Dr Mel T
@drmel.bsky.social
🇦🇺Microbiologist in 🇬🇧 again adrift from Academia…. Disabled STEMMinist who has grown weary of discrimination in STEMM. #FuckMS #OneHealth 🌈 pan&poly she/her
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Dr Mel T
@drmel.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Welcome to BlueSky! This is my vibe, new followers! (There will also be #SciComm #DisabilityInSTEM #OneHeakth #Microbiology and nostalgia for the quaint (now obsolete) concept of Public Health. Ah, remember when we cared for the vulnerable? And had IPC? THOSE WERE THE DAYS, my friends!
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My theory is that tech bros hate humanities because they've all tried once to impress a girl studding English Lit by talking about a book and they were all laughed at for their complete misreading of the text.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My theory is that tech bros hate humanities because they've all tried once to impress a girl studding English Lit by talking about a book and they were all laughed at for their complete misreading of the text.
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#Nudivember day 10: Felimida luteorosea, which was probably conjured into existence by clown wizards
#nudibranch #seaslug #polkadots #art
#nudibranch #seaslug #polkadots #art
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
#Nudivember day 10: Felimida luteorosea, which was probably conjured into existence by clown wizards
#nudibranch #seaslug #polkadots #art
#nudibranch #seaslug #polkadots #art
I think that ship sailed long ago, mate. Doubly so now that Uncle Rupert is a major shareholder….
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I think that ship sailed long ago, mate. Doubly so now that Uncle Rupert is a major shareholder….
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
As long as NYT is asking “Did women ruin the workplace” can they also ask:
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
And they’ll still blame ‘lack of pastoral care’ by University lecturing staff for the deaths… It’s why I don’t teach in HE anymore.
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
And they’ll still blame ‘lack of pastoral care’ by University lecturing staff for the deaths… It’s why I don’t teach in HE anymore.
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*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
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#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #pharmsky #publichealth @nature.com
Future antibody therapies are being designed to reduce the severity of infections like H5N1 avian influenza virus, HIV & other chronic conditions.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Future antibody therapies are being designed to reduce the severity of infections like H5N1 avian influenza virus, HIV & other chronic conditions.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Antibody drugs show promise for treating bird flu and HIV
Scientists are developing antibodies to track the evolution of these viruses and better treat infections.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #pharmsky #publichealth @nature.com
Future antibody therapies are being designed to reduce the severity of infections like H5N1 avian influenza virus, HIV & other chronic conditions.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Future antibody therapies are being designed to reduce the severity of infections like H5N1 avian influenza virus, HIV & other chronic conditions.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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They’re running Under Milk Wood as originally broadcast, for the first time, this weekend on R4 Extra. Obviously, it’s brilliant. And I highly recommend a listen. It still sounds amazing; truly timeless. The most dated bit is the credits - but, oh, those character names.
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
They’re running Under Milk Wood as originally broadcast, for the first time, this weekend on R4 Extra. Obviously, it’s brilliant. And I highly recommend a listen. It still sounds amazing; truly timeless. The most dated bit is the credits - but, oh, those character names.
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This is the BEST book promotional opportunity I’ve ever had: A PAID gig where the organisers guarantee getting the book into the hands of HUNDREDS of children. I keep telling them how grateful I am that they’re doing this for me, and in particular for this, my favourite book. Which you should read!
Doing an hour long show based on “How to Find a Rainbow” in a theatre, followed by series of writing workshops in primary schools in Exeter next week. First time away from my children for more than one night but I’m being paid AND hundreds of pupils get a copy of the book thanks to the organisers.
How To Find a Rainbow
“This charming story can be read on two levels – that of two sisters in search of a physical rainbow and that of emerging from a gloomy emotional episode and beginning to find joy again. It …
alomshaha.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This is the BEST book promotional opportunity I’ve ever had: A PAID gig where the organisers guarantee getting the book into the hands of HUNDREDS of children. I keep telling them how grateful I am that they’re doing this for me, and in particular for this, my favourite book. Which you should read!
I watched a Reform Councillor (Lancashire County Council) lay a wreath for the fallen who gave their lives in the trenches to fight off Nazism today. I was disgusted. She clearly thinks she’s morally good. Nope, bitch. If reiki worked my bad vibes & huge stink eye would have stopped your black heart
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I watched a Reform Councillor (Lancashire County Council) lay a wreath for the fallen who gave their lives in the trenches to fight off Nazism today. I was disgusted. She clearly thinks she’s morally good. Nope, bitch. If reiki worked my bad vibes & huge stink eye would have stopped your black heart
And Australia etc. Reform is going to get in on 34% of the vote because that’s % disillusioned + minority racist there are. Undemocratic to have 2/3rds of the electorate unrepresented. Ranked choice/preferential vote or proportional votes desperately needed here for the ‘Mother of Parliaments’
The Dutch proportional voting system isn’t perfect, but it works. It ensures representation across the political spectrum, keeps the far right in check, and gives voters real influence. Isn’t it time Britain caught up? Stephen McNair reports
eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/ho...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/ho...
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
And Australia etc. Reform is going to get in on 34% of the vote because that’s % disillusioned + minority racist there are. Undemocratic to have 2/3rds of the electorate unrepresented. Ranked choice/preferential vote or proportional votes desperately needed here for the ‘Mother of Parliaments’
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What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
What really happened between Franklin, Watson and Crick in the discovery of the DNA double helix? — Genetics Unzipped
Kat Arney chats with Professor Matthew Cobb about what really happened between James Watson, Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin during the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
geneticsunzipped.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
Evidence that the good die young… The woman whose lab book he stole died young due to radiation exposure to get the images he then purloined. But this arsehole? Gets to 97….
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Evidence that the good die young… The woman whose lab book he stole died young due to radiation exposure to get the images he then purloined. But this arsehole? Gets to 97….
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Late medieval bead, likely from a rosary, with a skull on one side and a face on the other, indicating just how closely live and death were intertwined. From the Museum of London Docklands exhibition, ‘Secrets of the Thames’
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Late medieval bead, likely from a rosary, with a skull on one side and a face on the other, indicating just how closely live and death were intertwined. From the Museum of London Docklands exhibition, ‘Secrets of the Thames’
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Art Young
‘Plutocracy’,
“Good Morning”, Vol. 1, #6, June 12, 1919
‘Plutocracy’,
“Good Morning”, Vol. 1, #6, June 12, 1919
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Art Young
‘Plutocracy’,
“Good Morning”, Vol. 1, #6, June 12, 1919
‘Plutocracy’,
“Good Morning”, Vol. 1, #6, June 12, 1919
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Shocked, shocked I tell you* to find out that the Met is institutionally racist
*Could not be less shocked if I tried.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*Could not be less shocked if I tried.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anti-black racism 'baked' into Met Police, review says
The independent review surveyed 40 years of evidence of how racism has affected black communities and black Met Police staff.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Shocked, shocked I tell you* to find out that the Met is institutionally racist
*Could not be less shocked if I tried.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*Could not be less shocked if I tried.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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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It is both ethically wrong & fundamentally anti-democratic for one man to command this much wealth and power.
States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It is both ethically wrong & fundamentally anti-democratic for one man to command this much wealth and power.
States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Miss Universe contestants have pushed back against the Patriarchy. My flabbers are suitably gasted.
a close up of a man 's face with a serious expression on his face .
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with a serious expression on his face as he blinks rapidly
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Miss Universe contestants have pushed back against the Patriarchy. My flabbers are suitably gasted.
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Are AI stocks about to crash?
If so, sympathy for such companies is bound to be in short supply.
theaimn.net/targeting-pa...
If so, sympathy for such companies is bound to be in short supply.
theaimn.net/targeting-pa...
Targeting Palantir and Nvidia: Profits, Prophets and Overvalued AI Stocks
In an industry of seedy soothsayers, cocksure charlatans and resourceful rogues, honest and accurate appraisals are exquisitely rare. When it comes to economics, investments and finance, this is parti...
theaimn.net
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Are AI stocks about to crash?
If so, sympathy for such companies is bound to be in short supply.
theaimn.net/targeting-pa...
If so, sympathy for such companies is bound to be in short supply.
theaimn.net/targeting-pa...
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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One of the best arguments for politicians keeping pronouncements about their "faith" to themselves is that it allows them to avoid presenting as hypocrites.
Stop pretending there is anything Christ-like in your incrementalist, centrist neoliberalism.
Stop pretending there is anything Christ-like in your incrementalist, centrist neoliberalism.
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
One of the best arguments for politicians keeping pronouncements about their "faith" to themselves is that it allows them to avoid presenting as hypocrites.
Stop pretending there is anything Christ-like in your incrementalist, centrist neoliberalism.
Stop pretending there is anything Christ-like in your incrementalist, centrist neoliberalism.
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Study (N=2,000) finds mothers do 67% more household mgmt than fathers. Largest gaps: family scheduling, managing cleaning, organizing childcare, managing social relationships & taking care of food. Fathers do more finance & home maint but gap is smaller.
theconversation.com/earning-more...
theconversation.com/earning-more...
Earning more doesn’t lighten mothers’ mental loads – they do more regardless
While mothers who earn more may be able to outsource some of the physical work in the household, the mental load is huge – and remains a barrier to gender equality.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Study (N=2,000) finds mothers do 67% more household mgmt than fathers. Largest gaps: family scheduling, managing cleaning, organizing childcare, managing social relationships & taking care of food. Fathers do more finance & home maint but gap is smaller.
theconversation.com/earning-more...
theconversation.com/earning-more...