🎞️ Check out the second new animation from @burnetinstitute.bsky.social in Myanmar Explores lessons learned by the team in respectfully, practically engaging with disability groups in their research Watch the full version here: ▶️ buff.ly/9OhYAWZ

New Taliban penal code puts husbands on par with ‘slave masters’ and legalises domestic violence www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-a...

Winfred Rembert (American, 1945–2021). Cotton Pickers (acrylic, carved tooled leather). “The very first thing I can remember in my life. I opened my eyes & I saw that cotton, & it was a beautiful thing. When you get out there picking in it, though, you change your mind about how beautiful it is.”

“This was meant to be an election representing change and reform. Instead, we are seeing women being systematically erased and their rights threatened" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Can AI truly manage qualitative data analysis, or is it just clever talk? This paper examines the GenAI hype in research, highlighting risks like misrepresentation. Human insight remains crucial in qualitative work. Read more: tinyurl.com/3aw9nhzs #QualitativeResearch #AIEthics #SciComms

I don’t use a note taker but I do use closed captions and transcription for accessibility reasons. Can confirm that they often send the whole recording of the meeting too

man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you

Good morning all! Let's have breakfast. Horace Pippin - Sunday Morning Breakfast #art #food

Buildings, 1930-1931 Charles Demuth Tempera and plumbago on composition board #ArtSky

Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.

Hearing about expansion of global gag rule - not just no abortion, but also no DEI (aka "Discriminatory Equity Ideology"] - to any recipents of US Foreign Assistance.

How can people with disabilities be better included in health care and health research? 🖌️Find out in this colouring book from @burnetinstitute.bsky.social in Myanmar Download it here 🎨https://www.rebuildconsortium.com/resources/disability-inclusion-myanmar-colouring-book/ #mindful

New paper... Mapping health system resilience in federal #Nepal: perspectives & lessons from local government level @herdintl.bsky.social assesses health system resilience capacities & gaps at local government level to inform improvements www.rebuildconsortium.com/resources/lo...

Like all bubbles, the illusion that billionaires are successful saviours has, in 2026 the latest, popped. Time to open your eyes and ears if you’re still hero-praising these broligarchs who tred on democracy (and women) like dirt.

Explore an anticolonial framework for photovoice, highlighting the importance of confronting power dynamics at every stage. Essential for those using participatory methods. Dive into ethical clarity + epistemic justice. Read more: tinyurl.com/58ce7kb5 #Photovoice #SciComms

It's Elmo's birthday

Black and brown trans women have long been asked to sacrifice themselves for movements that promise liberation later.

One step at a time! #art ✧ #painting ✧ #bird

The workshop attendees:

Ooops, this will start a few people sweating. Just to note, the financial wooing of academics was used to great effect by Maxwell senior and was the foundation for our corrupted journal system

A monthly basic income for artists working in Scotland? What a marvellous idea @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2580...

remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened

France will ban public officials from using American platforms including Google Meet, Zoom and Teams for videoconferencing, a spokesperson told POLITICO. www.politico.eu/article/fran...

William Morris

416 researchers from 38 countries reject generative AI in Big Q qualitative research. They argue AI can't replace human reflexivity, interpretation, and meaning-making without undermining research integrity. #QualitativeResearch #AIEthics #SciComms Read more: tinyurl.com/4eynwhsj

*hisses like a cat* BAD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Art is resistance. Keep making it! ✨

Penguin skeleton study ✍️ #art #drawing #charcoal #darkart

I haven't posted this photo before, except for a coloring book I was working on. A 2-spotted Octopus near UCSB went thru its whole repertoire of camouflage before jetting off. It's resting on a large Gray Moon Sponge, and it's mimicking both the sponge & the purple urchin behind it.

The nurses are pissed

I just thought everyone should see this

"Blue Birds" by British illustrator Tracey English.

The January edition of the ReBUILD for Resilience newsletter is out. Read it here... mailchi.mp/6aab194edf20...

“When the government refuses to fulfil its role in taking care of us, we have to come together and find creative ways to take care of each other,” he said. “I want to encourage people who watch the film to find their strange bedfellows in the fight for survival.” www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

1/6 What would you do if your public health job required participation in work you believed harmed, rather than protected, public health? Earlier this month, a CDC-assigned U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) nurse practitioner resigned and shared why. 🧵

such a lovely thing to think about

#abstractexpressionism #abstract #art #abstractart #abstractartist #acrylics #acrylicart #blueskyartshow #acryliconcanvas #artistonbluesky

Iceland at Davos

Here's 419 qualitative researchers from 32 countries rejecting the idea that LLM chatbots are capable of qualitative analysis journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Microsoft has spent north of $80 billion stuffing copilot into its many overlapping services and Outlook still gets a basic your/you’re correction wrong. It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…

“What this tells us is that cows have the potential to innovate tool use, and we have ignored this fact for thousands of years,” he added. “It’s shocking that we’re only discovering this now.” www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

🎞️ New animation: Disability inclusion in Myanmar – the individual’s perspective @burnetinstitute.bsky.social in Myanmar explores the experience of living with disability and engaging with the country's health system and health research Watch the full length version here ▶️ buff.ly/9OhYAWZ

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

A real “tell your parents” paper (since everyone on Bsky is canonically 38). Review of 21 studies of ppl over 50: • Shingles vax associated w/47% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, 24% lower risk of any dementia • Pneumonia vax had 36% lower risk of Alzheimer's • Tdap had 33% lower risk of any dementia

I love reading good science journalism. This questioning of the science on microplastics in the body makes niche expert discussions mainstream in a balanced and helpful way www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Check out this week's IHP news 862: The global health year kicks off www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with translations in French, Portuguese & Spanish). And for the ones with very little time, a short 4-pg AI summary :)

Takeo Takei (Japanese, 1894-1983) Bird Series No 12, 1976 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper 52.1 × 36.2 cm (20 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.) Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt