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Jamie 🍉
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Graphic novel recommendation:

Coma, by Zara Slattery

Very compelling story of her experience & the juxtoposition between that of her family's in the waking world. A stunning piece of art.

I may post some of my art from my own coma experiences, I'm feeling inspired! 💚

#booksky #graphicnovel #book
Hand holding a graphic novel. The art on the cover is a mixture of underwater-like greenery with orange coloured legs. The art is very abstract. The author's name is printed in orange at the top of the page, 'Zara Slattery'. Underneath, in black, is the title, 'Coma'. An award sticker is on the left side of the cover
January 10, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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I'm on a brain surgery programme and I think that's pretty cool - I'm excited, in fact! Those I've told cannot comprehend this & I just see them trying to think of the 'right' thing to say. Maybe it's concern idk, but will someone share my excitement pls😂✨️🧠

#neuroscience #brain
January 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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I feel like people don't respect the aftermath of being in hospital as much as they should. The second you leave, too often the world considers you 'fine now', 'better', when in reality it can take weeks or months to return to 'normal', if that's even possible.

#disability #health #hospital
January 10, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Today the kids created their planets❤️
January 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Happy world #arabic speaking day! Check out Al-Jazeera's post 🙌

'One of the biggest contributions the Arabic language has made to the world is in the fields of mathematics and science' 🔬

On this,'The Golden Age of Arabic Science', by Jim Al-Khalili is a great read! 📚
From A for algebra to T for tariffs: Arabic words used in English speech
Arabic is spoken by more than 400 million people. Can you recognise these Arabic words that made their way into English?
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December 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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My happy space is amongst creative science installations & a store near me is filled with them(!) There's a connection between interactive science, community, environmentalism & accessibility which I will always value 👻💕

Billboard Dystopia by AdFree Cities
#art #science #infographics #accessibility
Digital immersive experience of data and sonolagy in marketing, lead by 'Ad Free Cities', called 'Billboard Dystopia'. There is a large screen with many smaller sections that change to different adverts, alongside a pair of headphones which correspond to their sound. See second image for installation description. Display board: Billboard dystopia is a mock advertising unit made from re-engineered electronic waste. It reveals the tactics of misdirection and deception used by major polluters to maintain their social licence to operate. The screen warns us of creeping surveillance technologies being built into corporate outdoor advertising data for marketers. Billboard Dystopia is part of AdFree Cities' campaign for urban spaces that prioritise community connection, solidarity, public art, and access to nature'
December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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How cool is this?! An art/infographic replication of a community project, which brought people into the woods to explore nature, how it made them feel, down to how certain trees made them feel, then analysed by demographic. Great focus on accessibility too 💚 🌳
#art #science #nature #ecology
An indoor art exhibition replicating a forest. There is a tiled floor, with one corner of the room in the image. On the wall and from the ceiling are green vines (in multiple shades), large rocks with green fake moss, and wooden logs. There are different types of leaves from the vines. Hanging from 2 vines on the ceiling are 2 vinyl disks. On the back wall is a white board with string. A close up of this is described in image 2. A large white board affixed to a wall. On the top left is a description of the benefits of trees. 'They cool our streets, clean our air, reduce flood risk, provide food and habitat for our favourite wildlife and improve our health and wellbeing'. In bold is the title of the piece: 'How do you experience trees and woodlands?' Under this are 4 boxes containing wool. They are colour coded to represent the emotions calm, happy, inspired, and active. The wool starts on a hook, and participants move the string across the board, adding it to more hooks which have questions above them for the wool to wrap around. The visible questions seen are age, location, can you see a tree from where you live? There are 2 further questions I cannot read. The wool has been moved and hooked onto the different questions to create a colourful display of how a tree makes a person feel (wool colour) compared to demographic (where it is hooked).
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Happy #caturday !
This ginger lad comes to visit, we now have a bird video for him to watch to distract him from stealing our food
He watches it on repeat & it's the first time I've ever beaten a cat at its own game 😎
#catsofbluesky
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Rats are cute. Who's with me?
Look at this lil guy 🐀
#crochet
Crochet rat in the colours pink and purple. The body of the rat is purple, with pink and dark purple zig-zag stripes. The rat is held by a white hand, with bright green grass in the background. The image is bright and vibrant.
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Today, I'd recommend looking into anhedonia:
- Lack of motivation
- Lack of enjoyment/pleasure

Many neuroscientists think it should be a 'condition' in its own right & it's a good point of validation, self-exploration, and/or learning some neuroscience/psychology 🧠💜

#neuroscience #mentalhealth
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Someone donated a bunch of old film/polaroid cameras in perfect condition to a charity shop for £5 each. Maybe I got all of them, maybe I didn't...
Anyways this is the one I'm most excited to play about with, totally not just because of that lens (😍)

#camera #photography #vintage
Old film camera (35mm) in black, held by a white hand with a wooden floor in the background Brand: Minolta Model: Dynax 3000l
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Celebrating Rosalyn Yalow on #WorldDiabetesDay.

Yalow, a physicist, co-invented a super-sensitive test (radioimmunoassay, or RIA) that uses tiny amounts of radioactive tags to detect exact levels of insulin in blood--& won the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for it. #WomenInSTEM
Black-and-white photo of Rosalyn Yalow in her lab, smiling warmly while holding a test tube and pipette. Shelves of bottles and equipment surround her. A blue diabetes awareness ribbon is overlaid in the lower right.
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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On #WorldDiabetesDay, we’re highlighting the reality for people living with #diabetes in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps, in #Bangladesh.

Our teams support patients by providing self-monitoring tools, insulin pens and clay pots for safe insulin storage without electricity.
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Can we agree to celebrate Rosalind Franklin instead? #biomed #chemistry #dna
Rosalind Franklin looking into a microscope, shown sitting down from a side profile (waist up frame). The image is in black and white.
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Feeling some feelings about James Watson.

Here’s a Watson I feel better about celebrating.
A hound dog sitting in a living room wearing a tie.
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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I just got my first scientific article commission, yay!!!

Lilttle nervous stepping out of the comfort of fiction & blogging but very excited nonetheless 🥰
#scicomm
November 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The last time my disabilities put me in ICU, the trigger was airborne infection. Lucky to be alive.

Imagine ppl with disabilities all shared their own anecdotes, then maybe you'd understand a bit more 💜

From a place of love, wear a mask this time of year please!!!

#maskup #health
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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The satisfaction of playing e3 in response to bc4 >
Is there a #chess community on bluesky?
(3+1 & time scramble!)
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Pretty sunset as we move into the colder months, so many colours!!

#sunset #photography
Photo of a sunset. The bottom half of the image shows a building in shadows. The skyline begins above this, with thin trees in the foreground (appear as black). Sky is a gradient of colour, from top down moving from purple to pink to orange to yellow.
October 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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I want a girl to watch films and cuddle with but I think my cat would have problems with that
#cat #caturday
White cat on a bed staring at the screen of a laptop. The laptop is playing a film. White cat under a duvet cover, asleep on a pillow.
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Finding a place to see the stars in a busy city is such a nice feeling! Even with the flash on you can see it!
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Neuroscience legend Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke was born 166 years ago today. She discovered Klumpke's Palsy in 1885, and was co-author of the definitive 1200 page Sémiologie du Système Nerveux and the 2-volume Anatomie des Centres Nerveux.

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#WomenInSTEM #Neuroscience #NeuroSky 🧠🧪
The Woman of a Thousand Brains: Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke, Pioneer Neuroscientist.
The brain is ready. It luxuriated in a solution of potassium bicarbonate for a year, and then in a thick mixture of nitrocellulose for another month and a half, and now it is finally ripe for the slic...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Q&A: What would you like to know about animal research labs? (part drug research, part animal welfare research)

#neuroscience #pharmacology #science #stem
Person in a lab coat, hair net, face mask, and medical gloves, making a peace sign
October 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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In science workshops, my favourite 1st activity is giving students a box of items and asking them to find the most complicated way to use them to drop 2 balls into a cup.

Science is inherently creative - from developing hypotheses to using new equipment. Arts & sciences go hand in hand!

#scicomm
An assortment of items on a table, including dominos, sellotape, boxes, tennis balls, and household items. 4 students are assembling equipment to build a structure that allows a ball to pass through the structure and into a cup.
October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM