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Sophie
@smeekings.bsky.social
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mostly gardening and cats
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Someone please tell me why, to find the commodity code that applies to laptops, I have to look in the chapter of the UK Online Tariff that deals with NUCLEAR REACTORS 😭 people who deal with import/export for a job must be on another level for lateral thinking
September 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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grackle.space
dudes rock
Tumblr post from every-lemon Sep 8 so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff. they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed. I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months." Follow up tumblr post every-lemon Sep 9 it was a smash hit. a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud. he was home by 6:30am.
September 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
smeekings.bsky.social
Been a wild 24hrs- kicked off Monday giving a talk at the Royal Society #FutureSciPub then headed home to miraculously pass my driving test?? Have spent a good chunk of the year so far so ill I couldn't travel and legally unable to drive for a bit so feeling v grateful for some glorious respite.
Three white people sitting on a stage (Bill Sutherland, Mark Walport, and Sophie Meekings) with a Royal Society branded lectern in one corner and a slide projected behind them entitled "The future of scientific publishing" Sophie beaming and holding a driving test pass certificate in front of a bright blue car with colourful dots all over it
July 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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carorowland.bsky.social
Well this is impressive!
June 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
smeekings.bsky.social
jfc these predatory conferences get more alarming by the day
Screenshot of a line from my email inbox that says it's from 'Cancer', subject line 'Sophie Meekings' and text 'Dear Dr Sophie Meekings, I hope this message finds you well'.
May 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social
A "sex" that's immutable even if you change every single sex characteristic you have is not a biological one actually
April 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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royalsociety.org
22 March 2025 saw the 80th anniversary of the first women scientists being elected as Fellows of the Royal Society. Head to our YouTube channel to see our new short documentaries celebrating the lives and work of Marjory Stephenson FRS and Kathleen Lonsdale FRS:
Marjory Stephenson and Kathleen Lonsdale - trailer | The Royal Society
Maggie Aderin-Pocock meets Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Judy Armitage to discover the fascinating stories of Marjory Stephenson and Kathleen Lonsdale, the first ...
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March 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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catcvicente.bsky.social
Great fun to be in the House of Lords this evening with fellow @ukyoungacademy.bsky.social exec group member @smeekings.bsky.social, to celebrate 25 years of the @royalsociety.org's pairing scheme between scientists and policy makers. Lovely to meet so many interesting people from both spheres!
March 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
smeekings.bsky.social
I'm also in this WhatsApp group. #UKYoungAcademy new members induction this morning includes a prize for most interesting hobby- making an early bid for supremacy here.
emilykerr36.bsky.social Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · Mar 20
OK, I've just started a WhatsApp group with some friends about how to build a replica iron-age roundhouse. I think it is my most niche WAG ever. Also have one about best way to heat large volumes of water above an open fire.

What's everyone else's nichest WAG?
March 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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britsciassoc.bsky.social
Meet Dr. Sophie Meekings, a speech neuroscientist studying what happens in your brain during a conversation.

Despite growing up deaf and not taking science A-Levels, Sophie’s passion for language led her to a PhD in neuroscience. #SmashingStereotypes #BSW25

youtube.com/watch?v=YwGr...
Meet Sophie, Speech neuroscientist | #SmashingStereotypes
YouTube video by British Science Association
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March 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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britsciassoc.bsky.social
Now in its 6th year, our #SmashingStereotypes campaign for #BSW25 is back!

We're spotlighting remarkable individuals in diverse STEM careers who are breaking barriers -because there's no 'typical' path to STEM success!

Read the full story!

www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/bringin...
Bringing back Smashing Stereotypes for its sixth year for British Science Week 2025
The British Science Association (BSA) is thrilled to announce the return of the highly-anticipated ‘Smashing Stereotypes’ campaign for this year’s British Science Week – celebrating the diverse people...
www.britishscienceassociation.org
March 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
smeekings.bsky.social
Home for the holidays and sharing my old room with my parents' replacement children:
Nine squashes of various shapes and sizes sitting politely on the top of a dresser.
December 24, 2024 at 9:29 PM
smeekings.bsky.social
Doing some UK Young Academy work on the train and feeling very lucky to be part of such a broad organisation filled with experts on cool things I didn't even know it was possible to be an expert in 🥰
December 24, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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jpeelle.bsky.social
I really like the idea of interviews on "current status and future challenges in brain imaging". I do NOT like that 14 of 15 interviews are with men. Who is missing from this list? We have lots of amazing neuroimagers who aren't men. #neuroskyence

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Current status and future challenges in brain imaging: Insights from leading experts
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October 2, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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cinemashoebox.bsky.social
really the social media experience peaked with Beebo and has been downhill ever since
November 12, 2024 at 12:16 PM
smeekings.bsky.social
It's garden season again bitches 🌱
A wicker basket filled with an assortment of green and purple sprouting broccoli
April 18, 2024 at 6:25 AM
smeekings.bsky.social
This sign clearly had a very specific backstory and I need to know what it is:
Sign in front of a wire avian enclosure that says "do not shout at the red-tailed black cockatoos" in all caps.
January 7, 2024 at 2:23 PM
smeekings.bsky.social
why did no-one tell me that quolls exist and they are so, so perfect
A baby Eastern quoll (a tiny, adorable marsupial with dark brown fur dotted with white spots) turning towards the camera. It has just heard my husband going pspsps like it's a cat- apparently this also works on quolls.
January 2, 2024 at 9:36 AM
smeekings.bsky.social
love to go on a little treasure hunt across the city for my medication thanks to a global shortage! Also love the clerical error that has led to my repeat subscription being half as much as I actually need, meaning I get to do this AGAIN in 14 days 🥰
November 8, 2023 at 11:40 AM
smeekings.bsky.social
Can't believe no-one came trick or treating, I was waiting by the door with my basket of treats all night 😥 🌱
A basket full to the brim with yellow courgettes
November 2, 2023 at 8:30 AM
smeekings.bsky.social
Just spent a week taking kids caving in beautiful South Wales. Love to be on top of and/or underneath mountains. Just any orientation relative to a hillside really.
Sophie (a white brunette woman with long hair) squints at the camera with a beautiful landscape of mountains, woodland and a rainbow behind her. She's wearing bat earrings and a tan coloured woolly hat that matches both her jumper and the dead bracken in the landscape behind her.
November 1, 2023 at 9:28 PM
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smeekings.bsky.social
The courgette plants have been turning it OUT just in time for our kitchen to be out of action (the ceiling needs reinforcing so it's been full of scaffolding and mortar dust). Everyone who sees me is getting a compulsory courg, no opt-outs. 🌱
A green carrier bag filled with yellow courgettes
September 20, 2023 at 9:26 AM
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nicomaramckay.com
Just a reminder that there's a setting you can enable! bsky.app/profile/plut...
nicomaramckay.com Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · Aug 11
Alt text is very helpful for a lot of people (myself included) and there's an option to turn on a reminder to include it in the settings. 🖤
Screenshot of settings page with "require alt text on images" circled
September 19, 2023 at 5:46 PM
smeekings.bsky.social
The difference between last month's basket "full" of veg and this month's 🌱 hauls is *extreme* 😅
In contrast to the quoted skeet with a photo of a wicker basket containing a couple of courgettes and a handful of beans, this basket is positively overflowing with beans, gherkins and yellow courgettes piled on top of each other.
September 20, 2023 at 9:24 AM
smeekings.bsky.social
This morning's harvest 🥰🌱

Tomatoes are "Sweet Million" and I've really neglected them so I'm pleased they're thriving anyway!
A wicker basket containing three yellow stripey courgettes, a bunch of pink and purple sweetpeas, some tomatoes, little cucumbers and a pile of beans.
August 12, 2023 at 11:32 AM