Michael Hassell

UK billionaires added £182,000,000,000 to their wealth last year. That’s £35,000,000 every single day.

Their combined wealth is £795,361,000,000.

So don't let anyone tell you austerity is a “necessity”. There’s more than enough wealth to fund our NHS, public services & welfare.

A bdelloid rotifer, Rotaria macrura

PhD opportunity: Bdelloid rotifers are strange animals with no males and amazing stress tolerance. 10% of their genes came from bacteria, fungi via HGT, including antimicrobial genes that are unique in animals. Find out how/why and discover new antimicrobials too! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Remarkable progress. And one of the key figures in this was Tony Fauci. Yet over on X the same old conspiracy lies about him and us are being told.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Mark Carney walk up a set of stairs inside 10 Downing Street. 

Thanks, Keir, for the warm welcome at 10 Downing Street. 
 
At a time of great consequence for our country — one in which our sovereignty has been called into question — alliances and friendships like ours matter.

Every bird sighting, butterfly ID, and track traced in the mud...we owe so much to wildlife recorders! Their dedication helps piece together the bigger picture for nature.

Now it’s time to celebrate them. 💚

The #NBNAwards25 are open! Who deserves recognition?

Nominate now 👇

Really sad to report that our friend and colleague Richard Fortey passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. We’ll all miss his wit and wisdom. Here he is checking out a dino footprint we found while filming together on the Isle of Wight

RES conservation team members Sarah Meredith and David Simcox setting up the Large Blue Butterfly Committee Meeting presentations

People sitting around tables for the Large Blue Committee presentation

People sitting around tables and discussing items relating to the Large Blue Committee presentation

RES #ConservationScience team gathering for the Large Blue Butterfly Committee meeting to discuss the endangered #LargeBlue 🦋

www.royensoc.co.uk/about-us/con...

Stay tuned for updates #BigGive

@gloswildlife.bsky.social @nationaltrust.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @kingstrust.bsky.social

Renowned geneticist Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging 'respect' for embattled workers Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers.

"When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on years of research supported by NIH"

apnews.com/article/nih-...

Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine Haltbakk Bunkers will cease supplying fuel to U.S. forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.

US military starts facing consequences for abandoning Ukraine and supporting Putin.

Landelijke Vlinderdas 2025 - Dutch National Butterfly Day 2025 - 650 volunteers present.

Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source.

Well, this is interesting... www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

A million times the man that Trump or Putin will ever be.

Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.

It's taken just a month for the Republican administration to trash eight decades of US leadership in science and technology. TRIGGER WARNING: reading this article (by my esteemed colleagues, who have stronger stomachs than I do) made me feel physically ill. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Now over 2200 signatures and still rising.

Tally heading towards 1500. Please keep going - share and sign.

I don’t think it’s good enough for the Royal Society to keep pushing the line that “issues raised about individual fellows are dealt with in confidence”, because Musk’s problematic actions are a matter of public record.

So please keep signing & sharing the letter: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/

Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.

My open letter and FRS resignations reported in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Update: *1300* and still going…

"These actions are not compatible with the conduct required of a fellow[…] They undermine the purpose of the Royal Society.

In an era of fake news, they are not a blip, they are part of a much broader pattern, yet the Royal Society’s leadership has not found a way to handle even this extreme case."

Tim Radford was unfailingly kind and helpful; allowed me to write pieces for the Guardian; and interceded with the paper’s ombudsman on my behalf when my private correspondence was aired in its pages without my consent (The paper printed an apology).

Curating a Starter Pack that will hopefully be useful to folk coming over to BlueSky and looking for all of the UK conservation orgs and recording societies go.bsky.app/Nget1LP Will keep adding to this. DM or reply to be added and please share.

Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...

Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over.

Please keep signing & sharing.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

750+ scientists demand Elon Musk is banned from world-renowned institution DOGE chief Elon Musk has been accused of flouting the aims of the Royal Society, of which he is a fellow, in a searing letter calling for his expulsion from the centuries-old academy

Letter expressing widespread concern at the Royal Society’s inaction over Musk reported in the Mirror: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Science thrives on integrity, but silence in the face of misconduct erodes that foundation. @scurry.bsky.social’s open letter calls on the #RoyalSociety to uphold its values, something every scientist should stand behind. Accountability matters. #StandForScience #ScienceMatters

Now over 900 signatures. Please keep signing and sharing to send a clear message to the Royal Society that we want them to stand up for values that we all hold dear: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Signature tally is now north of 750. Please keep going so the community can send the strongest possible message to the Royal Society.

We're delighted for our Visiting Fellow @sdiazecology.bsky.social, who has received the 2025 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.

Read more: https://s.mtrbio.com/bwehiyumsm