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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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azimuthimages.bsky.social
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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helsmels.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
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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A book, looking old and tatty, open so that you can see both pages. On the verso (left) is a set of poems, next to B&W drawings of eels, a frog, a goat, and a hare. On the rector (right) are colored versions of those animals. The eel is swimming with an oyster and a seal. The frog is sitting on a log reading. The goat is strutting his stuff in a maroon robe, and the hare is in a chair. Around the edges are the letters E, G, F, and H, large and orange. The goat *looks* sophisticated and classy. But that's packaging. He's absolutely showing a bit of leg to passersby. Standing by the fence, teasing his wares; that classy goat is for sale. The poems read: E is an eel that danced a round reel With a very large oyster and very fat sea. F is a frog that sat on a log and sang a nice song to his friends in the bog. G is for goat that wore a long coat that made him look quite like a wise man of note H is a hare that sat in a chair and thought of course no one would know he was there.
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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emmahalford.bsky.social
Everyone! You can HEAR the sharks in the audio links in this article!!!
Crackly sharks!

Thank you @whysharksmatter.bsky.social 😊
whysharksmatter.bsky.social David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d
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
leglesszebra.bsky.social
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.
histoftech.bsky.social jennifer uncoolidge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d
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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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
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!
Photo of 7 year old Diana Crespo sitting with her parents at a table in a restaurant. Her dad is giving a thumbs up.
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
leglesszebra.bsky.social
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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katie0martin.ft.com
Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
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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springermedicine.com
#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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orendabooks.bsky.social
🚨KINDLE MONTHLY DEAL ALERT🚨

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!❄️

🔗https://shorturl.at/txwfR

#TeamOrenda #SciFi #EbookDeals
February 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
leglesszebra.bsky.social
If you haven’t read this, you totally should read this ❤️
orendabooks.bsky.social Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · 4d
🚨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!❄️

🔗https://shorturl.at/mUFEy

#TeamOrenda #mysteryseries #thrillerbooks #KindleDeals
February 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
leglesszebra.bsky.social
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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workingclasshistory.com
#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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sturdyalex.bsky.social
This podcast will kill me. But it's worth it.

You know what to do.
alexpodyssey.bsky.social Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 6d
*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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kirstygrainger.bsky.social
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
leglesszebra.bsky.social
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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libdemcam.bsky.social
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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mfwhite2.bsky.social
This is very bad news
January 30, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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scalzi.com
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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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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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danielsuitor.com
is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
amandasmith.bsky.social Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 13d
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
courtneymilan.com Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13d
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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nikitagill.bsky.social
This hit so fucking hard today.
CHARLES RAFFERTY The Problem with Early Warnings People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres. How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives. Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
ANYWHO, back to Prometheus.

Season 2 of Podyssey starts this Saturday!
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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jensfoell.de
LinkedIn probably wasn’t the best channel to post this, but I stand by it
A LinkedIn post from my profile, reading: “It's a very simple equation, really: Science communication needs to be accurate, it needs to be authentic, and it needs to be transparent. If you're not doing it that way, you're not doing science communication at all. In addition, *good* science communication is inclusive, it's ethical, it's sustainable. If you're not heeding these things, you're not doing science communication right. Which is why I am profoundly shocked by ostensibly reasonable people promoting the use of chatbots for science communication. Their use decreases factual accuracy. It decreases transparency. It decreases authenticity. Those things are true regardless of *which* chatbot you're using and regardless of *how* you're using it. Plus, the tech is not sustainable, not inclusive, not ethical. The promotion and use of Al chatbots is already damaging science communication and, if taken to the extreme, will be capable of quickly destroying it. Not through the rise of evil Al, but through ignorance on part of the users, rapidly destroying the trust that science communicators have been able to build over decades. Everything I will ever publish will be written by humans, and by humans only. If science communication goes the way of the robots, it will go there without me.”
January 26, 2026 at 6:23 AM