🎶 Singing helps ease postnatal depression A UK trial with 199 mothers found that 10 weeks of group singing reduced postnatal depression symptoms for up to 8 months and was low-cost and well liked. 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/group-s... #MaternalHealth #SciComm 🧪

My favourite part of the "we have no money, you're all fired" crimes that are happening in UK HE:

#edinburgh is looking mighty fine today

The costs of government policies have pushed up electricity bills over the past decade, hitting poorer families hardest. Spreading policy costs across the tax base instead would boost living standards for lower earners.

I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October. - Virginia Woolf #Womensart

🌱 "In nature, nothing exists alone." —Rachel Carson

Oct break for my girls so I managed to take today off to do a few tree top zip lines. They were so brave!

'In the past few weeks three new applications of AI have landed that could each have a profound impact on our shared reality: OpenAI’s new video platform, Sora; the scaling of a virtual companion called “Friend” and Meta’s push to import its advertising model into chatbots.'

🌿 Nature lifts mood all day Surveying over 2,000 adults, researchers found that visiting parks or watersides boosts happiness for everyone, including those with depression or anxiety. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1743... #MentalHealth #SciComm 🧪

🔹 On 10 October, a ceasefire entered into force across the Gaza Strip. 🔹 Since the olive harvest began on 9 October, Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and their farms in the West Bank have continued unabated. Our latest report on #Gaza and the #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...

A pretty cool kingfisher by my youngest

'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt

Look up 🌳

Tis the mushy season in #scotland

Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic and collage artist #womensart

War creates two categories of persons: those who outlive it and those who don’t. Both carry wounds. -Anne Carson #everynightapoem

“There is no other way to undertake a humanitarian response at the scale needed in #Gaza, without the United Nations, including UNRWA” our Juliette Touma tells @cnn.com. UNRWA has the necessary reach, network, know-how and trust of the communities to deliver aid directly to the people in need.

Oh yes - this looks so good youtu.be/Js9KPL49W3g?...

An old favourite that never gets old - the genius of Wendell Berry

There is more that connects us than divides us - we all share this beautiful planet and #treesarelife - love this #poem www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/leaves-...

As Trump spouts lies about paracetamol/tylenol, autism and pregnancy, here is a gentle reminder that the leading cause of harm during pregnancy is literally… men. Violent men. Specifically, violent men with guns.

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT." -Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

Book launch: "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750-1820" (Yale UP) Wed 29 Oct, 16:45-20:00, including drinks Featuring a host of IASH alumni, this event celebrates the new volume by Linda Andersson Burnett & Bruce Buchan. raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk

'Arm’s-length bodies such as the Office for Students (OfS) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are particularly “vulnerable to political interference”, a new report has warned.' 1/3

In our house we have turned to scrolling pics of red pandas to cheer ourselves up! What a long week it has been and still one day to go before #rest

🎉 Brilliant Poetry 2025 has announced its shortlist. Over 350 poems from 50 countries explored the beauty and mystery of quantum science through verse with @unesco.org & @apsphysics.bsky.social Read them here: quantum2025.org/news-link/br... #Poetry #IYQ2025 #SciComm #SciArt

Let's make hope normal again. youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

Made some conker art with my kids yesterday and then left them all for the animals to feast

'our mis- / steps // widen / the path'

We are loving the new album in my house - a shot of much needed joy this weekend #taylorswift www.youtube.com/watch?v=svcb...

Jeffrey’s strategy for keeping me in to cuddle- take the coat hostage #Caturday

Very true - but hard too when I am doing so much laundry 😩

Kids out in force for today’s bike-bus! Reclaiming the streets for the best start! 😍 Thanks also to local PC Lawrence accompanying the crew by bike👮🏻‍♂️🚲

On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives. Today, in response, we brought our own graphs. We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.

I am getting very excited for this 🔥🔥🔥🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQXd...

‘Each of us bears the imprint Of a friend met along the way; In each the trace of each.’ -Primo Levi Thanks for reminding me of this @robertbohan.bsky.social Much needed #PoetryHelps allpoetry.com/poem/1437312...

Is it national poetry day? Time for this masterpiece

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We have £15 tickets to Black Hole Sign for NHS workers. Use code BLACKHOLE15 online or present your Blue Light Card to our Sales Desk 8-18 OCT https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/black-hole-sign-autumn-25 A Tron Theatre & Traverse production, in association with National Theatre of Scotland

🧒 Inequality reshapes young brains A study of more than 10,000 US children found that living in states with greater income inequality is linked to structural brain changes and poorer mental health, regardless of family wealth. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025... #SciComm #Inequality 🧪

What an inspiration #NatureIsNurture

This is a useful summary of Hiller's work on this topic. I did have a short discussion in the book of the import of this for Barnes's claims about epistemic injustice (as opposed to the overarching project of defending a mere difference account of disability), but I think it mostly got squeezed out.

Go, Jane, go! She's rounded up hundreds of Hollywood figures to revive the First Amendment organization her father championed. Fonda, in her late eighties, is in her prime as a climate champion and a powerful voice for justice.

My poetry offer today from the collection 100 Queer Poems

Following this account has been so eye opening - posts like this break my heart. As I am based in Uk I wish I could follow an account on farm worker rights in UK and Europe. Suggestions welcome. Farming should matter to all of us !!

Join Creative Future Writers' Award 2024 winner, Maya Little for a 4-part online workshop series 'Writing About Work' ✍️⁠ 📅 Mondays, 6 - 27 October ⏰️ 6-8pm 🎟️ £50 / £25 concessions @creativefutureuk.bsky.social workshops are for all underrepresented writers www.creativefuture.org.uk/workshop/wri...