Dr Yvonne Couch
@dryvonnecouch.bsky.social
Associate Prof - University of Oxford | Neuroimmunologist interested in stroke, brain injury, brain metabolism, extracellular vesicles | Dogs | Gardening | Food | Travel
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Have to post this back up as my pinned page so that people can see the awesomeness of cartoon EVs...
A combo of neutral evil, chaotic evil and chaotic good depending on where I am.
Bedroom? Neutral evil. Lone dining? Chaotic good. Bus? Chaotic evil.
Bedroom? Neutral evil. Lone dining? Chaotic good. Bus? Chaotic evil.
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A combo of neutral evil, chaotic evil and chaotic good depending on where I am.
Bedroom? Neutral evil. Lone dining? Chaotic good. Bus? Chaotic evil.
Bedroom? Neutral evil. Lone dining? Chaotic good. Bus? Chaotic evil.
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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For anyone who needs to mindlessly tune out to something wonderful right now, Frog and Toad have a lovely home you can just bliss out watching...
youtube.com/shorts/gpKmY...
youtube.com/shorts/gpKmY...
Frog bakes Toad's favourite cake 🍰💖 #frogandtoad #knittedfrog #miniature #baking
YouTube video by India Rose Crawford
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November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
For anyone who needs to mindlessly tune out to something wonderful right now, Frog and Toad have a lovely home you can just bliss out watching...
youtube.com/shorts/gpKmY...
youtube.com/shorts/gpKmY...
I have a scratchy throat and in the interests of myself and everyone who works near me I have chosen to spend the entire day in bed reading a book and trying to make it go away. If you can, stay home when you're sick.
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I have a scratchy throat and in the interests of myself and everyone who works near me I have chosen to spend the entire day in bed reading a book and trying to make it go away. If you can, stay home when you're sick.
#cloudflare be fuckin' with everyone's day today
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#cloudflare be fuckin' with everyone's day today
My open plan office desk sits immediately below the main door to the building which means now the temp has dropped in the UK the cold air just comes in and drops on us whenever anyone comes in the building.
Which is approximately every seven seconds.
#architecture
Which is approximately every seven seconds.
#architecture
elmo from sesame street is standing in the snow in front of a sign that says no parking
ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in the snow in front of a sign that says no parking
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November 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
My open plan office desk sits immediately below the main door to the building which means now the temp has dropped in the UK the cold air just comes in and drops on us whenever anyone comes in the building.
Which is approximately every seven seconds.
#architecture
Which is approximately every seven seconds.
#architecture
Some thoughts for the science feed about how we pitch our ideas as junior and senior scientists and how fields evolve and change because of this
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Dr Yvonne Couch writes about how competition shapes scientific choices from tenure debates to the pressures placed on early career researchers. @dryvonnecouch.bsky.social
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-competi...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-competi...
Dr Yvonne Couch - Blog – Competition in Science
Dr Yvonne Couch explores how competition shapes science from tenure debates and prestige effects to pressures on early career researchers.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Some thoughts for the science feed about how we pitch our ideas as junior and senior scientists and how fields evolve and change because of this
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I don't have kids but I've got plenty of books and plenty of friends with kids so I've circulated this to everyone I know...
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I don't have kids but I've got plenty of books and plenty of friends with kids so I've circulated this to everyone I know...
Currently experiencing the less than enjoyable task of having to repeatedly email undergrads who are already reaching out for summer projects by saying over and over 'I'm sorry, I don't know if I'll be employed next year'
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Currently experiencing the less than enjoyable task of having to repeatedly email undergrads who are already reaching out for summer projects by saying over and over 'I'm sorry, I don't know if I'll be employed next year'
Artist Hiro Yamagata made 27 "art cars" and I got to see one today and it was glorious!
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Artist Hiro Yamagata made 27 "art cars" and I got to see one today and it was glorious!
Two days late but Alan Carr.
What a legend.
What a legend.
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Two days late but Alan Carr.
What a legend.
What a legend.
I'm swearing off social media until I've seen the final of celebrity traitors which I didn't watch live so I'll catch y'all in a couple of days....
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I'm swearing off social media until I've seen the final of celebrity traitors which I didn't watch live so I'll catch y'all in a couple of days....
Oh hey, I have 1k followers! How exciting and also tragic that this excites me.
Hello all. Happy Friday eve!
Hello all. Happy Friday eve!
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Oh hey, I have 1k followers! How exciting and also tragic that this excites me.
Hello all. Happy Friday eve!
Hello all. Happy Friday eve!
Reposted by Dr Yvonne Couch
The problem with being introverted is that there is no polite way of saying "I love you but I'm tired of being with you right now."
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The problem with being introverted is that there is no polite way of saying "I love you but I'm tired of being with you right now."
I have a supremely lazy hound who is not fussed in any way by the fireworks but my thoughts go out to anyone with an anxious puppo tonight
#dogsky
#dogsky
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I have a supremely lazy hound who is not fussed in any way by the fireworks but my thoughts go out to anyone with an anxious puppo tonight
#dogsky
#dogsky
Science people! 🧪 I need help deciphering this Q from a local occupational health form.....the link between the beginning and the end is eluding me:
"Will the individual undertake welding as part of of their duties? There may also be the need to consider vaccination in some specific circumstances."
"Will the individual undertake welding as part of of their duties? There may also be the need to consider vaccination in some specific circumstances."
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Science people! 🧪 I need help deciphering this Q from a local occupational health form.....the link between the beginning and the end is eluding me:
"Will the individual undertake welding as part of of their duties? There may also be the need to consider vaccination in some specific circumstances."
"Will the individual undertake welding as part of of their duties? There may also be the need to consider vaccination in some specific circumstances."
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
nothing sharpens your skills as a researcher like being shoved in front of eight presenters working on a vast array of topics that are significantly removed from your own field of research and being told it is your job to ask them questions for six minutes with no backup
a man wearing headphones is sweating and making a face
Alt: a man wearing headphones is sweating and making a face
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
nothing sharpens your skills as a researcher like being shoved in front of eight presenters working on a vast array of topics that are significantly removed from your own field of research and being told it is your job to ask them questions for six minutes with no backup
Being old school and watching The Matrix and the downfall started with AI...
#itscoming
#itscoming
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Being old school and watching The Matrix and the downfall started with AI...
#itscoming
#itscoming
Best spam science email opener yet...
"I have seen in many articles that you have conducted a lot of scientific research on biological life"
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"I have seen in many articles that you have conducted a lot of scientific research on biological life"
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November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Best spam science email opener yet...
"I have seen in many articles that you have conducted a lot of scientific research on biological life"
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"I have seen in many articles that you have conducted a lot of scientific research on biological life"
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October 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I'm kind of over people who write ENORMOUS essays on linkedin. I'm basically there for jobs and networking, not your life story or all of your opinions on Ukraine or feminism. Don't get me wrong, I am there for all your opinions, just not on that platform...
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm kind of over people who write ENORMOUS essays on linkedin. I'm basically there for jobs and networking, not your life story or all of your opinions on Ukraine or feminism. Don't get me wrong, I am there for all your opinions, just not on that platform...
Nooooo....one of my nineteen work passwords has expired!
a person in a green scrub suit is sitting on a bed with their hands behind their head .
ALT: a person in a green scrub suit is sitting on a bed with their hands behind their head .
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Nooooo....one of my nineteen work passwords has expired!
Amazing work from my pal Daniel Beard using shear stress in the brain to localise drug delivery
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advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Amazing work from my pal Daniel Beard using shear stress in the brain to localise drug delivery
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advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...