Dr Ruby Osborn
@rubytosborn.bsky.social
Geneticist, scicommer, baker, cat snuggler 🧬🧁 Senior research interpretation officer at Bowel Cancer UK 🌈 She/her. Views my own.
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🔍Almost 70% of bowel cancers missed at colonoscopy are avoidable
This study creates the first national system for identifying post-colonoscopy colorectal cancers and understanding why they arise ➡️ buff.ly/kmsoxGh
This study creates the first national system for identifying post-colonoscopy colorectal cancers and understanding why they arise ➡️ buff.ly/kmsoxGh
October 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🔍Almost 70% of bowel cancers missed at colonoscopy are avoidable
This study creates the first national system for identifying post-colonoscopy colorectal cancers and understanding why they arise ➡️ buff.ly/kmsoxGh
This study creates the first national system for identifying post-colonoscopy colorectal cancers and understanding why they arise ➡️ buff.ly/kmsoxGh
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Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
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We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.
c o n s t a n t l y.
October 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.
c o n s t a n t l y.
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If this happened at a steel plant there would be talk of government bail out to secure jobs
Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...
Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU
Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
If this happened at a steel plant there would be talk of government bail out to secure jobs
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george lucas made a three film opus about how a combination of tariffs, incels, and anxiety would give rise to fascism and we all made fun of him smfh
September 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
george lucas made a three film opus about how a combination of tariffs, incels, and anxiety would give rise to fascism and we all made fun of him smfh
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Babe, new candidate for "most unfathomable spatial comparison" just dropped.
September 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Babe, new candidate for "most unfathomable spatial comparison" just dropped.
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As if I couldn’t love him more, Ncuti Gatwa trying to explain Ribena to his American co-star is the joy we all need in the world today.
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
September 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
As if I couldn’t love him more, Ncuti Gatwa trying to explain Ribena to his American co-star is the joy we all need in the world today.
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
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Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
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Concerned that we are losing the necessary ratio. 15% of teachers/faculty should be irretrievably strange eccentrics. Every learning experience should have some element where in later life you can reflect with former classmates about how bizarre at least one (1) class per year was.
August 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Concerned that we are losing the necessary ratio. 15% of teachers/faculty should be irretrievably strange eccentrics. Every learning experience should have some element where in later life you can reflect with former classmates about how bizarre at least one (1) class per year was.
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Obviously the answer to this question is no, but more importantly, I will not take a question like this seriously until it is demonstrated to me that the makers of LLM technology, and their boosters in business and the media, have even the slightest concern for the suffering of actual human beings.
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Obviously the answer to this question is no, but more importantly, I will not take a question like this seriously until it is demonstrated to me that the makers of LLM technology, and their boosters in business and the media, have even the slightest concern for the suffering of actual human beings.
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fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you
August 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
When the group chat asks you to explain a science news story 😁
July 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
When the group chat asks you to explain a science news story 😁
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If only there were a clinically proven, totally safe way to prevent diseases like measles…
Measles is a highly infectious virus, and summer travel raises fears that it will spread. Here’s how to protect yourself and your family.
What to Know About Measles When Traveling
Summer travel raises fears that the highly infectious virus will spread. Here’s how to protect yourself and your family.
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July 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
If only there were a clinically proven, totally safe way to prevent diseases like measles…
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Our annual infographic showcases the collective impact of our members and their incredible support for UK medical research.
AMRC charities invest in universities and the NHS, as well as supporting the R&D workforce from the earliest stages of their careers: shorturl.at/hocmR #CharityImpact
AMRC charities invest in universities and the NHS, as well as supporting the R&D workforce from the earliest stages of their careers: shorturl.at/hocmR #CharityImpact
June 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Our annual infographic showcases the collective impact of our members and their incredible support for UK medical research.
AMRC charities invest in universities and the NHS, as well as supporting the R&D workforce from the earliest stages of their careers: shorturl.at/hocmR #CharityImpact
AMRC charities invest in universities and the NHS, as well as supporting the R&D workforce from the earliest stages of their careers: shorturl.at/hocmR #CharityImpact
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It's #SmallCharityWeek!
Last week we had the pleasure of bringing our #SmallbutMighty charities together at a workshop where they were able to talk, reflect and compare notes.
You can read all about it in this wonderful post from Reena Morjaria (@bowelcanceruk.bsky.social): shorturl.at/6luGj
Last week we had the pleasure of bringing our #SmallbutMighty charities together at a workshop where they were able to talk, reflect and compare notes.
You can read all about it in this wonderful post from Reena Morjaria (@bowelcanceruk.bsky.social): shorturl.at/6luGj
Small but Mighty – and honestly, just such a good day 💥 | Reena Morjaria
Small but Mighty – and honestly, just such a good day 💥
I went to AMRC’s annual Small but Mighty workshop yesterday, it only happens once a year (this was the second one) but it’s already one of my f...
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June 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It's #SmallCharityWeek!
Last week we had the pleasure of bringing our #SmallbutMighty charities together at a workshop where they were able to talk, reflect and compare notes.
You can read all about it in this wonderful post from Reena Morjaria (@bowelcanceruk.bsky.social): shorturl.at/6luGj
Last week we had the pleasure of bringing our #SmallbutMighty charities together at a workshop where they were able to talk, reflect and compare notes.
You can read all about it in this wonderful post from Reena Morjaria (@bowelcanceruk.bsky.social): shorturl.at/6luGj
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Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.
May 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
Getting set up for our first Bowel Cancer UK Research Together Day! Excited to get our research grant holders together in person to share their projects and how we can best work together 💙
May 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Getting set up for our first Bowel Cancer UK Research Together Day! Excited to get our research grant holders together in person to share their projects and how we can best work together 💙
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#OnThisDay in 1856, Charles Darwin noted in his journal, "began...writing species sketch." This "sketch" would form the base of his book On the Origin of Species. 🏺 🧪
May 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#OnThisDay in 1856, Charles Darwin noted in his journal, "began...writing species sketch." This "sketch" would form the base of his book On the Origin of Species. 🏺 🧪
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Today's performative clampdown on migrants will gut our care homes of desperately needed staff.
We are *already* short of over 150k carers.
Banning foreign care workers will only exacerbate this - increasing suffering of society's most vulnerable members & pressures on the NHS.
It's madness.
We are *already* short of over 150k carers.
Banning foreign care workers will only exacerbate this - increasing suffering of society's most vulnerable members & pressures on the NHS.
It's madness.
May 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Today's performative clampdown on migrants will gut our care homes of desperately needed staff.
We are *already* short of over 150k carers.
Banning foreign care workers will only exacerbate this - increasing suffering of society's most vulnerable members & pressures on the NHS.
It's madness.
We are *already* short of over 150k carers.
Banning foreign care workers will only exacerbate this - increasing suffering of society's most vulnerable members & pressures on the NHS.
It's madness.
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*pronouncing leo XIV like arXIV*
May 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
*pronouncing leo XIV like arXIV*
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regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.
April 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.
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