Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research. We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

The single biggest thing (in cost terms) I’ve changed my mind about is UK tuition fees. Dreadful system, need to scrap it.

We are committed to widening access to doctoral study. Two fully-funded PhD studentships are available at UoR for those seeking sanctuary in the UK. Open to all subjects, starting Sept 2026. Apply by 27 February reading.ac.uk/doctoral-res... #PhDScholarships #DiversityInResearch #PhD

Today, as part of my job (?), I joined the Dull Men's Club on Facebook to introduce them to Rayleigh-Bénard convection (prompted by a post of a lovely photo of hexagonal cloud patterns). No banana for scale. Wish me luck!

what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip

Woodworking: beloved by geophysicists

At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled. One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood. Read more here: eos.org/research-and...

NEW on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty talks to racial justice expert Nicola Rollock about the continued battle for anti-racist practice in UK higher education buff.ly/ZSbRlEq

You want there to be a legal challenge to this? Support the one that's already in progress that, if successful, will remove the risk of legal action against Guides and WI, or other organisations, for being trans inclusive goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

if you genuinely want to argue that the Equality Act, when introduced, intended to make unlawful an approach to trans inclusion that has existed *since the 1970s*, I absolutely cannot take you seriously

It's pathetic that the Supreme Court guidance is being interpreted in this way. The EHRC must provide guidance that allows organisations to be trans-inclusive without fear of litigation. Nothing stopping the Labour government from making it do so. (The ECHR will hopefully force it eventually.)

Seems there has been some co-ordination. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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...

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...

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...

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

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

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. 🤔

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"

Always fun to share the election ballot for international audiences

"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.

"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.

"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.

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...

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...

critical reporting from @hencarnell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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

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.

Another damp squib for the "patriots" with the BBC reporting equal numbers in the counter protest 😂 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trying something new today #bournemouth

"One side has fears over the cost of living, people's sense of identity, and the arrival of newcomers and how to deal with them." I think you'll find that "both sides" share these fears, but only one is a violent racist mob.

There's an anti-immigration protest taking place in Bournemouth tomorrow, and this poster is for the counter demonstration.

The EHRC guidance is unworkable for business. Signatories include Ben & Jerry's, Lush, Lucy & Yak and hundreds of large and small businesses across the country www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

📸✨The value of light on a building facade. As a photographer I learned so much watching how the light shaped the mood and impact of the building. (Wells Cathedral) #photography #architecture #light

Of course, if your interests are wet and windy weather, "the best" is yet to come! 🌧️ 📡

Volunteer opportunities for AMS Board and Committees for 2026 are now open 🙋💙 Join professionals from across the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise to help shape the future of our field. Learn more and apply before 27 September: bit.ly/45MICHf

Gorgeous sight, need to head out again this weekend!

This is phenomenal. And it’s not even difficult - it’s just laying out the extensive evidence we have about Farage and his hypocrisies. The fact that he’s faced barely an ounce of this in the UK over the last year is why he’s leading in the polls.

The new (co-)deputy leader of @greenparty.org.uk, everyone 👇🏻

This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”

A reminder that "hundreds" protested in Bournemouth in support of trans rights following the Supreme Court ruling on gender, arguably more than the 200-max anti-refugee protesters outside the Roundhouse hotel. (1) www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2515540... (2) www.bbc.com/news/article...

All the cloud types have to come to join us for the meteorology conference #AMSRadar41