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Living with Sero-negative Rheumatoid Arthritis, an auto immune condition where your immune system attacks your nervous system.
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economist.com
Those with unmanageable debts, or volatile incomes that barely cover their spending, find finance particularly unpleasant, and firms exploit this. So argue two professors of economics in a new book
In defence of personal finance
It may widen inequality. But it has many advantages
econ.st
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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euronews.com
Fast food 3.0 - how quality and inclusivity are changing quick bites
Fast food 3.0 - how quality and inclusivity are changing quick bites
Fast food used to be simple. A greasy burger, a side of fries, and a guilty conscience. It was quick, cheap, and nutritionally questionable. Nowadays, fast food is suffering an identity crisis — one that involves gourmet ingredients, sustainability promises, and menus that must cater for every diet.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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lmu-osc.bsky.social
💻 Make your research more reproducible by making your code more readable. Get recommendations and key strategies for clean code!
Attend the “Readable code” lecture by @vera-karlbauer.bsky.social and Jonas Hagenberg on Thurs 18 Sept, 9:00-9:45.
👉 Register here: www.pretix.osc.lmu.de/lmu-osc/OSSS...
Promotional poster for the LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025 Public Lecture. The poster features photos of speakers Vera Karlbauer and Jonas Hagenberg. The text states the lecture focuses on recommendations and strategies for readable code; time and date of lecture being 09:00-09:45 CEST on Thursday September 18 2025; and instructions to register online. Logos of LMU Open Science Center, LMU, and Universitätsbibliothek München are displayed at the bottom.
September 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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erc.europa.eu
Did you miss our most recent online Q&A session, on 11th September?

We answered questions from more experienced ERC #grant #applicants and the staff who support them in preparing #research #funding #proposals.

Watch the full recording 👉 bit.ly/4gxyG86

#AcademicSky#advice #tips #Europe
September 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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theguardian.com
We all want big personal change at the push of a button – but here is how to actually achieve it
We all want big personal change at the push of a button – but here is how to actually achieve it
Real growth develops from the inside out. The process involves giving up the illusion of control and discovering the liberation and limits of your own agency
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September 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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thisisuru.bsky.social
The horrors persist but so does my sourdough
September 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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alexpsychology.bsky.social
"Light of Paradise."
#dralex
#photography
September 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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followinghadrian.bsky.social
[New post] Bulla Regia
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Bulla Regia
Bulla Regia is one of the most archaeologically important Roman towns in North Africa, located around 8km northeast of Jendouba, on the edge of Tunisia’s fertile Great Plains. It is a city sh…
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September 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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knotweed-ireland.bsky.social
Poppy Dog is looking seriously focused today... #Dog #Pets #Ireland #Nature #Photography
September 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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rorycj.bsky.social
We’ve got into a routine for our morning walk - #sophieromania very slow on first half, stopping to sniff while I’m impatient to get on, then as my bad back kicks in I slow down, take the occasional rest sitting on a wall, and it’s Sophie who gets impatient
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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climateeconomics.bsky.social
FT: "An insurance industry that enthusiastically underwrites the most extreme anti-climate risks — from thermal coal to Arctic drilling — while simultaneously exposing itself to steepening losses on natural catastrophe cover is warped"...

www.ft.com/content/dd85... via @ft
The warped economics of insuring climate destruction
Industry is exposing itself to steepening losses on natural catastrophe cover
www.ft.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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ryanbybike.bsky.social
Beautiful view at the top of Box Hill today
September 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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rosariolebronentomology.com
I've officially left the US and am now in the UK.

Very excited for the new adventure ahead.

Very lucky to be in Wales.

Look forward to meeting everyone in the entomology world I can out here.
A sunny view of terraced housing on a hillside in Swansea, Wales. In the foreground sits a white pavilion that reads Swansea Cricket & Football Club, with the crest on the front, and a blue sign below that reads Trade Centre Wales. A faded rooftop banner says Morgan La Roche. Behind the pavilion rise rows of three storey Victorian terraces. Many fronts are painted in strong blues beside grey stone. Bay windows and sash windows repeat along the street. Roofs are slate or tile with chimney stacks and small dormers, and several roofs carry solar panels. A leafy tree fills the lower left corner. The sky is bright with thin, wispy cloud, giving a calm summer feel.
September 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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drjoepajak.bsky.social
'Independent modelling teams demonstrate that maintaining a universal COVID-19 vaccine policy yields consistent population-level benefits, reducing hospitalizations & deaths beyond hi-risk-only strategies, even as immune escape shifts timing of seasonal peaks.'
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www.news-medical.net/news/2025092...
Why universal COVID-19 vaccine guidance offers stronger protection than high-risk-only policies
The US Scenario Modeling Hub’s nine-team ensemble projected COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for April 2024 to April 2025 under six policy and immune-escape scenarios. Burden was similar to the pr...
www.news-medical.net
September 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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economist.com
Britain was hardly touched by the European migrant crisis of the mid-2010s. But the pattern has changed
Britain’s attempts to stop asylum-seekers have failed so far
A new scheme might change that
econ.st
September 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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desdelboy.bsky.social
Turned out nice again
September 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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ellis.eu
🌍 11 ELLIS Members and Scholars from five countries have received ERC Starting Grants! Congratulations to all awardees! 👏

Last week @erc.europa.eu awarded 478 grants totaling €761M to support early-career researchers across Europe.

🔗 Learn more: ellis.eu/news/erc-awa...
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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rheumatoidart.bsky.social
New research uncovers link between perfectionism and pain
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
New research uncovers link between perfectionism and pain
A little self-compassion can go a long way when you have chronic pain, according to a new study out of Murdoch University. The research found that psychological factors may play a crucial role in the ...
www.eurekalert.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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academiceurope.bsky.social
Job Alert

PhD Candidate for the Division of Personalized Immunotherapies

Deadline: 2025-09-30 
Location: Germany, Mainz  

www.academiceurope.com/ads/phd-cand...

#hiring #CancerResearch #tumorImmunology #PhD #molecularbiology #genetics #biochemistry #pharmaceuticalsciences #bioengineering
September 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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povertyalliance.org
Long #COVID is more than TWO times more prevalent in the most-deprived 1/5 of people than in the least deprived 1/5.
Our new research with Robert Gordon University shows the terrible impact the illness has on people's incomes. #LongCovid #research
www.povertyalliance.org/research-lon...
A graphic showing a young woman with her head in her hands, surrounded by bills with a representation of the COVID virus in the background.
September 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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salix.bsky.social
I am solo raising a family with complex, complicated medical conditions & disability, running a business as a therapist supporting neurodivergent individuals, & doing an MA in Illustration for the sheer love of it.
Mostly I’m proud of my sense of love & justice, for all matter, not only humans.
darthbluesky.bsky.social darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 11
i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again

tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here
darthbluesky.bsky.social darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Jul 27
tell me what u are doing
be proud of your work and share it here
September 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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proactiveitrec.bsky.social
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects that prioritise performance, accessibility, and user experience.

www.proactive.it/job/react-de...

#React #TypeScript #HTML #CSS3 #JavaScript
September 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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drjobillington.bsky.social
“Inclusion is not a service. It’s a shared responsibility”

Opening address from Norma Foley, Minister for Children, Disability and Equality

#AEC2025
Norma Foley at the lectern delivering her opening address
September 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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dewil89.bsky.social
#Disability #Autism #UK #UKGovernment
tomgordonld.bsky.social Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonld.bsky.social · Sep 10
Tonight Parliament failed disabled people.

🥀 Labour voted down my amendment to scrap unfair bus pass restrictions.

🌳 The Conservatives whipped their MPs to abstain.

🚌 This isn’t good enough. I won’t stop until disabled people get the fair, accessible transport they deserve.
September 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM