Thorwald Stein
@thmstein.bsky.social
I study (physical) clouds and thunderstorms for a living. 🇳🇱🏳️🌈🌦️
👨🏻🏫 University of Reading
🏡 Poole, Dorset, UK
These words are my own (and sometimes not) and do not represent my employer or hometown.
👨🏻🏫 University of Reading
🏡 Poole, Dorset, UK
These words are my own (and sometimes not) and do not represent my employer or hometown.
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We're delighted to announce we'll be publishing @sachacoward.bsky.social's next book, Space Invaders: A Queer History of Video Games, in 2027! Sharing the intertwined histories of videogames and those who have lived & loved outside of the norm, told from the perspective of a lifelong gamer. #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We're delighted to announce we'll be publishing @sachacoward.bsky.social's next book, Space Invaders: A Queer History of Video Games, in 2027! Sharing the intertwined histories of videogames and those who have lived & loved outside of the norm, told from the perspective of a lifelong gamer. #booksky
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Studying for an MSc in the UK this year and looking for a research project? 🧪🌍
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
Postgraduate opportunities
The RSPB is offering a variety of exciting research projects for postgraduate students in 2026.
www.rspb.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Studying for an MSc in the UK this year and looking for a research project? 🧪🌍
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
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The Crocus DLA will soon be open for applications to our Autumn 2026 intake for #PhD research across the environmental sciences with the University of Reading and Swansea University. www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
FindAPhD : Fully-funded PhD studentships with the CROCUS NERC Doctoral Landscape Award at University of Reading
Apply for a PhD: Fully-funded PhD studentships with the CROCUS NERC Doctoral Landscape Award at University of Reading
www.findaphd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Crocus DLA will soon be open for applications to our Autumn 2026 intake for #PhD research across the environmental sciences with the University of Reading and Swansea University. www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
This is incredibly poor reporting, which appears in the article as well as the headline. If it's "based on appearance" it is not only going to affect trans people now, is it?! "Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bridget Phillipson: We will take time to get trans guidance right
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is incredibly poor reporting, which appears in the article as well as the headline. If it's "based on appearance" it is not only going to affect trans people now, is it?! "Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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What a fantastic evening we had celebrating the International Day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM! We are very thankful to @zslofficial.bsky.social for hosting us and the team to deliver so many insights into Queer(ing) Ecology!
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
What a fantastic evening we had celebrating the International Day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM! We are very thankful to @zslofficial.bsky.social for hosting us and the team to deliver so many insights into Queer(ing) Ecology!
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Ancient buildings and old bones aren’t getting in the way of the transition. www.wired.com/story/let-th...
British Churches Are Putting Their Faith in Heat Pumps
Ancient buildings and old bones aren’t getting in the way of the transition.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ancient buildings and old bones aren’t getting in the way of the transition. www.wired.com/story/let-th...
I don't care either way, but I did have a Wes Streeting post promoted to my Facebook feed for the first time ever last night. 🤔
Health Secretary Wes Streeting denies PM leadership challenge
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I don't care either way, but I did have a Wes Streeting post promoted to my Facebook feed for the first time ever last night. 🤔
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this has been commented a million times but i can't help but reaffirm it. the entire proposition that traditional education deserves to be liquidated in the face of this fails to answer with any theory of actual pedagogy, let alone the phenomenon of "achieving the process of learning in the pupil"
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
this has been commented a million times but i can't help but reaffirm it. the entire proposition that traditional education deserves to be liquidated in the face of this fails to answer with any theory of actual pedagogy, let alone the phenomenon of "achieving the process of learning in the pupil"
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Always fun to share the election ballot for international audiences
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Always fun to share the election ballot for international audiences
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"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral
The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.
jonn.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
"any form of social protection (including housing)" ah well it's been nice knowing you all
The Conservatives have drafted the legislation.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
October 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"any form of social protection (including housing)" ah well it's been nice knowing you all
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The Conservatives have drafted the legislation.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
October 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Conservatives have drafted the legislation.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
"The APC to publish Gold Open Access in Nature is £9190.00/$12690.00/€10690.00."
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"The APC to publish Gold Open Access in Nature is £9190.00/$12690.00/€10690.00."
The UK government's commitment to science and research is of course evidenced by its ... cancellation of future Tier-1 high performance computing provision and its ... reduction of the national research and innovation budget.
October 21, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The UK government's commitment to science and research is of course evidenced by its ... cancellation of future Tier-1 high performance computing provision and its ... reduction of the national research and innovation budget.
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The impact of PhD studies on mental health - A longitudinal population study
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of PhD studies on mental health—a longitudinal population study
Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationship…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The impact of PhD studies on mental health - A longitudinal population study
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We have heard that the Green Party has passed a motion at conference calling for desegregation of trans healthcare and to end the practice of GICs and to move it to primary care.
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We have heard that the Green Party has passed a motion at conference calling for desegregation of trans healthcare and to end the practice of GICs and to move it to primary care.
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
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critical reporting from @hencarnell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown
The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
critical reporting from @hencarnell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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EarthCARE is a inexhaustible source of beautiful imagery of some of the most spectacular phenomena nature has to offer, so I've started a Gallery page on the EarthCARE Science web site, showing for example convective motions in the trainbands of Typhoon Ragasa... www.earthcarescience.net/gallery
September 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
EarthCARE is a inexhaustible source of beautiful imagery of some of the most spectacular phenomena nature has to offer, so I've started a Gallery page on the EarthCARE Science web site, showing for example convective motions in the trainbands of Typhoon Ragasa... www.earthcarescience.net/gallery
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Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the railway by travelling via Euston
September 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the railway by travelling via Euston
Just counter Reform by offering citizenship freely to anyone with ILR. Anything to shift the narrative. And, you know, inspire the silent majority.
I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less
September 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just counter Reform by offering citizenship freely to anyone with ILR. Anything to shift the narrative. And, you know, inspire the silent majority.
Another damp squib for the "patriots" with the BBC reporting equal numbers in the counter protest 😂 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Another damp squib for the "patriots" with the BBC reporting equal numbers in the counter protest 😂 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...