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Science Showoff October 2025

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Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · 2d

Assuming your life is comic fantasy, isn't this where you go into the waste disposal business, getting rid of people's dark secrets into the magic abyss for cash?

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Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · 10d

Getting quite excited about the lineup for @scienceshowoff.bsky.social
on October 8th. Get a ticket fast! wegottickets.com/event/673103

Got some brand new acts for this one - you can forever say you saw them first!

Science Showoff is the chaotic science comedy show where your favourite comedians, favourite scientists and favourite friends get to be silly about serious stuff. Join a carefully-curated lineup of ...

Science Showoff October 2025

Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · 14d

An incredible lineup of acts old and new at @scienceshowoff.bsky.social on October 8th. Get a ticket fast! wegottickets.com/event/673103

Fill your brain with joy and FACTS.

Science Showoff is the chaotic science comedy show where your favourite comedians, favourite scientists and favourite friends get to be silly about serious stuff. Join a carefully-curated lineup of ...

Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · 23d

Interesting! I'll dig further thanks.

It's hard to position yourself as a consultant if the rules change massively!

Or easy, depending how they change.

The World's Only Science Podcast: Episode 55 - Paycheck with Leah Morgan

Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · 23d

Over on The World's Only Science Podcast I've been watching Paycheck (2003) with Leah Morgan. Come learn what a professional Reverse Engineer is and what happens when you microwave your brain.

From sites.libsyn.com/474930/episo... or wherever you get podcasts.

The podcast that treats science with the preparation and seriousness it deserves.  This week our fusion expert Leah Morgan has traded in the public sector for private dollars, so we get a feel fo...

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Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Sep 8

My day of free headshots for science people went so well in London that I'm doing one in Cambridge. Oct 9th afternoon at Canopy (CISL). Email [email protected] if you'd like free pictures to use to promote yourself and do websites and socials and that.

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Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Sep 5

Anyone in the University or Impact worlds got good gossip on the REF pause? What can we expect?

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Sep 1

“I don’t want asylum seekers to live on my street” is genuinely a wild thing to say as a notionally progressive politician

Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · Sep 1

Oh nothing, just the actual Prime Minister telling people they’re entirely correct to drive asylum seekers out of their communities

From BBC news website:

I 'completely get' concern over asylum hotels - Starmer

Starmer is asked how he would feel if a hotel housing asylum seekers was at the end of his street.
"I completely get it," Starmer says, adding: "Local people by and large do not want these hotels in their towns, in their place, and nor do I. I'm completely at one with them on that."
Starmer says he understands why people want the hotels closed and he wants that too "as quickly as possible".
Asked to put a date on it, Starmer reiterates his commitment to do so by the end of this Parliament.
When it's put to him that is four years away, he says he would like to bring that date forward, but does not commit to another date.

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Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Aug 30

Sad that after two all-action episodes, Alien Earth is now deep in the “just people talking in rooms” slow phase of a streaming series.

I want ANDOR pace!

Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Aug 25

COLLYMOHA #lfc

Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Aug 16

At a gig this week someone referred to “the mid 13th century” but I think the 13th century was actually quite good.

Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Aug 12

LOOKING FOR SCIENCE PERFORMERS OCT 8TH LONDON.

Fancy trying your hand at being funny at @scienceshowoff.bsky.social ? If you've not performed with us before pitch me your set of under ten minutes. Pays an equal split of the door money.

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Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Aug 1

PAID GIG looking for comedians in London who have chronic pain for a new informal panel format talking to academic pain researchers. In October.

Just a feeler at the moment as I put the idea together to pitch to the festival / funder.

Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Jul 29

Can you message me in another way? Can't read DMs due to recent boneheaded UK legislation.

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Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Jul 29

London. ta.

LOLs in Translation - standup comedy from Arts and Humanities researchers

Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Jul 29

COMEDIANS / MEDICS / SCIENTISTS / MUSEUM FOLK / OTHER NERDS

I'm looking for people who'd like to perform at a SPOOKY MEDICINE comedy show on October 29th. PAID (enough for you to write something new) 15 minute slots.

Think Halloween / Horror / Goth stuff

DM me if you've got ideas and fancy it

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Dr Rebecca Shepherd @special-stains.bsky.social · Jul 2

Got to perform stand up at the @royalsociety.org last night! What an amazing venue, and I got to catch up with my lovely former colleagues @katedoingscience.bsky.social and @sanahannan.bsky.social - Lancaster clearly makes very funny scientists! Huge thanks to @drstevex.bsky.social for inviting me.

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Sana Hannan @sanahannan.bsky.social · Jul 4

What a wonderful experience performing stand-up comedy at The Royal Society this week! Huge thanks to @drstevex.bsky.social and @royalsociety.org for the invitation, and to my fellow comedians for all the laughter and camaraderie! 😊🎤

📸: @drstevex.bsky.social

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Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · Jun 2

Tomorrow night catch a special night of Humanities-based comedy in Kings Cross, hosted by the magnificent Shalaka Kurup wegottickets.com/event/659501

A new night of research-based comedy from the team behind Science Showoff, but this time we've shown science the door to find out about HUMANS. Join Steve Cross and a team of philosophers, linguists...

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Steve Cross @drstevex.bsky.social · May 31

Lads I’m having a full-fat Coke.

It’s incredible.

Nature’s most effective medicine.

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DaMattHook @damatthook.bsky.social · May 12

I hate conspiracy theories. I think they're ruining society.

That being said, that lottery was 100 percent rigged.

Chris Perfett @perfett.bsky.social · May 12

NBA lottery is rigged and nobody can tell me otherwise oh my god how does that work out, the Mavs are getting rewarded with Cooper Flagg?????

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Jon Tolbert @jontolbert.bsky.social · May 12

Laughable levels of rigged

The Athletic @theathletic.com · May 12

BREAKING: The Mavericks have won the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery.

Dallas had 1.8% odds to win the No. 1 pick entering today.

Toilet Map: Gender Neutral Toilets on the Toilet Map

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Gail Ramster @gaillyk.bsky.social · May 6

How many gender neutral / unisex toilets are there in the UK? www.toiletmap.org.uk/posts/gender... (spoiler: we don't know, but here are 1447 of them)

www.toiletmap.org.uk