intersecting identities.
August 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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divyampersaud.com
Hello hello 👋🏾 share if you can see this.

This young dad is struggling to keep his kids in Gz & his son in Egypt fed. Don’t feel hopeless in the face of this - every 5 / share helps.

Last check, we’ve only gotten 49/250 in a WEEK. We're matching 250.
Help Ahmad's children survive
I'm helping my friend, Ahmad Alsideek, raise funds to help his family survive.
chuffed.org
May 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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kevinguyan.bsky.social
One month countdown until this hot thing is out there in the world.

Available to preorder now:

🇬🇧 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rainbow-t...

🇺🇸 www.bloomsbury.com/us/rainbow-t...

#books #newbooks #LGBTQ #gender #sexuality #queer #gay #DEI #data #tech #law #politics
Rainbow Trap
Rainbow Trap reveals how the fight for LGBTQ equalities in the UK is shaped – and constrained – by the classifications we encounter every day.Looking across six…
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May 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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kevinguyan.bsky.social
Have you ever felt like the available gender, sex and sexuality boxes don't fully capture your experiences, hopes and desires?

Welcome to a Rainbow Trap 🌈

👮 💘 🎥 ✈️ 🏃‍♂️ 💼
A stack of Rainbow Trap books, against a dark blue background. Contents page that reads: Acronyms Introduction: Queer cogs in a broken system Hate crimes: Safety, protection and the police Dating apps: Technology and the curation of desire Culture: Outness in the film and television industry Borders: Truth, sameness and the politics of evidence Health and fitness: Markers of difference and the body Business: Queer workers and money matters Conclusion: After inclusion Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
May 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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divyampersaud.com
8 hours to go 🚨 we have stagnated again while SO close to the goal.

Most of us just paid our taxes which are funding bombardment, famine, & more. We owe it to these families. Secure them flour & other essentials. They are out of food.

574/700. chuffed.org/project/save...
A tan square graphic. In the background is a photo of tents among the rubble and ruins of buildings in Jabalia, Gaza. The image is gradually faded towards the text. Title: Urgent help for medical case in Jabalia, Gaza. Text: “The situation in northern Gaza has become extremely dangerous and evacuation orders are approaching. A small team is aiding a handful of devastated families who have no one else to turn to. A member of one of these families has been living with a severe injury for 18 months, now especially vulnerable due to starvation. With your help, the team will provide urgent financial assistance to this person & their family for essential needs. Be their hope: https://tiny.cc/SaveJabaliaFamilies. Faster option: PP: divyamper, note “J””
May 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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mvaish06.bsky.social
Happy May Day!
On this labour day, we write about labour of community healthcare workers in South Asia, India's ASHAs, Nepal's FCHVs and Pakistan's LHWs, and their struggles to get recognized.
@plosglobalpublichealth.org @madhupai.bsky.social @plos.org
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/04/30/r...
Recognizing the Labour Behind Care—The Fight for Dignity and Rights Among South Asia’s Community Healthcare Workers
As we mark the Labour Day—a day meant to honor the contributions and struggles of workers—we urge the recognition of CHWs not just as "heroes", but as workers.
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
May 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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thatdocphoenix.com
Time is of the essence and we need to fight the EHRC interim guidance before it becomes statutory and Parliament make it law.

Don’t just shout about it, write to them. Also tell the media, if you can get them to care. I’ve posted this on Instagram.

Speak to your unions and staff networks at work
hello venues, LGBTQ+ clubs and organisations, workplaces and pals Social posts and posters are nice, but we need you to write to the EHRC and tell them their new guidance (see next slides) doesn't work for you They can't tell people how to run a gay or lesbian club. And they can't make you be toilet cops. Please tell them it doesn't work for you. A quick email or phone call will help a lot. From the EHRC interim guidance: In workplaces and services that are open to the public: • trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women's facilities and trans men (biological women) should not be permitted to use the men's facilities, as this will mean that they are no longer single-sex facilities and must be open to all users of the opposite sex • in some circumstances the law also allows trans women (biological men) not to be permitted to use the men's facilities, and trans men (biological woman) not to be permitted to use the women's facilities From Phoenix: If we pass too well, we aren't allowed in either gendered toilet or changing room. It's not fair to segregate us, never mind the impact on disabled people if abled trans people use their facilities From the EHRC interim guidance: Membership of an association of 25 or more people can be limited to men only or women only and can be limited to people who each have two protected characteristics. It can be, for example, for gay men only or lesbian women only. A women-only or lesbian-only association should not admit trans women (biological men), and a men-only or gay men-only association should not admit trans men (biological women). From Phoenix: If you run a gay or lesbian club, night, bar, sauna, reading group, walking group etc - the EHRC say you have to exclude trans people or include cishets. Freedom of association is under threat Time is of the essence. They're going to make this guidance statutory and Parliament will make that law soon. We will try to help with template letters etc, but your initial objections should be logged NOW. We love you, you need to speak up.
April 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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bsonblast.bsky.social
Update from AlAbbasiya Community Kitchen, which provides meals to hundreds of families in Omdurman daily. They've had to start a new contribution page: chuffed.org/project/1267...

If you can, please consider contributing. They are keeping hundreds of families from starving.

#KeepEyesOnSudan
April 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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genandgenes.bsky.social
Link here if you need access:
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Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand | Nature
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics. Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
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April 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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genandgenes.bsky.social
I wrote about how we must stand and fight against the threat of eugenics.

Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.

This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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ellietheelement.bsky.social
Excitingly, have had a second #STS & #SciEd paper published this week at CSSE - this one on the subversive potential of zines in space science education 🚀 📖 - rdcu.be/eiQbR
Riot strrrs: zines as alternative public pedagogies in space science education
rdcu.be
April 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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nancymk.bsky.social
Want to contact your MP about the Supreme Court ruling? @transsolidarity.bsky.social has created an MP letter template to help get you started docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🙂💪
Pink and white text on black background. Reads: unite for trans rights. Outraged by the Supreme Court ruling? Take action and encourage others to do the same. Contact your local MP. You can call or write. There are templates in our bio. Has the Trans Solidarity Alliance logo
April 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
drmadina.bsky.social
Hi friends, has anyone built a website for their professional profile who would be willing to share any advice?
April 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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divyampersaud.com
No support in 4 weeks but things have gotten worse, with the team paying out of pocket to keep things running.

This is not a business. It’s a lifeline for families to get income through remote jobs (which don’t stop under b-mbing).

Chip in & share: chuffed.org/project/spar...
divyampersaud.com Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · Apr 6
Yesterday I got a worrying update from Spark Space - because of the cost of fuel, they've had to pause electricity in the space, meaning students & workers can connect to internet there but can't charge devices.

Read their update below. Short goal 0/300 chuffed.org/project/spar...
Sun, Apr 06 Critical situation for the space - help us provide electricity again! We can no longer cover the operational costs for Spark Space and are bearing most of the expenses ourselves due to the unprecedented price hikes, even worse than during the early days of the war. This means that we have had to stop providing electricity, offering only internet service, that is, without charging facilities. This is disastrous because the majority of people have no electricity or means to charge their devices, and they need a place where they can both work and charge their equipment. We purchased 3 kilograms of gas for the generator at a cost of over $300. Your support is more crucial then ever to enable the workers and students who use this space. We have raised the campaign goal to £5,000 towards buying some gas and diesel for the generator to restore electricity again.
April 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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spacewhalerider.com
Want to help the organizers of Spark Space provide students, remote workers, and others with the internet and electricity they need to learn, work, and support their families? Share and donate if you can to keep this space running: chuffed.org/project/spar...
A yellow-gold square graphic. In the center is a circular photo of several people working at remote workstations with laptops and chargers. They’re in a building with lights, outlets, and cupboards. The image has an orange glow behind it. Around the image is the title, Spark Space, Gaza, decorated with illustrated plugs. The text below says, “We aim to create a safe, fully-equipped workspace with reliable electricity and fast internet, offering students and freelancers in Gaza the environment they need to continue their journey despite the hardships.” Below is the link https://chuffed.org/project/spark-space-gaza.
April 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
drmadina.bsky.social
Came across a familiar friendly face in an old issue of the Imperial magazine @dgaboriau.bsky.social

Lovely to see the FILM facility team being celebrated! I have very fond memories and huge gratitude for the guidance they gave me during my PhD 🔬
#microscopy
Magazine page with a photo of the scientist Dr David Gaboriau in a white lab coat standing next to a large microscope. He is quoted as saying "Sitting alongside Imperial scientists as they make their discoveries is like seeing a work of art for the first time".
April 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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npr.org
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
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April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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tessstenson.bsky.social
No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days.

Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
jessothomson.co.uk Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · Apr 16
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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switchboard.bsky.social
We know today may feel especially heavy for our trans and non-binary siblings.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed or affected by the UK Supreme Court’s decision, please know you’re not alone. We’re here for you every day from 10am to 10pm.

#TransRights #Trans #NonBinary #SupremeCourt #Gender
April 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM