Thanks, Julie - will be great to have you with us tonight!

All set here and there'll be a combo of quiz questions and mid-session discussion alongside the talk and Q&A, so bring your best #DNA chat 😊 #GeneticGenealogy

A waiting game ahead for us all. I'm unsure at present of the date set for the next hearing - don't know whether that's in the Times' reporting (which I don't have a sub to).

Agreed. I was stunned when I heard - it smacks of corporate entitlement & greed in the highest. And worrying too: were Ancestry to succeed with this case, what implications does it have for the many other #archives out there who might then be subject to the same treatment? #history #genealogy

I and many others in the #research world will watch this case very closely. It'd set a dangerous precedent if any archive in this kind of situation were legally forced to permit records access by a commercial co., when those records are *already* available to the public on a pay-per-view model...

And here's the news as reported by the BBC:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Every time 👍😊

Thanks for this Megan :)

And *really* good to hear that the legal system did give way for your #adoptee client in the end - I don't doubt it was a hard-won result. I hope this makes his onward path that little bit smoother from here, tho I know it's a long & complex journey.

Thanks, Meryl! In my case it was actually physical recovery I was referring to, tho agree that we ALL need to give proper time to the emotional care as well 👍

Think we need to see a photo of this new purchase too...

Sounds like it might have been one of your talks Jane was thinking of, Joe! I've mentioned Gephi in passing in a few of mine this year, but it was 2024 when I last delivered a full Gephi workshop (returning in 2026 😉). Bring on the big screens, eh?!

Important footnote - no pun intended 😉 - I've always found my Ruby Shoos (I own multiple pairs!) to have amazing arch support - super comfortable 👍

Ahh, in that case here's the place you need to look...they sell heels, mids and flats: www.rubyshoo.com

Enjoy bringing a bit of colour to that scientist footwear!

Ah, but thankfully science doesn't stop for the rain! Onwards and upwards 💪 #bsf25

Thanks! And really comfortable too 😁 #WinWin

This is fab to hear - thank you! We're going to be bringing #history and #science together in this one - and seeing how each feeds into the other when it comes to parent- and g'parent-tracing cases. It's wonderful when two disciplines really can come together in rich, productive ways 🙂

...and keep doing you. When we take a narrow view of who gets to "be" a scientist, then a lot of people select themselves out of this world silently.

Some of the best colleagues I've had over the years were also the most unconventional 😁

There's room for us ALL in #science, folks - whether you're into heels or flats, brights or neutrals.

This is why I love the community-focused approach at events like #bsf25. Yes, there's fab science going on in academia and industry, but it's also about how we as a culture "see" scientists too...

Some years ago I spent a lot of time working access initiatives for young ppl interested in #science.

Some young women would come up to me afterwards to tell me they 'hadn't known they could dress like that AND be a scientist'.

Helping ppl see a broader view of who's allowed in the room is VITAL

Thanks! Yep, I'm co-presenting one of the #bsf25 Presidential sessions, alongside Chamion Caballero and Arlene Nelson. I think there should be some terrific debate and qus in the room today and I can't wait to see everyone!

And behind my jocular comment, there's also a serious message: make sure you do YOU - there should be room for everyone in #science

Over the years I've had a LOT of ppl tell me not to wear the flamboyant shoes as "no-one will take you seriously". I have always resolutely ignored this 'advice' 😉