I’m staring at the weather forecast for the weekend and regretting my decision to have an outdoor wedding.

If medbeds were real, Bryan Johnson wouldn’t have to be such a creepy weirdo about living forever

Seriously though, imagine demanding anyone else in this country to not only work to pay the bills, but also charge them an increasing amount every year or so to remain in the country, AND also demand they do unpaid labour? Really need non-immigrants to tell Labour that this isn’t okay either.

Because paying tens of thousands of pounds for visas and the "NHS surcharge", being ineligible for ANY benefits for 10 years, and therefore working tax-paying jobs constantly, and daring to want a better life is not enough.

“We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less.”

Six families evacuated, two families left to help flee—please share! We’re matching £3,000 ($4,000)🚨 The last we heard, one family was trapped, surrounded by tanks before we lost contact. Help them flee. Every radical hope needed. 93/7000 by Tuesday night.

A lot of education policy makes more sense when you realise that the people making the decisions hate and mistrust children

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪 Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students. I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

267 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️ Fluorapatite: - Common phosphate mineral - Can be found in tooth enamel because fluoride in toothpaste causes the hydroxyapatite in teeth to remineralise into fluorapatite - Its name comes from the Greek "ἀπατάω/apatao" (to deceive) because it's confused with other #minerals

The racists were marching and committing violence against people of colour when there were tiny numbers here. You simply cannot deport your way out of this so why not commit to anti-racism instead

Not sea glass but fragments of plastic car tail lights, indicators and brake lights, probably washed into storm drains after heavy rain, eventually making their way to the sea. #oceanplastic

A call to action—please share! 6 hours left! We are running daily drives to help eight families flee Gaza City. The other families in the giving circle also need urgent support with shelter & supplies as the cold approaches. Anything helps. 857/1000

It’s my lab* and I’ll cry if I want to * it’s not, but I’m the only one in here

Truly I feel seen

Happy #Bisibility Day to those who celebrate. 💙💜❤️

Something to be said for single author papers: it's so much easier to submit to a journal when you don't have 50+ coauthors to add line by line on a janky author web portal

If Reform wins the next election, it will be because Labour paved the road for them by pursuing anti-immigrant and transphobic Reform-lite policies, instead of challenging and rejecting this hateful, self-destructive populism. To Reform I say fuck you, to Labour I say do fucking better.

Would gently remind all the people pointing at our potential next government and saying "but that's Illegal/impossible!" that things being illegal and incredibly stupid do not matter to fascists, see also: USA.

If they’re coming for those with indefinite leave to remain now, they will come for those with (or can get) dual citizenship next

I still don’t think you’ve got the guts @royalsociety.org: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Just received a peer review request with a deadline of one week. The audacity.

Happy bird requires stick 💚 #frigatebird #seabird #OenoAtoll

4 months after I put a bowl of nuts out on the balcony, birds are finally taking notice! A magpie has visited twice today already

I am 3 years in to a very serious campaign of Curse of Strahd and yet we still manage to spend half a session trying to defeat a door. A fucking door.

This feels like an important piece generally on how harmful and unworkable the EHRC's guidance on single-sex spaces would be but this statement feels particularly important to boost... I think a lot of Brits still cling to the naive comfort that the US is worse www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

BBC Sounds (and the shipping forecast in particular) helped me stave off homesickness when I was stuck in the USA in 2020/21

Yet another reason to hate Monopoly

Love venom? Check out NOXIOUS m.youtube.com/watch?v=6C67... And @joshlukedavis.com cheats with three specimens!

Want a cool Nature, #SciArt, or Dropout Pride pin that helps a trans small business? My designs are available at canopyrobin.etsy.com and ship worldwide* *currently not to the US or Israel

The ratchet is really ratcheting, huh

Sounds an awful lot like Elon Musk was encouraging right wing thugs to overthrow the UK government today. I hate this timeline.

A threat to authoritarianism anywhere is a threat to authoritarianism everywhere

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

Well that raised my blood pressure appreciably

If only there was some kind of adage about what you get when you try to do something cheaper AND faster...

I'm really grossed out (but not surprised) by this repeated emphasis on crewed missions, that we're only doing science to support the planting of national flags on other worlds.

Whoop, SHERLOC mentioned. *takes a shot*

Why on Earth is he talking about sending humans to the Moon in a press conference about Mars?

Spark Space is preparing to host high school students for the first exams in 2 years, and they need our help! Please give and share widely if you can: chuffed.org/project/spar...

It's not a good sign when you /start/ the day with a headache

If you like cute well-designed puzzle games Chants of Sennaar is 33% off on Steam today, strongly recommended

You know what time it is…24 hours to keep Spark Space open! This week is special because Spark is hosting hundreds of high school students for their exams—for the first time in two years. The space is providing electricity. YOU cover that cost! 33/350 chuffed.org/project/spar...

It’s depressing how remarkable it is to see a senior politician actually resign over a scandal, for once. How many Tories & US Republicans have been mired in far worse scandals over the past decade and carried on holding public office regardless?

248 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️ Fluorite: - A halide mineral - Comes in a wide variety of colours which are caused by impurities and/or radiation - Forms in hydrothermal veins - Its name comes from the Latin word "fluere" (to flow) - The words fluorescence and fluorine are derived from fluorite #minerals

looking forward to all my scientist colleagues who take DOD money explaining that actually they’re taking money from the Department of War for peaceful reasons

Two drivers in two weeks have yelled at me for using a zebra crossing where I have right of way. This time it was because I didn’t verbally thank him for not running me over with his van?

It goes without saying but Streeting really is one of the most egregious quislings of 21st Century Britain

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should