Rachel Deacon

Two identical shirt designs but one is magenta and one is orange. It says biology is bigger than binaries and it has a clownfish and a bee and a lily

You have FOUR (4) more days to order a Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirt, designed by the lovely and talented @franzanth.bsky.social.

In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!

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Just enough for a Friday!

I went to an ancient rainforest with 90 artists and lived! Despite my endless cynicism I had a lovely time | First Dog on the Moon I saw the world’s tallest moss and camped beneath a 500-year-old myrtle tree

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The Age and other media calling ‘Women Will Speak’ a ‘women’s rights group’ is absurd. They formed solely to oppose the rights of trans & non-binary people. They have nothing else to say about women or rights. The vast majority of us are only toilet-obsessed when we need a wee.

Husband, Dad, Digger: The Aboriginal ANZAC who fought for family. The Great War offered Percy Pepper the same pay and conditions as the white man. With a severely ill wife, seven dependent children and a life under the harsh Aborigines Protection Act, it gave him a ...

In light of this morning’s events.

I feel sick again

I will always keep using the womens bathroom like i have for the past decade, and my entire adult life, in this country

Arrest me, beat me, kill me, you will never get me to surrender my womanhood

How has the Supreme Court ruling impacted you? Email us - see comment. Illustration of an @ symbol coming out an envelope.

We are working to highlight the impact of Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling on our communities. If you're a trans (including non-binary) person, intersex, a cis woman that disagrees with the ruling and/or doesn't meet White western beauty standards. And..

Crowded room.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Artist's impression of the exoplanet K2-18b. Credit: A. Smith, University of Cambridge.

𝗡𝗼, 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝟮-𝟭𝟴𝗯'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'.

Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n).

🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet

Montana Adult Trans Bathroom Ban Blocked In Court: "No Evidence" It Protects Women The ruling is the first such ruling to block an adult transgender bathroom ban in the United States.

1. Incredible news for trans people in Montana.

A Montana judge has temporarily blocked the state's bathroom ban targeting trans adults in airports, colleges, and more.

He ruled that the state showed no evidence bathroom bans protect women.

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Trans Woman Arrested, Sent to Men’s Jail For Entering Florida Capitol Bathroom “I’m not a political activist,” she maintained. “I’m just a normal college student who thinks this law is wrong.”

1. A transgender woman let legislators know she intended to use the bathroom in the Florida Capitol.

A contingent of officers waited for her, and stood outside the door.

When she stepped in, she was arrested and sent to a men's jail.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Before the pandemic, my wife & I went on a date w/some lesbians. One of them happened to work for counter intelligence, but that is not important to this story

We decided to meet in Fells Point, because before all the random shootings, it was the place to go

This is an unintentional pun you’ll see

New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.

1. Major news in transgender care.

Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.

They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.

Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.

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S-Check

The S-check app is now available! Its for people who use methamphetamine, helping you to understand the impact of use on your health.
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It's been developed by the Stimulant Treatment Program at St Vincent’s Hospital in Australia, based on research and clinical practice. #addictionsci

She's getting so big!

This was such a heartbreaking yet heart-soothing and uplifting story. All power to you grumpy @paul.kidd.id.au

That evening Truro Cathedral was holding their very first Pride Carol Service, at which I was to read some poems. The evening before I had sat down for dinner with the Dean, a man desperate to make it clear that Truro Cathedral was a home for all people; That this Cathedral did not belong to him, or to any one person, and that all were welcome here. A man palpably upset that too many LGBT+ people didn’t feel welcome at all. That night the Cathedral was lit in rainbow colours, lights leaned against each pillar. The Dean opened with a welcome, an apology for the way the church has, and continues to, treat LGBT people. The local LGBT choir sang. I read my poems. People held their partners hands in a church for the first time.

At the end, a young transgender person walked up to where the Dean was speaking with the leader of Cornwall Pride, in their arms was a bundle of black fabric. They explained that this was a banner they’d unfurled in protest, weeks before, in a demonstration in the square outside the Cathedral - it said “protect trans kids” in Cornish. They asked, tentatively, if they could unfurl it in the Cathedral. An act seemingly impossible, in every Cathedral I’ve been in so far. An act seemingly impossible in almost any church. Not because people don’t agree with it, but because they (myself included) fear the backlash and danger from the hatred that could then come. The Dean thought for a moment, and then nodded. “Go and stand in the middle” he said, gesturing at the platform right below the crossing “that’s where you’ll get a good photo.” Then he turned to me, explained what it said, and asked if I wanted to help hold it. A crowd gathered. He stood to one side, and watched, smiling, as God’s beloved children stood together - calling, as Christ so often did, for the protection of the marginalised and oppressed.

Every cathedral climb I do is, at its core, a story about people, just as much as it's about crumbling staircases, dizzying heights, and old stone.

But even with that in mind, Truro was a little bit special:
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Fucking Cockies!
Also… respect🤷🏻‍♀️🤣

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I had been putting off my mammogram for ages. At first, it was because of the start of the pandemic. Then, as things began to open up again, I put it off because it’s so bloody painful. 👇

Totally relating after my first personal training session in 2 weeks, oh the resentment

Haha! The post-its include Goals such as 'make papier-mache hand', 'remember <friend's> present', and also Things I Want To Do in the Holidays

When you get home from a really lovely Christmas lunch and drink wine then think about it too much and get sad because it would’ve been so much better with Mum there.
Sending love to everyone missing someone this Christmas 💜

I have to admit, it's not a crappy setup, just hilarious. And the kid has a very big room to himself!

Airbed next to a black bunkbed. The top of the bunkbed is covered in boxes and assorted belongings of a 10 year old boy. The rear wall has a red chest of drawers covered in piles of books, mainly graphic novels. A giant cartoon character beanbag is next to the chest of drawers.

Airbed in my 10 year old nephews room. #DuvetKnowItsChristmas

Each circle in this image shows a map of the ratio of nitrogen to hydrogen emission across a galaxy. The background is grey, with coloured circles on a colour map ranging from blue to red. Green colours show stronger nitrogen due to more heavy elements in the gas, but with the ionization still from young stars. Red colours (strongest nitrogen) show regions where the gas is ionized by radiation from a disk around a super-massive black hole, or from shocks as gas is driven out of a galaxy at high velocity. From left to right we show galaxies with increasing mass. Image Credit: Scott Croom, University of Sydney

#Physics #art 12 - Today's Physics @ Sydney art is "The ionization state of gas in galaxies" by Scott Croom.

Each circle in this image shows a map of the ratio of nitrogen to hydrogen emission across a galaxy.

Explanation in the thread below.

#Astronomy ⚛️

Great achievement Ian! Keep it up now .. though I'm sure Unit will help 👍

Cover of 2025 Kudelka calendar with a sketchy bird on it

Anyway, on that note, I’ll be working on various bits and pieces in my gallery because that’s all I really want to do and you should definitely buy my calendar. www.kudelkashop.com/product/2025...

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The 2 page plain language summary of #menopause and MHT, extracted from the pdf for even easier access-