@geekygirl.bsky.social
Wildlife loving science geek who's increasingly sad about tw1tter's demise- will this work? There's 1waytofindout !
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No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Large Increase In Numbers Of People Diagnosed With Something That Totally Wasn’t Caused By That Thing
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Large Increase In Numbers Of People Diagnosed With Something That Totally Wasn’t Caused By That Thing
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OK, we're approaching the end of today's lovely #buyastrangerabook day.
I've had a couple of donations this week so I've got about £30 of free books to offer out.
If you'd like something in particular, get in touch
UK only.
I've had a couple of donations this week so I've got about £30 of free books to offer out.
If you'd like something in particular, get in touch
UK only.
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
www.biggreenbookshop.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
OK, we're approaching the end of today's lovely #buyastrangerabook day.
I've had a couple of donations this week so I've got about £30 of free books to offer out.
If you'd like something in particular, get in touch
UK only.
I've had a couple of donations this week so I've got about £30 of free books to offer out.
If you'd like something in particular, get in touch
UK only.
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
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Last call for a conversation I’m really looking forward to with Robin Ince.
Live
Free
8.30pm
On Substack
With his newly released poetry collection
Ice Cream For a Broken Tooth
Robin has been an endlessly creative and I think important voice across performance, broadcasting, writing…
Live
Free
8.30pm
On Substack
With his newly released poetry collection
Ice Cream For a Broken Tooth
Robin has been an endlessly creative and I think important voice across performance, broadcasting, writing…
October 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Last call for a conversation I’m really looking forward to with Robin Ince.
Live
Free
8.30pm
On Substack
With his newly released poetry collection
Ice Cream For a Broken Tooth
Robin has been an endlessly creative and I think important voice across performance, broadcasting, writing…
Live
Free
8.30pm
On Substack
With his newly released poetry collection
Ice Cream For a Broken Tooth
Robin has been an endlessly creative and I think important voice across performance, broadcasting, writing…
If you like geeky humour, science, creativity, independent book stores, radio 4, nice beards & more-- tomorrow the lovely
@gavcross.bsky.social will be chatting with the amazing
@robinince.bsky.social !
8:30pm UK time (that's 3:30pm Eastern & 12:30pm Pacific, USA)
tr.ee/GavCrossSubs...
@gavcross.bsky.social will be chatting with the amazing
@robinince.bsky.social !
8:30pm UK time (that's 3:30pm Eastern & 12:30pm Pacific, USA)
tr.ee/GavCrossSubs...
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you like geeky humour, science, creativity, independent book stores, radio 4, nice beards & more-- tomorrow the lovely
@gavcross.bsky.social will be chatting with the amazing
@robinince.bsky.social !
8:30pm UK time (that's 3:30pm Eastern & 12:30pm Pacific, USA)
tr.ee/GavCrossSubs...
@gavcross.bsky.social will be chatting with the amazing
@robinince.bsky.social !
8:30pm UK time (that's 3:30pm Eastern & 12:30pm Pacific, USA)
tr.ee/GavCrossSubs...
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When Harlow Shapley received a letter from Hubble containing the evidence that the spiral nebulae were separate "galaxies", he said: “This is the letter that destroyed my universe."
Shapley had believed the Universe contained just one "Big Galaxy" - our Milky Way. Now we know there are ~2 trillion!
Shapley had believed the Universe contained just one "Big Galaxy" - our Milky Way. Now we know there are ~2 trillion!
VAR!
In the early morning hours #OTD in 1923, Edwin Hubble took a photo plate of M31 that showed a Cepheid variable star.
Using Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s distance-luminosity relationship, Hubble concluded that M31 is another galaxy outside the Milky Way. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
Image: Carnegie Observatories
In the early morning hours #OTD in 1923, Edwin Hubble took a photo plate of M31 that showed a Cepheid variable star.
Using Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s distance-luminosity relationship, Hubble concluded that M31 is another galaxy outside the Milky Way. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
Image: Carnegie Observatories
October 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
When Harlow Shapley received a letter from Hubble containing the evidence that the spiral nebulae were separate "galaxies", he said: “This is the letter that destroyed my universe."
Shapley had believed the Universe contained just one "Big Galaxy" - our Milky Way. Now we know there are ~2 trillion!
Shapley had believed the Universe contained just one "Big Galaxy" - our Milky Way. Now we know there are ~2 trillion!
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And, on the piano….
September 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
And, on the piano….
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Yungblud Forced to Cancel Show Due to Illness, Offers Free Beer to Apologize to Fans.
“I’ve been trying to get better for two days since New York but I literally can’t get off the floor and doctors have advised me that I have a virus that requires me to rest and take it seriously.”
“I’ve been trying to get better for two days since New York but I literally can’t get off the floor and doctors have advised me that I have a virus that requires me to rest and take it seriously.”
Yungblud Forced to Cancel Show Due to Illness, Offers Free Beer to Apologize to Fans
British musician Yungblud was forced to cancel his Philadelphia concert due to illness. He announced the disappointing news to fans via Instagram. The artist explained his condition and outlined plans...
rockcelebrities.net
September 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Yungblud Forced to Cancel Show Due to Illness, Offers Free Beer to Apologize to Fans.
“I’ve been trying to get better for two days since New York but I literally can’t get off the floor and doctors have advised me that I have a virus that requires me to rest and take it seriously.”
“I’ve been trying to get better for two days since New York but I literally can’t get off the floor and doctors have advised me that I have a virus that requires me to rest and take it seriously.”
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Why isn’t school attendance policy reflecting the research in the Lancet on long covid? @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social Children’s long term health should be the priority here!
Failure to rest, especially in girls, increases long Covid risks! Over 120k children in UK with long Covid now
#CleantheAir
Failure to rest, especially in girls, increases long Covid risks! Over 120k children in UK with long Covid now
#CleantheAir
September 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Why isn’t school attendance policy reflecting the research in the Lancet on long covid? @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social Children’s long term health should be the priority here!
Failure to rest, especially in girls, increases long Covid risks! Over 120k children in UK with long Covid now
#CleantheAir
Failure to rest, especially in girls, increases long Covid risks! Over 120k children in UK with long Covid now
#CleantheAir
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I feel the priority in schools should be #CleanAir and allowing children to rest after sickness. Not 100% attendance. We should abandon school uniforms for warm clothing and move to a footing similar to that at the height of TB crisis. Safety of children’s long term health should be the priority!
September 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I feel the priority in schools should be #CleanAir and allowing children to rest after sickness. Not 100% attendance. We should abandon school uniforms for warm clothing and move to a footing similar to that at the height of TB crisis. Safety of children’s long term health should be the priority!
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Do masks work?
YES
This is physics
This is based on the laws of physics
N95 or ffp2 works
It reduces viral transmission
WE CAN END measles or reduce it (we did)
WE COULD end polio (we could)
The problem is scientific illiteracy.
YES
This is physics
This is based on the laws of physics
N95 or ffp2 works
It reduces viral transmission
WE CAN END measles or reduce it (we did)
WE COULD end polio (we could)
The problem is scientific illiteracy.
September 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Do masks work?
YES
This is physics
This is based on the laws of physics
N95 or ffp2 works
It reduces viral transmission
WE CAN END measles or reduce it (we did)
WE COULD end polio (we could)
The problem is scientific illiteracy.
YES
This is physics
This is based on the laws of physics
N95 or ffp2 works
It reduces viral transmission
WE CAN END measles or reduce it (we did)
WE COULD end polio (we could)
The problem is scientific illiteracy.
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I like the analogy of digital asbestos. Treated like a miracle product now, but it's going to be a huge pain to remove all the embedded AI slop in the future.
And if/when the genAI bubble bursts and society reacts to the damage it’s causing, there’s a good chance that your AI dependence will leave you at a disadvantage against not just older workers who did the work on their own, but younger students as well.
September 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I like the analogy of digital asbestos. Treated like a miracle product now, but it's going to be a huge pain to remove all the embedded AI slop in the future.
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Studies show how common long COVID is globally and in teens
The two most commonly identified long-COVID symptoms were memory problems and muscle weakness,
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
The two most commonly identified long-COVID symptoms were memory problems and muscle weakness,
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
September 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Studies show how common long COVID is globally and in teens
The two most commonly identified long-COVID symptoms were memory problems and muscle weakness,
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
The two most commonly identified long-COVID symptoms were memory problems and muscle weakness,
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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“Viral and allergic conjunctivitis are more common than bacterial conjunctivitis in healthy immunocompetent adults. Neisseria meningitidis is an uncommon cause of bacterial conjunctivitis.”
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes....
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes....
Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis Conjunctivitis ...
This report describes 41 cases of Neisseria meningitidis conjunctivitis among military trainees living in a communal setting in Texas.
www.cdc.gov
September 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
“Viral and allergic conjunctivitis are more common than bacterial conjunctivitis in healthy immunocompetent adults. Neisseria meningitidis is an uncommon cause of bacterial conjunctivitis.”
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes....
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes....
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people act like it's not traumatic for the body to be infected with a virus but like. viruses infect your cell and proceed to replicate inside the host cell until the cell literally explodes, spreading more virus to other cells to do the very same thing.
of course that process would be oncogenic!!
of course that process would be oncogenic!!
I did say…
If COVID-19 did *not* facilitate cancer I would have been shocked.
If COVID-19 did *not* facilitate cancer I would have been shocked.
September 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
people act like it's not traumatic for the body to be infected with a virus but like. viruses infect your cell and proceed to replicate inside the host cell until the cell literally explodes, spreading more virus to other cells to do the very same thing.
of course that process would be oncogenic!!
of course that process would be oncogenic!!
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🚨 Important message about this weekend’s alert system test if you have an emergency phone! Info below on how to silence and refuge.org also have useful information.
September 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🚨 Important message about this weekend’s alert system test if you have an emergency phone! Info below on how to silence and refuge.org also have useful information.
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I wish I had a tenth the influence on my students’ minds that Farage froths at the mouth about…
September 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I wish I had a tenth the influence on my students’ minds that Farage froths at the mouth about…
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Its really a drag that these tech cultists and con-men are just spraying buckshot and splattering spamming AI everywhere because if smart people had just focused surgically on its most discrete functions…
Instead of a capitalist feeding frenzy and surveillance state making the world shittier.
Instead of a capitalist feeding frenzy and surveillance state making the world shittier.
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Its really a drag that these tech cultists and con-men are just spraying buckshot and splattering spamming AI everywhere because if smart people had just focused surgically on its most discrete functions…
Instead of a capitalist feeding frenzy and surveillance state making the world shittier.
Instead of a capitalist feeding frenzy and surveillance state making the world shittier.
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Clean the air in schools FFS
Schools with mechanical ventilation have lower CO2 concentrations than those without.
BUT all schools have significant variability between classrooms showing importance of monitoring each classroom.
More great work from @patriciafabian.bsky.social's group.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
BUT all schools have significant variability between classrooms showing importance of monitoring each classroom.
More great work from @patriciafabian.bsky.social's group.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Clean the air in schools FFS
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'Steampunk fairy' by US artist Sue Beatrice who creates sculptures and jewellery out of recycled watch parts #WomensArt
May 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
'Steampunk fairy' by US artist Sue Beatrice who creates sculptures and jewellery out of recycled watch parts #WomensArt
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I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer to tell you about.
@lancslass.bsky.social has sent me £15 so that I can buy someone a book.
So, if there's a particular book you'd like up to £15, get in touch!
UK only
@lancslass.bsky.social has sent me £15 so that I can buy someone a book.
So, if there's a particular book you'd like up to £15, get in touch!
UK only
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
biggreenbookshop.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer to tell you about.
@lancslass.bsky.social has sent me £15 so that I can buy someone a book.
So, if there's a particular book you'd like up to £15, get in touch!
UK only
@lancslass.bsky.social has sent me £15 so that I can buy someone a book.
So, if there's a particular book you'd like up to £15, get in touch!
UK only
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Since we're thinking about Nimbus (NB.1.8.1), I thought I'd re-share a couple of Substack pieces.
"How to be (and make others) sick less often"
open.substack.com/pub/tryangre...
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"How to be (and make others) sick less often"
open.substack.com/pub/tryangre...
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How to be (and make others) sick less often
No one enjoys being sick, not even with a common cold -- let alone with a serious flu, stomach bug, or COVID. No one wants to make others sick either. Fortunately, we have tools to fight viruses.
open.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Since we're thinking about Nimbus (NB.1.8.1), I thought I'd re-share a couple of Substack pieces.
"How to be (and make others) sick less often"
open.substack.com/pub/tryangre...
1/2
"How to be (and make others) sick less often"
open.substack.com/pub/tryangre...
1/2