Whenever I see pseudoscientific conspiracy theories about ancient aliens or giant petrified trees or ice age satellites or whatever it drives me crazy because THE EARTH IS COOL ENOUGH JUST AS IT IS! WE DON’T NEED TO REACH FOR REASONS TO MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING! HAVE YOU SEEN A TULLY MONSTER??!!

I wrote about the Olympics defector.com/which-other-...

This is such a good read. And a good listen - Inside Health, on Radio 4. "I think the more we understand the mechanisms of how it can cause these effects, the more we can add to the pressure for policy makers to reduce exposure - because that's the answer in the end." #AirPollution #Health

The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one. Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.

always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay

every single person writing credulously about "elon will put people on the moon" should have to pin this post to their monitor

(Join a union)

Something about this weekly notification from instagram always really gives me the ick

Chance of #ElNiño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027 #climatecrisis Story by @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.

Hey folks, if you like stories about your heroes turning out to be bad people, and uh, like wizards and shit, I have a book out now.

A rainy dawn in Oxford

Wood burners may treble children’s exposure to pollution in homes, study finds

How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9

New insult overheard on the bus: “she gives ‘bellend-aura’”

Ok, let’s do this🙄 We’ll start with an explainer covering: 🕒What is a 15-minute city 🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford 👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article 🧵 1/25

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

my dad didn’t go to university and he was extremely happy to pay taxes for his four children to do so; and, indeed, for the doctors who treated him at Addenbrookes to have gone to university as well.

My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏 UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈📚🐵 US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ 🗃️🦋

Science-Bluesky: I’m thinking of buying a handheld air pollution monitor as I’d like to map the air pollution where I live. Any recommendations of models/brands to buy/avoid? It needs to be able to log and later export information, taking data points quite frequently while I walk 🧪

A niche one but a rapper called P.O.S was one of my favourite musicians for a very long time. Made music that could’ve been tailor-made to my brain. And then I guess he lived up to the name

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Science-Bluesky: I’m thinking of buying a handheld air pollution monitor as I’d like to map the air pollution where I live. Any recommendations of models/brands to buy/avoid? It needs to be able to log and later export information, taking data points quite frequently while I walk 🧪

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

🚨 Requesting help: I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 Please signal boost?

We had eradicated this disease. And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.

#Solar grazing: ‘triple-win’ for sheep farmers, renewables and society or just a PR exercise for energy companies? TLDR - the former www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As someone with a newborn on the way I’d love for there to be enough herd immunity for them to not be exposed to measles et al before they’re old enough to get vaccinated themself. If you’re not fully vaccinated, be like Madeline:

Please please vaccinate your child against measles. This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social independentsage.org/wp-content/u...

If you or anyone you know has missed their vaccination, it’s never too late to get caught up. Because this shit sucks

me five years ago: can’t have tiktok because it’s a data security risk me today: can’t have tiktok because it’s a data security risk

is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?

If anyone would like some actual proper good news for a change: we have kid #2 arriving in the summer!

Well, my first run back post-chest-infection was my slowest ever parkrun. Nice to be outside, and nice to have something to try and improve on next week eh…

I'm currently planning a new project in an area of research that's somewhat new to me, and just learned of the *perfect* conference to meet potential collaborators.... and it's right in the middle of a holiday I already have booked

I just thought everyone should see this

457 British troops. You evil, senile bastard.

Air pollution from wood burners and open fires contributes to an average of 3,741 cases of diabetes and 1,493 cases of asthma in the UK each year. Learn more: https://urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/news/woodburning-health-effects

Julie is often forced to stay inside due to a toxic cocktail of air pollution, partially caused by wood burning stoves. She shares her story on #CleanAirNight. You can read it here: www.asthmaandlung.org.uk/blog/your-st...

Thinking of this song, as always. "We know a naked emperor is not the problem, the empire is the problem". www.youtube.com/watch?v=cowe...

trump getting his feelings hurt by european leaders is the culmination of this new type of guy that emerged in the last decade or so: guy who goes out of his way to be a huge asshole who then gets really offended when the people he's being an asshole to don't like him

“My pineapple-pizza-filled doughnuts risk becoming a speculative bubble unless people start actually paying to eat them”

Given everything that is happening with Greenland, I asked @stokel.bsky.social to investigate whether Europeans should - or even could - wean themselves off US tech www.newscientist.com/article/2512...

The RSPB care more about protecting women and girls than Sex Matters, Wizard Glinner, and every single Terf still on X.

Wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home, and breathing in air pollution from wood burning increases your risk of heart and lung disease, asthma, diabetes and dementia. This #CleanAirNight share the facts about wood burning.

This fact might change the way you think about wood burning 👇 Wood burning produces fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5), which enters your bloodstream when inhaled and can cause heart and lung disease, as well as increasing your risk of diabetes and dementia.

Breathing in air pollution from wood burning increases your risk of heart and lung disease, asthma, diabetes and dementia. Even homes with newer “Ecodesign” wood burners are three times more polluted than those without. This #CleanAirNight, 22 January, share the facts about wood burning.

The “considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace” is a pretty impressive indictment of his worldview, the Nobel prizes, humanity in general