Pretend Scientist (formerly @pretendscigirl)
@pretendscientist.bsky.social
Pretending to be a scientist (AKA running Cambridge CARES) in Singapore currently! (Decarbonisation, green chemistry, improved maritime fuels, health-driven city design and more!) 🌱🌱🌱
Fucking UK public vote gave 12 points to fucking Israel are you JOKING??? What is wrong with the people here #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Fucking UK public vote gave 12 points to fucking Israel are you JOKING??? What is wrong with the people here #eurovision
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Big Scouse-girl-on-a-night-out energy #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Big Scouse-girl-on-a-night-out energy #Eurovision
Wait wait wait, flying on a microphone ON FIRE 🔥 ok I see why #finland was a fav #eurovision 🇫🇮
May 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Wait wait wait, flying on a microphone ON FIRE 🔥 ok I see why #finland was a fav #eurovision 🇫🇮
You know what I quite enjoyed the #uk 🇬🇧 entry there, and the title is…..apt!! #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You know what I quite enjoyed the #uk 🇬🇧 entry there, and the title is…..apt!! #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Very Well Said and Accurate….
March 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Very Well Said and Accurate….
This, this is what dumb narcissistic dangerous idiots do when given the keys to government….what a legacy to have
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This, this is what dumb narcissistic dangerous idiots do when given the keys to government….what a legacy to have
This isn’t saving money in any way, it will end up costing the US govt MORE, plus you’ll lose all your good scientists and researchers, setting you back YEARS.
One thing everyone should understand is that DOGE has created the least efficient conditions for government I've ever seen.
*The working conditions are chaotic.
*No clear sense of who works there.
*Routine processes have been stopped.
*No planning can take place.
*People are incredibly demoralized.
*The working conditions are chaotic.
*No clear sense of who works there.
*Routine processes have been stopped.
*No planning can take place.
*People are incredibly demoralized.
“Nobody feels like their job is safe. Everyone is on edge,” said Kim Hasenkrug, an NIH scientist emeritus… “Even the top people can’t keep track because they’re hiring and firing so much. Direct supervisors of those who were terminated didn’t even know that it was happening.”
March 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This isn’t saving money in any way, it will end up costing the US govt MORE, plus you’ll lose all your good scientists and researchers, setting you back YEARS.
See what is happening????
They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
She saw family in Lebanon. Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh flew into Logan Airport Thursday after visiting family in Lebanon. She's being detained now at Logan without legal counsel.
www.providencejournal.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
See what is happening????
Ok, a little break to enjoy something adorable…
March 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ok, a little break to enjoy something adorable…
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1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
March 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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History repeats itself
March 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
History repeats itself
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One of these things is not like the other.
March 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
One of these things is not like the other.
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"I just want to be clear about what's going on here."
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
February 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"I just want to be clear about what's going on here."
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
What a great initiative - please share to US based folks you know this may help!
If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
January 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What a great initiative - please share to US based folks you know this may help!
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Denmark telling Mr Trump to fuck off.
If this is a message you endorse, spread it.
If this is a message you endorse, spread it.
January 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Denmark telling Mr Trump to fuck off.
If this is a message you endorse, spread it.
If this is a message you endorse, spread it.
I forgot to join in last night, so have an early(ish!) morning pic for #duvetknowitschristmas and don’t forget to donate to centrepoint (you can find the link if you search the hashtag!) I tick off plastic storage boxes and wrapping paper!
December 25, 2024 at 7:55 AM
I forgot to join in last night, so have an early(ish!) morning pic for #duvetknowitschristmas and don’t forget to donate to centrepoint (you can find the link if you search the hashtag!) I tick off plastic storage boxes and wrapping paper!
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Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
Oh those were the days! In my first lab we used to fight for control over the radio/CD player (so old!) but I was always overruled except on days when I was the only one there - 80’s hair/classic rock was ALWAYS my choice, makes the day go faster!
Welcome to National “Lab Mate isn’t here today so it’s 80s hair band” Day
I don’t want to KISS and tell or RATT anyone out. Just out here on a WINGER trying not to POISON the water nor WARRANT a visit from lab safety
I don’t want to KISS and tell or RATT anyone out. Just out here on a WINGER trying not to POISON the water nor WARRANT a visit from lab safety
November 22, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Oh those were the days! In my first lab we used to fight for control over the radio/CD player (so old!) but I was always overruled except on days when I was the only one there - 80’s hair/classic rock was ALWAYS my choice, makes the day go faster!
I’m delighted to tell @greenlabguy.bsky.social that our chemical engineering labs (in CREATE, Singapore) were just awarded a silver LEAF award 🌱🌱🌱
November 20, 2024 at 6:15 PM
I’m delighted to tell @greenlabguy.bsky.social that our chemical engineering labs (in CREATE, Singapore) were just awarded a silver LEAF award 🌱🌱🌱
I LOVE THIS!!!!
Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day.
Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.
Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.
November 20, 2024 at 12:29 PM
I LOVE THIS!!!!
That’s my word of EVERY morning 😂☕️
Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.
November 18, 2024 at 9:52 AM
That’s my word of EVERY morning 😂☕️
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Checking the first few emails in the morning...
November 15, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Checking the first few emails in the morning...