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Lynda Williams
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Personal account - medical journalist who likes Scouting, sailing, kayaking and reading. She/Her.
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If you are paying for Microsoft 365 and don't want all the AI, CoPilot and Cloud shite then enter chat with them and tell them you want the basic version. It isn't available directly from the web site - you have to go and hassle them and it is £50 a year cheaper. You are paying the extra £50 for AI
February 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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It's Friday. And I want you to enjoy these fabulous eels from a 19th C. children's reader, printed on cloth.

Also note the resplendent goat. That's a goat you could take home to meet your mother. Or...is it?

Have a eely good weekend, 'y'all!
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February 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Everyone! You can HEAR the sharks in the audio links in this article!!!
Crackly sharks!

Thank you @whysharksmatter.bsky.social 😊
What a great question! As it happens, scientists only documented sharks making noise for the first time *LAST YEAR*!

Time to rewrite the textbooks.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The Springer Nature offices in London have rooms and spaces named for remarkable scientists including Gladys Mae West. This wonderful woman more than deserves an obituary.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.

Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.

Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.

Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
What was thw first ever sci-fi novel? I’ve seen discussion of the first horror and first detective fiction but not the sci-fi. Thoughts?
February 6, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.

Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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#MedNews - Two-year findings from the Early Surveillance for Autoimmune Diabetes (ELSA) study demonstrate that screening for type 1 diabetes in children is feasible in the UK.

Full story 👉 buff.ly/R94Gw1F

#T1D
Childhood type 1 diabetes screening feasible in the UK
Two-year findings from the Early Surveillance for Autoimmune Diabetes (ELSA) study demonstrate that screening for type 1 diabetes in children is feasible in the UK.
buff.ly
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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The #LIFEAFFIRMING SCIENCE FICTION SPECTACULAR #TheSpaceBetweenUs by one of Scotland’s most REVERED authors @dougjohnstone.bsky.social is ON SALE NOW on #kindle in the UK for the month of February!❄️

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#TeamOrenda #SciFi #EbookDeals
February 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
If you haven’t read this, you totally should read this ❤️
🚨KINDLE MONTHLY DEAL ALERT🚨

The FIRST BOOK in the BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN #SkelfsBookSeries #ADARKMATTER by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social is ON SALE NOW on #kindle in the UK for the month of February!❄️

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#TeamOrenda #mysteryseries #thrillerbooks #KindleDeals
February 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The thing I love about UK Scouts is that sometimes it’s very outdoorsy and practical skills and sometimes it’s… walking round town testing chila to see which shop’s chips taste best. Looking forward to hearing my Explorer Scout’a opinion on this as she is a fussy creature!
February 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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#OtD 2 Feb 1988 4 lesbians abseiled into the UK House of Lords in protest at the homophobic section 28. In 2017, 4 other lesbians climbed onto the Houses of Parliament in order to put up a blue plaque commemorating the 1988 action stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9181...
February 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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This podcast will kill me. But it's worth it.

You know what to do.
*PODYSSEY SEASON TWO IS HERE*
New Bonus Episode: The Beast In Me

Did the Ancient Greeks have pets? Well, it's quite complicated, often very sweet... and sometimes a little bit weird. @sturdyalex.bsky.social

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The Beast In Me - Ancient Greece And Its Pets
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 01/02/2026 · Bonus · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Desert Island Discs today was the boss of the Science and Technology Facilities Council. The STFC is a multimillion pound science organisation with 3000 staff. It wasn't mentioned once. A weird omission.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
February 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Pitstop at the East Midlands Aeropark on the way home turned into a great visit - always amazing to see a Vulcan and chat to a Vulcan pilot and we had a walk through a Nimrod. Well worth a visit!
February 1, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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The UK must understand the full extent of Russian interference and influence, before the next General Election.

Nothing less than a full statutory public inquiry, will adequately inform the public.
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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This is very bad news
January 30, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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One thing that is true in this age of "AI" is that authenticity is going to be prized more than ever before. A single hand-scrawled sign is going have more impact than the smoothest "AI" image because the people seeing it knows it comes from someone's brain, not a tuned algorithm.
January 29, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.

It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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ANYWHO, back to Prometheus.

Season 2 of Podyssey starts this Saturday!
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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LinkedIn probably wasn’t the best channel to post this, but I stand by it
January 26, 2026 at 6:23 AM