🎉We are excited to share that our bookable sessions for #WlvScifest will include: @the-quantum-ace.bsky.social with the Science-Improv Workshop ‘You Are A Scientist!’ 🎭 @discovermaterials.bsky.social with ‘Discover Materials- Past, Present and Future’! 🧱 #STEMResponseTeam #STEM #WlvUni

Did you know I run a free 🎭 STEM-Improv Newsletter ⚛️ for STEM-Folks? Details are here: katherineholmespublic.wordpress.com/improv-and-c... *STEM-Folks are anyone who loves engaging with STEM topics. No improv experienced required. The only restriction for events is an age-rating 18+. (1/4)

Looking for some nerdy drawing fun over the next few weeks? My Xmas & New Year zines are available to download for £1 (or more) and you’re welcome to print as many copies as you want! They’re A4 but I’m told can be printed on Letter paper & trimmed #SciArt ko-fi.com/hanaayoob/shop

🔭🎭👩‍🔬 I made a STEM Improv Network! 🔭🎭👩‍🔬 The goal: to form a community of people in STEM who do improv or would like to learn. I'm planning online courses, game nights/jams and to chase the dream of one day performing STEM-improv live! Link to join the newsletter is on my website: tinyurl.com/3kpxn7sn

🎉 My Doctoral Certificate is finally here!! 🎉 I’m so happy to have been awarded my doctorate in Mathematics, specialising in Quantum Dynamics. I have celebrated the end of my PhD any times and I’m proud to be the first Holmes in my family tree, not just to have an undergrad degree, but a PhD!

I'm very excited to announce I'm a speaker at Maths in Action! Get ready for a tea-rrific talk! educationinaction.org.uk/study-day/ma... #maths #scicomm

Stickers, pins, and iron-on patches are all now available for my queer Game Changer designs! Thank you so much to @samreich.bsky.social & @dropout.tv for the kind permission to make and sell these! Every sale really helps with my own trans expenses and creating more queer art 🏳️‍⚧️ canopyrobin.etsy.com

Yesterday was my first day of my first Big event! Talks I attended were Maths in SciComm and Finding your Feet Freelance. Both excellent! I'm ready for day 2! #BIGEvent25

THREAD 🧵 of initial thoughts on the transphobic schools "guidance" produced by this deeply transphobic Labour government today. SECTION 28+ This morning the media coverage of the new RHSE guidance for schools led me to suggest it represents Labour’s Section 28. The real thing is, however... 1/11

Love a document that says "you can't teach any one argument or opinion as fact but also you can only teach this one argument/opinion [that is manifestly wrong and hateful, as stated by many international organisations] and you have to say it's a fact."

I'm working on a video about AROMANTICISM and would love for anyone on the aro spectrum to fill in this survey to help gather info and personal experiences! Please share with any groups/online spaces/friends etc who might be interested! Deadline: July 16th docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We're looking for disabled or neurodivergent STEM role models! Especially in engineering but all fields welcome. Let’s show that STEM is for everyone. Apply: forms.gle/eHzFwm9G779y... 📩 [email protected] #DisabledInSTEM #NeurodivergentVoices #STEMStories

We're halfway through Pride so now seems a good time to drop a pin that people have been requesting: something for allies. The thing is though, I'm not interested in selling a traditional ally pin that allows just anyone to claim they're on our side, so lets talk about that 🧵 canopyrobin.etsy.com

I'm incredibly excited to attend my first BIG! If anyone going knows Tom Lehrer's The Elements song, please find me and we can do a sing-along in the RI Museum with the Periodic Table that plays the song 🎶⚛️

No matter what kind of queer we are, we challenge the status quo. As ‪@krheyam.bsky.social‬ says: “History tells us the backlash doesn’t last forever, and it’s for specific reasons... because we’re challenging constructs which are harmful to everyone." www.wearequeeraf.com/without-this...

Trans fem? I thought it was trans fern 🏳️‍⚧️ After 6months hard work, I'm finally launching my trans fern Pride pins and necklaces! There's even a glow-in-the-dark version and each fern comes with a queer nature fact 🌿 Please share so others can enjoy! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4312...

I had a fabulous night at @pintofscience.uk! Three great talks touching on particle physics, quantum computing and the value of the scientific method in the face of A.I. automation. Here's a couple great slides from the last talk given by Dr. Ben Hanson.

It's here! Know your rights. A resource for trans people in the UK following the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act. It has been reviewed by a team of lawyers to help you (and us) feel confident in knowing your rights. You'll find it at transactual.org.uk/know-your-ri... #Trans #Nonbinary

💚Happy Agender Pride Day!💚 An agender person do not identify or feel no connection with any gender, they can be partially genderless, partially genderless (like me!) or dislike the concept of gender. The Agender agenda for today is to know that you are valid and you are loved. Happy Pride! 🖤🤍💚🤍🖤

New peer-reviewed assessment of the cass report just dropped thanks to @chris-noone.bsky.social and their excellent team! bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... I'm very tempted to make a journal club read out of this.

🏳️‍⚧️ "Frances Thompson was one of the first trans women to testify in front of the US Supreme Court." https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-trans-womans-supreme-court-testimony-that-helped-change-civil-rights-for-all-black-americans/

They're finally here! The full range of "It's Dr, Actually" pins is now available, thanks to your support! Please share them as much as possible so that they reach the people who'll love them: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1841...

This is such a lovely video, I highly recommend watching and sharing 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protests in the UK | You Are Not Alone! Trans Positivity youtu.be/wuZEjSuAyaU?... [@Eddiefadewalker on TikTok]

The Supreme Court ruling does not prevent organisations from being inclusive. The EHRC guidance says organisations “should” not “must” exclude trans people. If your business or organisation has toilets used by workers or public, you can make clear you continue to welcome trans people. 🏳️‍⚧️

Hey all, If you or any students you know would like last-minute ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics Tuition ⚛️ before exams start, please get in touch via message or my website (link in bio). I'm finishing my Quantum PhD at Imperial College London and have tutored Quantum before.

5/ The vast majority of lesbians reject this claim, young lesbians in particular. In a recent study of queer people aged 18 to 25 lesbians were most likely to say they are “supportive” or “very supportive” of trans people - 96% of them in fact! www.wearequeeraf.com/lesbians-sup...

The music score to this is icing on the cake 🍰

I feel disillusioned... May I refer to my previous shared post that contains a map of local protests and demonstrations.

ABC [Apr 20] -- Thousands rally in central London to protest UK Supreme Court ruling that trans women aren't women for under the Equality Act, as UK head of Equality and Human Rights Commission says ruling will exclude them from women's toilets, hospital rooms & sports. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Protests are amazing places to make your voice heard and feel solidarity and love from the community and allys. @heatherpaterson.co.uk have complied protests across the UK into one handy map, check it out!

The map of planned protests against the Supreme Court ruling now looks like this with more still being added www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

I have tried several times to write down my thoughts on the Supreme Court's ruling that harms trans people, but I keep finding myself overwhelmed with worry and sorrow. For now, I want to make it clear that I stand with the trans and non-binary community, and I will do anything I can to help. 🏳️‍⚧️

Trans woman ARE woman! 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans men ARE men! 🏳️‍⚧️

1/8. This is a late celebration due to being out of action from illness but I have recovered now. So lets get into it! Happy (belated) International Asexuality Day!💜 I am forever grateful to the Asexual (and Aromantic) activists out there fighting for our right to live safe and comfortable lives.

WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language. The results tell us a lot! Extracts below... 🧵

To share my excitement, my PhD Viva is next Monday!!! I'm ready to defend my thesis, I assume with a sword ⚔️

So I’m doing a little reading. It’s estimated that a single conventional Google search uses 0.0005 liters of water, compared to 0.5 for every 5-50 ChatGPT prompts. Even at its most optimistic, one GPT query would use 20 times the water of a single Google search. Source:

Indeed. Neurodivergent just means Neurologically divergent from a *subjective* (Neuro)typical. It is an unbound & subjective philosophical concept used to speak on Neurodiversity within a non-pathologizing framework. bsky.app/profile/sore...

💜 "Anti-trans people demonise asexual people for the same reason - they’re prejudiced towards our difference because our very being challenges the patriarchal status quo." https://www.wearequeeraf.com/anti-trans-movement-has-a-new-target-the-asexual-community/

Thank you @trusselluk.bsky.social for providing so such an accessible and impactful templet to share my thoughts, concerns and wishes to my local MP. I hope Labour will pull back on planned cuts to disability support...

The irony of the UK government announcing disability cuts that will likely impact many neurodivergent people significantly during neurodiversity celebration week.

UK mutuals. Please consider signing this. I know petitions are questionable in making meaningful change, but SCOPE do amazing work and arguably have some clout when it comes to disability advocacy. Cheers x

This sounds great!

The BIG Event 2025 is landing at The Royal Institution between 16-18 July! 🎟 Tickets go live 31st March 💸 Early bird runs ‘til 5th May — don’t pay extra later! 👉 www.big.uk.com/BIG2025 #BIGEvent2025

I'm found of the Taoist mind set and appreciate the DailyTao which cycles through the 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching. It pains me to see how relevant todays chapter is for the current state of governing...

3) I co-presented a talk with @the-quantum-ace.bsky.social about asexual, aromantic and agender experiences in STEM. You can watch a recording of our talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=12BO...

New LGBTQ+ science resources! Today, we’re excited to share our PRIDE Guidelines for LGBTQ+ inclusive field work at inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/pride. Please share widely and see the thread below for more details 🧪🌍🌐

Hello March

Responsibility. Big thing to shoulder. Isn't it? It seems to always be the Responsibility of the black, brown, indigenous, global majority or local minority person to step up, call out or withdraw when a space isn't "diverse" enough.