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Astrophysicist, science writer for @iflscience.com, geek, immigrant, and also The Astroholic. Chair of @prideinstem.bsky.social He/him
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Finally heading to #EGU25 - Europe's largest geoscience meeting with ~20k scientists I'll be convening a couple of symposia on #Science4Policy + Fieldwork inclusivity, #SciComm + careers short courses, a neurodiversity + #EarlyCareer networking events & more ! Say hello 😁 #TrainToEGU #EGU

Lawrence Krauss, a well-known sexual predator who has benefitted from and defended Jeffrey Epstein for years, has a new book of essays out called The War on Science! One contributor is Jerry Coyne, who recently published an essay calling transgender people sexual predators. But here's a fun twist...

FIVE ALARM FIRE

There are many ways we can challenge it, and the downside to us are now limited. Trans rights can no longer be rolled back through litigation, only strengthened. As much as I disliked Crawford KC’s approach, she succeeded in giving us a rock bottom. I like this asymmetry. It’s a good time to sue.

T.G.I.F. am I right?

Antoniazzi is a horrible TERF and another evidence that Labour MPs from Wales are terrible. *Actual* Welsh Labour (Labour members of the Senedd) must make a decision where they stand

It’s the 80th anniversary of the Liberation. In 1945, Italians resistance fighters freed the country from its Nazi-fascist government and occupation. And to those so keen to repeat fascism today, a sober reminder of how it ended for those in charge

A friend got me a guided life drawing class as a belated birthday present as it was really good to get a lot of feedback and advice ✍️

every headline about pedro pascal only makes him hotter and more attractive actually

At long last someone has identified RFK Jr.'s support base: the 9% of people who have a favorable opinion of the Black Plague

Wish skynet would hurry up and sent the one against Musk

Trump has slashed the NIH and NSF budget, hired an anti-vaxxer as head of Health and Human Services, and filled the government's web page with crazed conspiracy theories. Here's why we just published a volume on the left's war on science. by Lawrence Krauss and Steve Pinker.

Ain't that just the truth?

Next week's #EGU25 programme has some really exciting #Science4Policy sessions that will help participants learn about how they can engage with policy! Below are just a few highlights for you to add to your personal programme ✨🧵!

He always sits in the weirdest possible ways

A feminist's perspective on the recent Supreme Court ruling – this week in my column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/defi...

tinyurl.com/UoATransphobia ☝️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 im sure many of you are aware of hostility towards #trans staff & students in my department myself & other ECRs have published a desperate call for action on #transphobia from departmental and university management please read, share and SIGN IN SOLIDARITY ❤️

‼️You can read out draft letter to MP Bridget Phillipson here: equalityamplifiedltd-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person... If you’d like to add your name as signatory, please fill out this form in the next 24 hours: forms.office.com/e/zr3xqtzn25 Let’s use our voices to stand up for our trans siblings 🏳️‍⚧️

Three cheers for Witney! Every other Pride committee in the UK, you've got a choice to make: Trans rights or the Labour Party. You can't have both.

On April 7, 2025, star HIP 16271 was occulted by Uranus. The star was bright enough to allow astronomers to look into the atmosphere of Uranus in great detail for the first time in 30 years. 🔭 www.iflscience.com/rare-alignme...

TICKETS ARE NOW LIVE for the Queer Data Showcase! 🗓️ Thursday 5 June 2025 📍 Pleasance, Edinburgh 👋 All welcome Grab your ticket now: www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

You don't get to like Andor and then complain when someone chalks a statue at a trans protest.

🔴 BREAKING: Powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes Turkiye’s Istanbul aje.io/2trsa0

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

This statement from the Crab Museum is sublime. The claims about "biological sex" are the same hijacking of science that justified racism in the past - and still does today 🏳️‍⚧️ www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

Happy Saint George day indeed.

Want to contact your MP about the Supreme Court ruling? @transsolidarity.bsky.social has created an MP letter template to help get you started docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🙂💪

Labour won’t fix this because they like white nationalism more than they like better cancer care