I don't know if @chazelgrovemp.bsky.social will be there but let's see!
It's #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, #11February.
What better time to learn about June Almeida (1930-2007), a Glasgow-born lab technician with no formal qualifications who discovered human coronavirus in 1964.
Read more from @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social:
www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...
To celebrate Women in STEM day on Wednesday 11 February we’ve printed some banners to highlight some of the incredible work that the women of Bio Sci at Bristol have achieved over the years!
Pop into the LSB for the remainder of Feb to check out who’s done what and when!
The BBC History Extra podcast has just done a 4 part series on Pompeii. I would also recommend Robert Harris' novel which is excellently researched.
WHQ showing us the light!
(and I have actually managed to keep up with Couch25K so far!)
I didn't know you could Bhangra Bach, but now I do...
Very sorry for your loss, my Poppy and I send purrs, hugs and further hopes of eternal ham. xxx
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
I used to live a few doors down from that! Looks like they've spruced it up since then, nice to see.
Aw nice to see my hometown scrolling past! I remember the year the Council spent a lot of money putting a plywood box round him and the revellers got it off in about 10 minutes. The council gave up after that and just asked the pubs to issue plastic glasses.
If am in the supermarket buying apples I now have to say 'Bapples? Bapples!' to myself in the right voice.
I had to look it up as I haven't grown fatsia, but no, these flowers are monoecious, i.e. have both sexes in one flower. The female parts will be hidden somewhere in the yellow bit.
Yes, the whole pompom is the flower head, the flowers are the white papery bits with yellow centres and the little double-headed things on stalks coming out of the flowers are the stamens.
I wish you less turmoil soon!
Have you thought of sedges as well? a lot of them grow well in damp areas and have nice seedheads, though they can start spreading.
Some other non fern ideas here - bugle (Ajuga reptans) is pretty easy.
www.plantsshootsandleaves.co.uk/collections/...
there is a feed here: bsky.app/profile/hark...
Happy Birthday from one of your Playschool babies! You were genuinely my favourite. (Though even you couldn't make me like Hamble).
For me it's 'threading the needle' - oh, that's where the cat's toy mouse went!
The production of organic matter and its consumption by heterotrophs, including microbes and animals, is a defining feature of almost all life on Earth.
But these two processes also govern our climate and environment, controlling CO2 levels and the oxygenation of the atmosphere.
Immediately made me remember this advert (I confess I could not remember what the ad was for, so partal success for the writers)
youtu.be/6v3wYEnYKrs?...
Bumper and Peanut, two very good bois from Medical Detection Dogs, have been trained to sniff out Parkinson's disease in a study from the Uni of Bristol Vet School and @manchester.ac.uk.
Hey @rorycj.bsky.social do you think #SophieFromRomania wants to sign up?
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
My thanks to @capcbristol.bsky.social for publicising (www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...) the Friends and Family Handbook (www.womensaid.org.uk/information-...) recently launched by Women's Aid Federation of England.
The handbook is for informal supporters of someone experiencing domestic abuse.
Every day she dreads watching that final swirl of soapy water disappear. It means facing whatever is on the other side of the shower door. Soon, it will carry blood.
#30Words30Days #Swirl
Based on your previous tweet and some fun with Google maps... I'd better get back to work now
Not techie, but after experiencing similar glitches, with important email I have got into the habit of bcc'ing it to myself. If it doesn't arrive I know to follow up.
No! Adios to the Spanish interlopers with their arrogant upright bells and showy blue pollen.
I haven't quite managed every day (sometimes inspirations fails!) but it's been the most regular thinking-about-writing I've done for some time and I've loved being part of the little group. See you again in June I hope!
Taking a few deep breaths, I gather up all my courage. Other people find this so easy.
Finally, I click ‘Share screen’.
‘Thank you everyone for coming to this webinar…’
#30Words30Days #gather
My bow lands on the strings. Three triumphant chords, then a lilting melody which lowers and fades, awaiting the… non-existent orchestra.
I’m no Jacqueline du Pré, but I can dream.
I'm glad someone else got this - the moment I saw the prompt, this was in my head all day!
