Dr Alessio Veneziano

Can we do "taser politics" now?

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? The long read: It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell

Ever wondered how the current scientific publishing system came to be? Here is an old article about it and the man who got rich from it... 🧪 #science #publishorperish 🤦‍♂️

www.theguardian.com/science/2017...

And they keep closing #archaeology departments as if we cannot learn anything useful from the past...great thread! 👏👏

A thread 🧵👇 about Bronze Age collapse and #AI future! A very insightful parallel suggesting and confirming that smaller, targeted and decentralised models are more resilient than the centralised and gargantuan ones from bigtech, and likely the future we are heading toward! 🧪 #science 🏺 #archaeology

🧪 #science 📊 #stats

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

One of my favourite #science feelings too! 🧪 What's yours?

Here is my spot in the @bsky.app Universe! Humble, marginal but surrounded by some interesting people: palaeoanthropologists, archaeologists, ancient #DNA researchers, classical scholars...and unexpectedly Queer Taylor Swift Fans! 🧪 #science 🏺 #anthropology #archaeology

bluesky-map.theo.io

Unbelievable! So sorry to hear that! We are losing important and brilliant science because of selfish politics.

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 receives record number of 17,058 proposals This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.

The #MSCA results are out and I have heard stories of people with scores up to 96.0 not making the cut! Almost 7k more proposals than the previous year 👇. This is very sad news for #science 🧪 I can't wait for some good news this year!

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...

There's still hope for #academia! Finally, some academics who are in the Epstein files because they called him out 🧪 #science #Epstein

I knew it had to exist! A website to locate the little #paleo treasures we walk over everyday! 🧪🦴🐚🦕

#science #urbanpaleontology #palaeontology #fossils

They still want that, for sure! And a good opportunity to remind people to vote green!

Hey 🧪 #science people and PIs 📢: Gabriele is looking for Postdoc/research jobs in #genomics 🧬 that can keep him in Italy 🇮🇹 I know well how hard it is to have to move around for short contracts (still doing it). Time to help someone who could use a break from the hardness of #academia! Share widely!

This is what @reformuk.bsky.social wants for the UK: the same terror going on in the US...don't vote them in, kick them out! 🇬🇧 Vote Green 🟢

Support Minneapolis Daycare Workers Contribute mutual aid to the educators and caregivers who love and care for our children everyday

One small thing you can do *right now* — donate $5, $10, $50, whatever you're able — to this rent fund for South Minneapolis daycare workers whose families are sheltering in place. Can we raise $5k today??

Whatever you can give matters. And if you can't give, can you share?

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Most complete Homo habilis skeleton ever found dates to more than 2 million years ago and retains 'Lucy'-like features Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

New remains of H. Habilis (oldest species in our genus) suggest it retained australopithecus-like upper limbs, although it's not enough to tell it had comparable arboreal skills! 💀🦴🏺🧪 #science #anthropology #HumanEvolution #bones

www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

Tool use in cows! ⚒️🐮 🧠 Some recent observations suggest we overlooked cows' cognitive abilities! 🧪 #science #behaviour #cognition

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

Many scientific articles about #microplastics in the human body challenged! Microplastics are still BAD BAD BAD but it's necessary to put out reliable #science or useless/harmful policies could be created! 🧪🌍 #ecology #environment

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wait what? 37yo and I had never known... 🧪 #science #botany 🌿

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant

People who voted for #Trump

I love when authors of scientific articles get whimsical! 🧪 #science

I needed to read that, everybody does! ♥️🐾

Me, whenever I move to a new country to begin a new #postdoc
🧪 #science

Rule 34 never misses, I guess 😅

I study bones, so I can easily choose one that works for both careers...

a man playing a guitar with the words " i never had a chance " above him ALT: a man playing a guitar with the words " i never had a chance " above him

Trying to gain visibility in #science 🧪 but you share SURNAME AND NAME with a porn actor...

#zoology joke 😅