Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .
Maybe they sponsor NASA? ;-)
Maybe they sponster NASA? ;-)
Screengrab of the Artemis astronauts splashing down magnificently at the end of the mission. There are three red and white parachutes guiding them down.
NASA deployed three giant Tunnocks Teacakes during the touchdown, just in case the astronauts fancied a treat while waiting for the helicopters.
Ah those spires!
Nigel Farage’s Reform wants to bring back fracking in England. We need to lock the current ban in law. Join me and tell the Prime Minister: make the fracking ban permanent.
@friends-earth.bsky.social 👇
action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
I was on BBC News, saying the new Water White Paper does not stop £22bn going to shareholdes and banks up to 2029, raising bills + starving water from investment to stop pollution + keep the taps running.
We need to shift to modern, accountable public ownership.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpuA...
The @timeshighered.bsky.social has reported that @ewanmg.bsky.social and I have applied to the Certification Officer regarding concerns over the 2024 UCU general secretary election. UCU has characterised this as “smearing”, via a spokesperson.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/jo-grad...
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Check out the coverage in THE, and stay tuned.
It's an uphill battle + taken nearly 2 years for the union watchdog to hold a hearing. Grady's using union money to hire a pricey KC, so the odds are against us. But we will fight to win for our colleagues.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/jo-grad...
UCU members have a right to a free + fair election, and a working union. Under Grady, members have seen:
📉over 10% real pay cuts, for lecturers, senior lecturers
🔻union membership+density plummet over 5%
✊UCU staff doing 4 strike ballots
🏳️failure to protect branches+job security
So we need change.
11 January 2023, Grady tells UCU senior managers in secret WhatsApp group chat "every single decision we make/thing we do has to be seen through the below lense... Re-elect GS".
11 January 2023, in response to Grady's instruction that everything UCU does has to be "Re-elect GS", a senior manager replies "And has been, hopefully"
🚨🧵The 2024 UCU General Secretary was so corrupt that @vickyblake.bsky.social + I are fighting a Certification Officer case to re-run it, 10 Feb. Grady won by 182 votes from 114,310 members, turnout 15%.
In secret, Grady ordered UCU managers to "Re-elect GS" +said she'd "destroy" her opponents...
Connecting planetary boundaries and planetary health: a resilient and stable Earth system is crucial for human health - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
This is certainly worth a read.
Department of Energy is indeed sending out notices to universities cancelling all of our grants unless the university agrees to a 15% rate cap.
🌍 We're now on Bluesky!
This is the official account of the Health Knowledge-Action Network (Health KAN), part of Future Earth.
We welcome researchers, practitioners, and anyone interested in planetary health to share ideas using #HealthKAN 🧠🌱
💥⚡ 🧪 So amazing and beautiful !!
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Has anyone tried to unwrap a pack of polos (lifesavers) in the dark? Use of teeth is prohibited.
I'm excited to #StandUpForScience in DC on Friday! Can you join us?
🧪🔬🔭🧬🌱
There are lots of events at state capitols and campuses around the country, even a few international locations.
🌎🌍🌏
Find an event near you: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-... 🗽
@northernheckler.bsky.social So pleased you have turned up. We need a bit of heckling …
One way of keeping the riff raff out!
This is criminal. They are dismantling U.S. science, making our country and world less safe. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Depends how it has been abused?
Gravy stains down your shirt are not a source of embarrassment; they are a badge of honour
Jay Rayner www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
I can only agree ….
Good reporting from @justinling.ca
Great anonymous quote here:
“They’re just going to completely decimate science & our understanding of the world - our ability to fight pandemics, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, & all the rest of it....which is dumb as a rock.”
www.wired.com/story/reveng...
Important new research identities a natural bat coronavirus HKU5 that uses the ACE-2 receptor to enter cells & can infect human cells this way. VERY similar mechanism to SarsCoV2 (covid-19) and reinforces research showing origins of Covid 19 likely was NATURAL 🧪
Warming through the night. weather.liv.ac.uk
Freezing rain is one of the rarest and most dangerous weather phenomena in the UK, but what is it? 🤔
Find out here 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WisQ...