Researchers say the decision came with little consultation or transparency, and that the suggested alternatives are not realistic in the short term... #Bedford #BedfordNews #Science #Environment #Cranfield #AtmosphericStudies

A month or so ago I noticed a stress line growing across my thumb, index and middle fingernails on both hands, about 3mm from the tips. I think it's grown out to the tips now because all those nails have broken in complete sync within the last two days. Bodies are weird.

Just had a fantastic session on science impact and engagement by @jamiebgall.co.uk for New Scientist Live - I always come away from these with so many ideas!

It's worth taking the road route rather than the footpath on my morning walks with the dog just for the flowers.

Today the Royal Society will meet to discuss “Fellows’ behaviour”. Without doubt the fellow they will primarily be discussing is Elon Musk. The behaviour may range from his public dissemination of unfounded conspiracy theories to his attacks on the science 🧵 1/38

The fish doorbell is back for the spring! visdeurbel.nl/en/

Snowdrops out in full force here.

Had a fantastic time supporting @ukri.org and the @festivaloftomorrow.bsky.social! I really focused on creating an interactive exhibit for this and it paid off with how many people engaged with every part of our stand.

At the stage of my cold where the insides of my ears feel itchy, oh joy

If you've ever wanted to use a flying laboratory to do your science, this event is for you!

The collection of bits to go to @festivaloftomorrow.bsky.social is growing!

Festival prep continues!

Really thought that having a dog would encourage me to wake up earlier, but it turns out she's as much of a sleepy girl as I am

Turns out that aircraft cup holders make a perfect dropsonde display stand (my job is very niche sometimes)

I was going to keep my @themerl.bsky.social giant hog mug in the office, but it brings me too much joy and I want to look at it on wfh days too

Points to anyone who recognises the piece of equipment I have, and extra points to anyone who can figure out what I'm trying to achieve with 55 metres of crafting wire

Dear wordpress, what is the point of uploading an image to your media editor and cropping it if the image reverts to its original uncropped version when you add it to a post?

My feelings of overwhelm are reaching critical mass today so I'm making another big list of all my tasks so I can look at them and cry* *And also figure out how to get through them and make sure that people are aware I'm nearing capacity

Went to use the word "groundbreaking" in a title for an article about one of the upgraded instruments being fitted to the aircraft, then realised I'd already used it in the last title for an article about one of the upgraded instruments being fitted to the aircraft.

Let’s go down memory lane to visit a few milestones that our atmospheric research aircraft has experienced! From studying volcanic ash clouds to flying in sync with satellites to research storms - where will we go next? ✈️

Posting the "we're not using X any more" message on behalf of my organisation was weirdly cathartic

I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike

Time for my twice a year soup tradition (I make too much soup and then have to eat soup three times a day for a week and then I don't want soup for a while)

It annoys me when I buy a pack of tortillas for one meal I have in mind and then I have to invent so many other tortilla ideas so I don’t waste the rest of the pack

Trying to decide if I'm taking a turn for the worse or if it's that I haven't managed a full meal since Thursday.

An important article on how minoritised ethnic groups experience higher levels of air pollution. 🧪

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

Why is it that as soon as I'm ill I need to have a little cry and then call my mum?

Set a timer for one hour to try and work through as much of my to do list as possible and immediately had the most productive hour of my week

She's had this toy for all of five minutes 😭

Stinkhorn 🍄

The dog is determined to be a help to me* as I sand down wall panels *Sit as close to me as physically possible because I am paying attention to something that isn't her

Utter tragedy: nobody has put his blanket on him for his morning nap

Very topical article on record breaking (not in a good way) weather in the UK. e.g, February was a whole 2.2 degrees above the climate average, and it won't get any better without urgent action. 🧪

2024: The UK’s 4th warmest year on record highlights the growing urgency of climate action. Read more in our latest article, featuring climate scientist @edhawkins.org: ncas.ac.uk/2024-uks-fou...

Pixie is down 1.9kg in six weeks, with 3kg left to go before she hits her target weight of 26kg! The walks are getting longer and she's getting fitter too - winter is lovely when it's like this.

Her bed wasn't close enough to me for her liking so she had to compromise on the sleeping position

I go into the last work week before Christmas with the sole aim of making my first week back as quiet and easy as possible and I'm so grateful to past me every time

Planetary bodies putting on a show tonight

First day back at work is for reading emails and nothing else

I have discovered the worst Christmas job (grating onions for sausage rolls)

"Let me take that off your plate" is a strong love language unless cheese is involved, in which case, and let me be clear, get away from my cheese with your awful hate language

With hindsight, it might not have been the smartest idea to leave the Carrot Fiend dog unsupervised with a bowl of carrots

Devastated to discover I've ended up in a situation where I do, in fact, need to use geometry as an adult in real life

Fruit tea is horrendous. Smells like "fruits of the forest", looks pleasingly red as it carefully steeps exactly as directed on the packet. But tastes like it once met a blackberry, but only by chance, in 1995, at a work conference, in Brighton, but it might have been a redcurrant.

Reminder that all those cute fonts, emoji laden “checklists”, memes like the summoning circle, and ASCII art are hell on screenreaders (more specifically, on people who use them). Some of them don’t even let you skip posts that sound like you’re summoning Cthulhu.

you can't sit with us

My parents have managed to buy each other the same present (one for Christmas, one for a birthday which is today). They've been frantically deleting emails about delivery from their shared inbox, and carefully removing evidence of the orders from their Amazon account. For the same thing.

Seconded as someone coming from a bioscience background

Sometimes the universe aligns just for you (I saw the sunset and my phone did it justice)