Joanna Redfeather

Giving another shout out to this book because it’s the first book in a long time that I’ve *finished within a week*! 😲

It’s absolutely brilliant! Can’t summarise in BlueSky’s character count so I’ll say: just buy it! #Neurodiversity, #biodiversity, diverse voices, empowering stories, and more. 🌍

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social

A book titled "Outdoor Pigs: How to Make them Pay."

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

The Management Team are delighted to announce DecodeME’s initial DNA results & discuss what this means for #pwME & future research.

A huge thanks to all our participants for giving their time, energy & DNA to the project.

Learn more about our findings: shorturl.at/XOVJ1

Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome Large study suggests people’s genetics could ‘tip the balance’ on whether they would develop the illness Scientists have found the first robust evidence that people’s genes affect their chances of developing myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a mysterious and debilitating illness that has been neglected and dismissed for decades by many in the medical community. Early findings from the world’s largest study into the genetics of the condition pinpointed eight regions of the human genome that were substantially different in people with an ME/CFS diagnosis compared to those without the illness. Continue reading...

Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome

Possible genetic clues to ME/chronic fatigue syndrome identified in massive study DNA analysis of more than 15,500 people with the debilitating condition identifies eight tentative “genetic signals”

Science magazine’s coverage of the DecodeME initial results : www.science.org/content/arti...

Graphic 1 of 4. DecodeME: The Results graphic. At the top in bold lettering, it says ‘Main Findings’. Beneath this it says ‘Your genes contribute to your chances of developing ME/CFS. Other key findings are on the following slides.

Graphic 2 of 4. DecodeME: The Results graphic. The slide says ‘People with an ME/CFS diagnosis have significant genetic differences in their DNA compared to the general population’. Beneath this is an image of a DNA helix and a magnifying glass.

Graphic 3 of 4. DecodeME: The Results graphic. The slide says ‘These lie in many places across the genome, and do not impact just one gene’. Beneath this is an image of a DNA helix and graphs.

Graphic 4 of 4. DecodeME: The Results graphic. The slide says ‘Eight genetic signals have been identified. As DNA doesn’t change with ME/CFS onset, these findings reflect causes rather than effects of ME/CFS’. Beneath this is a blue magnifying glass with a DNA helix.

(1/2) Key genetic differences found in people with ME/CFS > Swipe to find out more.

These findings reflect the lived experience of thousands of #pwME.

Thanks to all our participants & supporters who made this possible!

Read a summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk

Did u know? As outside spaces get smaller,it's tricky if you want a fruit tree. Dwarf apples are great for pollinators & for us too. This one is James Grieve. It's a self pollinator & will only get to 8 feet tall. It has masses of white flowers for bees/hoverflies & juicy sweet fruit for us. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐝

A reminder that the 70+ year-old research discipline of AI is much bigger than genAI, much bigger than just deep learning, much bigger than Big Tech. AI includes symbolic reasoning, multi-agent systems and statistical machine learning and is used for astrophysics, renewable energy and climate models

Neurodivergent, By Nature Exploring the connections between nature and neurodiversityTime in nature supports our wellbeing. If we are neurodivergent, it can stimulate our senses, feed ou…

Happy publication day to Joe Harkness, as his Neurodivergent, By Nature comes into the world. An early tip here for the Wainwright Prize.

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/neurodive...

Photo of a book called Neurodivergent, by Nature. Subtitle is Why Biodiversity Needs Neurodiversity. It is by Joe Harkness. The cover is cream with an illustration of a tree in black in the centre with a crow on one branch. Around the edges of the book are illustrations in green of oak leaves and acorns.

#Neurodiversity meets #biodiversity 🎉🏳️‍🌈🌿

Excited to receive this brand new book in the mail yesterday! Just in time for weekend reading.

Glancing through it I can see it is packed full of important topics. Congrats, @joeharkness.bsky.social and everyone who contributed.

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Researchers Determine Coelacanth Faked Own Extinction To Escape Massive Gambling Debt

Researchers Determine Coelacanth Faked Own Extinction To Escape Massive Gambling Debt theonion.com/researc...

Y’all!!! Our comparative anatomy textbook is out!!! Free, open access, and just in time for the fall semester!

I expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future.

But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.

The picture shows a smartphone and the imprint of a newspaper. The smartphone displays a screen from the SecureMessaging feature showing a key digest. The newspaper imprint shows the same digest. The digest consists of a number of randomly-looking letters and digits.

One of my favourite CoverDrop details: out-of-band verification of the trusted organization key which signs the entire key hierarchy. Its digest is included in the imprint of every printed Guardian newspaper, removing the need to trust CAs 🔑🗞️ more details: www.coverdrop.org

3. I'm constantly struck by the extent to which people take their freedoms for granted - the freedom of speech, the freedom to vote, workers' rights, weekends, holidays, pensions ... - as if they simply fell out of the sky.
They were achieved at great cost by our political ancestors.

‘Boiling frog’ effect makes people oblivious to threat of climate crisis, shows study Research shows people’s response to binary data could drive more effective ways of communicating gravity of crisis

Woke up to a pleasant surprise! Guardian wrote a nice article covering our Binary climate data study!

TLDR: “Before and after” climate data can help counter the boiling frog effect

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

1. Researching this week’s column, I felt that I understood at last just why, on so many issues – benefits, Gaza, environmental and planning laws, anti-protest laws, bank deregulation, fiscal rules etc - Labour is out-Torying the Tories. Why it has become so cruel, so destructive and so spineless. 🧵

The ‘hippo’ in ‘hippopotamus’ and the ‘hippo’ in ‘hippocampus’ are the same.

‘Hippo’ is from the Greek for "horse."

Hippopotamus means “river horse.”

‘Hippocampus’ means “sea horse” because that part of the brain is shaped like a seahorse.

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.

The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

Once extinct in the wild, Przewalski’s horses are roaming free again on Kazakhstan’s steppe — their native habitat — for the first time in over 200 years.

🐴 This #WorldHorseDay, learn more about the historic return of the world’s last truly wild horse: www.decadeonrestoration.org/przewalskis-...

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates | Britannica From the praying mantis to the green anaconda, find out more about animals that eat their mates.

Some light reading while you spend time with family this weekend.

www.britannica.com/list/6-anima...

Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Ad…

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Europeans are kept completely oblivious about the rate of summer warming.

Gross negligence from those responsible to keep us informed and safe.

Never forget that while this government is prepared to ruin the lives of disabled people for the sake of £5bn, it is simultaneously lavishing far greater sums on pointless and destructive white elephants, of which this is just one.

Photo of a group of people on a tour of Wild Woodbury, a Dorset Wildlife Trust rewilding site. Text on the image reads: 'Join the Rewilding Network. The movement connecting land and marine rewilding projects across Britain'. Photo credit: Ruby Batt

Are you rewilding or thinking about it? 🌱

If you’re managing land (minimum 10 hectares) or a marine area (any size), whether that’s as a landowner, land manager, farmer or community group, the Rewilding Network can support your rewilding journey.

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As someone whose PhD was in human population genetics and evolution:

Race is a social construct

Gender is a social construct

Both have biological *components* but are incredibly complex - not neat, discrete, immutable categories

Fascists are the ones denying scientific reality

This is essential reading for everyone!

Green spaces CAN be made much more accessible and welcoming than they currently are. 💚

Well done, @chilternsnl.bsky.social , especially for openly sharing the study findings and acting on the insights already - crucial work! 👏

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A group of people walk through a park. The leaves on the trees are turning and yellow and there are brown leaves on the ground. Text reads: Widening the welcome

Greenspace isn’t always an open welcoming space. Discover some of the barriers faced by our more diverse communities and how these are being broken down by @chilternsnl.bsky.social
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21st June: #ShowYourStripes day

1) Download your warming stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info

2) Use the graphics to start conversations about climate change risks, how you are already experiencing the consequences and what you are doing about it

3) Encourage others to do the same