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Dr Liz Tunbridge
@liztunbridge.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist, bookworm, recovering academic, landlocked beach obsessive, permanently curious, open to the randomness of the universe
#neuroskyence || #mentalhealth || #psychiatry || #books || #WomenInSTEM
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I have gone from zero to fully festive in 2 days. Bring on the Christmas crafting!
A Christmas lamp made with dried oranges, star anise and cinnamon sticks, backlit with fair lights
December 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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It’s not getting any better
Duolingo Italian lesson teaching the phrase “Eight patients are dead” Duolingo thinks Italian speakers should know how to say “Where are the bodies?”
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Is Italy ok? I’ve not had any of these phrases in German

#duolingo
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Look at the otter! LOOK AT HIM

🥰🥰🥰

#DenBlåPlanet
It’s a gorgeous sea otter napping on his bed made of ice cubes A very handsome sea otter posing because he knows exactly how gorgeous he is
August 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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People of Bluesky
I give you the gloriously bonkers local sport of Fisherman‘s jousting
July 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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The storm comes…the storm goes
Ominous storm clouds descending The storm exits, leaving a stunning double rainbow behind
July 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I never want a proper bookmark because I love using random tickets/memorabilia/ephemera as a bookmark. I just started a new book (bought secondhand) and was delighted to find some else‘s ‚bookmark‘
An elegantly printed piece of brown card that once accompanied a cedar heart (which is apparently a thing for deterring moths) and seems to have been used subsequently as a bookmark. It’s my bookmark now (and thankfully no need for moth removal, although good to know about the cedar heart thing)
July 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The temperature in London is:
2 of 3 meals consist of ice cream hot
June 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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#Rabbit ate my plant. We left him a note. He responded like an absolute *#%^

(Although I he didn’t eat the plant any further so maybe that’s a small win?)
A nibbled plant with a sign saying „Do not eat“ at the base. The sign has been nibbled. Obviously. Because my rabbit is a snarky, passive aggressive #*%+
May 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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We have a strong new entry for the highly competitive award of ‚Creepiest airline safety card people‘.

Hat tip, Eurowings
It’s a seemingly normal safety card until you zoom in on the horrors contained within Firstly, if you put the life jacket on at night you will gain strong necromancer powers This will then activate the army of demon zombie babies (note that these are also present on the Lufthansa safety card, but are presumably kept at bay due to the seeming lack of necromancer activators on this airline) At this point, it’s best for the remaining passengers to huff on whatever gases are supplied and hope for the best
May 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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My Ballonblume (no idea what these are called in English?) are giving off strong Audrey 2 vibes.

(I just deadheaded them, so my brain is singing „Snip da-doo…good for you…“)
May 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Making cheese and singing along

🎶 Ch- ch- ch- ch- cheeeseeeessss
Time to turn the cheese
Ch- ch- cheeses 🎶
Curds being strained through cheesecloth. The beginning of delicious, delicious cheese More advanced cheese, leaching whey in an effort to become ever more delicious. Yay cheese!
April 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Bravo, Malta Airlines for featuring people on the safety card who actually seem to have grasped the gravity of their situation
An airline safety card on which people are seen donning life jackets with genuinely terrified looks in their eyes One poor soul floats alone in the ocean, staring into the void and awaiting whichever option - be it shark, hypothermia or drowning - brings the fastest release of death. At least they have a light and a whistle for comfort 👍
April 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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That’s quite the job title…
A monument to Elija Vella. The plaque reads (translated from Maltese): PATRI ELIJA VELLA OF THE ORDER OF THE CONVENTUAL PRIESTS MINOR EXORCIST INAUGURATED TODAY SATURDAY 11TH MAY 2024 BY MAYOR ALFRED GRIMA IN THE NAME OF THE LOCAL COUNCIL OF SAN PAWL IL-BAHAR
April 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Everything the world has been missing until now
Liz Truss is going to make her own social network for ‚free speech‘ to hit back at ‚the elites‘ often A.k.a people who have yet to be outwitted by a lettuce
April 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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My daughter and her friend (names changed to protect the guilty) clearly have a bright future at Colossal Biosciences
#direwolf
Instructions for how to make a ‚strawberry cow‘ by introducing cow DNA into a strawberry seed in order to get on-demand milkshake. The resulting cow is pretty cute as, in fairness, are the (not) dire wolves and (not) woolly mammoth mice
April 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Exceptional new birthday mug 😀
April 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Anyone else here in Nice for the ECNP New Frontiers Meeting?
#neuroscience
The seafront in Nice, viewed from a fourth floor window. It is, indeed, nice.
March 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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A warning poster this specific must have resulted from an incident 😬
A poster from DB, the German railway operator, warning about the surprisingly dangerous combination of trains + party balloons. It says: „Don’t let the fun end with a bang. Take care with your balloon. Due to the electrified overhead line, balloons can pose a serious hazard for you and others, and can obstruct train traffic“
March 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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A walk in Eselsburger Tal blew the cobwebs away and proved a nice distraction from *all of this* I also had the pleasure of meeting some locals and being impressed by their speed when necessary
Two gorgeous sheep, named Anton and Mowgli from a nearby smallholding, were wandering around the valley today with their owner. Very friendly gentle giants who like a daily stroll because they love the attention. They were certainly acting as a toddler magnet. I have no idea what breed they are but they are massive. A sprinting sheep - not sure if Anton or Mowgli. When left behind, these boys can move at surprising speed. If you didn’t know it was a sheep you’d think it was a huge dog or something The museum in Herbrechtingen. I want to live here because it is located on an island in the middle of the river and is only accessible by footbridge (I would convert this to a drawbridge) A view of the Steinerne Jungfrauen in Eselsburger Tal
February 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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There is an impromptu concert outside my apartment. How very lovely 🥰
January 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Once upon a time I used to leave notes in my daughter’s packed lunch to let her know I am thinking of her. Now she’s too old for that to not be mortifying, so instead I include references to memes we both find funny
A post it note in a lunchbox that says (in bad handwriting) “I win! I win! I am betterer than you”
January 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I‘m excited to be speaking at the ECNP Roadmap Meeting on Precision Psychiatry tomorrow. It’s not too late to register for virtual attendance: www.ecnp.eu/research-inn...

Or join us in a few months for the ECNP New Frontiers Meeting in Nice 😎
www.ecnp.eu/research-inn...

#neuroscience #psychiatry
Close up of the Frankfurt skyline at dusk
January 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Slapping an invisible gorilla in the face with a fish
A still from the unbelievably awesome game Party Animals, in which drunk/invisible/electrified animals attempt to beat each other up with household objects
January 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Rarely is the question asked…
A Duolingo lesson in Italian where the answer is “What’s Lorenzo’s mouth like”?
January 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM