Erinma Ochu
@erinma.bsky.social
Academic, Writer, Biologist, Parent, Beloved.
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The House of Lords library online has many documents you can view on Climate change and mass displacement which is occurring from weather events. You can also see how concerning it is that we are totally underprepared. In fact the only provision seems to be to protect the financial sector.
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The House of Lords library online has many documents you can view on Climate change and mass displacement which is occurring from weather events. You can also see how concerning it is that we are totally underprepared. In fact the only provision seems to be to protect the financial sector.
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A video is available of the @southbankcentre.bsky.social launch for @rachaelboast.bsky.social's anthology Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets. Rachael Boast was joined by Karthika Naïr, Daniel Sluman, and Lisa Kelly. Starts at 18:22.
www.youtube.com/live/Ek9Bu6g...
www.youtube.com/live/Ek9Bu6g...
Rachael Boast: Versus Versus – Live Stream
YouTube video by Southbank Centre
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A video is available of the @southbankcentre.bsky.social launch for @rachaelboast.bsky.social's anthology Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets. Rachael Boast was joined by Karthika Naïr, Daniel Sluman, and Lisa Kelly. Starts at 18:22.
www.youtube.com/live/Ek9Bu6g...
www.youtube.com/live/Ek9Bu6g...
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Oh no, I loved Shirley Valentine!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Family pays tribute to actor who was ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh no, I loved Shirley Valentine!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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As catastrophic #HurricaneMelissa slams Jamaica, a new climate damages case was just announced against #CarbonMajors, brought by Pakistanis who suffered in the horrific 2022 floods
Last week, Survivors of Typhoon Odette in 🇵🇭 announced they plan to sue Shell
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Last week, Survivors of Typhoon Odette in 🇵🇭 announced they plan to sue Shell
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pakistani farmers to sue German polluters over climate-linked flood damage
Claimants seek compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials after extreme flooding destroyed harvests
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As catastrophic #HurricaneMelissa slams Jamaica, a new climate damages case was just announced against #CarbonMajors, brought by Pakistanis who suffered in the horrific 2022 floods
Last week, Survivors of Typhoon Odette in 🇵🇭 announced they plan to sue Shell
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Last week, Survivors of Typhoon Odette in 🇵🇭 announced they plan to sue Shell
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
ohhhh i love a day where you meet your internal grant submission deadline and make baby banana pancakes and everyone is happy in that fluffy place
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
ohhhh i love a day where you meet your internal grant submission deadline and make baby banana pancakes and everyone is happy in that fluffy place
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Join Ellie Spirrett as they lead workshop and host open mic exploring how we tackle world news, hold onto own voices & protect ourselves from burnout.
✍️ Part of the @cripticarts.bsky.social x Spread the Word Writers Salon.
📅 Mon 6 October, 6.30pm
📍Online
🎟️FREE - book via link tinyurl.com/ywn9pkxa
✍️ Part of the @cripticarts.bsky.social x Spread the Word Writers Salon.
📅 Mon 6 October, 6.30pm
📍Online
🎟️FREE - book via link tinyurl.com/ywn9pkxa
September 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Join Ellie Spirrett as they lead workshop and host open mic exploring how we tackle world news, hold onto own voices & protect ourselves from burnout.
✍️ Part of the @cripticarts.bsky.social x Spread the Word Writers Salon.
📅 Mon 6 October, 6.30pm
📍Online
🎟️FREE - book via link tinyurl.com/ywn9pkxa
✍️ Part of the @cripticarts.bsky.social x Spread the Word Writers Salon.
📅 Mon 6 October, 6.30pm
📍Online
🎟️FREE - book via link tinyurl.com/ywn9pkxa
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Before I forget, which I nearly did. I better do a post for #InsectThursday, so here's a Bee looking for some pollen.
Remember to always #Bee-Kind
#wildlifephotigraphy #macro #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #photography #ukwildlife #macrophotography #wildlife
Remember to always #Bee-Kind
#wildlifephotigraphy #macro #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #photography #ukwildlife #macrophotography #wildlife
September 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Before I forget, which I nearly did. I better do a post for #InsectThursday, so here's a Bee looking for some pollen.
Remember to always #Bee-Kind
#wildlifephotigraphy #macro #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #photography #ukwildlife #macrophotography #wildlife
Remember to always #Bee-Kind
#wildlifephotigraphy #macro #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #photography #ukwildlife #macrophotography #wildlife
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“To be a good scientist, I have to take emotions out of work. Still, I would say looking at this data, when I allow myself to connect to it emotionally, then I am afraid. This really scares me”
- Dr. Levke Caesar, co-lead of Planetary Boundaries Science Lab
- Dr. Levke Caesar, co-lead of Planetary Boundaries Science Lab
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
“To be a good scientist, I have to take emotions out of work. Still, I would say looking at this data, when I allow myself to connect to it emotionally, then I am afraid. This really scares me”
- Dr. Levke Caesar, co-lead of Planetary Boundaries Science Lab
- Dr. Levke Caesar, co-lead of Planetary Boundaries Science Lab
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Key hearing happening right now in the @youthvgov.bsky.social climate lawsuit (Lighthiser v. Trump) challenging Trump's pro fossil fuel orders
The hearing marks the first time a federal court hears live testimony in a youth constitutional climate case
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The hearing marks the first time a federal court hears live testimony in a youth constitutional climate case
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Young climate activists in court aim to stop Trump’s pro-fossil fuel executive orders
Group of activists, who range in age from seven to 25, include plaintiffs who won landmark climate case in Montana two years ago
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Key hearing happening right now in the @youthvgov.bsky.social climate lawsuit (Lighthiser v. Trump) challenging Trump's pro fossil fuel orders
The hearing marks the first time a federal court hears live testimony in a youth constitutional climate case
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The hearing marks the first time a federal court hears live testimony in a youth constitutional climate case
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RIP Robert Redford…. youtu.be/gJJmDzVXCx8?...
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head • B.J. Thomas
YouTube video by HD Film Tributes
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
RIP Robert Redford…. youtu.be/gJJmDzVXCx8?...
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This post reminds me that a few of us (@davidadger.bsky.social, @thelabandfield.bsky.social, @gilespalaeo.bsky.social & @erinma.bsky.social) wrote a letter to @natecoevo.nature.com taking them to task for omitting his sexuality when celebrating the scientist 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This post reminds me that a few of us (@davidadger.bsky.social, @thelabandfield.bsky.social, @gilespalaeo.bsky.social & @erinma.bsky.social) wrote a letter to @natecoevo.nature.com taking them to task for omitting his sexuality when celebrating the scientist 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"Media’s obsession with one story — and its ignoring of the other — highlights the gaps that remain in treating the climate crisis like the cataclysm it has become"
@coveringclimatenow.org is spot on there
coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...
@coveringclimatenow.org is spot on there
coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...
Taylor Swift Versus the Collapse of the Gulf Stream — Covering Climate Now
Chances are you’ve heard that Taylor Swift is getting married. When she and Travis Kelce announced their engagement last month, it was all over the news, all over the world. Chances are equally good ...
coveringclimatenow.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"Media’s obsession with one story — and its ignoring of the other — highlights the gaps that remain in treating the climate crisis like the cataclysm it has become"
@coveringclimatenow.org is spot on there
coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...
@coveringclimatenow.org is spot on there
coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...
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I miss Literature class.
September 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I miss Literature class.
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Words are magic
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Words are magic
Enjoyed seeing my poem ‘How to Read the Atmosphere’ online @spread-the-word.bsky.social . Check out the shortlisted and winning poems for @disabledpoets.bsky.social www.spreadtheword.org.uk/how-to-read-...
How to read the atmosphere by Erinma Ochu – Spread the Word
www.spreadtheword.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Enjoyed seeing my poem ‘How to Read the Atmosphere’ online @spread-the-word.bsky.social . Check out the shortlisted and winning poems for @disabledpoets.bsky.social www.spreadtheword.org.uk/how-to-read-...
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MQT is excited to launch its first Open Questions series, creating space for bold ideas, diverse voices, and interdisciplinary dialogue in quantum materials.
Answer our inaugural question from Professor Rachel Oliver and join the conversation!
👉 ow.ly/sot350WIS3x
#OpenQuestions #QuantumScience
Answer our inaugural question from Professor Rachel Oliver and join the conversation!
👉 ow.ly/sot350WIS3x
#OpenQuestions #QuantumScience
August 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
MQT is excited to launch its first Open Questions series, creating space for bold ideas, diverse voices, and interdisciplinary dialogue in quantum materials.
Answer our inaugural question from Professor Rachel Oliver and join the conversation!
👉 ow.ly/sot350WIS3x
#OpenQuestions #QuantumScience
Answer our inaugural question from Professor Rachel Oliver and join the conversation!
👉 ow.ly/sot350WIS3x
#OpenQuestions #QuantumScience
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Clocking off - for a week - hope folks get some summer break.
July 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Clocking off - for a week - hope folks get some summer break.
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This will be *brilliant*
Next week, I'm starting a new project called "Algorithmic Kitchen" with support from the @wellcometrust.bsky.social a project that weaves disability design with health tech. I'm ready to grow new networks with direct engagement with a touring kitchen!
wellcome.org/research-fun...
wellcome.org/research-fun...
Algorithmic Kitchen: Recipes for Disability-Led Health Technology Design - Grants Awarded | Wellcome
Algorithmic Kitchen: Recipes for Disability-Led Health Technology Design
wellcome.org
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This will be *brilliant*
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Next week, I'm starting a new project called "Algorithmic Kitchen" with support from the @wellcometrust.bsky.social a project that weaves disability design with health tech. I'm ready to grow new networks with direct engagement with a touring kitchen!
wellcome.org/research-fun...
wellcome.org/research-fun...
Algorithmic Kitchen: Recipes for Disability-Led Health Technology Design - Grants Awarded | Wellcome
Algorithmic Kitchen: Recipes for Disability-Led Health Technology Design
wellcome.org
July 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Next week, I'm starting a new project called "Algorithmic Kitchen" with support from the @wellcometrust.bsky.social a project that weaves disability design with health tech. I'm ready to grow new networks with direct engagement with a touring kitchen!
wellcome.org/research-fun...
wellcome.org/research-fun...
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"Does convenience outweigh privacy?">> well, convenience has been outweighing a number of things (worker rights, for example) for a while, so perhaps have a deeper problem than just the tech (which is not excuse the tech-- pay attention to what you feed the machine!)
Does ChatGPT store chat logs, even after you've deleted them?
Short answer: Yes.
Short answer: Yes.
July 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"Does convenience outweigh privacy?">> well, convenience has been outweighing a number of things (worker rights, for example) for a while, so perhaps have a deeper problem than just the tech (which is not excuse the tech-- pay attention to what you feed the machine!)