We're proud to co-fund the @adr-uk.bsky.social Research Community Catalyst: Youth Transitions – a major initiative using linked admin data to understand young people’s pathways through education, care, justice and into work or further study Learn more: www.adruk.org/our-work/bro...

Everyone aboard an aid flotilla for Gaza that was hit by drones in international waters off Malta overnight are "confirmed safe", the Maltese government said in a statement

Glad I can finally share this big work news! We'll be rolling out our boldly inclusive researcher recruitment, training, and community engagement initiatives all across Leics. Also, to those who are waiting for me to reply to an email, this is what's been taking up all my time 😅💁🏻‍♂️

Spent the afternoon at the London Natural History Museum yesterday. It's such a beautiful building and always nice going back. Of course I had to pay homage to my faves, the archaeopteryx fossil and the stuffed dodos.

A trans woman wrote to Wetherspoons to ask which toilets they're meant to use. Wetherspoons replied acknowledging the Supreme Court's verdict...and that trans customers can use whichever loos they want to but to please lock the cubicle door. Labour now being outflanked on the left by Wetherspoons.

Cass report - Sex Matters etc consulted, trans participation refused. FWS Supreme Court case - Sex Matters etc consulted, trans participation refused. Puberty blocker ban - Sex Matters etc consulted, trans input ignored. That should be everything you need to know.

You cannot legislate away a person, who they are, how they feel, how their friends and loved ones see them. I stand with my trans friends forever and always. X

I wrote this post for The Auditorium blog, about the inclusive doctoral recruitment and admissions work I have been involved in at #NottinghamTrentUniversity as part of The EDEPI Project and UfN Co(l)laboratory. @mattjaywhy.bsky.social @laurenjnixon.bsky.social theauditorium.blog/2025/03/13/i...

Happy Valentine’s Day! Don’t forget to text your crush a squid fact today 😘

Roses are red Michael Jackson wrote thriller ... iykyk 😏

I totally forgot about the good old #academicvalentine trend. Still got 30 mins to force out a few mediocre ones!

Roses are red It's hard writing papers Hands only in the fume hood! Unless you like huffing vapours... #academicvalentine

Heard back about the grant. It's good news 😀 but that's all we can talk about for now, so don't anyone dare peer pressure me!

I mean, it'll also be the latest episode of Severance that will be keeping me up all night until next Friday.

Expecting to hear the outcome of a big grant application by the end of next week. Accepting now that I won't sleep properly all week until I hear back 🙃

Hardly new info, but BSky should know: Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply. Thank you, little guardian molluscs. 🧪🌏🚰

Little occasional shout out to those of you who post about civic and community engagement with research to follow my starter pack or give me a shout so I can add you! I want to connect with more folks in this space on good ol' BSky 👀 go.bsky.app/75njQMd

Forcibly displaced Palestinians return to what’s left of their homes across Gaza after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes into effect. — in pictures aje.io/axybur

Don't know about you, but sometimes all I need to have a good day is some loud pink docs.

😂 love this. And I love pins so yes I'm definitely getting one.

Completely agree! Horror story telling at its finest! (And I've watched A LOT of bad Horror films)

Whereas here in the UK, private transport monopolies just roll three D12 and multiply by 3 to decide on the pricing per mile and gaslight us into thinking their putting profit back into the system 🤷🏻‍♂️

Folk at the top of their game in STEM have a *very* high incidence of broad intellectual interests: musicians, artists, writers, polyglots, wide readers. And REF impact comes from breadth of interests not laser focus on specialism. Defunding 🎭🎨🖌️🎼 hurts all blue skies STEM 🧪

It's only the first day of the new year and already the mini egg assault has descended upon the grocery stores. This won't be good for my annual sugar intake.

Merry Teefmas from me and the dog! Btw, this photo was not from today. The dog has spent today how she spends every Christmas. Stealing wrapping paper and taking it away to shred under the kitchen table. 🎁

I'm having the kind of week where even Duolingo's passive aggressive sassing for not using it often enough is getting to me.

An important message following the indefinite puberty blocker ban:

Want to follow more people that are talking about community, civic, and publicly engaged research and the role of research in place and communities? Great, me too! Say hi to join the starter pack 😊 #civicengagement #publicengagement #communityresearch #engagedresearch go.bsky.app/75njQMd

WHAT!? This sounds amazing! Guess I have to go Exeter next summer 🤷🏻‍♂️

Want to follow more people that are talking about community, civic, and publicly engaged research and the role of research in place and communities? Great, me too! Say hi to join the starter pack 😊 #civicengagement #publicengagement #communityresearch #engagedresearch go.bsky.app/75njQMd

Everyone should be sharing this story about the Amnesty International report because yes many of us have long acknowledged that it’s a genocide but there are still people who need the validation of a report from an org like Amnesty to believe it’s true zeteo.com/p/amnesty-co...

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

For any #Nottingham and #EastMidlands folks here, there's 5 days left for local folk to apply to take on one of our 10 community focused PhD research projects!

Found ET serving looks today in a vintage/antique store. I can see now why he was so keen to get home. 😬

What's everyone's online data visualisation tool recommendations that don't require coding knowledge? If it makes interactive visualisations that's a bonus!

I don't know about any of you but I've struggled to do much today. My thoughts have been CONSUMED by that "holding space" press interview.

Got a bit excited about the idea of creating a chord diagram for something I'm doing. 2 hours later I'm deep into a rabbit hole of beautiful data visualisation tools and can't figure which one works with my data 😵‍💫

Spent pretty much 10:30am-4:30pm solid talking to people one after the other. Safe to say I'll be taking a vow of silence for the next 2 days.

Spent today running a casual, in-person drop-in for prospective PhD applicants from a local cafe & art studio. Doing this away from the intimidating spaces of the uni campus really makes a huge difference in the types of people who attend and the questions they feel comfortable asking.

It's a very odd, but extremely heartwarming feeling to see your queer TTRPG project being presented in one of the most famous lecture theatres in the world by two of your amazing team members Thank you so much @acescicomm.bsky.social for the photos, thank you @prideinstem.bsky.social for funding us

I'd like to adapt this to use as a general motivational quote from now on. Please and thank you.

November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #QueerinSTEM prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/

A little intro for you all - I'm Matt 🤓. I'm a researcher and specialist in community engagement with research. I manage a programme that's developing radically inclusive approaches to embed community knowledge and experience in locally focused research.

Hello to all the new followers! 👋🏻 Seeing as there's a lot of Research folks, who wants to hear about radically inclusive approaches to PhDs and community engaged research? 🧐

Spent the day walking children in nature, airing out the brain cells on Mam Tor. It was WINDY.

We are celebrating the International Day of LGBTQIA+ in STEM on Monday by doing an in-person event in London with pyrotechnics, awesome talks, and fantastic activities. Tickets are here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pride-in-s... (We have some discounted tickets for accessibility please get in touch)

I've gotta say, it's LOVELY seeing so many familiar usernames on BlueSky now ☺️. Dare I say it's inspiring me to become an active poster once more 💁🏻‍♂️

Probably the best interview with a politician that I've ever seen 🤣 If you're a Ziwe fan, brace yourself to watch her make a pathological liar jump through hoops like a desperate show poodle. 💅🏻🔥 youtu.be/PjbkafIMdl8?...

David Tennant is wearing his pride tradis pin on #TheOneShow right now. RIP my website. Get your preorders in while you can. All profit goes to AKT charity who support LGBTQ+ people living with homelessness jamiebgall.co.uk/shop