Dr Sally Le Page
@sallylepage.bsky.social
Doctor of flies and producer/presenter of science podcasts, radio and videos.
I offer media interview and production training to help individuals and companies talk about their science: https://sallylepage.co.uk
I offer media interview and production training to help individuals and companies talk about their science: https://sallylepage.co.uk
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Dr Sally Le Page
@sallylepage.bsky.social
· Sep 18
📻 My BBC World Service documentary is out today!!! 🦠
If you want to hear about bacterial suicide bombers, willing cannibalism victims, faecal transplants and resurrecting Ancient Egyptian diseases, then have I got the programme for you.
bbc.com/audio/play/p... or search 'BBC The Documentary'
If you want to hear about bacterial suicide bombers, willing cannibalism victims, faecal transplants and resurrecting Ancient Egyptian diseases, then have I got the programme for you.
bbc.com/audio/play/p... or search 'BBC The Documentary'
I have just discovered the life-changing combination of @elevenlabs.io and AO3.
Suddenly, having to spend hours each day resting horizontally in a dark room is no longer looking like cruel and unusual punishment.
Suddenly, having to spend hours each day resting horizontally in a dark room is no longer looking like cruel and unusual punishment.
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I have just discovered the life-changing combination of @elevenlabs.io and AO3.
Suddenly, having to spend hours each day resting horizontally in a dark room is no longer looking like cruel and unusual punishment.
Suddenly, having to spend hours each day resting horizontally in a dark room is no longer looking like cruel and unusual punishment.
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Inconsequential village feuds and petty family drama are also accepted.
I'm talking:
- Who potentially cheated in the largest pumpkin competition
- Historians arguing over typefaces
- Two small councils arguing over a duck pond
I'm talking:
- Who potentially cheated in the largest pumpkin competition
- Historians arguing over typefaces
- Two small councils arguing over a duck pond
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Inconsequential village feuds and petty family drama are also accepted.
I'm talking:
- Who potentially cheated in the largest pumpkin competition
- Historians arguing over typefaces
- Two small councils arguing over a duck pond
I'm talking:
- Who potentially cheated in the largest pumpkin competition
- Historians arguing over typefaces
- Two small councils arguing over a duck pond
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GOSSIP WANTED!
What's the big controversy happening in your super niche field/hobby/profession that no one outside your area will be familiar with? The more esoteric the better.
What's the big controversy happening in your super niche field/hobby/profession that no one outside your area will be familiar with? The more esoteric the better.
a woman is sitting at a table in front of a door making a surprised face .
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table in front of a door making a surprised face .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GOSSIP WANTED!
What's the big controversy happening in your super niche field/hobby/profession that no one outside your area will be familiar with? The more esoteric the better.
What's the big controversy happening in your super niche field/hobby/profession that no one outside your area will be familiar with? The more esoteric the better.
GOSSIP WANTED!
What's the big controversy happening in your super niche field/hobby/profession that no one outside your area will be familiar with? The more esoteric the better.
What's the big controversy happening in your super niche field/hobby/profession that no one outside your area will be familiar with? The more esoteric the better.
a woman is sitting at a table in front of a door making a surprised face .
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table in front of a door making a surprised face .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GOSSIP WANTED!
What's the big controversy happening in your super niche field/hobby/profession that no one outside your area will be familiar with? The more esoteric the better.
What's the big controversy happening in your super niche field/hobby/profession that no one outside your area will be familiar with? The more esoteric the better.
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They are currently decorating electric boxes and bins around York city centre - we are enjoying spotting all the designs - they turn the totally mundane into little pops of colourful art.
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
They are currently decorating electric boxes and bins around York city centre - we are enjoying spotting all the designs - they turn the totally mundane into little pops of colourful art.
I probably shouldn't admit it, but my first thought when seeing James Watson had died was "Which one of Watson and Crick was the arsehole?" (Answer: it was Watson)
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I probably shouldn't admit it, but my first thought when seeing James Watson had died was "Which one of Watson and Crick was the arsehole?" (Answer: it was Watson)
ADVICE WANTED:
If you're an ME/CFS, spoonies chronic pain person, do you have any resources for completely over hauling self-expectations and managing/planning a limited energy budget?
I'm confronted with the reality that I'm no longer capable of what I was or want to be and it's Fing awful.
If you're an ME/CFS, spoonies chronic pain person, do you have any resources for completely over hauling self-expectations and managing/planning a limited energy budget?
I'm confronted with the reality that I'm no longer capable of what I was or want to be and it's Fing awful.
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
ADVICE WANTED:
If you're an ME/CFS, spoonies chronic pain person, do you have any resources for completely over hauling self-expectations and managing/planning a limited energy budget?
I'm confronted with the reality that I'm no longer capable of what I was or want to be and it's Fing awful.
If you're an ME/CFS, spoonies chronic pain person, do you have any resources for completely over hauling self-expectations and managing/planning a limited energy budget?
I'm confronted with the reality that I'm no longer capable of what I was or want to be and it's Fing awful.
It's been a shit day. Please send cats.
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's been a shit day. Please send cats.
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URGENT CRUISE SPEAKER NEEDED! 🚨
Past Preservers has an immediate opening for an expert lecturer on a 25-day Oceania Amazon & Caribbean Voyage (departs Nov 12th).
www.oceaniacruises.com/cruises/INS2...
Includes Plus One & Double Airfare!
Contact us NOW with 8 proposed lecture titles!
Past Preservers has an immediate opening for an expert lecturer on a 25-day Oceania Amazon & Caribbean Voyage (departs Nov 12th).
www.oceaniacruises.com/cruises/INS2...
Includes Plus One & Double Airfare!
Contact us NOW with 8 proposed lecture titles!
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
URGENT CRUISE SPEAKER NEEDED! 🚨
Past Preservers has an immediate opening for an expert lecturer on a 25-day Oceania Amazon & Caribbean Voyage (departs Nov 12th).
www.oceaniacruises.com/cruises/INS2...
Includes Plus One & Double Airfare!
Contact us NOW with 8 proposed lecture titles!
Past Preservers has an immediate opening for an expert lecturer on a 25-day Oceania Amazon & Caribbean Voyage (departs Nov 12th).
www.oceaniacruises.com/cruises/INS2...
Includes Plus One & Double Airfare!
Contact us NOW with 8 proposed lecture titles!
God I love dressing up. Can we have more national dressing up days please? Thanks.
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
God I love dressing up. Can we have more national dressing up days please? Thanks.
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Happy Halloween! 🧛
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Happy Halloween! 🧛
That stabbing happened on my line at the time I was gonna get the train to London with my friend last night.
But then she got the flu and it was raining so I decided to drive instead.
My other friend had to run from 5 men attacking the man right next to her on the Tube home.
Horrifyingly close.
But then she got the flu and it was raining so I decided to drive instead.
My other friend had to run from 5 men attacking the man right next to her on the Tube home.
Horrifyingly close.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
That stabbing happened on my line at the time I was gonna get the train to London with my friend last night.
But then she got the flu and it was raining so I decided to drive instead.
My other friend had to run from 5 men attacking the man right next to her on the Tube home.
Horrifyingly close.
But then she got the flu and it was raining so I decided to drive instead.
My other friend had to run from 5 men attacking the man right next to her on the Tube home.
Horrifyingly close.
Happy Halloween! 🧛
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Happy Halloween! 🧛
I've got it looking less like Einstein, but how do I make it look less like Mozart?
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I've got it looking less like Einstein, but how do I make it look less like Mozart?
Astarion's really let himself go recently...
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Astarion's really let himself go recently...
Stuck my hand into my decor box to pull out my candles for Autumn.
Pull out a skull.
Unexpected, but very on brand.
Pull out a skull.
Unexpected, but very on brand.
October 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Stuck my hand into my decor box to pull out my candles for Autumn.
Pull out a skull.
Unexpected, but very on brand.
Pull out a skull.
Unexpected, but very on brand.
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What a weird name for a dog. But sorry for their loss.
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What a weird name for a dog. But sorry for their loss.
Caught up on The Traitors, and I'd love to see a series where no one is a traitor and we all get to witness how much internal bias, confirmation bias and apophenia (making false connections) control our decisions.
October 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Caught up on The Traitors, and I'd love to see a series where no one is a traitor and we all get to witness how much internal bias, confirmation bias and apophenia (making false connections) control our decisions.
Do any of you have experience deciding whether or not to consider yourself disabled?
I suffer from a huge amount of headaches and migraines, and this year, I've come to terms with considering it a "chronic pain" condition.
But the idea of calling it a disability feels weird.
I suffer from a huge amount of headaches and migraines, and this year, I've come to terms with considering it a "chronic pain" condition.
But the idea of calling it a disability feels weird.
October 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Do any of you have experience deciding whether or not to consider yourself disabled?
I suffer from a huge amount of headaches and migraines, and this year, I've come to terms with considering it a "chronic pain" condition.
But the idea of calling it a disability feels weird.
I suffer from a huge amount of headaches and migraines, and this year, I've come to terms with considering it a "chronic pain" condition.
But the idea of calling it a disability feels weird.
Today started terribly.
And I've been desperate for a cat recently (to the point of researching vet fees and cat food)
Then this fellow yells outside my front door, and when I go to check, she waltzes in, thoroughly inspects everywhere and is now napping in front of me!
Guess I have a cat now!
And I've been desperate for a cat recently (to the point of researching vet fees and cat food)
Then this fellow yells outside my front door, and when I go to check, she waltzes in, thoroughly inspects everywhere and is now napping in front of me!
Guess I have a cat now!
October 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today started terribly.
And I've been desperate for a cat recently (to the point of researching vet fees and cat food)
Then this fellow yells outside my front door, and when I go to check, she waltzes in, thoroughly inspects everywhere and is now napping in front of me!
Guess I have a cat now!
And I've been desperate for a cat recently (to the point of researching vet fees and cat food)
Then this fellow yells outside my front door, and when I go to check, she waltzes in, thoroughly inspects everywhere and is now napping in front of me!
Guess I have a cat now!
Just had a massage and the therapist was convinced I must be an athlete because of how much pressure I wanted, said "I see a lot of bodies but this is mega" about how crunchy my shoulders are, and even exclaimed "What the...?" when she felt one of the knots in my neck 😂
I feel very validated.
I feel very validated.
October 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just had a massage and the therapist was convinced I must be an athlete because of how much pressure I wanted, said "I see a lot of bodies but this is mega" about how crunchy my shoulders are, and even exclaimed "What the...?" when she felt one of the knots in my neck 😂
I feel very validated.
I feel very validated.
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This may be too niche, but I'm prepping some bark and all I have running though my head is:
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This may be too niche, but I'm prepping some bark and all I have running though my head is:
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
This may be too niche, but I'm prepping some bark and all I have running though my head is:
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This may be too niche, but I'm prepping some bark and all I have running though my head is:
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...